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The comic has three main characters, Kestrel , a red-headed girl loosely based on Aeire herself, Felix, one of Kestrel's ex-boyfriends, and Shannon, Felix's wife. The three characters live together.
The comic moves back and forth from comedic installments to more serious and dramatic ones.
Queen of Wands follows the lives of Kestrel, Felix, and Shannon, three friends who have been living together in Denver for about four years. Felix and Shannon are married, while Kestrel is single but looking. The three friends have an extensive history, with plenty of personal demons to work out. These problems from the past frequently form the basis of comic plotlines.
The storyline of the comic changes, but generally focuses on the lives and escapades of Kestrel, Felix, and Shannon. Usually, a plotline defines the focus of a group strips; for instance, Kestrel dating Seamus, Felix taking the group to meet his parents, or Shannon becoming pregnant. These plotlines generally last anywhere from 5 to 20 comic strips.
There are also occasional " guest strip weeks," where other web comic artistAn artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. The term may be used in connection with any branch of the arts—for example music, literature, and theatre—but more commonly refers to an individual who practises the visual arts ors will take turns creating Queen of Wands comic strips.
Queen of Wands also has a close relationship with Something PositiveSomething Positive or S P is a webcomic by R. Milholland, which debuted on December 19, 2001. The comic's main characters are Davan MacIntire, Aubrey Chorde and PeeJee Shou, with a sub-cast stemming off of that, to include Jason Pratchett (who is still te, another web comic drawn by R. K. Milholland . There have been several " crossoverA crossover occurs when fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. For a company, crossovers may exist as a gimmick, a marketing tool, a joke or gag, or to play out a "what if" scenario. Crossovers of m" plotlines, in which the plotline involves characters from both Queen of Wands and Something Positive and the two web comics publish the same plotline in their respective comic strips simulataneously. In addition to the crossover plotlines, characters from Something Positive will occasionally appear in Queen of Wands, depending on the strip.
The comic includes real-lifeFor other meanings of this phrase (book and album titles etc. see Real Life. The phrase real life signifies time spent on activities the speaker believes more important than those the addressed has indulged in. However, many speakers use the phrase real l references. For instance, Kestrel has an AOL Instant MessengerThe AOL Instant Messenger AIM is a free instant messaging computer program, published by AOL, which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. The most recent software version is AIM 5. 9 released in September of 2004. AOL has describ account and a LiveJournal account, both under the name "Wantkitty". Also, Kestrel frequently uses Ebay and plays The Sims.
Kestrel is Felix's and Shannon's roommate. She is 27 years old and has red hair and green eyes. She has a steady job in computer tech support, and an off-and-on job at the toy store in the local mall, which is where she met Angela, her best friend. She used to be Wiccan, but now classifies herself as simply pagan.
Kestrel is impulsive and eccentric to the point of childishness, when she wants to be. While she is obviously very intelligent, most of the time she prefers to have fun in every way she can. Easily distracted and easily amused, she frequently makes random comments and puts herself (along with Felix and Shannon) in embarressing situations. (When Felix and Shannon embarress her, however, she is quick to tell others that she doesn't know them.)
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