Page 281
Posted on August 16, 2013 by Algy
There will not be a double update this week, but we'll start on them next week! Also we'd like to state for those of you that don't know: the lifespan of lupians is double that of humans, so they spend a much longer time in their prime. Thus why Korin doesn't appear as old as he should given the timeline. And Korin no longer has his blonde punk streak, he grew his hair out and chopped it off.

138 thoughts on “Page 281”

  1. Sagechano

    Its gonna be a reunion of brothers <3 <3

    1. Bulletgwynn

      Brothers? What? Are Korin and Feral brothers? o.O

      1. JoelEXT4

        (gasp)

      2. No

        Well that would explain why they look so similar… (at least in my opinion)

      3. Leopardshadow1234

        Cousins, actually, I think ^.^

      4. LadyA

        No they aren’t. I don’t think they are even related. Korin killed Yuen’s (Feral) father back in chapter five. Then he went and tried to make Feral’s mother his mate and ended up accidentally killing her. Apparently he’s kept up his killing spree and killed Meela’s brothers and Father. Both Feral and Meela seem to be connected by their families were killed by Korin.

        1. Cinni-mon

          on page 124 korin calls terin uncle, there for that would make him feral/yuen’s cousin. also im not sure if he did kill her father and conner, they could have been killed by a dif bounty hunter, though it is most likely that he did it.

        2. Sagechano

          Wow people kind of took that and ran with it. IDK if they’re brothers cause it hasn’t been stated in the comic. O_o;

        3. Kai-Wolfe

          I’m sorry to disappoint you all, but they are not brother, nor cousin, nor are they related in any way, they are…

          well, you’ll have to wait…

          HINT: their not friends…

          ~Kai~ out

        4. Well actually...

          Actually Kai-Wolfe, Terin is Korin’s uncle, which WOULD make Feral (Yuen), Korin’s cousin. If you go to chapter V. Patronized, page 124, Korin calls Terin uncle. That would make Korin, Terin’s nephew…. https://www.straysonline.com/2010/03/page-124/
          So all in all, they ARE related….

        5. Mekito

          He could have just been calling him “uncle” like “old man”, but I never really made the connection for them being family. If that’s true…. Korin’s really twisted… lusted after his aunt and killed her (as accidentally as it is).

        6. Bluerosebud

          Well, she wouldn’t be related to him by blood anyway. It’s more horrible to me that he tried to kill his own young cousin for simply being there when it happened…

        7. Mary

          Calling someone “uncle” is also be a title of respect in some cultures, and does not necessarily indicate a genetic relationship. I’ve called family friends “aunt” and “uncle” because it would be disrespectful to call them by their first names.

        8. Bluerosebud

          Although, as other people have pointed out (and with Algy’s below comment on the chain of command in lupians being familial) the context suggests he really is Korin’s uncle.

      5. Capt. Oblivious

        But Feral has a doggy tail and Korin has a kitty tail…

        1. Capt. Oblivious

          Whoops… wrong person… I’m remembering the kitty person. =3

        2. Cinni-mon

          I kinda wonder what happened to him

  2. Kenzie

    AHHH! run Meela!!

  3. Deathz

    And now we find out how their stories are linked up. :O

  4. Riku

    Hurry up, Feral!

  5. AcridRogue

    Oh wow. Well. I still want to know where his stripe went. If Lupians dye their hair, does their wolf form get dyed, too?

    Either way, Meela better get tout of there quickly while he is still shocked. She needs to find Feral. Quickly.

    1. Dawn Chastelier

      Well, Scars appear on wolfshapes, so why not haircolour?

  6. Mirza

    Oh wow… I’m so glad that there will be few double updates starting next week, because things are getting interesting :O
    But I still want to know where is his white streak, and who killed Meela’s parents, and WHY did Korin killed Tannor, and WHY he is after her and… Oh man, more questions than ever!

    1. Cinni-mon

      it says what happened to his streak in the description
      i think hes after her just because he became a bounty hunter, to him she’s just another pay check. It seams to be a common occupation among lupians.

