Batman: White Knight Presents: Sorcerers

Batman: White Knight Presents: Sorcerers is an American comic book published by DC Comics under its Black Label imprint. The 10 issue miniseries was written and illustrated by Sean Murphy who also did the Batman stories, Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight and is the fifth installment of the Murphyverse. It tells the story of a young sorcerers apprentice and a group of heroes fight against the evil and cruel sorcerer, the Wraith King. It takes place during the events of Batman: White Knight, as James, Leriel, Edward and Tom are shown watching Napier's speech in the fourth issue, Edward then says, "Batman's sure gone crazier then a

Characters

 * James Smith - A 17 year old sorcerer's apprentice who is the grandson of Simon and the main protagonist.
 * Leriel Greenleaf - A beautiful Elf who is the daughter of Alrich and the beloved of James.
 * Aldrin Greenleaf - The twin brother of Leriel and the best friend of James.
 * Durin and Dain - Two Dwarf warrior brothers from the Dwarven kingdom of Stonegard.
 * Simon Smith - A powerful and respected sorcerer who is the grandfather of James and Matt.
 * Matt Smith - James' younger brother and a sorcerer in training.
 * Edward and Tom - A pair Troll brothers who are guardians to the Smith family. Years ago they were attacked by an evil Dragon and were about to be killed when they were saved by,
 * Duke Alrich Greenleaf - A powerful Elf Duke and the father of Leriel and Aldrin.
 * Mongo Ironhand - A rather eccentric Dwarf sorcerer who has a particular fondness for cigars and martinis.
 * Flower - A Fairy.
 * The Wraith King - A cruel and powerful sorcerer who is the sworn enemy of the Fellowship and the main antagonist of the series. 1'400 years earlier, he embarked on a campaign to conquer the entire Earth, however a group of good and noble sorcerers defeated him and banished him to a forbidding dimension.
 * Warchief Grimskull - The fearsome Warchief of an Orc tribe.
 * Redjaw - The firstborn son of Grimskull and older brother to Gorbag.
 * Gorbag - The second son of Grimskull and the younger brother of Redjaw.
 * Ratso and Skullface - Two Goblin brothers.
 * The Great Dragon - An ancient and wise Dragon who acts as a spiritual guide to the Fellowship. He is mostly seem shrouded in fog with only his head being seen, his full form is never shown.

Production
In September 2020, DC Comics announced that Sean Murphy, writer of Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight would be writing an original fantasy series for his Murphyverse. Murphy later announced that the limited series would be entitled Batman: White Knight Presents: Sorcerers. Originally announced as an eight issue series like Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Murphy then extended it to 10 issues due to the story being much bigger then he thought.

Magical Beings and Creatures

 * Sorcerers/Sorceresses - A group of men and women who are born with the ability to perform magical spells and charms. The magical abilities of Sorcerers/Sorceresses first begin to manifest on their 10th birthday, whereupon they began their training which lasts for 10 years. Due to their magical powers Sorcerers/Sorceresses age slowly and can live for 400 years,
 * Wizards -
 * Elves - A race of magical humanoids who resemble with humans with pale skin, perpetual youth and pointed ears.
 * Half Elves - The result of a union between humans and Elves.
 * Dwarves - A race of stocky humanoids who live underground and are the most industrious of all magical beings. They are known for their legendary crafting skills as they forged swords that never lose their sharpness and graft beautiful jewels from diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire. Dwarves live beneath mountains
 * Orcs - A race of intelligent but brutish humanoids who are fierce warriors and are known for serving evil sorcerers and kings. Orcs live in tribes and are lead by either a male called a warchief or a female called a warchieftess, despite their bad reputation, Orcs have a code of honor and
 * Goblins - Magical humanoids with either red or green skin, bat like ears and pointed teeth. Goblins are infamous for being notoriously mischievous
 * Trolls - Magical beings who are are known for being large and powerful, but having low intelligence.
 * Faeries - Magical winged humanoids who come in a variant of sizes from small to human sized.
 * Satyrs -
 * Dark Elves -
 * Dragons - Massive scaled reptilian beasts with horns, wings and the ability to breath fire who are the most powerful of all magical creatures.
 * Unicorns - Mythical white horses with a golden horn protruding from their foreheads. Unicorns are considered to all magical races including Orcs, Goblins, Trolls and Dark Elves.