Tokyopop has released a new
World of Warcraft-themed manga focused on the life (and subsequent unlife) of
Thassarian, aptly titled
Death Knight. You may know him as one of the quest givers from the Death Knight starting area, and he's also the resident Ebon Hold representative on Alliance gunship, "The Skybreaker."
Indeed, as the first of his order to be released into the Alliance's care, he plays an important, if curiously muted, role in the lore. If you were ever curious to delve further, the manga intends to lift the veil on Thassarian's past.
It begins as the Lich King forces his newest lieutenant to strike down an innocent woman, highlighting the inner turmoil every Death Knight seems to suffer from, and then quickly moves into a flashback of Thassarian's life as a young farm boy where he's either trading blows with his troublesome sister or his fellow soldiers.
As any ambitious conscript in the Alliance army no doubt desires, Thassarian expresses his intentions to move up through the ranks and become a commander, but is threatened with the possibility of being a career grunt.
The 23-page
preview ends there, but it should be interesting to see how things develop from there and how he interacts with Arthas. Is he turned against his will or does he embrace the power the Lich King promises? And how does he manage to hold onto his latent humanity in the process?
I suppose we all know how the story eventually ends, but I still like this format. As a stand-alone volume, I hope this manga sets a precedent for extended, visual biopics of our favorite
Warcraft characters.
Death Knight features 192 pages of Dan Jolley's storytelling and art by Rocio Zucchi. It should be in stores now for an MSRP of $10.99.
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Tokyopop has released a new World of Warcraft-themed manga focused on the life (and subsequent unlife) of Thassarian, aptly titled Death Knight. You may know him as one of the quest givers from the Death Knight starting area, and he's also the resident Ebon Hold representative on Alliance gunship, "The Skybreaker."
Indeed, as the first of his order to be released into the Alliance's care, he plays an important, if curiously muted, role in the lore. If you were ever curious to delve further, the manga intends to lift the veil on Thassarian's past.
It begins as the Lich King forces his newest lieutenant to strike down an innocent woman, highlighting the inner turmoil every Death Knight seems to suffer from, and then quickly moves into a flashback of Thassarian's life as a young farm boy where he's either trading blows with his troublesome sister or his fellow soldiers.
As any ambitious conscript in the Alliance army no doubt desires, Thassarian expresses his intentions to move up through the ranks and become a commander, but is threatened with the possibility of being a career grunt.
The 23-page preview ends there, but it should be interesting to see how things develop from there and how he interacts with Arthas. Is he turned against his will or does he embrace the power the Lich King promises? And how does he manage to hold onto his latent humanity in the process?
I suppose we all know how the story eventually ends, but I still like this format. As a stand-alone volume, I hope this manga sets a precedent for extended, visual biopics of our favorite Warcraft characters.
Death Knight features 192 pages of Dan Jolley's storytelling and art by Rocio Zucchi. It should be in stores now for an MSRP of $10.99.
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