Fans of The Legend of Vox Machina, the record-breaking Prime Video animated series from Critical Role and Amazon Studios, won’t want to miss the third volume of the interconnected prequel stories! Written by Marieke Nijkamp, with art by Aviv Or, colors by Diana Sousa, and letters by Comicraft, all in collaboration with the cast of Critical Role, this original graphic novel shines light on the off-screen storylines of the show!How did Delilah Briarwood come to be known as a powerful necromancer?As a student at the Alabaster Lyceum, Delilah was a strategic and cunning mage with deadly ambitions. Her tactical elegance and cold confidence eventually led her to a position at the Soltryce Academy, which provided her a place to conduct her research as well as the opportunity to rub elbows with the rich and powerful of the Dwendalian Empire. With her unwavering focus, everything was going to plan…that is, until she met Sylas Briarwood.They quickly fell in love and were married, but the two's life of wedded bliss is tragically upended when Sylas falls ill, succumbing to his rare disease before Delilah can find a cure. Heartbroken and beyond desperate, Delilah turns to a powerful being that ultimately reunites her with her soulmate…with a few monstrous caveats.Though they can pretend that their life together is back to the way it once was, Delilah and Sylus must now walk down the path of no return. What obstacles will befall the Briarwoods as they attempt to resurrect the Whispered One?
Contributors: (W) Marieke Nijkamp (A) Aviv Or; Diana Sousa; Jimmy Betancourt; Richard Starkings
Marieke Nijkamp is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of novels, graphic novels, and comics, including This Is Where It Ends, Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin, At The End Of Everything, Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, The Oracle Code, and Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens.Aviv Or (she/her) is an illustrator and comic artist, living in London, UK, and definitely should be getting out more to enjoy that fact. She started drawing seriously around age 13, when she realized she could never become one of the X-Men herself, so drawing it would be the next best thing.Nowadays she works mainly in and around tabletop roleplaying games: creating artwork for books, designing characters for streams, and illustrating comics. She is also the co-creator of the webcomic Crystal Heart, about – you guessed it – roleplaying games.Her portfolio is at avivor.com, and she shares art, makes silly word games, and smashes the Like button on pictures of food and adorable animals as @avivor on Bluesky.Diana Sousa lives in Portugal, where she splits her time between all things comics and graphic design, writing, and all sorts of nerdy content.She’s the Eisner nominated colorist on the CRITICAL ROLE: VOX MACHINA ORIGINS on-going comics series, as well as the CRITICAL ROLE: THE MIGHTY NEIN ORIGINS: CALEB WIDOGAST, YASHA NYDOORIN, and FJORD STONE graphic novels from Dark Horse Comics. She colored issues 16 and 17 of CROWDED volume 3 from Image Comics. She also colored MALL GOTH, an upcoming graphic novel from Simon & Schuster. She freelances for Hunters Entertainment, and has done the layout for some of their TTRPG books.Diana can be bribed with books, tea, chocolate, comics, video and board games, Dungeons and Dragons shenanigans, dinosaurs, pirates, and yet more chocolate.