#pathfinder murderous crow

[arts-and-chaos]

I finished up Murderous Crow and Fireball today!

[zetrystan]

Murder is an old DnD characters I played for a one shot...

...Well, I will now play as him again for a campaign!✨

So I updated his style and physiology a bit! Say hello again to my crow-kenku, barbarian path of the beast!

______ (Here's his old style, when he was a necromancer's minion!:)

[reddus-sideblog]

Pathfinder Update

Today’s session was a little slow, everyone kinda talked a lot, and here’s the rundown, after the cut

So, we planned out our departure from Idle Crag, Tisiphone, Kii, Nik, and young Valka would acquire the artefact, the “Stormbreaker”, that Captain Lora’a Valka used to control the weather around his ship (a part of his prolific nature as a renowned pirate), that had been taken from his ship by the Port Authority of Idle Crag Meanwhile, Ivan, our new “companion” and his men, would set off fire works to cover our “work” if things got messy, while Captain Valka would get his crew to get the ship ready to sail. So hopefully we’d get the Stormbreaker outta the Port Authority contraband warehouse and be setting sail right away.

Captain Valka also entreated Nik to help him reacquire some of his lost merchandise (drugs), so that he could save face with his trade partner Prince Hekate. Prince Hekate is the one partially sponsoring Valka’s potion shop in Bostadt, using it as a front to move his merchandise (drugs). Finding this out Kii said “It would seem Prince Hekate has his fingers in a lot of pies”. Both Valka brothers blushed, as their dealings with the Prince were not simply business, and you know how catboys are.

As this was the last time we’d be on dry land for some time, the group made some last minute preparations. Tisi took Valka aside and talked with him a bit as they went to the Valka Tinctures carriage, to grab a few things. While alone with Lora’sae Miss Tisiphone remarked how while his brother was easy on the eyes (Lora’sae took this as a roundabout way of Tisiphone hitting on him, because he is the most conceited catfolk ever) he truly was scum, and for all of Lora’sae’s faults, he was probably a lot better than all of his other brothers.

Lora’sae explains to Tisiphone that the names of his brothers are sequential, and that his people have rather little regard for the males of their families (with him and his brother’s names being the name of their mother combined with a number, Lora’a, Lora’to, Lora’li, and Lora’sae being one, two, three, and four of Lora Valka, literally). Tis was a bit taken aback by the catfolk’s culture, remarking how it was so cruel, and Valka didn’t disagree. Tisiphone told him in turn that her and her sisters were named after spirits of righteous vengeance from some old myth (Valka thought it was quite appropriate given the nature of the Eriny sisters).

Tisiphone also remarked how, for the time being, they were allies, but come the lot of them returning to dry land she might reconsider their, so far, congenial relationship with young Valka’s brother as she was quite sure Lora’a had a price on his head. Lora’sae was rather perturbed by this, and tried to convince Tisiphone that his brother really wasn’t all that bad, which only made Tisi reply that she’d be keeping a closer eye on him. At any rate Tisiphone took the last shoulder cannon that was leftover along with her Twin Orb.

So the time came for Nik Kii, Valka, and Tisiphone to get a hold of the Stormbreaker. They looked over the building, and Tisiphone and Kii took the back entrance, picking the lock while Nik and Valka made a case for coming to the contraband warehouse, saying that that BASTARD BROTHER OF HIS stole things belonging to him, and he needed to see if they were in the warehouse. Somehow this worked, and on the way in Kii made Tisiphone and herself invisible, which helped a fair bit. Valka made his way through the warehouse, picking his way through things and making his way to  the high security lockup section. At the entrance was an ornery dwarf keymaster who really didn’t believe Valka’s story, and started being even less believing when Valka couldn’t produce any documents to support his claims. Tisi, now having made her way around behind the catboy and the tiefling, cocked her rifle. Valka knew that sound, and tried a bit harder to convince the dwarf of his case before Tisiphone got impatient. Unfortunately these negotiations were taking too long and Tisi just shot the keymaster. Then Kii stabbed him, and then Valka threw a bomb at him. The dwarf keymaster was thrown off the raised platform that led into the lock up area. He was downed, but not necessarily dead. Tisiphone then spun about and emptied her carbine into one of the other guards, hitting him four times and murdering him immediately. The other guards gave up quite quickly.

Kii and Valka were a bit taken aback by Tisiphone’s ruthlessness, and Valka stabilized the dwarf while she looked about for the Stormbreaker. Nik looked about for Captain Valka’s stolen loot and merchandise. Eventually, the group found the Stormbreaker, which turns out to be a device forged in the shape of a skeleton, which is seemingly sentient? (A second for sentient magic artefacts, actually, the first being that magic book boy who escaped from the Mage’s Guild that we tried to hunt down as a bounty, which ended up falling through). And so the group ran to Captain Lora’a’s ship with the Stormbreaker in tow (he folded up into a portable shape and Nik carried him), with Ivan and his men following suit quite quickly as well.

With Stormbreaker posing like an Arch-Vile from DOOM at the prow of Captain Valka’s ship the clouds split and the wind suddenly swelled in the ship’s sails and we were swept away onto the open ocean, with a vertical column of clear sky above us, and a dark halo of a tropical storm all about us as the storm headed inland.

The trip...is taking two weeks at full speed. Halfway through this journey Tisiphone had cleaned her guns a dozen times, Nik had gotten tired of working out, Kii had gotten bored of pretending to be a pirate and had resorted to using her magic for spritely pranks, while both of the Valkas had nearly nearly run out of the Captain’s supply of booze. At this point Ivan seeks a private audience with the Captain who kicks Valka out of the cabin. Kii, ever the curious and interested sylph, makes herself invisible and flies into the cabin’s window. Ivan speaks with Captain Valka and reveals that the island they are sailing for is a former Velakan prison colony, now a Pragian prison colony. Jodd the Butcher is flying to island to free a prisoner, who would certainly sound important if a dragon rider is flying all the way there to get him. Kii, invisible still, stands up, and interrupts Ivan, drawing her rapier, questioning Ivan further on who exactly he is.

Ivan wastes no time and partially disrobes, and starts undoing his bandages to reveal that not only is he not Joshua Graham levels of crispy like we kind of all assumed, but rather that he is ACTUALLY COMPLETELY INVISIBLE. He unsheathes his sword and touches it to Kii’s blade. Captain Valka, meanwhile, is kind of checked out, and mostly finishing what little of the liquor his younger brother hadn’t yet. Ivan tells Miss Kii that she certainly isn’t the only one who can go about unseen, and they both depart.

Kii tells Tisi, Valka, and Nik what she heard and saw, and asks Tisiphone if she can talk alone with her. Tisi gathers up her gun kit and comes with her, and Kii dimension doors them up to the crow’s nest and they tell the watchman to buzz off for a little bit. Kii confides in Tisiphone, telling her that she may not exactly be the only remaining member of the Velakan noble line, there was a legitimate heir, the son of the king and queen, who disappeared soon time after the Pragian takeover. She wonders if this prisoner that the dragon rider is coming for is him, and if they’re on the wrong side of this, and what Ivan plans exactly were.

Lora’sae, meanwhile, came to see his brother once more, practically begging him not to hold out on the booze, reminding him of how annoying he was when he was intelligible and not entirely sauced. Eventually Captain Valka acquiesced, letting Lora’sae in, and revealing a second secret stash of alcohol (Lora’sae had found the first one). The Valkas got to talking about their other siblings, and apparently they were still alive, and out in the world. Lora’li was last heard of in the Western kingdoms, living his life as an “entertainer” and “exotic dancer” out, which Lora’a had heard from Prince Hekate, so, the implications of Hekate gathering “experience” with the Valkas purposely is...plausible. As for Lora’to he was last heard of leading some of the Northwards invasion that Pragia was performing out of Velakor into the Southerlands (of course a fucking Valka is responsible for that disaster...). Lora’a said, though, that he was a bit proud of Lora’sae, as he was actually doing something for the Valka Tinctures company after it’s ignominious end, wasn’t being a whore for royalty, or leading in such murderous ventures as himself or Lora’to.

“If I ever meet them (the other Valka brothers), what should I tell them about you?”

“Tell them whatever you want… It’s not like you’d listen to me.”

“I’ll tell them… you’re doing a good job.”

Young Valka tears up and the brothers hug.

Why do we keep ending on wholesome Valka brother moments?

[seerofmike]

Apex Characters as Stardew Valley Players

Part 2 Electric Boogaloo

Lifeline

-is trying really hard to complete the community center but is stuck on a few bundles

-has minor mods, like the improved map that shows characters, but doesn't want to cheat

-gives everyone gifts weekly

-doesnt care for profit and just grows flowers because theyre pretty

-didnt know u can date multiple characters/break up with them so she married elliott out of obligation

-has kids because she thinks theyre cute

-has never gone in the mines

-cannot fish without mods but won't use them

Bloodhound

-did not investigate the community center

-does not talk to any of the townsfolk

-crows keep eating their crops but they dont craft scarecrows because they like them

-owns every hat in the game

-can fish without mods

-stops playing winter year 1 because there are no more crows

Wraith

-bought it because lifeline recommended it as something "relaxing"

-literally cannot relax

-is rushing to maximize profit EVERY DAY

-lines the beach with 50 crab pots for MAXIUMUM PROFIT

-avoids elliott in game because of mirage irl

-doesnt marry anyone but she likes maru

-once completed 30 levels in the mines in one day

-can fish without mods

-somehow completed community center winter year 1

Rampart

-literally never cleaned up her farm after moving in and plants crops around the debris

-"its builds character"

-invites mirage to a co-op game so she can chase him around and freak him out

-masters the slingshot, somehow

-starts learning how to mod and somehow becomes really good at it

-makes mods for everything now

-crypto looked at her save file once and thought it was a completely different game with how much she modded it

-put the ability to murder in her mods for some reason?

