A fantasy story that's very grounded in reality with detailed believable descriptions of its own cultures and history. Its twisting turning plot has tons of back and forth scheming, while still having a good balance of emotions. There's lots of dark gore and deaths, but we can still find ourselves rooting for out heroine.
This also features women characters in the largest variety of roles that I've yet seen in any one story of any medium! We see women as strong survivors, as nasty scheming politicians, as scientists, as soldiers, as peasant mothers, as scared prisoners, as wrestlers. And yet it still has a few likeable and kickass male characters to the side as well.
The art is pure gorgeous with a mix of line shading and digital painting effects. Many of the scenes are well populated, and with terrific panel layouts. I've just read the first two volumes, but I cannot think of any reason to not get excited about this.
How has this not gotten more attention?
A fantasy story that's very grounded in reality with detailed believable descriptions of its own cultures and history. Its twisting turning plot has tons of back and forth scheming, while still having a good balance of emotions. There's lots of dark gore and deaths, but we can still find ourselves rooting for out heroine.
This also features women characters in the largest variety of roles that I've yet seen in any one story of any medium! We see women as strong survivors, as nasty scheming politicians, as scientists, as soldiers, as peasant mothers, as scared prisoners, as wrestlers. And yet it still has a few likeable and kickass male characters to the side as well.
The art is pure gorgeous with a mix of line shading and digital painting effects. Many of the scenes are well populated, and with terrific panel layouts. I've just read the first two volumes, but I cannot think of any reason to not get excited about this.