History ComicBook / Birthright

* ActionSurvivor: Brennan Rhodes becomes one over the course of the story. He lacks his brother's training, experience or any superpowers granted due to being Lore's host, but he is able to use some quick thinking and chance

* [[spoiler: PregnantBadass: Rya, who is heavily-pregnant with Mikey's child, she still manages to kick ass]].

* SupernaturallyYoungParent: As a result of the time he spent on Earth, Mikey is a full-grown adult just like his parents Wendy and Aaron. [[spoiler: Wendy becomes shocked to discover Rya is carrying Mikey's child, making her a Supernaturally Young ''Grandma'']]

* YearInsideHourOutside: Many years take place in Terrenos, while only a year passes on Earth.

-->''When the adventure is over... TheHerosJourney begins''

If you are looking for the similarly title Superman comic, see ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright''. Also not related to the [[TabletopGame/{{Birthright}} tabletop game of the same name]].

* BarrierMaiden: The war criminals that Mikey is chasing on Earth are actually keeping the barriers between this world and Terrenos.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: In one hand, you have a monstrous EvilOverlord who turned his world into a hellish landscape, oppressing its inhabitants and corrupting their heroes, with [[VillainProtagonist the main protagonist]] serving his will. Against him, there are the mages on Earth trying to preserve the barriers and they won't hesitate to unleash cleansing spirits, get innocents killed or manipulate Mickey's loved ones to serve their ends. Its not helped their motivations aren't entirely heroic or selfless: one of them states she'd rather abandon Terrenos to its fate and make fortune and wealth on Earth, and is more interested in preserving her comfy position than anything else.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sameal rescues Mikey, Brennan and Aaron from a SWAT team in Issue 15.

* KickTheDog: After successfully pacifying a bear that he and his brother disturbed upon entering into his space and baiting into thinking they are friendly, Mikey kills it by stabbing it in the head. Brennan is disgusted that his brother would do such thing after just proving they were no threat to the bear, but [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Mikey says that he did that just to protect him]]. It serves as a reminder that Mikey isn't heroic as he seem.

* TookALevelInBadass: Mikey was just a small child when he was taken to Terrenos, when he comes back home, he is a massive, muscle-bound warrior armed to the teeth who takes down police officers and FBI agents like they are absolute pushovers. Some TrainingFromHell and DemonicPossession will do that to you.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Two narratives are woven together with narrating Michael's quest on Earth and his time spent on Terrenos.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Mickey's mentor Rook believes it wholeheartedly. The rest of Terrenos disagrees, thinking that prophecies have no business in warfare.

* TheChosenOne: Mikey Rhodes, but then horrifically subverted.

* KickTheDog: After successfully pacifying a bear that he and his brother disturbed upon entering into his space and baiting into thinking they are friendly, Mikey kills it by stabbing it in the head. Brennan is disgusted that his brother would do such thing after just proving they were no threat to the bear, but [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Mikey says that he did that just to protect him]].
* KnightTemplar: Diviners are spirits from Terrenos that are devoted to good and virulent opposed to God-King Lore, which one would suppose that is a good thing, except diviners possess and turns all living things around them into puppets and use them to attack Lore's agents. The end result is almost always fatal to everyone involved and leaves massive destruction upon its wake and as result, those willing to summon diviners in the first place also would qualify for the trope as well.
** The five mages definitely qualify. They are absolutely devoted to preserve the barriers between the two worlds and will use any measure such as unleashing a Diviner on Earth and targeting Mikey's family (who are innocent and don't know about his true nature as Lore's agent). One of them goes as far as [[spoiler: vaporizing a SWAT group to pin the blame on Mikey, and turn him into a national threat]].

* [[spoiler: PregnantBadass: Rya, who is heavily-pregnant with Mikey's child]].

