Dangerous Games is the second book in the Netheril trilogy by Clayton Emery.[1]
Netheril, empire of magic, where wizards wield power far beyond the ken of mortal men.
Netheril, where citadels float, magic runs wild, and mages dabble in games better left for the gods.
Netheril, a place of dangerous games where the barbarian Sunbright Steelshanks soon finds himself an unwilling pawn in a lethal match of wits, wiles, and powers.
[1]Summary[]
Sunbright and Candlemas, after having escaped from the Lower Planes, find themselves back in Netheril. The mage, Candlemas, continues on working on a cure for the grain blight affecting the crops around the empire. Sunbright, however, wishes to find a way to rescue his lover, Greenwillow, from the infernal layer that he had managed to escape from. As the two companions walk the surface of Faerûn, they discover a great chunk of star metal. They approach the star, but the almost god-like arcanist, Great Karsus, confronts them; he has travelled 358 years into the past just to find the fallen star. Karsus, with his incredible power, transports them forward to his time, from 3162 NY (-698 DR) to 3520 NY (-340 DR).
The trio arrive in the conclave known as Karsus, of course named after the extremely popular and powerful mage. Karsus begins on developing "heavy magic", whilst Candlemas finds love with Karsus' cousin, Aquesita, and Sunbright ventures further into the city. Here, Sunbright meets Knucklebones, a half-elf thief with the knack for getting out of dangerous situations.
Karsus begins to panic as he realizes his enemies, the phaerimm, are trying to dismantle his work. Becoming even more insane, Karsus initiates a war against the enclave of Ioulaum, the home of a rival arcanist. The crazed Karsus channels a spell to elevate him beyond mortality, but as he does so, the phaerimm attack him. Karsus repels the aberrations and attempts to become a god. Even the goddess of magic, Mystryl, cannot withstand the drive of Karsus, and she sacrifices herself to repel him. At this point, the Netherese Empire begins to collapse, and the conclaves fall to the ground. Candlemas, Sunbright, and Knucklebones escape the disaster, and find themselves back in the past.
Index[]
Characters[]
- Aba • Aquesita • Candlemas • Corah • Gibor • Hamuda • Hurodon • Hute • Jules • Kalle • Karsus • Knucklebones • Krikor • Lothar • Magda • Martel • Mystra • Nibaw • Ox • Polaris • Rolon • Seda • Sleeping Gunn • Sunbright Steelshanks • Umeko • Wulgreth • Zykta
- Referenced only
- Angeni • Baron Onan • Behira • Blindrum • Damita • Dorlas • Drigor • Greenwillow • Kas • Lucke • Mandisa • Mika • Owldark • Pericles • Radman • Roni • Rushworth • Sleeping Gunn • Sysquemalyn • Thornwing • Xanad • Zahn
Creatures[]
- badger • cardinal • catfish • dust devil • dwarf • giant flea • fish • half-elf • hawk • horse • human (Netherese • Rengarth) • lich • lizard • mastiff • phaerimm • porcupine • rabbit • raptor • shadeling • skeleton • spider golem • trout • zombie
- Referenced only
- amphisbaena • badger • bear (black, brown) • beetle • bird • chickadee • cockroach • cricket • deer • dragon • eagle • elf • elk • firefly • frog • gnome • hummingbird • medusa • mole • mouse • orc • ox • panther • parrot • peeper • possum • seal • shrew • snake • squirrel • stork • termite • tiger • undead • vampire • vulture • warbler • wolf
Events[]
Items[]
- ale • ballista • beer • brandy • bread • brimstone • bronze • chalk • cheese • chert • granite • ham • iron • lance • leather armor • mace • mother of pearl • nickel • porridge • quicksilver • raspberry • ring • robe • sapphire • sai • sausage • silver • slate • star metal • steel • sword • telescope • warhammer • wine
- Referenced only
- adamantine • anthrax • apple • arsenic • barley • belladonna • catapult • cyanide • date • gold • kaleidoscope • lead • marble • melon • nightshade • rye • sai • sugar • tea • telescope • venison • wheat
Locations[]
- Academy of Mentalist Study • Barren Mountains • Bello • Blackwater Bog • Delia • Emperor's Park • Ioulaum • Iron Mountains • Netheril
- Referenced only
- Bone Hill • Cormanthyr • Dire Woods • Frosttop • Ger • High Forest • Mystryl's Mound • Nine Hells • Patrician Peak • Rampant Peaks • Shadow Consortium • Street of Lilacs • Street of the Golden Willows • Sunrest • Thunder Peak • Underdark
Magic[]
- Spells
- Aksa's shatter • color spray • detect magic • dimensional folding • feather fall • General Matick's shield • glowlight • immunity to gasses • incendiary cloud • levitation • Noaner's fireball • Proctiv's rock-mud transformation • protect from getting lost • Ptack's brittleness • shatter barrier • spell at maximum effect • Stoca's wings • taunt • traction • Trebbe's invulnerability • Valdick's spheresail • Veridon's chiller • worldweave • Yong's imprisonment • Yturn's feather fall
- Referenced only
- Aksa's disintegrate • Brightfinger's stonebind • burning hands • catfeet • color • dimension door • grease • mouse • Pockall's hex • Proctiv's dig • smokepuff • Smolyn's seer • Stoca's feign • tangle • Tolodine's gust of wind • Volhm's drain • Zahn's location
- Weapons
- Harvester of Blood
- Misc
- cantra • heavy magic • Inventive • Mentalism • Necromancy • planar magic • super heavy magic • Variation • ward • Weave
- Referenced only
- mythallar
Organizations[]
- Bonebreakers • House of Danelt • House of Dreng • House of Zee • Netherese Empire
- Referenced only
- Raven Tribe • Sons of Baltar
Plants[]
- alder • ash • birch • elm • forsythia • henbane • maple • oak • pine • rowan • rose • sassafras • thyme • willow
Misc[]
- Referenced only
- Cappi's Cat • crystal sphere • Elder Days • football • The Sled
Religion[]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ After time traveling to 3520 NY (−339 DR), it is repeatedly stated to be 358 years later, implying the early parts are set in −697 DR. The "Presenting...Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction" chronology rounds this to c. −700 DR.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Steven E. Schend (2000). Presenting...Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2003-06-21. Retrieved on 2015-08-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.