{"id":6670,"date":"2025-04-09T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T01:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2025-04-10T00:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:09:32","slug":"the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-april-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/04\/the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-april-9-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harbinger’s Path: Panel Previews | April 9, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Harbinger’s Path” | Preview panel from Chapter 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note: This post may contain spoilers for the story in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

Here are the first previews for some of the panels from The Harbinger’s Path,<\/a> and a little more about my thought process behind what inspired this project.<\/p>\n

Two questions I always wished Guild Wars 2,<\/strong> and Heart of Thorns<\/strong> specifically, could have explored are:<\/p>\n

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  1. What happened to Malyck?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. What might have happened if Malyck and Trahearne had encountered each other during the events of Heart of Thorns?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Two questions we have never received (canonical) answers for. One question has a chance of being answered again, while the other’s chances are exceedingly slim (though not impossible). Despite this, the possibilities for how these two questions could have been answered – especially during or just before the launch of Heart of Thorns<\/strong> – continued tickling my mind for years.<\/p>\n

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    “The Harbinger’s Path” | Preview panel from Chapter 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    For whichever reasons, these two questions continued piquing my interest, long after the official canon had (seemingly) moved on from these story threads. I didn’t ponder them continuously, but every now and then, invariably, idle ideas for how these two questions might have been answered bubbled to the surface.<\/p>\n

    Most of all, I found the ideas which arose from attempting to answer these two questions endlessly inspiring<\/strong> – which I credit entirely to the brilliant writers who first created these wonderful characters, and set up their initial backstories and lore. These two characters were written with such care and nuance, that it made their placement in the world’s setting feel uniquely rich and alive.<\/p>\n

    I always wanted to see these two characters again – and especially for them to interact. That’s part of the inspiration behind starting The Harbinger’s Path<\/strong> – I hope I can capture some of that inspiration, and convey it to you in the form of this short comic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Note: This post may contain spoilers for the story in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. Here are the first previews for some of the panels from The Harbinger’s Path, and a little more about my thought process behind what inspired this project. Two questions I always wished Guild Wars 2, and Heart of Thorns…<\/span><\/p>\n

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