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Join me as I review Lord Soth by Edo Van Belkom, live! Share your thoughts on this background novel about the infamous Lord Soth, when he was a Knight of Solamnia. This is the sixth book in the Dragonlance Warriors series.

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About Lord Soth

The Dragonlance Warriors series continues with the tale of Soth, once a mighty warrior, whose jealous passions and neglect of duty has caused him to lose all that is dear to him - his love, his life and his very spirit. His is the tale of a descent into evil and darkness.

Transcript

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. It is Misham, Reapember 23rd, my name is Adam and today I am going to give you my Spoiler review of Lord Soth. I will be spoiling the story, so if you don’t want to know it, stop watching now! I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.

I grew up loving fantasy films. Films with knights and maidens and magic captured my attention and none was greater in my opinion than Excalibur. It featured the story of King Arthur and the Holy Grail. It was resplendent with chivalry and battle, all the while showcasing the knights' humanity as they struggled to live up to thor lofty ideals through their human desires. I see a lot of this in this novel.

Book One: Son’s Rise is all about how Lord Loren Soth ordered his faithful Knight Caradoc to murder his fathers illegitimate children to ensure his uncontested rise to take over his fathers lands. It focuses on his hatred for his father, for having put him in this place, and for his fathers lack of willpower for women that put him in this place to begin with. A wonderful foreshadow for the reader. 

It then shared how Lord Soth was presented to the Knights Council for consideration into the Knights of the Rose. This reminded me of my time in the military when I had to appear before my leaders for review before I was granted my stripes as a non-commissioned officer. Lord Soth's deeds though fantasy, obviously outshone my own. He was immediately inducted into the Rose Knighthood and it describes the construction of Dargaard Keep briefly.

We are then immediately presented with the life and love of Lord Soth as he marries and expands his lands with Lady Korinne Gladria. THey struggle with being able to get pregnant, as Lord Soth is called to defend a town that was assaulted by Ogres. We are then shown his and his knights tactics and prowess in battle, and how each knight rationalizes or outright ignores the Oath and the Measure, his Knight Caradoc being the most flagrant. This again foreshadows their willingness to follow Lord Soth, regardless of their code.

They then travel to Palanthas to attend a council and come across a group of elf maidens en route to Paladines temple to become clerics who were assaulted by ogres. They search and kill each of them, again with varying adherence to their code, and Lord Soth finds Isolde Denissa. He immediately is attracted to her, and she to him. We get to see Soth struggle with his attraction and his devotion, and  even question whether he loves Korinne after they haven’t been able to secu...