-cannot fish without mods

-never bothers with the community center

Loba

-has romanced all 12 bachelors because she likes breaking up with them

-let rampart mod her game so that she can steal things as well

-somehow??? has 500,000 gold by the end of summer year 1??

-doesnt know what the community center is

-cannot fish, doesn't care anyways

-decorates her house to look nice

-doesn't care to check which character likes which gift because she thinks its hilarious when she recieves a negative reaction

Gibraltar

-completes community center in year 3

-Actually Relaxes and doesn't feel the need to do Everything all at once

-marries harvey because all the other bachelors seemed a bit too young

-makes sure to pet his dog and all his animals daily

-maxes 10 hearts with everyone in town

-does every single bulletin board request

-somehow reached bottom of the mines with the wooden sword

-can fish without mods

Pathfinder

Pathfinder

-started off with the 4 corners map because he wanted to do co-op with mirage and wraith

-makes everything really neat and orderly

-has married and divorced every single bachelor

-keeps elliott around so he can invite mirage to his game and go "hey look! we are Best Friends!"

-thinks shane and sebastian are mean :(

-investigated community center but keeps accidentally selling the things he needs for it

-can fish without mods

[bardicknowledgeblogger]

RPG Minis Guide: Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica (Rakdos)

The next round of miniatures will be focusing on the Rakdos! You can see my prior round ups for Gruul, Dimir, and Golgari

Rakdos was fun to pull together. There’s a lovely spread from actually horrifying to honestly a bit silly, and i think that fits best for whatever “vibe” you want at a time. Plus a lot of the minis can be free handed and have minor alterations made to have some more... unsettling details.

Warhammer Minis

These minis are not going to be quite the same scale as traditional D&D minis, so keep that in mind - and maybe buy smaller bases

Skarbrand

Daemons of Khorne Bloodthirster

Judgements of Khorne

Skarr Bloodwrath

Daemons of Khorne Bloodletters

Skullmaster, Herald of Khorne

Karanak, The Hound of Vengeance

Flesh Hounds

Scyla Anfingrimm

Shalaxi Helbane

The Masque

Herald of Slaanesh

The Unmade

Khinerai Lifetakers

Sisters of Slaughter

Auric Runesmiter on Magmadroth

Wizkids: Nolzur’s Marvelous Minis

72563: Familiars

73400: Flesh Golem

72556: Goblins

73201: Tiefling Sorcerer

73202: Tiefling Sorcerer

73388: Tiefling Warlock

Wizkids: Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts Minis

73354: Medium Fire Elemental

73184: Dire Wolf

72581: Hell Hounds

Wizkids: Deep Cuts Unpainted Minis

73368: Magic Dais

73089: Swarm of Rats

73369: Workbench & Tools

73421: Stocks

73424: Assistant & Torture Cross

73419: Cage & Chains

73423: Iron Maiden

73422: Pile of Bones & Entrails

73418: Torture Rack

Reaper Minis

This is the longest list of minis to peruse, but should have PLENTY of choices!

02106: Hecklemeyer, Jester

60159: Jolistina Susperio

50277: Circus Ringmaster

06175: Darkthrall Cultists (9)

77518: Cultist Priests (2)

77517: Cultists (3)

03470: Khalatine, Evil Cultist

60116: Skinsaw Cultist

77223: Kristianna

06151: Chain Gang (9), Razig Adept

02986: Eldessa, Necromancer

03170: Lurien, Ghost

14436: Rahl, Duke of Pain

77315: Fire Demon

03747: Bat Demon

03321: Damien, Hellborn Wizard

03609: Hell Hound

02522: Hell Hounds (2)

03432: DHL Classics - Undead Hounds

14215: Hound of Judgement, Crusaders Solo

03695: Death Dog

03728: Blood Demon

03749: Succubus

03110: Nathrae, Dark Elf Cleric

03138: Necromancer with Tome

06112: Paintenders (9) Darkspawn Adept

60087: Master Spy

03648: Hyrekia, Dragonthrall Mage

06145: Daughter of the Whip (9), Overlords Adept

06129: Chattel (9) Necropolis Agent

02501: Mirari the Seductress

02448: Dancing Girls

60061: Shazathared, Marid

02279: Baalbek of Jalahandra

14020: Lola, Overlords Hero

02643: Diedra Dark Willow

02826: Terezinya and Familiar

02823: Rasia, w/ Spiked Chain

03262: Beetle Swarm and Victim

03266: Lodoni, Female Rogue

03308: Marise Greyshroud

50139: Vermina, Rat Queen

02353: Rat Swarm

02889: Dire Rats

03394: Rat Swarm (2)

77129: Vermin: Rat Swarm (2)

77198: Barrow Rats (2)

02544: Barrow Rats

60129: Chelaxian Infernal Binder

03621: Gremlins (4)

89004: Pathfinder Goblin Warchanter

89002: Pathfinder Goblin Pyros

14472: Razig Weapons Pack (15)

14609: Darkshade Raider

02251: Fire Elemental

77082: Large Fire Elemental

02779: Fire Elemental

77081: Burning Sphere (3)

77080: Wall of Fire (3)

14583: Hirodash, Orcish Painmaster

60153: Dungeon Torturer

77442: Torture Equipment 1

77443: Torture Equipment 2

14547: Night Spectre

03479: Murder of Crows

03124: Storm Steed

03718: Ghost Bride

14131: Elsabeth, Necropolis Captain

03660: Amrielle, Female Ranger

[wanderingmoonsword]

Murder Crow

Great dark birds the size of a horse, murder-crows are creatures drawn to the places of the dead, undead scavengers that prefer to haunt over those places where they might feast on corpses. These deadly avians aren’t necessarily tied to living giant ravens, though – the Tome of Horrors casts them as the souls of dead birds condensing into a single terrible scavenger. Murder-crows are fond of going for the eyes in battle, preferring to stay airborne and moving out of reach as much of possible to exploit the power of flight, so they’re going to want to stick to either areas with open skies or large enough confined spaces to be able to exploit that mobility. Looking at the stat block, they may not be brighter than regular ravens, mind you, but let’s keep in mind we’re talking about “not brighter” than some of the most intelligent birds in the world. These things are probably tool users, too, if they feel like bothering, and corvids have exhibited spontaneous tool use. If the door isn’t locked, it won’t stop a murder-crow from opening it. For one final touch, they explode dramatically when slain, releasing a flock of undead ravens that lash out madly. I’m not sure about that bit mechanically – a CR 5 monster directly spawning a CR 9 swarm? – but from a thematic point of view, there’s a lot to have fun with there if you don’t mind working around the clunkiness.

Fittingly for a lich such as he, the cloud giant wizard Parsurian has a massive carrion crow just small enough to lurk on his shoulder as a familiar. The undead raven often flies about, looking for victims or just keeping an eye on the undead giant’s lands, and its soul is tied to the same phylactery as the lich’s, unable to truly slip into death. Instead, the undying familiar explodes into a murder of semi-spectral ravens, pecking and slashing at foes until they can escape and dissolve into the night to whisper word of their mistreatment into their master’s rotted ear.

The lady of carrion, cannibalism, and ghouls, the demoness Yaziri uses great, terrible crows as big as a man to watch over her gloomy shrines and the terrible places of the dead where ghuls reign over her cults. The murder crows are treated like pampered pets while their living cousins are caught and slaughtered for feasts, their bones stitched into a giant raven’s corpse by a ghul. This fiendish ritual creates a murder crow from the desecrated corpse, eager to hunt and feast on the slain once more.

Great and terrible hooded crows fly before the gloomy weather that spreads from a dark tower to lash at neighboring realms. The crows are a manifestation of the cursed lady of that cursed land, reflecting her dark obsessions and undying passions as she broods, and in her madness, the land reflects its mistress, lashing out at the world around itself. When slain, these storm crows burst into terrible wisps of thunder and lightning that slash at anyone nearby (5d6 damage in a 30 foot burst, half electricity, half sonic). Their talons gleam with the lightning at the storm cloud’s heart and they can issue thundering, stunning caw with their beaks (instead of blinding with their beak).

- Tome of Horrors Complete 440

If you’re looking for ravens for comparison, Paizo introduced giant ravens in Pathfinder #97 on page 82, while the raven familiar is in the Bestiary on page 133.

[owl-house-quotes]

SO GUYS REMEMBER THIS?? I HAVE COMPLETED THE LIST. THANKS TO THOSE WHO SENT IN THEIR SUGGESTIONS THEY HELPED A LOT AND I TRIED TO USED AT LEAST ONE FROM EVERYBODY!

Also there were a few that were already filled in that I have added on to the list, there'll also be the names and the explanations for why this is their daemon.

