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When King Mancastle and his mighty vassals ride off on crusade, the women left behind are not at all put out—that's a lot less armor polishing for them to do. Of course, when the men get themselves eaten by a dragon and leave a curse that attracts monsters to the castle...well, the women take umbrage with that. Now the blacksmith’s wife Merinor is King, Princess Aeve is the Captain, and the only remaining (and least capable) knight Sir Riddick is tasked with teaching the ladies of the castle how to fight, defend, build, and do all manner of noisy things the men had been doing while the women assumed they were just drunk. Novelist Delilah S. Dawson (Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon, As Wicked as She Wants, Wake of Vultures) brings her first original series to comics, and is joined by breakthrough illustrator Ashley A. Woods (Niobe: She Is Life) for a rollicking fantasy adventure featuring women reclaiming their lives on their terms.
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Listen, I am totally here for this concept.
I'm kinda sad that it's only a miniseries but I hope that means there's going to be zero filler and I just get to see ladies being badasses.
So, Ladycastle starts in a place called Mancastle, where basically it's super patriarchal and ladies are either locked up until they're married, or they're already married.
That all gets flipped and turned on it's head when the king and all his men die in battle, and a new king needs to be chosen. Of course this gross dude thinks that because he's a man, he's the one who should be the king. Mancastle is cursed, and only the true king can lift it. The true king is also the only one who can lift a sword, and guess what, the true king is not the gross dude.
No, it's Merinor, who has in the past just been thought of as the blacksmith's wife.
But no, Merinor is now king. Her husband has died, so she's the sole blacksmith too. And oh yeah, on top of being a woman, she's also black.
Thank goodness.
She changes rules, renames Mancastle to the better suiting Ladycastle, and gives women new rights to do more i.e. lets them cut their hair and have whatever job they want (as long as it contributes positively to Ladycastle) AND lets them train to be knights.
Honestly I can see this comic being a truly great feminist work of the year, and I'm so damn excited for the following issues.
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