Rune

Page nine introduces the Jinn and Zara’s bird. The next page shows Rune and Justin from the bird’s point of view, and gives us the first glimpse of Zara.

We never get to see Marley. He was the captain of the guard at Radcliffe Castle when Rune and Justin were boys.

Between these two pages, the reader should understand that a) the people in Valheigh do not have any current contact with the Jinn but b) the Jinn are real.

I originally had a different character design for Zara, so I had to completely re-do this page before assembling the graphic novel. The reason I re-cast the part is because I did “screen tests” with her and Rune together and I didn’t think they had romantic chemistry. I ended up using that character design for his mother instead.