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About Trail of the Black Wyrm

The Battle of the Run is over, but for Barreth Forlo victory is bitter.

With only a dragon’s scale to aid them, Barreth and his friends must find his missing wife before it’s too late. A strange evil is stirring and a foul ritual has begun.

And Forlo’s unborn child lies at the heart of it. Explore the legendary continent of Taladas, where barbarian chiefs struggle for survival against power-mad sorcerers in the uneasy aftermath of the War of Souls.

Review

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Kirinor, Fleurgreen the 11th, my name is Adam and today I am going to give you my Spoiler review of Trail of the Black Wyrm by Chris Pierson. 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 to remind you that you can 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.

The introduction picks up with Essana, Barreth Forlo’s pregnant wife, who was abducted with the statue of Maladar at the end of the last novel. She is presented to the faceless ones, and compelled with the yaggol psionically. The ziggurat structures are part of the once great yaggol’s civilization, now in ruins. This is where the faceless ones will attempt the ritual to pull Maladar’s soul from the statue, and instill it into Essanas child. She is being taken care of by the Keeper, who is gentle and patient with her, or more so than any of the others. Essana is horrified about the situation, but is literally helpless, assuming her husband died in the battle. It isn’t until later that she realizes there is a bit of contention between the faceless ones, and that the Uigans were routed in the battle. She still doesn’t know if Forlo is alive or not.

This novel then opens with a brutal first chapter as well. Barreth Forlo, Shedara the Moon-Thief and Hult the Uigan barbarian are planning on hunting down the statue of Maladar and Forlo’s wife, when just outside of Coldhope, Forlo’s keep, they are attacked by many of the shadow kender. They are overrun and only survive because of the wild elf, Eldako, who was hired by the late Chovuk Boyla. He escaped the flood in the battle and tracked the survivors. It turns out only Hult survived from the Uigan tribes. Eldako rescues them, and brings them back to Coldhope, tending to their wounds. Forlo nearly dies. Then Minotaurs burst through the doors to capture Forlo for desertion. This is really just a ploy by the now emperor, Rekhaz, who hates Forlo and wanted him to die in the battle, and now will see him executed. The fourth legion minotaur warriors don’t want to hear any of the rationale from Forlo, and attack. 

The group fights off the minotaurs as they run up to the master bedroom, which has the strongest door and lock. Shedara casts feather fall as the minotaurs cut through the door. Only she and Edlako escap. Hult and Forlo are captured and taken back to the capital. Shedara and Eldako travel to Armach-nesti,