Plague of Spells

Plague of Spells is the first novel in the Abolethic Sovereignty trilogy by Bruce R. Cordell. "29 Tarsakh, 1385 DR

THE HORIZON WAS ON FIRE

Raidon Kane emerges from the Spellplague with a sapphire tattoo burned into his flesh, strange supernatural powers, and eleven missing years.

"The world had ended. How could he forget that?"

His daughter dead. His home has been destroyed. His life is empty save for one thing.

"Everything faded to blue, then to nothing."

REVENGE"

Summary
Plague of Spells takes place after the Spellplague through the years of 1385 to 1396. It follows the Shou monk Raidon Kane, a survivor of the Year of Blue Fire; Japheth Donard, a young warlock who gained his post-Spellplague powers through a mysterious pact; and Anusha Marhana, a naive young noble whose curiosity gets the better of her.

Characters

 * Ailyn Kane (Raidon Kane's adopted daughter)
 * Anusha Marhana
 * Aulruick Thoster
 * Behroun Marhana
 * Chalk Destrier (a magical sentient chalk-like being pulled from another world by the Spellplague)
 * Curampah (Kuo-toa, Nogah's junior whip)
 * Cynosure (the sentient construct of Stardeep)
 * Delphe (mentioned)
 * Elminster of Shadowdale (mentioned)
 * Finara (a mage who lost her spellcasting ability due to the Spellplague)
 * Gethshemeth
 * Grandmother Ash (a sentient Spell-Scarred tree in Vilhon Wilds)
 * Imphras the Great (mentioned)
 * Japheth Donard
 * Kiril Duskmourn
 * Madruen Morganoug (a survivor of Ormpetarr; he became well-known for getting spellscarred skin aglow with blue fire and almost impossible to cut through)
 * Neifion, the Lord of Bats
 * Nyrotha (Captain Thoster's first mate)
 * Nogah
 * Raidon Kane
 * Scathrys (an aberrant Fang Dragon)
 * Seren Juramot
 * Thormud Horn (mentioned)
 * The Traitor

Locations

 * Abeir (mentioned)
 * Abyss
 * Amn (mentioned)
 * Candlekeep (mentioned)
 * Darroch Castle
 * Feywild
 * Giant's Run Mountains
 * Gulthmere Forest
 * Greenfields (mentioned)
 * Hegruth (an Island with a tower in the Sea of Fallen Stars, surfaced due to receded water levels circa 1396 DR)
 * Impiltur (mentioned)
 * Lantan (mentioned)
 * Myth Nantar (mentioned)
 * Nagawater (mentioned)
 * Nathlekh
 * Nathlan
 * New Sarshel
 * Olleth
 * Ormpetarr
 * Orsraun Mountains
 * Sea of Fallen Stars
 * Selgaunt
 * Shadowfell (mentioned)
 * Sildëyuir (mentioned)
 * Stardeep
 * Starmantle
 * Taunissik
 * Telflamm (mentioned)
 * Vilhon Wilds
 * Westgate (mentioned)
 * Xxiphu
 * Yuirwood (mentioned)

Wondrous Items

 * Angul
 * Cerulean Sign
 * Blade of Venom
 * Dreamheart
 * Potions of healing
 * Potions of somnolence
 * Potions of water breathing
 * Traveler's dust

Creatures

 * Aboleths (mentioned)
 * Aquatic elves (mentioned)
 * Archfey
 * Beholders (mentioned)
 * Crows
 * Deer
 * Dogs
 * Donkeys
 * Dwarves
 * Eidolon (statue of Blibdoolpoolp, the Sea Mother)
 * Eladrin (mentioned)
 * Noble Eladrin
 * Elves (mentioned)
 * Star Elves (mentioned)
 * Ettin (preserved trophy)
 * Giant catfish
 * Gnolls (mentioned)
 * Gnomes (mentioned)
 * Goblins
 * Golems
 * Gorgons (mentioned)
 * Half-elves
 * Hawks, prairie
 * Hobgoblins (mentioned)
 * Homunculi
 * Horses
 * Humans
 * Locathah
 * Mummy (preserved trophy)
 * Kelpies
 * Kobolds (mentioned)
 * Kraken
 * Kuo-toa
 * Mind flayers (mentioned)
 * Elder brain (remains)
 * Undead mind flayers
 * Morkoth
 * Oozes
 * Plaguechanged ghouls
 * Rabbits
 * Sahuagin
 * Scrags
 * Sea hags
 * Sharks
 * Skinstealers (mentioned)
 * Tiger (preserved trophy)
 * Wolves

Deities

 * Bane (evoked)
 * Blibdoolpoolp, the Sea Mother (evoked)
 * Mystra (mentioned)
 * Silvanus (mentioned)
 * Umberlee (evoked)