Sword Play is the first book in the Netheril trilogy by Clayton Emery. The main character is Sunbright Steelshanks, a barbarian of the Rengarth tribe.[1]
Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain barbarian who has caught his eye can survive the most savage tests his friend and deadly rival can devise. The only rule: The tests must offer the subject some chance to survive, however slight.
Of course, "playing fair" is a concept as alien to the wizards of Netheril as "mercy".
But the subject of their wager, Sunbright Steelshanks of the Rengarth Tribe, has a mind and a will of his own. And Candlemas and Sysquemalyn are not the only players in this lethal game of swords and sorcery...
[1]Index[]
Characters[]
- Angriman • Battleleaf • Candlemas • Dorlas • Fendril • Fjord • Greenwillow • Keenid • Manslayer • Missos • Mondar • One King • Polaris • Prinquis • Sealkiller • Sunadram • Sunbright Steelshanks • Sysquemalyn • Tyralhorn • Wrathburn • Ysgarda
Creatures[]
- archfiend • balor • barbed fiend • bat • camel • cat • catfish • deer • dog • dwarf • fiend • genie • ghast • ghoul • goose • half-elf • hawk • human • lich • lemure • minnow • moon elf • night hag • orc • owlbear • phaerimm • pig • pit fiend • red dragon • remorhaz • tanar'ri • undead • vulture • wight • wraith
- Referenced only
- badger • beaver • bison • black pudding • brown bear • bugbear • cow • coyote • crayfish • crow • dryad • elk • erinyes • flea • fox • frog • gargoyle • goat • goose • grub • harpy • high elf • homunculus • imp • moose • mouse • musk-ox • nymph • owl • prairie dog • rabbit • raccoon • raven • reindeer • roe deer • salmon • seal • selkie • skeleton • sheep • snake • squirrel • succubus • swallow • titan • troll • viper • water sprite • wolf • worm • wyvern
Locations[]
- Buildings
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- Inns and Taverns
- Burning Book
- Mountains
- Barren Mountains • Windswept Mountains
- Nations
- Netheril
- Planes
- Nine Hells
- Planets
- Toril
- Regions
- Underdark
- Settlements
- Augerbend • Dalekeva • Delia • Tinnainen
- Referenced only
- Abyss • Anauria • Cede Run • Conifer Mountains • Cormanthyr • Crying Tower • Gillan River • Fluvion • Frostypaw • Froth-water • Gods' Legion • Hatchet Mountains • Hidden Lake • High Ice • Iron Mountains • Kara-Tur • River Ost • Remembrance • Red Lake • Shylock Mountains • Sun • Zweihaus River
Magic[]
- Items
- Harvester of Blood
- Spells
- flesh to stone • geas • Hersent's sigil • incendiary cloud • lightning bolt • prismatic wall • Tolodine's killing wind
Organizations[]
- Angardt • Beneficent Traders' Guild • Netheril • Raven Tribe • Rengarth • Thousand Fists
- Referenced only
- Sons of Baltar
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Armor & Clothing
- boots • chainmail • helmet
- Constellations
- The Panther (The Bell)
- Food & Drinks
- blackberry • brandy • cheese • fruit • jam • juniper berry • lard • mutton • raspberry • ration • sumac • tea • wheat • wine
- Gemstones
- onyx • pearl • ruby
- Items
- candle • clockwork • quiver
- Languages
- Elvish
- Materials & Substances
- copper • gemstone • gold • granite • iron • linen • obsidian • platinum • quartz • silver • steel • wool
- Plants
- maple • oak • pine • rhododendron • spruce • thorn • willow
- Weapons
- ballista • bow (and arrows) • catapult • club • crossbow (and bolts) • flail • longbow • morningstar • lance • pike • shortsword • sling • spear • sword • warhammer • whip
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Netheril trilogy[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Clayton Emery (May 1996). Sword Play. (TSR, Inc), p. 1. ISBN 0-7869-0492-5.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd et al.. Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction. Retrieved on 2014-2-28.