Title: Revolution in Zabriz
Series: The trigan empire
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SYNOPIS:
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Caption: ON THE 700TH DAY OF THE YEAR OF YUSS, TRIGO AND HIS WIFE URSA WERE LED TO THE GREAT OPEN SQUARE OF THE CITY... AND THERE TRIGO WAS CROWNED THE FIRST EMPEROR OF TRIGAN
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Caption: THE DIADEM OF EMPEROR WAS PLACED ON TRIGO'S BROW BY HIS OWN BROTHER AND STAUNCH COMRADE-IN-ARMS, BRAG
BRAG: IN A FEW SHORT YEARS YOU HAVE LED YOUR PEOPLE FROM THE BARREN WILDERNESS AND MAD THEM THE MASTERS OF HALF OF THE PLANET ELEKTON. WE SALUTE YOU, EMPEROR TRIGO THE FIRST
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Caption: IT WAS A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS THAT TRIGO'S NEPHEW, JANNO RECEIVED A SUMMONS TO VISIT THE NEW EMPEROR
JANNO: YOU GRACIOUSLY ORDERED ME TO CALL, IMPERIAL MAJESTY
TRIGO: BY ALL THE STARS JANNO... LET'S HAVE NONE OF THIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY BUSINESS! I'M YOUR UNCLE TRIGO, REMEMBER? FIND A SEAT AND SIT DOWN
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Caption: TRIGO INDICATED THE PILE OF PAPERS ON THE DESK AND FROWNED RUEFULLY
TRIGO: PAPER WORK!... MORE TROUBLE TO MEN THAN FIGHTING THE LOKANS. DO YOU REALISE, YOUNG JANNO, THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO ME AND YOUR FATHER, YOU WOULD BE THE NEXT EMPEROR OF TRIGAN.
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Caption: TRIGO CROSSED TO A GLOBE REPRESENTING THE PLANET ELEKTON
TRIGO: SO IT'S HIGH TIME YOU LEARNED THE ART OF RULING, MY LAD. AND I PROPOSE TO START YOU IN A SMALL WAY. HAVE YOU HEARD OF OUT COLONY OF ZABRIZ
JANNO: YES, UNCLE. THAT'S A DESOLATE SPOT AT THE OTHER SIDE OF ELEKTON. THE PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ ARE OUR SUBJECTS, AND THEY MINE METAL-ORE.
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TRIGO: ZABRIZ IS A LONG WAY FROM TRIGAN, AND THINGS ARE GOING BADLY THERE. THE MAN IN CHARGE IS A TRIGAN OFFICER NAMED AKKAN. YOU WILL GO TO ZABRIZ, ARMED WITH FULL AUTHORITY FROM ME TO PUT THE COLONY IN ORDER... IF NECESSARY YOU WILL DISMISS AKKAN! UNDERSTOOD!
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Caption: NEXT MORNING, JANNO TOOK OFF IN AN ATMOSPHERE CRAFT FOR ZABRIZ. WITH HIM HE TOOK HIS BEST FRIEND AND COMRADE KEREN.
JANNO: SET COURSE FOR ZABRIZ, KEREN!
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Caption: THEY FLEW ACROSS THE FACE OF THE PLANET... OVER THE JUNGLES OF DAVELI WHICH WAS KEREN'S HOMELAND... OVER THE MOUNTAIN WASTES OF LOKA
JANNO: MY UNCLE WAS RIGHT... IT'S A LONG WAY FROM TRIGAN CITY TO ZABRIZ
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Caption: HOURS LATER THEY CAME INSIGHT OF A FORTIFICATION CLINGING TO THE SIDE OF A VAST MOUNTAIN
JANNO: WHERE'S THE REST OF ZABRIZ?
KEREN: EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS ZABRIZ... BUT THIS IS THE ONLY BUILDING
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Caption: THEY CLIMBED OUT OF THE CRAFT... TO BE GREETED BY A SURLY GUARD IN UNKEMPT UNIFORM, WHO JERKED HIS THUMB TOWARDS THE BUILDING
GUARD: WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU... YOU'D BETTER COME ALONG AND SEE AKKAN
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Caption: THEY FOLLOWED THEIR GUIDE INTO A MASSIVE, GLOOMY HALL, WHERE A BEARDED OAF LOLLED IN A VAST CHAIR. HE APPEARED TO BE HOLDING A COURT OF JUSTICE
AKKAN: GUARD, WHY BRING A PETTY FOOD STEALER BEFORE ME? THROW HIM FROM THE CLIFF TOP
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Caption: AND THEN... JANNO'S VOICE RANG OUT
JANNO: YOU WILL DO NO SUCH THING
AKKAN: WHAT'S THIS
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Caption: A SNEER SPREAD OVER AKKAN'S UNSAVOURY FACE
JANNO: IS THIS HOW YOU ADMINISTER TRIGAN JUSTICE IN ZABRIZ?
