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Horatio
Seeker
Israel
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 Posted - 29 May 2006 : 23:53:22
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I'm looking for novels with lore, who manage to flesh-out the realm well. Though not a must, I'd like to read about anything with dwarfs, knights, clerics or paladins of Lathander/Ilmater/Kelemvor/Helm/Torm/Tyr... that would be great. Characters, and characters development, are more important to me than the plot.
If anyone has a suggestion, please, hit me!
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Narm on The Farm
Acolyte
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Posted - 30 May 2006 : 00:12:31
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| Well i myself am new as of a week of reading and i started with spellfire as some people recomended and it hooked me right away. But im sure some of the other long time readers can be of more help. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2006 : 00:14:31
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Originally posted by Horatio
I'm looking for novels with lore, who manage to flesh-out the realm well. Though not a must, I'd like to read about anything with dwarfs, knights, clerics or paladins of Lathander/Ilmater/Kelemvor/Helm/Torm/Tyr... that would be great. Characters, and characters development, are more important to me than the plot.
If anyone has a suggestion, please, hit me!
If you are just starting out and want an overall view, check out the harpers set, 16 novels that cover quite a bit. Most are OOP, but looking through used book stores and EBAy can gererally solve this. The songs and swords books are great and also are encompassed within the harpers and later made it's own series. My favorite and first realms novel was spellfire. Paul Kemp's Erevis cale trilogy is excellent and gets into a darker type theme then what was written for realms material of the past. The finder's stone trilogy, which is also OOP, is a great starting point. Everyone here will have differing opinions, but look at what everyone says and you will be a ble to get a general consensus from the other srcibes here |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Shadovar
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 30 May 2006 : 02:14:11
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Originally posted by Horatio
I'm looking for novels with lore, who manage to flesh-out the realm well. Though not a must, I'd like to read about anything with dwarfs, knights, clerics or paladins of Lathander/Ilmater/Kelemvor/Helm/Torm/Tyr... that would be great. Characters, and characters development, are more important to me than the plot.
If anyone has a suggestion, please, hit me!
I can suggest a few recommendations to you, but not sure whether you would like it. Well, for more on dwarves, check the Hunter Blades Trilogy where the dwarves had the biggest fight out of their lives against the orcs, the Drizzt Books especially the Siege of Darkness also feature the battle for one of the dwarven homes.
As for Helm...the Maztica Trilolgy did talked about the "heroics" of The Helmites.
For clerics of Tyr, The Pool of Radiance Trilogy did emphasize on a Tyrran cleric and the follow up of the Pools Trilogy: Ruins of Myth Drannor also includes a Tyrran paladin.
Knight of Torm...check the Crucible or Prince of Lies book about Gwydion, a knight of Torm. |
We have fostered trust, recruited loyalty, and gathered the faithful. We have trained thousands. Our legions can cover the land, fill the sky and travel through the darkness. We can hunt any and all that would deny our heritage. Now is our time, now is the time of the Dark Reign(Rain) of the Empire of Shadows.
- High Prince Telemont Tanthul, Lord Shadow
In a speech given to the citizens of Shade Enclave
At the celebration of the Shinantra Battle victory when he revealed that he was THE Lord Shadow of legend. |
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Horatio
Seeker
Israel
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Posted - 30 May 2006 : 05:30:53
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Thanks guys!
For the Hunter's Blade, shouldn't I start with the first book about Drizzt and work my way up?
I'd post more later but I'm in a hurry for work now. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 30 May 2006 : 05:36:21
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Originally posted by Horatio
Thanks guys!
For the Hunter's Blade, shouldn't I start with the first book about Drizzt and work my way up?
I'd post more later but I'm in a hurry for work now.
See this thread, where it was just, and still is, being discussed. :)
http://www.candlekeep.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6964 |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 19 Jun 2006 : 07:34:51
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As for me - i started my FR readinbg experience with the the Icewind dale trilogy. Was a great book. There you will find a very interesting dwarven character. he is no cleric or the like but a dwarf through and through - Bruenor Battlehammer.
By the way, I think the series is a "must read"! Even if not all books are similarly well written, the over all story is a wonderful reading experience.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Jun 2006 : 21:47:25
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Originally posted by Ergdusch
As for me - i started my FR readinbg experience with the the Icewind dale trilogy. Was a great book. There you will find a very interesting dwarven character. he is no cleric or the like but a dwarf through and through - Bruenor Battlehammer.
By the way, I think the series is a "must read"! Even if not all books are similarly well written, the over all story is a wonderful reading experience.
The IWD books were the first I read, myself. :) I don't believe those are the books that *must* be read first, but that's what I did, and I turned out fine. |
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