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Extra: Apollo and Pythia (Oracle of Delphi)

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on March 16, 2012

Yet another filler comic, which I tend to use to introduce gods in Hephaestus comics who aren't likely to make a major appearance anytime soon…
As with my previous design for Apollo may have given some confusion, I decided it'd be best to showcase him in a manner similar to Helios before.
As Apollo's words are absolute truth, he isn't allowed to actually speak words less they drive gods mad and make mortals' heads explode. :D Even when he's singing it's pushing it. So, for normal speech or for communication with mortals and gods he has Pythia (the position of "Oracle of Delphi"), which I depict as a lady holding silent movie dialouge cards for people to read what Apollo wants to say. 
This is specifically why he looks like a silent movie protagonist in my initial and current design. :D

@man in black (Extra: Chapter 5 Preview): thanks
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