Moonray: Mother’s Skin

In a graphic novel that is the basis for a forthcoming video game, a pair of godlike beings engage in epic combat in the vacuum of space. A bloodlike substance called miium pours from their injuries; a single droplet plummets to the surface of the planet It-Ao and, over time, transforms into a warrior who eventually takes the name Adam. A floating crystal appears and explains that Adam has been sent to It-Ao on a mission to liberate a goddess being held captive by a murderous cult. They cross vast mountain ranges and war-torn valleys of ash; they find a sword that turns out to be a woman made from the same substance as Adam and marvel at magisterial structures called Soundfarms, where bioacoustics crops feed on amplified noise; they battle hideous monsters and explore Zanikam, a floating fortress, which is also a god and something like a collective identity for its inhabitants.