The Forest King is a fantasy novel by Paul B. Thompson

Paul B. Thompson

Paul B. Thompson is a freelance writer and novelist. He has published twenty books to date, many of which are novels set in the Dragonlance fictional universe. A number of these novels are co-authored with Tonya C. Cook....

, set in the world of Dragonlance

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, which is based on the Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

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 role-playing game

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. The novel chronicles the travels of Balif Thraxenath, Chosen Chief of House Protector, First Warrior of the Great Speaker, following the trial of Vedvedsica.

Plot summary

After the trial of Vedvedsica, General Balif is sent on a mission to ascertain the true danger of a new race of small humanoids infiltrating the eastern boarders of Silvenesti.

He travels east with an unlikely group. His two loyal servants, Lofotan and Artyrith, both formidable warriors, and Mathi, and Treskan unsure where their loyalties lie.

Characters

• Balif Thraxenath, Chosen Chief of House Protector, First Warrior of the Great Speaker. General Balif, also known as Camaxilas.
• Uristathan Cavolax also known as Vedvedsica. A wizard charged with creating an abomination.
• Lofotan
• Artyrith, the generals cook, and a warrior in his own right.
• Mathani Arborelinex a ward of Quenesti Pha from the Haven of the Lost.
• Treskan of Woodbec, a scribe.
• Amaranthe
• The Longwalker, the nominal leader of the kender
  Kender
  Kender are a type of fantasy race first developed for the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game published by TSR Inc. in 1984. The first kender character was created by Harold Johnson as a playable character in a series of role-playing adventures...
  
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Other Books

Anvil of Time

• The Sellsword (April 2008), by Cam Banks, (ISBN 0-7869-4722-5)
• The Survivors (November 2008), by Dan Willis
  Dan Willis
  Dan Willis is an author of young adult and other fantasy novels in the Dragonlance series created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. He lives in Utah.-Biography:...
  
  , (ISBN 0-7869-4723-3)
• Renegade Wizards (March 2009), by Lucien Soulban, (ISBN 0-7869-5065-X)