Demon Knights Vol 1 1

"Seven Against The Dark": Four centuries ago, Camelot fell. King Arthur died and the legendary Excalibur returned to the Lady of the Lake. Meanwhile, Merlin, having forseen Jason Blood's destiny, bonds him with the demon Etrigan.

Demon Knights #1 is an issue of the series Demon Knights (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2011. It was published on September 14, 2011.

Synopsis for "Seven Against The Dark"

Four centuries ago, Camelot fell. King Arthur died and the legendary Excalibur returned to the Lady of the Lake. Meanwhile, Merlin, having forseen Jason Blood's destiny, bonds him with the demon Etrigan.

In "present day" (but still the Dark Ages), the Questing Queen and Mordru search for an unknown objective. Their next point of attack is a little village named Little Spring. There, Jason Blood and Madame Xanadu are on their pilgrimage when they cross paths with another immortal: Vandal Savage. They take a drink with him when their attention is called by the Shining Knight, who does not believe them to have been present at the Fall of Camelot. At the same time, the bartender has trouble with two travelers named Al Jabr and Exoristos. The bartender won't serve Al Jabr, but Exoristos roughly convinces him to do so. Meanwhile, a priest is attacked by three robbers when he is saved by a mysterious horsewoman. Back at Little Spring, the bar gets attacked by the Questing Queen's horde. Then, Jason decides to transform himself to Etrigan to fight them off. Xanadu apparently feels a mayor attraction for Etrigan than she does for Jason. While everybody fights off the Horde, Mordru casts a dragon to attack the bar.

Appearing in "Seven Against The Dark"

Featured Characters:

• Etrigan the Demon (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Bound to Jason Blood)
• Jason Blood/Jason of Norwich (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Bound to Etrigan the Demon) (Origin)
• Madame Xanadu (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)

Supporting Characters:

• Merlin (Flashback only) (First appearance as Merlin)
• Nimue Inwudu's sisters (First appearance) (Flashback only)
  • Morgaine (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
  • Tui (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
• Shining Knight (Ystin) (First appearance)
• Vandal Savage (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• "The Beasts" (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
• Mordru (First appearance)
• The Questing Queen (First appearance)
  • Dinosaurs (Cameo)
  • The Dragon (First appearance) (Cameo)
  • The Horde (First appearance)
  • Wyverns (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Al Jabr (First appearance)
• King Arthur (First appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (Flashback only)
• Exoristos (First appearance)
• Horsewoman (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Breaker the Horse (First appearance; unnamed)
• Knights of the Round Table (First appearance) (Flashback only)
  • Sir Bedivere (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only)
• The Lady of the Lake (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Pandora (Cameo)
• Vanguard the Flying Horse (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
• Amazons of Themyscira (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Prime Earth
  • 7th Century
    • Camelot (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
    • The Lady's Lake (First appearance) (Flashback only)
  • 11th Century
    • Europe
      • Britain
        • Region of Camelot
          • Alba Sarum (First appearance) (In picture only) (Cameo)
          • Dagger Pass (First appearance) (In picture only) (Cameo)
          • Little Pass (First appearance)
          • Little Spring (First appearance)
            • The Victory in Rome Tavern (First appearance)
          • Mobile Palace of the Questing Queen (First appearance)
        • Brigantia (Mentioned only)
        • Norwich (Mentioned only)
      • Rome (Mentioned only)
      • Spain (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
      • Themyscira (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Sphere of the Gods (Unnamed)
  • The Dreaming (Unnamed)
    • Faerie (Unnamed)
      • Avalon (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Excalibur (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• Caliburn (First appearance; unnamed)
• Merlin's Spellbook (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Events:

• The Fall of Camelot (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Hellfire
• Magic
• Middle Ages
  

Notes

• From the Solicitation: Set in the Dark Ages of the DC Universe, a barbarian horde is massing to crush civilization. It's fallen to Madame Xanadu and Jason Blood, the man with a monster inside him, to stand in their way - though the demon Etrigan has no interest in protecting anyone or anything other than himself! It'll take more than their own power to stop an army fueled by bloodlust and dark sorcery, and some very surprising heroes - and villains - will have no choice but to join the fray!
• The events of this story take place in 1013.^[1]
• Pandora makes a brief cameo appearance to witness the events of this story, as she does all #1 issues published as part of The New 52. She can be seen on this issue's title page, among the Questing Queen's caravan.
• This issue is reprinted in The New 52: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.

Trivia

• The real circumstances behind the Fall of Camelot are shown in Demon Knights #0.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Demon Knights series
• Images from Demon Knights Vol 1 1

Recommended Reading

• The Demon Recommended Reading
  • Action Comics (Volume 1):
    • Action Comics #636– #641
  • The Demon (Volume 1)
  • The Demon (Volume 2)
  • The Demon (Volume 3)
  • Blood of the Demon (Volume 1)
  • The Demon: Driven Out (Volume 1)
  • Reign in Hell (Volume 1)
  • Demon Knights (Volume 1)
  • Demon (One-Shots)
• Madame Xanadu Recommended Reading
  • Doorway to Nightmare (Volume 1)
  • The Unexpected (Volume 1): The Unexpected #189– #195
  • Spectre (Volume 2)
  • Day of Judgment (Volume 1)
  • Madame Xanadu (Volume 2)

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