Talk:Chapter 56/@comment-60.240.213.244-20201107123940/@comment-3218221-20201108152221

Soooo we've got a tweet from Narita about two certain characters in this cover. November 7th. Here's a link to the tweet. Copying it below for posterity:


 * デッドマウント・デスプレイ巻頭カラー、右ページの鏡の中の手前に座ってる二人は淫虐竜マルフィと将軍. 藤本さんのラフ画にはしっかり名前指定がしてあったので左右のどちらがマルフィでどちらが将軍か決まってるし私も知っていますが、敢えて読者の皆さんにはまだ明言しないムーブ. #DMDP

Thanks to auto translators, the gist of the tweet seems to be that the two people in the foreground of the right mirror are indeed Malfy and 'the General'. So, hurrah, confirmation is always nice/. What's interesting is that Narita implicitly points out we don't actually technically -- we haven't technically been told - which one is Malfy and which one is Daryl.

He says the two were clearly labelled in Fujimoto's rough sketches/drafts. "...I know which one is Malfy and which one is [the General], but I haven't dared to tell the readers yet."

Huh. Like you, I also took the one on our left in Ch. 56's cover to be Malfy. When I first read Chapter 22 I certainly assumed Daryl was the one with the micro-braids and Malfy was the shorter one leaning into him. If Narita wanted me to question my own assumptions with his tweet, he's succeeded. We can be sure they're Daryl and Malfy, but maybe not so sure after all who is who.


 * I hope we know Corpse God's rank soon as well

Oh, but we do know? He was both regarded as the fourth-most-capable necromancer (in the empire) and became the fourth-highest-ranked sorcerer on the court. By becoming the fourth-highest-ranked sorcerer, he became the second-highest-ranking necromancer (i.e. out of the few necromancers in the empire, he held the second-highest-position possible for them to obtain. Easlies/Izliz, of course, having the highest position out of them all.).