ASHES OF THE TYRANT Giveaway!
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! Thank you for participating! Winners will be announced shortly!
Okay readers: It’s 39 days until Ashes of the Tyrant can land in your hot little hands. That means….giveaway time!
Is she standing on a pyramid? Yes she is.
What’s it about?
After the events of Fire in the Blood, Farideh, Mehen, Havilar and Brin head to Djerad Thymar with Kepeshkmolik Dumuzi at the behest of Mehen’s aunt, the Verthisathurgiesh matriarch, Anala. But what they think will be a quick stopover turns into something far more dangerous when Anala’s son turns up dead in the catacombs along with a dozen other young dragonborn.
Meanwhile Dahl Peredur is in Harrowdale, trying to find a way out of his deal with Lorcan, when a certain Zhentarim agent tracks him down, looking for lost information about an ancient site, The Master’s Library. As much as he wants to keep his Harper life separate from his family, a lost Zhentarim outpost and a family secret mean he won’t get that chance.
That’s…not a bad summary!
I know, right? I’ve been practicing since last year.
I would read that.
You can start with this sample chapter if you like.
I still have to wait 39 days for the book though. Why are you even bringing this up??I told you: it’s giveaway time! You know what to do!
1 Make a comment on this post. You are going to have to leave an email address to do this, but that’s good, because if you win, I will have to have a way to contact you! It must be on this post at slushlush.com, or I won’t count it.
2 In your comment, tell me your favorite nonhuman fantasy race/species. Since Ashes of the Tyrant is where the dragonborn shine, let’s celebrate those peoples who aren’t just like us. They MUST be fictional, but you can draw from books, movies, comics, or TV, and they need to be nonhuman. There are lots of cool human cultures in lots of books, but that’s not this contest. Feel free to include links—we all love being introduced to new stories.
3 From the pool of comments, I will randomly select a winner who will get a signed copy of Ashes of the Tyrant Because at least 100 people have entered, I will give one winner signed copies of the entire Brimstone Angels Saga, and three winners copies of Ashes of the Tyrant!
If you’ve followed along with these giveaways before, you know that’s not all.
- If we get to 300, I’ll add in something special:
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That’s right! I made two! The scourge pendant auction went so well, I thought I’d offer up another. One winner gets the scourge pendant replica and a signed copy of Ashes of the Tyrant, two people get full series, and three people get signed copies of Ashes of the Tyrant.
- One more level: You guys get this up to 500 entries and I’ll do all of the above, plus the annotated Ashes of the Tyrant. AND I’ll remember to take pictures of some pages. I loved doing this for Fire in the Blood, but I definitely underestimated how much time it took. Show me you really want it, and I’ll make time to do it again.
The contest runs through December 22. I will draw names and announce winners as soon as I can after that. You all should be aware I’m expecting a baby and due December 15th, so there’s a chance you might have to be a little patient as I might literally be in labor when the contest ends. Only one entry per person, but please pressgang your friends. May the odds be ever in your favor, etc.,etc.
I’m panicking! I literally can only think of elves! Everyone will laugh at me!
Elves count! If you love ’em, you love em.
I already have copies of those books.
The nice thing about getting a signed copy of a book you already have is that it gives you a ready-made gift for someone else. Got a DM who’s gone above and beyond? Got a friend you know who would love some Realms novels but doesn’t know where to start? Got a Secret Santa coming up? Ta-da!
Get commenting! (And come back to check out other answers!)
Few additional questions:
If I buy a copy of the book through the esigning and I win, what happens?
You can choose to cancel your order, or have two books and be the coolest kid on the block.
If I won your last contest, am I ineligible?
Nope. Different book, different contest. The only thing that makes you ineligible to win is being me or a member of my immediate family. Because, come on. Especially, you, sister who is two books behind.
I am not from the US. Can I enter?
Yes! But be aware that I may need to choose a slower form of shipping to accommodate you in a way I can afford.
Elves, I love Elves especially moon and drow. In fact, I play several elf characters in a couple of DnD games I’m in.
