Nightriders

Nightriders is a series of stories created and written by American author and artist, AxlReigns. It is said to be the first series in a universe as created by the author.

The series involves the adventures of a heavy metal band with the titular name with the main lead being a lizard by the name of Axl Reigns. Him and the other members of the band not only try to keep their good publicity but they are also affiliated with Sharps as they play the roles of being heroes by thwarting the efforts of a devious underground society. The series was heavily inspired mostly by western animation from the 1990's in terms of writing and style.

The majority of the series was written AxlReigns himself, while illustrations are done by British artist Bluepieces97 for the main trilogy. The series was submitted on a weekly basis during the course of 2015-2019. If one was to only count the main trilogy, 149 chapters were made through all the stories. But if one was to count all six stories total, 191 were created overall.

Main Trilogy
This trilogy is the basis core of the series that consists of three stories. Battle of the Bands, The Battle Continues and The Kidnappings. The first story being 27 chapters, the second story being a whopping 63 chapters and the third story having 57 chapters. The trilogy was illustrated by Bluepieces97.

The second story was actually the very first one to be officially illustrated and its' first chapter being published on March 26, 2015. The first story's first chapter would then be published on May 7, 2015, almost two months later.

Nightriders: The Reluctant Marching Band
Nightriders: The Reluctant Marching Band is a short five chapter story in the series. This story was illustrated by Italian-American artist, BlueMario1016 using the Japanese Anime style for the characters. Despite that is less significant than the trilogy, it is canon and counts as having its' importance in the mainstream series. In chronological order, this actually takes place after The Battle Continues, but before The Kidnappings as some important characters were not introduced yet until the third entry of the trilogy.

Nightriders: Terror of the Swamp
Nightriders: Terror of the Swamp is a short 14-chapter story in the series. This story was illustrated by the-fire-prince using a much more toony style for the characters. Despite being less significant than the entries in the main trilogy, it is still canon and has its' importance to the mainstream series. In chronological order, this takes place after The Kidnappings, as Axl Reigns Jr. is seen in this story with a major role.

Nightriders: Revenge of the Sewer Rats
Nightriders: Revenge of the Sewer Rats is a 23-chapter story in the series. This story was illustrated by Randomthewolfskie that is slightly shorter than the first entry of the main trilogy and despite being less significant, it's still canon and has its' importance to the mainstream series. In chronological order, this also takes place after The Kidnappings, serving as an epilogue to the first series.

Nightriders: Phantom of the Celestial
Nightriders: Phantom of the Celestial is a brand new story that was announced by the creator himself on DeviantArt on January 24, 2021. The artwork illustrations for this story will be done by Aaron Thomason. Essentially, it's to be the start of a "second season" of the story series, after the first six were done and has been almost two years since The Kidnappings came to a close.

Sharps

 * Nightriders (Heavy Metal Band)
 * Lead Vocalist and Guitarist: Axl Reigns > Slade
 * Secondary Guitarist: Rolf Steiner
 * Drummer: Lonnie Leo
 * Bass Player: Iggy Stiles
 * Vocalist: Mac Manson
 * Security personal: Brutus Crocker


 * Flame Heart (Heavy Metal Band)
 * Lead Vocalist and Guitarist: Lucinda Heart
 * Secondary Guitarist: Melissa Heart
 * Bass Player: Jan Stenson
 * Drummer: Sabrina


 * Beach City Music Academy (allies)
 * Professor Grant
 * Dr. Gimbles

Falsettos

 * Leading members
 * Mr Bubbles
 * Scornfious
 * Captain Sabertooth
 * Warlocks of Apostasy ( Goth Metal Band) (Disbanded)
 * Lead Vocalist: Heathen/ Mac Manson(formerly)

Backstreet Boys (Boy Band) (Now affiliated to Sharps)

 * Nick Neil
 * Billy Parker
 * Barry Brown
 * Jimmy Ward
 * Monty (bodyguard, formerly)

Title in other languages
A big Nightriders fan and close friend of the creator has translated the title name of the series into numerous Non-Latin languages. Meanwhile, all languages that use the Latin script would have its' English title kept as it is (with a few exceptions such as Vietnamese for example).