Rokkin

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Rokkin is a comic-book fantasy mini series created by Andy Hartnell and Nick Bradshaw and published by Wildstorm. The series details the rise of a common man called Arness, as he is bestowed with godlike powers in his search for revenge against the tyrannical Lord Vulmax, whose minions destroyed his village and slew his wife.

Rokkin

Wrap around cover for Issue #1

Publisher	Wildstorm
First appearance	Rokkin #1 (July, 2006)
Created by	Andy Hartnell Nick Bradshaw

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1 Plot
2 Artistic Technique
3 Creative team
4 External Links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story begins in the village of Kenopia, home to the butcher Arness, a humble man whose primary interest is wedding his love, Dalia. In order to pay for her ring, however, he works with an older man of the village, Rothian, collecting wood. Yet this most recent night is different: Rothian has summoned Arness to help him slay a Grizzlok, a gigantic, fearsome beast never known to roam so far in the north. After a bloody conflict with the beast, Arness manages to slay it, and is paid by Rothian with both a bag of emeralds and a warning: that he should flee, for the evil hordes of Lord Vulmax are growing in strength.

After their wedding, the couple decide to heed Rothian's words and flee, so Arness ventures into the woods to forage. However, while he is gone, their home is attacked and destroyed, and when Arness returns, he finds death and destruction and his beloved wife gone. As he grieves over the devastation and his loss, he is struck down by an armored assailant and knocked unconscious.

When he wakes, he finds himself a slave to the cruel inhabitants of a foreign fortress, worked mercilessly to build its defenses against the oncoming hordes. It is this fortress that serves as the platform for Arness' adventure, propelling him into a vast world full of creatures both friendly and hostile, friends and foes, and magical relics of awesome power. But will these treasures be enough to hold back the wrath of Lord Vulmax?

[edit] Artistic Technique

The artwork in Rokkin is interesting in its simplicity; rather than opting for realism Nick Bradshaw and Jim Charalampidis have instead employed a style similar to American cartoons. Despite this, the artwork is highly detailed and the colours are striking and brilliant, and rather than diminsihing the effect this style gives the series a new and original feel.