Luz: Zechanos- Tiger (Pathfinder, sharing of knowledge, never-ending journey, distinguishable strong spirited)

Eda: Owlbert- Owl (Can see what others can’t, essence of true wisdom, deception)

Lilith: Mychanax- Raven (Magic, the messenger of the great mystery, a change in consciousness)

Amity: Tijl- Cat (Closed off, intelligent)

Edric: Nineke- Monkey (Seen as dumb, actually very smart, curiosity)

Emira: Saspi- Fox (Cunning, able to trick people and get away with it)

Willow: Mustelox- Panther (Seems quiet, is actually very sociable, very powerful)

Gus: Nolina- Golden Retriever (Loyalty, noble, a true and loyal friend)

Boscha: Pestovil- Pheasant (Confidence, attraction, flamboyance)

Skara: Syntonix- Mouse (Scrutiny, paying attention to detail)

Viney: Puddles- Griffin (Do you need me to explain? Do you really?)

Jerbo: Phis- Squirrel (Natural intelligence, saver, protects reserves)

Belos: Strindavia- Wendigo (Malevolent spirit, murder, greed/hunger)

Bump: Yazalia- Hyena (Seems weak, actually has complex social structures and strength)

Mattholomule: Rubiar- Weasel (Sacred, able to get out of tight situations)

Odalia: Varo- Snake (Manipulative, powerful)

Alador: Brizica- Crow (Crows and ravens are often depicted as villains)

Glasses Dad: Bunnix- Porcupine (The power of faith and trust)

Beard Dad: Kinfiva- Armadillo (Slow, sure, in no hurry; keeper of the house)

Perry: Jyl- Parrot (News, story carrying)

Camila: Zarenin- Badger (Independent, may be sought out for healing based upon knowledge of herbs)

Golden Guard: Ori- Lynx (The knower of secrets, clairvoyant ability)

So, I'm writing a "His Dark Materials" au for TOH where basically everyone has daemons. Problem, I can't decide which form each persons daemon should settle as. So if anyone has any suggestions for the following characters please put them down in the comments!

Characters:

Luz

Eda

Lilith

Amity

Edric

Emira

Willow

Gus

Boscha

Skara

Viney

Jerbo

Belos

[aion-rsa]

HBO Max New Releases: February 2021

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When it released Wonder Woman 1984 to its HBO Max servers in December, WarnerMedia made it abundantly clear that it was ready for a new era of movie distribution. Now, in its list of new releases for February 2021, Warner is attempting another grand experiment for HBO Max.

Judas and the Black Messiah premieres on HBO Max this Feb. 12 and is by every indication the kind of film that awards shows go gaga over. Both Daniel Kaluuya and and Lakeith Stanfield look to be at the top of their respective games in this story about Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and the FBI that wants to take him down. Will this have the same rhetorical oomph on the small screen? Guess we’ll find out!

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Movies

How Wonder Woman 1984’s Practical Effects Set it Apart

By Delia Harrington

Movies

Why It’s Important that Themyscira Is Back for Wonder Woman 1984

By Rosie Fletcher

The rest of HBO Max’s February 2021 offerings are uncommonly film heavy. The other two original movies of note are quite different from one another. There is No “I” in Threesome arrives on Feb. 11 and the decidedly more family friendly Tom & Jerry premieres on Feb. 26.

HBO Max will feature the U.S. premiere of It’s a Sin on Feb. 18. Beyond that, however, it’s another round of intriguing library title additions. A whole host of Batman films and DC properties arrive throughout the month including Batman (1989) and Aquaman (2018).

Here is everything else coming to HBO Max this month.

HBO Max New Releases – February 2021

TBA Close Enough, Season 2 Premiere Esme & Roy, Max Original Series Season 2D Premiere

February 1 All Good Things, 2010 (HBO) The Amityville Horror, 1979 (HBO) The Amityville Horror, 2005 (HBO) American Style The Apparition, 2012 (HBO) Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2002 Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, 1997 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999 Backdraft, 1991 (HBO) Batman & Robin, 1997 Batman Forever, 1995 Batman Returns, 1992 Batman, 1989 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Be Cool, 2005 (HBO) Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 2007 Butter, 2012 (HBO) Captain Blood, 1935 Chewing Gum Death Row Stories, Season 5 Deep Down, 2021 (HBO) Drumline, 2002 (Extended Version) (HBO) The Four Feathers, 2002 (HBO) Get A Job, 2016 (HBO) Get Shorty, 1995 (HBO) Getting Even With Dad, 1994 (HBO) Ghoulies II, 1987 (HBO) Ghoulies, 1985 (HBO) Giant, 1956 The Graduate, 1967 Growing Up Milwaukee, 2020 Head of the Class The Investigation, Limited Series Premiere (HBO) Jacob’s Ladder, 1990 (HBO) Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, 1993 (HBO) Justice League Justice League Unlimited La Deuda, 2021 (HBO) Lars And The Real Girl, 2007 (HBO) The Last Exorcism, 2010 (Extended Version) (HBO) Lay The Favorite, 2012 (HBO) Life Of Pi, 2012 (HBO) Love & Basketball, 2000 The Lucky One, 2012 (HBO) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, 1983 Man of Steel, 2013 The Matrix, 1999 The Matrix Reloaded, 2003 The Matrix Revolutions, 2003 Monkey Shines, 1988 (HBO) Murder On The Orient Express, 1974 (HBO) My Bloody Valentine 3-D, 2009 (HBO) The Neverending Story II The Next Chapter, 1991 (HBO) Outbreak, 1995 Pathfinder, 2007 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Presumed Innocent, 1990 Raw Deal, 1986 (HBO) Robot Chicken, Season 10B Safe House, 2012 (HBO) Saw II, 2005 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Saw III, 2006 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Saw IV, 2007 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Saw V, 2008 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Saw VI, 2009 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Saw, 2004 (Extended Version) (HBO) Saw: The Final Chapter, 2010 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Selena, 1997 The Shadow, 1994 (HBO) Sling Blade, 1996 (HBO) Stop-Loss, 2008 (HBO) Sunshine Cleaning, 2009 (HBO) The Goonies, 1985 The Tank, 2017 (HBO) This Must Be The Place, 2012 (HBO) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 2011 (HBO) Training Day, 2001 Unforgiven, 1992 United Shades of America, Season 5 Up In The Air, 2009 (HBO) Wildcats, 1986 (HBO) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971

February 2 A Rodeo Film, ABFF HBO Short Film Competition Finalist (HBO) A Storybook Ending, ABFF HBO Short Film Competition Finalist (HBO) Black Boy Joy, ABFF HBO Short Film Competition Finalist (HBO) The Cypher, ABFF HBO Short Film Competition Finalist (HBO) Dolapo Is Fine, ABFF HBO Short Film Competition Winner (HBO) Fake Famous, Documentary Premiere (HBO)

February 3 Tacoma FD, Season 2

February 4 Haute Dog (S1C), Max Original Series Selena + Chef, Season 2 Finale

February 5 Aquaman , 2018 Earwig and the Witch (Studio Ghibli Premiere), 2021 In Other Words, 2021 (HBO) Vengeance: Killer Coworkers Vengeance: Killer Lovers Vengeance: Killer Neighbors

February 6 Irresistible, 2020 (HBO) The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty, 2019

February 7 We Bare Bears: The Movie, 2020

February 9 Black Art: In the Absence of Light, 2021 (HBO) Gen:Lock, Season 1

February 10 C.B. Strike: Lethal White, Season Finale (HBO)

February 11 There Is No “I” In Threesome, HBO Max Documentary Premiere

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TV

Does Game of Thrones Really Need to Be a Shared Universe?

By David Crow

TV

Harry Potter: What an HBO Max TV Series Could Be About

By Nick Harley

February 12 Dunkirk, 2017 (HBO) El Inconveniente (AKA One Careful Owner), 2021 (HBO) Havana Street Party Presents: Beatriz Luengo (HBO) Judas and the Black Messiah, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021 Very Scary People, Season 2

February 13 The Book of Eli, 2010 (HBO)

February 14 The Lady And The Dale, Documentary Series Finale (HBO) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Season 8 Premiere (HBO)

February 15 30 Coins, Season Finale (HBO) The Batman Food Wars! The Fourth Plate (Dubbed) (Crunchyroll Collection) Hot Ones, Season 1 Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President, 2020 Static Shock

February 18 Arthur’s Law (Dubbed), Max Original Series Premiere Ben 10, Season 4B It’s a Sin, Max Original Limited Series Premiere

February 19 The Killer Truth, Season 1

February 20 Argo, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO)

February 22 Beartown, Series Premiere (HBO)

February 23 Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

February 26 Blade Runner 2049, 2017 (HBO) Lupe, 2021 (HBO) Painting With John, Season Finale (HBO) Tom & Jerry, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021

February 27 Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey, 1991 (HBO) Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure, 1989 (HBO) How It Really Happened, Season 5

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Leaving HBO Max – February 2021

February 5 Storks, 2016 (HBO)

February 15 Little, 2019 (HBO)

February 20 The Conjuring, 2013

February 22 Us, 2019 (HBO)

February 28 American Pie, 1999 (HBO) The Astronaut’s Wife, 1999 Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2012 (HBO) Blow-Up, 1966 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, 2005 Chinatown, 1974 Cold Mountain, 2003 (HBO) Congo, 1995 (HBO) Cowboys & Aliens, 2011 (Unrated Version) (HBO) Crazy Rich Asians, 2018 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, 2008 (HBO) The Descendants, 2011 (HBO) The Devil Inside, 2012 (HBO) Dick Tracy, 1990 (HBO) Doctor Sleep, 2020 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Dolphin Tale, 2011 G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, 2009 Gangs Of New York, 2002 (HBO) The Good Liar, 2019 (HBO) Gun Crazy, 1950 Happy Feet Two, 2011 (HBO) Harriet, 2019 (HBO) I Think I Love My Wife, 2007 (HBO) Idiocracy, 2006 (HBO) Lean On Me, 1989 The Legend Of Bagger Vance, 2000 Life, 1999 (HBO) The Little Things, 2021 Logan’s Run, 1976 Lola Versus, 2012 (HBO) Motherless Brooklyn, 2019 (HBO) Muriel’s Wedding, 1995 (HBO) The Mustang, 2019 (HBO) My Dream Is Yours, 1949 The Omega Man, 1971 On Moonlight Bay, 1951 The Sitter, 2011 (Unrated Version) (HBO) Soldier, 1998 Soylent Green, 1973 Spies Like Us, 1985 Stephen King’s Needful Things, 1993 Tango & Cash, 1989 Teen Witch, 1989 (HBO) Westworld (Movie), 1973 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, 1971

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[monstersdownthepath]

Theme Bestiary: Witchcrow

CR 3

Chaotic Evil Small Magical Beast

Pathfinder Bestiary 5, pg. 277

Avaricious, spell-hungry little monsters attracted to shows of magic like vultures to carrion, Witchcrows seek out scrolls, rings, tomes, potions, and whatever other magical items they can hold in their talons and beak to carry them off to their nests. Intelligent, cruel, and cunning, Witchcrows love little more than sewing anguish and sorrow into populations between their frequent thefts, cackling into the sky as crows do whenever they witness a hapless human succumb to their curses.

