- Script
- Mark Smylie
- Pencils
- Mark Smylie
- Inks
- Mark Smylie
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
inside front cover indicia/recap page
- Script
- Mark Smylie
- Pencils
- Mark Smylie
- Inks
- Mark Smylie
- Colors
- Mark Smylie
- Letters
- Mark Smylie (using Whizbang! font from Studio Daedalus)
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Sava; Pavel; Ferris; Umasza; Artesia; Harcas; Malcolm; Aspara; Mareesh; Omar; Stjepan; Mercer; Ustin; Moromir; Bela; Demetrius; Vaslav; Hymachus; Yerwin; Awain; Edrick; Akkalion; Agameen; Imbrus; Lord Mott; Urech; Ydiema; Demidice; Rogero; Borna; Sylus
- Synopsis
- Artesia's brother tells her that the Thessid-Golan empire has invaded the Middle Kingdoms, and fills her in on the rest of the international political situation.
- Reprints
story includes a map of Daradja and the Middle Kingdoms
- Script
- Mark Smylie
- Pencils
- Mark Smylie
- Inks
- Mark Smylie
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
profile on some of the historical rulers of the Known World; on inside back cover