Regicide #4 // Review
The stranger in the metal mask isn't revealingeverything he knows to the farmer. Nevertheless, the farmer has to follow him. And the stranger in the metal mask nose that the farmer has to follow him. The fates of the two men are more or less inextricably intertwined. But that doesn't mean he has to be happy about it. Not that he's particularly angry or anything like that. He just knows something about fate. That fate continues to play out in.Regicide #4. WriterPatrick Kindlon and artist Ludovic Lalliat continue deeply allegorical adventure, which continues to be quite appealing in its forth outing.
Worse than merely failing to divulge information, the stranger in the metal mask he is also lying to the farmer. This is information which comes up at a rather in opportune time for everybody involved. Nevertheless, the man in the middle mask may even decide to confess to being quite evil. However, the king they're looking to kill. Is that much worse and if the farmer is going to be able to do away with the wicked king, he's going to need some evil on his side in order to get through the front door of the castle.
Kindlon wraps up the first Platt Ark of the series with a while connected series of events that all build on each each other. The deeper themes being explored in the series come to the four in a really interesting way. One of the more clever aspects of the story is the fact that the farmer himself isn't really some chosen one destined for greatness or anything like that. He's a hero by virtue. The fact that he is just a farmer. And there's real strength and power in that as it plays out in the end of the first arc of the series. This isn't often shown in epic fantasy or anything like that. It's remarkably refreshing to see. A peasant given a powerful stature by virtue of the fact that he's a peasant in a story like this.
Lalliat has been tasked with showing a great deal of desolation over the course of the series thus far. Royalty has its own kind of desperation as seen in this issue. The artist never really has an opportunity to explore the nature of the world that is being explored in the series. So it has a tendency to feel at least a little desolate even and it's more triumphant moments. Epic fantasy has a tendency to be a little grandiose when. major comflict is resolved. Lalliat’s work with its heavy inks and oppressive darkness allow for a fire darker, kind of heroism then is normally found in fantasy literature.
The big reveal at the end of the issue launches the series into a whole new direction. It's hard to imagine exactly where the creative team might pick up a similar momentum to that found in the original series. There is a preview of that second volume of this series at the end of the issue. It'll be interesting to see where they take it.
