==> – PREQUEL

Katia Managan

I think I’m a figment of someone’s imagination, but I could be wrong.
Time to drink some booze.

Terashi

No booze for you. Booze just makes everything worse.
- Evil Argonian
  
  Perhaps you should try some ezoob instead.
  - Tech
    
    But not too much ezoob, lest you end up knurd.
  - Ma’iq the Liar
    
    Ma’iq tried ezoob once. All Ma’iq remembers of it is waking up the morning afterwards with more cloths on than he owned.
    - Shi’karra
      
      Did Ma’iq finally get his stick of fishies when he woke up?
  - xKiv
    
    Is ezoob what you drink tomorrow to get a hangover today, otherwise you get even more hungover from the time paradox, until you drink enough ezoob?
- MCA with the bottle
  
  @ Terashi
  
  We got the bottle and you got the cup.
  C’mon everybody lets get ffffffucked
  - Lord Night
    
    Or is that dekcufffffff?
Actua

If you’re imaginary, so is the booze. Try to get the Imaginer to imagine you’re drunk.
- Katia Managan
  
  Don’t listen to that Katia, she is an imposter.
  - Katia Managan
    
    I AM SPARTACUS!
    - Spartacus
      
      Lies.
    - Turdtle
      
      I’m a flying turd.
    - Katia Managan
      
      I will tell you the secret of the pineapple and yoyo for some…
  - Katia Managan
    
    Well I am Katia “Fucking” Managan!
Sheogorath

No alcohol just cheese
dtlux14

Try some Boobs. Maybe QW can help you…

Dovahkiin

>Gaius: Jump off symbol on floor

Rusted Key

Immediately draw your sword in case of Daedric cultist activity.

JimPlaysGames

What sword? He seems unarmed! Unless he’s hiding a weapon… somewhere.
- That Guy
  
  He probably just has it unequipped and stowed in his inventory; that’s how weapons work in TES afterall 😉
- Xel`Naga
  
  His weapon is just like Katia’s lockpick.
  - Andross
    
    And just as smelly.
    
    OH I’M SORRY DID I GIVE THE SECRET PLACE AWAY
    - Methis
      
      I always tough it was more of a Victoria’s secret compartment thing.
    - Kingkaor
      
      Like Gharug gro-Upp and his…many places…..
      *shudders*
- Strange Quark
  
  Captain Gaius Atrum: Retrieve Arms
  
  Already got them, cultist scum!
  - carcinoGeneticist
    
    I JUST *KNEW* SOMEBODY WOULD SAY THAT STUPID LINE. NICE GOING NUMBNUTS.
    
    ((ooc- I didn’t know there were HS fans on Prequel :U *no longer feels alone*))
    - Maxxie
      
      Its based off the same style and the suggestion box takes you to the mspa forums. I’m pretty sure most of us are Homestuck fans.
    - Kas
      
      Alas, not all Homestuck fans have read Problem Sleuth. Sadly.
    - Soadreqm
      
      This adventure kind of started on the MSPA forums. The only reason it exists on a separate website at all is that it attracted too much audience and keeping it in a forum thread got too unwieldy.
    - andwhyisit
      
      Problem Sleuth is so much better than Homestuck ever was. Not as good as Prequel though.
  - Charm Quark
    
    I always think of armaments, not those things attached to your shoulders.

OldSchoolRPGDude

Yay for multi-updates! Thanks, Kaz!

OldSchoolRPGDude

I can see the dramatic confrontation now:

“Hey, you’re that Daedric Prince(ess?) of Nightmares, right?”

“So what if I am?”

“Are YOU the one screwing with my dreams?!”

“… Maybe.”

“NOOO!!!!” *wakes up*

cheesybob1

She’s a prince, not a princess – “prince” is their subspecies, also they are neither male nor female since they have no body. Sucks for them
- Expresate
  
  I swear to Vehk I am going to zero-sum if one more person calls her a princess.
  - Andross
    
    >OldSchoolRPGDude
    
    More like 12 year old console kiddie
    
    le skyrim such a classic rpg rite xD
    
    btw FUCK YOU KAZERAD I HATE CLIFFHANGERS HOLY SHIT NOW THE WAIT FOR A NEW UPDATE WILL BE EVEN WORSE
    
    that is all
    - John
      
      I cannot believe I just saw someone call someone else a ‘x-kiddie’ outside of a *nix ‘support’ chatroom.
      