* BlackAndGreyMorality: In one hand, you have a monstrous EvilOverlord who turned his world into a hellish landscape, oppressing its inhabitants and corrupting their heroes into serving him. Against him, there are the mages on Earth trying to preserve the barriers and they won't hesitate to unleash cleansing spirits, get innocents killed or manipulate Mickey's loved ones to serve their ends. Its not helped their motivations aren't entirely heroic or selfless: one of them states she'd rather abandon Terrenos to its fate and make fortune and wealth on Earth, and is more interested in preserving her comfy position than anything else.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: In one hand you have a monstrous EvilOverlord who turned his world into a hellish landscape, oppressing its inhabitants and corrupting their heroes into serving him. Against him, there are the mages on Earth trying to preserve the barriers and they won't hesitate to unleash cleansing spirits, get innocents killed or manipulate Mickey's loved ones to serve their ends. Its not helped they aren't entirely motivated by heroic reasons either: one of them states she'd rather abandon Terrenos to its fate and make fortune and wealth on Earth, and is more interested in preserving her comfy position than anything else.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: In one hand you have Lore, a monstrous EvilOverlord who turned his world into a hellish landscape, oppressing its inhabitants and corrupting their heroes into serving him. Against him, there are the mages on Earth trying to preserve the barriers between the two realms are determined to stop him by any means necessary. Its not helped however one is motivated for selfish reasons having abandoned Terrenos to its fate so they could make fortune and wealth on Earth.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Mikey will not have anyone threaten his brother Brennan if he can help it. Amusingly, he is technically the younger brother when he vanished, but due to how time flows faster in Terrenos, he is an adult on Earth.

* WingedHumanoid: The Gideon are a race of human-like beings from Terrenos that oppose Lore's rule. Mikey's protector Rya is one of them.

** The five mages definitely qualify. They are absolutely devoted to preserve the barriers between the two worlds and will use any measure such as unleashing a Diviner on Earth and targeting Mikey's family (who are innocent and don't know about his true nature as a Nevermind).

* HeroAntagonist: The five mages that Mikey pursues are in reality this trope, [[AntiHero for a given value of "good" anyways]]. They are neither Lore's servants, nor want to merge both Earth and Terrenos, they are trying to preserve the barriers between both worlds. With that said, they have no qualms about any using any measure to stop Mikey and Lore, such as unleashing a diviner on Earth or targeting Mikey's loved ones who are unaware of his true intentions.

Michael Rhodes was just a normal kid, when during his birthday, he mysteriously disappears without a trace while playing with his father in the woods. His disappearance deals a tragic blow that tears his family apart, specially when his father is suspected of having murdered him. One year later, they are still coping with Mikey's loss until he reappears just as mysteriously as he had vanished in the first place, but radically changed as he is now an hulking, fully grown, battle-worn warrior. As its turns out, he was transported to the fantasy world of Terrenos, where he is TheChosenOne destined to free it from the tyrannical grasp of [[EvilOverlord God-King Lore]]. Supposedly, he defeated the tyrant and restored peace to Terrenos, but his servants had escaped to Earth and now plan to merge both worlds. He returned home to warn his people of this evil, but when nobody believes him, he is forced to take matters into his own hands and becomes a fugitive of the law with his own father Aaron and brother Brennan following him. But things don't really turn out to be what they seem...

* ItGetsEasier: Mikey is absolutely horrified when he is forced to kill for the first time, but he can't afford not to, as cannot possibly last on [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Terrenos]] and fate demands that he must bring down the God-King, so he must become a warrior whether he likes it or not.

* VillainProtagonist: Mikey is one, since he is working with [[BigBad God-King Lore]] to merge Earth with Terrenos, though most characters don't know it yet.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Mikey will not have anyone threaten his brother Brennan if he can help it. Amusingly, he is technically the younger brother when he vanished, but due to how time flows slowly in Terrenos, he is an adult on Earth.
* BodyHorror: [[BigBad Lore]] has a disfigured face, with his lower jaw exposed and his muscles seemingly ''being made out of maggots''.

* ObliviouslyEvil: While they have no sense of collateral damage and tend to cause more damage than its worth, diviners are still spirits of good and the one summoned on Earth heals [[spoiler: Brennan]] after he was fatally wounded, despite being summoned to [[spoiler: kill his brother.]]

* LightIsNotGood

** The five mages could qualify.

* DealWithTheDevil: Lore can corrupt individuals into becoming their agents by giving them power in exchange of their souls and they are known as the Nevermind.

* TheDragon: Kallista, the Pale Rider.

* 0bliviouslyEvil: While they have no sense of collateral damage and tend to cause more damage than its worth, diviners are still spirits of good and the one summoned on Earth heals [[spoiler: Brennan]] after he was fatally wounded, despite being summoned to [[spoiler: kill his brother.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Mikey was just a small child when he was taken to Terrenos, when he comes back home, he is a massive, muscle-bound warrior armed to the teeth who takes down police officers and FBI agents like they are absolute pushovers. Some TrainingFromHell and [[DemonicPossession]] will do that to you.