What can i say? I never was an elf-fan, neither LOTR or Tolkien fan. I started a few years ago playing d&d because of my friends many-years playing it. So we started an pre-campaign exhibition of PH (4th ed.) and what is the game all about….
Nothing very special, until we got to the tiefling Race…. so that was it.. TIEFLINGS all the way!
P.S. Love your books, i just finished Lesser Evils for the second time, and i got 39 days to re-read the next ones until Ashes.
I’m going to have to go with Devas! They were my favorite addition in 4th ed and my favorite to play. There’s something just so cool about a celestial being who gave up so much to serve their deity!
I’m torn between duergar and shades (though I know they are a template more than a race).
Dhampir!
A lot of great races that have been delved into over the last few years in FR, like the Drow, Dragonborn, Elves (all sorts).
Would love to see a dhampir character rise up. Vampire Hunter D in Faerun? Badass.
I like dwarves because they’re cantankerous and they like beer! (OK, so I don’t stretch myself much when I role-play)
Well I have to say that while elves are nice and I do love them my favorite nonhuman fantasy race is a toss up between the Miqo’te from FFXIV (because who doesn’t love cat people?!) And Tieflings. I find both races very interesting and both offer up diverse experiences.
The Miqo’te fit me personally because I always imagined them to be more playful and spazztically charged ready to take on adventure etc. (Though racial lore doesn’t support this it’s what I see in my head).
Tieflings on the other hand were a new experience for me which started the summer of 2014 when I ordered the first book in the Brimstone Angels series. I remember staying up late just to learn more then making my first D&D character (A Tiefling Warlock with an Archfey lover just for giggles) because I wanted to have adventures like Farideh and Havi.
Honestly I can’t wait to read the next installment! Oh and congratulations on the baby ahead of time Erin, you must be super excited!
I’ve always loved those cute kitties also known as Rakshasa. Especially in the Eberron setting where they wage their war behind the scene. They were also pretty cool in The Tomb by F. Paul. Wilson (and closer to the indian folklore).
Do I really have to pick one race/species? You have no idea how hard that is for me. Like seriously when I met the Erin (back at a Fire in the Blood/ Rise of the King signing) I talked to her and Bob about how I got into mermaiding while dressed as an elf, since I hadn’t gotten my drow cosplay together yet. Also in 6th grade my dad actually told me he thought I was either a vampire, an elf or a faerie because he had no idea how I could otherwise know so much about them.
Can I say fae/faeries/sidhé? There are so many types is that cheating? But also I’m on a total Tiefling kick because TIEFLING. I’m totally starting to work on a tielfling cosplay, just saying.
Oddly enough, even though I hadn’t even heard about Erin or Brimstone Angels before that signing I’ve now read all of Brimstone Angels including Fire in the Blood twice, and am only about half way through my first read of Rise of the King.
As a player I like either dwarves (I get to be grumpy in a fun surrounding) or tieflings (especially dark pact warlocks – its all your fault 😉 ).
Always been a big fan of Merfolk. They’ve pretty much replaced High Elves in my home setting.
So excited Erin! My favorite non human fantasy race has got to be Haflings. I see myself as a halfling a lot of times. Taking on tasks that others would consider too big for me. Using my mind to solve problems rather than my muscle. I am excited for Ashes of the Tyrant. I am going to share the crap out of this in hopes of getting the chance to read Brimstone Angels. I cannot find copies of these books anywhere, and am not set up for online ordering.Keep up the good work Erin!
My favorite race is the drow until I read the first Brimstone Angels book then Tieflings totally became my favorite.
i was a huge fan of the drow, the illithid, and fantasy humans (as i never received extra stat points for anything at time of creation) but I have to say that the cats in Jim Butchers Cinder Spire series are by far the most fun. Talking cats! Yaaaaas. If that doesn’t count then any of the fae in The Dresden Files.
Never much cared for the Tolkien Races, so I played human and half-elf exclusively; after reading the WotC Races of Stone, however, I immediate fell in love with goliaths. They have become my non-human of is my race of choose.
