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Dennis
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 Posted - 10 Jun 2011 : 18:26:05
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From what novel is that? Haven't read any of Erik's. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
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Posted - 10 Jun 2011 : 18:30:25
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From what novel is that? Haven't read any of Erik's.
-Depths of Madness. I did a review on that one, didn't like it too much, but if you haven't read it, you should try it. Outside of that one, I enjoyed Ghostwalker immensely, as well as the assorted short stories he's written. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 11 Jun 2011 : 01:31:00
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-Only one other enclave exists, that we know of, that, seemingly, was as "advanced" as Karsus' Enclave, and that would be Nagareth, based off of the awesome information that Erik was able to share with me, ...
Erik once shared some info on Negarath with me as well, but I'm curious about what further info he provided you. Can you share it here with us?
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Dennis
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Posted - 11 Jun 2011 : 02:16:38
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Originally posted by Dennis
From what novel is that? Haven't read any of Erik's.
-Depths of Madness. I did a review on that one, didn't like it too much, but if you haven't read it, you should try it. Outside of that one, I enjoyed Ghostwalker immensely, as well as the assorted short stories he's written.
Thanks, but no thanks. I don't like the protagonists. The blurb alone is dull enough. Plus I read some nasty reviews on that novel. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Jun 2011 : 06:01:20
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Originally posted by The Sage
Erik once shared some info on Negarath with me as well, but I'm curious about what further info he provided you. Can you share it here with us?
-Sure, I don't think he'd mind. I asked why Nega, the Arcanist who built the city, built it so "weirdly", like Relativity, or House of Stairs and he said:
"Negarath is indeed "weird," and for two reasons. The (surprisingly lawfully-aligned) arcanist Nega was a master of chaos magic, and he found the Escher-like quality of his enclave an artistic expression of himself as well as soothing. He built Negarath as a kind of Parque Guell / Sagrada Familia (Gaudi creations in Spain). Long story short, he built it that way purposefully as a destination, kind of like an amusement park for the Netherese. Negarath was actually inverted, with its own reverse gravity field (as seen in the novel).
Also (and what led to Negarath's downfall), Nega bound a Sharn (Ruuk), which he afflicted with a lawful alignment in the process of squeezing its chaos out of it (like juice from an orange) to use in making the enclave really crazy. This continued even after the fall of Netheril, continuing to warp the surrounding area.
The basic theme of this story is Netherese arrogance: thinking that chaos magic can be controlled by understanding it.
Which is similar to one of the things I'm going for in the book, only with madness."
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Originally posted by Dennis
Thanks, but no thanks. I don't like the protagonists. The blurb alone is dull enough. Plus I read some nasty reviews on that novel.
-Depths of Madness, or Ghostwalker? If it's the latter you're talking about, that's one of the Top 10 Forgotten Realms novels published, in my not so humble, highly regarded opinion! |
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