Unlike the last two entries, Witchcrows are very adept at joining combat. Their slashing talons can cause nasty wounds to low-level parties, and their 60-foot flight speed and possession of the Flyby Attack feat means they can swoop in and slash at an unfortunate target before dashing out of reach straight into the air. Without some means of striking them from a long range, they can pick apart their targets round by round. If a party DOES prove to be especially troublesome, a Witchcrow may simply dive in to steal whatever magical item caught their eye (enchanted with a permanent Detect Magic) before taking off into the sky and sending the party on a hunt to reclaim their gear.

They are not all theft and pointy injury, though. Witchcrows, in addition to a handful of defensive spells that make even seeing the damned creature a chore, have three Witch hexes, including the ever-horrible Misfortune hex, which forces anyone under it to roll twice for every combat roll and take the lower result... but making it infinitely worse is their possession of Cackle, letting the crow use its move action to extend the duration of Misfortune (or Evil Eye) by one round. Because it can hover in midair, a Witchcrow can use Misfortune into Cackle while staying infuriatingly out of reach, an especially dangerous tactic if the Witchcrow has company (which it usually does). The little monster can curse you horribly and then laugh about it for a straight minute as its friends pick you apart!

If your party is not opposed to bargaining with the evil little monster, though, it can be talked out of destructive actions... Or, more accurately, bribed out of them. For the right price (magical items, spell knowledge, information, shiny magical items, etc) a Witchcrow can be bought off, and even have its allegiance secured for a short while. If you’re especially convincing, you can cause an entire murder of Witchcrows to congregate and use Apportation. Giving 12+ Witchcrows a solid minute to concentrate allows them to create a 1-minute Teleportation Circle that can send anyone that steps inside up to 1,700 miles in any direction. Witchcrows loathe using this ability, especially if it’s to help out Good-aligned folk, but with a hefty enough bribe you can make them toss aside their malicious morals for a few minutes.

You can read more about them here.

[arts-and-chaos]

Today’s efforts!

[corduroykoala]

Lion of God

I am in the forest west of Ione, where rowan and willow yield to fir and larch, when I find the child. He lies beneath a juniper bush, legs pulled up to his chest in a meager attempt to conserve body heat. He is, I think, no more than ten, and does not stir when I approach. He wears a homespun tunic and pants, torn by branches and briars, and his feet are bare save for a thick layer of dirt. I remind myself that I am no longer compelled to help him, yet kneeling at his side, I see the paleness of his skin. He is cold to the touch. It has been more than a week since the vernal rains ceased, but a chill still lingers in the air. Were I to leave the child here, he would surely die. Pushing back the sword at my hip, I take him into my arms.

           I travel south a half league, making camp in the evening shadow of a granite outcropping. The ground is dry here, and the stone will do better than wood to absorb heat. Sheltering the child in a rain-smoothed crevasse, I wrap him in my blanket and set a fire to keep him warm. There is a stream but a few minutes northwest, yet by the time I return carrying water, he has not stirred. I have treated ailments of the cold before, of myself and my fellows, but I am no apothecary. Never have I treated one so young. I do what I am able with what little I have, preparing a thin herbal tea and heating several spare rags that I place on his chest and neck. For now, there is little else I can do.

           I remove the sword from my hip and kneel to face the fire. Despite the warmth it radiates, I am cold. I close my eyes and bow as far as I am able. “O Lord Almighty,” I begin, “to whom all glory be, I give You thanks upon this eve for the bounties You have bestowed upon me.” The cold does not stir. I lick my lips, and my nose brushes the long grass. “You, who is all-powerful. You, who is all-knowing. Guide me upon Your path, O Lord…”

           “Mama…” I rise from my bow and turn to look at the child. His head rocks to the side, though his eyes remain closed. His small mouth is twisted into a frown. “Mama,” he mumbles again. I stand and take the small cup of tea I have left to keep warm by the fire. He does not wake when I lift his head in my hand, nor when I pour the tea into his mouth. He is still cool to the touch. After replacing the rags on his body, I return to kneeling by the fire.

           “O Lord Almighty, to whom all glory be…”

Shortly after the vernal rains of my sixth year, a tribe of wandering flood folk passed through my family’s lands. In exchange for knowledge and goods from the south, my father provided them shelter on our grounds for three days. My mother forbade me from speaking with them unaccompanied, but her order did not deter me from slipping out my bedroom window.

           I had never seen any quite as curious as this tribe, and I cannot say that I have seen any since. I was reminded of the peasants and commoners that my parents employed, clothed as this tribe was in a patchwork of cloths and hides. They were unwashed and smelled of the land, and they moved with a fatigue that I had never thought possible. It wasn’t until years later that I realized they had spent several hard days travelling to cross the southern flood plains before the vernal rains began.

           Despite their fatigue, the tribes-people treated me cordially. They gave me sweet gum-treats from far-off lands and showed me jewelry and stones that glittered in the firelight. There was an older man, one whom I remember only as Pathfinder. His face was a maze of creases crusted with dirt, giving him the appearance of something wild and not quite human. He was kind, however, and he took me on his knee to tell me of the world outside the kingdom. He told me of the Laurek Desert, stretching on for miles before rising up to the sharp, snowy peaks of the Sou-San Mountains. He told me of the Buol Cliffs on the southernmost shore of Léande, so high up that not even the flood waters can reach them. He told me of the white-eyed squirrels of the Telven Forest, of the boat tribes and their festival of kites, of the flood tribes to our north that live among the ice. As a child for whom the whole world was the twelve hundred acres of their father’s land, I could not fathom travelling from one end of the continent to the other, and I wanted for nothing more than to travel with this flood tribe. As the child of nobility, however, that was never to be my fate.

When I awaken in the morrow, a thick grey fog has settled over the land. Although the child has yet to wake, he has warmed considerably in the night. Rekindling the fire, I make sure to warm his rags before setting off to the stream again. It is difficult to see more than twenty feet afront, yet the path is still fresh in my mind and I do not stumble or lose my way in the uneven and rocky terrain. I linger at the stream long enough only to fill my kettle and wash the night from my face.

           I return to find that the child has rolled away from the rocky outcrop, still a safe distance from the fire. After setting the kettle on a flat stone, I attend to the child. Bleary eyes the color of rosewood open to look at me. With care, I help him sit against the granite again, then take the rags that have fallen from his neck and replace them. He attempts to stop me, but I clamp down on his arm. “Be still. It is to help you.” He obeys.

           When I have secured the rags and wrapped him in the blanket, I return to my kettle. The child does not move. He watches me place the kettle on the fire, and watches me kneel beside it. He looks out at the fog. “Where are we?” he asks. His voice is weak, and seems to be swallowed in the murk.

           “We are in Balok Forest,” I tell him.

           “Is it in Hell?”

           I arch an eyebrow toward the child. His eyes are wide, and he is shivering beneath the blanket. “Do you believe in a Hell?” I ask. He no longer looks at the fog, but at the ground. I should not have asked that. “You need not worry,” I say, gazing into the fire. “Children do not go to Hell.”

           There is a long silence between us that lasts as long as it takes for the water to boil. In that time, the sun rises higher and dispels the fog, and the child appears to become less fearful. Selecting two particular leaves from my supply, I add them to a cup of water and wait for them to steep. When the water has turned a thin brown color, I bring it to the child. Though he is hesitant, he obeys when I tell him to drink. The tea acts quickly, and he blinks drowsily. I return to the fire, and his gaze follows. He is looking at the sigil of my Order I wear upon my breast: an eagle, having a ring of light about its head, perched upon the hilt of a sword pointed downward. It is scarred over with three intersecting lines, like the print of a crow’s foot. The child’s tongue is thick with sleep when he asks, “Can knights go to Hell?”

           I do not answer. I do not know the answer.

I have known no shame greater than to have a commoner beg me for mercy. As a knight of the Order of the Divine, I believed myself to be a protector of the people. I brought justice to thieves and murderers, and I defended our lands from the barbarians of the south. I acted with honor. I followed our creed as I was taught. It was this belief, I suspect, that drew the attention of the clergy to myself. Time and again, they sought to remind me that my belief was not the truth, that I did not serve the people. I served them.

