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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 7936925" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>I mostly remember this book for how it made for yet <em>another</em> ancient evil from the dawn of Creation. By that point, that particular archetypal niche was starting to get crowded. We already had Shar, the goddess of loss and nihilism whose split with her sister Selune is part of the Realms' creation story. We had elder evils like Dendar the Night Serpent and Kezef the Chaos Hound. Now we also had the shadevari. Tying them all together in the sourcebooks would be a chore, and I don't think there were too many more of these guys after that (and, to my knowledge, we don't see the shadevari again until this novel's sequel, Curse of the Shadowmage, after which point they're near-totally forgotten).</p><p></p><p>Beyond that, I don't recall much about the book. The character who made the strongest impression on me was Ravendas, but I seem to recall that her short story in Realms of Infamy was more impressive. Here, she was largely notable for how (from what I remember) she came across as crazy but charismatic, like a female version of Cobra Commander. Oh, and the wizard who made that pact with that shadowy ghost-figure; that sort of "being treated as a pariah for doing something necessary to save everyone, and letting everyone think the worst about you for it" bit seemed cool to me before. Now, it just seems overwrought; I can't remember if there was a reason he couldn't just explain to Caledan why he did what he did, but if not then he really should have done so. Drama tends to work better when it's driven by more than just a years-long fit of pique.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 7936925, member: 8461"] I mostly remember this book for how it made for yet [I]another[/I] ancient evil from the dawn of Creation. By that point, that particular archetypal niche was starting to get crowded. We already had Shar, the goddess of loss and nihilism whose split with her sister Selune is part of the Realms' creation story. We had elder evils like Dendar the Night Serpent and Kezef the Chaos Hound. Now we also had the shadevari. Tying them all together in the sourcebooks would be a chore, and I don't think there were too many more of these guys after that (and, to my knowledge, we don't see the shadevari again until this novel's sequel, Curse of the Shadowmage, after which point they're near-totally forgotten). Beyond that, I don't recall much about the book. The character who made the strongest impression on me was Ravendas, but I seem to recall that her short story in Realms of Infamy was more impressive. Here, she was largely notable for how (from what I remember) she came across as crazy but charismatic, like a female version of Cobra Commander. Oh, and the wizard who made that pact with that shadowy ghost-figure; that sort of "being treated as a pariah for doing something necessary to save everyone, and letting everyone think the worst about you for it" bit seemed cool to me before. Now, it just seems overwrought; I can't remember if there was a reason he couldn't just explain to Caledan why he did what he did, but if not then he really should have done so. Drama tends to work better when it's driven by more than just a years-long fit of pique. [/QUOTE]
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