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Old 03-27-2002, 12:08 AM   #2
Black Knight
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Delaware OH USA
Age: 48
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Well, you did ask...

First, there was The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, and the Halfling's Gem (also know as The Icewind Dale Trilogy). The Barbarian was SUPPOSE to be the main char, but people fell in love with the Drow Ranger and wanted to know more about him.

So two years later, Salvatore wrote the Prequil Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn stories (AKA The Dark Elf Trilogy).

Then, Salvatore and his editors decided that they were done with the Series and wanted to go elsewhere with it. So they decided to write in the same genre (scifi fantasy). Robert wanted to do a Monk. Except they technically weren't a part of DnD any more. So he did a cleric (and cheated in a Monk in the form of the love interest). This was a five book series - Canticle, In sylvan Shadows, Night Masks, The Fallen Fortress, and The Chaos Curse. The main Character is Cadderly. These novels were hard to read because, to be honest, you had that familar writing style, but no Drizzt, Cattie-Brie, Wulfgar, etc. Give them a chance. It is called the Cleric Quintet.

Haven't researched it yet, but I feel that Salvatore wanted to interact his two streams of Forgotten Realms characters and, lets face it, write more about Drizzt and friends. So he created The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, and Passage to Dawn - AKA Legacy of the Drow.

As a foot note, I have all of the above in Collector edition. 4000 pages for about $100 American.

In the last year or two, he has written Servant of the Shard, The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, and Sea of Swords. I have yet to read them, but I believe it is a continuation of the Legacy of the Drow books.

Hopefully that answers you question without giving away too much of the plot.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

BK
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