I love the shine on the runes in the second panel. Little details like that are what make this comic great to look at as well as interesting to read!

Figure out the rune code and read that. :D

Heheh. "The flaws of magic are whimsical today."

Also, the note beside the door to the "cleared out" elven embassy seems... revealing?

(In more than the obvious meaning, I mean)

For those of us too thick to figure out the runes, could someone translate them?

Yeah, I agree with Alex. I don't exactly read runes...

Nobody said diplomats had to be diplomatic...

It makes me think of the gate into Mordor ^_^

"Or, you could ask for directions..."
Hillarius

Panel 2, on the left says "but you are still hungry" 5 points to whoever gets the reference (other than me, of course)
The glittery text in that panel is a little hard to make out on my monitor.
The 2nd to last character in the first line over the door in panel 6 seems incorrect, or does that rune have 2 possible transliterations?

Panel 5 on the left says 'the flows of magic are whimsical today.'

Panel 6 beside the door says 'this land already cleansed'. Above the door says 'for I have tasted the fruit' I think the panel two runes on the right say '-tay a while and m-ten'dashes are letters I can't make out.

I remember knowing the runes . . my version of "The Hobbit" had the translation in the front of the dwarven runes.

panel 2 on the right:
Stay a while and listen

Someone should write "Beware of Angry Elf" on the door to that room...WHEE! there's a birdy in the room!...if there are bars on the windows then how did the bird get in?

"But you are still hungry is a reference to Chrono Trigger, where the characters can enter a device that gives them the equivalent of a full night's sleep.

Yeah Mith, I got your reply. I'm less of a hard-liner than I was in the past, but I won't start that discussion. ^_^''

Oh, and to all those who doubt dwarven hospitality: See? We even put trees and things in for the elves during their stay. We always treat our guests with the proper respect.

"But you are still hungry"
"Stay a while and listen"
"The flows of magic are whimsical today"
"For I have tested the fruit"
"This land already cleansed"

Sorry, meant to say 'tasted the fruit', but typod x.x

Isn't "The flows of magic are whimsical today." from Warcraft III?

Yeah, don't the dwarves live under a mountain?

"Stay a while and listen" is from Diablo

Thankin' ye muchly :)

not to be a spoilsport, but on the topic of shadows: if Ayne has a lantern at headheight, shoulnd the shadow be longer than it is now in panel 1?

wow havent left a comment for a loooong time.

I like how the dwarf admits he's rude. :)

Hey, we dwarves are a simple people. We like it direct and to the point.

Besides, the technical term is grumpy.

Yep, the only one I recognize is "Stay a while and listen"...

honestly you don't want to go and compete in comments text, commisioned have so many coments it take a while to load just to see them, its sick i think the just about hold the record

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"Kyameron says:
It makes me think of the gate into Mordor ^_^"

Um, you mean Moria.

I haven't checked back here in a while, but upon rereading, I noticed that Ayne is gradually becoming quite gray.

it's the pixies. they are wearing her down

Actually I think the big evil birds guarded the Tower of Cirith Ungol, which was kind of the side entrance to Mordor. The main gate of Mordor was just huge and impenetrable.

CRIVENS!

I know I don't speak for everyone, but i hope I do when I say this, but the Best of Luck to Mr. Pratchett. If anyone can beat Alzheimers, he can. Besides, we could probly pay a few Nac Mac Feegle to steal the disease from him. :)

...waily waily waily.

Is ayne turning blue? her skin looks darker and... blue-er. intentional?

"Dark Dragon says:
CRIVENS!

I know I don't speak for everyone, but i hope I do when I say this, but the Best of Luck to Mr. Pratchett."

Not much I can add to that, except: me too.

I like how she sort of looks her age more in the last panel. She's only supposed to be in her early teens (in human years) right?

Did I see a subtle reference to Star wars in panel 5?
Or is it me?
Probably me.

Why do they have more than one elven embassy?