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=The Rise of Scourge=

The Rise of Scourge is a manga volume wrote by Erin Hunter as part of the Warriors fantasy novel series. It was published by TokyoPop on June 24, 2008, and was illustrated by Bettina Kurkoski. Erica Sussman edited the manga. The plot follows the fictional cat Scourge before he is introduced in The Darkest Hour.

Writing
The Rise of Scourge was first announced on the October 2006 tour in the US, and the title was confirmed by the Library of Congress. Later, during an online author chat in January 2008, Victoria Holmes said she was having fun plotting out the story. She said one particularly fun thing to write was an explanation for Scourge’s bone studded collar. In an earlier chat, the authors had been unable to answer a question about the origin of this collar.

Publication history
This manga was first published on June 24, 2008. TokyoPop, which had published the previous Warriors manga volumes The Lost Warrior, Warrior's Refuge, and Warrior’s Return, published The Rise of Scourge. TokyoPop and HarperCollins, the publisher of the main Warriors books, were working together again as part of a contract. The Rise of Scourge has only been published as a paperback. It has been published in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Canada’s publication, done by Harper Collins Canada, was released earlier than the US and the UK on June 11, 2008.

The illustrator is Bettina Kurkoski. The previous manga volumes were illustrated by James Barry, while the illustrator for a future manga called Into the Woods is Don Hudson. The editor of The Rise of Scourge is Erica Sussman.

Background
The main character, Scourge, was introduced in a previous Warriors book, The Darkest Hour. Scourge had been intoduced as an antagonist and the leader of a group of feral cats called BloodClan. They challenged the Clans of cats in the fictional forest in which the story is based. One of the Clan cats, Firestar, killed Scourge and defeated BloodClan.

Plot summary
The plot follows Scourge, from his early life to when he was a deadly figure and leader.