What happens if i jump into the sundering

If a writer comes across a continuity issue, we have consultants who are Realms experts to help iron things out. Elminster, Drizzt, and Farideh are the existing characters that were selected to make the jump in time to The Sundering. Prior to The Sundering, The Spellplague had also ushered in a year jump in the novel series. Some favourite characters will have died, undoubtedly, but will we possibly see the return of other familiar faces and old favourite characters in future novels? I liked how R.

Time has also allowed us to revive the Harpers, the Zhentarim, and other popular elements of the Forgotten Realms setting. Other familiar faces will undoubtedly return as well. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Salvatore and Erin M. Evans have already published some post-Sundering Forgotten Realms novels and they have more on the way. Can you tell us about other Forgotten Realms novels in the pipe? As we move forward, we will try to build overarching stories that fans can experience across multiple platforms, including novels.

Do you expect the Fifth Edition to bring more readers to the novels, or vice-versa, or a bit of both? Our challenge is to tell stories that make fans want to visit the Realms and stay a while, regardless of whether they experience the story through novels, comics, RPG adventures, video games, or some other mechanism.

We hope that the Tyranny of Dragons story and future stories set in the Realms are so good that fans can enjoy exploring the Realms and not feel burdened by its history or legacy. One of the great strengths of the Realms has always been that a million stories can take place there. The few responses I've gotten from my fellow writers about it were amusing.

For the most part, everyone else seemed to know what I was in for. You guys really rise to a challenge. Even before I wrote about the card, people kept mentioning the Titan as something that they were excited about. Maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised when I found myself poring over some of your decklists. I had said that I was going to put a spotlight on the most exciting decklist, but I'll be honest, there was a lot of really cool stuff going on.

It simply wouldn't be fair to nod at just one decklist. Before I get any further, I do want to thank everyone that wrote in. I wasn't able to get back to everyone, but I did send e-mails out to a few of you. Everyone, keep writing in with your thoughts and ideas.

I can't promise that I'll be able to answer any and all e-mails that hit my inbox, but I can say that I'll go over them and take your thoughts and ideas to heart. Of course, I couldn't just put every deck out there.

As every person who has built a deck or two knows, sometimes someone else comes up with the same idea give or take. That was certainly the case here. There were many different versions of almost every one of the decks that I am going to present here. When it came down to deciding between the versions that people presented, I had a couple of factors I tended to weigh:. I didn't go with those submissions that didn't include a decklist. For example, quite a few people pointed out some simple uses for cards like Reality Ripple or Flicker that would get a Titan in play to trigger a bunch of times.

For the most part, however, a lot of these ideas were without a decklist. Since I had already supplied a potential skeleton to build off of for the deck, I had to pass on these ideas and go with those that supplied full decklists. Of course, it wasn't necessary to use this skeleton, and many of you went in far different directions.

One of the things that really surprised me was the amount of time that some of you put into what you sent me. It is that time, in addition to some of the truly creative things that I looked at, that made me expand last week's article into this week's. So, while much of the writing team wades deep into Sliver week, I'm going to be wading into your submissions. By far the most common idea with nearly people sending in something similar was using Astral Slide with Sundering Titan.

Astral Slide has been a staple card in tournaments for quite some time. People have already been using Astral Slide in conjunction with cards like Solemn Simulacrum and Cartographer to make use of those cards' come into play abilities. If an Astral Slide and a Sundering Titan are both out, your opponent is in for a pretty terrible time; the Astral Slide removes the Titan from the game for a short while, triggering its ability once, and when it returns the ability triggers again.

Clearly this is incredibly abusive and a bunch of you wrote in with your versions of this approach. Now, before I go on to the rough patches of this version, I want to talk about what I really like about this deck. The big thing for me is the Elvish Aberration. I've had a soft spot in my heart for this guy since he was printed. At first I didn't think too much of him. He cycled, and after dropping into the graveyard made my Oversold Cemetery that much better, but better still, he could be tapped for a lot of mana.

