![]() The tension between these groups is nearly palpable as Hicks moves the story toward a climactic conclusion. The City is populated by a diverse group of people comprised of natives as well as the many conquering nations. ![]() The Nameless City is the first comic in a proposed trilogy.įollowing both Kaidu and Rat, The Nameless City thoughtfully explores the thornier aspects of colonialism as part of the City’s larger story. Unlikelier still, they might hold the City’s future in their hands in The Nameless City (2016) by Faith Erin Hicks. But in spite of herself, Rat starts to like Kaidu as he trades her food in exchange for lessons on how to run across the City’s rooftops. She hates the Dao and everything they stand for as occupiers of her home. Rat is a native of the City, one of the Named who call this place home regardless of its name or who currently claims it. Kaidu isn’t sure he’s cut out to join the Dao’s military guard but he does know that he loves everything about the City he is now calling home. Kaidu is a Dao who comes to the City to meet his father and to learn more about his own people. The latest group of invaders, the Dao, have held the Nameless City for close to thirty years–longer than anyone else. Only the natives know that the city is impossible to keep and name. ![]() ![]() Every time a new nation invades, they give the city a new name. ![]()
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