About the Comic
Kinder des Lich is a webcomic about modern vampires trying to figure out life after death. It's a little dark, a little funny, occasionally bloody, and very queer. It also often involves the subject of death, both causing it and coping with it, so read at your own discretion.
If you read a webcomic called Half Death ten years ago and think this one looks suspiciously similar, you're correct! Kinder des Lich is a reboot of Half Death. Yes, some of the characters are very different now.
Whether you knew this world before or are just now discovering it for the first time, I hope it's enjoyable.
About the Author
LegolianM (aka Lego M) is an artist, roleplayer, and certified queer hippie. He likes playing Bioware games and watching Critical Role. In the real world he lives in Portland, Oregon, and in the virtual world he lives on Tumblr.
FAQ
What does Kinder des Lich mean?
It’s a play on words from a lyric of the song Willkommen Im Nichts by Eisbrecher. The original lyric is "Kinder des licht" which means "children of light". A lich is a corpse or undead creature, so "Kinder des lich" would be "children of the undead".
Willkommen Im Nichts encompasses pretty much everything you need to know about dauor: they’re a little wild, a little weird, and they live however they want. It became their theme song while I was planning out the story, and at some point the title came from it too.
Are you German?
No, but Taylor is.
How do you pronounce your made up words?
Dauor: dow-er
Skaiel: sky-ell
Nyuezvekur: nyeh-z-veck-er (y'know, like nyah)
Why make up a new name for vampires?
For fun, and because they don't really follow traditional vampire rules. Less neck bitey, more stabby stab.
Really though, dauor came from an idea that all vampires, ghouls, and other undead across the mythology of all cultures were based off of the same real beings. None of the beliefs or terminology are really accurate because no one actually knows them outside of them. There are plenty of dauor who do call themselves vampires because they enjoy that, but it’s just one of the many names people have created for them.
How are they different from traditional vampires?
Probably the biggest difference is they don’t have fangs, hence the need to stabby stab. They also don’t have the traditional weaknesses (sunlight, garlic, crosses, stakes, running water). We’ve seen them use some powers, but that seems to vary from person to person.
What they do have is the ability to live forever in a body that doesn’t really change. They can cut and dye their hair though, so suck on that Claudia.
Is Tacitus the actual Roman historian Tacitus?
No but he admires his work.