I’ve always loved elves, I remember one of the first books I’ve read in the D&D worlds was “Kindred Spirits” from the Dragonlance setting, I really loved the society and beauty and everything it described. The love of nature, wanderlust.. Since then I’ve read many books and played many games with them, and I always root for them (and everyone’s favorite drow :P).
Thanks! And waiting to read the new book soon 🙂 (unrelated to the giveaway XD )
Dragonborn. I’m playing right now a dragonborn draconic sorcerer who wants to be between bahamut and tiamat on the cosmic level. He’s true neutral. Very interesting to play.
No surprises- Tieflings! I have always loved tieflings as a race. Used to play them back when they were part of the planetouched and a template in 3E! Not sure what it is, but the allure of having horns has always been my main reason for picking them! Majority of my RPG characters have been tieflings. The only time they aren’t is when the DM says no, haha! So of course, when I found out that Brimstone Angels was about my favourite race, I knew I had to read them! Thanks Erin, for bringing the other races into the light in FR fiction!
Halflings or Half Elves. I enjoy playing the sneaky types, with nimble fingers who can’t help but to fall into trouble.
The prevalence “gnome hate” rather endears them to me, as I feel quite protective of them.
Love your books!
Thery are great and so immersive!
All the best for your coming heir! May she always roll 20!!!
It would be great to face aasimar & tiefling somehow!
Anyway I am great fan of dragonborns!
Out of DnD universe: dragons, dragons and still more dragons ! In every form! From Smaug to Fierkaag !
Thanks and … all the best!
Personally I really like the elves in Dragon Age its is a very cool change from them being the super superior ancient culture to a lost people that die more quickly around humans.
For all the years I’ve read fantasy books and played games, the Tiefling race is by far my favorite. It just seems that they are the most human non-human race and present such great opportunities for storytelling. The kind of storytelling that can connect you with the characters in such a way as to project the best and the worst aspects.
Gnomes are my favorite ever since I met Jan Jansen in Baldur’s Gate 2. I love that they have a fascination of technology and invention. They can be magical, adventurous, crafty, or dangerous! Most of the time they serve as comic relief, but they’re the best when the humor comes from their strange personality quirks instead of slapstick. Other races can underestimate a gnome’s capabilities and adds a bit of an underdog characteristic to them.
Read all of the previous books…looking forward to this new installment 🙂
The Deva and Rakshasa is an interesting and new race to me..the whole collective memories and passing down of the skills and mem
ories was fascinating.
Source novels- Sword of the Gods and Sword of the Gods :Sinner of lies)
I’ve had interest in Drow for quite a while now, even tried modelling some characters in a few games after them.
This is a tough one… Tieflings/Aasimar are always really fun because of their infernal/celestial ancestry. “Oh, hey Dad!” Exclaimed the Aasimar. “Greetings my Daughter.” Said the straight up mf’ing Solar. It’s just too cool. I also really like half elf/half orc for similar reasons. That mixed heritage thing can add a lot of flavor to your story. And Dwarves. I can’t tell you how many Dwarven characters I’ve played over the years. It’s just too much fun being a stout little bearded ball of rage charging into combat. Elves are alright as long as your not one of those snooty “I’m an Elf so I’m better than you.” types. Oh wait, that’s like 99% of them… Avariels and Lythari are pretty cool though. Aboleths and Illithids are great too. It never hurts to add a little Lovecraftian style horror to your story. Man, what else… Svirfneblin, Genasi, Goliaths, Halflings (Ghostwise represent!), Dragonborn, Shifters… That’s what I love about fantasy and The Forgotten Realms in particular. It’s so diverse and unique with its heroes and villians and just people in general. It’s too hard to pick just one.
I have to go with the Ogier from the Wheel of Time. A bestial-appearing race that are scholars and artisans who have a fury when aroused. How can I not like them? 🙂
The Deva and Rakshasa are an interesting and new race to me..the whole collective memories and passing down of the skills and mem
ories was fascinating.
