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SheriffJoe
Seeker
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
 Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 15:54:06
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A pox on my malfunctioning monitor. Oh wait, perhaps that's what's happened |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
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Dremvek
Seeker
70 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 17:17:49
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| According to a post at another site, Erik doesn't believe this is the final cover. Part of his reasoning behind this is he'd hope the final cover would spell his name correctly. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 17:30:52
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I've confirmed with my editor that this is NOT the final cover. She hasn't been given a chance to correct the spellings, nor have any of the other editors (I imagine they'll spell my name properly, aye!). Also, I was told the lettering might be different and the color scheme may change a bit in the final. (I imagine it may look shinier.  )
She also said she wasn't sure if Amazon would eventually post the correct cover, due to the sheer volume of books they handle. I guess we'll see.
In the meantime, while it's there, enjoy.
I should also mention (and this is the hint I dropped at Worlds) that the cover's deceptive in which character it chooses to portray.
And that's all I'll say about that. 
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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mavericace
Seeker
USA
84 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 20:14:16
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| Wow one would think they would make sure they have at least the proper spelling of a Author's name before they send the cover off to places like Amazon. Other than that the cover does look neat. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 20:32:23
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Originally posted by mavericace
Wow one would think they would make sure they have at least the proper spelling of a Author's name before they send the cover off to places like Amazon. Other than that the cover does look neat.
Yeah -- not sure how it happened. 
Glad you like it, guys!
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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RodOdom
Senior Scribe
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 20:42:57
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| Can you tell us where in the Realms the story is set, Mr. de Bie? |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 20:50:18
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Would I like to? Absolutely.
Can I? Nope.
Suffice it to say that the location is important to the plot. Much of the novel takes place underground. So anywhere there are dungeons. . . as though that narrows it down.
The specific location would be one of those pesky NDA type thingies. Sorry!
Cheers
P.S. And call me Erik! |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 21:26:38
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It looks kind of ...creepy. I can see why it's titled what it is.
Hmm, what's that symbol on her tunic? Any hints?
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And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 21:59:30
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Originally posted by Mazrim_Taim
It looks kind of ...creepy. I can see why it's titled what it is.
Heh. "Creepy" is the right word by half.
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Hmm, what's that symbol on her tunic? Any hints?
Well, in my professional, completely arbitrary, not-influenced-by-writing-the-book opinion, it would appear to be the crescent moon of Corellon Larethian.
I'll be happy to answer questions based on the cover so long as it doesn't entail giving away things I can't give away (like location of said dungeon, identity of the major character(s), etc.), at the moment at least.
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jul 2006 : 01:18:28
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| I do like the style of cover, even if it isn't final. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jul 2006 : 01:43:28
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I've confirmed with my editor that this is NOT the final cover.
I appreciate the details Erik.
By chance, do you happen to know what the final cover art *may* look like?
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jul 2006 : 02:01:48
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In order of most likelihood:
1. It may look just like this, only glossier, with my name spelled correctly and hopefully not the word "series."
2. It may look like this but with different lettering (as in the text in a different style).
3. They may bugger the whole thing and rework it entirely.
Basically, I don't know (maddening, eh?). May look just like this, may not. I suspect this is a very good approximation of what it will eventually look like.
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jul 2006 : 16:52:37
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| I'd say guess it's an Undermountain story but that's just me. :) |
"Evil prevails when good men fail to act."
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riverc0il
Acolyte
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 00:25:25
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| nice cover. i do hope the wording style is changed slightly. it just seems too.... 80s B horror flick in that picture. the design is nice though, i like it. |
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Braveheart
Learned Scribe
Austria
159 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 09:52:46
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Originally posted by SirUrza
I'd say guess it's an Undermountain story but that's just me. :)
Spoiler (highlight to read)
Yeah, perhaps we get to know what happens to Frostrune on his holiday at Halaster's place |
Jarlaxle: "Do keep ever present in your thoughts, my friend, that an illusion can kill you if you believe in it."
Entreri: "And the real thing can kill you whether you believe in it or not." |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 10:38:57
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quote:
Originally posted by Braveheart
quote:
Originally posted by SirUrza
I'd say guess it's an Undermountain story but that's just me. :)
Spoiler (highlight to read)
Yeah, perhaps we get to know what happens to Frostrune on his holiday at Halaster's place
Don't call him that! |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 10:55:37
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| Nice cover art! Now we talked about the crescent moon but who might be the person we only see the hand from and what are those "tentacles"? Animated linen wrapping? A mummy lord perhaps? |
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Braveheart
Learned Scribe
Austria
159 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 13:02:15
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Braveheart
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Originally posted by SirUrza
I'd say guess it's an Undermountain story but that's just me. :)
Spoiler (highlight to read)
Yeah, perhaps we get to know what happens to Frostrune on his holiday at Halaster's place
Don't call him that!
Sorry, I've forgotten the other name already. Should I call him nameless instead? |
Jarlaxle: "Do keep ever present in your thoughts, my friend, that an illusion can kill you if you believe in it."
Entreri: "And the real thing can kill you whether you believe in it or not." |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 15:31:05
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Originally posted by Ergdusch
Nice cover art! Now we talked about the crescent moon but who might be the person we only see the hand from and what are those "tentacles"? Animated linen wrapping? A mummy lord perhaps?
Ah, now that would be telling. 
Theories?
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Originally posted by Braveheart
quote:
Originally posted by SirUrza
I'd say guess it's an Undermountain story but that's just me. :)
Spoiler (highlight to read)
Yeah, perhaps we get to know what happens to Frostrune on his holiday at Halaster's place
 If only!
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Na-Gang
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
348 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jul 2006 : 11:53:50
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I'm really looking forward to this. I enjoyed Ghostwalker immensely. Enjoy the word 'Depths' the theme 'Madness' and I have quite a thing for tentacles and tendrils.
Obviously being an elf, and there being tendrilly things I'm hoping for more Moander hating on some elven ruins. Again. But then I hope to see Moander hating on some elven ruins when I go to the supermarket, when I get on the tube, when I eat peanuts, when I take a shower... actually, maybe forget I said that last one. |
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jul 2006 : 20:21:54
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Lameth
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2006 : 23:40:05
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| Ooh, she's female. Poor thing. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 03:58:55
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Thanks for posting that, Lameth! What a cover!
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Ooh, she's female. Poor thing.
Yeah, I torture male and female characters equally. I'm gender-equal in my literary cruelty.
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 05:22:01
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Yeah, I torture male and female characters equally. I'm gender-equal in my literary cruelty.
Cheers
Good to know you don't discriminate. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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wwwwwww
Learned Scribe
116 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 17:11:03
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A little too much on the horrorish side for me. Another FR book with a lack of color. I understand it makes the piece look darker, but it just seems to belong in the horror isle or with a bunch of White-Wolf books.
I'm not sure I can see someone perusing the fantasy isle picking this one up for its cover. I don't know . . . |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 19:19:16
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You raise a good point -- I think Wizards is, on the whole, going with a darker, less colorful series of covers for the Dungeons. But I've only the first cover to judge, so I can't say for sure.
If Erik Gist (who is the artist, it seems, for Depths) is doing all the Dungeons, then judging by his other work, they will be pretty dark.
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Depths of Madness - cover art up
It does indeed give a "creepy" and atmospheric feel.