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Realm in northeastern Magnamund, inbetween Vassagonia and Durenor. Its population are mostly of Vassagonian descent and its ruler, the Zultan Guldarra, is a king of the Vassagonian type. The capital, and only major city, is Kadan.
Although far enough east to be out of the Darklords' immediate range of interest, it is one of the first realms in line for Vassagonian ambitions.
It plays no significant part in the Lone Wolf series. I might be wrong about this, but I have a feeling the Legends character Qinefer may have come from a village in Cloeasia near to the Sommlending border.
Although far enough east to be out of the Darklords' immediate range of interest, it is one of the first realms in line for Vassagonian ambitions.
It plays no significant part in the Lone Wolf series. I might be wrong about this, but I have a feeling the Legends character Qinefer may have come from a village in Cloeasia near to the Sommlending border.
by Andy April 25, 2004
Get the Cloeasia mug.A character in Joe Dever and John Grant's Legends of Lone Wolf series, who is a mercenary warrior/assassin and an ally of Lone Wolf. She is one of the party who free Lone Wolf from Helgedad when he is kidnapped in Legends 5: The Claws of Helgedad, although she was assumed dead at the end of book 3.
She appears briefly in the original gamebook series, as one of the passengers on a coach from Ragadorn to Gorn Cove.
She appears briefly in the original gamebook series, as one of the passengers on a coach from Ragadorn to Gorn Cove.
Viveka appears to die after falling overboard on a ship, but she reappears safe and well at the Kai Monastery ruins.
She is one of the many not-quite-girlfriends Lone Wolf has in the Legends novels, and like most of them, she seems to just appear and disappear at random.
She is one of the many not-quite-girlfriends Lone Wolf has in the Legends novels, and like most of them, she seems to just appear and disappear at random.
by Andy April 25, 2004
Get the Viveka mug.A merchant, met by Lone Wolf in Joe Dever's Lone Wolf 2: Fire on the Water. He is one of the passengers on the coach from Ragadorn to Durenor, which Lone Wolf is forced to flee in Gorn Cove.
In the Legends novels, Halvorc is slain in the fighting which followed Lone Wolf's battle with an assassin.
In the Legends novels, Halvorc is slain in the fighting which followed Lone Wolf's battle with an assassin.
Sounds like "half-orc", but confusingly, the character is fully human (though a little on the pudgy side). Anyway, there's no Orcs in the Lone Wolf universe.
by Andy April 25, 2004
Get the Halvorc mug.One of a species of large, apparently carniverous birds used by the army of Vassagonia in the fantasy world of Magnamund. An itikar is like a giant eagle or hawk, and is ridden saddled, like a horse. The birds are ferocious and hard to tame, and make fearsome adversaries in combat.
In Lone Wolf 5: Shadow on the Sand, Lone Wolf escapes from the zakhan's palace by riding on an itikar.
by Andy April 25, 2004
Get the itikar mug.A group of human warriors appearing in Lone Wolf 3 and World of Lone Wolf 5. Perhaps the most objectionable of the portrayals modelled loosely on actual groups, since the Ice Barbarians are warlike, vicious and xenophobic, and are ruled by a tyrannical monarch, the Brumalmarc. They are therefore very different from real-world peoples such as the Inuit and Aleut who seem to provide a model for their dress and culture.
Ice Barbarians appear to be nomadic, living in the icy wilderness of Kalte and attacking interlopers. They fight in small bands, with each warrior accompanied by a small child carried on their back. Both warrior and child are armed with bows, and the warriors travel swiftly across the ice by using ski-like snowshoes.
Despite their warlike inclinations, the Ice Barbarians presumably trade with the Sommlending, since otherwise the city of Ljuk would have no function.
Ice Barbarians appear to be nomadic, living in the icy wilderness of Kalte and attacking interlopers. They fight in small bands, with each warrior accompanied by a small child carried on their back. Both warrior and child are armed with bows, and the warriors travel swiftly across the ice by using ski-like snowshoes.
Despite their warlike inclinations, the Ice Barbarians presumably trade with the Sommlending, since otherwise the city of Ljuk would have no function.
Lone Wolf 3 is one of the freest of the gamebook series in terms of the routes a player can follow in order to complete the book. Encounters with the Ice Barbarians occur on some routes and can develop in several ways.
by Andy April 25, 2004
Get the Ice Barbarians mug.1) In the work of JRR Tolkien, this is an elvish word used to refer to elves. More specifically, it refers to elves who made the journey west in the First Age, and their descendants (as opposed to the "dark elves" or Avari). All the major elven characters in Tolkien's novels are eldar.
2) In the Warhammer 40,000 (Games Workshop)universe, the Eldar are a race of aliens who live on Craft-worlds. Broadly good in alignment, they are divided into different units of bizarrely coloured guilds and crafts. Basically, futuristic elves. They dress in slim, streamlined armour with pointed helmets, and have many special units relying on otherworldly technologies and magic - including some which look remarkably like Star Wars speeder bikes, others which resemble floating disks, and giant godlike beings known as Avatars.
2) In the Warhammer 40,000 (Games Workshop)universe, the Eldar are a race of aliens who live on Craft-worlds. Broadly good in alignment, they are divided into different units of bizarrely coloured guilds and crafts. Basically, futuristic elves. They dress in slim, streamlined armour with pointed helmets, and have many special units relying on otherworldly technologies and magic - including some which look remarkably like Star Wars speeder bikes, others which resemble floating disks, and giant godlike beings known as Avatars.
by Andy April 25, 2004
Get the eldar mug.In JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion, the Vanyar or High-Elves are a clan of elves who remain in Valinor when the Noldor return to Middle-Earth. They are described as the most beautiful of the Elves and the closest to the Valar.
The Vanyar return to Middle Earth only once, when they join the Valar in the battle which finally defeats Morgoth.
by Andy April 25, 2004
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