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Erathune
Many years ago, Buxton Stonebeard was banished from his dwarven home amid a shower of blood. But his cursed axe demands a soul, and so the outcast must return. Accompanied by Skarlok, his unlikely Morkai ally, and Niobe, a budding hero, Buxton must save the town that condemned him.
128 pages, Paperback
First published June 20, 2016
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January 5, 2022
Orcs are attacking a dwarven town because orcs are bastards. Our heroes, a silver elf, some dwarves, an elf woman, Niobe (who is half human actually?) and a rock monster fight them off. Oh and one dwarf rides a sandworm from Dune for some reason. Niobe seems to be the big draw of Stranger comics despite not being very interesting. She is a stereotypical badass action woman here and little else.
The authors say this was based off a Dungeons and Dragons campaign and it shows. That is not a compliment.
I really want to like the Starnger comics universe, and the art is very good, but unfortunately I have not liked a single story of theirs. None of the characters are intersting, and the orcs are entirely one-dimensional. The powerful ogre queen can only say the word "MOOG" which frankly just makes me think of Groot and totally takes me out of the story. I don't know why I should care about the outcome of this war other than the implied "dwarves yay orcs boo" plot.
If a fantasy story with great art but a generic, mediocre storyline sounds like it's for you, then by all means.
The authors say this was based off a Dungeons and Dragons campaign and it shows. That is not a compliment.
I really want to like the Starnger comics universe, and the art is very good, but unfortunately I have not liked a single story of theirs. None of the characters are intersting, and the orcs are entirely one-dimensional. The powerful ogre queen can only say the word "MOOG" which frankly just makes me think of Groot and totally takes me out of the story. I don't know why I should care about the outcome of this war other than the implied "dwarves yay orcs boo" plot.
If a fantasy story with great art but a generic, mediocre storyline sounds like it's for you, then by all means.
March 16, 2025
Erathune got me a bit more hooked on the world of Asunda. Reading story lines out of sequence helped me concentrate more on tying the loose ends than in the overall consistency of the narrative. Seems the authors have considerably improved from one series to the next! I appreciate that more than the actual story arcs, but I'm weird so it wouldn't surprise me if no one else picks up on these types of nuances.
Niobe is definitely one of my favorite heroes now. Can't wait to learn about the rest of her origin tales!
Enjoy!
Niobe is definitely one of my favorite heroes now. Can't wait to learn about the rest of her origin tales!
Enjoy!
March 9, 2023
3.5 stars. I do think this was the best of the bunch of what I’ve now read from Stranger Comics. It’s got the most straight forward action, it doesn’t require huge amount of work to figure out the world it takes place in and the art was very good. It might even have been four stars if I wasn’t so exhausted by the other books in this series. Treatment of women still isn’t great though.
May 10, 2023
The best yet. The world is established and in it the characters are blooming into life (and death). Buxton is an excellent character, and the dwarves as a whole were somehow classic to their archtype and innovative and fresh at the same time. And the ending… how long do I have to wait for more? Please tell me it won’t be long.
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