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Mindflayers in novels.

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#1
andrewknaut
Dec 02, 2008 13:25:34 I was wondering if there are any large roll Mindflayers in any books, and preferably one that is not just the usual underdark one.
Thanks
#2
Arcane_Guyver
Dec 02, 2008 14:15:31 I guess it depends on what you consider a large role. If you mean it has a lot of face time, I can't think of any off-hand. If you mean integral to the plot, well, there are a few. I really don't want to say what novels have them, because that sort of ruins the surprise.
#3
mystrich
Dec 02, 2008 14:59:17 Not a "large" role, but one is the primary antagonist (if mostly in the background), of the first Dreaming Dark novel. He's only in that one (unless he returns in the sequel to the series Keith Baker mentioned a while back), and only has one big fight.
#4
lonewolf
Dec 02, 2008 17:06:58 There are also a few in the Dragon Below Series, but they are allies of the evil mastermind, not the villains themselves.
#5
Iskandr
Dec 03, 2008 0:20:11 Not a big spoiler, but there is a mindflayer at the beginning of Queen of Stone. He's only in the first 20 pages or so... not really a big deal as he isn't important to the whole of the story. The only mindflayer with a decent amount of face time in any Eberron novel I can think of at the moment would be in the first Dreaming Dark book. But, that has already been mentioned.
#6
missekat
Dec 09, 2008 4:48:27 Since you didn't specifically state that the should be from the Eberron setting, (although I should probably assume that), you can pick up the FR novel Tangled Webs. One of the main villains is a mindflayer, and "she" has quite a bit of facetime.
It's a sequel, though..
and don't get scared away by the fact that the main char. is a drow.. this is not a Drizzt ripoff. No moping around.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 andrewknaut Dec 02, 2008 13:25:34	I was wondering if there are any large roll Mindflayers in any books, and preferably one that is not just the usual underdark one. Thanks
#2 Arcane_Guyver Dec 02, 2008 14:15:31	I guess it depends on what you consider a large role. If you mean it has a lot of face time, I can't think of any off-hand. If you mean integral to the plot, well, there are a few. I really don't want to say what novels have them, because that sort of ruins the surprise.
#3 mystrich Dec 02, 2008 14:59:17	Not a "large" role, but one is the primary antagonist (if mostly in the background), of the first Dreaming Dark novel. He's only in that one (unless he returns in the sequel to the series Keith Baker mentioned a while back), and only has one big fight.
#4 lonewolf Dec 02, 2008 17:06:58	There are also a few in the Dragon Below Series, but they are allies of the evil mastermind, not the villains themselves.
#5 Iskandr Dec 03, 2008 0:20:11	Not a big spoiler, but there is a mindflayer at the beginning of Queen of Stone. He's only in the first 20 pages or so... not really a big deal as he isn't important to the whole of the story. The only mindflayer with a decent amount of face time in any Eberron novel I can think of at the moment would be in the first Dreaming Dark book. But, that has already been mentioned.
#6 missekat Dec 09, 2008 4:48:27	Since you didn't specifically state that the should be from the Eberron setting, (although I should probably assume that), you can pick up the FR novel Tangled Webs. One of the main villains is a mindflayer, and "she" has quite a bit of facetime. It's a sequel, though.. and don't get scared away by the fact that the main char. is a drow.. this is not a Drizzt ripoff. No moping around.