Hoaxe: Origins

Hoaxe: Origins is a prequel comic to the adventure role-playing game Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling. The comic is included in Bug Fables: The Art of Bugaria starting at page 137 and ending at page 157 (ending the art book as well). The comic visualizes the story of Hoaxe from his traumatic childhood to his rise in power as described by Mar, in addition to some new scenes not described by him.
==Plot==
The story starts with Hoaxe’s mother as she runs through the Deadlands, holding a baby Hoaxe in her hands. She stops at a big flower, decides to abandon the baby, and flees after hearing a growl from a Dead Lander γ. Hoaxe flees before the Dead Lander catches him.
Many years later, a more grown up Hoaxe is fleeing from a group of dead landers. He ends up at a dead end and is cornered. A Dead Lander γ jumps and swings at Hoaxe attempting to attack him. Hoaxe dodges, causing the Dead Lander to miss and hit the wall behind him. The Dead Lander’s attack causes a crystal to fall off the wall and onto Hoaxe, causing the Dead Landers to flee. A wasp, hearing the noise, finds Hoaxe with the crystal crushing him. Many wasps are seen carrying the crystal, and some wasps see the dying Hoaxe underneath it. Days later, Hoaxe, recovering from his injuries, appears in the Wasp Kingdom. Hoaxe is seen cleaning up a mess, when food gets thrown at his face by some other wasps. The wasps look at him, and then proceed to beat him up. Hoaxe walks away, and falls over, appearing very upset. He conjures some small sparks of fire magic, but they fizzle as he clenches his fist. Hoaxe is seen in the Wasp Kingdom’s library, reading about The Everlasting Sapling and the Ancient Crown.
Hoaxe travels to Metal Island, sneaking near Master Slice’s kitchen and eating out of the trashcan. He spots Yale, a merchant that sells strange things, and asks for the crown mentioned in the book, offering goods in return. Yale accepts the offer, and hands him the Ancient Crown. Hoaxe opens the door to the Wasp Kingdom, and snaps his fingers while wearing the Ancient Crown. Immediately, the power of the crown causes the wasps to start obeying him. General Ultimax, affected by the crown, hands over his axe, Slayer, to Hoaxe as Vanessa II looks in confusion. Hoaxe orders Ultimax to toss Vanessa into her room as she desperately tries to get back up, only for Hoaxe to use his fire powers to trap her in. General Ultimax is shown giving a cape to Hoaxe, birthing the Wasp King.
== Trivia ==
* According to Genow, he wanted the events of this comic to appear within the game via flashbacks, but "didn't feel right".Youtube interview
==References==
Category:Bug Fables