Thistle Chronicles #1 WIP Early sketches

Been somewhat silent about this project on social media except for the vocational teaser here and there, but yes, I am once again trying to make Thistle Chronicles a thing, and this time it's looking way more promising.
It's going to be very different from how I envisioned it many years ago. I'm pretty much starting it fresh, so characters are not necessarily bound to their old lore anymore.

Much like the Helene and Hampt comics, I'm mostly making the story up as I go along and planting seeds for stuff that can happen in future issues. Apparently this is just how I work best.

Pages shown here are 1 - 6, 10 - 12, and one other page without placement for now.

The issue features Mathilda, Katie, Trista, Chops, and Alice, as well as some Npc enemies and a mysteries cloaked guy. (it's not so mysteries who he is if you've been watching my picarto streams.)