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Elfquest #12
Ascent
The Palace of the High Ones has been destroyed.
Of the legendary star-faring vessel of the original elves all that remain are countless crystal shards - fragments now bound up within the Citadel of the rapacious human warlord Grohmul Djun. At the Djun's side stands Winnowill, with dark schemes of her own. And hidden deep within the labyrinthine corridors of the Citadel mad Two-Edge watches all, and waits.
For the Wolfriders there is no choice. The Palace must be recovered and resurrected. Death bars their way into the heart of the human city - and their only hope may take the shape of a lone human girl...
Of the legendary star-faring vessel of the original elves all that remain are countless crystal shards - fragments now bound up within the Citadel of the rapacious human warlord Grohmul Djun. At the Djun's side stands Winnowill, with dark schemes of her own. And hidden deep within the labyrinthine corridors of the Citadel mad Two-Edge watches all, and waits.
For the Wolfriders there is no choice. The Palace must be recovered and resurrected. Death bars their way into the heart of the human city - and their only hope may take the shape of a lone human girl...
208 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1999
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About the author
Wendy Pini
615 books395 followersWendy Pini is one-half of a husband and wife team with Richard Pini that created, most notably, the Elfquest series.
Wendy was born in California and adopted into the Fletcher Family in Santa Clara County. Early on, she developed as an artist and was the illustrator of her high school year book. She submitted samples of her artwork to Marvel Comics at 17 that were rejected.
Pini attended Pitzer College and received her B.A. in the Arts and joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.
In 1972, she married Richard Pini and began illustrating science fiction magazines, including Galaxy, Galileo, and Worlds of If. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award.
Wendy has illustrated other works, including Jonny Quest in 1986, Law and Chaos in 1987, and in 1989, two graphic novels of Beauty and the Beast. Recently in 2007, she completed a graphic novel entitled The Masque of Red Death.
Wendy has received several awards over the last four decades, including the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, the Balrog Award for Best Artist, and was inducted into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy and her husband currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Wendy was born in California and adopted into the Fletcher Family in Santa Clara County. Early on, she developed as an artist and was the illustrator of her high school year book. She submitted samples of her artwork to Marvel Comics at 17 that were rejected.
Pini attended Pitzer College and received her B.A. in the Arts and joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.
In 1972, she married Richard Pini and began illustrating science fiction magazines, including Galaxy, Galileo, and Worlds of If. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award.
Wendy has illustrated other works, including Jonny Quest in 1986, Law and Chaos in 1987, and in 1989, two graphic novels of Beauty and the Beast. Recently in 2007, she completed a graphic novel entitled The Masque of Red Death.
Wendy has received several awards over the last four decades, including the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, the Balrog Award for Best Artist, and was inducted into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy and her husband currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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April 2, 2021
The war to save the palace continues.
November 3, 2016
Too many humans. Blah.
December 4, 2012
There are some things I like in this one. Flam, Drub, and Mender. Shuna leading the rebels. Brandon McKinney's improving pencils. But on the whole it's a very conventional "seize the castle" plot, without the wonderful subtexts woven through ElfQuest's previous big "seize the castle" story in the original quest (the mixed meanings of the castle, Two Edge's intentions, Leetah's hubris, etc). The fact that Two Edge reprises his earlier role is disappointing. He's been through so much, and yet the only novelty we're offered is his ability to develop an adolescent crush. He seems to be single-handedly fomenting an industrial revolution. Can't we go somewhere with that?! Winnowill is an equally dull, static Big Bad. Also not a fan of the Peace Hounds. Unbeatable monsters always feel a bit gimmicky (they always remind me of the Neo Warriors in Exosquad). They make the the plot seem more like an obstacle course than a story.
Anyway, not my favorite EQ volume.
Anyway, not my favorite EQ volume.
November 26, 2016
Part of my great ElfQuest reread! I never read this quest back when I did my first reading of ElfQuest. My only complaint with this series is the separation of Skywise from Cutter. Theirs is a love story I never want to see end.
December 7, 2013
Really, the best parts were with the Troll siblings. I preferred the Howling Rock half of the story in Hidden Years. This is…not good.
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