* DealWithTheDevil: Lore can corrupt individuals into becoming their agents by giving them power before

* TookALevelInBadass: Mikey was just a small child when he was taken to Terrenos, when he comes back home, he is a massive, muscle-bound warrior armed to the teeth who takes down police officers and FBI agents like they are absolute pushovers. Some TrainingFromHell and [[DemonicPossession]]

* DealWithTheDevil

* KnightTemplar: Diviners are spirits from Terrenos that are devoted to good and virulent opposed to God-King Lore, which one would suppose that is a good thing, except diviners possess and turns all living things around them into puppets and use them to attack Lore's agents. The end result is almost always fatal to everyone involved and leaves massive destruction upon its wake and as result, only those that would deem this losses acceptable to summon diviners also would qualify for the trope as well.

* TookALevelInBadass: Mikey was just a small child when he was taken to Terrenos, when he comes back home, he is a massive, muscle-bound superhuman warrior armed to the teeth who takes down police officers and FBI agents like they are absolute pushovers.

* KnightTemplar: Diviners are spirits from Terrenos that are devoted to good and virulent opposed to God-King Lore, which one would suppose that is a good thing, except diviners possess and turns all living things around them into puppets and use them to attack Lore's agents. The end result is almost always fatal to everyone involved and leaves massive destruction upon its wake.

* ObliviouslyEvil:

* FlamingSword

* GodzillaThreshold: In Terrenos, those desperate enough or will stop at nothing to destroy [[BigBad Lore]] will summon a cleansing spirit known as the Diviner, which twists every single thing around it into abominations that will seek out and hunt Lore's agents. The result almost always razes all surrounding life and its deemed too horrific to be used even as last resort.

* SupernaturallyYoungParent: As a result of the time he spent on Earth, Mikey is a full-grown adult just like his parents Wendy and Aaron.
* TookALevelInBadass: Mikey was just a small child when he was taken to Terrenos, when he comes back home, he is a massive, muscle-bound superhuman warrior armed to the teeth who takes down police officers and FBI agents like they are pushovers.

* VillainProtagonist: Though most of the characters don't know it yet, Mikey is one since he betrayed his friends on Terrenos and brought Lore to his own home world, and his quest.

* {{Desconstruction}}: Of the TheChosenOne KidHero destined to save a magical land from evil.

* DealWithTheDevil

* [[spoiler: PregnantBadass: Ray, who is heavily-pregnant with Mikey's child]].

* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Wendy and Aaron to Mikey.

* WingedHumanoid: The Gideon are a race of human-like beings from Terrenos.
* YearInsideHourOutside: Many years take place in Terrenos.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The inhabitants of Terrenos in regards to the prophecy, which pisses off Mikey to no end.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The very first issue ends with the reader being revealed that [[FallenHero Mikey]] is actually serving God-King Lore himself.

* ScrewDestiny: Played for drama,

* WingedHumanoid: The Gideon are a race of huma
* YearInsideHourOutside: Time goes more slowly in Terrenos compared to Earth. Only a year passes for the Rhodes family, while several more take place in Terrenos.

Birthright is a comic series by Publisher/ImageComics written by Joshua Williamson, its a mix of UrbanFantasy with DarkFantasy, as it simultaneously tells Mikey's exploits in modern times trying to re-reconnect with his family who has been split apart, as well his adventures in Terrenos where he fulfills his destiny as the chosen hero, respectively.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The inhabitants of Terrenos in regards to the prophecy.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Mikey will not have anyone threaten his brother Brennan if he can help it. Amusingly, he is technically the younger brother when he vanished, but due to how time flows slowly in Terreos, he is an adult on Earth.
* TheChosenOne: Mikey Rhodes.
* ItGetsEasier: Mikey is absolutely horrified when he is forced to kill for the rest time, but he can't afford to not do it, as

Michael Rhodes was just a normal kid, when during his birthday, he mysteriously disappears without a trace while playing with his father in the woods. His disappearance deals a tragic blow that tears his family apart, specially when his father is suspected of having murdered him. One year later, they are still coping with Mikey's loss until he reappears just as mysteriously as he had vanished in the first place, but radically changed as he is now an hulking, fully grown, battle-worn warrior. As its turns out, he was transported to the fantasy world of Terrenos, where he is TheChosenOne destined to free it from the tyrannical grasp of [[EvilOverlord God-King Lore]]. Supposedly, he defeated the tyrant and restored peace to Terrenos, but his servants had escaped to Earth and now plan to merge both worlds. He returned home to warn people and . But things don't really turn out to be what they seem...

Birthright is a comic series by Publisher/ImageComics by Joshua Williamson, it tells a DarkFantasy story.