(Source novels- Sword of the Gods and Sword of the Gods :Sinner of lies)
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Deva
[b]Deva[/b]
Devas are a specific type of aasimar that, unlike typical examples of the race are in fact all angelic souls contained within mortal bodies. These souls are reborn again and again, meaning that devas have access to the experiences of several lifetimes in their subconscious and, sometimes, waking mind as well. These souls are obliged to fight in the cosmic war against evil, though some stray from this path and are reincarnated in their next life as rakshasas.
Physically, devas appear similar to aasimar, though in a fashion more distinct than many aasimar, who could be mistaken for human. Devas also possess a number of abilities unique to them.Despite this, devas can be and historically have been considered aasimar.
[b]Rakshasa[/b]
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Rakshasa
Rakshasas were a type of evil outsider from the lawful evil regions of the Outer Planes, though most lived on the Material Plane. They were powerful sorcerers and, although they disdained physical fighting as ignoble, could be dangerous in close combat as well
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Rakshasa
Rakshasa
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Type Natural humanoid (fiend)
Alignment
LG NG CG
LN N CN
LE NE CE
Challenge Rating 10
Homeland(s) The Astral Sea and Prime Material Plane
Language(s) Common, Infernal, Undercommon[1]
Rakshasas were a type of evil outsider from the lawful evil regions of the Outer Planes, though most lived on the Material Plane. They were powerful sorcerers and, although they disdained physical fighting as ignoble, could be dangerous in close combat as well.[citation needed]
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A rakshasa could assume any humanoid form, so few ever saw their true faces. In its natural form, a rakshasa had a powerfully built humanoid body and an animal’s head. Many rakshasas had the head of a tiger, while others could have the heads of dogs, birds, or other animals. The king of the rakshasas was said to possess multiple heads, each a different type of animal. Another physical characteristic of the rakshasa was that its hands were backwards: the palms faced out from the body when the arms were at rest. Rakshasa were capable of hiding their disturbing appearance at any time, as they could choose any humanoid form at will
Rakshasa were cruel and wicked. They loved to pose as nobility, living a life of luxury and ease while many slaves and servants toiled under their command.
Asari from Mass Effect. Their Biotics are crazy and the fact they mate with all other races for genetic diversity is cool.
Dark Elves but not really because of drizzt, in war of the spider queen I really loved to read about there culture. In a DnD point of view I usually pick a elf because I like the idea of living a long 900+ year life. Erin Evans has brought to light tieflings now and is quickly making them one of my favorites.
I’ve always liked tieflings.
Up until I discovered Tieflings, the Drow were my favorite. Now they’re a close second. I just wish there were more books featuring Tiefling characters (nudge, nudge ).
I’d have to say the drow are my favorite race. They remind me of the how the world really is from the backstabbing and power struggles, they resemble our own political system. Yet there is so much potential for their race and so much beauty hidden under the surface (no pun intended) that I’m always hoping that one day they will redeem themselves. It’s that hope that keeps be wanting more stories about the race.
Hands down drow!!! Haha, without them I would be a very very different person, I wouldn’t even know how to sew! So I thank bob for creating drizzt seriously all those hours of YouTube and surfing the Internet because of my love for the race…. drow well what can I say if i ever get scared I can count on them to cheer me up and a good read too!
The aasimar (briefly known as deva during 4th ed) are my favorite race.
I’d have to go with Shades or Drow, although Rakasta (no I don’t mean Rakshasa) are right there with them.
Tieflings ofcourse. Though centaurs and menfolk are both close contenders for 2nd place.
As an avid reader, I would say I love all races I come across during my travels. One I find most interesting is half human and half of another race. They are caught between two worlds-always striving to belong to both worlds. I read a series a couple of years ago about brothers who were half orc, not only were they struggling to find their way, the brothers were also struggling to come to terms with each other’s differences.
I always like the unusual races. One of my favorites are the aarakocra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarakocra
And congrats on the new baby!!
My favorite is a toss up – I loooove Drow soo much. But I am also a sucker for the unusual – so I am currently dying to play a Sylph or a Suli in a Pathfinder campaign.