           The man on his knees before me was perhaps forty years of age, a long and evidently healthy life behind him. His clothes were simple but well kept, his face worn, and his thin black hair silvering at the temples. His eyes were the color of worked leather. “Please!” His voice came out like air squeezed from a bellows.

           “This man has failed to pay his tithe for three months now.” Caecilius stood to my left, his hands folded before him. He had a hawkish brow and a deep crimson robe, yet it was the predatory look with which he regarded the kneeling man that denoted him as a bishop. “He is to be punished in a manner befitting a thief.”

           Another member of my Order, a brutish knight named Gideon, took the man’s left hand and forced him to hold the arm out before me. “I’ve paid, I’ve paid!” the man insisted. “I’ve given all my family can spare!”

           “But,” Caecilius said, his voice bleeding false sympathy, “God does not ask for what you can spare. Are you so selfish that one of ten is too much to give? Are you so selfish that you would steal from God Himself?”

           The man’s eyes were wide. “No! I didn’t…” He turned his head to me. “Please, mesere!”

           I rested a hand upon the hilt of my sword and looked down at the man. “Are you a farmer?” He nodded desperately. I turn to Caecilius. “How is this man to pay his tithe if he is unable to tend his fields?”

           “Do you doubt our Lord’s commandments?” Caecilius said. It was not a question, but an accusation.

           I bowed my head. “No, Holiness. I simply wished—”

           “There is no place for your wishes in our order,” Caecilius said. Spittle flew from his mouth, his teeth bared. “There is only the Lord’s commandments.”

           I nodded. “Yes, Holiness.” My blade caught the reflection of the sun for but a moment when I drew it and rested the edge against the man’s wrist. I did not know his name, nor would I ever. Knights did not ask peasants for their names. To us, they were man, woman, child. It made the guilt easier to bear.

           Caecilius smiled as I lifted the blade above my head and brought it down.

“O Lord Almighty, to whom all glory be, I give You thanks upon this day for the bounties You have bestowed upon me. You, who is all-powerful. You, who is all-knowing. Guide me upon Your path, O Lord. Grant me Your strength and shelter, O Lord, in this that I might honor You and do Your will. Show me Your mercy, O Lord, for even in my sin, I seek only to serve Your will…”

          The words fall short. They will always fall short. I lift my face from the dirt. The cold within me remains, though is now joined by something violent and tumultuous that rises up before I can silence it. “How many times must I ask?” I do not know to whom I speak. “How many times must I prostrate myself and beg forgiveness before I can be certain that it will never come?” I bite my tongue, too late. Closing my eyes, I breathe deeply and press back against the fount of frustration within me. I do not move. I do not speak. I try to listen. There is only the crack of the fire, the song of the birds, the stirring of leaves in the wind.

          The child sneezes and I open my eyes, my face hot. His gaze is fixed upon the ground. From beside the fire, I lift a bowl of soup I have prepared and take it to the child. It is a thin broth, with only the few vegetables and barley I had in my pack to fill it. It offers little in the way of sustenance, but it is better than nothing. As with the tea, I must order the child to eat before he accepts the bowl from me. When I have seen him sip the broth, I return to sit by the fire.

          I watch him for several minutes, slowly draining the contents of the bowl. “Tell me,” I say. My heart feels cold in my chest. “What is your name?” The child is motionless, the bowl to his mouth, his eyes on me. Slowly, he shakes his head. I purse my lips, and the cold grows. I do not know why this knowledge is so important. “What if I tell you mine?” He hunches his shoulders and lowers the bowl. “I am Ariel of Righthold.” The child is silent, and he is shaking. I open my mouth to tell him he does not have to say, but I cannot form the words. I bow my head.

          “I am Eli, mesere,” he whispers. Just as quietly, he adds, “Of Ione.”

          “You need not call me mesere,” I say, and he nods meekly. “Why is it you are in this forest?”

          The child—Eli—falls silent again. He is now leaning into the stone outcrop as if he wishes to become a part of it, but I see the fearful glances he casts toward me, toward my sigil. I place my hand on my chest to cover it. “You need not fear me,” I say. “I shall not harm you.”

          Eli’s gaze drifts from my hand to the bowl he still holds, then to the fire. “The people of my village are afraid of me.”

          “And why might they be afraid of a younghede such as yourself?”

          There is a silence, as though the entire forest is awaiting his answer. He does not move, and even in the light of day, I see the fire reflecting within his eyes. He shakes as he breathes. “They believe I have magic.”

It was shortly before the first snowfall of my thirty-fourth year that I was brought to trial before my order. To this day, I do not know if there was a single indictment against me or if it had simply been the buildup of all my hesitancies. In either course, they were afraid of losing their power, and I was to be their scapegoat. I had not been blind to the corruption among the clergy, nor was I unaware of my complicity in their sins. I had stood by as they amassed power. I had given them my blade as they stole everything from the commoners. The blood of our people was on my hands, and I soothed my conscience by telling myself that I was doing the Lord’s work. Yet, when they brought me forth, they accused me of undermining our faith and of openly questioning the Holy Word. Heresy.

           I told them that it was not true. I told them that I had given my life to the Order, and that I had never wavered from our creed. I told them that if I had questioned any word, it was that of man, not God. Perhaps I told them this, or perhaps I remained silent and allowed them to condemn me. Perhaps I did not protest when they marked my armor and cast me out. Perhaps I did not weep when my family denounced my name. Those moments are lost to me as drops of blood within a rain-swollen river. What I do recall are the cruel smiles upon the bishops’ faces when they sentenced me to die in the wilderness. They did this under the pretense of allowing God to end my life. They did this so that they might keep their hands clean.

           I nearly did die that winter, trapped between the cold within and the cold without. When the snows melted and the rains came, I stood for days in the downpour. I was lost and without purpose, uncertain even of how to find my way once more. The Order had been my life. Surely, not everything had been lies, falsified by mere men. These thoughts pressed me onward, and even in the days I considered surrendering myself, it was to be to the Lord’s will. I have prayed, and I will continue to pray as I was taught, but I was never taught to listen.

I am standing, and my hands are on my sword. I do not remember doing either. My heart beats ever quicker, spreading the coldness throughout my body. Magic! You must not suffer a wicche to live. To study magic is tantamount to heresy. The cold is nearing my fingers. “Why?” I ask. “What did you do to make them believe you had magic?” The child does not look away from the fire. He is calm, far calmer than one his age should be. It is natural to believe he is a wicche, I tell myself. My hand tenses on the hilt of my blade. “Speak.”

          “I have nightmares.” His voice trembles. He sniffs and wipes at his eyes. The cold creeps back up my arm. He is still a child. The fire snaps beneath his gaze. “Sometimes,” he says quietly, “my nightmares come true, and people get hurt.” Closing his eyes, he curls up like a woodlouse. His next words are a whimper. “I don’t know how to stop it.”

          I look down at the child, and I cannot breathe. He himself believes he has magic. That should be enough. Were a bishop here, it would be more than enough. I would be ordered to execute the child, and I would have no choice but to obey. There is no bishop here, however, and the choice is mine alone.

          Why? Why has the fate of this child been placed in my hands? My gaze drifts upward to the forest canopy. Through the leaves and branches I can just make out the light of the sun filtering through. What is the purpose? It has been a truth since I was a child that the study of magic is among the greatest sins one can commit. Now, I do not know for certain if there is even a God to sin against. For all my prayers and pleas, never have I received an answer.

          Until now.

          I look back to the child, trembling before the fire. Had I known of his supposed magic when I found him, would I have nursed him back to health? Would I have left him to die? Could I have? Had I not asked why he was in the forest, would I have taken him back to his home? I would, inevitably, have learned of his magic. This child was sent to test me, and yet I still do not know which is the correct path. I close my eyes and draw a breath. The cold within me has reached a tipping point, and I know that if I choose incorrectly, I will be consumed. I open my eyes. “Rise.”

          The child looks up at me. He is still afraid, and I cannot say that he has no right to be. After but a moment, he complies. His legs are unsteady from sickness, and he holds the blanket tight to his body like a shield. My sword does not make a sound as I draw it from my sheath. The child’s eyes widen and he stumbles back, but I do not move from my position. Holding the blade aloft before me, I capture a beam of sunlight within my eye. It is the cure I have waited so long for. My chest expands, and the cold is burned away.

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[rockymountainwriter]

Modern Day Slavery: Human Sex Trafficking Among Native American Women

           Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry, and though it affects nearly every community across our nation, it is commonplace here in the US and in Indian Country.  According to Lisa Brunner, Executive Director and CEO Sacred Spirits First Nations Coalition, who testified in front of Congress, “Native women experience violent victimization at a higher rate than any other US population.  More than 1 in 3 Native American and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetime; more than 6 in 10 will be physically assaulted. Native women are murdered at more than ten times the national average” (Brunner 2016).  According to a new report published in May 2016 from the National Institute of Justice, “Among American Indian and Alaska Native women, 56.1 percent have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime and 14.4 percent have experienced it in the past year. Among American Indian and Alaska Native victims, 96 percent of women and 89 percent of men have experienced sexual violence by an interracial perpetrator” (Research Report p 11).

