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Graphic Novel Fills In Gap Between Seasons For Netflix's Dragon Prince

Published Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:31:44 -0500

The Dragon Prince, is a Netflix original animated fantasy series produced by Wonderstorm and co-created by Avatar: The Last Air Bender's Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond. It is also getting a number of publishing spinoffs, including comic books, courtesy of Scholastic. And with 2020 being a gap year for the show before the fourth season in 2021, they have a gap they can fill.

So an original Dragon Prince graphic novel, written by Avatar: The Last Air Bender comic book artist Peter Wartman and drawn by 5 Worlds artist Xanthe Bouma, will follow in September. Set after season three and before season four, the comic is intended to be an important canonical entry in the story. So much so that viewers of season four may be at a slight loss if they haven't read it. A second graphic novel will then also be published set after season four in late 2021.

Scholastic will also have Aaron Ehasz writing a middle-grade novel, The Dragon Prince: Book 1: Moon, with his wife Melanie McGanney Ehasz. The first book is scheduled for June and based on the first season of the show, and will also have a second novel based on the season season, for Spring 2021.

Graphic Novel Fills In Gap Between Seasons For Netflix's Dragon Prince. Image from Amazon.

So what's the Dragon Prince all about?

The Dragon Prince is set in a fantasy world on the continent of Xadia which is rich in magic derived from six primal elements: the Sun, Moon, Stars, Earth, Sky, and Ocean. Centuries ago, the dragons, elves, and humans of Xadia lived in peace. However, the humans, being unable to utilize magic naturally, began to use dark magic, which is fueled by the life essence of magical creatures. As a consequence, they were driven away to the west, and the continent was split in two by a massive river of lava. 1,200 years later, the human king Harrow of Katolis and his advisor, the dark mage Viren, have killed the king of the dragons, and supposedly destroyed his heir's egg. In retaliation, elf assassins attempt to kill Harrow and his heir Ezran. Ezran, his half-brother Callum, and the assassin Rayla discover that the egg was not destroyed; they undertake to return the egg to Xadia to prevent war between humans and elves. Viren seizes power after Harrow's assassination and sends his children, the mage Claudia and the soldier Soren, to kill the princes and recover the egg. At the end of the first season, the egg hatches into the Dragon Prince, Zym. All three seasons are available to stream on Netflix right now.

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