Erin, I am wholly old-school and love the Half-Orc as a character class (first edition). Fighter, Cleric, Thief – I’ll take your pretty-boy Paladin and stump all over them! Now I hear tell through the ages that new “editions” are about, different races and classes and all. Maybe I could suckup and say Teifling for a favorex PC race, but it is a tight draw: Dragonborn and (unsurprisingly) Half-Orc a la Butt Tugly (with apologies to the Car Guys on NPR)
I have always really liked Yuanti since 2nd edition and some of the articles in Dragon Magazine.
Favourite nonhuman race is obviously dragons… big, colossal, “something”-breathing, deadly dragons. chromatic, metallic, gem, I love them all. I recently played a wizard follower of Io the Ninefold Dragon and it was awesome. He inspired a 3 part adventure I’m dabbling in currently.
I do have to give mindflayers a close second place thought.
Btw, your books are amazing, keep up the good work!
Kender, they are a fun and very realistic race. they are funny, crazy and Sooooooo annoying at times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! keep up the great work as i am a BIG fan of yours….
I just finished playing in a year long campaign as a tiefling. That race really has stuck out to me as a player
Yuan-ti, because I read a lot of Conan when I was younger.
dwarves I like em becuase of Bruenor Battlehammer. Just think hes an awesome character.
I have always loved dark elves ever since playing Everquest 1. I like both evil dark elves that just survive and are tough and awesome to also the ones that try to escape their lots in life to make the world a better place. I have always found every culture of dark elves I’ve read about; from movies, to games, to books interesting in the differences but also similarities. Usually an over barring god that requires to much from their race to usually the dark elf race starting from normal elves being turned by the evil God.
Elves no question about it. The very first race that got me in this amazing world 😀
It’s hard to pick just one! Thanks to Bob Salvatore I really like his dark elves! But I also like Dragons, and halflings. But thanks to GRRM and HBO my favorite non-human race I like are the White Walkers. Not a lot written about them, not a lot touched on in the TV series, so I think I like them the most recently is because no one really knows what they want or what they’re like, and they are really cool!
Dwarves. I have never given it much thought as to my favorite race but as you presented me with the chance to think of it Miss Evans, I must choose dwarves. The reason for this being their unshakeable loyalty, gruffness, and tough love. Tough love is something seen far to scarcely and I think it is paramount in attaining a strong relationship or friendship. I’m not even a gruff person myself, but I’m constantly reminded of old timers that I have had the pleasure of spending time with who will say what they are thinking without reservation. Dwarves shall be my answer, and my answer shall be Dwarves.
I would have to say my favorite race would have to be the Kender. They don’t have a care in the world, not afraid of anything and if you aren’t currently using something it automatically is fair game to become theirs! BRING ON THE ASHES ASAP. I’ll have 13 days to read it before my classes start back up!
Fraggles, because they dance their cares away. They save worries for another day. And they get advice from a sentient trash heap!
This is a no brainer for me Aasimar why? Because I always play a Paladin in any game that gives me the option and Aasimers make awsome paladins ! First time I played on in DnD my heart was set.
It was the first time I really got into role playing that I heard of this race and my original Aasimar paladin will always have a 7 page biography worth of space in my heart.
The Dwemer from the Elder Scrolls games. They were elves that were called dwarves. They were extremely mechanically inclined. Their homes were filled with steam pipes, gears, mechanical spiders, robotic defensive mechanisms. One day, the entire race vanished for reasons not known.
Being a big fan of conflicted characters and anti-heroes like Elric I’d have to say a half/demi-human. Typically a half-elf with the advantages of each race and conflict of each as well.
Drow…because you never know what to truly expect from a damn Drow.
Aasamar
For me it has always been Elves, regardless of ethnicity, although I’m partial to Moon Elves. Regardless, they have been my favorites since I first fell in Love with Tolkien’s portrayal of them and then fine authors within the Forgotten Realms. I have always appreciated that despite them being other-worldly and beyond us in many ways, they are close enough to still form a connection.
Love your books!
