Hazard's Wake

Hazard's Wake is a fantasy webcomic drawn in an Animesque style that takes place in an RPG / JRPG world with a hell of a lot of characters.

The series seems to jump back and forth from AffectionateParody to epic fantasy story. The story boils down to the individual adventures of the groups while parodying a lot of old RPGs (the old Final Fantasys seem to be the most frequent targets, including an obvious Tellah Expy) but seems to tie into a demon's plot to unlock the sealed northern continent of 'Hazard's Wake'.

The huge cast includes:
 * Fatima, a near peerless swords-woman with limited Light ETHER (aka Light Magic) who is ostensibly the main character.
 * Kevinsky, local meta-guy, a captain of the guards turned pirate turned mercenary.
 * Araceli, a Shy Blue-Haired Girl who has been locked in a tower with ghosts most of her life. She has dreams of monsters who refer to her as the "Eye of the Dark God."
 * Solaria, a Holy Knight who uses Sky ETHER to speed her movements. She seems to hide her emotions unless she becomes overly frustrated.
 * Milliene, a Psi Knight who lost her memories while overusing her powers. Seems rather attached to Solaria.
 * Cress, a Demon Hunter who can use fire elemental attacks but isn't quite able to understand his odd new companions.
 * Maple, a powerful healer thanks to her water ETHER, also seems to live in her own reality sometimes.


 * Action Girl: Many. Fatima and Solaria are the first that come to mind.
 * Aerith and Bob: Goes from Malbez and Exor on the Aerith side to Alexander and James on the Bob side.
 * Anti-Magic: Both Shin and Kelios have a skill that negates magical attacks. Nifty.
 * Calling Your Attacks: Both spells and special attacks always fall into this. Either the character will say it or a bubble will appear labeling the attack, as well as what elemental ETHER it is.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Maple is in her own little world... usually thinking about romance in ways far from rational.
 * Combat Tentacles: Krakenhead, appropriately enough.
 * Demon Slaying: Cress is of the Church Militant version.
 * Functional Magic: It's called ETHER, and is based on an eight-element system.
 * Kid Hero: Hiro.
 * Loads and Loads of Characters: So many, in fact, that it gets confusing, until they're eventually sorted into a Four Lines, All Waiting deal.
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Maple, in her own mind.
 * Mentor Occupational Hazard:.
 * Meta Guy: Kevinsky snarks on anything and everything that he can and seems to be semi-aware that he's a comic character.
 * Naughty Tentacles: Alluded to.
 * New First Comics: The author has redrawn a few of the early strips.
 * Painting the Fourth Wall: "She PRONOUNCED a HEART SYMBOL!"
 * Rebellious Princess: This seems to be Aileen in a nutshell.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: Fluffy's entire reason for being.
 * RPG Mechanics Verse: Light hints of this, but usually woven into the story in a way so it doesn't look too jarring. Usually.
 * Shrinking Violet: Araceli.
 * Stripped to The Bone: 's death at the hands of.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: Araceli, kind of; she's also Badass Adorable.
 * Talking Is a Free Action: Happens occasionally in fight scenes.
 * The Team Normal: Kevinsky again. Whether he's even useful or just there for comedic relief is debatable.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl: Zenobia.
 * Unsound Effect
 * "*SOUND OF A MONSTROSITY EMERGING!*"
 * "THE CLAW'D!"
 * "*MINTY-FRESH SOUND EFFECT!*"
 * "MEET A FIST!"
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Many: Fatima, Araceli, Elm, Alexander, Exor.