TOTAL PARTY KILL: ISSUE 2. PROLOGUE

_Below is the script excerpt from issue two of my comic, Total Party Kill. The original treatment was only 3 pages, but I broke it out into four after realizing the pages needed more room for pacing. I ended up sacrificing some of the vision and the location is kind of vague, but I just wanted to push forward. :) I'll do netter next time._

TOTAL PARTY KILL: BOOK 2
“In Grave Company”
A dark fantasy comic by Rick Lacy

[Page 1]
Int. The Clocktower of Hornhill

An age ago... when humans had the infestation of evil under control.

Or did they...

A druid, spear in hand and caked in the venomous ichor of demons bursts through the large oaken doors of the clocktower of Hornhill.

PHOLTUS
Brother, sister!

We are beset on all sides by the monsters of Lo! Our spells fail. Our wards crumble!

HEIRONEOUS
Our resolve?

PHOLTUS
LIKE THE FLAME!

TRITHEREON
Then we will prevail.

PHOLTUS
HA! I had no assumption of failure. I was merely adding character to the predicament!

[Page 2]
TRITHEREON
Brother, your gusto is a welcome attribute, but we must focus. Lo has breached and we must push back the tide of darkness yet again.

PHOLTUS
So they shall feel the bite of my spear! And our song will echo across history!

Looking outward across the wave of demons that have poured over the land like spilt wine, the Druid takes heed of their dire situation.

HEIRONEOUS
Your bravado is noted and will be remembered. But we are servants of Logard and its god of protection. We are NOT heroes.

PHOLTUS
BAH! The gods are silent and so I raise my ruckus! We are...

...MONSTERS! Belows a voice from the streets below.

[Page 3
SPLASH PAGE
The gates of the tower are breached by hideous creatures of a nightmare age.