      1. Mirza

        Yeah, description were edited later by authors, there were nothing about his hair when I checked this morning. Anyway, if this blond stroke wasn’t dyed, it shouldn’t just grow out. I know a lot of people with lighter streaks in their hair and it never grows out. It’s just natural part of their hair, but in different color. They’re always here, no matter, if the hair is short, or long, or whatever, the streak does not dissapear.
        But if Korin dyed his hair in any way, then everything is clear for me.

  7. IrondragonMetals

    is he still leader of Yuen’s clan?

    1. Canidae

      I’d think since it seems he may be a bounty hunter at this point that he wouldn’t be, but there is always the possibility.. o:

      1. Mary

        Given how competent he appeared last time, the question is whether he avoided being bounced out on his ear.

  8. Angeliclily

    RUUUUUNNNNN

  9. Stand.By

    Serious as this all is, he has a nice butt vuv

    1. Snowtail the Khajiit

      Agreed. Why do the best butts belong to bad guys?
      Well, Feral has a nice but, so it’s okay. :3

  10. Mistybooklover

    Omg runnn Meela! Where is Feral when u need him!
    Quick use your abilities meela! or run to Feral

    1. Mary

      Well, she used her Secret Knowledge, which threw him off balance, and gave her a chance.

  11. Mary

    Connections! What fun!

  12. Shiki

    …. Seriously!!!!! That fast forward to next friday button needs to be invented

    1. ghostinmachine7

      yes it does.

  13. ghostinmachine7

    yep! totally didn’t see this coming. not! run Meela run!

  14. lillianblaze

    RUN MEELA RUUUUUUUUUN!
    ;_; where is Feral when you need him.

  15. Leopardshadow1234

    Omg I am so glad for those double updates. I would never survive this scene one page per week. There are so many things that could come from this…And not come out of this. For example, she may manage to get away and never have to bring this encounter up. But either way, I’m pretty sure Korin is going to be the second bad guy in the series now besides Visrial. And I like the idea of Korin as a bad guy in the present comic :3

    1. Heyoceama

      Leopard this seen is too climactic to allow Meela to “pass it off” there is bound to be an epic Feral vs. Korin match.

      1. Heyoceama

        *scene

      2. Leopardshadow1234

        You never know, Heyo, you never know o3o Especially given the fact she actually knows a little bit about fighting now. Of course I’m not saying she’ll beat him up and totally win, I’m saying she may manage to get away somehow V3V. And if she does, the same drama could still come later, because of course he’s gonna connect her with Feral/Yuen and start following her hoping to maybe find him, or just follow her and try to kill her because that is what he has to do, depending on how he thinks of it at this time, of course o3o. But I kinda do want Feral vs Korin, as that will be awesome and probably most-likely. (I also hope it’ll be in wolf-form, but I always want that when a battle scene is coming up, but this scene because it would just be awesome.)

        1. Cinni-mon

          If it does happen, I hope it jogs back feral’s memories

  16. Sofy

    YAY FOR UPDATES! Ooo this is getting goood. I can’t wait to see the next couple pages. THE PLAGUE OF NOT KNOWING IS COMING TO LIIIGHT.
    good job you two! :D

  17. Diana

    What this page has done has mostly reminded me of a major question. Why did she have those dreams???

    1. Snowtail the Khajiit

      MAGIC! *flails*

      1. Cinni-mon

        your icon goes very well with what you said, i just imagine her saying magic and then throwing up a cloud of sparkle dust from her hand

    2. DawnStar

      I think it’s because of both her and Feral having demon magic. But who knows. We’ll probably learn more later, but it’s so painful waiting for updates! lol

  18. Alendra

    I tried to find your kiosk at Otakon in Artist Alley on Sunday but I couldn’t :< I think you may have left by then? Either way, hopefully I'll get to swing by a con you guys are at one day and say hello and great job in person!

