Cloak of Shadows
by Ed Greenwood
Shadow of the Avatar (Book 2), Forgotten Realms novels (The Shadow of the Avatar — )
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The time of troubles had arrived. The chaos of spilled blood, lawlessness, monsters and avatars roaming Faerun had come. The Shadowmasters had seized the opportunity to increase their influence and power while Mystra and her minions were otherwise engaged. The Shadowmasters had woven a magical cloak of spells that would render the wearer invisible to their rival's magic.Tags
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I didn't care for the 'Time of Troubles' concept in the Forgotten Realms world, but these books grew on me a bit. The idea of a conflict among the gods that has a big impact on the humans isn't really a strange concept in fantasy. Well written, maybe a bit too much hack and slash.
Elminster and his allies fight the Malaugrym, evil shapeshifters using a magical cloak to become invisible to magic while attempting to slay the Chosen of Mystra.
The Malaugrym, a race of evil shapeshifters, exploit the magical chaos of the Time of Troubles, when gods roam Faerûn, to launch an assault on Elminster and the Chosen. A Malaugrym wizard, Milhvar, creates a magical effect that makes the shapeshifters immune to the magical detection and attacks of Mystra’s Chosen.
As Elminster, Midnight, and their allies work to restore order to Faerûn, they battle these Shadowmasters, who have created a Shadow Throne to spread their control.
The heroes successfully combat the Malaugrym, destroying the Shadow Throne and killing many of the show more shapeshifters, including Milhvar. show less
The Malaugrym, a race of evil shapeshifters, exploit the magical chaos of the Time of Troubles, when gods roam Faerûn, to launch an assault on Elminster and the Chosen. A Malaugrym wizard, Milhvar, creates a magical effect that makes the shapeshifters immune to the magical detection and attacks of Mystra’s Chosen.
As Elminster, Midnight, and their allies work to restore order to Faerûn, they battle these Shadowmasters, who have created a Shadow Throne to spread their control.
The heroes successfully combat the Malaugrym, destroying the Shadow Throne and killing many of the show more shapeshifters, including Milhvar. show less
less good than the first one. cartoonishly evil shape shifters were hard to picture and follow what was happening.
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Ed Greenwood was born on July 21 1959 in Canada. He is a fantasy writer and the original creator of the Forgotten Realms game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. He show more has written many Forgotten Realms novels, as well as numerous articles and D&D game supplement books. Greenwood discovered the Dungeons & Dragons game in 1975 and soon became a regular player. He used the Realms as a setting for his campaigns, which centered around the fictional locales of Waterdeep and Shadowdale, locations that would figure prominently in his later writing. According to Greenwood, his players' thirst for detail pushed him to further develop the Forgotten Realms setting. His works include Shandril's Sage, The Elminster Series, The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy, The Comyr Saga, The Harpers, The Sundering and The Iron Assassin. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Cloak of Shadows
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- 1995-06
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- As the Time of Troubles came down upon the Realms, dark things watched and waited their chance...
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Aye," Itharr replied. "It would be."
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