Personally, I had not read them so my review comes from the point of a person who is not familiar with the characters. Hopefully those who do will find this a much nicer read, as I did not enjoy this book at all. The characters were poorly fleshed out and I found none of them interesting. Readers of the original trilogy may find the culminations of some of the characters interesting - I just wondered why a few of the characters were not cut from the book as they did not do anything of interest.

Received as an ARC from the publisher. Oct 02, Jeff rated it it was amazing. First off, your enjoyment of this book is somewhat dependent on your experience with The Forgotten Realms and specifically the Erevis Cale stories already published.

Lets get down to the brass tacks. Overall I think anyone can follow t First off, your enjoyment of this book is somewhat dependent on your experience with The Forgotten Realms and specifically the Erevis Cale stories already published. Overall I think anyone can follow this, which is impressive as it is a bit complicated, but the author does a fine job of breaking it down in such a way that anyone can follow it. In the latest, 4th Edition the timeline is advanced by years and one of the keys to the big changes made to the setting is something called the Spellplague.

Magic goes wild, gods are killed, places are destroyed, cats and dogs living together…mass hysteria. Erevis Cale and his contemporaries were important during the 3rd Edition period but since the God he served was killed and consequently split up it makes for an interesting twist on what the future holds for The Realms.

The characters are probably the most important part for me and Mr. Kemp knocks this out of the park. One of his strongest skills is in characterization. The characters are rich. More like real people working through problems versus a lame pastiche.

Lots of shades of grey here. There are some excellently crafted fight scenes, some exceptional battles. There is also a lot of depth which is atypical of most genre fiction. Actually, Paul S. Salvatore and others. These are rich stories of deep characters, emotional investment and horror. Yes, I mentioned horror. There is a strong element of horror in this one. I certainly approved. It was creepy. Nuff said. This novel is 70 years set after the events of The Twilight War Trilogy.

The main character is the son of Erevis Cale who is one of the Chosen of Mask and a shade. The son is raised by goodly priests of Amaunator, God of the Dawn. I thought it wrapped up the previous storylines perfectly and opened the door for the future nicely. One book tells of something happening with one important canon character of the setting, another book tells of something happening elsewhere with other important canon characters.

That is all. This is an important expectation to set. I also just purchased the hardcover as well. Jun 30, Matthew Gill rated it really liked it.

And Erevis Cale Is Who? Before I begin let me establish something first. I had zero, none, nada, zip, absolutely no clue who Erevis Cale even was until quite recently. I have always had a fondness for the setting and over the years have followed its shifting storylines. And yet somehow I had managed to never notice the stories of one Erevis Cale.

Now, Erevis Cale, for the record is a protagonist penned by none other than Paul S. Who, also I should point out I had only recently discovered by reading his Egil and Nix books, which are great by the way. So when I received a random email from the book-brownies over at NetGalley explaining how I had magically been pre-approved for the first two novels in the Sundering Series I was curious to say the least.

Especially since Paul S. Kemp wrote the second book in the series and it involves Erevis Cale. To further explain things let me just say that like many readers I am often reluctant to jump into a long standing series that I have never read from the beginning before. Add to that the fact that it is part of an ongoing epic storyline set to reshape a known setting and I was doubly dubious.

There have been several series to make such a claim only to find a reader later lamenting the fact that without reading them all they missed various details or plot elements. So I tried my hand at the first in the series, and without getting into the gory details had to cast it aside and try my luck with the second. Like I said I had enjoyed some of Mr. But what I found waiting for me was a more than pleasant surprise.

It was like walking blindly into a room full of friendly folk who allowed their story to unfold around me. Kemp skillfully manages to lay out an intricate and intriguing series of events that draw you in without asking anything of you to know before hand.

Everything just blossoms around you to form and you find yourself curiously charging along. Instead of making you feel guilty or lost about missing what has already happened you are trying to figure out what is going to happen next. But as you work at it you find yourself losing more and more track of time as you become engrossed in the enigma. That experience is not unlike reading The Godborn.

