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What else borders the court, if it is not all surrounded by the forest?

We shall see

"They'd have to get through the forest first" Does that mean that the Wood surrounds the Court? Or that they are both surrounded by a regular forest?

Nah

Is the Court completely surrounded by the forest?

Nope

Does Gunnerkrigg Court exist in the normal space? That is to say, could someone accidentally stumble on the Court or the Woods just by taking a hiking trip through the less travelled areas of the UK?

They'd have to get throughthe forest first

Is it possible for the Court and Forest to go to war with each other, should the problems between them escalate too high?

This situation has not happened.

A question, rather than a comment: how much contact does the Court have with the outside world? And how much does the outside world know about the Court (or the Forest)?

The Court contacts the outside world as much as is needed. communication in the other direction, however, is severely limited. Not many people know about the place

What would you say is the main reason the Court would accept Zimmy but the forest would not? One of the two under/overestimating the threat she represents? The forest existing more in the ether in general?

Renard's reaction to Zimmy is pretty typical of the forest dwellers

Did Sir Young and the others in on Jeanne's death truly believe the forest to be a threat to the court?

They did, yes

What do the Anwyn count as, fairies or animals? If they count as neither, if an Anwyn were to become human, would he or she be male, female, or something else?

It is handled on a case by case basis, for creatures who are not becoming students in the Court. not everything that changes has to go to the forest or the school.

could it be possible to exist in perpetuity by entering the forest in old age, then returning to the Court in a new, youthful body, returning again once that body begins to die, etc. ? or does "the test" not work like that?

I guess it would work that way, but nobody has ever tried that. Also it might be frowned upon

So does the Court get to choose what gender the forest folk become when they pass the test?

Nope. The equation is simple anyway; fairies = girls, animals = boys

If a resident of the forest was able to assume the form of a human by some means other than the test (without body snatching or doing anything morally reprehensible like that), would the court let them join Foley house? Or is the test required?

It would depend on a review of the individual's circumstances

Is Red in Annie's year or did she join the court in year 7? Does the year structure even apply to foley, what with the students being largely former forest-folk and all?

Red is in the same year as Annie, yeah. She joined the school a little late.

seems like the Court is working towards being able to create human life (Kat trying to make Robot a human/android body) and the Forest trying to make human life (Coyote's scheming with Shadow). is that a deliberate plot thing or coincidence?

That's not really their goal, no.

Is one of the points of robot loving his good friend shadow that it is symbolic of the fact that the court and the forest can get along if they would only try?

I'm fine for you to interprate it that way

I hope this isn't considered a spoiler question. But do you already know how Gunnerkrigg Court is going to end in your head already? And do you plan on doing stories beyond the forest and walls of the school in the outside world?

Yes, I know how the story will end. There are loads of other stories I want to do in and out of the Court, and within the same universe. I hope to one day be able to do a compilation of short stories that don't fit into the main plot.

Im not sure this is a plot spoiler or not. But you've created a very interesting world within the school of Gunnerkrigg. Im curious as to whether you will expand on the world beyond the court and forest later, and if we will ever see it in other stories?

I'm limited as to what I can spend time showing in the comic if it doesn't pertain to the main plot, but there are lots of little side stories I'd like to do with other characters. some set in Gunnerkrigg and some not.

When Annie looked at the forest etherically, you can clearly see that there is a golden pattern-thingie coursing through the whole place. Is this to add to the duality between the court and the forest (i.e, order vs. chaos isn't as clear cut as we think)?

It's mainly to show that life and/or power flows through the forest in a way that people can't see, unless they can see the world as Annie can, through her blinker stone.

(if this has been asked before, sorry.) Would you consider making a Forest symbol shirt to go with the Court symbol one?

I'm not sure. The symbol hasn't been used a whole lo tin the comic. It doesn't seem a very substantial design. Maybe a very limited run couldn't hurt?

Re: Coyote looking into A's dream: why a skull? C wanted to startle A; hint at aspect of C not seen before; other? On one hand C seems to embody life—also Forest (#486) vs Court—, on other skull often symbolizes death. Or signif. to be seen later?

It was just Coyote untactfully barging into Annie's dream. Please do not be upset by it, or go out of your way to find hidden meaning in there. There will not be a "That's why I was a skull in your dream!" scene later in the comic.

Do you have any plans for new shirts? I'd love to see one with the Forest Symbol and possibly one with both in some form or another. I love the way the Court Symbol appears on the shirt you currently sell on Topatoco.

