Drake twists and turns in the bathroom mirror to get a look at the strange marking on his back with minimal success.

He decides to ask Iris to take a look for him.
As he moves to redress, he is halted by the issue of his previous clothing being absolutely filthy.

Drake ponders what he could use as replacements and comes to the realization that his only option is the towel around his waist.

With a death grip on the towel, and much grumbling, Drake steels himself to this new predicament.

(Hello dear readers. So sorry for the late update. I had some trouble with our local ISP and rolling internet blackouts lately, so I had much less time to finish this page than I originally planned. Anyway, thank you all so much for your support and I hope you enjoy~)

I was pondering details of Drake's backstory the other day and decided to draw what he may have looked like while growing up.

In my world, Dragons age about the same rate as humans up to around their 30s. Then it slows down to about 1/4th the human rate. Some dragons are even slower and can live to be close to 1000 years old (Human years).

Newborn baby dragons hatch out of eggs and their scales are soft. So they are just as vulnerable as other humanoid babies.

As they age, their scales start to darken and harden. Depending on the subspecies, some dragons grow thick plates on certain areas of the body. Drake is from a smooth-scaled subspecies though, so he doesn't have hard plating.

This means that he still has to wear armor as an adventurer even though his scales make him take less damage than a typical human would.

Drake ends up getting his first set of scars after flying too close to a griffin nest.

Speaking of Flying, most subspecies of dragon learn to fly in their early tens (10-15 yrs old).
Its all a matter of growth proportion. If the wings aren't big/strong enough to get lift then the dragon has to keep growing before trying again.

I'll probably end up doing similar lore pages like this for all the featured creature species from the webcomic. So stay tuned for those~

 

I liked this panel so much that I wanted to show it without the other ones obstructing it. At the same time, it didn't feel right making the real comic page just be this panel. Pacing is such a funky thing and I'm still learning.

I hope you like this towel clad Drake in the mirror. Don't worry, the mirror isn't actually made of one-way glass. It just liked the concept of looking through the back.

Drake wipes away the condensation from the mirror to get a better idea of what he looks like as a human. He comments on how his injuries could've been much worse. As he continues to examine himself he spies something strange~

(Hello readers! I hope you all had a lovely Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!

Drake seems to be taking his human form predicament a bit better now. I wonder if this isn't the first time he has been polymorphed into another species?
His biggest concern now is that he has no idea how to fix it. Perhaps a hint lies in the strange marking on his back?
Anyhoo~ the next page will be a bonus image of the first panel by itself because I'm super proud of how it looks and got sad when I had to put other panels on top. There will still be another real page update in two weeks. So see you next time!)

Just as Drake finishes trying to recall all that happened before he was transported to Earth- his head started to feel dizzy again. So he opts to get out of the shower before he injures himself more via slipping.

He doesn't want to impose on Iris any more than he already has to. Plus, he doesn't want to get her tangled up in his strange fate.

The room is quite steamy. After drying himself off a bit he notices the mirror that has fogged over.

He has yet to see what he really looks like in this new human form~

(Holy Moly dear readers. Life is kicking my ass lately and it has not let up (family emergencies). I'm so sorry for all the delays. I'm doing my best to give you all a beautiful comic to read in a timely manner. I hope this page was worth the wait. Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding. I appreciate each and every one of you that reads this little story of mine~)

Drake Remembers presenting the Ruined Crypt job request to his party members. He regrets ever taking it off the request board.

He recalls the rest of his party's tragic death and how he was prepared to die along with them. He voices his confusion as to why/how he is still alive while watching the bloody water go down the tub drain.

(Hello my faithful readers! sorry for the delay. My power had gone out for a while and it made finishing this page impossible till today. Anywhoodles, Drake will be leaving the shower soon. I promise. Then we can get back to seeing him and Iris interacting again. See you in two weeks~!)