Mice Templar

For the young mouse Karic, the Mice Templar are merely an exciting legend. They were real, though, and a vicious civil war left them scattered and all mouse culture in the grip of brutal rat masters. When Karic's family is enslaved, he realizes their only hope of freedom lies in his paws?if he can only find the courage and strength to become one of the legendary Templar himself.

RESTORATION. For the first time in a generation the Templar restore themselves under Karic's leadership, yet distrust remains behind every blade. Bitter politics leads to new enemies, new friends, and unexpected alliances. Karic has one chance for unifi cation, but his doubts threaten to undo his noble intent and bring doom upon them all.

RESTORATION. For the first time in a generation the Templar restore themselves under KaricÕs leadership, yet distrust remains behind every blade. Bitter politics leads to new enemies, new friends, and unexpected alliances. Karic has one chance for unifi cation, but his doubts threaten to undo his noble intent and bring doom upon them all.

"NIGHT'S END" On the last night of the world as it was, the restored Order of the Templar marches against the fortress stronghold of mad King Icarus. Yet as they lay siege without the guidance of Karic, the heroic young mouse that overcame their generations of prejudice and division, will everything they fight for prove lost to the horrors that arrive with the coming dawn? One Night! One glorious, terrifying battle! Where every Legend Dream, Destiny, and Prophecy will collide for the fate of the world they know! The grand finale of a 10-year creator-owned vision! Featuring a foreword by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS!

"A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM" Karic was the prophesied "Chosen One," yet now all the Dark Lands will suffer for his audacious actions against King Icarus and the snake god of the druids. Winter has come to the Shadow Time. The Druid High Priest claims the vacant throne and unleashes a wave of tyranny. Civil war looms between rats and weasels. The legend of "Karic Lives" sparks open rebellion. While the hero Karic lies in a feverish coma, unable to wake: yet his dreams are a portal to the Outer Darkness, where the accursed evil of Donas the Nathair lays claim to Karic's very soul. The two-time Harvey Award-winning collection continues, from the acclaimed writer of THOR: FIRST THUNDER and the co-creator of POWERS and THE VICTORIES!

'LEGACY' The world has changed--yet for good or ill remains to be seen. For those mourning the deepest losses, the cost of transition has come at too steep a price. Faced with wounds that might never heal, the denizens of the Shadow Time must come to terms with the small part they serve in a far larger drama. And Wotan demands one final sacrifice! The grand finale of an 8-year creator-owned vision!

"KARIC THE MANY" Possessed by the Red Ant god, Karic's long-prophesied doom becomes reality as the would-be savior of the mice becomes an instrument of vengeance for the great demon lord Donas the Nathair! On the very brink of restoration, the Templar find themselves trapped between the insatiable hunger of The Many...and the unstoppable insect Guardians of the Dusk and Dawn! PLUSÉHAMMER OF THE GODS returns to Image Comics in a three-part story: "HANDS OF THE DWARF" by MICHAEL AVON OEMING and MARK WHEATLEY. The mythical Rattatosk the squirrel that lives in the World Tree provokes a war, and uses the cursed Modi to do it!

ñLIKE A TORCH TO THE KINDLINGî Pilot the Tall invokes Death Magic to discover the truth behind KaricÍs destiny and what he discovers promises doom to all who follow the noble young mouse. Meanwhile, Karic and Cassius return to the Field of Ruin„ Avalon, where the Templar fell„and must prove their loyalty to the assembled remnant, as well as their identity to ravenous cats seeking his legend.