I would like to do new products, such as shirts and things. I'm not sure of what to do yet though. I still think it might be a little cheeky of me to offer the Court symbol shirt in navy/red, depsite people asking for it.

Are the Annan Waters in the comic (between the Court and the Forest) the same as the real life river Annan? If not, was the name itself an inspiration?

It's just got the same name. It's not a real river that exists in our world.

Is the court the only human settlement close to Gillitie wood? If so, then where did Alistair and his parents live before they took the test, and how did they learn of gillitie wood and the test?

They didn't live near the Court or the forest, but they heard about the test through various channels.

I mean, how does coyote effect Jeanne and her Lover? http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=775

He divided the Court and the forest

How is coyote involved with this page? http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=775

He is the stripe in the middle, dividing the Court and the forest

If a forest-side creature tried to cross the river, would Jeanne attack them? I wasn't sure of how she feels in regards to them, as opposed to the Court.

Yeah she would attack them

Does the rain at the Court have a stronger effect on Zimmy than rain in other places? Would rain from a place like the forest be best?

It's pretty much the same

Could they have created the robots at the court without the knowledge/help of the creatures of the forest?

yes

Is Marcia a descendant of dryads stuck at the Court since Coyote split it from the forest?

Nope

Does the Forest surround the Court?

In Ties, were the dog-trees coming to the Court to rescue or remove Shadow-people who were already in the Court, and take them back into the Forest?

Yup

Did the forest side make any attempts to get Reynardine back before Annie came to the Court?

Not really. The robot was a good opportunity

Is the Forest much bigger than the Court?

It's not been shown

is the reason that shadow2 joined annie again after beeing able to get to the forest, the fact that he didn't feel at home at gillitie? because he was born and grew up at the court?

Remains to be seen

If Shadow 2 was born in the Court, how did he know about the other glass eyed people in the Forest?

He knew his kind came from the forest

Was it the Court or the Forest that came up with the idea of having a medium?

The forest suggested the idea, technically

Was Good Hope just a normal hospital, or did it have any especially etheric properties like the forest or the Court?

It was pretty normal

Are the forest and Coyote synonymous in terms of their actions regarding the court?

The court intended to erase any trace of Jeanne, but does anyone on the forest side remember Green-elf and their tragic story?

Not really no

Did Coyote warn anyone before dividing the Court from the forest?

not really

Was Jeannes lover some kind of important to the forest, so that he couldn't leave? Or did the court-people just not allow him to join the Court's side?

He would not have been allowed back into the Court

Has Annie asked Reynardine to tell her about the early Court and Forest (and has he told her anything)?

They havent talked about it much

Were the forest creatures trapped on the Court side at the time of the divide killed by the people there?

Not all of them

If the court is surrounded by the forest, how does anyone travel to the court?

flight, train, car, etc

When someone decides to move from the Forest to the Court, could they move back to the Forest again?

maybe if they took the test again

Were relationships between Court and Forest members common back then (before the divide, i guess)?

Fairly common yes

Were the people who founded the Court the first ones to discover the special etheric properties of the Forest?

After the split between the court and the forest, did the court get rid of the trees because they were somehow under the control of the forest?

The Court guys were paranoid that was the case, so they chopped them down

was the court in real danger after the separation from the forest or were they just paranoid about it?

Remains to be seen

Has the Court's army been dissolved now that the forest can't get at them?

Remains to be seen

Is it possible for an outsider to stumble upon the forest or the court?

not really

Are forest inhabitants who can fly blocked from flying to the Court in some way?

they know not to fly there

The lowest area of the Grand Canyon is over 6,000ft below the canyon rim. Is the court/forest divide about as deep as that?

It may or may not be

Did Coyote explain why he split the Court and the Forest, or was it just on a whim? I forget.

Yes, he did explain

Had the forest side shown any interest in crossing the ravine when the Court's plan was created? It seems as though Coyote, having created the barrier, would have been the one interested in keeping the humans from crossing.

remains to be seen

Has the court ever had people take the test to become animals in order to spy on the forest?

Is there more forest on the other side of the court? (On the Court's edge which isn't bordered by the Annan waters - I assume the river doesn't go around it 360 degrees.)

It is not shown

Was it Diego's idea to separate the court and the forest?

Are there more places other than Gunnerkigg Court and the Forest? Like another country?

Yeah

Did Renard and Ysengrin meet Coyote before they came to the Court's forest?

yes

Reynardine is supposedly forced to remain in the Court as punishment for killing that guy, but just what exactly is to stop him from escaping to the forest and reclaiming his body (assuming Annie allowed him to)?