It is hard to pick a favorite race, but overall I’d go with the common elf. If I can get specific I’d probably go with the Fey’ri tiefling-elf equivalent from D&D 3.5.
Kal’dorei. They have a very rich and sometimes fantastic history. Their culture is one of beauty, grace and humbleness, although have been shown to be extremely savage and impulsive when provoked; the contrast is one that I really enjoy.
Sadly I find they are used for little more than driving plots or cameo appearances these days. They are elves from the Warcraft universe.
My all-time favourite non-human race? Why, oh why? I’m not a racist…lol. But if I had to choose one to have as a friend… it’d be a Nac Mac Feegle. wiki Because they’re fierce warriors despite fitting in your pocket. They’re blue, but never down. And they got kicked out of the fairy realm by the (evil) fairy queen for being drunk and disorderly…
Dragons! I’ve always found it fascinating how there are always so many ways that dragons are rdeoicted in different fantasy series. Sentience, language, magic abilities, and even if they care or not about mortals. Even in the real world, different cultures have their own interpretation of dragons. I wonder what sparked people’s imagination in the past to create such beasts? (My $$ is on dinosaur bones)
I’ll be honest, I spent about 10 minutes trying really hard to think of something unique and not say elves, but that would just be a lie. It’s impossible for me to say that they haven’t been my favorite though. Like others have said, it was the first race that I played, the first race that I “rooted” for, the first race that introduced me to fantasy, etc, etc, blah, blah.
Tieflings! I can’t really explain why, I just like them.
Dragons hands down. They’re why I got into fantasy in the first place. They’re just so diverse and fascinating.
Dragons. Specifically, the dragons in the Naomi Novik alternate history series. They speak, have awesome personalities and then carry humans to war. An awesome and unique way to write a powerful species.
Thanks for doing what you’re doing – this series is fantastic!!
The first thing to pop into my head was an old favorite growing up: the mystics from The Dark Crystal. And then I remember watching LotR: The Two Towers for the first time. The Ents were surprisingly awesome. And that reminded me of the Forestals in The Chronicles Thomas Covenant. No wonder my friends think I’d be a druid if I lived in the Realms.
I’m going to have to go with half-elves. It feels like cheating, but they’ve been a separate race in multiple editions of player’s handbooks since as long as I can remember, so they should count for this.
There’s just something about the likelyhood (disregarding adventurers usually having shorter than average lifespans) of outliving your human relation while still being a mere child in the eyes of your elven heritage that does it for me, in particular since I like characters with long backstories but who still have a lot of life left in them.
Looking forward to the new book! I’ve got to say I’ve been playing tieflings since 3rd, and using (as a DM) tieflings since 2nd, and have been really happy to see an author really delve into their history and lore. Such a fun class to RP!
Dwarves are my favorite race for a few reasons. They almost always seem to be good. They value family and kinship above all other things, even if that family is not Dwarvish blood. They also have a cool accent and normally fight with huge weapons (which can be comical with their stout size).
Halflings. I used to say Tieflings or Aasimar and I still love them, but I’ve always really loved Halflings. There’s just something about them that makes me chuckle whenever I read them, even if what they’re doing isn’t exactly something I should be chuckling at, like associating with certain shady netherese informants. Gotta love an entire culture that loves to eat, wander and generally be comfortable and relaxing.
I’m still waiting on a friend to write up a D&D adventure so I can play a Halfling Sorcerer who becomes a pirate and constantly has to refrain from burning the ship down when the crew gets on his case about his height – or tries to put him in a bucket so they can lower him down the side to repair canon ball holes in the side of their ship with his spells!
I’d have to say the Warforged, from Eberron. They’re really unique for D&D races – intelligent golems built from stone, metal, and wood to be unquestioning soldiers for the kingdoms who own them. But after the war ends they’re suddenly lacking any purpose, trying to fit into cultures they’ve never experienced (having never had childhoods), just naïve soldiers with no war to fight and no common ground with any civilian – they literally don’t even eat, breathe, or sleep. Some try to just keep following orders by doing near-slave labor for the first dockworkers guild that will hire them, while others try their hand at being alive by wearing clothes, lying in a bed, and mashing food in their metal jaws, but they all have to deal with the prejudices, fear, or even outright hatred of the flesh and blood people around them. There’s really a lot of stuff to explore psychologically, but there haven’t been that many Eberron novels so far.
