History ComicBook / Arawn

* DivineConflict: The demon created from the Cauldron of Blood eventually devours so many souls that its powers are on equal footing with the gods. Then he kills and and absorbs the goddess of war, which angers the rest of the divine pantheon to join their forces and fight him. They are on the losing end until [[spoiler:Owen destroys the Cauldron itself.]]

* MaritalRapeLicense: Subverted when Deirdre becomes Arawn's wife by right of conquest after he murdered her husband and took over his kingdom. Naturally she despises him and pushes away when he tries making a move. Arawn rips her dress and attempts to force himself on her, but he refrains from doing so as he prefers that she gave her consent. She eventually does after despising him for a few weeks.

* MaritalRapeLicense: Subverted when Deirdre becomes Arawn's wife by right of conquest after he murdered her husband. Naturally she despises him and pushes away when he tries making a move. Arawn rips her dress and attempts to force himself on her, but he refrains from doing so as he prefers that she gave her consent. She eventually does after despising him for a few weeks.

* MaritalRapeLicense: Subverted when Deirdre becomes Arawn's wife by right of conquest after he murdered her husband. Naturally she despises him and pushes away when he tries making a move. Arawn rips her dress and attempts to force himself on her, but he refrains from doing so as he prefers that she gave her consent.

* KillTheGod: [[spoiler:A resurrected Arawn managed to kill Morrigan, the Celtic Goddess of War and stole her godly power.]]

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: The comic is a deconstruction of the EvilOverlord. Arawn, sitting atop his skull-adorned throne in ScaryImpracticalArmor, introduces himself as the immortal demon god of death, lives in an EvilTowerOfOminousness in a [[{{Mordor}} burning wasteland]], and rules over an army of hellspawn monsters and undead warriors who mindlessly obey his every word. However, he WasOnceAMan, and relates his long and sad life story of what it took for him to become such a figure of pure evil. The answer involves [[YouCantFightFate irrevocable prophecies]], [[ArtifactOfDoom evil artifacts]], [[DivineConflict divine intervention]], and [[CainAndAbel decades of warfare between him and his three warrior brothers]]. Also, despite his immense power, he never got what he truly wanted, since even with his mastery over life and death he [[CameBackWrong cannot truly bring back the woman he once loved]].

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: The comic is a deconstruction of the EvilOverlord. Arawn, sitting atop his skull-adorned throne in ScaryImpracticalArmor, introduces himself as the immortal demon god of death, lives in an EvilTowerOfOminousness in a [[{{Mordor}} burning wasteland]], and rules over an army of hellspawn monsters and undead warriors who mindlessly obey his every word. However, he WasOnceAMan, and relates his long and sad life story of what it took for him to become such a figure of pure evil. The answer involves [[YouCantFightFate irrevocable prophecies]], [[ArtifactOfDoom evil artifacts]], [[DivineConflict divine intervention]], and [[CainAndAbel decades of warfare between him and his three warrior brothers]]. Also, despite his immense power, he never got what he truly wanted, since even with his power over life and death he cannot bring back the woman he once loved.

* ParentalFavoritism: It's clear that Siahm prefers her legitimate children with her deceased husband Dag over the bastard children born from Bran's rape.

* ParentalFavoritism: It's clear that Siahm prefer her legitimate children with her deceased husband Dag than the bastard children born from Bran's rape.

* ShoutOut: Arawn's collection of enemy skulls seems to include a Franchise/{{Predator}}.

The [[ChildByRape unwanted son]] of an {{a|ctionGirl}}mazon named Siahm, [[BadassFamily he and his half-brothers were trained as a warriors]] and each one of them acquired magic artifacts, with Arawn gaining a Cauldron of Blood, [[ArtifactOfDoom an unholy relic with unspeakable powers]] and has a mind of its own. With each of Siahm's sons parting ways and gaining their own kingdoms, Arawn's older brother Math turns into a ruthless tyrant who utterly destroys all those that stand in his way and also desires Arawn's cauldron for himself. Things go FromBadToWorse when Math [[IHaveYourWife kidnaps Arawn's wife Deidre (who is also pregnant with his child) and holds her hostage until his brother surrenders his cauldron in exchange for her return]]. An [[CainAndAbel all-out war between siblings erupts]], which ends up causing everyone whom Arawn knew turning against him because of a prophecy his mother had about all of her children dying and one of them (believed to be Arawn) turning evil. So naturally, Arawn decides that [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he might as well be the monster everyone think he is and make the prophecy come true]]...

* BeatStillMyHeart: Arawn has removed his own heart after Deidre's death. He keeps it in a platform where [[{{Squick}} it bleeds forever without stopping, creating a massive lake of blood]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pretty much every major character is either a murderer or an outright AxCrazy warlord but has this as their only redeeming trait. Brothers Math and Kern are at least loyal to each other, the amazon warrior Siahm loved her own mother as well as her husband Dag, the rapist Bran had his older brother and father to look up to, Arawn and Math both love their sons, Arawn was driven by his love for Deidre, etc.

* MaritalRapeLicense: Subverted when Deidre becomes Arawn's wife by right of conquest after he murdered her husband. Naturally she despises him and pushes away when he tries making a move. Arawn rips her dress and attempts to force himself on her, but he refrains from doing so as he prefers that she gave her consent.

* SummonToHand: Math uses this to screw up Arawn's attempted prisoner exchange of his hated older brother for his wife Deidre. Arawn had also taken Math's Sun Axe as a prize for his victory over him, but then Math summons the weapon to his hand to take Deidre hostage.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: The comic is a deconstruction of the EvilOverlord. Arawn, sitting atop his skull-adorned throne in ScaryImpracticalArmor, introduces himself as the immortal demon god of death, lives in an EvilTowerOfOminousness in a [[{{Mordor}} burning wasteland]], and rules over an army of hellspawn monsters and immortal warriors who mindlessly obey his every word. However, he WasOnceAMan, and relates his long and sad life story of what it took for him to become such a figure of pure evil. The answer involves [[YouCantFightFate irrevocable prophecies]], [[ArtifactOfDoom evil artifacts]], [[DivineConflict divine intervention]], and [[CainAndAbel decades of warfare between him and his three warrior brothers]]. Also, despite his immense power, he never got what he truly wanted, since even with his power over life and death he cannot bring back the woman he once loved.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pretty much every major character is either a murderer or an outright AxCrazy warlord but has this as their only redeeming trait. Brothers Math and Kern are at least loyal to each other, the amazon warrior Siahm -- mother to the aforementioned four -- loved her own mother as well as her husband Dag, the rapist Bran had his older brother and father to look up to, Arawn and Math both love their sons, Arawn was driven by his love for Deidre, etc.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pretty much every major character is either a murderer or an outright AxCrazy warlord but has this as their only redeeming trait. Brothers Math and Kern are at least loyal to each other, as are brothers Arawn and Engus, the amazon warrior Siahm -- mother to the aforementioned four -- loved her own mother as well as her husband Dag, the rapist Bran had his older brother and father to look up to, Arawn and Math both love their sons, Arawn was driven by his love for Deidre, etc.

* WarGod: Arawn summons the war goddess Morrigan to give him an army to fight his brother Math. She raises an army of the dead to fight for him in exchange for a blood sacrifice.

''Les chroniques d'Arawn'' is a French comic book written by Ronan le Breton and drawn by Sebastian Grenier originally published in the pages of the ''Heavy Metal'' magazine (yes, ''[[WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal that one]]''). Its loosely based on Myth/CelticMythology and tells the tragic story of Death-Lord Arawn, an EvilOverlord that has thoroughly conquered the land and how he came to be the way he is.