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Dark Road | |
English Title | Vampire Hunter D: Dark Road Part 1/2/3 |
Original title | Vampire Hunter 11: D — Dark Road Part 1/2/3 |
Japanese | 吸血鬼ハンター11 D―ダーク・ロード1/2/3 (Banpaia Hantā 11: D — Dāku Rōdo 1/2/3) |
Author | Hideyuki Kikuchi |
Illustrator | Yoshitaka Amano |
Translator | Kevin Leahy |
English Publication Data | |
Parts One and Two | |
Publication date | May 19, 2010 |
Published by | DH Press, DMP Books |
Pages | 295 |
ISBN | ISBN 1-59582-440-5 |
Parts Three | |
Publication date | August 4, 2010 |
Published by | DH Press, DMP Books |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN | ISBN 1-59582-500-2 |
Japanese Publication Data | |
Part One | |
Publication date | September 30, 1999 January 7, 2008 |
Published by | Asahi Sonorama |
ISBN | ISBN 4-257-76862-2 ISBN 978-4-02-265516-5 |
Part Two | |
Publication date | June 10, 1999 January 7, 2008 |
Published by | Asahi Sonorama |
ISBN | ISBN 4-257-76877-0 ISBN 978-4-02-265517-2 |
Part Three | |
Publication date | September 30, 1999 January 7, 2008 |
Published by | Asahi Sonorama |
ISBN | ISBN 4-257-76883-5 ISBN 978-4-022-65518-9 |
Publication Order | |
English | Volume 14-15 (Parts One and Two) |
Japanese | Vampire Hunter 11 |
Preceded by Twin-Shadowed Knight |
Followed by Tyrant's Stars |
Dark Road is the eleventh book in the Vampire Hunter series.
Plot Summary
D has crossed over the southern border, into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty, General Gaskell. On the way, he picks up a "victim" -- one of few survivors in the villages-and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way, he is attacked by the Drowned, and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell -- who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun -- is still very much alive. But why?
Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail -- or perish.
(Summary taken from Dark Horse Comics)
Main Characters
Antagonists
Other Characters
- Village of Victims
- Grays Hunters
- Madame Laurencin
- Frontier Commerce and Industry Guild
- Frontier Medical Corps
- Adolka priest
- Yutta Camus (mayor of village of Krakow)
- Wald (resident of the village of Krakow)
- Ann (10-year olf girl from the village of Hardue)
- Mrs. Judd (resident of the village of victims)
- Mrs. Laroque (resident of the village of victims)
- Schuma's Uncle
- Domitius Browning (author of the multivolume series, lore of the nobility)
Beastiary
- Submarine attackers that make use of the dead (General Gaskell creates an undead creature out of a young drowning victim that can create little whirlpools)
- Döppelganger
- Wind Devils
- Land Siren
- Living Dead
- Joffo Dragon
- Flesh-eating rats
- Gaseous carnivore
- Leech Grass
- Messenger Pigeons
- Winged Psychopomp
- Reconnaissance Bugs
- Space Eater
- Cow-pigs
- Three headed chickens
- Giant hares
Technology
- Steam-powered vehicle
- Transfusion device
- Alien Fighter Craft
Locations
- Southern Frontier Sector
- Castle Gaskell
- Accursed Repository (a repository built by General Gaskell to mark his victories in the "G Revolt" over the capital)
- Valley of the victims (region)
- Efferis (region)
- Cactus (village)
- Hardue (village)
- Krakow (village)
- Krakov (village)
- Jalha (village)
- Valhalla (village)
- Donellico (village)
- Village of victims (village)
- Yarai (a chain of general stores)
Adaptations
Cover Gallery
Trivia
Trivia pertaining to this volume.