Inverloch is a series of five fantasy graphic novels authored by Sarah Ellerton drawn in a cel-shaded manga style.
Inverloch received several nominations in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, winning the Outstanding Fantasy Comic category in 2005.
[1] Inverloch author Sarah Ellerton was already an experienced artist before she began the project,[1] and says she chose to create a webcomic as a means of improving her art.
[7] To create each page of Inverloch, Ellerton planned out the panels with sketches on paper and then drew and colored them in Adobe Photoshop using a Wacom graphics tablet.
[10] Inverloch is set in a high fantasy world with three known races, all of which typically live separately and are at odds with one another: humans, elves, and da'kor.
Da'kor are anthropomorphic animals with elements of goats and wolves, standing about four feet tall in adulthood but decidedly more dangerous in a fight than humans.
When Shiara reveals to him that her childhood love, Kayn'dar, disappeared twelve years earlier, Acheron promises to find him for her.
At Lei'ella's suggestion, they go to Aydensfell, a city inhabited by humans who have traces of elven blood and study magic.
The group returns to Aydensfell, the city of mages, and the Archmage explains to them that the kidnapping of Kayn'dar had, in fact, been orchestrated by himself and Raul, as an attempt to learn more about elven healing magic.
Acheron, Lei'ella, Varden, and Neirren decide to go back to the forest of Inverloch and seek aid from the elves.
In the forest, Lei'ella soon feels the presence of Raul, alone, and Neirren goes out to face him, telling the rest of the group to continue on without her.
Varden and Lei'ella eventually leave for Muirfold to start a life together, and Neirren, armed with Raul's knowledge, returns to Aydensfell to pursue her magical studies.
Sparrow stated that Inverloch is "a great story that I'm sure I'll be reading and re-reading for some time, both online and in print," rating the book a "must have".