Along with Col, Ermo, and Aloys, Bogdan survived the ruin of his village by Vaagen's mischief. Bogdan blames not the vampire, but the witch. Bogdan has a hate for Merunga, a little thing as yet, but festering all the time.
Near the Stone of the Frank there is a little village, and Erik is a resident there. He has been all his second life, for as long as the village has been, so to has Erik and his neighbors. It is a prison of a kind, and he hates it, almost as much as he hates what he has become the second time around.
Near the Stone of the Frank there is a little village, and Thana is a resident there. She has been all her second life, for as long as the village has been, so to has Thana and her neighbors. It is a prison of a kind, but at least she is alive.
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… I can’t quite figure out what exactly, but didn’t you also subtly change his eye in that panel?
Ever so slightly. Eye patches will be in next season, he’ll thank me for it.