Dark Thane is a fantasy novel in the setting of Dragonlance

Dragonlance

Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...

, based on the campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

Fantasy

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 role-playing game

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. It was written by Jeff Crook. It is volume three of the six volume book series

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 The Age of Mortals. It is set in the year 422 AC (After Cataclysm

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), also known as 39 SC (Second Cataclysm).

Plot introduction

After a series of ugly battles and incidents, the dwarven community becomes increasingly isiolationist in its city under the mountains. Unfortunately dark magic, backstabbings, betrayal and power grabs threaten to destroy the already destabilized dwarf society.

Explanation of the novel's title

A Thane is a ruler of a dwarven

Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)

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faction.

Characters in "Dark Thane"

• Tarn Bellowgranite
• Mog Bonecutter
• Crystal Heathstone
• Zen
• Ferro Dunskull
• Glint Ettinhammer
• Tor Bellowgranite

Release details

• 2003, USA. Wizards of the Coast, (ISBN 0-7869-2941-3), Pub date November 2003, Paperback