      What a snob.
    - Andross
      
      You must not go on the Internet much then, John.
      
      Not an insult btw.
    - Sato-Kun
      
      I suspect you’re fulfilling the role of ignorant troll for the time being, then?
      Pro-tip: If you read and appreciate the comic, try not to insult the artist.
  - Terashi
    
    Don’t be hatin’
  - ragin
    
    I love it when people post things on the internet and you can pretty much immediately tell that they’re from 4chan
    - Expresate
      
      Me? From 4Chan? Aha, no.
    - Spiral
      
      Because 4chan is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too scary to go to. besides, it’s blocked because of the proxy your mother put on your computer, right?

Miauw

The plot deepens.

The Hooch

Plots don’t deepen, you hurdle-jerking fuck. They THICKEN. O,o
- Loon
  
  Well, depending on your definition of plot, they could do either.
- J.D.
  
  Hooch is crazy…

best serb

gaius atrium: remove kebab

Hellbud khajjit

By akatoshes beard!That was quick.

Hellbud khajjit

Just replying to my comment because I didn’t want to double toast.what if katias fear of royals is because of the deadric princess of nightmares?Would make sense.
- billy
  
  did he not say “prince” of nightmares?
  - cheesybob1
    
    see my comment above ^^^
    - Hellbud khajjit
      
      Technicaly she has a form of a female so I may as well call her a princess.
    - Sheogorath
      
      Isn’t that cute. BUT IT’S WRONG.
      
      Only I may be addressed as “Princess.” Princess Ann Marie. Charmed!
    - Andross
      
      Well, at least you left your real name so we could get the reference, SHEOGORATH!
      
      Ohohohohohohohohohoh
- Terashi
  
  She’s a prince, not a princess – “prince” is their subspecies, also they are neither male nor female since they have no body. Sucks for them. -cheesybob1
  
  Lore. Fucking learn it.
  - Hellbud khajjit
    
    Well I am going to be anon since everyone is getting Butthurt about lore.Cya later people in comments, have fun with your aggressiveness.
    - khajiit mage
      
      It’s “LORD” not prince. Only the guy in the DLC called himself prince and they said that’s what made him stand out!!
    - cybernix
      
      http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Daedric_Princes

billy

rub your beard as if in deep thought

do it!

dude

Quite,thank you!

Papa

>Levitate using flashback god powers

Dynablade

>birthday update
oh boy, present!
>one panel
t-thanks..

Andross

haha, you got fucked

enjoy waiting for an update

happy birthday

RaithosBeastPaladin

>Recollect on how you got here, and how you have found out about the Daedric Prince of Nightmares

Mehrunes Dagon

>Commentors: Use the suggestion page.

Champion of Cyrodill

Nah, bro. You ain’t tellin’ me what to do.
- Andross
  
  >Commentors: Spew bile all over the comments area
  
  I am not exempt from this rule
  
  ya gotta shitpost with the best of em

Genericuser2

Is there someone? A cultist?

Bacon_Elemental

I wonder where Gaius is standing in that picture there?
…funny, it almost resembles the interior of the Mages’ Guilds in Oblivion– and of the Kvatch Mages’ Guild here in Prequel.
Do you think this could be why everyone hates the Kvatch Mages’ Guild? I know I’d be a bit distrustful of a guild-leading mage communing with Daedric Lords, particularly the Prince of Nightmares. >_>”

Pajaul

…as this is a flashback, do we really have anything to do here?
How does one give commands for something that already happened?

Bacon_Elemental

Well, we could be defining the minor canonical details of this encounter, while Kazerad guides the plot where Kazerad intends to take it. Also, if you think about it, we’re commanding a past event already– this is all taking place before Oblivion, so we’re already taking at least one step back in time to shout at history. Why not take another? ^_^
- Pajaul
  
  Because we could go deeper.
  I say, we have a flashback during a flashback OF our flashback while we go back to back and back again with the future.
  - Bacon_Elemental
    
    Leonardo diCaprio, get your ass over here.
    Your work is needed.
  - Someone Who Will Not Be Named
    
    But then if we want to tell the tale to others, having so many extra flashbacks would be confusing.
    - Pajaul
      
      Naw, we’ll just use a flashback to explain it all.

