User:WikiRubyTrs/Ruby Thursday (webcomic)

Citation
''There are as many priestesses as many sins the mankind must forget. If just one of them should ever stop dancing, the world would be shaken by great unbalances.''

Plot
Set in a world where the Priestesses have to dance uninterrupted to keep the world in balance and make it forsake the sins of its inhabitants, the two half-Nabe presented in the first pages have been chosen to escort the "Venerable One" safely to her assigned temple. The encounter with Shilis marks the start of their adventure as we follow them in their journey.

Content
Ruby Thursday is a web comic started in 2008. It is set in a fantasy world where many of the major characters are anthropomorphic hybrids half human and half Nabe. The latter is a mysterious, ancient, race of sentient animals.

Major Characters

 * Luce – Half Nabe who's in charge of escorting the Venerable One through the Redemption Hill; she's in love with the Priestess role and always wanted to become one since she can remember. Obviously, being a Nabe, she can't become a Priestess, so she chose the job which would take her closer to them. Initially disappointed by Shilis being the Venerable One, she grew attached to the little girl in a couple of days, seeing her true colors and strong nature during a fight with Fiamma. She's part Kratt (some kind of big and weird colored cat), medium sized Nabe.


 * Otoh – Half Nabe who's in charge of escorting the Venerable One, he's Luce's best friend and always by her side. He has a thing for food, but he's unconfortable on how he looks, even though he tries to hide it. Usually cheerful, he likes to play and know new things. He's quite the nice guy who tries to look at the bright side of life. Part Mouse, small sized Nabe.


 * Priestesses – Dancing endlessly, the priestesses give up their lives to redeem the man's sins and guilts. Usually a new priestess is called when the old one is going to dissolve. The new priestess must do the Switch ceremony together with the Elder and see her disappear before starting being the real priestess herself. There are as much as them as many the sins the man must forget; they dance in temples on the peek of the Redemption Hills. They're chosen by the Queen through a rose-like mark.


 * Shilis - Next in line to become the new priestess. Raised all alone by monks, she knows almost nothing about the world she lives in; all she knows, in fact, concerns the priestess role and the dancing. She's been chosen at the age of 5 and hasn't seen her relatives since. Altough she may look dumb, she's just naive and curious. She has no idea how to relate with others as she's been five years in solitary confinement. Mostly human, with mermaid blood (her mother is half mermaid and half human) seems to like her new escort.


 * Fiamma - Part Tiger, big sized Nabe. Her name is known only at page 41. She pursues Shilis to kidnap her, but Otoh and Luce fight to protect the young priestess. Shilis stops the fight offering her own life to Fiamma. But she wouldn't hurt the child. The tiger girl thought Shilis was forced to be a priestess, and she was paid by Liz' father to bring her home. But the little girl refuses to go back as she has decided to be a priestess for the sake of the world. So Fiamma decides to follow and protect her.