Shadowbane

Shadowbane Review. Shadowbane strips away the constant battle between players and the rules and simply lets you go out, meet some people, fight a bunch of monsters, and gain some levels. Shadowbane describe their particular style of power metal as “post-apocalyptic” – and, certainly, ‘Facing The Fallout’ is a lot darker than one would expect from a Teutonic purveyor of the genre, both in its overall musical feel and its dystopian lyrical approach.

During a time of strife, Megildur must traverse Aerynth to rescue his sister and fulfill a destiny ordained by the All-Father. Finding Shadowbane, the mighty but cursed sword, will be challenging enough for this young Aelfborn. In a world torn apart by treachery and conflict, it is every being, or creature, for themselves.This novel combines qualities from Lord of the During a time of strife, Megildur must traverse Aerynth to rescue his sister and fulfill a destiny ordained by the All-Father.

Finding Shadowbane, the mighty but cursed sword, will be challenging enough for this young Aelfborn. In a world torn apart by treachery and conflict, it is every being, or creature, for themselves.This novel combines qualities from Lord of the Rings© and Greek mythology, with a few twists on some new racessuch as Irekei, Aracoix, and of course, Aelfborn. This is the first novel to reveal the lore behind the epic player versus player game, Shadowbane.Aerynth exists within a shroud of betrayal and deceit for over 100 years.

In this realm of chaos, Megildur finds help from an unlikely paira sneaky Shade and a nomadic Nephilim. Can this unique trio bring peace and order to Aerynth, or fall prey to the Terror of Terrors? I really enjoyed this epic fantasy almost video game style book. The author said he was inspired by Tolkien and you can definitely see it as well as hints of other fantasy writers like Salvatore and there's even a slight Percy Jackson feel but In a much different atmosphere.Megildur, the hero of this story, is a young boy half human & half elf- an Aelfborn.

This means he has characteristics from both races but a curse was put on all Aelfborn by the Elven Queen Silesteree Allvolanar when I really enjoyed this epic fantasy almost video game style book. The author said he was inspired by Tolkien and you can definitely see it as well as hints of other fantasy writers like Salvatore and there's even a slight Percy Jackson feel but In a much different atmosphere.Megildur, the hero of this story, is a young boy half human & half elf- an Aelfborn. This means he has characteristics from both races but a curse was put on all Aelfborn by the Elven Queen Silesteree Allvolanar when humans and elves decided to first procreate and the aelfborn can not themselves have heirs. Aranel, his very young sister is very whiney and persists til she gets her way- so it's no surprise she is easily captured (even in hiding) when their village called Fort Viatrus (that is supposed to be safe for humans, Aelfborn and half-giants) is attacked by full-blood Elves.

When people die in this fantasy world they re-spawn somewhere else but none the less Megildur's father Aedan tells him he is in charge of the family now and tells him to protect his mother Vanya & sister Aranel. His mother dies (re-spawns elsewhere) so it's only his sister he is in charge of but he failed when she was kidnapped. He himself dies but before he re-spawns he finds out from the great and almighty All-Father that he is on a mission. A life changing mission for chosen yet ordinary boy to find the great sword Shadowborn from the Tree of Life all while he is on a separate quest to find & rescue his sister. It's very fun to read a book that feels like a great video game and even has Arthurian themes to it. The mystical 'bosses' he faces and fights range from monsters from all ends of fantasy and mythology.Since I am a fan of fantasy and a gamer I truly enjoyed this book and loved the manner in which it was written.

If you like Tolkien or even mmorpg/rpgs I think you will greatly enjoy this book as I have! First things first: hire a decent editor if you are going to publish a novel. Nothing against Francois, but this happens all too often in self-publishing (and I for one know as I have edited several indie novels in the past). From the simple misuse of a semi-colon to a paragraph misplaced in the context of the story, these things really distract some readers from really diving into the story.Megildur is our main character.

This is something you will never forget throughout this novel as his First things first: hire a decent editor if you are going to publish a novel. Nothing against Francois, but this happens all too often in self-publishing (and I for one know as I have edited several indie novels in the past). From the simple misuse of a semi-colon to a paragraph misplaced in the context of the story, these things really distract some readers from really diving into the story.Megildur is our main character.

This is something you will never forget throughout this novel as his name is mentioned about every other word. He is on a journey with two different paths: one to save his sister and another to acquire a legendary sword, Shadowbane; his 'destiny'. On these journeys, he comes across a myriad of obstacles and creatures that he must defeat in order to claim what's his.Sound familiar?Francois does a good job intertwining several different mythos and bringing all sorts of creatures to the table, but your head will spin at certain points as you'll forget what is what. He also introduces several 'new' races to the table and does a decent job of creating interest. The main issue I had with the novel was prose. The sentence structure is very amateur and lacks guttural punch.