AKKAN: WELL... YOU MUST BE THE BRIGHT YOUNG SPRIG THEY'VE SENT FROM TRIGAN CITY TO TEACH ME MY JOB OF HOW TO HANDLE THE ZABRIZ SLAVES
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Caption: JANNO STARED AT HIM UNBELIEVINGLY
JANNO: SLAVES?... BUT THERE IS NO SLAVERY IN THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
AKKAN: NOT IN TRIGAN CITY PERHAPS... BUT WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM THE CITY, MY YOUNG FELLOW... AND I MAKE THE LAWS HERE
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Caption: JANNO SQUARED HIS SHOULDERS AND STARED COLDLY AT THE SNEERING AKKAN
JANNO: I DEMAND THAT AN BE GIVEN TRUE TRIGAN JUSTICE
AKKAN: ALL RIGHT, YOUNG FELLOW... ANYTHING TO HUMOUR YOU. PERHAPS IF YOU LIKE TO QUESTION THE ANIMAL YOURSELF
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Caption: GENTLY, JANNO QUESTIONED THE TERRIFIED ZABRIZ SLAVE
JANNO: NOW... DID YOU STEAL FOOD?
SLAVE: YES, SIR... BUT I WAS STARVING. THE GUARDS STOPPED MY FOOD FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE I FAILED TO DIG OUT MY DAILY STINT OF METAL ORE... A THOUSAND VORSTS IN WEIGHT
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JANNO: A THOUSAND VORSTS?... BUT... IT WOULD TAKE SIX MEN TO DO SO MUCH WORK IN ONE DAY
AKKAN: MY YOUNG FRIEND, THE ZABRIZ ARE NOT MEN THEY ARE ANIMALS. AND THEY DO THE WORK... OR STARVE
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JANNO: I DEMAND THAT THIS MAN BE PARDONED
AKKAN: VERY WELL, IT'S TIME FOR SUPPER, AND I'M IN NO MOOD TO ARGUE
AKKAN: SEE TO IT GUARDS
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Caption: AKKAN LED JANNO AND KEREN INTO A VAST DINNING HALL, WHERE A LARGE TABLE GROANED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF FINE FOODS
JANNO: I NOTICE THATHAT YOU DON'T STARVE, AKKAN
AKKAN: I DON'T DIG OUT A THOUSAND VORSTS OF ORE A DAY, EITHER, BUT THEN... I'M THE LORD AND MASTER OF ZABRIZ
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Caption: WHILE THEY ATE, THE GUARDS TOOK THE ZABRIZ SLAVE OUT ON TO THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE FORT... DRAGGED HIM OVER THE EDGE... TO THE DIZZY DROP BELOW
SLAVE: NO!... NO!... I WAS TO BE PARDONED
GUARD: THIS IS YOUR PARDON ANIMAL... OVER WITH YOU
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Caption: SUPPER OVER, AKKAN ESCORTED THE TWO YOUTHS TO THEIR SLEEPING CHAMBERS.
JANNO: I SHALL HAVE MUCH TO DO TOMORROW. AKKAN... ABOUT THE WAY ZABRIZ IS TO BE GOVERNED IN THE FUTURE!
AKKAN: I SHALL BE VERY PLEASED TO HEAR IT MY YOUNG FAIRED, I AM ALWAYS WILLING TO LEARN
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Caption: THE DOOR CLOSED ON JANNO AND KEREN... AND AKKAN'S UNSAVOURY FACE TWISTED IN A SCOWL OF HATRED
AKKAN: YOU WON'T BE ALIVE TO SAY ANYTHING IN THE MORNING, MY FINE YOUNG SPRIG... OR YOUR COMRADE EITHER
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Caption: THAT NIGHT, A GREAT STORM BLEW UP FROM OUT OF THE PLAIN BELOW THE MOUNTAINS... LASHING THE FORTRESS WITH BLINDING SAND
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Caption: THE FORCE OF THE MIGHTY WIND LIFTED JANNO'S ATMOSPHERE CRAFT AND HURLED IT FROM THE BATTLEMENTS... TO DESTRUCTION
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Caption: THE HOWL OF THE STORM WOKE KEREN... IN TIME TO SEE THE DARK FIGURES CREEPING INTO HIS CHAMBER
JANNO: HE'S AWAKE... AT HIM
KEREN: BY THE STARS
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Caption: KEREN WAS ABLE TO FELL ONE OF HIS ASSAILANTS, BEFORE HE WAS STRUCK DOWN
KEREN: UUUGH!
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Caption: THEY CARRIED HIS UNCONSCIOUS FORM OUT OF THE CHAMBER
GUARD: OVER THE BATTLEMENTS WITH HIM EH?
GUARD: YES... AND HIS FRIEND
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Caption: MOMENTS LATER, JANNO'S DOOR SLID SILENTLY OPEN
GUARD: THIS ONE WILL BE EASIER... HE'S SLEEPING LIKE A BABE
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Caption: THE FIRST GUARD CREPT INTO JANNO'S CHAMBER... ALL UNAWARE OF JANNO HIDING BEHIND THE DOOR
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Caption: TOO LATE THE MAN SAW THE FIGURE IN THE BED WAS ONLY A PILE OF FURS... NEXT INSTANT THE FLAT OF JANNO'S BLADE LAID HIM LOW
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Caption: THE SECOND GUARD SHOWED NO FIGHT... HE BACKED AGAINST THE WALL IN TERROR, WITH THE POINT OF JANNO'S SWORD SCRATCHING HIS THROAT
JANNO: WHO ORDERED YOU TO DO THIS?... SPEAK!