And for me, that warm welcome was more than enough to secure it as a worthy read. Now, I know for some the idea of a review is to analyze the plot, the characters contained within or even divulge a spoiler or three. Well, I am not about to even ruin a single aspect of this book by dancing around any such elements. And if you are familiar with Faerun you will find some things that will easily catch your eye.

However, with the nature of the beast being what it is — a part of an epic whole that is promised to bring about change, you will also find new things to enjoy. It is a rare find in an ongoing series and one I can honestly say that will have me return for any past or future exploits.

Give The Godborn a try when you get the chance, no homework required. Jul 05, Stefan rated it it was amazing Shelves: netgalley-arc , , fantasy. Kemp published by Wizards of the Coast is book two of The Sundering , an epic, world-spanning event in the Forgotten Realms. The first book is The Companions by R. Though both books detail events leading to the Sundering, reading the first one is not a requirement to enjoy and follow The Godborn. As a long time Paul S. Kemp fan, I have been waiting for Vasen Cale's story for a long time, and now after so many years the story is told.

While there are previous books that detail some of the events that lead up to The Godborn there is enough backstory to bring new readers up to speed on previous events and characters yet not bog down the story for veteran fans. Baring his father's shade heritage, but raised in the legendary Abbey of the Rose, he serves Amaunator, the Lord of Light.

His dusky skin and yellow eyes set him apart from others, but does not shake his faith in the god he serves. As much I as enjoyed reading and learning more about about Vasen Cale, I equally enjoyed the supporting characters.

Their stories added great depth to the book. The prose and pacing were tight and each chapter pulled me further into the story, making it impossible to put the book down. Scenes that are so heartbreaking they take your breath away, yet just as Vasen walks the road between shadow and light, there are moments of overwhelming joy. I highly recommend Paul's previous work.

The Godborn will not be released until October 1 so you have time to catch up on the story thus far. But as I stated earlier, none of these are a requirement to enjoy The Godborn. It stands on its own. Kemp fans. He brings us the story that we have been waiting years to read.

The wait is over, and trust me, it was definitely worth it. My thanks to Wizards of the Coast for providing me with a review copy through Netgalley. Aug 10, Elar rated it liked it Shelves: audiobooks. Story was compelling and had nice touches of detail to be thrilling fantasy novel.

View 2 comments. Apr 18, Daniel rated it really liked it. Each of the novels in The Sundering is designed to be a standalone installment, so, reading the previous novels is suggested but not required. This one is designed to be a sort of capstone to the "Cale" series of books, which I haven't read.

Moreover, if you haven't read any of the authors novels in the Forgotten Realms before, you may feel a bit "Dropped in" where you have no idea who the characters ar The Godborn is the second novel in The Sundering series of books set in the Forgotten Realms.

Moreover, if you haven't read any of the authors novels in the Forgotten Realms before, you may feel a bit "Dropped in" where you have no idea who the characters are. However, despite this, the author does attempt to fill in enough of the blanks to make even a newcomer understand the character relationships in broadstrokes. This novel, when compared with The Companions is much, much darker and centers around the goddess Shar attempting to consume Toril while another group of companions tries to stop it.

Several of the companions have a piece of the "Dead god" Mask inside them and attempt to resurrect the old god who is the enemy of Shar. While the companions attempt to foil Shar's plan, the Lord of the eighth layer of The Nine Hells, Mephistopheles, wishes to absorb the remains of Mask's divinity in the hopes of acquiring enough power to defeat the Lord of the ninth layer and all of The Nine Hells, Asmodeus.

To do this, he signs pacts with many, including a very unfortunate group of brothers who leave nothing but carnage in their wake. All the the two brothers have to do is find the son of Cale and they will be granted a painless death, but until then, they are cursed. Salvatore so I was expecting a similar, but not identical, presentation style.

The book is well written, but is far darker than any other novel I have read in the Forgotten Realms. The darkest parts of the novel center around the brothers and include graphic scenes of what they do, from wholesale slaughter of a village, to physically corrupting a child, to the assualt on an Abbey.

