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| Sojourn | |
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Cover to Sojourn #1
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Crossgen Comics Inc. |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | August 2001 – May 2004 |
| No. of issues | 35 |
| Main character(s) | Arwyn, Gareth, Kreeg, Cassidy, Mordath, Bohr, Gustavus, Neven, Ayden, Shiara |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Mark Alessi, Gina M. Villa |
| Written by | Ron Marz, Ian Edginton |
| Penciller(s) | Greg Land |
Sojourn is a fantasy comic book series published by CrossGen. The series follows the adventures of the archer Arwyn and her companions as they battle undead dictator Mordath. Unlike other CrossGen comics, Sojourn does not center on a Sigil-Bearer, but instead depicts a villainous Sigil-Bearer whom the heroes are tasked with defeating. It ran for 35 issues from 2001 to 2004 until it was forced to end by the bankruptcy of CrossGen.[1] For a time, this series was Crossgen's highest grossing comic.
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.
Sojourn had 4 trade paperbacks (TPBs) released by Crossgen before their bankruptcy, with 2 more released later by Checker Books:
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.