GUARD: I... I DARE NOT TELL, SIR...
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Caption: ANGRILY ORDERING THE MAN TO MAKE HIMSELF SCARCE WITH HIS UNCONSCIOUS COMRADE. JANNO WENT OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR... WHERE HE FOUND HIS FRIEND KEREN
JANNO: ARE YOU ALL RIGHT KEREN? I HEARD THE SOUNDS OF THE STRUGGLE COMING FROM YOUR CHAMBER, SO I WAS READY WHEN THEY CAME TO GET ME!
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Caption: THE TWO FRIENDS WENT BACK INTO JANNO'S ROOM AND BARRICADED THE DOOR
JANNO: WE'LL TAKE TURNS TO SLEEP AND KEEP GUARD... AND TOMORROW MORNING THERE'LL BE A RECKONING WITH THAT CUR AKKAN
KEREN: AKKAN WAS BEHIND TONIGHT'S BUSINESS. NO DOUBT OF THAT
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Caption: WHEN THE TWIN SUNS OF THE PLANET ELEKTON ROSE NEXT MORNING, JANNO AND KEREN STRIDE DOWN INTO THE GREAT HALL, WHERE AKKAN WAS GORGING HIMSELF. HE GREETED THEM WITH A BROAD, MOCKING GRIN
AKKAN: SIT DOWN, MY YOUNG FRIENDS... HELP YOURSELF TO SOME FOOD
JANNO: WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS TO DISCUSS THAN FOOD, AKKAN
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Caption: AKKAN TWISTED HIS UNSAVOURY FACE INTO AN EXPRESSION OF INNOCENCE
AKKAN: AH... YOU MEAN THAT UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS LAST NIGHT. THOSE RASCALLY GUARDS WHO ATTACKED YOU? YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE WRETCHES WOULD CUT THEIR OWN BROTHER'S THROAT FOR THE CONTENTS OF HIS PURSE. THEY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED OF COURSE
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JANNO: LIES ALL LIES... THOSE MEN WERE OBEYING YOUR ORDERS!... YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, AKKAN... AND I'M SENDING A RADIO MESSAGE TO TRIGAN CITY FOR A FORCE TO COME AND TAKE OVER HERE
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Caption: THE RASCAL AKKAN SOON RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK... HE SMILED CRAFTILY
AKKAN: THERE IS NO RADIO, I'M AFRAID... IT'S THE SANDSTORMS OF ZABRIZ, YOU SEE. THE SAND GETS INTO EVERY PIECE OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND RUINS IT
JANNO: I HAVE A RADIO IN MY ATMOSPHERE CRAFT... WE'LL SEE IT THE SAND HAS RUINED THAT
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Caption: THEN AKKAN DELIVERED HIS MASTER STROKE
AKKAN: OH DEAR... DID NOBODY TELL YOU?... YOUR ATMOSPHERE CRAFT WAS DRIVEN OVER THE BATTLEMENTS BY LAST NIGHT'S STORM... YOU ARE BOTH STRANDED HERE, I'M AFRAID
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Caption: KNOWING THEY WERE BOTH CUT OFF FROM THE TRIGAN CITY, AND IN INSTANT PERIL FOR THEIR LIVES, JANNO WAS STILL DETERMINED TO DO HIS DUTY
JANNO: VERY WELL YOU WILL CONSIDER YOURSELF UNDER ARREST... AND YOU WILL SHOW ME THE METAL ORE MINES BEING WORKED
AKKAN: AS YOU ORDER SIR
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Caption: AKKAN LEAD THEM DOWN A STAIRCASE CUT IN THE CLIFF FACE AND SHOWED THEM A HORDE OF WRETCHED PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ TOILING AT THE METAL ORE
AKKAN: THERE YOU SEE THEM... THE HARD WORKING ANIMAL OF ZABRIZ
JANNO: TELL THEM TIL STOP WORK AT ONCE... I WISH TO SPEAK TO THEM
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Caption: AT A HARSH ORDER FROM AKKAN, THE WORKERS STOPPED... AND GAZED UP AT THE YOUNG MAN ABOVE THEM
JANNO: PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ... I COME FROM YOUR EMPEROR TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER SLAVES, BUT FREE MEN OF THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
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Caption: AKKAN SMILED GRIMLY TO HIMSELF
AKKAN: SO THAT'S YOUR GAME, IS IT MY YOUNG SPRIG? WELL I DON'T HAVE TO DESTROY YOU NOW... YOU HAVE JUST DESTROYED YOURSELF
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Caption: AT FIRST THE PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ STARED UP, DUMBFOUNDED TOWARDS THE YOUNG MAN FROM TRIGAN WHO HAD RELEASED THEM FROM THEIR MISERY... AND THEN THEY BURST INTO LOUD CRIES OF JOY
ZABRIZIAN: FREE... WE'RE FREE! LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR TRIGO! LONG LIVE THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
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Caption: FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS, JANNO TURNED TO THE RASCALLY AKKAN
JANNO: AND THAT IS HOW TO RULE SUBJECTS OF THE EMPIRE
AKKAN: HOW GLAD I AM-SIR- THAT YOU CAME HERE TO SHOW ME HOW TO DO MY JOB
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Caption: BUT LATER, AKKAN SENT FOR ONE OF THE ZABRIZ MEN
AKKAN: DON'T LOOK SO FEARFUL, MY FRIEND... I HAVE A SMALL PRESENT FOR YOU
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Caption: HE TOSSED THE PURSE CARELESSLY ACROSS THE TABLE
ZABRIZIAN: MONEY... MORE MONEY THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN... BUT... FOR ME?
