A Wish for Wings
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| Author(s) | Jenn Dolari |
| Website | http://www.dolari.org/awfw |
| Update schedule | Mondays |
| Launch date | November 2001 [1] |
A Wish for Wings is a webcomic by Jenn Dolari about a young woman who believes she is an angel.
A Wish for Wings was published on Keenspace from November 2001, moving to the author's home site in February 2004. New episodes are published on Mondays at the author's main site. The story has a definite ending and specific plot points, but is written "on the fly". As of this editing, A Wish for Wings is in Book II, Act V, Episode 3.
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[edit] Main cast
- Andrea Williamson
- Andrea lives alone with her mother in her house in Avery, Texas. After a strange night involving what she believes are Angels and Boogeymen, she begins to think that she, too, is an angel. A belief that usually gets her into trouble with the people around her. At seventeen years old, Andrea has grown up to be a strong, intelligent young woman. She's also become driven with finding others like herself, and find a place where she truly belongs. At twenty seven, secure in her belief as an angel reborn, Andrea has sacrificed most of her previous life in order to watch over and protect her flock. Finding love was not something she wanted. Finding a love who would assist her was even more unexpected.
- The Shadows
- When you were a child, they were the ones watching from your closet. Under the watchful eye of their Lord Morningstar, the Shadows scare children, feeding off their fear, occasionally stealing human souls to increase their ranks.
- The Angels
- Twelve True Angels and thousands of Lesser Angels patrol the world, offering guidance and protection from the soul hunting Shadows.
- Han'a Alfagauchmeier (or Hanna)
- 14,000 years ago, a young girl named Han'a was asked to join the all-male hunting team for her tribe, due to an emergency. With her hunting partner Manwaz, she helped see her tribe through the crises, and become the first woman in her tribe to earn a killmark, marking her as a true hunter. After the disappearance of the Creator, Han'a was again chosen during an emergency and became the first of the human angels, replacing the disgraced Morningstar. 14,000 years later she has chosen Andrea to be the next Human Angel.
[edit] Supporting characters
- Lise Williamson
- Estranged from her family for having a child out of wedlock, Lise maintains her historic house in Avery with only her daughter, Andrea. While she loves her dearly, she worries about Andrea's obsession with Angels.
- Lord Morningstar
- Leader of the Shadows on Earth and a fallen Angel himself, he created the Shadows to be his lieutenants in a war against the Angels.
- Faith, Hope and Charity Aransas (aka The Graces)
- As one soul trapped in three bodies, the sisters live their lives chained to each other, never able to leave each other's sides for long, never able to be completely independent for long. They've longed to have a friend that they could confide their secret in, and may have found that "fourth sister" in Andrea.
- Lord Iblael Sonalerafielo
- A self-styled reincarnation of a Dark Elf, he heads the Celestial Exchange Agency, a group of humans who believe they something other than human. Ten years later his son's life was saved by Andrea.
- Lady Abaddon (or Emm'a Alfagauchmeier)
- 14,000 years ago, Abaddon was known as Emm'a Alfagauchmeier, Han'a's daughter. Alongside Han'a, she was chosen to become an angel alongside her mother, but somewhere along her way, something went dreadfully wrong. Abaddon feeds Iblael's belief of his Otherness in order to gain access to large numbers of truly Other humans. When she loses her supply of energy, she focuses on Andrea as a way to feed off of her.
- Michael Gillespie
- Michael Gillespie has been using Green Magic since he was a child, and sees himself as an angel. After meeting Andrea when she was 18, he comes across her ten years later, and with his spirit guide Enais, trains her to develop her magic.
- Rob and Bernice Williamson
- Robert and Bernice Williamson are the brother and sister-in-law of Lise, and the aunt and uncle of Andrea. After his family disowned Lise, Rob fights to get his family house back into the family.
- Manwaz Alfaguachsingreeng
- 14,000 years ago, Manwaz, along with Han'a and his best friend Khaneni, was chosen to become a hunter several year before he would have started in an emergency. A young child with a child's view of the world, a perceived betrayal led him to make a mistake and become exiled from his tribe for eight years.
- Khaneni Alfagauchtama (or Nen'a Alfagauchmeier)
- Born as a young man named Khaneni, he was drafted into a hunting party at a young age due to a tribal crises. After only managing one kill in his two years, he comes to the tribe to request status as a Gallus, or a man living as a woman in the tribe. While at first grudgingly accepted by the women, Nen'a, as the tribe named her, becomes the Medicine Woman, the highest position a woman can have in the tribe.
- The Archangel Michael
- With the disappearance of the Creator, Deyus Pitha, Michael was handed control of the Angels under him. A bellicose angel, his tenure has been marred with the escalating Shadow War, and the suspicion that Hanna is working against him. It is only a direct order from Deyus before his disappearance that keeps Michael tolerating her.
[edit] Episode summaries
[edit] Book I: A Wish for Wings
[edit] ACT I: A Child's Wish
- The Dancing Shadows
- A Shadow comes to taunt Andrea then is confronted by two angels.
- The Final Nightmare
- Andrea becomes trapped in a nightmare where she must choose between being an Angel or a Shadow.
[edit] ACT II: Apotheosis
- The Celestial Exchange Agency
- Andrea, at the prompting of the Graces, goes to the Celestial Exchange Agency and finds the group to be something other than advertised.
- 24 Hours
- The worst day of Andrea's life cements her future.
[edit] ACT III: Angel Made Real
- Chroma Divine
- Andrea finds a mage, finds the colors of magic, and finds love.
- Apotheosis
- Andrea saves a young boy who nearly falls off a tower.
[edit] ACT IV: Nightfall
- Bursting Point
- Abaddon returns to finally destroy Andrea.
- The Lesson Of Patience
- Hanna tells the story about how she became an angel.
- Entreacte
- A flashback to thirty years ago, when Emm'a became Abaddon.
[edit] Book II: A Harp Within My Hand
[edit] ACT V: Tilted Halo
- Riding in the Hand of God
- Andrea finally has her first fight as an angel, and says goodbye to her friends.
- Sunset, Sunrise
[edit] Collected versions
- A Wish for Wings, Book I: A Child's Wish (graphic novel - coming soon)
[edit] Trivia
- While there are several on-screen homages to Matt Wagner's "Mage: The Hero Discovered", the entire series is an homage to Mage's style of storytelling. "A Wish for Wings" is an allegorical retelling of the author's wish to become an artist, with many of the characters and situations corresponding to people and events in the author's life.
- The Shadows are based on the paranormal shadow people phenomenon. The angels were originally based on the appearance of the Seraphs in Battlestar Galactica
- A spinoff involving the Tribe of Ehrem, seen in "The Lesson of Patience" and called "The Long Road Home," is now in the planning stages.
