Well, we'll see if it makes more sense after the next page. Sometimes it's hard to make a page at a time adventure comic that doesn't leave things hanging.
The purple tiger guy is one of the people Coridan mentioned who would be able to sense things about her. He is not related to Melkior who is in the body of a snow beast (maybe I should change the color of the tiger guy guard to make him less similar to Melkior). Snow beasts can not talk, they are just wild animals. Melkior can talk from the inside of any animal (like with the monkey).
The tiger guy is one of a non-human species not mentioned until now. There will others like him, including her:
http://pulsetastic.deviantart.com/art/Zen-The-Seer-99007269She originally was going to look like this:
http://pulsetastic.deviantart.com/art/Zen-4874972Erica had the shackles around her hands on the last page as well. This is a big wall that separates the (greek-like) empire from the neighboring areas. I expected they would have some kind of checkpoint inside where people wanting to go through would have to be searched. I thought about purification at one point as well, but decided against it.
Erica had to go alone with her shackles attached to that track so the seer could examine her. The way it's set up, it would be impossible for her to be a danger to him.
Coridan had to dress as a guard to prevent himself from being identified (as he would certainly be wanted). He had to take Melkior through another way (they would claim he's just an animal). He has Erica's cloak, backpack, scarf, and glasses (which are inside her backpack).