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AKKAN: ALL YOURS MY FRIEND, PICK IT UP... AND NOW... THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO DO IN RETURN
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Caption: THE MAN LISTENED TO AKKAN'S INSTRUCTIONS AND, LATER WENT DOWN TO THE WRETCHED HOVELS BELOW THE CLIFF FACE WHERE HIS PEOPLE LIVED. THEY WERE STILL REJOICING
ZABRIZIAN: ISN'T IT NOT WONDERFUL TO BE FREE AGAIN
ZABRIZIAN: HUMPH
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Caption: THE MAN HAD LEARNED HIS INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY
ZABRIZIAN: FREE... HAS OUR FREEDOM BROUGHT US ANY FOOD? YOU FOOLS. DON'T YOU SEE THOSE TRIGANS HAVE JUST TRICKED US?... WE ARE NOW FREE TO STARVE
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Caption: A GROWL OF AGREEMENT GREETED HIS WORDS
ZABRIZIAN: LET US ATTACK THE CITADEL WHERE THOSE TRIGANS LIVE LIKE KINGS. SMASH IT TO PIECES. TAKE EVERYTHING.
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Caption: THEIR JOY TURNED TO RAGE, THE HUNGRY PEOPLE SWARMED UP THE STEPS TO THE CITADEL, BRUSHING ASIDE THE GUARDS WHO TRIED TO BAR THEIR WAY
ZABRIZIAN: DEATH TO THE TRIGANS
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Caption: THEN BEGAN AN ORGY OF LOOTING AND DESTRUCTION AS THEY SET FIRE TO EVERYTHING IN SIGHT AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON ALL THE FOOD THEY COULD FIND
EXTRA: DOWN WITH THE TRIGAN EMPIRE! DESTROY ALL!
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Caption: JANNO AND KEREN RUSHED OUT ON TO A BALCONY AND SAW THE SMOKE RISING TO THE SKY
JANNO: WHAT... WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
AKKAN: THEIR FREEDOM HAS GONE TO THEIR HEADS, MY CLEVER YOUNG FRIEND!... AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT
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Caption: THOUGH AKKAN HAD TOLD JANNO THAT AL THE RADIOS HAD BEEN PUT OUT OF ACTION, HE HAD ONE FOR HIS OWN USE. SOME TIME LATER, HE SENT A MESSAGE TO TRIGAN CITY
AKKAN: THIS IS AKKAN, COMMANDER OF ZABRIZ... THANKS TO THE CRIMINAL FOLLY OF JANNO, THE PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ ARE IN REVOLT
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Caption: THE NEWS WAS BROUGHT TO TRIGO WHILE HE WAS OUT HUNTING WILD ZARGOT ON THE PLAIN OF VORG
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Caption: THE EMPEROR'S FACE DARKENED WITH FURY WHEN HE READ AKKAN'S MESSAGE
TRIGO: SEND A MESSAGE BACK GO AKKAN... TELL HIM THAT HE HAS MY COMPLETE CONFIDENCE. TELL HIM TO RESTORE ORDER BY ANY MEANS HE SEES FIT... AND TO PUT MY STUPID NEPHEW UNDER ARREST
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Caption: THE PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ FOUGHT WITH THE COURAGE OF DESPERATION, BUT THEY WERE SPEEDILY SURROUNDED AND DISARMED
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Caption: THEN AKKAN GAVE A SIGN OF EVIL TRIUMPH
AKKAN: RIGHT... THROW EVERY TENTH MAN OFF THE CLIFF
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Caption: ONE OF THE MEN OF ZABRIZ STEPPED FORWARD SLYLY... IT WAS HE WHO INCITED THE PEOPLE TO RIOT, ART AKKAN'S ORDERS
MAN: HAVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA REWARD FOR ME SIR?
