Flint the King Review

Join me as I review Flint the King by Mary Kirchoff and Douglas Niles, live! Share your thoughts on this second novel in the Dragonlance Preludes II series, released on July 21, 1990 by TSR Inc. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/3UvI4jA 

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About Flint the King

First launched over a decade ago, the Preludes series has continued to prove popular with Dragonlance fans. This re-release of Flint the King showcases a new look that is also reflected in the other recovers of this series. The title features cover art from lead Dragonlance saga artist Matt Stawicki.

Before the War of the Lance

The peaceful life of Flint Fireforge is disturbed when he is forced to leave Solace and return to his dwarven homeland to investigate his brother's murder. As he delves into the mystery, unexpected allies and unseen enemies join the fight of truth against treachery.

Flint soon discovers that to bring his brother's killer to justice, he must either die or become king. He's not sure which choice might be worse.

Review

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Bakukal, Bakukal the 16th. My name is Adam and today I am going to give you my review of Flint the King by Mary Kirchoff and Douglas Niles. I would like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.

The first third of this novel is pure Dragonlance gold! Flint is tired and weary of doing nothing in Solace now that his young friends left on their quest a month ago. He is annoyed by the Seekers who have started infiltrating the town and even has a bit of a scuffle with a few. Then as he is buying provisions, a dwarf named Hanak enters and strikes up a conversation, telling Flint about Thiewar Dwarves passing through Hillhome. This strikes Flint as odd, as there is a generations long feud between the Mountain and Hill dwarves, and Hillhome is a hill dwarf community, Flint's home! This begins to gnaw at him, so he decides to leave Solace for Hillhome and discover the truth himself. 

On the road he comes across a group of Derro, or Thiewar dwarves leading a wagon. They tell him to prove he is not a spy or they'll kill him. This ignites even more curiosity from Flint. He ends up beating them in a fight and they leave, but now there is another curious piece to the puzzle. They HAD to come through Hillhome from Thorbardin, but all the gates to Thorbardin are destroyed or closed, so where did these Thiewar come from? And why would they care about a spy? Flint arrives home and doesn’t recognize Hillhome at all. It's grown massively since he was there, and he doesnt recognize anyone. He enters a familiar bar and the human Moldoon still owns it. They strike up a conversation and it turns out that the mayor of Hillhome has an arrangement with the Thiewar. They would pay to pass through town, and pay more than market share for services and supplies. The hill dwarves saw it as a massive profitable opportunity and agreed.

Meanwhile the advisor to Thane Realgar, the Thiewar clan in Thorbardin named Pitrick is visiting Sanction delivering weapons to a highlord. The Highlord demands double the supplies for double the money and Pitrik is more than happy to comply. He is fueling the Dragonarmy with dwarven weapons and getting rich off it. This gives their clan more power in Thorbardin.