He decides to become the Dark One after revisiting memories that were removed by an unknown force, wherein he remembered the death of his mysterious father, discovering a portal into Mirandus and having to kill his own sister after she accidentally stepped on a land mine in the fantasy world.

Paul discovers that the cost of killing is that the people he kills will be tied to him as a spirit, or powering the magical sword he uses as a weapon. Paul quickly discovers that he is destined to become the 'Dark One', ruler of the drull cultists who have been pushed back and repressed throughout history and backed up by previous Dark Ones. There he meets Feotora, daughter of Mirandus's Chronicle King of the Kingdoms of Light. On Earth, the 18-year-old Paul Tanasin is drawn into the world of Mirandus at the behest of his sister Nikka, a blue spirit who only he can see and whom he has no memory of. The light devoutly follow 'The Narrative,' a predestined and unchanging history. Mirandus is a fantastical wasteland where there is a division between the army of the light and dark. So I began looking for a partnership that would tell the story the way I envisioned.' Unlike White Sand, a previous graphic novel series created by Sanderson, Dark One was initially planned to tell its story through the graphic novel medium. It was originally pitched as a television show and novel, though Sanderson opted to go with the graphic novel format: 'As I’d paced it, the story didn’t feel like a novel. Despite initially claiming it was not connected to his shared fantasy universe the Cosmere, he went on to say it was in the Cosmere in 2014.

Originally announced as The Dark One, the graphic novel has been in the works since 2013.

It is being developed by Sanderson and FremantleMedia North America for a fantasy- drama television series. It is the first part of a planned trilogy and the opening volume was published by Vault Comics on May 18, 2021. Dark One is fantasy graphic novel series created by American author Brandon Sanderson, written by Sanderson, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly with artwork by Nathan C.

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