AKKAN: YES... YOU CAN BE THE FIRST TO GO OVER THE CLIFF
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Caption: AKKAN HAD GOOD CAUSE FOR TRIUMPH
AKKAN: NOW LIFE IN ZABRIZ CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL
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Caption: MEANWHILE, BACK IN TRIGAN CITY, THE EMPEROR TRIGO WAS FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO FORGET HIS YOUNG NEPHEW
PERIC: YOU ARE NOT EATING IMPERIAL:MAJESTY
TRIGO: BY ALL THE STARS, WILL YOU STOP CALLING ME 'IMPERIAL MAJESTY', PERIC OLD FRIEND. NO... I AM MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT JANNO AND WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN ZABRIZ. IN FACT I HAVE DECIDED TO GO THERE AND SEE FOR MYSELF
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TRIGO: THE GREAT PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ WILL BE GREATLY HONOURED TO RECEIVE A VISIT FROM THEIR EMPEROR
PERIC: NO DOUBT... BUT IT IS NOT AS AN EMPEROR THAT I SHALL VISIT THEM
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TRIGO: I THINK I WILL GO AS A TRAVELLING MUSICIAN! SUCH A MAN MIGHT LEARN THINGS THAT WOULD BE HIDDEN FROM THE EMPEROR TRIGO
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Caption: SWORDS IN HAND, JANNO AND HIS FRIEND KEREN RACED DOWN THE TO THE COURTYARD
JANNO: WE MUST STOP THAT RIOT BEFORE THEY BURN DOWN THE WHOLE CITADEL
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Caption: BUT... THEY NEVER REACHED THE COURTYARD
GUARD: DROP YOUR SWORDS... YOU ARE UNDER ARREST
JANNO: WHAT'S THIS
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JANNO: WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO ARREST ME... I AM HERE AT THE ORDERS OF MY UNCLE, THE EMPEROR OF TRIGO
AKKAN: NOT ANY MORE, MY FINE YOUNG SPRIG. I'VE JUST SENT A RADIO MESSAGE TO THE EMPEROR TELLING HIM THAT YOU INCITED THE SLAVES TO RIOT... AND HE'S ORDERED ME TO ARREST YOU
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Caption: ROUGH HANDS WERE LAID ON THE TWO BOYS, AND THEY WERE DRAGGED OFF
AKKAN: PUT THEM IN THE SPECIAL LUXURIOUS QUARTERS RESERVED FOR RELATIVES OF THE EMPEROR... HEH! HEH!
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Caption: THE 'LUXURIOUS' QUARTERS WERE A WATER FILLED CELL DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN BENEATH THE CITADEL
GUARD: YOU MAY FIND IT UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT YOU WON'T BE HERE FOR LONG... AKKAN SAYS YOU ARE TO BE GIVEN NO FOOD
GUARD: BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF WATER TO DRINK! HAW! HAW!
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Caption: THE TWO WERE LEFT ALONE WITH THEIR BITTER THOUGHTS
KEREN: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
JANNO: WE ARE FINISHED! NO USE RELYING ON HELP FROM MY UNCLE. HE THINKS I HAVE FAILED HIM
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Caption: MEANWHILE, AKKAN'S GUARDS WERE CLOSING IN ON THE RIOTING MOB MASSED IN THE COURTYARD
GUARD: DEATH TO THE TRIGANS... LONG LIVE FREEDOM
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Caption: NEXT MORNING, TRIGO BOARDED AN ATMOSPHERE CRAFT FOR THE LONG JOURNEY TO ZABRIZ. HIS BROTHER BRAG SAW HIM OFF
BRAG: I WISH YOU WOULD LET ME COME WITH YOU, TRIGO
TRIGO: NO, BRAG
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Caption: DRESSED IN A WELL-WORN CLOAK AND DISGUISED WITH A LONG WIG, ONLY HIS CLOSE FRIENDS WOULD HAVE RECOGNISED THE EMPEROR OF TRIGAN
TRIGO: SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY AMISS IN ZABRIZ BROTHER, AND I MUST SEE FOR MYSELF. IF THERE IS DANGER THERE... AND IF I DO NOT RETURN...
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Caption: AS THE CRAFT SOARED UP INTO THE SKY, ONE OF THE OFFICERS WALKED SWIFTLY AWAY
OFFICER: I WILL SEND THIS NEWS AT ONCE TO MY COUSIN AKKAN
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Caption: A SHORT WHILE AFTER, THE OFFICER WAS SLIPPING A SCRIBBLED NOTE INTO A MESSAGE CONTAINER ATTACHED TO THE LEG OF A TAME WEDON BIRD
OFFICER: AKKAN WILL KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS DISGUISED EMPEROR... THIS IS JUST THE OPPORTUNITY HE HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR
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Caption: THE BIRD'S TRUE HOME WAS THE CITADEL AT ZABRIZ. NO SOONER WAS IT RELEASED TAT IT SET OFF ON IT'S LONG JOURNEY
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Caption: LATER THAT DAY, TRIGO'S CRAFT LANDED ON THE DESOLATE PLAIN WITHIN SIGHT OF THE CLIFFS OF ZABRIZ. HE SAID FAREWELL TO THE PILOT
TRIGO: RETURN AT ONCE TO TRIGAN
PILOT: YES IMPERIAL MAJESTY. AND GOOD LUCK GO WITH YOU.
