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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7874939" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#036 The Titan of Twilight by Troy Denning (Twilight Giants 3) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 13/12/19 to 14/12/19</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116834[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Book 3- and probably the best of the trilogy, the usual suspects- of course, and Brianna is still doing her Tavis is bad thing, and Avner is still a 12th Level Rogue 3rd Level Assassin, and... well, it's more of the same really, only with a climactic conclusion.</p><p></p><p>It gets EPIC towards the end, and I don't usually like that but this time (for whatever reason) it just works, but just let me take a moment to explain. The craziness in this novel comes about because Tavis and Brianna have gone the parenthood route- however there's something spooky (ugly) about their child, the rumour is 'the Ettin' from the last novel has had his evil way (ways- plural?) with Lady B.</p><p></p><p>The Giant-kin (Firbolg's, Verbeeg & Fomorian) are out to do serious harm to the Lord & Lady's new born sprog- at first convinced that Brianna has had twins (1x Good, 1x Evil- natch) and stuck in the middle of it all is Tavis.</p><p></p><p>Is the child possessed of twin spirits- good and evil?</p><p></p><p>Read on...</p><p></p><p>Matters get a little more fraught when the Titan of Twilight (T of T) tips up and starts smashing to pieces the already besieged castle in which Lady B, Tavis et al are sojourning. Soon after the big guy (T of T) grabs up the keep that Brianna and child (and Avner, and a few red shirts) are hiding in, and then stomps off across the kingdom back to the Vale of Twilight (V of T).</p><p></p><p>There's a wonderful moment when the aforementioned T of T puts the keep down (to rest) and then calls forth a clutch of Storm Giants to guard the tower. Boy, them Storm Giants have got the weight of the world on their shoulders- dour buggers, and I love the swarms of birds that accompany them wherever they go- I'm having that in my game.</p><p></p><p>Eventually the T of T makes it to the V of T- Brianna is on nursemaid duties, keeping the 100lb (or thereabouts) child weaned. Tavis and co (but no Avner- SPOILER, Avner's dead now- and a heroic death at that, worthy of a central character) follow the T of T to the T of V, after picking up Skysplitter (the impractical SUPER-AXE) en route. Then... well, lots of stuff goes down- a mountain/tor gets cleft in twain (can you guess who by, and what with) and the V of T gets exposed to the real.</p><p></p><p>Then it kinda kicks off, but the ending is suitably- clever, rather than just bloody, the T of T even has a happyish ever-after.</p><p></p><p>Well done. Not shout it from the roof tops great but there are some really fine moments here, and some nice insights in to the ways and means of various D&D-style monsters/NPCs.</p><p></p><p>Read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7874939, member: 16069"] [B]#036 The Titan of Twilight by Troy Denning (Twilight Giants 3) Read 13/12/19 to 14/12/19[/B] [ATTACH]116834[/ATTACH] Book 3- and probably the best of the trilogy, the usual suspects- of course, and Brianna is still doing her Tavis is bad thing, and Avner is still a 12th Level Rogue 3rd Level Assassin, and... well, it's more of the same really, only with a climactic conclusion. It gets EPIC towards the end, and I don't usually like that but this time (for whatever reason) it just works, but just let me take a moment to explain. The craziness in this novel comes about because Tavis and Brianna have gone the parenthood route- however there's something spooky (ugly) about their child, the rumour is 'the Ettin' from the last novel has had his evil way (ways- plural?) with Lady B. The Giant-kin (Firbolg's, Verbeeg & Fomorian) are out to do serious harm to the Lord & Lady's new born sprog- at first convinced that Brianna has had twins (1x Good, 1x Evil- natch) and stuck in the middle of it all is Tavis. Is the child possessed of twin spirits- good and evil? Read on... Matters get a little more fraught when the Titan of Twilight (T of T) tips up and starts smashing to pieces the already besieged castle in which Lady B, Tavis et al are sojourning. Soon after the big guy (T of T) grabs up the keep that Brianna and child (and Avner, and a few red shirts) are hiding in, and then stomps off across the kingdom back to the Vale of Twilight (V of T). There's a wonderful moment when the aforementioned T of T puts the keep down (to rest) and then calls forth a clutch of Storm Giants to guard the tower. Boy, them Storm Giants have got the weight of the world on their shoulders- dour buggers, and I love the swarms of birds that accompany them wherever they go- I'm having that in my game. Eventually the T of T makes it to the V of T- Brianna is on nursemaid duties, keeping the 100lb (or thereabouts) child weaned. Tavis and co (but no Avner- SPOILER, Avner's dead now- and a heroic death at that, worthy of a central character) follow the T of T to the T of V, after picking up Skysplitter (the impractical SUPER-AXE) en route. Then... well, lots of stuff goes down- a mountain/tor gets cleft in twain (can you guess who by, and what with) and the V of T gets exposed to the real. Then it kinda kicks off, but the ending is suitably- clever, rather than just bloody, the T of T even has a happyish ever-after. Well done. Not shout it from the roof tops great but there are some really fine moments here, and some nice insights in to the ways and means of various D&D-style monsters/NPCs. Read. [/QUOTE]
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