(W) Caspian Drake & Geoffrey Rickett (A/CA) Banished Shadow NONSTOP! where Scout releases a World Premiere issue followed by the entire story a few months later in one volume. Rulers Vlad Vorden & Amelia are bent on exterminating the witches whom they blame for spreading the bubonic plague known as The Black Death. They pursue the witch queen, Aradia, the last survivor. While seeking refuge, Aradia buries a bloody Seed of Darkness, a seed harnessing the power of the first true magic, the Ars Magica. Meanwhile…Talyn mourns the mysterious abduction of her sister at the hands of an unknown ghostly dark entity.