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Caption: IT WAS DUSK WHEN HE REACHED THE STEEP FLIGHT OF STAIRS LEADING UP TO THE CITADEL, AND WAS CHALLENGED BY AKKAN'S SURLY GUARDS
GUARD: HALT! WHO COMES?
TRIGO: A FRIEND... A POOR STROLLING MUSICIAN WHO DESIRES ONLY TO EARN HIS SUPPER BY ENTERTAINING YOUR COMMANDER
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Caption: AKKAN WAS HUGELY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF THAT EVENING, AND WAS FEASTING WITH HIS BRUTISH OFFICERS WHEN TRIGO WAS USHERED INTO THE HALL
OFFICER: A STROLLING MUSICIAN, AKKAN. HE WANTS TO ENTERTAIN YOU
AKKAN: AAAAH... WE ARE SHORT OF ENTERTAINMENT IN ZABRIZ
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Caption: THE SCOUNDRELLY AKKAN HAD ONLY SEEN HIS EMPEROR FROM A DISTANCE AND HE DID NOT RECOGNISE THE MAN ON THE CLOAK
AKKAN: WHAT CAN YOU PLAY FELLOW?
TRIGO: ANYTHING SIR... PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF THE OLD VORG HUNTING SONGS TO REMIND YOU OF HOME
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Caption: TRIGO WAS A SKILLED MUSICIAN, AND HE SOON HAD AKKAN AND HIS BRUTES SINGING THE OLD FAMILIAR SONGS WITH SENTIMENTAL TEARS STREAMING DOWN THEIR LEATHERY CHEEKS
AKKAN: WE HAVE HUNTED THE ZARGOT, AND NOW WE RETURN HOME
Caption: THE BRUTES ALL LAUGHED AND
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Caption: AKKAN WAS DELIGHTED
AKKAN: WELL DONE MUSICIAN. YOU ARE A FELLOW AFTER MY OWN HEART. TAKE THIS CUP OF WINE AND BE SEATED. YOU SHALL SUP THIS NIGHT WITH ME
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Caption: THE FEAST DRAGGED ON TILL THE EARLY HOURS. TOWARDS DAWN, GORGED WITH RICH FOOD AND WINE, AKKAN BEGAN TO BOAST
AKKAN: I AM THE LORD OF LIFE AND DEATH OVER ZABRIZ, BUT THAT IS NOT THE END OF IT... NEXT YEAR WE SHALL MARCH ON TRIGAN CITY AND OVERTHROW TRIGO HIMSELF... THEN I SHALL BE EMPEROR
OFFICER: INDEED MY LORD
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TRIGO: IF THAT BRUTE KNEW THAT THE EMPEROR TRIGO WAS SEATED AT HIS TABLE NOW, IT WOULD BE THE END OF TRIGO
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Caption: MEANWHILE, SOME DISTANCE FROM ZABRIZ, THE WEDON BIRD CARRYING THE FATEFUL MESSAGE HAD PAUSED HIS FLIGHT TO FEED ON SOME SUCCULENT BERRIES
Caption: TRIGO'S SECRET WAS SAFE... FOR A SHORT WHILE
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Caption: WHEN THE TWIN SUNS OF THE PLANET ELEKTON ROSE IN THE MORNING, AKKAN AND HIS OFFICERS SLEPT AMONGST THE REMAINS OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S FEAST. TRIGO ROSE TO HIS FEET AND LOOKED AT THEM IN UTTER CONTEMPT
TRIGO: ANIMALS... AND TO THINK THEY PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
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TRIGO: I MUST FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUNG JANNO AND KEREN. OUR LIVES ARE NOT WORTH A GRAIN OF SALT HERE IF AKKAN DISCOVERS WHO I AM
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Caption: OUT ON THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE CITADEL, TRIGO OVERHEARD TWO GUARDS JESTING TOGETHER
GUARD: I WONDER HOW THOSE TWO YOUNG SPRIGS ARE FARING DOWN IN THE DUNGEON
GUARD: WISHING THEY WERE BACK IN TRIGAN CITY, I SHOULDN'T WONDER. BUT A FEW MORE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD WILL SEE AN END TO ALL THEIR TROUBLES
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Caption: ONE OF THE GUARDS PASSED ON HIS WAY, LEAVING HIS COMRADE ALONE. HE WAS NOT ALONE FOR LONG
GUARD: AAAAAAH
TRIGO: QUIET! THE NEXT SOUND YOU MAKE WILL BE YOUR LAST
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TRIGO: LEAD THE WAY TO THE DUNGEON... MOVE
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Caption: THE TERRIFIED GUARD LED HIM DOWN THE STEPS TO THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN BELOW THE CITADEL
GUARD: THIS IS IT
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Caption: THE FLAT OF THE GUARD'S OWN SWORD BLADE LAID HIM LOW
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Caption: HE FOUND KEYS ON THE UNCONSCIOUS MAN'S BELT AND OPENED THE DOOR... TO SEE HIS NEPHEW AND KEREN MANACLED TO THE DANK WALL
TRIGO: JANNO
JANNO: IT CAN'T BE... UNCLE
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Caption: TRIGO FREED THEM FROM THEIR CHAINS. KEREN WAS UNCONSCIOUS WITH HUNGER AN FATIGUE
JANNO: UNCLE! I DIDN'T FAIL YOU... I SWEAR IT! TRIGO
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Caption: THEY MADE THEIR WAY BACK UP TO THE CITADEL
TRIGO: WHERE IS YOUR ATMOSPHERE CRAFT
JANNO: IT WAS DESTROYED UNCLE
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Caption: THEY REACHED THE BATTLEMENTS TO FIND THAT THE ALARM WAS ALREADY BEING RAISED
GUARD: WHERE IS YOUR COMRADE?
