Guenhwyver Hmm have you seen that ridiculus poem he wrote about it, god Im a little worried about what he summons the cat for sometimes.
Salvatore novels are set in the forgotten realms, its a shared world or whatever you want to call it so lots of people roleplay, write books and make games in that setting. The Salvatore novels worth reading are the Icewind dale trilogy and the dark elf trilogy. Everything else he wrote just falls into the pit of eternal boredom he really can be that dull and uninspiring unless of coures you want to buy about twenty books of sword fights and nonexistant plots.
the connection you were worrying about, well lets just say a lot of things are ripped off in the forgotten realms.
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