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Comics Issue #2
Julien learns of Father Marin's death from
the Holy Inquisition. They warn him off the
case, but now his quest for the missing scroll
is personal.
He finds a note from Marin pointing to a clue
hidden in The Shepherds of Arcadia,
a painting by the seventeenth century painter
Nicholas Poussin. The painting depicts a group
of shepherds around a tomb engraved with the
motto “ET IN ARCADIA EGO”.
Later, Julien meets with his ex-lover Dr. Genevieve
Tournon. While Julien has struggled, Geneveive
has been appointed personal physician to the
Duke of Lorraine, a powerful politician with
imperialist designs on the Holy Land.
Julien and Genevieve rekindle their relationship.
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