Written by François Marcela-Froideval, the Black Moon Chronicles is an epic story offset by liberal doses of irreverent humour and the use of colloquial modern French over the archaic language usually found in such stories. The series first episode was published in the late 80s. Following its long-lasting success in France, spin-off series were created to give more details on the background of some key characters. Episode 5 was the last volume drawn by Olivier Ledroit, who was replaced by Cyril Pontet for the rest of the series. Ledroit was still kept on drawing the remaining album covers. The 14th and final album of the series was released on 21 November 2008.
Key characters
Wismerhill - The main character, half-dark elven, with an unknown past and an extraordinary destiny. Formerly a nameless elf, his name was given to him by Pile-ou-Face when he combined the two words of the place he originally came from.
Haazel Thorn / The Black Moon - An archmage, claiming to be a god, who extends his power through his own religion. Plots to destroy the Empire of Hagendorf. Son of Lucifer.
Hagendorf - The current Emperor of Lyhnn, warned by The Oracle about the coming of the "Metal Hound" who will overthrow him.
Frater Sinister - Corrupt and treacherous leader of the Order of Light. Also plots to overthrow the Emperor.
Prince Parsifal - Commander of the Knights of Justice, devoted to God, allied to the Empire.
Methraton - The Ultimate Mage, enemy of the gods and ally of Wismerhill. Subject of its own spin-off series, Methraton.
Associates of Wismerhill :
Hellaynnea - A female demon, who becomes Wismerhill's new lover and eventually his first wife.
Gorghor Bey - A gigantic half-ogre, an impressive mass of muscle and brutality.
Pile-ou-Face - An elven warrior with two magical, intelligent swords.
Murata - A samurai.
Shamballeau - A mage.
Pepette - A girl, only person who can control Goum.
Goum - Pepette's enchanted brother.
Feidreiva or Fey - A female-elf archer, 1st love of Wismerhill.
The saga is also the subject of a miniature game and a RTS videogame both of the same name. A massive online role playing game, Black Moon Chronicles - Winds of War, was cancelled before finishing production. The Beta game testingclient is available for free on Fileplanet. In January 2007 the Company AmalGame-Online Inc. restarted developing on Black Moon Chronicles - Winds of War. The open beta started at the end of February 2008. The game was officially launched on May 14, 2008. In March 2012 Amando Blasco from Bruma Studios acquired "BlackMoon Chronicles - Winds of War" from Amalgame-Online, restarting the development of the game and opening a public beta server.