GUARD: HE WAS HERE WHEN I CAM PAST A SHORT WHILE AGO, SIR!
TRIGO: NOW WE'RE TRAPPED
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Caption: AND THEN AKKAN SWAYED OUT OF THE HALL, BLINKING IN THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE, AND BELLOWED FURIOUSLY
AKKAN: WHERE'S THAT MUSICIAN... FIND HIM, CURSE YOU... I WANT TO HEAR HIM, PLAY AGAIN
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Caption: TRIGO AND HIS YOUNG COMPANIONS WERE IN A TIGHT CORNER, BUT WORSE WAS TO FOLLOW. SWOOPING LOW OVER THE MOUNTAIN CREST, A SMALL BIRD HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE CITADEL
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Caption: IT FLUTTERED ON TO THE BATTLEMENTS, AND ONE OF THE GUARDS PICKED IT UP
GUARD: IT'S CARRYING A MESSAGE
Caption: THE MESSAGE WAS FROM A SPY IN TRIGAN CITY, INFORMING AKKAN THAT THE STROLLING MUSICIAN WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE EMPEROR TRIGO
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Caption: SNATCHING THE MESSAGE FROM THE GUARD'S HAND. AKKAN READ IT...
AKKAN: BY ALL THE STARS
GUARD: WHAT DOES IT SAY AKKAN
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AKKAN: TRIGO IS IN OUR MIDST!... HERE IN ZABRIZ!... HE IS THE MUSICIAN!... FIND HIM, YOU FOOLS! FIND HIM!
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Caption: THE GUARDS RACED TO DO THEIR LEADER'S BIDDING... AND THEY PASSED CLOSE TO WHERE THE THREE LAY HIDDEN, YOUNG KEREN RECOVERED CONSCIOUSNESS AND GROANED LOUDLY
KEREN: UUUUUUUGH!
JANNO: NO, KEREN... NO!
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Caption: THE GUARDS HEARD... AND HALTED IN THEIR TRACKS
GUARD: THERE HE IS
GUARD: AND HE'S NOT ALONE
PAGE 103
Caption: TRIGO LEAPT INTO ACTION, CALLING TO HIS NEPHEW
TRIGO: AFTER ME, JANNO SEIZE A SWORD FOR YOURSELF AND FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE
GUARD: AAAAAGH
PAGE 104
Caption: THE TWO FOUGHT BRAVELY, BUT IT WAS A HOPELESS STRUGGLE. MINUTES LATER, THEY WERE OVERPOWERED AND DRAGGED BEFORE THE GLOATING AKKAN
AKKAN: GREETING, YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTY! IF I HAD KNOWN IT WAS YOU, I WOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOU WITH GREAT CEREMONY LAST NIGHT... BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE... THE CEREMONY SHALL TAKE PLACE RIGHT AWAY!... A CEREMONY OF GREETING AND FAREWELL
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Caption: SOON AFTER, THE WRETCHED PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ WERE HERDED ON TO THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE CITADEL BY AKKAN'S GUARDS TO WITNESS THE 'CEREMONY'
SLAVE: WHAT DEVILRY IS AKKAN PLANNING NOW?
SLAVE: ARE WE GOING TO BE PUNISHED AGAIN?
AKKAN: YOU WILL LONG REMEMBER WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE THIS DAY, ANIMALS!... YOU WILL SPEAK OF IT WITH WONDER TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN!
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Caption: THREE MASSIVE CATAPULTS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED NEAR THE EDGE OF THE DIZZY DROP OVER THE RAMPARTS, AND TRIGO AND HIS COMPANIONS WERE TIED TO THEM
AKKAN: PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ!... YOU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR TRIGO, AND THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF EMPEROR AKKAN
PAGE 107
Caption: AKKAN'S SWORD WAS RAISED TO SEVER THE ROPE AND SEND TRIGO TO HIS DOOM ON THE ROCKS BELOW... AND THEN TRIGO'S VOICE RANG OUT, THRILLINGLY
TRIGO: THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ!... IF I GO, YOU WILL REMAIN SLAVES FOR EVER!
PAGE 108
Caption: THE BLADE WAS ALREADY DESCENDING... WHEN A STONE KNOCKED THE WEAPON FROM AKKAN'S NUMBED HAND
AKKAN: AAAAAGH!