Terashi

yay new update~

Lesair

Yay,new update!(only one sentence and picture) Well…. Ok then.

theplunderking

I missed like 3 updates in one week. Nice work kaz, although it kinda threw me through a loop to see that we were suddenly that a**hole guard. I also feel like a flash game could be in the vicinity. This looks suspiciously like the set up for katia’s entrance to the mages guild

Willhelm

………. not Vaermina… NOT VAERMINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fishing4Food

Oh dear, everybody knows a visit to the mages guild is going to end in tears.

Sithis

Good…good……I can feel a hundred souls already reserving their space in my Void…

Proud of you, Dagon, my son!

Anuiel

Creep.
Dark Brotherhood Assassin

Hail Sithis.

Jumza

>Keep looking around, this looks like a room that could potentially be full of cultists.

Deedee

>Inspect surroundings.

Kavross

>Look up. All good adventurers look up

a

>Captain Gaius Atrum: Purge more cultist scum. Always scumming up non-cultist things with their cultist ways. Makes you sick.

Caching

Squak like an imbecile.

Okay, all homestuckyness aside, walk forward.

random spell checker

hey kazerad can you get to comicon? plz :{)

Genericuser2

Gaius : “Where is Sigrid??”

Motochad

This is clearly a cultists den, you should probably cover a stick in cloth, soak it in lamp oil, and light it on fire, cultists CANT STAND fire. The unholy wretches are practically Daemons themselves. Burn them out, if you have to.

Caching

>Cause an explosion that fails to bring the whole place down

David McKee

Just another day on the job, I guess.
It’s nice and quiet out in Kvatch, unlike the Imperial City. Almost too quiet.
What did you do yesterday? Got up, patrolled around town, went home, went to bed.
Same as every damn day.

Still. Gotta thank Uriel Septim for that. Long may he reign. And he can decide where you go today.

> Take coin out of pocket. Flip. Uriel left; Akatosh right.

Ves

Hey look up toward the top right there’s a link to where you submit commands don’t put them here.

Drewmeister

You are now hearing voices in your head. That’s probably not a good thing. It’s best if you try to shut them out, before they have you get drunk and wake up naked in some Argonian’s bed.

Vaermina

We meet again, mortal soldier. For we have met before, whether you know it or not. When you mutter in your sleep, you speak to me. When you waken wet with sweat, you’ve just left my house. I dwell in your dreams; I savour your nightmares.
This doesn’t mean I’ll tell you anything about nightmares though. Perhaps if you conduct an errand for me…

THeBurningFox

QUICK!

Check the room for any Cultists

Commander_AM

KICK THE PRINCE!!

Roose Bolton

Vaermina- F his S up.

Katia- walk away from smoke in city to imperial city. team up with the first paroled convict you see in an adventurer that will change the face of Tamriel forever and ever.

ikearat

I don’t like being Captain Gaius Atrum. My eyes shift about muchly and my posture is bad.

Zer0DusT

geez you know this comic is getting good if its getting noticed by characters outside of the series

Andross? now we need link, mario, master cheif, solid snake, fox, roy, E honda, the beetles-

Seedling

Now watch a crazed woman run up to him and ask him to wabbajack her….

FelexBlake

saw this on i can has, all readers know http://cheezburger.com/6997573888

har har

that cat’s whisker went into the lizards eye. ouch

RickyAnsar

Look to your left anything over there?

Curse

Paranoid as fu-
Hey! There’s the door.

The Voice in your head

Inspect surroundings

A Guy From BurningMan

I don’t know wyh you hate cultist man.
They’re totally raidical!

Leonash

Gaius: Stroke beard and contemplate situation out loud.

Leonash

Stroke your beard whilst contemplating on the moral compasses of cultests.

Leonash

Eh, sorry for the double post. laptop said there was an error, so I tried again. >_<

Capitan Bob

Gaius: immediatly get stabbed by a cultist

Eltee

Eeeeeeeeeeee, I just finished reading through the webcomic from the beginning!

Kazerad

But now you have to wait for updates like everyone else!
- A Wise Man
  
  Yes, patience is a virtue
- A Wise Man
  
  Yes, patience is a virtue.
  - Guard
    
    I used to be as patient as you, but I got bored, so I spread this big rumor that I got an arrow in the knee… It was working perfectly, them I realy took an arrow to the arm, the gods are funny like that…
medicman4444

welcom now draw fan arts 😉
- Leonash
  
  … But I can’t draw anything more complex then a line that has issues standing straight….
  - Loon
    
    Which is absolutely perfect.
    
