Solomon Kane: giving the devil his due

“Once in 1640” by Dominik Bartsch is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

 

The film incarnation of Solomon Kane is a man with a past, a sinner looking for redemption. But did he really sell his soul to the devil?

Solomon Kane: clothes maketh the man

Clothes can say a lot about the person who wears them, and in Solomon Kane’s England there were even laws dictating what a person could wear. But how does our puritan hero choose to dress, and why?

Solomon Kane: the early years

Solomon Kane: a landless wanderer, a man of Devon. But who was he, really?

Solomon Kane: executioner or torturer?

Solomon Kane: bringer of swift, clean justice to those who deserve it. But is it as simple as that?

Solomon Kane: the puritan in love

Pirate flag of Thomas Nichols by RootOfAllLight, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Solomon Kane: a fighter, a lover … or both?

Solomon Kane: a chronological conundrum

Unravelling the tangled timeline of Solomon Kane's adventures.

Nyarlathotep: origin and meaning

Nyarlathotep: the enigmatic and much-debated entity created by H.P. Lovecraft. But what is the origin and meaning of his name?