Le Vent des dragons

Chroniques de la Lune Noire #2

by François Froideval, Olivier Ledroit (Illustrator/Colorist)

Seuls rescapés de la sanglante bataille de Kendhrir, Wismerhill, Pile-ou-face et Fey s'engagent sur le noir chemin pavé d'embûches qui les conduira à l'Oracle...

Autour d'eux s'agitent des forces néfastes et maléfiques en une terrible lutte pour le pouvoir absolu : Frater Sinister et ses impitoyables chevaliers de la lumière, l'Archimage Haazhel Thorn et le démon urmarcht, l'Empereur de Lhynn et ses sbires omniprésents...

Sur cet échiquier gigantesque, Wismerhill et ses compagnons, tels des pions imprévisibles, s'aventurent là où souffle le vent des dragons ...

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Adventure, Dark Fantasy, France

44 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

François Marcela-Froideval is a French role-playing game, videogame and comic scenarist, best known for the Black Moon Chronicles series of fantasy comic books.

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Truthfully, I don't usually like this sort of stories that are pretty blatantly just illustrations of someone's roleplaying game - but this particular tale holds up largely thanks to the strength of its illustrations and some great landscapes and cityscapes. The French never disappoint in that regard. Another half-star for some more of that stuff, and better, than in the previous volume.

Also a couple good fights - the dragon battle was a particular highlight for me - although the plot as a whole continues to elude me and the characters aren't yet all too fleshed-out or interesting. But I'll keep on going, we'll see how it ends up.

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es lo mismo que el anterior, un viaje sin amenazas, solo simples obstáculos. Incluso lo que vendieron como un gran encuentro, terminó siendo un combate de tres paneles. Voy a seguir leyendo porque el diseño es muy vistoso y los cambios repentinos me llaman la atención.

Lo que me gustaría ver es más desarrollo de personaje. Esto parece más un resumen de una historia mucho más larga.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zenda Second Edition = D.L. February 1993 = Second Printing

When I saw the lot of the first three, their covers led me to believe that I would be getting something with a horror feel to it that would have some edge but there's just something nerdy about it -maybe "campy" is the word that others might use for the heavy-handedness of character and situation presentation- which took away any sort of scary->tension feeling that a series such as this is seemingly meant to exude. I never felt any fear for the life of anyone and I certainly didn't find anything appropriately intimidating.

I liked how a guy named Arkadi referred to the series as "popcorn stuff" (even though he meant that as a compliment). I'd even go so far as to say that it's draped with the "States-capes-and-tights-feel" which, like in our treatments, even makes Froideval's liberally->inserted eroticism hang flaccid.

The color, especially its reproduction to page, is below my standards for passable- the tones are over-bearing and contrast drastically in their "splotchy" administration with especially inconsistent skin color but worst-of-all, the black is constantly flat-matted within the regular-glossiness which is very distracting to the overall experience.

[Rockito · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far this series is objetively bad, the writing is one of the most self-indulgent and "tabletop-ish" I have ever read. The way it's written is like the author feels he's writing this really griping dark-fantasy story full of great intrigue, but then it's also pretty fun in how unaware it is. The art takes a huge step forward in this book, it's pretty serviceable, the spreads are delightful and all the character and armor designs are superb.

I would recommend this to really hardcore pen and paper or MMO-RPG players, but I would no recommend going for a physical edition.

[Gerard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one remember me kings of the wyld by Nicholas Eames.. A band of nuts in search of adventures.

[Ky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still have the same opinions as the first volume. Fantastic artwork and vivid world with fun designs. So-so story.

[Couet13 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Les dés sont jetés. Notre héros malgré lui perçoit qu'il aura un destin à part.
Aidés de ses compagnons, il avance vers l'Oracle, seule entité qui pourrait l'éclairer. Mais avant d'y parvenir, ils doivent affronter les sbires de tout horizon : ceux de Frater Sinister et ses chevaliers de la lumière, ceux de l'Empereur Lhynn ou encore ceux du démon Urmarcht. Bref le chemin est semé d'embûches.
Au vu du final, le tome suivant parait prometteur.

[Feirodenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

La suite de l'aventure donne l'occasion de nous plonger dans cet univers grâce de de grands panoramas de paysages ou de scènes toutes plus belles les unes que les autres. La troupe d'aventuriers passe d'un obstacle à un autre, d'une péripétie à une autre qui offre son lot de personnages singuliers et de rebondissements.

[Renaud Germain · Rating 3 out of 5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpO4t...
(Bande-annonce pour la série)

[Joe Deangelo · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Kinda cool but still a bit disappointing. The plot is kind of a mess and the art is inconsistent. Overall it is somewhat interesting though.