           Prior to colonial contact, violence against Native women was very rare.  In fact, women were acknowledged to be sacred and revered members of their communities. However, the long-term impacts of government actions which caused widespread poverty, low educational attainment, high rates of community and interpersonal violence, high rates of alcohol-related deaths and suicide, poor physical health, and corroded family and community relations.  The U.S. government outlawed gatherings for ceremonies and it wasn’t until 1978 that American Indians were allowed to fully practice their traditional religions. All of which the U.S. government has never acknowledged, never apologized for, or attempted to compensate for its treatment of American Indians.

           From the mid-1500s when the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto wrote in his journal how he and his men had captured Appalachee women in Florida “for their foul use and lewdness” (Galley 2002).  The fact that Native women would have sex with colonist that were connected to trade made them out to be tainted and mercenary (Fischer 2002). Because of these beliefs, Native women were raped and harassed by English surveying teams and the framework was set to justify the sexual exploitation of American Indian women who colonist believed to be sexually loose, mercenary and immoral having no regard for the norms of decent society. The U.S. Army, as immigrants moved westward, not only killed American Indian men in battle, but also slaughtered entire encampments of women, elders and children.  Referred to as “breeders”, American Indian women were raped, murdered, and sexually mutilated.

           The atrocities continued throughout the generations.  In the 1850s, the U.S. government established and relocated American Indians to reservations for assimilation.  In 1879, the Bureau of Indian Affairs opened Carlisle Industrial School in Pennsylvania, which became the model for government-funded, Christian-oriented Indian boarding schools.  In its 39 years of operation, approximately 12,000 American Indian children attended (Anderson 2000).  According to the Dawes Allotment Acct in 1887, each reservations was broken up into 160 acre parcels which was allotted to individual heads of family, and it allowed the government to sell any unallotted land which resulted in 17 million acres of Indian land sold to companies or white men.  From 1950 to the 1970s, the U.S. government performed involuntary sterilization of Native women, approved of tribal termination and urban relocation efforts, and enforced large scale efforts into adopting Native children into white families.

           What does all this have to do with today’s sex trafficking of Native American women?  Plenty.  History set the stage to what can be “described as “a perfect storm” of victimization, oppression, and poverty that makes Native American women vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation” (Shattered Hearts Report 2009).  According to the Trafficking Victim Protection Act (2002), “Trafficking involves sexual exploitation of persons, predominately women and girls, involving activities related to prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, and other commercial sexual services.  Victims are often forced through physical violence to engage in sex acts or perform slavery-like labor.  Such force includes rape and other forms of sexual abuse, torture, starvation, imprisonment, threats, psychological abuse, and coercion” (22). Most of these victims were sexually abused           as kids.  Some young women are coerced into believing they are providing for their families.  All are poverty stricken and feel this is their only “career” choice.

           Almost all the stories sound alike.  In the city of Duluth, a port city in Minnesota, many Native women, mothers and daughters alike, are driven into prostitution by poverty and homelessness.  Generations of Native women have sold themselves in order to survive.  There has been a large increase in the number of prostitutes since 2000, especially those who are underage.  Criminals know they are less likely to be arrested or prosecuted for trafficking and the overhead is far less than that required for selling drugs.  The internet has increased the demand for prostitutes with escort services, both online and by phone, which provides a somewhat legal means for prostitutes and buyers to connect.  The internet also aids the movement and coordination of prostitution.  Pimps coordinate meet-ups between the women and buyers at rural bars and strip clubs.  The police noted it seems to be growing in organization and sophistication (Pember 2012).

           Between the significant lack of federal or state funding for helping domestically trafficked or prostituted women, and the distrust of law enforcement among Native girls and women many traffickers suffer no real consequences even if they agree to testify.  Lieutenant Scott Drewlo of the Duluth police notes, “As an example, “the big boat case” of 2000, in which a 14-year-old Native girl was sold to the crew of a ship by a gang in Duluth. According to Drewlo, organized crime in the form of gangs has played a large role in trafficking girls in and around Duluth for years. The girl was locked in a cabin on the boat for days while the crew raped her repeatedly. She managed to escape when the ship was in port in Cleveland and made her way back to Duluth, where she contacted police. In the end, however, she was too frightened to testify and disappeared. We have no way of knowing how many times this sort of thing has happened,” he says (Pember 2012).

           Vednita Carter, founder of Breaking Free, a Minneapolis-based non-profit dedicated to helping women escape prostitution says “true choice is the ability to change your mind and leave a situation, however, you can’t just walk away from prostitution.  Once you’ve been involved so many things have happened that prevent you from leaving. I like to call it New Age Slavery.  At some point, their spirits fall down and they see that they are indeed victims” (2)  She claims initially some glamorize the life and speak fondly of the attention from men, wearing fancy clothes, going out to eat, staying in nice hotels.  “I tell them that’s not prostitution.  I ask them how they felt when a stranger ordered them to their knees and demanded they open their mouths. Sometimes they being to cry,” Carter said.  It is then they come to realize they’ve been hurt, things have happened to them that they never expected to happen.  A man can do anything he wants to a prostitute; “the women who come to us are broken” said Carter.

           Now that sex trafficking is beginning to get the attention of federal, state, and tribal health and social service agencies, they are struggling to create meaningful ways to serve sex trafficking victims. The stringent barriers created though are causing problems.  Some services are requiring adult victims to cooperate with law enforcement to receive services.  Because some victims won’t cooperate, they are turned away.  Minors, on the other hand, are not required to work with law enforcement, but are encouraged to do so.  The first and only shelter designated to serve Native American sex trafficking victims has recently been funded by the Department of Justice.  Located on the Crow Creek Reservation, Pathfinders, as it’s called, is due to open later this year and will offer long-term housing for survivors as well as mental health, job training, and spiritual support services.  

           The question arises, would sex trafficking decrease if prostitution was made legal? The Nordic Model, also known as the Sex Buyer Law, decriminalizes all those who are prostituted, provides support services to help them exit, and makes buying people for sex a criminal offense, in order to reduce the demand that drives sex trafficking.  It was pioneered in Sweden after extensive research and has been adopted by countries such as Canada, Norway, Australia, and New Zealand. The UK is currently looking into implementing the Nordic Model.  Has it worked? According to the countries that have criminalized sex buyers, such as Sweden, have seen a significant drop in sex trafficking per capita than Denmark and Germany where buying sex is legal.  Street prostitution has halved and the Swedish government determined that this is not because prostitution has moved inside.

           Native American women experience violence, rape, physical assault, and murder in the United States at a higher rate than any other population.  This outrage alone should make people stand up and take notice. Prior to colonization, violence against Native American women was rare, however the long-term impacts of government actions caused widespread poverty, high rates of alcoholism and drug use, and low educational attainment throughout the generations of the Indian nations.  History set the stage for the perfect storm and Native American women became vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation.  Because of poverty and homelessness, mothers and daughters alike have turned to prostitution in order to survive.  Thanks to the dedication of many organizations like “Breaking Free” and funding from the Justice Department, giving these women a choice to end their life of prostitution with shelter, education, job training, and spiritual support, there may be hope for some of these women.  Gaining trust in law enforcement and providing safe access to those who decide to go after their perpetrators remains a huge problem in helping victims.  Some think adopting the Nordic Model will decrease sex trafficking everywhere. Awareness is key to the start of the solution.  We must, as a nation, end poverty; we must, as a nation, end homelessness; we must, as a nation, embrace our brothers and sisters with compassion and understanding. For without our help, this crime on women will never go away. 

 References

Anderson S, (2000). On sacred ground: commemorating survival and loss at the Carlisle Indian School, Central Pennsylvania Magazine (May edition).

Brunner, Lisa (2016). Executive Director and CEO Sacred Spirits First Nations Coalition. Personal Interview. 16 Sept. 2016. Print.

Carter, Vednita. (2015). Founder and President of Breaking Free

Fischer K, (2002). Suspect relations: Sex, race, and resistance in colonial North Carolina, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, p. 56

Gallay A, (2002). The Indian slave trade: The rise of the English empire in the American South, 1670-1717. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 34.

Pember, Mary Annette. (2012). “Native Girls are being Exploited and Destroyed at an Alarming Rate”. Indian Country Today Media Network. 16 August 2012. Web.

“The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota”. Shattered Hearts. Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center. August 2009.

