Tag: The Princess

  • Quiver

    Quiver is a former member of the Guild of Space Pirates and used to be their number one smuggler and stealer of important goods. He is also a charmer but his heart belongs only to the Princess. One day, while doing his usual pirating and snooping in the main Guild database, he came across a restricted file that was heavily encrypted.

    Using all the tools at his disposal he managed to open the files and discovered an old map and a series of ancient scrolls, chronicling the secret history of the Guild of Space Pirates. Finding out that the Guild was responsible for the creation of the AI that destroyed their home planet, he realized their whole raison d’être of their exile that resulted in the plundering and ravaging of worlds was a complete lie. Before he could alert his fellow Pirates, he was captured by the Admiral and sentenced to death. Using his wits and athletic ability, he quickly escaped and made his way through the pirate ship. However, the Admiral found Quiver before he had a chance to escape. Taking out his blaster, the Admiral squared the sights onto Quiver and began to squeeze the trigger. Quiver heard a loud bang. The Admiral slumped forward and Quiver saw it was the Princess who, thankfully, shot the Admiral first and saved his life.

    The Princess quickly brought Quiver to an escape pod and despite his protest, forced him to strap himself in so he could escape. Setting the coordinates for Earth, she pressed the launch button and Quiver rocketed toward his new planet. His escape pod did indeed reach Earth but it crashed during its descent. Finding himself by comic book store expatNERD Quiver took refuge in the middle of a bunch of long boxes and was quickly found by Franka. Despite bringing him under her protection, Quiver was quickly discovered by the Guild who used their powerful tractor beam and ripped the entire expatNERD store off its foundation and captured it in its hanger, where it has been since.

    Quiver is an olympic-level athlete, with vast experience undertaking very dangerous missions. This makes him an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant and extremely knowledgeable and proficient in all types of weaponry.

  • 45 – The Long Goodbye! – conclusion

    45 – The Long Goodbye! – conclusion

    I would be lying if I said I did not shed a tear. Or perhaps cried silently into my handkerchief. That must have been difficult for Quiver. Sometimes we do not know we love the ones we do until we have to leave them or them us. I think there are many that can relate to that ultimate conundrum.

    With six, count them six full colored pages in, we have two more left until the end of our Secret Origin of Quiver storyline. But that does not mean we are not doing other things because much planning and a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes to prepare for the ‘relaunch’ of Solicitations as a full-blown sci-fi soap opera with some humor thrown in of course. It is all very exciting and Franka is working quite hard to nail down her style, her workflow, and how she wants to present these characters in the new format.

    And seriously folks. I cannot believe we are already finished with the first week of December. Things are flying and I do hope, wherever you are, you, your friends, and your family are well.

    Until next time,

    -Marv