PAGE 109
Caption: INSTANTLY, THE CROWD SURGED FORWARD, SCATTERING THE GUARDS... AND A KNIFE SLASHED THROUGH TRIGO'S BONDS
TRIGO: THANKS FRIEND
PAGE 110
Caption: THERE WAS A BRIEF AND FURIOUS FIGHT NEAR THE EDGE OF THE DROP
GUARD: EEEEEEEEEEEEEH!
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Caption: FORCING HIS WAY, THROUGH THE PRESS OF BATTLING MEN, TRIGO LOOKED ABOUT HIM FOR AKKAN... AND THEN HE SAW THE TREACHEROUS OFFICER
TRIGO: AKKAN... I CALL TO YOU TO SURRENDER
AKKAN: NEVER
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Caption: TRIGO FOLLOWED HIS QUARRY ALONG THE PERILOUS LEDGE... AND THEN HE SAW HIS DANGER
AKKAN: FAREWELL... IMPERIAL MAJESTY
PAGE 113
Caption: AS AKKAN FIRED THE PISTOL, TRIGO DUCKED... AND THE CHARGE SMASHED THE STONE WORK TO POWDER ABOVE HIS HEAD
PAGE 114
Caption: AKKAN PRESSED THE TRIGGER AGAIN... BUT THE PISTOL WAS EMPTY
AKKAN: ACH!... TEN THOUSAND CURSES
PAGE 115
Caption: HURLING HIS WEAPON IN THE ABYSS, HE REACHED FOR A HANDHOLD AND HAULED HIMSELF UP FROM THE LEDGE
TRIGO: SURRENDER, AKKAN... AND I PROMISE YOU A FAIR TRIAL WHEN YOU GET BACK TO TRIGAN CITY
AKKAN: NEVER!... NEVER!
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Caption: TRIGO FOLLOWED HIS QUARRY UP THE SHEER FACE OF THE CITADEL... AND THEN HE SAW HIS PERIL
PAGE 117
Caption: HE PRESSED HIMSELF FLAT AGAINST THE ANCIENT WALL... AND FELT THE WIND OF IT'S PASSING, LIKE THE WINGS OF THE ANGLE OF DEATH
PAGE 118
Caption: AKKAN BARED HIS TEETH IN A GRIN OF FIERCE TRIUMPH AS HE REACHED FOR ANOTHER STONE
AKKAN: LOOK YOUR LAST UPON THE SKY, MIGHTY EMPEROR!... THIS TIME I SHALL NOT MISS
PAGE 119
Caption: THEN... A FRIGHTENED SQUAWK AND A FLUTTER OF WINGS... AND AKKAN WAS CLUTCHING AT THE EMPTY AIR... IT WAS THE HARMLESS WEDON BIRD THAT SEALED THE FATE OF THE TYRANT OF ZABRIZ
PAGE 120
TRIGO: HE HAS PAID THE PRICE FOR HIS CRIMES
PAGE 121
Caption: THE THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH THE ROAR OF ENGINES, AND TRIGO LOOKED UP TO SEE A GREAT FORMATION OF TRIGAN ATMOSPHERE CRAFT CIRCLING ABOVE ZABRIZ
PAGE 122
Caption: THE LEADING CRAFT LANDED ON THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE CITADEL, AND TRIGO'S BROTHER BRAG WAS TO FIRST TO ALIGHT
BRAG: TRIGO!... THANK THE STARS YOU ARE STILL ALIVE
TRIGO: BRAG!... BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW
PAGE 123
Caption: BRAG EXPLAINED...
BRAG: WE CAUGHT A SPY IN TRIGAN CITY... ONE OF YOUR OWN OFFICERS... HE CONFESSED TO HAVING SENT A MESSAGE BY WEDON BIRD TO AKKAN
TRIGO: AKKAN RECEIVED THE MESSAGE ONLY A SHORT WHILE AGO, AND THE BOYS AND U WOULD BE LYING AT THE FOOT OF THE CLIFF BY NOW IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE BRAVERY OF THE FAITHFUL PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ
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Caption: TRIGO ADDRESSED THE PEOPLE OF ZABRIZ IN A RINGING VOICE
TRIGO: FROM NOW ON YOU WILL NO LONGER BE SLAVES, BUT FREE PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT TO RULE YOURSELVES, AS CITIZENS OF THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
SLAVE: LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR TRIGO
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Caption: LATER THAT DAY, THE AIR FLEET TOOK OFF FOR THE RETURN JOURNEY TO TRIGAN CITY. AS THEY CIRCLED FOR THE LAST TIME OVER THE CITADEL, YOUNG JANNO LOOKED DOWN
JANNO: FAREWELL, ZABRIZ... MAY I NEVER SET EYES ON YOU AGAIN
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Caption: TRIGO GLANCED AT HIS YOUNG NEPHEW... AND SMILED
TRIGO: YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO ZABRIZ, JANNO... YOU LEARNT A LESSON THEIR,... A LESSON IN THE ART OF RULING THAT WILL STAND YOU IN GOOD STEAD WHEN YOU BECOME EMPEROR OF TRIGAN
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