Mark Anthonys crypt Of The Shadowking: A Fantasy :: essays research papers

cicatrice Anthonys "Crypt of the Shadowking" A FantasyCrypt of the Shadowking by Mark Anthony is a vision tale of the neverending struggle of close against demonic. The Zhentarim, the hell-bent organizationwhich is more c erstrned with making a wage than the greater good of all hastaken over the city of a thousand spires. The Harpers, a loosely construedgroup of people who are constantly meddling in others affairs to keep the proverbialbalance betwixt good and evil in check, are ready to get the at one time bustling tradecity back on the track it once was with the help of a former member. Throughout the book there is never a dull moment, making it easy to read in just one ortwo sittings. Anyone who loves a good fantasy should read this book.      later seven longsighted years of traveling, the rough looking, wearied out CaledanCaldorien is returning to his home town Ireaebor and finds it has been takenover by a tyrant cognize as carver. In Ca ledans absence, Cutter has passed many a(prenominal)ridiculous laws and anyone violating any of these is forced into slavery underthe Tor which the city is erect upon, where Cutter is mining to find the crypt ofthe Shadowking, where the nightstone, an ancient artifact of great and evilpower, believed to be. Caledan finds this out through a connection within theslums and goes to find his hoar traveling companions who once made up the Companyof the Dreaming Dragon. After reuniting, the company goes to find the tomb ofMerrimeck to find the secret of the shadow song, the known power against theShadowking and the nightstone. As the company travels to toward the Fields ofthe Dead, they encounter a shadevar, a horrifying and powerful foe opinion tohave been banished from the world of Toril long ago. After a wild battle, andthe death of the shadevar, the company thief, Ferrit, searches the corpse andfinds a ring which enabled the shadervar to communicate with the frighteninglypowerful c reature who summoned it, and through deceit the mage, Morhion, findsthat the master of the shadevar was not the lord Cutter as they had once thoughtbut Cutters own lord steward, Snake. After returning, Ferrit does a smaller contracting and finds that Snake has made a pact with the Shadowking and to conspireagainst Cutter and finally rule over all of Toril. The Company of theDreaming Dragon rise a plan to free all of the slaves and through a littleflag waving get all of the slaves and cityfolk alike to revolt against Cutter