Cat Legend



A story based fantasy Web Comic by Kat Santoro. Cat Legend is a rather unusual blend of Medieval European Fantasy and Urban Fantasy, with the narrative switching back and forth between two time periods. The comic follows the adventures of a core cast of characters which slowly expands as their places in the medieval portion of the story are revealed.

It can be found Here.

Major cast includes:

 * Cat - The Kid Hero and major protagonist. Starts out dead, but is revived at the beginning of the comic. Has no memory of his past life.
 * Sarah Montagnaro- Fox-ear-and-tailed Half Fae, Older-sister figure and Love Interest of Cat.
 * Kristin Bing- Blue skinned Fae with fire powers. Sometime guide and companion to the rest of the cast, his own aventures are a side-story to the main plot.
 * Dorian Nymdemise- Secret son of the king and queen of Faerie, spent most of his life locked in a small room. Learned practically everything he knows from books.
 * Alexandria- The last Delphic oracle. Usually answers to the name of Truth. Cannot be lied to.
 * Deedra- Captured in a raid on a human village, she spent most her life in Castle Nymdemise. Has a rather unnerving appearance ever since she had her early memories erased
 * Libby- The Vortex, whose presence in the world drains away magic. Starts out as a baby but doesn't stay that way. When she speaks, it may not be just her talking.

And many others whose stories are still being revealed.

Cat Legend includes examples of:

 * Anti-Villain
 * Art Evolution: Significant change both in terms of quality and character design. Understandable when you consider how long the comic's been running.
 * The Blank: Mindy and Leelah
 * Blind Seer: Mendel was a Seer before ever going blind, but retains a form of his sight even in blindness.
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Shadowmancers.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead: Sarah
 * Dead to Begin With: Cat, but he gets better.
 * Elemental Powers: Several.
 * Air -- Cat, Lily
 * Shadowmancy -- Sarah, Mercutious
 * Fire -- Bing, Ember
 * Lightning -- Dor...once.
 * Flora -- Vali
 * Earth -- Stone
 * The Fair Folk
 * Fantastic Racism: All over the place.
 * Four-Fingered Hands
 * Ghost Amnesia: Cat isn't dead (anymore), but dying did take away nearly all memory of his previous life.
 * Glamour Failure: In a literal sense; some faeries in the modern-day setting, particularly Vali, seem to be having difficulty keeping their glamour going.
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Sarah, with human father and faery mother.
 * Happily Adopted: They don't get to see each other often, but Vali and adopted daughter Dee are nonetheless very close.
 * How We Got Here: As of the end of the first act, Cat's retelling of past events is revealed as the Framing Device.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: Threnody, the Mad Fae of Forget, possesses the ability to induce this.
 * Living Lie Detector: Alexandria, aka Truth
 * Living Shadow: Sunny.
 * Mad Oracle: Not all the time, but to prophesize, Truth has to become temporarily insane.
 * Meaningful Name: Again, Truth. Also Stone.
 * No Social Skills: Dor grew up locked in his room, with no companionship but books and an occasional visit from Bing. Social skills are...lacking.
 * Prophet Eyes: Mendel the Seer
 * Relationship Reboot: Sarah and Dor
 * Super Empowering: Lily to Cat
 * Tap on the Head: Subverted.
 * Unusual Euphemism: "What the crumb?"
 * Verbal Tic Name: Mr. Peeps, as revealed in the companion comic.
 * Winged Humanoid: Harpies and several faeries.