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A striped snake is wrapping itself around a lion statue in the jungle at night.

The Wheels of the Godavari

PART 2

A well-dressed man walking away from a powder mill at night.
A speech bubble.
A well-dressed French man walking through the jungle at night.
A speech bubble.
A well dressed french man standing next to a miller at night.
A speech bubble.
The miller telling an angry well-dressed man to hold back.
The miller telling an angry well-dressed man to hold back.
The miller telling an angry well-dressed man to hold back.
The miller telling an angry well-dressed man to hold back.
The miller telling an angry well-dressed man to hold back.
The miller telling an angry well-dressed man to hold back.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
A speech bubble.
A young shirtless prisoner begging a well-dressed man on his knees.
A handkerchief.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
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A young prisoner begging on his knees at night.
A speech bubble.
A comic strip of a well-dressed man letting his handkerchief fall.
The miller is looking straight at the viewer and makes an inviting hand gesture.

My child --

You are exactly where you need to be.

You are here 

Everything enters the mill
in a raw state. In a state of confusion about its purpose.

A miller presented the main ingredients for black powder.
Sulfer being stamped at the powder mill.

 But the mill grinds ... 

Sulfer, saltpetre and charcoal being mixed to make black powder.

 ... recomposes... 

Indian men forming little moist cakes.
A masked man sprinkling black powder into the hands of the miller.

 From senseless nature to purposeful object. 

 ... it turns useful. 

Two hands with black powder next to a rifle.
A hand filling black powder into a rifle.
A hand loading a rifle with a bullet.
A young prisoner retreating on the floor in fear.
The miller pointing his rifle at something off-screen.
A speech bubble.
A speech bubble.
A well-dressed man walking through the jungle at night.
A speech bubble.
A well dressed man standing in front of the opium-smoking French colonial soldiers guarding an ominous portal.
Two French colonial soldiers smoking opium in the jungle.
Two French colonial soldiers smoking opium in the jungle.
A stone statue holding an entry portal.
A speech bubble.
A stone statue holding an entry portal.
An ominous red-glowing entry portal.
A well-dressed French man opening an ominous door.
A speech bubble.
A film set with many cameras and people.
A masked man holding a shield that reads "Previous page".

Who is »Le Cheval«, the two-faced commandant of the penal company? What happened to the bookkeepers fiancée? WHAT IS GOING ON?

A mash-up image of different colonial characters in action poses.

Find out

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