A battle-scarred mission from Aric of Dacia's youth...Before space... Before the armor... Return to the apex of the Visigoth conquest as a younger, brasher Aric and a sword-wielding grifter set off on a continent-spanning quest for fortune, glory, and power! From the bloodstained sands of the gladiatorial arena to the dunes of the Arabian Desert, meet the man who would become the warrior-king of an alien civilization – and our own world's most powerful hero – as he sets out to seize his destiny once upon a time in a land of faraway kings and unrepentant conquerors!Jump on board one of the most acclaimed series in comics here as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (HARBINGER WARS 2, Mind MGMT) and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine (ETERNITY) – the best-selling team behind the DIVINITY trilogy – reunite for a thrilling melee of blood and steely-eyed daring at the height of  the barbarian age with a brutal new chapter in the epic saga of X-O Manowar!Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #15–18.