Line #31 Webcomic/Visseria


1	''Visseria'' is a fantasy webcomic that follows four characters as they live and work on the continent of Tricorne. The main characters are Alchione, a guard who is a loose canon and prone to ultraviolence; Frieda, a village doctor with dark secrets; Jack, a no-goodnik with unknown motivations behind his crimes; and Treneth, a magic-wielding archer on a spiritual mission.
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3	The comic offers action, adventure, police brutality, thievery, magic, cannibalism, and mad science. It updates on Wednesday nights.
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5	The author also created the completed InteractiveComic ''Tales of Visseria: The White Depths'', most of which was unfortunately lost with the ''WebComic/MSPaintAdventures'' forum (the "mirror" only has the 90-or-so first pages, which as of August 2019 all bear a Website/PhotoBucket watermark).
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7	As of August 2019, the visseria.net website doesn't seem to exist anymore.
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9	!! This webcomic provides examples of:
10	* ActionGirl: Alchione and Mulgot; though Alchione is more of the brawler type and Mulgot is a fast-moving lancer.
11	* BackgroundMagicField: Magic is stated by Treneth as being channeled by mages who tap into spiritual energy that wafts everywhere.
12	* BloodMagic: Treneth is shown writing magic diagrams using [[CouldntFindAPen his own blood]], because it works well for that purpose.
13	* BluffTheImpostor: Done to Jack by a random guard early on, making reference to a building that doesn't exist. [[spoiler: Jack quickly deals with him.]]
14	* BodyHorror: Marcelle has what appear to be ''pipes'' bolted through his head.
15	* BowAndSwordInAccord: Treneth keeps a knife in hand when drawing his bow, presumably in case something catches him by surprise.
16	* CheshireCatGrin: That [[http://visseria.net/?comic=00090-flare weird dog-looking lady]]. And also Jack.
17	* CombatHandFan: Jack uses a seemingly innocuous fan to slit a throat.
18	* CowboyCop: Alchione doesn't seem to have a problem with roughing up a suspect for answers, or beating heads in at the slightest provocation.
19	* DaChief: ... And she gets this treatment from a visiting bureaucrat to her district headquarters.
20	* DeanBitterman: The one time we see Willard's father, dean of the medical university, he uses his authority to destroy a student.
21	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Highguard, being Victorian-esque, seems to have cultural stigmas against women in men's careers, and [[FantasticRacism towards cavelings in general]].
22	* DressingAsTheEnemy: Jack does this to sneak into the Bureau of Magical Concerns, and steal an artefact there.
23	* FacelessGoons: The Highguard cops.
24	* FantasticRacism: Cavelings appear to be a repressed minority. Frieda is ejected from medical school under pretenses that relate to her race, while their tribal nations appear to live in anything from fear to resentment of human encroachment.
25	* FatBastard: Willard's father, again.
26	* FlashStep: The drug lord Alchione encounters is certainly fast enough to not be seen. [[FacialHorror She does feel it, though]].
27	* FlavorText: A few odd pages have background lore entered in that aren't directly important to the story but related to the contents of that page.
28	* FrontierDoctor: Frieda was forced to become one after [[spoiler: having her work stolen and spending a year in prison.]]
29	* GaslampFantasy: Factories, trains, victorian-style clothing and architecture... even while magic using cavelings are a common part of life.
30	* GoryDiscretionShot: Used for more extreme ones, such as whenever [[spoiler: Alchione takes someone's head off.]]
31	* MadDoctor: The rest of the town isn't too friendly towards Frieda. [[spoiler: For a good reason, it seems.]]
32	* MeleeATrois: Thusfar three nations have been introduced, and they all hate each others' guts.
33	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Alchione does this twice in one fight... Though the second one had some extra parts come along with it.]]
34	* PoliceBrutality: In addition to Alchione's abuses, a couple of nameless cops 'investigate' Frieda.
35	* PropagandaMachine: Highguard seems to have a lot of propaganda posters plastered around. As expected, they glorify the state and breed suspicion of outsiders.
36	* SamusIsAGirl: When Alchione is first introduced, all that is shown is a huge armored person overpowering some two-bit criminal. It's only when a common citizen hears her voice that it's revealed that she's female.
37	* SceneryPorn: [[http://visseria.net/?comic=00098-highguard-again Occasionally.]]
38	* ShieldsAreUseless: The very first time someone with any kind of strength faces Alchione, her shield does nothing.
39	* SpiderTank[=/=]MiniMecha: Marcelle's cyborg components make him one.
40	* SteamPunk: The smoke-belching cyborg is a dead giveaway.
41	* SuperStrength: Alchione is easily able to break metal doors down and punch considerable dents in armor.
42	* SwordCane: The drug lord pulls one while facing Alchione. He's very good with it.
43	* TrickArrow: Treneth uses his arrows as payloads for various magical spells, including flares and fire.
44	* WildMagic: Judging by what happens to [[spoiler: Treneth]] and Mulgot's subsequent reaction, certain mages are unable to control themselves.
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46	!! The adventure provided examples of:
47	* CouldntFindAPen: a cleric blesses a weapon by writing runes on it, but has nothing handy but his own blood. It's just as well though, since [[BloodMagic one's blood is the best vector for a cleric to channel his magic]].
48	* HolyHandGrenade: The blessed ballista. A sufficiently advanced machine later upgrades it into a railgun, ''without disrupting the runes'', which means the railgun is still blessed and able to badly hurt the big bad.

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