The Black Axe’s legend is extrapolated further as the product of a forlorn blacksmith named Farrer in 915 and passed down through generations. The third book, however, goes back even further concerning itself with the history of Celanawe and his first encounter with the axe.
Currently Peterson is working on the 1149 war with the weasels, which will make up the fourth book. The anticipation is further intensified as all future work on Mouse Guard is centered around the events prior to the first two volumes. The creators put out a one shot epilogue titled Spring 1153, which details the struggle against spring predators following the events of Winter 1152. The first two volumes of Mouse Guard start a wonderful narrative that ends unresolved. The only conclusion to this volume, however, sees Celanawe rightfully buried and Lieam leaving the Guard in search of his newfound destiny. Lieam succeeds Celanawe as the next Black Axe following a fatal encounter with a wood owl and the traitor Abigail. Winter 1152 does not have a clean ending like the previous volume. The second volume echoes the first as Midnight has now become a martyr and his ideals of a totalitarian mouse state are carried on through his followers, which leads to the sabotage of Lockhaven’s water supply. Gwendolyn, the territories unofficial leader is attempting to unite the territories as well as seek aid to supply the town with much needed goods. What, no one is interested? Fine.Įnvironmental conditions and realistic boundaries exist within Mouse Guard as its second volume details the struggle for supplies in the heart of winter. The anti-guard revolt is eventually subdued during a decisive battle at Lockhaven, the territories capital, and ends with Midnight being banished from the mouse territories and order being restored.įor anyone interested, this is a pinup done by Mike Mignola of Hellboy fame. Celanawe, the original black axe, is sought after by the guard to aid in the quelling of the revolt. The legacy of the Black Axe is now being carried on by Midnight as a revolutionary extremist cell. The Black Axe, simultaneously a weapon, person, and legend, is introduced early as a mythic warrior who brought peace to mouse kind. Fall 1152 recounts the brotherhood uncovering and overcoming an uprising of local mice lead by the Mouse Guard’s blacksmith Midnight. Despite the subtle dismantling of the Mouse Guard, its few members, Saxon, Kenzie, and Lieam still carry their role out with small yet strong honor. Following the war with the Weasel in 1149, the Mouse Guard now has been relieved to act as scouts, bodyguards, and other various, less glamorous roles. Mouse Guard Fall 1152 and Winter 1152 collectively focus on the stories surrounding a brotherhood of mouse knights who once acted as royal protectors to a territory of villages and towns. Underneath this innocuous surface however, Mouse Guard offers a deceptively dense world where life, death, and the toil of culture exists in the space of probably a large backyard. In fact, the whole production sounds like an old forgotten Disney cartoon. On the surface, Mouse Guard is a simple story of medieval life and warfare just on a tiny scale with mice as its protagonists.
I am going to be discussing the plot of the story and wouldn’t want to ruin anything for you. If one hasn’t read this story, stop here and go out and read it. It also may be a possible summary and introduction for others not familiar with one of the more interesting fantasy comics in recent years. This is a review of the third volume in David Petersen’s Mouse Guard.
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