Himself

Why doesn't Kat get to meet cool spirits like Annie? Couldn't she ask to go with her into the forest and such? Would Coyote mind?

She would not be allowed by the Court or her parents

Did Coyote divide the court and the forest just because he thought it would be funny to cause that much animosity?

nope

Wouldn't Paz be a candidate to be a medium? It seems like talking to animals would make her a good go-between between the forest and the court.

Maybe, but she isn't.

What side of the river did Annie fall onto when she fell off the bridge? For some reason, it always looked like the court side, but Jeanne and the Tic Toc imply she's on the forest side.

She fell on the forest side

Are the tic-tocs to the forest what the herons are to the Court?

Nope

Would swimming in a lake in the Forest -- or in the Court lake before etheric energy is extracted from the water there -- act on Zimmy like rainwater does?

She hasn't tried it

What do you think Hellboy would think of the Forest and the Court? Would he punch anyone? Fall down into the river?

He'd probably be angry but then also not care.

Has the court ever engaged in hostilities (armed or otherwise) with entities or foreign powers other than the forest?

Not officially.

I really like the Court and Forest's respective symbols. Really striking iconography there.

Thanks.

I love the court teeshirts. Now I just need an awesome forest teeshirt to complete my schizophrenia. Do you worry about contributing to mental ill-health?

not really

When did Rey usually see with Surma? When she went over to the forest, or did Rey go over to the Court on occasion?

When she went to the forest

Will we ever see the time or day Coyote split the court and forest?

yes, on page 491

Shadow 2 seemed to be welcomed gladly back in the forest in Chapter 1 -- so why did he choose to return to the Court with Annie? He didn't like it in the forest?

remains to be seen

Shadow 2 seemed to be welcomed gladly back in the forest in Chapter 1 -- so why did he choose to return to the Court with Annie? He didn't like it in the forest?

remains to be seen

If you had to choose, would you be on court's or forest's side? In other words, technology or magic?

The Court, I suspect.

If you had to choose, would you be on court's or forest's side? In other words, technology or magic?

The Court, I suspect.

Previously I asked about positions at Gunnerkrigg and got a "Remains to be seen" so I'm sorry if this is prying: Has the court evolved into a military position against the forest?

Not exactly.

Previously I asked about positions at Gunnerkrigg and got a "Remains to be seen" so I'm sorry if this is prying: Has the court evolved into a military position against the forest?

Not exactly.

Previously I asked about positions at Gunnerkrigg and got a "Remains to be seen" so I'm sorry if this is prying: Has the court evolved into a military position against the forest?

Not exactly.

Will we ever see the time when Coyote split the forest/court?

It is shown on page 491.

How do former forest dwellers support themselves at the Court? Do they get jobs, or as students do they get a full ride scholarship?

Students have everything provided for them, and later they can work for the court, like everyone else.

How about a Forest Symbol shirt? The Court Symbol shirt would indeed be better in red on navy, but that green colour scheme would be great for the Forest Symbol.

Not sure if I want to do the forest symbol on a shirt, really.

Was the Court not curious about how Robot wound up in the forest? Or did they think he had been there since the big split?

They figured it malfunctioned and left it up to the robot society to deal with it.

When Coyote came for a visit at the court, was that for his own amusement too, rather than a serious meeting as representative of the Forest? Or was it both, in some way?

Ysengrin wanted to go and have his meeting, and Coyote agreed to go along for kicks. It'd been a while since he was last in the Court anyways. He was not disappointed.

Are there any other requirements for reincarnation in the court/forest besides dying?

There is a test to take.

Does the forest have physical borders not facing The Court or does it work like a magic cul-de-sac with a single physical border against the ravine?

There is an opposite edge of the forest that opens to the normal world.

If Annie looked at a normal forest through the blinker stone, would it show up grey like the Court?

Probably, yes.

I don't really get what the seed bismuth is supposed to be. There was the forest, and the manmade Court, which Coyote separated with the Annan Waters. Where did the seed bismuth come in?

That remains to be seen.

given that all records of her were apparently destroyed does anyone at the court know about Jeannie? does anyone at the forest?

She has been wiped out from history and memory.

When the forest, where the "fantastic beings" are, got separated from the Court... how come the Rogat Orjaks are befriends with many of the court's "game teachers"?

There are plenty of creatures that live out in the world, away from the forest.