    Poor Meela, suffering for her mistakes

    1. Celesse

      We weren’t in the Artist Alley this year, we were in the Dealer’s Room. But we didn’t have any Strays stuff with us this time, so you didn’t miss much ^^;

      1. Jae

        Are you guys gonna be at AnimeUSA in DC?

  19. KoyukitoriGirl

    LOL Oh my I guess I was wrong, about it not being Korin. ^^’
    Run Meela, run, go find Feral, or Feral hurry up and find her. XD

  20. Dragon

    This morning I was all like “Im gonna go sleeep some more.” Then I remembered that strays was updating. I sprang like a motherfucking gazelle out of bed and raced to my iPad. I like Korin’s tat. But I thought they only had clan marks on their arms?

    1. Cinni-mon

      i did the exact same thing (only i have a laptop no ipad)
      well piper has her clan mark on her belly, but then again she’s not a lupian

    2. Celesse

      LOL! Thanks for that hilarious mental image ;P

      Not all tattoos are clan markings. Those are only put on the upper arms, any other tattoos elsewhere are just decorative.

  21. Yegdip

    Korin doesn’t seem as sinister as one might expect a serial killer to be… O.o

    1. Cinni-mon

      he’s not really a serial killer though, killing terin was almost like a tradition, they are lupians and therefor alot like wolves (which fight and kill for leadership) killing aveala was an accident (though he does have a slightly phsychotic anger/rage prob) and killing meela’s fam was just part of the job of being a bounty hunter, feral does the same thing (remember the old man)

  22. Rex

    Aww shit, Korins gonna get fucked up…

    1. Cinni-mon

      ikr, i’m just waiting for meela to unleash her rage and use her demon magic on korin’s ass

      1. Sofy

        I second that.

  23. Masha

    Been following this comic for a while, love it, but I have a dumb little question. Is this the first time we know that it was Korin that killed her brother? Have there been any other hints or anything before this that I missed?

    And I’m all for Feral or Holland or even deer-man saving the day, but I wonder if this confrontation is going to trigger whatever the thing is that Meela has been worried about and forced her to leave people to protect them, and if we all should really be saying things like “wrong time, wrong place, korin. Sorry…but not really.” I think that Meela, in this moment, will be more than capable of taking care of herself. And maybe either Feral or Holland will show up in time to see it. That’s just one prediction.

    1. Cinni-mon

      no there were no previous hints about it don’t worry

      that what im thinking too, im just waiting for her to turn into what ever it is she ran away for, also lets not forget who her teacher was, she could probably take korin now as a normal lupian

      1. Kady

        Actually, first hint was here: https://www.straysonline.com/2010/04/page-126/

        1. Evangeline Grey

          *gives you an enthusiastic thumbs up* I totally forgot about that.

        2. Cinni-mon

          Oh ya, totally forgot about that

  24. Okami

    RUUUUUN MEELA

  25. liciandragon

    Anyone else voting for Meela to go all demon and kick his ass?

    1. Cinni-mon

      thank you for reading my mind

      1. Arctic Wolf

        YUS! That was my thought last week, and she might not even need to go all demon on him to do it!

  26. Terri

    Gosh, I wonder how much time passed since she activated the spell? He showed up quick.

  27. Pepweb1

    Personally I still think its amazing simply that Korin managed to find sleeves!

    1. Cinni-mon

      you sir just 1 upped

    2. Heyoceama

      Maybe he looted them off a kill.

  28. Madeline

    Oh man this is gunna be intense when Feral shows up.

  29. TheLoneDucky

    I’m sorry….maybe not sincerely but the face she made in the bottom left corner cracked me up x}

    1. purpleheart

      Thank you. I felt bad about thinking that until I saw your comment. It IS pretty funny looking XD Poor Meela… she’s in some awful situation and I’m laughing at her face…

  30. Kimma

    Just a quick theory to throw out there-
    Korin killed Aveala, and wanted to kill Yuen because “She wouldn’t accept me because of you”
    Meela doesn’t know why her mom never came home, so she doesnt know if her mom is dead or alive.
    Could Korin be hunting Meela’s family to get rid of any past links in order to woo and win Meela’s mom for his mate?

