Ironhelm is the first book of the the Maztica trilogy by Douglas Niles.
In a corner of the world far removed from the known Forgotten Realms stands the exotic continent of Maztica. There Erix the slave girl learns of a great destiny laid upon her by the gods themselves. At the same time, across the sea, a fateful mission of exploration embarks.
The explorers, a legion of seasoned mercenaries, sail westward to discover a land of primitive savagery mixed with high culture, of brutal, bloodthirsty gods and lavish treasures. Under the banner of their vigilant god, Helm, the legion claims these lands for their own.
Only as Erix sees her land invaded by these strangers, when her world itself starts to collapse around her, is her startling destiny revealed. . . .Summary[]
Cordell, a mercenary, is found on the ruins of battlefield by Darien, a drow mage. He vows to found a company with a gold banner. An apprentice wizard named Halloran sees his master killed by an abomination he summoned. Across the sea in Maztica, a girl named Erixitl is marked for sacrifice by followers of Zaltec, but is kidnapped but Kultakans first. Ten years later, Cordell has formed his company, of which Halloran is a member. They wipe out a powerful pirate lord and convince Amn to fund an expedition to sail west in order to find a route to Kara-Tur. Meanwhile, Erixitl, a slave in Kultaka, is bought by the priests of Qotal, but hunted by the priests of Zaltec. The Golden Company arrives in Maztica and conquers Payit. Halloran witnesses the company killing innocents and leaves them. He joins Erixtil and encounters Poshtli, nephew of the Reverend Counselor of Nexal, who helps them battle an Ancient One hunting Erixitl. They kill the Ancient One only to discover that the Ancient Ones are drow, survivors of a subterranean conflict that raged in tunnels under the ocean, ending with a massive flame that cut off underground travel between continents and stranded the Ancient Ones and sun dwarves in Maztica. Cordell burns his ships and sets off for Nexal.
Index[]
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Characters[]
- Akbet-Khrul • Alvarro • Ancestor • Arquiuius • Atax • Atl-Ollin • Bishou Dominicus • Broker • Callatl • Caracatl • Caxal • Chicha • Chitikas • Cordell • Corporal • Coton • Daggrande • Darien • Erixitl • Erixitl's brother • Erixitl's father • Garrant • Grabert • Gultec • Halloran • Hoxitl • Huakal • Kachin • Kardann • Leone • Lok • Luskag • Martine (Golden Legion) • Mixtal • Naltecona • Poshtli • Spirali • Storm (horse) • Terrazyl • Tzilla • Valez
Creatures[]
- butterfly • buzzard • couatl • coral • dog • drow • dwarf • dwarf (desert) • eagle • elf • fire elemental • greyhound • gull • hakuna • hell hound • horse • human (Payitlan) • human (Nexala) • invisible stalker • jaguar • macaw • monkey • mosquito • parrot • quetzal • rabbit • spider • Szarkai • troll • turkey
- Referenced only
- coyote • crocodile • deep gnome • deer • hawk • human (Tuigan) • mind flayer • pegasus • swan • vulture • weasel
Locations[]
- Regions
- Amn • Far Payit • Kultaka • Lantan • Maztica • Payit • Pezelac • Sword Coast • Tethyr • Valley of Nexal
- Referenced only
- Kara-Tur • Pirate Isles • Shou Lung • Thay
- Buildings
- Arquiuius's tower • Caxal's Palace • Flowered Temple of Ulatos • Forgotten Shrine • Great Pyramid • Highcave • House of Jaguars • Pyramid of Qotal • Pyramid of the Moon • Temple of Zaltec (Ulatos) • Twin Visages • Ulatos Plaza
- Bodies of Water
- Asavir's Channel • Lake Calor • Lake Qotal • Lake Tezca • Lake Zaltec • Sunstone (lake) • Trackless Sea • Ulatos Delta • Ulatos Lagoon
- Wilderness
- House of Tezca • Mount Zatal • Ulatos Plain
- Other
- Coast Road • Star-That-Shines-By-Day
- Referenced only
- Elemental Plane of Air • Underdark
Magic[]
- Spells
- cone of cold • darkness • dismissal • fireball • fire shield • invisibility • invisible stalker (spell) • light • lightning bolt • magic missile • meteor swarm • scalesnare • sending (hishna) • sleep • teleport • tongues • wall of fire
- Referenced only
- friends
- Items
- brazier of commanding fire elementals • featherlift • Helmstooth • Icetongue • potion of growth • potion of invisibility • potion of poison • spellbook
- Other
- Darkfyre • pluma • talonmagic
Organizations[]
- Ancient Ones • Council of Six (Amn) • Eagle Knights • Golden Legion • Harvesters • Jaguar Knights
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Food & Drinks
- bacon • bean • brandy • cocoa • mayz • mayzcake • Maztican bean stew • octal • olive • pepper • salt pork • soap root • tomato • venison
- Plants
- fern • mangaroo • oak • palm • reed • rose • Sand Mother • water lily
- Armor & Clothing
- belt • boots • breastplate • breechclout • cape • chainmail • cloak • gauntlet • gown • helmet • jerkin • leather armor • leggings • loincloth • mask (object) • robe • sandals • sash • tunic
- Materials & Substances
- brass • clay • coal • copper • cotton • diamond • emerald • flint • iron • pearl • plaster • pumice • gold • granite • jade • limestone • obsidian • ruby • salt • silk • silver • snakeskin • soap • steel • turquoise • vellum • velvet • whetstone
- Ships
- canoe • caravel • carrack • Dragonfly • Falcon • galley • longboat • Osprey • Swallow • Swanmay
- Items
- candle • battering ram • bugle • drum • Flowered Altar • horn • litter • maca • saddle • sandstone • torch • trumpet • waterskin
- Referenced only
- matchstick
- Works
- Anthem of War • Chronicle of the Waning • Cordell' journal
- Events
- Great Dust • Rockfire • The Return • Time of Waning
- Languages
- Commonspeech • Kultakan language • Nexalan language • Payitlan language
- Other
- hanging gardens
- Referenced only
- cataract
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Steven E. Schend (2000). Presenting...Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2003-06-21. Retrieved on 2015-08-12.