Cormyr Dalelands Books - The Story, in Short

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While the full timeline of events both major and minor is listed separately, CD's main storyline is organized into Books, each of which has their own Acts or Chapters. For those interested, past and current story books are listed here, along with a blurb about them as one might read on a book jacket:


Book I - Fimbulwinter Come
Powerful servants of the goddess of cold seek an artifact to bring about eternal winter. Only by the actions of a group of intrepid heroes are they defeated.

Book II - A War of Shadows
The Shadovar declare war on Cormyr, seeking to claim lands north of the mountains for reasons unknown. At a climactic battle in Halfhap, the leader of the Shadovar army is killed by heroes of Cormyr, after one of his rivals betrays him, bringing an end to the war.

Book III - The Matron's Ambition
A powerful drow priestess puts a plan in motion to take vengeance on the surface world. When her schemes are stopped by Cormyrian heroes aiding the elves, she tries to call down a giant meteor to destroy its capital, only for valiant heroes to prevent it, albeit at great cost.

Book IV - Whispers in the Darkness
An ancient and malevolent force stirs as the walls of its prison weaken, extending its maddening influence through the land. In the end, a group of heroes discovered the location of its ancient prison and slew the eldritch monster, sending it back to the netherworld.

Book V - The Shattered Black
The Zhentarim seize control of the small but strategic Cormyrian outpost of Stonehaven in the Stonelands, through the aid of traitors and agents. With the aid of numerous heroes and others, Cormyr's forces rallied to mount a campaign to retake the fortified village.

Book VI - A Light from the Netherworld
The Princess Alusair, thought lost to the Far Realm, returns having been twisted by exposure to that strange place, and seeks to claim all of Cormyr. Only through the intervention of numerous heroes is the nightmare invasion halted, and the rift to that dark place sealed.

Book VII - Keryth'Keryn'Suoress
The elven village of Ssrenshen remains in the hands of the drow, and it is up to the heroes of the Dales and Cormyr to rally to aid the elves and Dalesmen in driving the drow from it. Only through a perilous venture into the Abyss is a powerful artifact reclaimed, allowing the heroes to drive the drow and their fiendish allies out.

Book VIII - The Head that Wears the Crown
Coming soon...