Manga: World of Warcraft: Death Knight
Story by: Dan Jolley
Art by: Rocio Zucchi
Publisher: Tokyopop
Age rating: T (Teen age 13+)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
May include: Mild violence & mild gore
Release date: December 2009

World of Warcraft: Death Knight is the story of a Lordaeron soldier, Thassarian, whose main goal has always been to honor his dead father’s memory.  However, no matter how dedicated he was, his superiors never thought he’d end up being anything BUT a regular soldier since he never showed much initiative and only seemed good at following orders.

One day his company is assigned to help Prince Arthas’ army fight against the Scourge… and that’s when all of his troubles start.

Thassarian in WoW

In this manga, you get to understand a bit better what happened to Prince Arthas after he loses his mind and sides with the Lich King.  You also learn how some of his men become Death Knights and how a few escape the Lich King’s control. But the story focuses mainly on who Thassarian is, where he came from and how he became the first death knight to ever rejoin the Alliance after being under the control of the Lich King. 

Some of you might actually have met Thassarian before.  He can be found in the World of Warcraft MMO and you are invited to help him fight the Lich King in a few quests.

Since the announcement of its release back in September, I’ve been very eager to read this manga.  I’ve always been a huge fan of the Warcraft lore which is why I wasn’t going to miss it.

As I expected, I was not disappointed. 

The artwork was beautiful despite being very gory and violent at times and the story was very well written. I have to admit, I read the whole thing so fast, I wish they had written more about what happen to Thassarian after he broke free from the Lich King.  

Hopefully they plan on writing more about this very courageous Death Knight in the future.