The Shadow Mage
 | This publication may no longer be canonical. |
| The Shadow Mage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
[[File:{{#setmainimage:The Shadowmage 1.jpg}}|250px]] | ||||
| Publication information | ||||
| Publisher | ARMADA | |||
| Publication period | July, 1995 | |||
| Number of issues | 4 | |||
| ||||
Magic: The Gathering - The Shadow Mage was a comic series published by Armada in four volumes beginning in July, 1995.
Volume 1: The Aster Fall
In autumn of the year 1265 by the reckoning of the Sages of Minorad, Adam Carthalion has brought his army with him to the plains of Ephren to face off against the battlemage Ravidel, a powerful Planeswalker who arrives in a flying barge. Adam puts up a fight but is defeated by Ravidel, and with his dying words, he gives his spelltrove and his infant son Jared Carthalion, marked with the sigil of the new moon, to his spellsquire Ezer to take care of. He then casts an Inferno spell, obliterating Ravidel's barge and himself along with it. Ten days later, Ezer and Jared shelter in the forest of Krisylthas. As Ezer passes out drunk, they are attacked by two wolves, but the tree they are resting against is a treefolk, who defends the helpless infant, killing one of the wolves and chasing the other off. Three months later, Ezer and Jared arrive at the city-state of Arathoxia, at the delta of the Tenamis River, on the southwestern coast of Stonehaven. Ezer expects a warm welcome in the deceased lord Carthalion's castle but is rebuffed by the Scarlet Vizier, who calls him a liar and throws him and the infant into the street. The Planeswalker Liana, shapeshifted into the semblance of a child, witnesses this from a window of the palace.
Seven years later, Jared is being chased through the streets of Arathoxia by Yorgo and his pack of urchins for having stolen a pita bread. They catch him and beat him up, but he keeps the bread and returns it to the cramped hovel where he lives with Ezer. Meanwhile, Ravidel discovers their location through a scrying device recently found in Adam Carthalion's dungeon and sends an Aerathi Berserker to murder them. The berserker breaks into their hovel, but Jared quickly reads a scroll from his father's spelltrove and disintegrates the attacker, sending Ravidel reeling on the throne of his father's palace, as well as burning his hand. Ezer joyfully notes that Jared now has access to red magic, and names the child The Shadow Mage.
Volume 2: Desolate Angel
TBD
Volume 3: War Child
TBD
Volume 4: First Duel
TBD
Inserts
The first two issues include special printings of Magic cards.
- See also Media insert.
Covers
All cover artwork was created by Val Mayerik.
-
Volume 1: The Aster Fall
-
Volume 2: Desolate Angel
-
Volume 3: War Child
-
Volume 4: First Duel
