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Heroic Tendencies Studios

Michael Sacal founded Heroic Tendencies Studios in October of 1998 for the explicit purpose of publishing the Majestic Universe, a shared science fiction/fantasy universe populated by common people who find themselves in extraordinary situations that force them to find the heroes within. That same year he created Knights Legacy, the story of the modern age descendants of the Knights of the Round Table, as its flagship title.

In the ensuing years, he partnered with other creators that either contributed or co-created the series that make up the core framework of Majestic.

Four of these were Manuel Suarez and Sebastian Gomez Gallardo, who contributed their original creations, and Neil Bailey and Ryan McLelland, who helped Michael develop two of his original ideas.

In time, however, all four left the studio. While Manuel and Sebastian took their original properties with them, Neil and Ryan freed Michael to use the ideas they came up with.

Partnering with Aaron Thall, he co-created Enhanced High, a contemporary science fiction mystery epic about a group of rival high school students who find a common bond in their nascent superhuman abilities, only for them to uncover an international conspiracy to turn them and their classmates into soldiers in a war against an invading alien force.

Partnering with Robert MacDonald, he co-created The Warrior’s Path, a contemporary urban drama revenge tragedy about a spoiled rich heiress who sets out to avenge her father’s murder to redeem herself in his eyes, only for her to discover that the path of revenge leads away from the path of redemption. The Warrior's Path began as an original idea called Red Hood created by Michael Sacal.

Partnering with Adam Ferenz, he co-created Majestic Realms, a fantasy epic about a demanding man and a rebellious woman on a journey across a timelines afterlife that transforms them into the architects of their own realities.

Working on his own, Michael created three further series;

Aurora, a historical/science fiction epic about an alien pilgrim on a century-long globe-throttling journey to prepare mankind to defend itself against her war-mongering kin, only for her to learn that her people have become peaceful refugees while humanity has used her gifts to become a deadly threat to both.

Ouroboros, a contemporary science fiction/Lovecraftian horror action epic about seven Carpenterian anti-heroes who team-up to confront the Lovecraftian incarnations of the seven deadly sins that plague their lives, only for them to find themselves transformed into Cronenbergian monstrosities.

The Zeroth Testament, a contemporary Judeo-Christian urban fantasy epic about a cursed young Jewish woman tormented by a demon that wants her to father her child who finds comfort in the arms of a Golem, only for her to find herself drawn into the eons-long conflict between the mortal world and the spirit realm.

Together, Michael, Aaron, and Robert developed the Mindscape and Quark Imprints to tell stories set outside the Majestic Universe.

Mindscape houses any story that falls outside the boundaries of the imagination, while Quark is the home to our line of science fiction graphic novels.

Michael has made it his goal to publish the above properties in comic book and graphic novel form for the explicit purpose of telling the sprawling six-year epic saga of the Majestic Universe. To that end, in 2015, he partnered with Golden Bell Entertainment to publish the Majestic Universe.

As of 2022, Aurora, Knights’ Legacy, Ouroboros, and Zeroth Testament are copyright © Michael Sacal Fertman and Golden Bell Entertainment. Enhanced High is copyright © Aaron Thall, Michael Sacal Fertman, and Golden Bell Entertainment. Majestic Realms is copyright © Adam Ferenz, Michael Sacal Fertman, and Golden Bell Entertainment. Warrior’s Path is copyright © Michael Sacal Fertman, Robert MacDonald, and Golden Bell Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.

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