''Scion'' was an American comic book published by

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Entertainment from July

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to April

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. It was cancelled due to the bankruptcy of Crossgen Comics Inc. in 2004.

Plot synopsis

The story of ''Scion'' mainly concerns Ethan, youngest prince of the Heron Dynasty. He is accompanied by Skink, a member of the Lower Races and his best friend. While the Heron and Raven Dynasties have been at war for hundreds of years, there exists at the beginning of the tale a relative peace between the two Kingdoms, but this peace doesn't last. Ethan is later joined by Ashleigh, the princess of the Raven dynasty, and a bounty hunter named Exeter, who is a genetically modified humanoid. The main antagonist is Prince Bron of the Raven Dynasty, the older brother of Ashleigh. Bron is determined to kill Ethan and Ashleigh. The group experience many events, most notably a war between the Heron and Raven kingdoms, the establishment of a free nation for the lower races and an invasion by an army of mechanical robots. Skink is secretly an agent of greater powers, being a fragment of

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. Bron's advisor Mai Shen is really a member of

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. The final issue ends with Ethan and his father caught in a nuclear explosion. An added short narrative scene, taking place hundreds of years in the future, assures readers that Ethan does escape the blast.

Characters

*Ethan - one of the five original sigil-bearing characters introduced by way of CrossGen's first four flagship titles ''( Mystic'', ''

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'', ''Scion'', and ''

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''). He is the youngest son of King Dane and Queen Mariella, the ruling monarchs of the Heron Dynasty, a nation inherent to a continent placed in what is considered the western portion of the planet Avalon. He has two older brothers, Artor and Kai, and an older sister, Ylena. *Bron - Crown Prince of the Raven Dynasty, a ruthless and brutal man who suffers a bad facial

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during a ritual combat with Prince Ethan of the Heron Dynasty. Bron is a very dangerous fighter and a ruthless monster of a man. *Ashleigh - a Princess of the Raven Dynasty and a sister to Bron. *Bernd Rechts - a mysterious stranger who offers his services as a military advisor to the Heron Dynasty. Secretly one of the self-styled gods known as

, he is sent to monitor Prince Ethan, the Sigil-Bearer. He appears as a quiet, sober man. *Nadia is the traveler from the kingdom of Tigris.

Comics and books

''Scion ''ran for 43 issues (from July 2000 till April 2004). CrossGen also published four trade paperback books collecting the first half of the series. A fifth and sixth volume were announced but never released due to CrossGen's bankruptcy.

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subsequently announced to release volumes five and six after licensing the rights to a number of CrossGen titles from

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. They only ended up releasing Volume Six, while Volume Five: The Far Kingdom remains unpublished. 2000 comics debuts CrossGen titles {{Marvel-comics-stub