Errant Story

Errant Story is a web comic by Michael Poe.

This story is set in a complex world of Elves and Humans, of magic and guns, of love and hate.

The Peoples

Dwarves: extinct. Dwarves were strong, frighteningly intelligent and immortal (unless killed by injury or mishap), but they could not breed and when the gods stopped creating them they died out.

Elves: The elves are immortal (they do not die of age, but can be killed) and skilled in magic. Following the war they sealed themselves away in their city for centuries.

Humans: Humans are mortal. When the elves first found the humans they were primitive and barbaric. The Elves taught the humans much, but this was not totally out of benevolence.

Half-Elves: the offspring of a Human and an Elf, or of two half-elves. Though mortal they live much longer than humans and they mature slower also. Common among half-elves is an immunity to transformative magic, while it can protect them from some magical attack it also prevents them from benefitting from healing magic. At some time in the past it was discovered that half-elves can have a high rate of birth defects, including psychological problems that may not manifest themselves until adulthood; Half-elves with these defects and problems are called 'Errants' (the main character is a Half Elf, thus the title), though the word can be used perjoratively of all half-elves.

Trolls: Ugly and vicious (something humans and elves still agree on).

Characters

Meji Hinadori: A half elf with a short temper. Her father was an elven ambassador who doesn't even know she exists. She has done poorly in school due to lack of interest rather than lack of talent. Her grandfather has threatened to disown her if she fails to graduate, which is a likely outcome. She has therefore decided to "become an insane, all powerful demigod and enslave all reality" for her senior project. She has a talking, flying cat as a familiar which she tends to blast at regular intervals (it's survival and sardonic wit are its most impressive traits). Her magical specialty is blowing things up. She has inherited the trait for resistance to magic.

Ian Samael: A half elf, he's calmer than Meji but still formidable in a magical fight. He is very close to his sister who suffers from a congenital heart problem and the trait for resistance to magical healing, making it untreatable. He met Meji when they both tried to steal the same banned book on elven history (Meji for her senior prject, he for information on elven origin seeking the cause of the resistance trait). He has the magical resistance trait.

Jon Amraphel: A human and a mercenary/assassin. He has a kind nature but prefers to hide it since it doesn't fit his reputation as a hired killer.

Sarine Elle: an elven ranger over a thousand years old. She should be hunting Meji and Ian but is instead willing to help them in order to learn one thing: Why did elves ban one particular book on elven history that was written while they were in self imposed isolation?

The Plot

The story revolves almost entirely around Meiji Hinadori, a young Half Elf who is graduating from a magic academy- assuming she can pass her final exam. She decides that she hasn't a hope of passing it by the conventional route of a project, and decides to take the loophole, that if she can defeat the entire faculty, she will automatically graduate. The plot unfurls her plan of acquiring the immense magical power necessary for Meiji to defeat her teachers.

External Links

• Official Site