Dalamar the Dark

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Dalamar the Dark
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Cover of the first edition
Author Nancy Varian Berberick
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy novel
Published2000
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN 0-7869-1565-X

Dalamar the Dark is a fantasy novel by Nancy Varian Berberick, set in the world of Dragonlance, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is the second novel in the "Dragonlance Classics" series. It was published in paperback in January 2000.

Nancy Varian Berberick is an American fantasy author well known for her work in the Dragonlance series.

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Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job interview. At TSR Tracy Hickman met Margaret Weis, his future writing partner, and they gathered a group of associates to play the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The adventures during that game inspired a series of gaming modules, a series of novels, licensed products such as board games, and lead miniature figures.

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Dalamar the Dark is a novel that tells the story of Dalamar the elf wizard.

Elf (<i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>) fictional humanoid race from Dungeons & Dragons

An elf, in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, is a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for player character. Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic and weapons such as the sword and bow. Becoming physically mature by the age of 25 and emotionally mature at around 125, they are also famously long-lived, capable of living more than half a millennium and remaining physically youthful. Possessed of innate beauty and easy gracefulness, they are viewed as both wondrous and haughty by other races; however, their natural detachment is seen by some as introversion or xenophobia.

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