Sojourn (comics)

The comic takes place in the world of Quin, which comprises five lands inhabited by different races. The lands were ruled by the human dictator Mordath, who conquered Quin with an army of trolls, until he was killed in battle with the mysterious Ayden. After Mordath's death, Ayden fragmented the arrow used to kill him into five shards for each land, pledging to return in a time of peril if the shards are united.

Peril returns to Quin 300 years later when Mordath is resurrected, allowing him to again conquer the five lands with his troll army. When archer Arwyn loses her husband and daughter to Mordath's army, she goes on a quest to unite the five arrow shards in order to defeat the undead dictator. Among other allies, she is accompanied by one-eyed archer Gareth and the thief Cassidy in her travels through the five lands.

Due to the series' cancellation, the comic ends on an unresolved cliffhanger.

• Humans – Have a distinctly European look in Middelyn, and a Middle-Eastern look in Oudubai. Distinct Medieval and Arab cultures depending on area. Most concentrated in Middelyn, and Oudubai.
• Trolls – Most have greenish skin, glowing green eyes and some form of horns sprouting from their foreheads. Long lived. Barbarian-like culture. Most concentrated in Grinbor.
• Ankharans – Distinct African look but with bird-like wings. Egyptian-like culture.
• Iskani or Snow Trolls – Relatives of the Trolls. Long Lived. Nordic-like Culture. Most concentrated in Skarnhime. Have some form of tusks sprouting from their chins.
• Urnethi – Underground dwellers. Insect-like. Most concentrated in Oudubai.
• Dragons – Most concentrated in Middelyn and Islands in the oceans of Quin.
• Carvers of the Glade – Small green creatures. Most concentrated in the Glade of Heroes.

Sojourn had 4 trade paperbacks (TPBs) released by Crossgen before their bankruptcy, with 2 more released later by Checker Books.

• TPB #1 "From The Ashes" – Collects issues #0–6
• TPB #2 "The Dragon's Tale" – Collects issues #7–12
• TPB #3 "The Warrior's Tale" – Collects issues #13–18
• TPB #4 "The Thief's Tale" – Collects issues #19–24
• TPB #5 "The Sorcerer's Tale" – Collects issues #25–30 (ISBN 1-933160-44-6) released by Checker Books in February 2007 [2]
• TPB #6 "The Berserker's Tale" – Collects issues #31–34 released by Checker Books in October 2007

There was also one collected edition not included above because it was merely a reprint of the Prequel and issue 1 put into one comic.

• Ron Marz- The Writer for the Prequel issue and issues 1 through 24.
• Greg Land- The Penciler for the Prequel issue and most of the issues between 1 and 33.
• Ian Edginton- The Writer for issues 25 through 34.
• Sergio Cariello- The Penciler who took over for Greg Land starting in issue 34, the issue that became the final one.
• Chuck Dixon- The co-writer for issue 34, he was responsible for writing the cliffhanger ending.
• Stuart Immonen- Guest Penciler for issue 7.
• June Brigman- Guest Penciler for issue 12.
• Aaron Lopresti- Guest Penciler for issue 17.
• Luke Ross- Guest Penciler for issue 21. He would team up with Ron Marz again for the Darkhorse Comic Samurai: Heaven and Earth.
• Lewis LaRosa- Guest Penciler for pages 1–9, and 21–22 of issue 26.
• Tom Derenick- Guest Penciler for pages 10–20 of issue 26.
• Cliff Richards- Guest Penciler for issue 30.
• Greg Land did covers for all issues penciled by himself. The other covers were done by their respective pencilers except for issues 30 and 34 which were done by Land.

• Sojourn – issue 18 page samples
• Sojourn 35 cover, never published
• large Sojourn fan site
• ‘brief histories’ of Arwyn, Gareth and Mordath
• Sojourn character information and issues 1–12 synopsis