IDW - Rom #13

Plot and Script by: Christos Gage & Chris Ryall

Colours by: Alessandra Alexakis

Letters by: Shawn Lee

Editorial Assist by: David Mariotte

Edited by: Carlos Guzman

Publisher: Ted Adams

Main Story

Title: Long Road to Ruin, Part 3

Art by: David Messina

Inks by: Michele Pasta

Tales of the Solstar Order

Title: Battle Scars, Part 3

Pencils by: Guy Dorian, Sr.

Inks by: Sal Buscema

Main Plot

One month after the Elonian Invasion by the Dire Wraiths Rom and Livia prepare to leave the planet to chase after the Dire Wraiths, and they share an intimate moment at the monument left for Rom's lost family.

Back in the present, Rom has taken Livia's dead body to a fishing boat on the water's surface where he shares the energy from his suit with his former lover intending to either revive her or die too. Luckily his gambit pays off and Livia does indeed come back to life, and she is actually appreciative of Rom's sacrifice.

The Wraith Charybdis reappears and attacks the ship, but due to the power share, neither Solstar Knight is able to generate their Neutralizers properly. One of the fishermen is grabbed and drained into a lifeless husk, whilst Rom and Livia fly the remaining two fishermen away to shore.

The Knights take the fishermen to a nearby dock where they grab a couple of boats and supercharge them with Neutralizer energies and fling them at Charybdis, blowing up his tendrils. The Knights return to the dock and ask their new allies to evacuate the area whilst they go to make sure Charybdis is actually dead, and deal with Scylla. The two Knights generate some makeshift Neutralizer weapons and go after them..

Meanwhile in Rhode Island, Darby breaks into the Dire Wraith Warehouse Stronghold and uses her new Solstar arm to scan the area where she locates an invisible Wraith, she investigates it and manages to activate it, revealing it to be a communication device, which connects her to Camilla, who also happens to be near one. Camilla reveals to Darby that even though her Wraith was removed from her, it left traces and some memories, and she reveals that this strange Wraith device is also a transporter, allow Camilla to travel to Darby, and the two friends reunite.

The two Knights encounter a swarm of Wraith-fish, but are able to fight them off, soon however they locate Scylla and an army of aquatic themed Dire Wraiths, intending the battle them....

Tales of the Solstar Order Plot

Fy-Laa is embraced by the rest of Verdulun-5, as Rom tries to show him that he's been brainwashed by the planet. Fy-Laa reveals that they now plan to use the Solstar ability to travel unaided in space to spread their influence everywhere, and tries to absorb Rom as well. Rom however fights back, leading to Fy-Laa shooting his friend in the chest, and asks him to join their new collective again...

Characters

Solstar Order

Rom

Livia

Fy-Laa (Tales Only) Under Control of Verdulun-5

Dire Wraith

Scylla

Charybdis Partially blown up by Rom and Livia

Aquatic Wraith Army

Verdulun-5 (Tales Only)

Human

Darby Mason

Camilla Byers

Davide

Davide's Father

Other Fisherman Killed by Charybdis

Davide's Mother (Mentioned)

The Pastas Family (Mentioned)

Other

Rom's Family (Mentioned) Dead

Notes

• We learn in this issue that the Solstar Knights are able to retract their face masks to reveal their real faces beneath them. This now makes Diavod's cameo in First Strike make sense!
• Livia's injured eye was caused when a Dire Wraith struck it during the Annual
• The Monument to Rom's dead family was made at the end of the Annual as well
• The fishing boat and fishermen were seen briefly at the start of last issue, I have no idea how Rom got Livia up to them though...
• The warehouse that Darby infiltrates was the same one that she and Ruan stole the Solstar arm from.
• We learn that the invisible Wraith seen previously is actually just a communication and transportation device, and not some invisible Wraith