-Story-
The story is largely a hack-and-slash tale centering around a Hapsburg border fortress whose bailiff is infamous for his ability to catch Swiss rebels attempting to escape the country. The first few chapters establish just how difficult it is to cross the border illegally, then the story centers on one long battle by the Swiss Eternal Alliance to seize the fortress. The story doesn't take much time to develop its characters, mostly moving from plot point to plot point as the protagonists react to various challenges raised by the villain (and plenty of characters don't last long enough for much development anyway). There's also plenty of unsettling content (*cough* chapter 6 *cough*) that just seems to be there for shock factor and make sure we figure out that we're supposed to hate Wolfram, Bailiff of Wolfsmund, not because it serves a deeper point. Think of this story as a Swiss version of '300'.
-Art-
I'll give Wolfsmund one thing, it certainly has style. The artwork has a certain indescribable flair to it with awesome poses galore and fights have plenty of kinetic energy while being clear enough to follow. That being said, there isn't massive variety in the character designs (practically every woman has a barbie doll figure). A decent level of detail goes into the characters, but background are a bit basic. So the art is cool to look at, but nothing utterly jaw dropping here either.
-Characters-
Undermined by the high body count and rapid pace of the plot. Plenty of characters die, but it just creates shock factor, not a deep emotional sense of loss due to their limited development. The main protagonist is serviceable but extremely basic. The main villain Wolfram was clearly written to be a 'Magnificent Bastard' type villain, but he only really pulls off the 'Bastard' part. He does plenty of nasty things to make you root against him, but after a point it just feels like 'Wolfsmund' is trying to shout "HE'S THE VILLAIN!!!" We have no insights into his motivation or the inner workings of his mind, no explanation of why he's doing what he does or how he got so good at it. He's just a Hapsburg hit man. And when he's placed in any physical danger he just hides behind a wall of guards, taking away a lot of the feeling of danger a true Magnificent Bastard is supposed to inspire. The characters boil down to a bunch of game pieces that move where they're supposed to in order to drive the plot.
-Enjoyment-
I won't lie, there are some chapters of this story I doubt I'll read again just for being so uncomfortable. That being said, those just looking for a guilty pleasure should find this decently enjoyable.
-Overall-
You want a stylish medieval hack and slash gore fest with plenty of sexual content? Here's your series. You want deep storytelling? Go somewhere else.
