The Sadhu
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The Sadhu is a fictional character created by Virgin Comics as part of the Shakti line.
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[edit] Credits
Written by Gotham Chopra, art and cover by Jeevan Kang.
[edit] Plot summary
I was once a "Sadhu" - what, in the East, they call mystics. I was sitting on the threshold of moksha - spiritual liberation or enlightenment. But I'm not one anymore. Because I lusted after something else, something just as primal and ubiquitous. It's called revenge.
The Sadhu is about one man's choice between his spiritual oath and his human instinct. When James Jensen, a down on his luck Englishman, is recruited into her majesty Queen Victoria's army and posted with his family in India in the summer of 1858, he begins a journey that will take him from being a simple soldier to a spiritual warrior. But faced with tragedy and his own impending execution at the hands of his evil commanding officer, James flees his military unit only to find himself lost deep in the jungle and at the mercy of a seeming band of Indian killers. But when their leader, Dadathakur, orders a reprieve and eventually allows James to join them on their attacks of the local Indian landowners that side with the British, James embarks on a dark path of violence in an effort to avenge the atrocities committed to his family.
But soon he discovers it's not the answer and is drawn to the gentle nature and sublime wisdom of Dada. James adopts the ways of the Sadhu, a coded way of life that not only teaches an obscure form of martial arts but also illuminates the true nature of reality and at last teaches James the one eternal truth: the path we choose is who we are.
[edit] Characters
[edit] James Jensen
In the Age of twenty six James braved upon a new life as he journeyed across the ocean to the land of India with his family. In India he finds his destiny as he loses everything and turns into the one who walks the lonely path of a Sadhu. Will Jensen find his redemption?
[edit] Colonel Timothy Townsend
A racist megalomaniac who is hell-bent on subjugating the natives of the colony under the boots of the Empire. He stifles every protest with extreme violence and James and his family falls prey to his malice. He never knew he was but an instrument of being the trigger that turns James into the Sadhu.
[edit] Dadathakur
The enigmatic mystic who leads the band of Dakaits as they wage a rebellion against extortions of the Landlords and British merchants. Dadathakur shows Jensen the path of enlightenment, and now it is the decision of our protagonist whether he can tread that path.
[edit] Issues
[edit] The Sadhu #1
I was once a "Sadhu" — what, in the East, they call mystics. I was sitting on the threshold of moksha — spiritual liberation or enlightenment as it's called. But I'm not one anymore.
Because I lusted after something else, something just as primal and ubiquitous. It's called revenge. Virgin Comics presents an epic quest created by VC's chief creator Gotham Chopra, and India's premier comic artist Jeevan Kang (Spider-Man India).
[edit] The Sadhu #2
A maelstrom of violence results in the worst tragedy of all and opens a wound that not even eternity can heal. James Jensen takes the first step from being a simple soldier to becoming a true warrior.
[edit] The Sadhu #3
His family slaughtered and soul tortured, James Jensen gives up and discovers that that he's at the doorway to a new life and purpose. The British better start running!
[edit] The Sadhu #4
James' assimilation into the ways of the Sadhu continue as his master leads him through various exercises that bend the very definition of reality. But when James joins his new brothers-in-arms as they raid British sympathizers, he encounters an old instinct that can't be suppressed.
[edit] The Sadhu #5
James Jensen's spiritual quest leads him toward the darker rituals of Indian mysticism, causing the conscience to balk. Betrayed, court-martialed and sentenced to execution for his crimes against Her Majesty’s army, James has lost the will to live. However when he learns that his infant son may be alive, his newfound mystic abilities manifest them in an awesome display!
[edit] The Sadhu #6
Unable to destroy James through conventional weaponry, Townsend deploys a secret weapon - a British necromancer! Is James a match for this new opponent? A battle to the death commences, with the life of little Jack and the future of millions depending on the outcome.
[edit] The Sadhu #7
James Jensen, now perched interminably between his oath and his instinct, returns to his own homeland, the United Kingdom, and confronts new demons - literally and figuratively - that will change the spiritual warrior code that now defines who he is.
