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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7888156" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#042 Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad by Troy Denning (Avatar 5) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 5/1/20 to 8/1/20</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]117285[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Book 5- well, it's good- but not great, and for a while I just had to stick with it and cling on to the twisty-turny plot. Actually its not so much the plot (but it is a bit) its the fact that the gods, and in particular Cyric & Mask (but also Kelemvor, Mystra, Talos, Oghma and others) can simultaneously occupy multiple manifestations of being, and... wait for it- they can also take on the appearance of other gods (or people, or things- like pillars!) </p><p></p><p>So, deities are getting duped by other deities, and mortals... well, they don't stand a chance.</p><p></p><p>The gods are playing silly buggers with the Realms, and all because Cyric (and later Kelemvor and Mystra) are on trial. Cyric is accused of Innocence (in his madness) while K & M are just not fit for purpose (in essence), they're charged with acting all 'mortal' about things.</p><p></p><p>The glory be element of this book is mostly Malik el Sami yn Nasser (and his man-eating horse) who is the chosen one of Cyric- the Bookfinder General, the book in question being the Cyrinishad- and, at the same time, the other book- the True Life of Cyric, as dictated by Oghma.</p><p></p><p>In short there's plenty of room for confusion, misdirection and general strangeness- this is a battle of/for/between the gods we're talking about, prepare to have your reality warped.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot of it at the start in which we're back and forth with the three manifestations of Kelemvor, Mask of many-faces, and a variety of other poor saps (including the reader) who just have to take what they're reading/seeing as real or true. </p><p></p><p>But keep reading... keep reading... because Malik el Sami yn Nasser is comedy gold, in a good way- as it turns out the paunchy merchant spy with the desirable wife knows what's best for Cyric. He knows better than his deity what the mad god needs, sort of.</p><p></p><p>As I say, you have to grip tight to this one- it's not so much the twisty-turny, more the fact that you've got to keep in mind what's already happened (been said and done) and by whom... to whom; and there's a lot going on- mostly chatter and threats with various godheads, but... its busy.</p><p></p><p>In the end... well, same as the beginning- what did you expect. Cyric, K & M complete their six month apprenticeship and get their Deity Licenses.</p><p></p><p>Read!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7888156, member: 16069"] [B]#042 Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad by Troy Denning (Avatar 5) Read 5/1/20 to 8/1/20[/B] [ATTACH]117285[/ATTACH] Book 5- well, it's good- but not great, and for a while I just had to stick with it and cling on to the twisty-turny plot. Actually its not so much the plot (but it is a bit) its the fact that the gods, and in particular Cyric & Mask (but also Kelemvor, Mystra, Talos, Oghma and others) can simultaneously occupy multiple manifestations of being, and... wait for it- they can also take on the appearance of other gods (or people, or things- like pillars!) So, deities are getting duped by other deities, and mortals... well, they don't stand a chance. The gods are playing silly buggers with the Realms, and all because Cyric (and later Kelemvor and Mystra) are on trial. Cyric is accused of Innocence (in his madness) while K & M are just not fit for purpose (in essence), they're charged with acting all 'mortal' about things. The glory be element of this book is mostly Malik el Sami yn Nasser (and his man-eating horse) who is the chosen one of Cyric- the Bookfinder General, the book in question being the Cyrinishad- and, at the same time, the other book- the True Life of Cyric, as dictated by Oghma. In short there's plenty of room for confusion, misdirection and general strangeness- this is a battle of/for/between the gods we're talking about, prepare to have your reality warped. There's a lot of it at the start in which we're back and forth with the three manifestations of Kelemvor, Mask of many-faces, and a variety of other poor saps (including the reader) who just have to take what they're reading/seeing as real or true. But keep reading... keep reading... because Malik el Sami yn Nasser is comedy gold, in a good way- as it turns out the paunchy merchant spy with the desirable wife knows what's best for Cyric. He knows better than his deity what the mad god needs, sort of. As I say, you have to grip tight to this one- it's not so much the twisty-turny, more the fact that you've got to keep in mind what's already happened (been said and done) and by whom... to whom; and there's a lot going on- mostly chatter and threats with various godheads, but... its busy. In the end... well, same as the beginning- what did you expect. Cyric, K & M complete their six month apprenticeship and get their Deity Licenses. Read! [/QUOTE]
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