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At last, the force behind BOOK OF DEATH can be revealed…
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Today at io9, Valiant revealed a major revelation at the heart of the upcoming book OF death event – coming this summertime from new York Times very popular writer Robert Venditti with art by Robert Gill as well as Doug Braithwaite – as well as exposed the return of one of Valiant’s most iconic villains, Master Darque, in the pages of September’s book OF death #3 (of 4)!
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Beginning in book OF death #1 (of 4) on July 15th, Valiant’s cataclysmic, four-issue event collides the next thousand years of history with the most powerful heroes of today! X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is exactly how they lived. This is exactly how they died. now we know. The book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. however only a young woman – the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the earth understood as Geomancers – has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior – a soldier battle-forged across five thousand years of battle – the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world.
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Now, for the extremely very first time, the force behind the terrible future chronicled in the book of the Geomancer will reveal itself as an unforeseen as well as untold player…Master Darque…emerges to make his quote for manage of the Earth’s newest Geomancer! however does the reappearance of history’s most powerful necromancer mean an apocalyptic future has been avoided…or guaranteed? As the heroes of the Valiant world autumn as well as nature itself turns on humanity, all that stands between the devastated world as well as ultimate evil is the Earth’s Fist as well as Steel himself…Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior!
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“I can tell you that Darque has been waiting a extremely long time for this opportunity,” writer Robert Venditti told io9. “He has discovered a method to gain access to the power of the Geomancer, though only in a restricted way, which is absolutely something that he’d like to change. Enter the Eternal Warrior as well as the new Geomancer, Tama – both of whom have dedicated themselves to the fight, even if they don’t rather understand who precisely they’re fighting against.”
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Master Darque is the Valiant Universe’s most powerful necromancer – a sorcerer with an absolute as well as bitterly destructive program against life itself. born Nicodemo Darque on a Louisana plantation in 1812 together with his twin sibling Sandria, Darque spent the subsequent decades seeking wonderful understanding in realms beyond our own in a perverse attempt to both indefinitely prolong his own life as well as master the dark arts. often opposed by the hero understood as Shadowman throughout the ages, Darque was last seen trapped in the spirit realm understood as Deadside…but will return to the world of mortal guy on July 15th in book OF death #1 (of 4) as he turns nature against humanity as well as difficulties the Eternal Warrior for manage of the Geomancer!
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“Master Darque is one of Valiant’s most iconic characters, let alone villains, as well as this is the very first time that we will see him unleashed in full on the heroes of the Valiant Universe,” stated Valiant CEO & chief innovative policeman Dinesh Shamdasani. “Tama comes from a future where Darque has already succeeded as well as she understands the darkness that awaits humanity firsthand. however the revelation of Darque as the inciting force behind book OF death is only the very first of many tricks that have yet to be exposed in this series… The very first appearances of major new characters, defining moments for some of our most prominent heroes, as well as glimpses of the future that’s coming… This is a series that visitors will be returning to for many years to come.”
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This September, the autumn of the Valiant world continues…and Master Darque makes his quote for victory, only in book OF death #3 (of 4) – featuring covers by Cary Nord (X-O MANOWAR), Clayton Crain (RAI), Stephen Segovia (Convergence), Pere Perez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG), as well as Paolo Rivera (THE VALIANT)!
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