    No, really.

Icy Jaye

What is in our inventory?

twopercentjuice

>Gaius: get boat

Loon

I think it’s time for some contemplative beard stroking.

Baron Lee

I JUST READ THE REST OF THIS, FOUND AMAZING MUSIC, AND I WANT TO SEE MORRRREEEEE!!!!!!! PLASMA YOUR AWESOME!

egg brother

HEY KAZ YOUR SHORTING US WE WANT UPDATE. please thank you sorry for the trouble

Trance

If you feel you haven’t received enough content for your money, you are free to ask for a refund.

Dagda Mor

I just noticed that I know this Varkarrus person from elsewhere.

ASDF man

I just reread the whole thing. You have quite a piece of work here kaz. I have some questions though. When DO you update? You used o update on sundays or so but now… I can see no pattern. Is there one? Or are you just gonna post em on whenever they’re done?

Kazerad

Right now there isn’t a whole lot of a pattern, sadly; I’m pretty much posting them as I finish them. I’m hoping it will speed up soon, though.

Gunner

Finally decided to have a gander in the MSPA forum thread for this. Also decided to post in there. Loving what you’re doing here, Kaz! Keep it up :3

Leonash

II just looked over the comments on this one… So much beard stroke want… I’m starting to get worried he might rip it out.

Blezmo

Since I’ve been reading Prequel for a long time now, its time for me to write a real review. Afterall, that’s the whole point of the comments section, webcomic authors need feedback and constructive criticisms from their viewers, that’s probably why Kazerad allow comments on this site.

One of the dissapointing things about Prequel is that the only reason why the viewers love the main character is because she attracts sympathy when she screws up, and she looks sort of cute. But there’s nothing about her for anyone to be proud in, we all feel sorry for the hero that never was.

One of the main strengths is that great use of shading effects are used in the artwork to help make the reader feel a certain emotion, it uses dramatic rather than realistic lighting. Plus the drawings are great, and get progressively greater as the story moves on.

A possible down side of the artwork is it seems that some of the panels have been edited. I’m not exactly sure about this one, but when I look at some of the old panels they look as though they’ve been changed.

Not as funny as homestuck,

On the good side, Kaz didn’t format the whole thing as if it were just a videogame. That part kinda makes me not feel for homestuck, plus homestuck had too many annoying things in it, like made up words and complex syllabex’s. Plus the switching too and from the future and present was too frequent in homestuck.

It would be cool to see scenes that take place in the near future.

Ves

Just mentioning but don’t you think as someone supposedly writing a real review that you are comparing this to a different story, is just a bit I don’t know showing favoritism to the other story? This doesn’t have to be as funny as Homestuck because Kaz might not necessarily want it to be.
- Blezmo
  
  I was comparing it to homestuck because I believe that’s the story that inspired Kaz to write this, since that’s what I heard in some kind of interview podcast.
  
  I actually think prequel is better though. One thing is that the drawings in Prequel are 3D, while the drawing in homestuck are axonometric projections. The dethp perception is off in homestuck because Hussie forgot that objects get smaller the further away they go. In some of the pictures, you can edit them to make impossible images, for example the stairs my go upward but if you look closely the stairs might be only going horizontal and you could draw lines connecting things that are supposed to be on a different height. In homestuck some of the furniture looks as though it could be going through walls.
  
  Plus homestuck has a lot of annoying distracting things that take attention away from the story.

Lord Night

Captian, get your sword out ready, ya know there’s cultists near by

Mesterio

Does anything seems different when you wake up from the nightmares?

SuperGnome

Definitely, don’t have a negative experience. A negative experience at this-… thing that-… is- is… Okay where the hell am I again? I should probably avoid negativity either way.

Lambguy

It’s good to finally be controlling a capable and responsible adult!

Katt

Katt is a responsible adult from the clan saber in Skyrim …… no really……okay im a drunk to and a theif and a murderrer and a (This goes on a while) and a Dovahkin im a khajit oh shergroth thanks for the wabbajack you my hommie

Dragon

Hmm, I’d like to see how we’re going to kill this guy. It’d be pretty difficult to do a retcon at this point.