Queen Sonja #2

In "The Red Queen Episode 1" from Queen Sonja #2, newly crowned Queen Sonja of Sogaria faces her first true test when Lord Ariok launches a surprise assault on the port city of Astahan. With winter looming and her rule still untested, Sonja must lead her forces into battle—only to uncover a cryptic clue on a fallen enemy’s breastplate that pulls her back to the heart of her kingdom, Issenni, with more questions than answers.

In "The Red Queen Episode 2," Sonja grapples with a shocking discovery—the crest she found on Ariok’s standard bearer links to the long-dead, tyrannical first kings of Sogaria. Returning to her battered army after the battle of Astahan, she finds Ariok and his young sister in custody. Though she sees a surprising nobility in her foe, Sonja agrees to a duel, offering him silence on his true bloodline if she prevails.

In "The Red Queen Episode 3" from Queen Sonja #2, the queen intervenes as a duel between Ariok and Sonja threatens to end in bloodshed. Under her protection, Ariok and his sister Alethia are brought to Issenni, where Sonja finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Alethia. When Ariok reveals the curse binding his magical sword, Sonja takes a startling step—she speaks directly to the blade, only to learn it knows a secret Ariok has kept buried.