Yeah, it's just like Tolkien, if Tolkien had decided his whole story was going to be post-modern grimdark about the pointless deaths of tomb-robbers in Annuminas.
Would nothing go her way?
Shandril, you ingrate, you've just been saved from a devil by falling down a well, and instead of breaking both legs or drowning down there, you've literally found gold. Tymora's been working overtime for you, and isn't going to let up anytime soon, since I believe you're getting Awesome Sue Powers shortly.
A priest of Mask named Torm.
One or the other of those gods ought to have killed him by now, I would think.
The point of the Zhents' appearance
I assume this was included to namedrop Bane and the Zhentarim, so that they don't come out of nowhere later.
Mind you, none of this is anywhere near as bad as just about any single paragraph of The Fifth Sorceress, but something about the Realms has always rubbed me the wrong way. It's probably the fact that they're not my Sues.
Your co-sporkers are so much more memorable and distinct than any character yet to appear in the actual book. I think they might have had more lines than any one of those, too. Also ... neither of them is named Narm, so there's that. Gotta feel sorry for Greenwood on that one.
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Yeah, it's just like Tolkien, if Tolkien had decided his whole story was going to be post-modern grimdark about the pointless deaths of tomb-robbers in Annuminas.
Would nothing go her way?
Shandril, you ingrate, you've just been saved from a devil by falling down a well, and instead of breaking both legs or drowning down there, you've literally found gold. Tymora's been working overtime for you, and isn't going to let up anytime soon, since I believe you're getting Awesome Sue Powers shortly.
A priest of Mask named Torm.
One or the other of those gods ought to have killed him by now, I would think.
The point of the Zhents' appearance
I assume this was included to namedrop Bane and the Zhentarim, so that they don't come out of nowhere later.
Mind you, none of this is anywhere near as bad as just about any single paragraph of The Fifth Sorceress, but something about the Realms has always rubbed me the wrong way. It's probably the fact that they're not my Sues.
Your co-sporkers are so much more memorable and distinct than any character yet to appear in the actual book. I think they might have had more lines than any one of those, too. Also ... neither of them is named Narm, so there's that. Gotta feel sorry for Greenwood on that one.