Soulless Dragonero: the mercenary past of a future hero

Soulless Dragonero

It is difficult for a comic character to be presented to us in his entire life. There is no shortage of examples of persistent continuity, as in the case of Judge Dredd, but it is rare that more moments in the life of the protagonist are presented within a comic book saga. We can have quick flashbacks or larger story arcs that reveal distant moments, but usually the focus of the narrative is the present. Yet, the past is often the true matrix of the intimacy of the characters, it is the forge in which our heroes are tempered, for better or for worse. It must have been this idea that prompted Luca Enoch and Stefano Vietti to give life to Dragonero Senzanima , the account of the mercenary past of Ian Aranill, the imperial scout protagonist of Bonelli's fantasy monthly Dragonero .