Backstory time! Flashbacks galore! I love the princess's little eye-rolling bit in the third panel. And how *does* a king get off being so short? Or is Ayne just really tall? How tall is she, anyway?

I take it Aiwe you are.

Yes, that princess definetly dosnt't fit in, you can tells she's is noble, or very rich, from a mile away. Hee, mesa like, can't wait till the next strip.

Perhaps the king is a JOUNG king. That woud explain his shortness.

"Joung"? Did you meen "young"?

Poor Feiht...the bard can see her.

Umm... Seems somewhat obvious. Short, orange skin, able to see pixies, I'd say King of the Gnomes! (or Oompa Loompas :-D )

*starts singing the oompa loompa song* but where's his green hair, if he's an oompa loompa...? it's brown..

Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard?Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard? Whats a bard?

'Your Majesty' can refer to any member of the royal family, not just the king. =] And a bard is a traveling musician/story-teller, and can sometimes even double as a diplomat and/or scholar.

I'm so lost... the one in the blue called the "bard" majesty, right? I totally didn't understand that, and I spent like five minutes trying to figure out what Leaf meant by "But she called you-" And.... they're both royalty? It just didn't come across to me easily, but I guess I'm the only one who was confused.

To go with the short thing. Height does no matter. Look at Feiht, sieze of a barbie but is a most feared one. Height means nothing. Its who you are that matters.

Bard = poet, song singer and story teller. Anne Mccaffery calls them Harpers in the Pern novels. A nickname for William Shakespeake was Bard of Avon

Whoa, hey, now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with being short (I'm 5'5" myself, only about average)! It's just that *kings* normally aren't as short as Leaf...and especially not almost a head shorter than their own daughters! Not quite as intimidating if they are. However, as I mentioned, Ayne could just be tall. She seems to be taller than a lot of people, actually. And pixies have a little different reason for being feared than kings...size is irrelevant in that comparison. So, all that to say, short people rock. I mean, look at Yoda! :-)

he's not young when rereading this episode i realised he called elf young

*leaf not elf

I hope there's nothing wrong with short people...heir to the name Midget^__^

Actually, to put this into context, my roommate and kindred spirit is 5'4", but because she has delicate features and a lithe figure, she seems shorter than she is. She really does look like she stepped out of a storybook...like an overgrown fairy or a round-eared elf (which, incidentally, are two of her nicknames). Our other friends and I make short jokes about her all the time, but we love her, and the girls all envy her features (including me), despite how much she complains about being mistaken for a little kid and not taken seriously because she's "cute." It is kind of funny, because she's Air Force ROTC, too. So, yeah, I love short people!

...so confused! Ooo wait now I get it, the princess is the 'majesty' and the bard is the friend who got fooled into tagging along for the adventure. At least thats what I think is happening. *Grabs popcorn and wait for flashback/introductories*
BTW..I like the two new people already for some odd reason..

Maybe the Bard thinks Leaf is younger tha he is because he looks young. Maybe the bard thinks that the bard's older than leaf because Leaf looks like a kid wheras Ayne looks liek a far more grown-up elves. Someoen once told em that elves are supposed to be between 5'8" and 6'3" but thats proabbly nonsense. But it does mean I get to be 'elf' height wise. I'm tall for a girl.

They still got years to grow. Or maybe not.....

Why is there a British imperial soldier in frame 4?

Coyo, he just needed another extra job and didnt have time to change clothes :)

Maybe the whole "Young elf" thing is because Leaf is a young elf?! he IS young for an elf... the bard doesn't have to be older than Leaf to call him "young elf".

A king that sings?
Don't tell me that guy is Elvis!

Or like Michael Jackson in the 70's.

What about the king in the Wizard of Id? He's not tall. I don't really like that comic that much, anyway.