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Altir's Fall

Craig Thomas23 pages · 30 panels7/16/2026

Characters (12)

EldarFrom photo

An ancient Ermite leader, possessing a calm, steady, and watchful bearing.

Captain KnoxFrom photo

A grizzled Terrestrial human captain with a broad-shouldered build and a steady, pragmatic demeanor.

ZillaFrom photo

An athletic half-Huldra laborer with a resilient and determined spirit.

KurtzFrom photo

A lean Cindral performer with a confident, quick-witted, and expressive bearing.

AlphaFrom photo

A scrawny human/Ravager hybrid, quiet and deeply observant.

Redwood

A powerful, protective Ermite warrior with a tense and coiled bearing.

Delmont

An older, weathered Cindral elder with a steady, unhurried, and reassuring presence.

Governor Price

A lean human governor with a transactional but warm bearing, wearing a long duster coat.

Jessie

A lean, wiry middle-aged human scout, alert and practical.

Jameson

A burly human tactical officer, equipped with a rail gun and a communication headset.

Desmond

A small, curious Cindral youngling belonging to Kurtz's clan.

Ravagers

Small, wiry, ghoulish goblin-like alien scavengers.

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Altir's Fall — page 1 panel 1: Establishing shot of the space-age frontier town Altir from a high wooded cliffside in warm late-day light.

Altir. A frontier town at the edge of the wild, living under the old trees.

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Altir's Fall — page 1 panel 2: Eldar stands silently at the cliff edge, looking down at the town below with deep concern.

Eldar watched the borders, sensing a quiet rot creeping into the land.

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Altir's Fall — page 2 panel 1: Redwood approaches Eldar, his central chest light glowing with tense agitation.

Redwood:The tree should have bloomed by now.

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Altir's Fall — page 2 panel 2: Eldar turns to Redwood, offering a calm and steady response to Redwood's accusations.

Eldar:It's my charge to care for her. Not yours to accuse them on a hunch.

Redwood:The outworlders came, and the tree started dying.

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Altir's Fall — page 3 panel 1: At the town docks, Zilla is hauling crates when Captain Knox, Jessie, and Jameson arrive.

Captain Knox:Looking for whoever's running this dock. Got a shipment that needs dropping.

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Altir's Fall — page 3 panel 2: Zilla notices tiefling younglings, including Desmond, playing dangerously on stacked crates.

Zilla:Hey — get down from there before you crack your skulls open!

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Altir's Fall — page 4 panel 1: An unnatural aurora swirls in the sky as a massive meteor suddenly slams down behind Zilla.

Then, the sky broke.

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Altir's Fall — page 4 panel 2: The meteor strikes the town center, causing panic and knocking out the festival lights.

The impact shattered the peace of the festival in an instant.

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Altir's Fall — page 5 panel 1: A close-up of the crater reveals metallic orbs seeping a thick, black, unnatural ooze.

Within the scorched earth, something unnatural began to seep.

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Altir's Fall — page 5 panel 2: The ooze attacks a panicked bystander, possessing them and turning their eyes solid red.

It sought hosts, twisting them into silent, hollow puppets.

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Altir's Fall — page 6 panel 1: A possessed figure lunges at Eldar and Desmond, but a projectile suddenly stops it.

Captain Knox:Get down!

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Altir's Fall — page 6 panel 2: Captain Knox hands a plasma pistol to Zilla, rallying the group to escape to his ship.

Captain Knox:Everyone still breathing needs to get to my ship. Now.

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Altir's Fall — page 7 panel 1: Kurtz rushes back to Delmont's tent to find Delmont already guarding the children.

Kurtz:Everyone's people are burning and you're just standing there like it's Tuesday.

Delmont:Someone has to be.

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Altir's Fall — page 7 panel 2: Eldar helps Redwood fight off possessed Ermites in a desperate defensive action.

Redwood:They're not people anymore, Eldar — MOVE!

Eldar:Hold your strikes! We must restrain them!

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Altir's Fall — page 8 panel 1: Zilla overcomes his hesitation and fires his weapon at an approaching infected figure.

Captain Knox:First one's the hardest. Keep breathing.

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Altir's Fall — page 9 panel 1: The Argos lifts off from the burning surface of Altir, carrying the survivors away.

Leaving behind everything we built, into the cold dark.

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Altir's Fall — page 10 panel 1: Inside the ship, the refugees rest as the Oracle AI detects an unregistered distress beacon.

Oracle:Captain — I'm picking up a distress beacon. Unregistered vessel.

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Altir's Fall — page 11 panel 1: Captain Knox asks for volunteers to board the unregistered vessel, and the heroes step up.

Captain Knox:I need volunteers. Nobody's getting ordered onto that ship.

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Altir's Fall — page 12 panel 1: The team suits up and crosses the vacuum of space along a tether line toward the dark derelict ship.

Crossing the silent gap, into the unknown.

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Altir's Fall — page 13 panel 1: Inside the derelict, the group discovers deep claw-like scratches scoring the walls.

Kurtz:These aren't crash wounds.

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Altir's Fall — page 14 panel 1: The group reaches the helm, confronting several Ravagers and a tall hybrid named Alpha.

Captain Knox:Contact! Hold position!

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Altir's Fall — page 15 panel 1: Zilla stares in shock as he notices Alpha's barcode tattoo, identical to his own.

A mark of the same dark origin, mirrored in red skin.

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Altir's Fall — page 16 panel 1: A skirmish erupts as the Ravagers attack, forcing the group to fight defensively.

Captain Knox:We're not clearing this ship — fall back to the tether!

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Altir's Fall — page 17 panel 1: A Ravager ship rams the derelict, and Alpha calmly escapes onto it amid the chaos.

As the ship groaned and tore apart, their leader slipped away.

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Altir's Fall — page 18 panel 1: The group desperately scrambles back across the tether line to the safety of the Argos.

A frantic retreat through the cold expanse.

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Altir's Fall — page 19 panel 1: Clean, uniform IPA ships arrive in force, engaging the Ravager vessel and turning the tide.

Oracle:IPA response ships have arrived and engaged the hostiles.

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Altir's Fall — page 20 panel 1: Establishing shot of Orion Station, a massive industrial structure in an asteroid field.

Orion Station. A beacon of safety in the dark.

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Altir's Fall — page 21 panel 1: Governor Price meets Captain Knox at the docking bay, greeting him warmly.

Governor Price:Only you'd fly into a warzone and come out with refugees instead of cargo.

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Altir's Fall — page 22 panel 1: Governor Price's tone shifts, making it clear that housing the refugees comes with a price.

Governor Price:I'll take care of your people. But you and I both know that's not free.

Captain Knox:Name it.

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Altir's Fall — page 23 panel 1: Grand final shot of Orion Station floating against the backdrop of a vast asteroid field.

Orion Station — a rock in the dark, and a fortune underneath it.