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New Releases: Comics and Direct Market September 27, 2017

Here's a look at what's new in comic stores Wednesday, September 27 2017, courtesy of TFAW:

Comics

215 INK 

Doctor Crowe #3 (of 4)$3.99

 AARDVARK VANAHEIM 

Aardvark Comics #1$4.00

 ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT 

Dollface #9 (Cover A - Mendoza)$4.99

Dollface #9 (Cover B - Mendoza Tattered & Torn)$4.99

Dollface #9 (Cover C - Turner Pin Up)$4.99

Dollface #9 (Cover D - Turner Pin Up Tattered & Torn)$4.99

Dollface #9 (Cover E - Celor Pin Up)$4.99

Dollface #9 (Cover F - Celor Pin Up Tattered & Torn)$4.99

Medisin #4 (Cover A - Brame)$3.99

Medisin #4 (Cover B - Brame)$3.99

Vampblade Season Two #7 (Cover A - Winston Young)$4.99

Vampblade Season Two #7 (Cover B - Winston Young Risque)$4.99

Vampblade Season Two #7 (Cover C - King)$4.99

Vampblade Season Two #7 (Cover D - King Risque)$4.99

Vampblade Season Two #7 (Cover E - 90s Variant)$4.99

Vampblade Season Two #7 (Cover F - 90s Risque Variant)$4.99

 AFTERSHOCK COMICS 

Fu Jitsu #1 (Cover A - Wesley St.Claire)$3.99

Fu Jitsu #1 (Cover B - Greg Smallwood)$3.99

Normals #5$3.99

Rough Riders Riders On The Storm #6$3.99

 AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS 

Hatchet #0 Buz Cvr$3.99

Hatchet #0 Larocque Cvr$3.99

 ANTARCTIC PRESS 

Adventure Finders #1$3.99

Arya #1$3.99

Gold Digger #246$3.99

Mythtresses Coloring Book$3.99

Sidewinder #2$3.99

 ARCHIE COMICS 

Archie #24 (Cover A - Audrey Mok)$3.99

Archie #24 (Cover B - Thomas Pitilli)$3.99

Betty & Veronica Friends Jumbo Comics Digest #256$6.99

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All New Soulfire #7 10 Copy IncvAR

All New Soulfire #7 (Cover A - Cafaro)$3.99

All New Soulfire #7 (Cover B - Castiello)$3.99

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Belladonna #1 Gypsy Nude Century Set (adult)$99.99

Hellina Scythe #1 Bikini Nude Century Set (adult)$149.99

Hellina Scythe #1 Vixen Adult (adult)$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Annual 2017 Beautified Temptation$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Annual 2017 Beautified Temptation Nude (adult)$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Annual 2017 Fauna Nude Attitude (adult)$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Annual 2017 Fauna Nude Glam (adult)$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Survivors #1 Jurassic Fetish Set$19.99

Jungle Fantasy Survivors #1 Night Terrors$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Survivors #1 Night Terrors Nude (adult)$9.99

Jungle Fantasy Survivors #1 Nude & Naughty Set (adult)$25.99

Jungle Fantasy Survivors #3 Century Nude Cover (adult)$39.99

Unholy #1 Blood Red Leather$24.99

Unholy #5 Century Nude Cover (adult)$39.99

Unholy #5 Fetish Fashion Set$19.99

Unholy #5 Nude And Naughty Set (adult)$25.99

 BANANA TALE PRESS 

Combat Jacks #4$3.99

 BLACKBOX COMICS 

IT Secret World Of Modern Banking 2 #1 (of 5)$3.99

 BOOM! STUDIOS 

Godshaper #6 (of 6)$3.99

Hi-fi Fight Club #2 (of 4)$3.99

Jim Henson Power of the Dark Crystal #7 (of 12)$3.99

Jim Henson Power of the Dark Crystal #7 (of 12) (Subscription Variant)$3.99

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #19$3.99

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #19 Unlockable Action Figure Va$3.99

Over The Garden Wall Ongoing #18$3.99

Over The Garden Wall Ongoing #18 (Subscription Sherman Variant)$3.99

Sisters Of Sorrow #3 (of 4)$3.99

Steven Universe Ongoing #8$3.99

Steven Universe Ongoing #8 (Subscription Ganucheau Variant)$3.99

Victor Lavalle Destroyer #5 (of 6)$3.99

WWE #9$3.99

Wwe #9 Unlockable Action Figure Var$3.99

Wwe #9 Unlockable Royal Rumble Var$3.99

 BROADSWORD COMICS 

Tarot Witch Of The Black Rose #106$2.95

 CHAPTERHOUSE PUBLISHING 

All New Classic Captain Canuck #4 Cvr A Freeman (resolicited)$3.99

All New Classic Captain Canuck #4 Cvr B Walsh (resolicited)$3.99

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Lady Death Gallery Naughty Halloween One Shot$40.00

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Comic Shop News 90ct Bundle #1580AR

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Angel Season Eleven #9 (Geraldo Borges Variant Cover)$3.99

Angel Season Eleven #9$3.99

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eleven #11 (Rebekah Isaacs Variant Cover)$3.99

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eleven #11$3.99

Rebels: These Free and Independent States #7$3.99

Zodiac Starforce: Cries of the Fire Prince #2$3.99

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Action Comics #988$2.99

Action Comics #988 (Lenticular Edition)$3.99

Action Comics #988 (Janin Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

American Way Those Above And Below #3 (of 6)$3.99

Batgirl #15$3.99

Batgirl #15 (Middleton Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Batman Beyond #12$3.99

Batman Beyond #12 (Johnson Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Batman The Murder Machine (One shot)$3.99

Batman The Shadow #6 (of 6)$3.99

Batman The Shadow #6 (of 6) (Jock Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Batman The Shadow #6 (of 6) (Sale Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Blue Beetle #13$3.99

Blue Beetle #13 (Kirkham Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Bombshells United #2$2.99

Detective Comics #965$2.99

Detective Comics #965 (Albuquerque Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

Flash #31$2.99

Flash #31 (Porter Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps #29$2.99

Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps #29 (Kitson Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

Hellblazer #14$3.99

Hellblazer #14 (Putri Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Justice League Of America #15$2.99

Justice League Of America #15 (Mahnke Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

Justice League Power Rangers #6 (of 6) (resolicited)$3.99

Kamandi Challenge #9 (of 12)$3.99

Kamandi Challenge #9 (of 12) (Eastman Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Looney Tunes #239$2.99

Mother Panic #11$3.99

Mother Panic #11 (Shaw Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Nightwing The New Order #2 (of 6)$3.99

Scooby Doo Team Up #30$2.99

Suicide Squad #26$2.99

Suicide Squad #26 (Portacio Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

Wonder Woman #31$2.99

Wonder Woman #31 (Frison Variant Cover Edition)$2.99

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Galaxys For Hire TPB Vol. 01 (of 4)$18.99

Malefic #1 (of 8) (resolicited)$4.99

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Game Trade Magazine #212AR

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Previews #349 Oct 2017 Retailer Order Form ExtrasAR

Previews #349 October 2017AR

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Berlin #21$5.95

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Bettie Page #3 (Cover B - Chantler)$3.99

Bettie Page #3 (Cover C - Photo)$3.99

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Pathfinder Runescars #5 (of 5) (Cover C - Mutti)$4.99

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Project Superpowers Hero Killers #5 (of 5) (Cover A - Woods)$3.99

Project Superpowers Hero Killers #5 (of 5) (Cover B - Browne)$3.99

Project Superpowers Hero Killers #5 (of 5) Cvr C 10 Copy Inc$2.00

Red Sonja #9 (Cover A - Mckone)$3.99

Red Sonja #9 (Cover B - Wilson)$3.99

Red Sonja #9 (Cover C - Meyers)$3.99

Red Sonja #9 (Cover D - Cosplay)$3.99

Red Sonja #9 (Cover E - Rubi Subscription Variant)$3.99

Red Sonja #9 Cvr F 10 Copy Cosplay Virgin IncvAR

Red Sonja #9 Cvr G 20 Copy Mckone B&W IncvAR

Red Sonja #9 Cvr H 30 Copy Rubi B&W IncvAR

Turok #2 (Cover A - Lopresti)$3.99

Turok #2 (Cover B - Sarraseca)$3.99

Turok #2 Cvr C 10 Copy Sarraseca B&W IncvAR

Turok #2 Cvr D 20 Copy Lopresti B&W IncvAR

 HORRORHOUND LTD 

Horrorhound 2017 Fall Annual Special$5.00

 IDW PUBLISHING 

Diablo House #2 (Cover A - Santiperez)$3.99

Diablo House #2 (Cover B - Wood)$3.99

Ducktales #1 (Cover A - Ghiglione)$3.99

Ducktales #1 (Cover B - Ghiglione)$3.99

First Strike #4 (Cover A - Williams II)$3.99

First Strike #4 (Cover B - Dunbar)$3.99

First Strike #4 (Cover C - Ronald)$3.99

First Strike #4 (Cover D - Duenas)$3.99

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #244 (Cover A - Gallant)$3.99

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #244 (Cover B - Royle)$3.99

Infinite Loop Nothing But The Truth #1 (of 6) (Cover A - Charreti)$3.99

Infinite Loop Nothing But The Truth #1 (of 6) (Cover B - Chiang)$3.99

Jem & The Holograms Infinite #3 (of 3) (Cover A - Hickman)$3.99

Jem & The Holograms Infinite #3 (of 3) (Cover B - Fish)$3.99

Micronauts First Strike #1 (Cover A - Daniel)$3.99

Micronauts First Strike #1 (Cover B - Panda)$3.99

My Little Pony Legends Of Magic #6 (Cover A - Hickey)$3.99

My Little Pony Legends Of Magic #6 (Cover B - Sterling)$3.99

Revolutionaries #8 (Cover A - Lima)$4.99

Revolutionaries #8 (Cover B - Rodriguez)$4.99

Revolutionaries #8 (Cover C - Santiperez)$4.99

Rom #13 (Cover A - Lafuente)$3.99

Rom #13 (Cover B - Panda)$3.99

Rom #13 (Cover C - Wentworth)$3.99

Rom #13 (Cover D - Whalen)$3.99

Rom vs. Transformers Shining Armor #3 (Cover A - Milne)$3.99

Rom vs. Transformers Shining Armor #3 (Cover B- Roche)$3.99

Rom vs. Transformers Shining Armor #3 (Cover C - Coller)$3.99

Saucer State #4 (of 6) (Cover A - Kelly)$3.99

Saucer State #4 (of 6) (Cover B - Veregge)$3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #74 (Cover A - Smith)$3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #74 (Cover B - Eastman)$3.99