    1. Ikaru

      Why would Korin want Meela’s mom?

      1. NinjaMaster16

        Maybe because Mella’s mom is like, really pretty?

  31. Leah

    YES GET AWAY FROM HIM, MEELA!

    HE COULD BE A LUPOPHILE.

    1. Bluerosebud

      I know it’s a pun, but technically he -is- attracted to other lupians :P

      1. draggywolf

        Lupedophile then?

  32. Subaru

    FERAL! YOU BETTER FIND MEELA THIS INSTANT! TT A TT

  33. KaelinaLuvsLomaris

    Korin’s beard scruff looks funny! :) Not funny as in drawn wrong (it’s actually very accurate to beard scruff that I have seen… one of my friends likes to have beard scruff, really awkward) but funny as in hilarious. lolz
    Meela, you can take him! You have to stop running away from everything!
    And to reiterate what others have said, good timing for a bunch of double updates! The suspense would otherwise kill me!

  34. trobl

    Don’t leave your pack, stupid!!!!

  35. Heyoceama

    I would just as confused as he was if some random little girl knew everything about me.

  36. Heyoceama

    Anyone else notice a similarity between Korin and Ferals shocked face?

    1. Heyoceama

      Panel 4 I could swear Ive seen Feral make the exact same face.

      1. DawnStar

        Well, I think they ARE cousin’s on his father’s side.

      2. Kady

        https://www.straysonline.com/2011/10/page-194/

        The expression you’re talking about, maybe? uwu

        1. Ikaru

          OMG! Their faces are practically identical!

        2. NinjaMaster16

          Holy crap!

  37. Amberlynne

    AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH DOUBLE UPDATE NOW PLEASE

  38. Skitcy

    It is Korrin…
    WHAT A TWIST.

    So I guess magic is the answer to why he has no scars anymore.

    1. Skitcy

      Okay after a close examination of the page I noticed he does have his scars , just really hard to notice with the lighting.

  39. RainbowSocks

    I wonder if the spell would have gone off if Meela had stepped OVER the line instead of on it.

    1. Lauren

      I thought that as well, there is bound to be a way to have avoided that trap

      1. RainbowSocks

        Because if she had just moved her foot back alittle bit more she would have stepped over it and might have not caused the alarm to go off.

    2. Celesse

      No, it still would have been tripped whether she stepped on or over it.

  40. wildgirl

    Feral’s gonna end up fighting korin, I just know it! XD

  41. Hatter

    Are you going to be at Daisho Convention in WI? You should, it’s awesome!

  42. Bluerosebud

    I KNEW IT!
    *Cough*
    Sorry
    Actually, I really like older Korin’s shocked expression for some reason…
    Interesting that she says he killed her brother, not her parents…it must have been a separate bounty hunter, or else Feral :P

    1. NinjaMaster16

      Maybe because his shocked expression looks like Feral’s on this page?

      https://www.straysonline.com/2011/10/page-194/

  43. Heyoceama

    This confirms the existence of Yuen! :D

    1. Heyoceama

      Also how long did he have that trap set up?

  44. Lauren

    Feral quick!!! Meela needs your help

  45. lulu

    FEEEEEEEEEEERRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!

  46. comic.phile

    I wonder (hope!) if he followed her and finds her in time, if Feral’s seeing Korin may jog some of his repressed memories

  47. Tag

    Ferral will come to the rescue watch, lol.

  48. Heyoceama

    I asked this on your GC site but when will you be updating gamercat? I realize your busy here but its been months since it was last updated.

    1. Celesse

      It hasn’t been months, it’s only been one, and I was too busy to update it. I plan to resume updates tomorrow.

