Scion (comics)

Scion is a Cross Gen comic series set on the world of Avalon, which superficially resembles a conventional fantasy setting, but with high tech instead of magic. The series follows Ethan, the youngest prince of the Heron dynasty, as he incurs the wrath of the Raven prince Bron and falls in love with Bron's sister Ashleigh, who recruits him to a movement to free the Lesser Races, genetically engineered slaves and servants in both countries.

The series has been re-collected in the following trade paperbacks:


 * Crisis of Conscience
 * Blood for Blood
 * Divided Loyalties
 * Sanctuary
 * The Far Kingdom
 * Royal Wedding

Scion provides examples of:

 * Action Girl: Ashleigh, Ylena.
 * Aerith and Bob: Artor, Kai, Ylena and Ethan; Bron, Kort, and...Ashleigh.
 * All-Encompassing Mantle
 * All of the Other Reindeer
 * Arranged Marriage: Between ..
 * Back From the Dead:
 * Badass Beard: Kai
 * Badass Family: The Herons.
 * Badass Long Hair: Kai
 * Badass Princess: Ashleigh (of the Ravens) and Ylena (of the Herons).
 * Bare Your Midriff: Ashleigh, Mai Shen.
 * The Baroness: Mai Shen
 * Beard of Evil: Bron grows one as the series goes on.
 * Big Damn Heroes
 * Big Damn Villains:.
 * Big "What?":.
 * Bounty Hunter: Exeter first appears as one.
 * Capulet Counterpart: Ashleigh is introduced as such. Then she recruits Ethan to her slave liberation underground, and the feuding countries thing gets a whole lot less important...to them. Ethan's family is very annoyed that he has largely abandoned their war in favor of his girlfriend's social crusade, and his brother Kai doesn't approve of Ethan's choice of girlfriend.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: Ethan, yellow. Bron, red. As usual for Cross Gen heroes and villains.
 * Combat by Champion
 * Conflicting Loyalty: Ethan's loyalty to his family and kingdom and his loyalty to Ashleigh's cause are not always fully compatable.
 * Cool Chair
 * Crashing Dreams: In the first issue.
 * Cursed with Awesome
 * Cycle of Revenge: The war between the Ravens and Herons is set off again by this.
 * Dangerous Twenty-First Birthday
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Even though she defected from her dynasty, Ashleigh still wears black leather outfits that are commonly associated with the Ravens.
 * is forced to wear such an outfit.
 * Dark Magical Girl: Mai Shen
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: In issue 36,.
 * Disney Death
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Bron seeks truly excessive revenge against Ethan for his scars.
 * Dragon Ascendant:.
 * Evil Is Petty: Bron. Prominent examples occur in issues 3 and 35.
 * Evil Is Sexy: Mai Shen.
 * The Evil Prince: Bron and Kort.
 * FallenPrince: Ethan
 * Fantastic Racism: The Lesser Races are not treated terribly well in Heron lands, but in the Raven lands they're outright enslaved.
 * Feuding Families: The royal families of the Herons and the Ravens.
 * "Friend or Idol?" Decision
 * A God Am I:
 * Go-Go Enslavement:.
 * Good Colors, Evil Colors: Cross Gen's usual. Gold is "good", red is "evil".
 * Good Is Not Nice: Even after his Heel Face Turn, is far less merciful than Ethan might like.
 * Green Lantern Ring: Ethan's sigil allows him to magically conjure an energy sword.
 * Hair of Gold: Ethan and his family have the coloring; he has the personality as well.
 * Happily Ever After:.
 * Heel Face Turn: goes from a fairly menacing minor villain to The Big Guy of the main group.
 * Hell-Bent for Leather: The Ravens. Goodness gracious, the Ravens.
 * And Mai Shen.
 * The Hero: Ethan
 * Heroes Want Redheads: From the moment redheaded Ashleigh comes into the story, it's obvious she will be Ethan's Love Interest.
 * Hot-Blooded: Bron
 * Hot Chick with a Sword: Ashleigh, Ylena.
 * Hot Mom: Heron queen Mariella,.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: in Blood for Blood.  in issue 36, courtesy of ., twice.
 * Killed Off for Real:.
 * King Incognito:.
 * Klingon Promotion:.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia:.
 * Lizard Folk: Some of the Lesser Races are rather reptilian, such as Skink.
 * Lower Deck Episode: One issue follows a Lower Races slave escaping from Raven lands . The main cast appears only on the last page.
 * The Man Behind the Man: Bron could easily have been the Big Bad of the series, and had his own motivations (however petty) for hating Ethan...but he was only such a great threat because.
 * The Mentor: Skink, for Ethan.
 * Non-Human Sidekick: Skink
 * Offhand Backhand:.
 * Old Retainer: Skink
 * Overlord, Jr.: Bron
 * Petting Zoo People: Some of the Lesser Races, although some of them seem to be anthromorphozed Mix-and-Match Critters instead.
 * Physical God:
 * Power Tattoo: As usual in Cross Gen, Ethan has one.
 * Retirony
 * Royal Brat: Bron
 * Save the Princess:.
 * Scars Are Forever: The scar Ethan accidentally gives Bron, starting off this whole mess. Normally, Heron/Raven technology can heal wounds perfectly with no scars; Ethan's Sigil-Bearer power allows him to inflict wounds that cannot be healed this way.
 * Servant Race: The Lesser Races. In Heron lands, they have some rights, although not equal to humans; in Raven lands, they're enslaved with very few exceptions.
 * Sexy Discretion Shot: in Divided Loyalties.
 * Skewed Priorities
 * Slashed Throat:.
 * Slave Liberation: The plot that ends up highjacking the "warring Herons and Ravens" one.
 * So Proud of You
 * Spirit Advisor: to Ethan in Blood for Blood.
 * Super Window Jump
 * Surrogate Soliloquy: Bron performs this with at the start of Divided Loyalties.
 * Teleporters and Transporters: Mai Shen.
 * This Is Sparta:
 * Touched by Vorlons: In Blood for Blood,.
 * Underwater Kiss: in Divided Loyalties.
 * White Sheep: Ashleigh, princess of the country where the Lesser Races are outright enslaved, devotes her life to freeing them. Her brothers paint her as a more straightforward Black Sheep,.
 * Wound That Will Not Heal: Ethan unintentionally gives one to Bron in the first issue.
 * Wrongly Accused: Ashleigh, by Bron.
 * White Sheep: Ashleigh, princess of the country where the Lesser Races are outright enslaved, devotes her life to freeing them. Her brothers paint her as a more straightforward Black Sheep,.
 * Wound That Will Not Heal: Ethan unintentionally gives one to Bron in the first issue.
 * Wrongly Accused: Ashleigh, by Bron.