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By: Desmond

Desmond — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:58:05 +0000

Yep, seeing Bognok now. Gotta be a result of the recent TWC troubles.

By: Tkrain

Tkrain — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:01:13 +0000

I don’t think for fictional works, that it’s a problem if the parts don’t line up exactly. In fact, it can be more fun if things don’t work out exactly as the Historians say. (The historians don’t know about Nicodemus or Dreamland anyways!) It is dead on accurate that the Hittites introduced the first known treaty in human history,

By: ninjadragon5

ninjadragon5 — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:12:13 +0000

i guess it is true history does tend to repeat its self.

By: Bezman

Bezman — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:57:43 +0000

“Peace and prosperity would thrive in the land for another 15 minutes.”
(A decade, that’s not long.)
Hmm. I wonder if we will see that they all agreed to destroy the portal in the end of this story, or if it has been hidden, or if it is “handed over” to the Guardians for guarding/safekeeping?
Very exciting story part, and it works for the historical parts – I think most people don’t know that much details about pharaohs to know if those two did or did not live at the same time.

By: Scott Christian Sava

Scott Christian Sava — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:46:06 +0000

Thank you all!
It’s been very challenging with these hieroglyphics and history research and all.

To give you an idea of how this all came about…here’s what happened:
1) I had “the guardians” planned from the beginning. But no real description for them
2) Brendan really started to get into Egyptian stuff recently…so it was a fun way to incorporate something he liked into the story
3) I researched “greatest pharaoh ever” and Ramses II was the hands down winner on Google
4) None of my research formed a connection between Ramses and Moses. There’s no archeological evidence to support a Moses/Ramses II connection. So…to be honest…it never entered my mind.
5) I’m kind of learning this as I go. And (as I did with the Arthurian storyline) I’m doing my best to piece history/legend in with my own story.

It’s a TON of fun…but I would never…EVER…consider myself knowledgeable in these things. So please…if you see where I can improve or need to correct something…TELL ME.

By: Tink

Tink — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:39:25 +0000

OK, people. We’re number 3 with 498 votes. Keep voting!

By: Bennel

Bennel — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:09:25 +0000

Wow, Ashendel is as old as most ancient structures on Earth. These depictions of Dreamland peoples and places in hieroglyphic form are turning out really well.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:57:57 +0000

In response to the Moses/Ramses comments, Ramses II would have come long after Moses regardless of the popularity of placing them together. A much better dating of the Biblical events are that the Hyksos reign is referred to as the king who didn’t know Joseph and the people who the Israelites outnumbered, that the famous Hatshepsut as the princess who found Moses (and he would never be raised as a royal prince because he lacked the “blood of the gods”- just as a high official), that Thutmose III was the Pharaoh that Moses ran from and Amenhotep II the Pharaoh of the Exodus. Amenhotep II’s successor was Thutmose IV who was not the crown prince and no one knows what happened to his elder brother (who would have died in the last plague on Egypt).

By the way, I love the comic and follow it avidly. The characters are great and the plot very engaging, not to mention the excellent art.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:26:40 +0000

Artwork is amazing and I love how youre tying Dreamland’s past in with our own and they affect each other.

By: Scott Christian Sava

Scott Christian Sava — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:25:45 +0000

True.
From what I read…it was Mursili who fled to Egypt. So I used he and Ramses as the ones who drafted the peace treaty.

I guess I could have said it was signed with the new king of Hittites. Would have been a bit more accurate.