By Régis Loisel
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The international of Akbar is at risk: Ramor, the cursed god, is ready to be liberated. The sorceress Mara has came upon the way to hinder the god's resurrection and to bind him back to his criminal, a conch. To be successful throughout the incantation despite the fact that, she wishes the mythical Time-Bird, a legendary beast capable of keep watch over the circulate of time. She sends her daughter, Pelisse (Roxanna within the English translation) to a previous lover, Bragon, as soon as a fearsome warrior, now a gray-haired lord of the manor, to persuade the getting older hero to embark on one final experience to be able to shop the area of Akbar.
Themes of the comics comprise imaginary fauna and flowers and nostalgia, as getting older heroes care for their fading glory, new heroes take their position and villains settle for their prior and be able to locate peace. A melancholic temper permeates the entire tale.
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