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| darkcrow |
Posted - 24 Jun 2007 : 17:46:11
A very good book. And being Mark Anthony's first novel, I'm impressed. There are short stories that link his two novels ( the other being Curse of the Shadowmage ). Can someone arrange this list in order
Crypt of the Shadowking
Curse of the Shadowmage
King's Tear (Realms of Valor)
The Magic Thief (Realms of Magic)
The Walls of Midnight (Realms of Infamy)
Thanks my most trusted scribes |
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| shorac |
Posted - 10 Feb 2014 : 23:46:09
I loved the shadowking books both were very good I'd like to see more of them |
| charger_ss24 |
Posted - 24 Jan 2014 : 23:19:39
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Originally posted by Eledar
Crypt of the Shadowking is the very novel which introduced me to the Realms. It was the first of the Realms novels I read, and one of the first books in the entire fantasy genre. It is the book that returns me to places like these. Although I do enjoy most of the modern writings, I am still in love with old adventures such as these, before all of the new updates/expansions.
Funny...even though Crypt of the Shadowking wasn't my first fantasy genre book, it was the first book I've read in the Forgotten Realms setting and been hooked ever since. |
| Seravin |
Posted - 24 Jan 2014 : 19:11:41
Just read this for the first time. Very enjoyable. I'm surprised Wooly didn't like it because I usually am in 100% agreement with his tastes. I liked the mage in the party(Morgion? spelling error), and an entire novel spent in Iriaebor (again, spelling). It didn't make sense that the locals would let Cutter/Ravendas take over the way she did, and that the allied cities Berdusk and Elturel would let the city go under Zhent control like that. Also was Ravendas really the leader of the Flaming Fist at one point? Was the library they went to in the Snowflake Mountains the Edificient Library from the Cleric Quintet?
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| Eledar |
Posted - 24 Oct 2010 : 03:36:08
Crypt of the Shadowking is the very novel which introduced me to the Realms. It was the first of the Realms novels I read, and one of the first books in the entire fantasy genre. It is the book that returns me to places like these. Although I do enjoy most of the modern writings, I am still in love with old adventures such as these, before all of the new updates/expansions. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 15 Apr 2010 : 00:57:57
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Originally posted by Faraer
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Originally posted by The Sage
Ravendas was a fighter.
Volo erred, then (VGSC p. 202), or knew something we don't.
Curious. The 1998 Villains' Lorebook lists Ravendas as "Fighter." But she's referred to as a sorceress back in 1994's Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast.
Either Volo got it wrong, the details in the Villains' Lorebook are wrong [possible, given the fact that Crypt of the Shadowking was written in 1993], or she's capable of both. But I suppose this would be an instance of newer lore trumping old?
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| Faraer |
Posted - 14 Apr 2010 : 17:21:55
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Ravendas was a fighter.
Volo erred, then (VGSC p. 202), or knew something we don't. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 13 Apr 2010 : 09:12:47
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Brimstone
Cool. Thanks Sage.
So was he a Shade before it was cool/awesome/uber(TM) to be a Shade? 
Indeed. He became the new Shadowking of the Shadevari -- as the Villains' Lorebook notes, as I recall.
Cool. Was he also the same Shadowking from the earlier Kingdom of Ebonfar? Didn't he war with the Yuan-Ti Kingdom of Najra? |
| The Sage |
Posted - 13 Apr 2010 : 01:59:01
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Originally posted by Faraer
While memory's fresh: is Ravendas a sorceress or a warrior? Does Mark Anthony introduce any other new Zhentarim or Zhentilar characters in these stories?
Ravendas was a fighter.
I don't recall any prominent Zhentarim or Zhentilar above the common rank-and-file being mentioned, though. Might have to flick through the books again, just to be sure. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 13 Apr 2010 : 01:58:16
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
Cool. Thanks Sage.
So was he a Shade before it was cool/awesome/uber(TM) to be a Shade?
Indeed. He became the new Shadowking of the Shadevari -- as the Villains' Lorebook notes, as I recall. |
| Faraer |
Posted - 13 Apr 2010 : 01:02:00
While memory's fresh: is Ravendas a sorceress or a warrior? Does Mark Anthony introduce any other new Zhentarim or Zhentilar characters in these stories? |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 21:58:21
Cool. Thanks Sage.
So was he a Shade before it was cool/awesome/uber(TM) to be a Shade? |
| The Sage |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 14:49:21
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Originally posted by Brimstone
Wasn't The Shadowkinga Bard?
When Caledan Caldorien started becoming the new Shadowking, yes, he was originally a bard. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 11:39:11
Wasn't The Shadowking a Bard? |
| The Sage |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 11:33:44
Whereas I count them among my favourites -- mostly because of the musical Realmslore that's revealed in the books. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 11:26:49
Ok. Good to know. Thanks.
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 11:07:51
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Originally posted by Brimstone
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Copper Elven Vampire
Do they involve any elves as main characters?
I don't remember any elves... But it's been so long since I've read them that I could be mistaken. And there's a reason it's been a long time since I read those books. 
So what is the reason you haven't read those books in awhile Wooly?
I haven't read them yet. I will eventually.
Because I didn't find them all that enjoyable. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 07:29:46
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Copper Elven Vampire
Do they involve any elves as main characters?
I don't remember any elves... But it's been so long since I've read them that I could be mistaken. And there's a reason it's been a long time since I read those books.
So what is the reason you haven't read those books in awhile Wooly?
I haven't read them yet. I will eventually. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 05:43:16
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Copper Elven Vampire
Do they involve any elves as main characters?
I don't remember any elves... But it's been so long since I've read them that I could be mistaken. And there's a reason it's been a long time since I read those books.
I re-read them recently. And I don't recall any prominent elven characters in the novels. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 04:48:44
quote:
Originally posted by Copper Elven Vampire
Do they involve any elves as main characters?
I don't remember any elves... But it's been so long since I've read them that I could be mistaken. And there's a reason it's been a long time since I read those books. |
| Copper Elven Vampire |
Posted - 12 Apr 2010 : 01:31:39
Do they involve any elves as main characters? |
| MerrikCale |
Posted - 27 Jun 2007 : 17:03:58
I always considered those two books among the best of the Harper series |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 25 Jun 2007 : 18:00:26
Tom's idea would work (the site is Presenting... Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction), but I would recommend O Love's Novels Timeline, myself. |
| TomCosta |
Posted - 25 Jun 2007 : 17:39:22
You can always check the official list that WotC posted some years back that included dates for all the novels and short stories up until that time, including all of the above tales. Go to the books section archive on their website and go back a few years to find it. |
| scererar |
Posted - 25 Jun 2007 : 04:44:06
Yes, these are great. they refer to a form of shadow magic, prior to the shadow weave/ magic becoming popular. |
| darkcrow |
Posted - 24 Jun 2007 : 21:23:11
I've done a little research of my own and I think this is the order.
The Walls of Midnight (Realms of Infamy)
King's Tear (Realms of Valor)
Crypt of the Shadowking
The Magic Thief (Realms of Magic)
Curse of the Shadowmage
Please tell me if I'm wrong. And if you have not had the honor to read these tales, then your life will forever more feel empty until you do so! |
