Line #12 Webcomic/TheOverture


1	->'''Richard''': And what do you achieve by making me a hero?\
2	'''Sophie''': A song for little children.
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4	''[[http://theoverture.thecomicseries.com The Overture]]'' is a dark fantasy webcomic by Jacob Gray. It follows the tale of Richard Olsen, A newly made Slave of the Sun who recklessly took on a creature of legend.
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6	It didn't end well.
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8	In exchange for his life and the lives of his family, Richard has agreed to become a hero. Not to save the world, but so the creature can write a song about his exploits.
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10	As the series progress, the comic begins to focus on the other members of Richard's family. These include his loving warlord mother, cruel father and two younger sisters.
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12	Oh, and the creature happens to be a little girl.
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15	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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17	* AbusiveParents: Norbert's parental duties consist of yelling and smacking his son around.
18	* ActionMom: Vanessa Olsen is a dotting mother of four and brutal warlord with a knack for DecapitationPresentation. Those who oppose her have a tendency to disappear, including [[spoiler: her own sister-in law]].
19	* AxCrazy: The Demi are an entire race of unstable psychopathic killers but none so much as Sophie. A [[{{CuteAndPsycho}} cute, sweet, little girl]] who tortures children in order to hear their screams.
20	* BookWorm: Janis impersonates being a priest in order to get access to the faith's library.
21	* CreatureHunterOrganization: The Slaves of the Sun were created soley to hunt and kill Demi.
22	* DualWielding: Younger nobles duel wield wakizashi blades. Richard Olsen only fight in this manner and does not carry the traditional katana of his fore-fathers.
23	* DecapitationPresentation: Seems a common a pastime in East Rondelin.
24	** Vanessa displays the heads of her enemies on pikes in order to instill fear.
25	** The headhuntress wears the rotten skulls of her victims around her belt. The rest she leaves in a large pile outside of her layer.
26	** Before burning [[spoiler: Sophia Finley]] alive, Sophie places the decapitated heads of [[spoiler: Sophia's]] bodyguards in front of her in order to give her death an audience.
27	* DressHitsFloor: Done by Janis in an attempt to be sexy for Richard. It works.
28	* HandOnWomb: Vanessa Olsen is first introduced resting her hand over her womb, showing her two daughters that she is pregnant. She gives birth a few chapters later.
29	* HornedHumanoid: The most predominate feature of all Demi. The horns themselves vary between individuals.
30	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Richard towers over adults and he's still growing. With her hair, Sophie barely reaches his chest.
31	* InMediasRes: The series begins in the middle of the story, when Richard is already enslaved by Sophie. Only after realizing how hopeless his situation is does the story jump back to the beginning.
32	* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Sophie threatens to kill Richard's family if he does not become her hero.
33	* KnightTemplarParent: Norbert will do whatever it takes to make his son a Demi killer... and nothing else.
34	* LawfulStupid: Richard blindly follows the Old ways, even though his order abandon them six-hundred years ago.
35	* LittleBitBeastly: All of the Demi are like this, resembling humans with minor changes to ears, eyes, and sometimes tails.
36	* Matriarchy: The Rondelin Empire is an extremely conservative society run by women. Childbirth is considered the most important function and as Men cannot bear children, they are viewed as "incomplete" and are forbidden from holding land and using money. Men are also required to keep their eyes hidden while in public and must wear special blindfolds while traveling.
37	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Richard and Janis have been engaged since childhood and are good friends.
38	** Angela has hair just as impressive but [[http://overturecomic.com/page0118.html doesn't prove too well in a fight.]]
39	* PetTheDog: Angry, bitter Norbert tucking his daughter, Angela into bed.
40	* ShakingHerHairLoose: Richard pulls the pin out of Janis Lashway's bun, revealing her long hair. The first step before the two [[spoiler: make love]].
41	* SpikeShooter: Sophie's hair is filled to the brink with porcupine like quills. Though not lethal, they are barbed and extremely painful to remove.
42	* SiblingRivalry: Charlotte and Angela Olsen are consistently fighting one another for there mother's affection.
43	* SillyReasonForWar: The Finley/Lashway war began over a dispute as to who owned desolate rock, a small, mile long island in the middle of the ocean with no natural resources or strategic value.
44	* SuperToughness: The headhuntress takes a face full of needles and is stabbed through the chin... She's still kicking.
45	* TreasureRoom: Sunny O'Reilly sits in one of these on the chapter six cover.
46	* TeenPregnancy: Vanessa Olsen was married at twelve and gave birth to Richard eight months later. Richard is currently seventeen and she has barely thirty.
47	* TheChurch: The Faith of Four Points.

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