Alzee

Alzee is a Kraw. She lives in an age where the earth surface is dominated by trees. Trees like houses, like castles, like mountains. Most clans or groups of different kind of people live on the surface. Some people and other creatures live in the trees on different heights. Scattered over the world are remnants of older civilizations, like inoperatives TV-sets, robots and a sinister kind of medical knowledge.
The Winged Women live in the trees. They are beautiful, apart from the fact that they have crows feet, but they are not very beloved. They are skilled fighters on different weapons. Alzee uses a little crossbow or a sword. But the winged women are more feared for their ability to seduce men, promise paradise and then leave.
The winged women are born as normal Kraw babies. But soon after they are born the ones that are destined to fly are given to a doctor, or a butcher if you like. They then undergo several surgical operations. The obvious ones are the implantation of wings and the crows feet. But in order to make them a light as possible they also remove all bones that are not absolutely necessary to survive. Also the remove some organs, including the reproductive organs.

Series Sylve, © Arboris BV
For the Dutch edition series Oerbosvertellingen, © Arboris BV
Artwork taken from volume 2, De reis naar omhoog 1993 (French, Le voyage vertical)

Writer: Brice Tarvel, real name Jean-Pol Laselle. Artwork: Mohamd Aouamri

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