Black Diablerie pulled his cloak tighter against the hard red muscles of his powerful torso. His black eyes glittered as he scanned the smoky inn, searching out his prey. Subtly was called for on this mission, and the very thought that an arch-devil from darkest legend may be among them would send the mortals in this place screaming for the exit. With hood pulled over his head, cloak over his body, and the smoke from the poorly ventilated fireplace filling the inn, Black Diablerie had a least a few moments before his presence was questioned.

He scanned the variety of mortals, sitting at tables or leaning against the bar. Black Diablerie knew that each one had a story, or better-stated, were a story in and of themselves. Some were in dark misery, in this place to ease their pain for a short time. Some were in high spirits, innocent souls seeking a taste of joy before their own mortality condemned them to the hard concerns of everyday life. Some were lost souls, seeking other lost souls, or at the very least wallowing in the company of their own kind.

His eyes fell on this prey. With quill in hand, scribbling away at a parchment, half-filled mug in front of him, Eysic Ach was oblivious to the controlled chaos of the Lazy Dragon Inn surging all around him. The arch devil wondered how anyone could concentrate in such conditions.

Black Diablerie laid his hand on the writer's shoulder.

"Go away," Eysic said, not looking up from his work. "The last time I used your services, the cure took three months and five gold at the healers."

"I'm not here offering 'services'," the arch devil replied.

At the bass rumble of the arch devils voice, the writer's quill slipped from his fingers. The human's face was frozen in the mask of fear and dread that the arch devil had come to expect when mortals looked on him for the first time.

The human's face relaxed, then brightened. "You -- you're real! You really are... real!"

"Your grasp of the obvious is keen," the arch devil replied. "I am here to ask you, where is my story?"

http://www.zeros2heroes.com/pitch/886

With this intro, I hereby declare The Strange Fate of Black Diablerie an entrant into the Direct to Development 2 contest.

More to come.

Howdy everyone! I've been gone off involved with real life for awhile, and haven't had the time to check in here. I've almost caught up with some of the real life stuff (if you can call writing World of Warcraft guides (for actual money!) 'real life') and would like to jump back in here.

So, say welcome back to me. And, I'll get on that MOFF page 15 as well.

And feel free to ask me any WoW questions. I take PayPal, cash, and chickens and frogs in payment.

With Canada in the grip of some very interesting political times, it seems fitting that Zeros 2 Heroes is again fostering a Direct 2 Development opportunity. In that spirit, we creators are lobbying for the support of and votes by the Z2H community.

I'm hoping that my friends here will read and support my creations -- MAGIC & MAYHEM (formerly AGNES CULPEPPER) and EVOLUTIONARIES. I feel these works would make good-readin' comics, but I need your votes and commentary and engagement to make that happen.

My studio partner Ronn Sutton (co-creator, EVOLUTIONARIES) has been busy providing some uber-cool pencils for Z2H's own MINUS ONE. His art on EVOLUTIONARIES is first-rate too, IMHO. EVOS is a straight-ahead, kick-butt superhero story, and I hope you'll check it out.

As for me, I've been writing some screenplays, and my work in that area led me to the conclusion that MAGIC & MAYHEM is a better title than AGNES CULPEPPER. Do you agree? Please check this pitch and provide the magic of your support as you deem fit.

Thanks for listening. Here's hoping that I'm pitchin' a winning game here!

Cheers--Janet Hetherington