Doorkeeper

Written by Ethan Chua and Scott Chua
Published by Summit Books

An immortal being. Six individuals, trapped by fate. All of time and space.

Doorkeeper has lived for an eternity and more, the unyielding guardian of the Ways of time and space. His task: to reveal to mortals the consequences of their choices. He does not interfere.

Doorkeeper watches, listens, and learns. He maintains the Ways. He does his duty. But perhaps even the oldest of beings can change.

Chapter 2: Leyte | 1941

Young boy carrying his father’s bolo through a forest, where he encounters a lone diwata, a Philippine nature spirit, in Doorkeeper.
Boy and his diwata friend playing together in the fields and by the ocean in Doorkeeper.
Diwata brings a boy to her underwater kingdom before they resurface to find warplanes bombing the land in Doorkeeper.
Boy fleeing the fighting with his mother on a fishing boat as the diwata is left behind, followed by the boy as a grown man in 1958 Manila remembering his childhood encounter.
Doorkeeper walks through a decaying underwater kingdom with All-Mother, queen of the diwatas, as they approach a giant mangrove tree and she begins to fade.

Chapter Interlude

Doorkeeper arrives as an owl before transforming into his celestial form and walking through a portal into a prehistoric world where time has stopped.
Doorkeeper enters a tropical prehistoric jungle with exotic birds and waterfalls, discovering signs of a past battle before being greeted by a warrior as an old friend.
Doorkeeper and a warrior enter a mountain cave, with the warrior holding a flame to light their way through the darkness.
Warrior remembering his son as the Doorkeeper reveals the boy’s life through a constellation of stars inside a mountain cave.
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