True Magic is a humorous fantasy webcomic written and drawn by Aja and co-author :D. It follows the adventures of five residents of Homeville, who for certain reasons have gotten rather adept at using such unlikely weapons as guns and halberds as farm implements. With the villagers of Homeville constantly beleagured by nobles who come by to violently harass them, our heroes finally take it upon themselves to trek to the city of Hometropolis in an attempt to get the nobles to leave them alone.The original comic ran for about five years, but the entire thing has recently been rebooted with much-improved writing and art. You can start reading it here.The main characters, in no particular order:
Henson: The Big Guy, uses a scythe to slice potatoes. Often Mistaken for Gay or a girl, initially, due to not tying back his long hair.
Beard of Evil - The first noble shown harassing the present day villagers sports a goatee. That first nobleman is mocked by his classmates later for having a wussy beard.
Bishōnen - Everywhere you look! It's gotten to the point that men tend to wear their (long) hair in a braid, since its the only way to tell them from the women.
Blatant Lies: "If you ever threaten a priest again, I'll smi-" Alt Text: "He was going to say, 'smile and turn the other cheek'. Honest!"
Blood Knight: Martinus the Mad. To the point that Bob gets him to forfeit by pointing out that those who forfeit have to fight another match afterward.
Henson (threateningly): "Guess what? That guy you just kicked around is my best friend.
Martinus (hugging him): "Yes! I can s-see why! He t-told me how to fight twice as much every night! Why doesn't everyone do it this way?
Color-Coded Characters: The nobles wear blue and white; the peasants wear green and brown. It makes it pretty hard for the heroes to improvise a costume for Kiku, but pretty easy for the nobles to choose who to slaughter.
Comically Missing the Point: Jen reprimands Kiku for holding a sword in his mouth: "Oh, Kiku. Don't put that in your mouth! You don't know where it's been!"
Corrupt Church - The priests in the prologue are so corrupt, they even turn against their own god, Lucideus.
Close-Call Haircut - In the first run, Kiku accidentally pokes Joe's eye out. In the current run, a similar scene is shown, but instead, Joe is only given a Close-Call Haircut. He later gets another one to even up the other side.
Death by Origin Story - Done on a larger scale. Lucideus may or may not be dead, but his absence is why the priests were able to continue their abusiveness towards commoners, which led to the events of the comic.
The Big Guy: Henson. he is not The Stoic, He Who Must Not Be Heard, or otherwise noncommunicative. Just - the biggest guy on the team. He also shows major leadership capabilities, and so overlaps with The Hero.
The Generic Guy - Bob and Joe, more so in the first run. Even in the reboot, their names are catch-alls for The Everyman.
Have You Seen My God? - Twice. There were supposed to be other gods, but Lucideus can't seem to find them. Also, no one really knows what happened to Lucideus when the priests sealed him up.
Holier Than Thou - The priests, to the point of being abusive to their subjects.
Improbable Weapon User: Inverted in an amusing fashion with the protagonists. Instead of using farm implements as weapons, they use weapons as farm implements (and, when the situation calls for it, as weapons...).
Imagine Spot: Joe thinking of staying at the nightclub. He sees Bob as a magician, Kiku hunting rats, himself as a ladies' man, and Henson in a thong.
Kill It with Fire: Ah, yes. Fireballs. The solution to everything...
Rage Against the Heavens - After commoners complain about the priests' deeds and Lucideus demands they change their ways, the priests turn against Lucideus and seal him up.
Wouldn't Hit a Girl - Played straight with one of the thugs who attacks the heroes ("My mom told me not to hit girls"), and inverted with the girl in question ("My mom told me not to hit boys who don't hit girls").
You Don't Want to Catch This - The villagers put spots made of jam on themselves to keep the nobles away while the heroes are gone, as well as a sign warning of "Peasant Pox."
.The main characters, in no particular order:
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