Project Realms Reads discussion

Released April, 1989

Spoiler schedule and suggested reading dates:
August 1st to the 8th: chapters 1 - 5.
August 9th to the 15th: chapters 6 - 10.
August 16th to the 24th: chapters 11 - 15.

Shadowdale is book one of the five part The Avatar Series. The series was originally a trilogy, and was written and released simultaneously with the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure modules of the same names, including Tantras and Waterdeep. The aim of the trilogy of novels and adventure modules was to facilitate the transition of the Forgotten Realms role playing game setting from the first edition rules and themes to the game's second edition. The companion adventure module to this novel is FRE1 The Forgotten Realms: Shadowdale, by Ed Greenwood (an AD&D/AD&D 2nd Edition Forgotten Realms Official Game Adventure TSR9247).

Scott Cienen wrote Shadowdale under the pen name Richard Awlinson. It follows the adventures of the Company of the Lynx as they search for the Tablets of Fate. To move the Forgotten Realms, and the AD&D game as a whole, to AD&D Second Edition, writers and designers developed The Time of Troubles as a world-spanning event to shake up the setting and its established narratives. Magic and divine faiths explode out of control as deities walk the realms causing boundless change and chaos.

We invite you to find a copy of Shadowdale and join us in our continued Project Realms reading adventure. Join the conversation below and tell us your thoughts. And please, let us know if you have question, feedback, or if a correction needs to made to the above.

Hey just wanted to post a quick comment here. I've been basically MIA this last month, I had a pretty stressful August and my reading took a nosedive. I'm trying to get back into it and catch up with Name of the Wind and Shadowdale as well as September's book. So sorry, everyone!