HUM Graphic Novel

Who I'd like to meet:

LUM (pronounced "loom") - a Slave who has broken her bonds to become an Emissary to The Elders and the undisputed Leader of the Village. A woman of incomparable beauty, intelligence, and strength of character - blind, but with an inner sight. Raising a child in the shadow of war, she is faced with the ultimate choice: loyalty to her family and her lover, or the survival of her people and their way of life...

VOL - an artist forced to abandon the privileged position he enjoyed among the Masters, he struggles to survive as a scavenger in the aftermath of the Revolution. Driven to find the woman he loves, he is captured and imprisoned in the Village of the Salves, becoming the pivotal figure in the battle for dominance of the planet...

ROM - The ruthless ruler of the Masters. At the pinnacle of society before the Slave revolt, he now leads a rag-tag army of starving scavengers in a desperate attempt to conquer the Villagers and reestablish his world order of racism and oppression. Cunning, charming, brilliant, evil - his cruelty is matched only by his love and devotion ot his younger brother: Vol...

THE MADMAN - a criminal who brought death to the world of the Villagers, he endures their harshest punishment: free in body but chained in spirit, he lives among his peers in total isolation. He is a living ghost, tortured by loneliness, his very existence completely and utterly ignored. Vol becomes the Madman's only friend - the tragic, mysterious stranger repays his kindness with a unique and unexpected gesture that forever tips the balance of power...

THE ELDERS - an ancient and sacred clan of Slaves revered and worshippped by the Village they helped create. The architects of the Revolution, the mystics and prophets of their fledgling society, these blind workers dug deepest and toiled the longest in the mines beneath the city...