The Nether Scroll Chapter 9: Into Dekanter's Mines and the Beast Lord's Lair
Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 (Forgotten Realms) ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
Chapter 9 finally gets us to Dekanter, and it does not disappoint.
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This is post 9 of a chapter-by-chapter retelling of “Planeswalker” by Lynn Abbey, Book II of the Artifact Cycle in Magic: The Gathering.
Blood on the Sand - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 8
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
This chapter is a lot. Abbey throws crisis after crisis at Hamanu and doesn’t let up for a single page.
The Nether Scroll Chapter 8: A Day of Stones, Blood, and Hard Truths in the Greypeaks
Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 (Forgotten Realms) ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
Chapter 8 opens with something I genuinely appreciate about Lynn Abbey’s writing. Druhallen wakes up and just… thinks about retirement. He’s fantasizing about buying a little spell shop in a well-run town, marrying, maybe having kids. The man is pulling gray hairs from his beard and daydreaming about boring, predictable, wonderful normalcy.
The Cleansing Wars Begin - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 7
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
This chapter is split right down the middle. The first half is present-day Hamanu in his workroom, brewing a dangerous stealth spell. The second half is his memoir, and it is one of the best stretches of the entire book.
The Nether Scroll Chapter 7: Bog, Bones, and Dung Beasts in the Greypeaks
Book: The Nether Scroll | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
If you’ve ever played a D&D campaign where the DM puts the party through a miserable overland journey just to make them appreciate civilization, that’s this chapter. Except it’s actually good.
Xantcha and Ratepe Take Flight Together
This is post 8 of a chapter-by-chapter retelling of “Planeswalker” by Lynn Abbey, Book II of the Artifact Cycle in Magic: The Gathering.
Power and Betrayal - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 6
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
We’re back in present-day Urik, and the chapter opens with Hamanu doing something surprisingly… normal. He’s sitting on his palace roof, half-listening to his dwarf steward Enver read a daily briefing scroll, and thinking about farming.
The Nether Scroll Chapter 6: Lady Wyndyfarh's Grove and Galimer's Imprisonment
Book: The Nether Scroll | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
This chapter is where everything falls apart. And it’s completely Tiep’s fault. Sort of.
Ratepe Tells His Story by the Fire
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The title of this post is a bit misleading, because Chapter 6 is actually about Xantcha’s past. Rat falls asleep by the dying fire, and while she watches over him with one hand on his chain, Xantcha’s mind goes back to Phyrexia again. This time, deeper.