Weird Love #20$4.99

X-Files Origins II Dog Days Of Summer #4 (of 4) (Cover A)$3.99

X-Files Origins II Dog Days Of Summer #4 (of 4) (Cover B)$3.99

 IMAGE COMICS 

Black Magick #8 (Cover A - Scott)$3.99

Black Magick #8 (Cover B - Frison)$3.99

Black Monday Murders #7$3.99

Crosswind #4 (Cover A - Staggs)$3.99

Crosswind #4 (Cover B - Staggs)$3.99

Edens Fall #1-3 Signed Set Ed$19.99

Hard Place #2 (of 5) (Cover A - Stelfreeze)$3.99

Hard Place #2 (of 5) (Cover B - Rummel)$3.99

Hard Place #2 (of 5) Cvr C B&W Stelfreeze$3.99

Lazarus X Plus 66 #3 (of 6)$3.99

Paklis #5$5.99

Rat Queens Special Orc Dave (One Shot)$3.99

Redneck #6$3.99

Redneck #6 Cvr B Lorenzo De Felici Var$3.99

Rockstars #7$3.99

Saga #47$2.99

Southern Bastards #18 (Cover A - Latour)$3.99

Southern Bastards #18 (Cover B - Staples)$3.99

Spawn #278 (Cover A - Alexander)$2.99

Spawn #278 (Cover B)$2.99

 JOE BOOKS INC 

Disney Frozen 2017 Annual$4.99

 KEENSPOT ENTERTAINMENT 

Immortal #2 (Cover A - Gieni)$3.99

Immortal #2 Cvr B Lapierre$3.99

Rc Monroes Out There Vol. 04 Applying The Rules$14.99

 KENZER AND COMPANY 

Knights Of The Dinner Table #247$5.99

 LEGENDARY COMICS LLC 

Skull Island Birth Of Kong #3$3.99

 LION FORGE 

Catalyst Prime Incidentals #2$3.99

 MARVEL COMICS 

Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider #8$3.99

Black Panther #18$3.99

Black Panther #18 (Frison Connecting Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Black Panther #18 Venomized Klaw Var$3.99

Cable #5$3.99

Cable #5 Venomized Deadpool Var$3.99

Deadpool Kills Marvel Universe Again #5 (of 5)$3.99

Deadpool Kills Marvel Universe Again #5 (of 5) (Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Generations Captain Americas #1$4.99

Generations Captain Americas #1 (Cassady Variant Cover Edition)$4.99

Generations Captain Americas #1 Rivera Var$4.99

Generations Hawkeye & Hawkeye #1 Mattina 2nd Ptg Var$4.99

Generations Morales & Parker Spider-Man #1$4.99

Generations Morales & Parker Spider-Man #1 (Coipel Variant Cover Edition)$4.99

Generations Morales & Parker Spider-Man #1 Sprouse Var$4.99

Guardians Of Galaxy Telltale Series #3 (of 5)$3.99

Guardians Of Galaxy Telltale Series #3 (of 5) (Game Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

I Am Groot #5$3.99

Infamous Iron Man #12$3.99

Infamous Iron Man #12 (Maleev Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Marvel Legacy #1$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Alex Ross Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Brooks Wraparound Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Christopher Trading Card Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Deodato Wraparound B&W Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Deodato Wraparound Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 (Land Variant Cover Edition)$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Party Var$5.99

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Marvel Legacy #1 Quesada Lenticular Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Quesada Prem Var$5.99

Marvel Legacy #1 Reeder Women of Marvel Var$5.99

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Marvel Legacy #1 Young Var$5.99

Marvel Previews Vol. 04 #3 October 2017 ExtrasAR

Mighty Captain Marvel #9$3.99

Mighty Thor #23$3.99

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Mighty Thor #23 Rudy Rock N Roll Var$3.99

Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #23$3.99

Nick Fury #6$3.99

Nick Fury #6 (Johnson Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

Punisher #16$3.99

Spider-Gwen #24$3.99

Spider-gwen #24 Venomized Vulture Var$3.99

Star Wars Jedi Republic Mace Windu #2 (of 5)$3.99

Star Wars Jedi Republic Mace Windu #2 (of 5) 40th Anniv Var$3.99

Star Wars Jedi Republic Mace Windu #2 (of 5) Nakayama Var$3.99

Thanos #11$3.99

Thanos #11 Robson Venomized Death Var$3.99

Venomverse #4 (of 5)$3.99

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Venomverse #4 (of 5) (Torque Poison Variant Cover Edition)$3.99

X-Men Blue #12$3.99

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Gumby #3$3.99

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Rick & Morty #30$3.99

Rick & Morty #30 Incv Var Colas$3.99

 PICTURE ESQUE PUBLISHING 

Cartoons Magazine #11$5.99

 SCOUT COMICS 

Graveland #1$3.99

Little Guardians #5$3.99

Solar Flare #6$3.99

 STORM KING PRODUCTIONS 

John Carpenter Tales Of Sci Fi Vault #3 (of 3)$3.99

 TITAN COMICS 

Captain Kronos #1 (Cover A)$3.99

Captain Kronos #1 (Cover B - Hammer Glamour Variant)$3.99

Captain Kronos #1 (Cover C - Mandrake)$3.99

Dishonored Peeress And The Price #1 (Cover A - Olimpieri)$3.99

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Dishonored Peeress And The Price #1 (Cover C - Frost Variant)$3.99

Doctor Who 11th Year 3 #10 (Cover A - Klebs Jr)$3.99

Doctor Who 11th Year 3 #10 (Cover B - Photo)$3.99

Doctor Who 12th Year 3 #7 (Cover A - Ianniciello)$3.99

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Doctor Who 12th Year 3 #7 (Cover C - Walker)$3.99

Robotech #3 (Cover A - Nakayama)$3.99

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Robotech #3 (Cover C - Action Figure Variant)$3.99

Beautiful Death #1 (Cover A - Graham)$5.99

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Walking Dead Magazine #21 (Newsstand Edition)$9.99

Walking Dead Magazine #21 (Previews Exclusive Edition)$9.99

Warhammer 40000 #9 (Fallen Part 1 of 4) (Cover A - Svendsen)$3.99

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Brickjournal #16$8.95

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Faith And The Future Force #3 (Cover A - Mok)$3.99

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War Mother #2 (Cover A - Mack)$3.99

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X-O Manowar (2017) #7 (Cover A - Larosa)$3.99

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Grimm Fairy Tales 2017 Armed Forces Appreciation (Cover A - Reyes)$5.99

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Grimm Fairy Tales Grimm Tales Of Terror Vol. 3 #9 (Cover A - Leister)$3.99

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My Little Pony Tales Of Equestria RPG Statuettes Adv Story Box Set$24.95

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Ghostbusters Board Game Ii$90.00

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Wartime Board Game$59.99

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Pathfinder Adv Card Game Pathfinder Tales Char Deck$19.99

Pathfinder Adv Path Ruins Of Azlant 2 Of 6$24.99

Pathfinder Flip-mat Haunted House$14.99

Pathfinder Player Companion Antihero Handbook SC$14.99

Pathfinder RPG Book of the Damned HC$44.99

Starfinder Cards Starfinder Condition Cards$12.99

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Munchkin Lite$19.95

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Ascension Dbg Valley Of The Ancients$40.00

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Clue Golden Girls Board GameAR

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Game Of Thrones Premium Playing Cards$19.95

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Operation Fallout Special Ed Board GameAR

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Mtg TCG Archenemy Nicol Bolas$59.99

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Triple Goddess Tarot Deck$22.95

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Topps 2017 Walking Dead Season 7 T/C BoxAR

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Miss Mindy Evil Queen Diorama Figure$100.00

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Absolute Chogokin Db Super Dz-09 Ssgs Goku Mini FigAR

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Metal Action #8 Cyborg Hiroshi$160.99

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Power Rangers Movie Legacy Power Coins SetAR

Power Rangers Movie Legacy Red Ranger HelmetAR

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Saint Seiya Scorpio Milo God Cloth AF Saint Cloth Myth Ex (n$97.75

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Spider-Man Homecoming Spider-Man Body Knocker$12.99

Splatoon Weapons Collection 2 8pc DisAR

Star Trek Captain Kirk Geeki Tiki Glass$19.99

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Star Trek (The Original Series) Captains Log Hard Cover Journal$11.95

Star Trek (The Original Series) Padd Hard Cover Journal$11.95

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Star Trek (The Original Series) Uhura Hard Cover Journal$11.95

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Thor Ragnarok 19 Month 2018 Wall Calendar$14.99

Tmnt Minis 24pc Bmb DispAR

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Transformers Optimus Prime Evasion Edition Premium Scale Fig$335.40

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Vocaloid 4 Library Stardust 1/8 Pvc Fig$148.99

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Zorbitz Fidget Putty Classic Colors Pack$5.99

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DC Comics Wonder Woman New 52 Premium Motion StatueAR

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Batman 66 Riddler 5.5in Bendable Figure$8.99

Batman Comic Vinimate$9.99

Back To the Future 2 Doc Brown Vinimate$9.99

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Elf Buddy Vinimate$9.99

Elf Jovie Vinimate$9.99

Green Lantern Comic Vinimate$9.99

Harley Quinn Comic Vinimate$9.99

Marvel Gallery Netflix Daredevil Pvc Figure$45.00

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Marvel Netflix Iron Fist Minimates Set$24.99

Wonder Woman Movie Wonder Woman Shield Prop ReplicaAR

Wonder Woman Movie Wonder Woman Sword Prop ReplicaAR

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Best American Comics HC 2017 (adult)$25.00

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Maitetsu Hachiroku 1/6 Pvc Fig White Ver (adult)$185.99

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