      1. Heyoceama

        Okay thanks for the info. I apologize if I sounded impatient

  49. Nokota

    Nonono, they are related. Yuen’s dad says “I was made leader instead of your father” to Korrin, suggesting that the former leader was father to both him and Korrin’s dad, if leadership is passed down through a family, which that statement suggests it was. So Korrin would be Feral’s cousin. I can’t be 100% sure about that, but if memory serves right, it seems highly likely.

    1. Algy

      The majority of Lupian clans are run by alpha families and leadership is generally passed down the family line by tradition. These faimilies are always strong and produce strong children which they choose an heir. Most of the time it is a male, on occasion a female. Smaller clans are usually run by those of strength, like in normal wolves.

  50. Nokota

    Cinni-mon, I don’t know where you got your information, but wolves are among the most docile of predators. While a fight for leadership may occur, deaths are extremely rare, the loser will back down when the stronger wolf becomes clear.

    1. Ikaru

      I second that. I love wolves. <3

    2. Cinni-mon

      I know, I wasn’t saying wolves are vicious and constantly killing each other for leadership, I was just saying that Korin’s is like a wolf, which do sometimes fight for leadership (occasionally to the death) but the main point I was trying to make was that Korin’s isn’t a serial killer just for killing Turin for leadership

  51. Reyniki

    The doll! Don’t forget the doll! DX

  52. Shiki

    I wonder… stay with me on this what if… now what if that Feral knows Korin from a bonty hunter thing, and he just dont reconize each other orrrrr…..Korin informs fearl of Meella’s secret whatever hat may be…..
    my brain needs to shut up………..>.<

  53. Heyoceama

    Anyone else wondering what Visiral is doing right now?

  54. Ikaru

    So…is calling her a mongrel the equivalent of calling her a ‘bastard’? How rude. And go on Meela! You can take him! <3 He looks sooo shocked. He's been waiting for her for years…and yet…she is not supposed to know him? So he is a Bounty Hunter maybe? Maybe he was sent to kill Meela's father, which her mother failed to do?

    1. Celesse

      Mongrel means…mongrel ;P

      And he hasn’t been waiting for her for years, more like… hmmm… almost a year? Since he set the tripwire.

      1. Heyoceama

        Patience is a virtue which he clearly has mastered. Staying on task however seems a tad hard for him. XD

  55. NinjaMaster16

    Oh my gosh I am so happy that Friday is only 2 days away now!

    I am sooo excited!

  56. Bookworm

    Aaaaah! So much….suspense…. NOOOO! I MUST KNOW! WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT?!!?!

  57. Dragon

    Kinda embarrassed to say this, but check out dat ass. (Korin’s)

  58. blade_o_grass

    Hello and thanks from Russian fans for the great comic =)

  59. SkyPirate

    God dang it Meela! When will you learn to keep your mouth shut ^^;

  60. rainbowdash

    OH MY GOD ITS CORIN!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

  61. rainbowdash

    I say CORIN instead of Morin because it looks like corn!! :3

  62. rainbowdash

    Corin lorin morin I’m on my kindle and it keeps correcting me!!! WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????????

  63. Heyoceama

    (take palm, apply directly to face) “The blue demon” -_-

  64. Asj

    I like that she gave that away. It’s fun seeing how people react when revealing stuff you shouldn’t know.

  65. Yokomomochi

    Wait OMG will Korin recognize Feral (as Yuen) and attack him?? He swore to kill him! WILL FERAL REMEMBER?!

  66. KaelinaLuvsLomaris

    I just noticed, in panel 2 we should be able to see Meela’s little pack thing on her left hip…. it’s not there, but it was one page ago.

  67. Fuschia

    So, as I’m rereading this, I never picked up on this till now. He is the same guy that killed Yuen’s parents, I knew that but Meela calls him Korin, but on page 124, Yuen’s father called him Terin.

    Why is his named changed now?

    1. Celesse

      Terin is Yuen’s father’s name. It was Korin speaking in that speech bubble.

      1. Fuschia

        Yeah, I realized that when I went back and checked a few of the pages before it xP

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