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Sojourn is a fantasycomic book series published by CrossGen. The series follows the adventures of the archer Arwyn and her companions as they battle undead dictator Mordath. Unlike other CrossGen comics, Sojourn does not center on a Sigil-Bearer, but instead depicts a villainous Sigil-Bearer whom the heroes are tasked with defeating. It ran for 35 issues from 2001 to 2004 until it was forced to end by the bankruptcy of CrossGen.[1] For a time, this series was Crossgen's highest grossing comic.
The comic takes place in the world of Quin, which comprises five lands inhabited by different races. The lands were ruled by the human dictator Mordath, who conquered Quin with an army of trolls, until he was killed in battle with the mysterious Ayden. After Mordath's death, Ayden fragmented the arrow used to kill him into five shards for each land, pledging to return in a time of peril if the shards are united.
Peril returns to Quin 300 years later when Mordath is resurrected, allowing him to again conquer the five lands with his troll army. When archer Arwyn loses her husband and daughter to Mordath's army, she goes on a quest to unite the five arrow shards in order to defeat the undead dictator. Among other allies, she is accompanied by one-eyed archer Gareth and the thief Cassidy in her travels through the five lands.
Due to the series' cancellation, the comic ends on an unresolved cliffhanger.
Races of the Five Landsedit
Humans – Have a distinctly European look in Middelyn, and a Middle-Eastern look in Oudubai. Distinct Medieval and Arab cultures depend on area and are most concentrated in Middelyn and Oudubai.
Trolls – Most have greenish skin, glowing green eyes and some form of horns sprouting from their foreheads. Long lived, with barbarian-like culture and are most concentrated in Grinbor.
Ankharans – Distinct African look but with bird-like wings, with Egyptian-like culture.
Iskani or Snow Trolls – Relatives of the Trolls, long Lived, with nordic-like culture and are most concentrated in Skarnhime. They have some form of tusks sprouting from their chins.
Urnethi – Underground dwellers, insect-like and are most concentrated in Oudubai.
Dragons – Most concentrated in Middelyn and Islands in the oceans of Quin.
Carvers of the Glade – Small green creatures, they are most concentrated in the Glade of Heroes.
Collectionsedit
Sojourn had 4 trade paperbacks (TPBs) released by Crossgen before their bankruptcy, with 2 more released later by Checker Books:
TPB #1 "From The Ashes" – issues #0–6
TPB #2 "The Dragon's Tale" – issues #7–12
TPB #3 "The Warrior's Tale" – issues #13–18
TPB #4 "The Thief's Tale" – issues #19–24
TPB #5 "The Sorcerer's Tale" – issues #25–30 (ISBN1-933160-44-6) released by Checker Books in February 2007[2]
TPB #6 "The Berserker's Tale" – issues #31–34 released by Checker Books in October 2007
There was also one collected edition not included above because it was merely a reprint of the prequel and issue #1 put into one comic.
Creatorsedit
Ron Marz - writer for the prequel issue and issues #1 through #24.
Greg Land - the penciler for the prequel issue and most of the issues between #1 and #33.
Greg Land did covers for all issues penciled by himself. The other covers were done by their respective pencilers except for issues #30 and #34 which were done by Land.
Referencesedit
^"Bankruptcy filing uncovers comic book company's financial woes". Tampa Bay Business Journal. Retrieved August 2, 2004.
^. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
External linksedit
Sojourn – issue #18 page samples
Sojourn fan site
October 27, 2023
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sojourn comics news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available April 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sojourn is a fantasy comic book series published by CrossGen The series follows the adventures of the archer Arwyn and her companions as they battle undead dictator Mordath Unlike other CrossGen comics Sojourn does not center on a Sigil Bearer but instead depicts a villainous Sigil Bearer whom the heroes are tasked with defeating It ran for 35 issues from 2001 to 2004 until it was forced to end by the bankruptcy of CrossGen 1 For a time this series was Crossgen s highest grossing comic SojournCover to Sojourn 1 Publication informationPublisherCrossgen Comics Inc ScheduleMonthlyFormatOngoing seriesPublication dateAugust 2001 May 2004No of issues35Main character s Arwyn Gareth Kreeg Cassidy Mordath Bohr Gustavus Neven Ayden ShiaraCreative teamCreated byMark Alessi Gina M VillaWritten byRon Marz Ian EdgintonPenciller s Greg Land Contents 1 Premise 2 Races of the Five Lands 3 Collections 4 Creators 5 References 6 External linksPremise editThe comic takes place in the world of Quin which comprises five lands inhabited by different races The lands were ruled by the human dictator Mordath who conquered Quin with an army of trolls until he was killed in battle with the mysterious Ayden After Mordath s death Ayden fragmented the arrow used to kill him into five shards for each land pledging to return in a time of peril if the shards are united Peril returns to Quin 300 years later when Mordath is resurrected allowing him to again conquer the five lands with his troll army When archer Arwyn loses her husband and daughter to Mordath s army she goes on a quest to unite the five arrow shards in order to defeat the undead dictator Among other allies she is accompanied by one eyed archer Gareth and the thief Cassidy in her travels through the five lands Due to the series cancellation the comic ends on an unresolved cliffhanger Races of the Five Lands editHumans Have a distinctly European look in Middelyn and a Middle Eastern look in Oudubai Distinct Medieval and Arab cultures depend on area and are most concentrated in Middelyn and Oudubai Trolls Most have greenish skin glowing green eyes and some form of horns sprouting from their foreheads Long lived with barbarian like culture and are most concentrated in Grinbor Ankharans Distinct African look but with bird like wings with Egyptian like culture Iskani or Snow Trolls Relatives of the Trolls long Lived with nordic like culture and are most concentrated in Skarnhime They have some form of tusks sprouting from their chins Urnethi Underground dwellers insect like and are most concentrated in Oudubai Dragons Most concentrated in Middelyn and Islands in the oceans of Quin Carvers of the Glade Small green creatures they are most concentrated in the Glade of Heroes Collections editSojourn had 4 trade paperbacks TPBs released by Crossgen before their bankruptcy with 2 more released later by Checker Books TPB 1 From The Ashes issues 0 6 TPB 2 The Dragon s Tale issues 7 12 TPB 3 The Warrior s Tale issues 13 18 TPB 4 The Thief s Tale issues 19 24 TPB 5 The Sorcerer s Tale issues 25 30 ISBN 1 933160 44 6 released by Checker Books in February 2007 2 TPB 6 The Berserker s Tale issues 31 34 released by Checker Books in October 2007There was also one collected edition not included above because it was merely a reprint of the prequel and issue 1 put into one comic Creators editRon Marz writer for the prequel issue and issues 1 through 24 Greg Land the penciler for the prequel issue and most of the issues between 1 and 33 Ian Edginton writer for issues 25 through 34 Sergio Cariello the penciler who took over for Greg Land starting in issue 34 the issue that became the final one Chuck Dixon co writer for issue 34 he was responsible for writing the cliffhanger ending Stuart Immonen guest penciler for issue 7 June Brigman guest penciler for issue 12 Aaron Lopresti guest penciler for issue 17 Luke Ross guest penciler for issue 21 He would team up with Ron Marz again for the Dark Horse comic Samurai Heaven and Earth Lewis LaRosa guest penciler for pages 1 9 and 21 22 of issue 26 Tom Derenick guest penciler for pages 10 20 of issue 26 Cliff Richards guest penciler for issue 30 Greg Land did covers for all issues penciled by himself The other covers were done by their respective pencilers except for issues 30 and 34 which were done by Land References edit Bankruptcy filing uncovers comic book company s financial woes Tampa Bay Business Journal Retrieved August 2 2004 Sojourn A Sorcerer s Tale CheckerBPG Archived from the original on March 3 2007 Retrieved May 9 2007 External links editSojourn issue 18 page samples Sojourn fan site Brief histories of Arwyn Gareth and Mordath Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sojourn comics amp oldid 1152255491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