Outside of that, the novel still remains quite dark, but nothing too intense. After reading The Godborn, I've decided to read more of this authors work in the Forgotten Realms if only to fill in the gaps with the characters mentioned. At the end of this book, I'm left with questions that I hope will be answered in other novels, such as what happens to Cale's son? What happens to Mask? What happens to Mephistopheles? Sep 12, Koji Watanabe rated it it was amazing. Godborn was a book I have been waiting for for 5 years.

I could literally not put it down. Paul Kemp is a master in the antihero and realistic personality department. His books hit grey areas many realms authors avoid this is a good thing, much like game of thrones and does it in style, often leaving you teary eyed for the characters you grow to love. The sundering is a book series in Forgotten realms, but each book has nothing to do with others in the series.

Rather, each story follows stories Godborn was a book I have been waiting for for 5 years. Rather, each story follows stories each author has previously written, but all take place during the time of the sundering.

This book follows the events of the twilight war trilogy and in grand fashion with so many big names. I could literally not put the book down because I just had to know what happened next. Ill be posting a full review with spoilers for discussion after the release date on Candlekeep where I review realms books regularly and on my new blog as a first review. Jul 04, Abhinav rated it it was amazing Shelves: read. This is the year that Wizards of the Coast goes really big.

I read the novel last month and it proved to be just as damn good a read as the previous two trilogies. There were a lot of plot threads left open at the end of the Twilight War trilogy, even as Paul provided a very satisfying, but emotional, conclusion. With the new novel, he addresses many of them and creates yet more mysteries, maintaining a healthy balance between the two. The Sundering 02 GodbornBeing the eighth novel in the saga of Erevis Cale, the Chosen of Mask the God of shadows and thieves , it is hard to talk about events herein without referring to events that have already happened in the series.

There are a lot of momentous things that have already happened and now they all come to a head as the Realms begin to tear themselves apart, as all the gods make their play for the event that will be known down the ages as the Sundering. At the end of Shadowrealm, the third Twilight War novel, we knew that Varra had been spirited away by Mask as a favour to Erevis so that she could survive the events of the Cycle of Night, the great apocalyptic event that would ensure the ascendance of Shar, the Goddess of loss and the night.

To keep Varra safe and to make his own move for the Sundering, Mask brought her several decades forward in time and gave her in to the care of the followers of Amaunator, formerly known as Lathandar, the God of the dawn and hope. We also get to see some extensive scenes from returning characters like Riven, Rivalen, Mephistopheles and Magadon too.

And much joy was had. Riven is one of my favourite characters in the entire series and its great to see him return for another outing. He is older, more grizzled, more tired, and more ready to just end everything. Along with Erevis, he was marked by Mask as his Chosen, and in the absence of his friend he has soldiered on for nearly a century.

He has felt incomplete and he has been buried under those expectations. Through the entire novel, these are the kinds of things we see from him. This comes to an incredibly satisfying conclusion later on in the novel when Riven and Vasen go to visit Mephistopheles and set things right as they should be, as Mask decrees it.

Come on, it was expected, it had to happen, and it was all glorious. Demon Hunters literally could not exist before then. Their only prisoner was Illidan until Tyrande slaughtered them all to free him. The first Demon Hunters as we know them now came to be during the training period in Outland prior to Burning Crusade and were imprisoned by Maiev and her Wardens at the end of the Black Temple raid.

This is exactly why they should just retcon that while trilogy. Killing him grants an achievement. These Followers were still around since then, though without all their demon powers. Loramus Thalipedes primarily. Neither really got a direct mention thereafter, and Legion-era lore including the Illidan novel seemed to indicate that there were no demon hunters until Illidan started training his Illidari in Outland.

As things stand neither version of the War of the Ancients really even allows for Illidan himself to have truly become a demon hunter until the Third War, since in both timelines gaining the fel powers and demonic sight used by demon hunters coincided with his defection to the Highborne and the Burning Legion, at which point he was no longer fighting i.

There could had been a Highborne that encountered Illidan in the third war like Vandel did; who advised them to seek him out later if they truly sought vengeance against the Legion.