User:Yamara/Pawn (webcomic)

Pawn is an English language webcomic by Swedish artist Fredrik K. T. Andersson.

The comic is a self-described "silly erotic fantasy". The main characters are a girl scholar named Ayanah, and Baalah, a demon princess. The name Pawn derives from a key scene with a chess game.

As of May 2008, the comic has five chapters, each about 20 pages. Unlike many other webcomics, Pawn only updates with finished chapters.

In addition to the comic itself contains the website also a Fan Art Gallery and a gallery with images from the Pawn world.

Story
The girl Ayanah, guided by old monastic records, ventures into the depths of a vault on the Island of Doom. Her goal is to create a "forever unbroken band" between her and the demonic guardian of the vault. According to the records, this will only be possible if they first confess their love under the light of the sun. On the way into the vault soon take on the demonic "princess of the hell fire" (Baalah). After Ayanah defeats Baalah in a chess game, and ensures that the demon is no longer bound to the vault as its guardian, the two make their way back to the surface of the island, facing many adventures and dangers on the way up.

Ayanah
Ayanah is a young scholar. She has worked with the help of the monks of old records vault on the Island of Doom. Her goal is to make the demoness Baalah devoted to her, arrived at the surface, to confess their love. Ayanah initially acts selfishly: She makes Baalah carry her equipment, and presents herself as knowing the answers to every problem. Over time, however, that it is very emotional and it hates Baalahs feelings hurt to have an early love confession to prevent it. But despite all her emotions, she never loses her original purpose from the eyes and tried with all their early love of confession Baalah to prevent it. A humorous element of the comics are Ayanah's flatulence, allegedly caused by their rations, which even disturbs Baalah and the monster they encounter on the way out.

Baalah
Baalah is the "demonic princess of the hellfire" and the guardian of the treasures in the vaults of the Island of Doom. She appears to intruders in her demonic, gigantic form and urges them, like the Egyptian Sphinx, to a "competition of the mind", usually a mystery to its solution through to triumph over them. Baalah herself says that she never killed any of the intruders, as all had fled at the sight of her, the worst case and never again to the surface alive had returned. From However, Ayanah challenged Baalah to a chess game and ultimately defeated her. Baalah is bound by demon law to serve Ayanah's desire, and Ayanah commands her to accompany her to the surface. Baalah initially tries to prevent Ayanah's return, but during their journey, an increasingly stronger relationship develops between the two. Baalah falls gradually in love with Ayanah, but doesn't understand what it is she is feeling.

Baalah has an involuntary ability to shape change. She can be transformed by the kiss of a "pure virgin", as Ayanah is, back and forth between her gigantic demonic form, and one average human height. In addition, Baalah is also able to hurl fire balls, which Ayanah finds useful along the way.

Print publication
Pawn has appeared in the Swedish fantasy periodical Nasses Nekrozin.

Fan reception
In addition to a Yahoo Group of fans, the author officially recognized and supported an Italian translation of all current chapters.