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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9690522" data-attributes="member: 18182">In the novel, things go sideways pretty much immediately and the party starts out distrustful of each other and at each other's throats. The character in the top left is Fielle the artificer, and she is initially portrayed as a sweet, doormouse, always-trys-to-see-the-good type of character . . . but even then she is waaaay too cheerful in that image!Rotrog the orc wizard (front and center) is a grumpy gus for must of the novel, and seems like he is smirking in the above image . . . the others look more neutral . . . something that bugged me throughout the novel (minor nitpick) is it &quot;Ro-trog&quot; or &quot;Rot-rog&quot;?Alishai the tiefling paladin has anger issues that keeps her mean and crabby for most of the narrative; and Chivaron the drow barbarian is a bit smarmy, amoral, and hedonistic . . . he's a refugee from Menzoberranzan like Drizzt, but has a more survivalist outlook than our famous drow ranger. He dotes on and is extremely attached to his pet, the hairless tressym (which is not only new to the readers, but to the other characters as well).The cover painting is well done, but yeah, it gives an overall cheerful vibe that is at odds with the actual story and of course the setting. But hey, don't judge a book by its cover! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9690522, member: 18182"] In the novel, things go sideways pretty much immediately and the party starts out distrustful of each other and at each other's throats. The character in the top left is Fielle the artificer, and she is initially portrayed as a sweet, doormouse, always-trys-to-see-the-good type of character . . . but even then she is waaaay too cheerful in that image! Rotrog the orc wizard (front and center) is a grumpy gus for must of the novel, and seems like he is smirking in the above image . . . the others look more neutral . . . something that bugged me throughout the novel (minor nitpick) is it "Ro-trog" or "Rot-rog"? Alishai the tiefling paladin has anger issues that keeps her mean and crabby for most of the narrative; and Chivaron the drow barbarian is a bit smarmy, amoral, and hedonistic . . . he's a refugee from Menzoberranzan like Drizzt, but has a more survivalist outlook than our famous drow ranger. He dotes on and is extremely attached to his pet, the hairless tressym (which is not only new to the readers, but to the other characters as well). The cover painting is well done, but yeah, it gives an overall cheerful vibe that is at odds with the actual story and of course the setting. But hey, don't judge a book by its cover! :) [/QUOTE]

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