The Sable Village

The Sable Village is the fifth graphic novel in the mini-series Terrible Luck by Manta-bee where Sonic and Co. wind up in a strange village and an innocent man named Edwin gets executed, which leads to the whole villiage suspecting Sonic and the gang are responsible for crimes and are witches.

Plot summary
The story begins when the are in Polly's office, looking at a newspaper filled with lies. Polly then gives a brochure to them about a village she can have them stay in until they can find the rest of the parts to Tails' plane.

They depart for the unknown village by bus, and after a long, hot and dusty walk from the bus stop, they reach the town of which is filled with crows. They become acquainted with the Council of Elders, who proclaim that the will do all the chores for the entire village, but they will be living with Ward, the handyman.

Ward takes them to his home, where he shows them the house, the barn and old tree, where all the crows come to roost at night. The learn that. Hector shows a note, which he says was found at the base of tree.

The Sonic and Co. discover that Ward has been breaking the town rules by keeping a secret library and working on a hot-air mobile home in his barn, so that he can sail away from the village forever. They discuss the and consider the fact that they might be somehow sending a plea for help in the poem. They also discover a new note under the tree, though they've kept the tree under surveillance the whole night.

Two members of the Council of Elders come and report that Lerich has been captured, and the are to report immediately to the Town Hall. They discover that it is not Lerich who has been captured, but instead a man named Edwin, who somewhat fits Lerich's description. The insist that this is not Lerich, but the townspeople do not listen to them. The next day he is to be burned at the stake.

That night the gang constructs a plan. Cream keeps watch at the old tree to see where the poems are coming from. Sonic, Amy and Knuckles search the rules of the village for something to help Edwin out of trouble. Tails helps finish Hector's hot-air balloon device, for it will be a useful escape device if Lerich comes after them.

Tails fixes the hot air balloon. Sonic, Amy and Knuckles discover that a rule allows the accused to make a speech explaining self. If a few people say something, mob psychology can make everyone demand the same thing and thus they can suggest that Edwin be freed. They also discover that the crows are somehow delivering the letters, and finds a new one.

Later in the night, they see Edwin is about to get exectued. Of course, Sonic says that the guy didn't deserver to die. Suddenly, Detective D says that of course he would say that, because he and the gang are witches, based on their time at the school of magicry. The people ignore the fact that the gang had solid alibis and they are quickly locked up inside the Deluxe Cell. Detective D tells them that one will make a great escape before the burning, and he leaves them to decide who will survive.

At daybreak, Ward comes and tells them that if they break out, he has the hot-air balloon ready. He also gives them the daily letter.

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Trivia

 * When the villagers want to burn Sonic and his friends, it is an allusion to how they would burn witches at the stake in Salem times.


 * The "justice" workers are really Lerich and Irrika in disguise.

Rare Copies
There have been a few rare copies of this book distributed with the alternate title "???".

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Transcript
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