Shadows of Enchantment



Shadows of Enchantment is a now-defunct high fantasy webcomic about magic and The Corruption it invariably brings. It was active between November 2009 and October 2011.

In the land of Nirhal, enchantment is an art that tempts with promises of power, wealth and miracles, but in the end only corrupts and destroys. 500 years ago, it took a war to save Nirhal from its influence. Now, in spite of the lessons of the past, there are signs that the corruption that nearly destroyed The Kingdom is beginning to reemerge.

While an archived copy of the comic's web site can be found here on the Wayback Machine, it appears to lack any of the actual strips

": "I find that when you intend to betray someone powerful, it's best not to be his only enemy.""
 * Action Girl: Serris.
 * Bald of Awesome: Tyrus.
 * Body Horror: You do not want to see behind Tyrus's mask.
 * Breakout Character: Serris is theoretically the heroine, but so far Tyrus has gotten a lot more screen time.
 * Collector of the Strange: Vrill.
 * Cool Gate: Magic is good for making these.
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Tyrus, and usually hides it In the Hood, but he's an unambiguously heroic character.
 * Disney Villain Death: The enchanter in Deeprock.
 * Enemy Mine:


 * Faux Action Girl: Jeanie.
 * Frame-Up: The comic pretty much opens up with Serris being framed for conspiracy to assassinate The Captain of the Aldrian Royal Guard.
 * Green Eyes: Tyrus has adorable ones.
 * Knife Nut: Tyrus, and also Garn. Those knives of theirs are scary.
 * MacGuffin: The mysterious dagger that the bad guys keep mentioning.
 * Magic Is Evil: Aldria considers the mere existence of a new batch of enchanters to be cause for high military alert.
 * Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer: Garn.
 * Nakama: Serris, Tyrus and Aiden, defenders of Deeprock!
 * No Ontological Inertia: A common annoyance for the heroes in the past has been for them to heroically slay a huge, hideous monster, only for its corpse to revert to a dead squirrel or something.
 * The Paralyzer: Tyrus uses dewclaws tipped with a knockout poison, but the principle is the same.
 * Phantom Thief: Tyrus passes the time as one.
 * Phantom Thief: Tyrus passes the time as one.