Instead of an epic fantasy novel with true grit and melody, being compared to Lord of the Rings, it felt like reading a LitRPG novel written for kids. Guess that makes sense as this novel is to reveal the lore behind the PVP game, Shadowbane.All in all, I'm not one for lighthearted fantasy so this really wasn't my cup of tea.

If you have an interest in Shadowbane lore or want a quick, easy fantasy novel to cleanse your pallet, grab this one. Well, this fantasy tale is the kitchen sink verity of fantasy. All is done in good fashion and should be enjoyed by all ages. Slight undertones of English as a second language can be noticed, but only if you speak French and English.This tale has very little down time, as it goes from obstacle to another. Megildur is our hero here. He must traverse Aerynth to rescue his sister and fulfill a destiny the All-Father has set before him.

Finding Shadowbane, the mighty but cursed sword, will be Well, this fantasy tale is the kitchen sink verity of fantasy. All is done in good fashion and should be enjoyed by all ages. Slight undertones of English as a second language can be noticed, but only if you speak French and English.This tale has very little down time, as it goes from obstacle to another.

Megildur is our hero here. He must traverse Aerynth to rescue his sister and fulfill a destiny the All-Father has set before him. Finding Shadowbane, the mighty but cursed sword, will be challenging enough for this young Aelfbornis. Along the way he meets a sneaky Shade and a nomadic Nephilim. There is so many different mythologies mixed together your head might spin.

Look forward to the follow-up book to this one. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,Paul Francois asked me to read his novel 'Shadowbane: Age of Aelfborn'. It is an Epic Fantasy focused around finding a legendary sword and reviving a lost kingdom to restore planetary peace. I will examine Plot, Character and Polish.Note: Yes, this is the same setting as the Shadowbane MMORPG that shut down some years ago.

The author says this book is about using that game's lore to tell stories.Note: There are spoilers in this review. Paul Francois asked me to read his novel 'Shadowbane: Age of Aelfborn'. It is an Epic Fantasy focused around finding a legendary sword and reviving a lost kingdom to restore planetary peace. I will examine Plot, Character and Polish.Note: Yes, this is the same setting as the Shadowbane MMORPG that shut down some years ago. The author says this book is about using that game's lore to tell stories.Note: There are spoilers in this review. SPOILERS!SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!Okay, now for the reviewPLOTIt starts off with a prologue talking about the world. It is a good start, in my opinion, because it sounds like an epic-storytelling-campfire thing.

Considering that bards are so important here, both in the world and the main cast, it makes for a suitable introduction both in and out of universe.This book basically has two plots: one for Megildur to find his kidnapped sister and then to find a legendary sword. They occur in the same story because the latter is a Mission From God that grants him the authority to tap allies needed for the former, which is strictly personal.I have mixed feelings about this story's plot. On one hand, it relies heavily on Because Destiny Says So which leads to Foregone Conclusion, Deus Ex Machina and other things that weaken a story. On the other hand, it is possible that this is the only story that follows the trope to its logical conclusion.

If Destiny/God/The Powers That Be really said 'X is going happen because it is fated to happen' then X is going to happen and those get in the way would be smote with a Bolt of Divine Retribution and that is precisely what happens here.Then there's another problem. It's a jarring thing at the start at the story's proper. Megildur knows nothing about the world. He doesn't even know about the Tree of Life stuff. One could say his village never needed it, it never came up, he wasn't told etc. But his much older father apparently doesn't know. In the first act, he goes all 'you're the man of the family now' while dying even though he knows he's going to immediately respawn nearby.

It's an incongruous thing that I can only imagine is meant to make Megildur an Audience Surrogate. Readers who haven't played Shadowbane don't know about the Justified Extra Lives mechanic but they will still find it jarring like I did. Readers who have played it will likely see it as a waste of time.Speaking of wastes of time, the first several scenes of the second act are basically filler. Megildur respawns at Sea Dog's Rest and Zeristan is all 'let's start your adventure!' Megildur refuses and teleports somewhere close to his raided village. He's captured and rescued a couple times and then ends up right back where he started. The only plot progress there is introducing his love interest but that is a brief introduction and she doesn't appear again until the ending.

Diva chicks boutique. On Tvtropes, we call this Strangled By The Red String.I'm not quite sure how the ending works, in or out of universe. German truck simulator system requirements. If the All-Father choose Megildur to recover a sword then why does that redeem all of the world?

It can't be a 'cooperation' thing because Megildur tried to do it with as few people as possible (though he still has to be bailed out frequently). Also, removing the 'Tree of Life respawns' would fundamentally change the setting and so it wouldn't be the same Shadowbane. If this book is about the game's lore then it just made a substantial change to it instead of expanding it.There's a reliance on Deus E.