Hidden Details: Game of Necklaces (Patreon)

Man, try drawing a full-page comic after an exhausting Game of Thrones episode like The Long Night. It's not healthy. But hey, the result is pretty good, in my opinion. Nina helped by sketching all the characters/anatomy, which saved a lot of time. So much, in fact, that I was able to sprinkle a good amount of hidden details throughout this comic! Let's reveal them all!

In the first panel, you can see Melisandre's remains lying in the snow, just like you saw in the last scene of episode 3 (seen below). A flock of crows is already gathering, as they tend to do when someone dies.

In the top right corner of the first panel, you can see that sneaky bastard Bran once again working his way into the comic. He'll never learn.

Sexy Davos telling you to hold back your tears is, of course, a reference to him being called the Onion Knight. Because onions make people cry.

In the background of the second panel, you can see the Arya Launcher 2000 on the ramparts of Winterfell. This is the device that Arya and the Hound (he's the one who launched her) used to launch Arya at the Night King in THAT scene. I know this because my uncle is George R. R. Martin.

Varys' sexy/young appearance is based on a look Varys' actor - Conleth Hill - manages to pull off surprisingly well: the Ron Jeremy.

In the fifth panel, Pod(rick Payne), tries the necklace. But he doesn't change at all. This is because Podrick is perfect already, and not even a magical necklace can improve perfection. Also, Davos calls Brienne Ser Brienne in this panel. This is a subtle nod to last week's episode, in which she's officially knighted by Jaime.

Brienne is the only character in this comic that magically gets new clothes in her young/sexy form. Instead of her standard armor, she's suddenly wearing stereotypical sexy female armor after donning the necklace. This type of armor is very common in fantasy games and it never seems to offer any protection at all. It's only function is to show of some curves.

Among the bones and skulls lying around Drogon is the head of Decomposing Dean from last comic! Seems like he didn't survive the Battle of Winterfell, just like all his other wight brethren. Then again, he was already dead, so I don't know if this counts as "not surviving".

And, as is tradition, there's also a Cleganebowl lying in the snow in this panel. This particular Cleganebowl is actually a reference to one of the very first Game of Thrones comics I made, Drogone:

(Why did I draw Drogon in that weird purple way back then?)

And that's it! I'll be back next week with episode 4? Even though I have NO idea what will happen now that the Night King is dead.

See you then!

Cheers,

Abel