The Gathering

"The Gathering" was the first issue of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons comics series set in the Forgotten Realms and published by DC Comics. It was written by Michael Fleisher and edited by Barbara Kessel. It introduced the heroes of the series: Cybriana of Shadowdale, Onyx the Invincible, Timoth Eyesbright, and Vajra Valmeyjar, as well as Priam Agrivar, who would later be a hero of the related Forgotten Realms comics series.

Index

 * Characters:
 * Cybriana • Ostus Agrivar • Priam Agrivar • Jalma • Kilil • Luna • Nasaqh • Onyx the Invincible • Pern • Timoth Eyesbright • Vajra Valmeyjar • Imgig Zu


 * Piergeiron


 * Creatures:
 * centaur • chasme • drow • dwarf • gargoyle • elf • human • yuan-ti


 * dog • elemental • hobgoblin


 * Locations:
 * Buildings & Structures: Arena of Blood • Ostus's Hold • Selûne's Smile • Trollwall
 * Settlements: Manshaka • Shadowdale • Soubar • Waterdeep
 * Realms: North


 * Organizations:
 * City Guard (Waterdeep) • City Watch (Waterdeep)


 * Religion:
 * Deities: Mystra


 * Magic:
 * Spells: bind • bloom • flesh to stone • rock to mud • strike


 * Miscellaneous:
 * 1352 DR • amlar • civilar • double-bladed sword • eventide • magic-user • paladin • Pollux • Selûne's Eye • Staff of Withering

TSR Worlds
In this issue, Jim Ward introduced the RPGA Network and Polyhedron magazine.

Background
The back of this issue presents background and rules for the City Guard and City Watch of Waterdeep, the Staff of Withering, and the crippled paladin hero Priam Agrivar.

Reprints
This issue was reprinted in the Dungeons & Dragons Classics, Vol. 1 trade paperback by IDW Publishing.