It’s hard to pick just one. But if I have to it would be the Orcs of Warcraft. FOR THE HORDE!!!
Drow, Dwarves and Wookiees would be my runners up. “GRRRWWAARRGGHH!!”
The Genasi would be one of the most interesting for me. In the Star Wars RPG there were these bunny Squibs that were also very interesting.
For me, it’s orcs. They’re usually shown as brutish, cruel and cunning… Because they are! Their culture is usually bred around war and savage domination… Orcs are the embodiment of the survival of the fittest.
Besides, there’s something liberating about letting out a loud war cry before smashing your enemies.
D&D has all of the races I can think of from fiction, and I’ve been trying to find a favourite that is not dragonborn (because that feels like attempt at flattery). However, it is dragonborn.
They are large for being “medium” by the rules, they are tough as dwarves but with a wider set of “obvious” or mechanically supported set of classes for playing them. Too bad that no one else cares about bringing light into the dungeon =(
Oh, and this was why they were my favourite even before the posts about dragonborn culture leading up to Ashes of the Tyrant. The culture part just pushes them even further into first place.
For me, it has always been dwarves (dwarfs). I know, but they’re just short fat humans! Well.. so are some of us! I like their history, their lifestyle, their attention to crafting and stonework.
I’m torn between Ludo, the gigantic beast in Labyrinth, and Goblins. I know Ludo was tortured by goblins, but everyone has a Good and Bad side. . . right ?
I’m going to say halflings because I like the idea of being unassuming and underestimated. Also, the first D&D character I ever created was a halfling.
Do Time Lords count? They’re not humans. They’re from another planet and have two hearts, can regenerate and travel through time and space. Also, snappy dressers.
As the DM in our games, I get to be any of them so it’s hard to pick just one. Then there are all those weird and wonderful races in movies and TV series. So it’s a toss up between the Tiefling (I want to play a Tiefling Barbarian who was raised by Hell Hounds) and Cybermen. The Cybermen always got a lousy deal – some of the worst costumes in the early days of Dr Who and they always lost badly. Technically, they’re of human stock (so are Tieflings!) but surely they count as non-human, since they’re so divorced from what humans should be? I choose the Cyberman and I hope this comment isn’t deleted.
Tharns, from John Carter of Mars series.by Edgar Rice Burroughs.A savage race that had it’s own code of honor that rivaled many of their neighbours.
I’m going with gloamings, from the 3e Underdark book, for overall coolness. I like unusual/quirky races in general; writing/playing them is a good challenge.
Thank you for writing great books and giving them away!
For me it’s Beholders – they’ve been around for 40 years and still going very strong, indeed they are iconic in terms of representing D&D.
mmmm… I think I’ll go with Elans.
Since I first saw’em in 3rd edition, i loved’em.
Human looking, sizzling with raw psionic power, able to sustain their bodies without the need of drinking and eating, but doing fine just with the power of their mind?
Did I remind you that they’re immortal?
I’ll have two, thank you.
I used to love the Dwarves: They were tough, stalwart, loyal, and didn’t take crap from anyone. But lately I’m torn between the Drow and the Tieflings: I like races that people look down on, and underestimate; races that have to work extra hard in order to be heroes.
Elves are my favorite. Since I read Tolkien, and also for the work of Elaine Cunningham in the Forgotten realms who inspired many D&D elven character I’ve played through the years. For me they are deeply emotional and complex being and I can relate to that.
And, thank you for your amazing work with the brimstone angels series! It’s a genuine pleasure to read your books!
Dragons! Of course its dragons 🙂
For different reasons, I’ve always been torn between Elves and Dwarves. Elves because they’re magical, beautiful and long lived. Dwarves because of their sense of honor, duty and kinship (much like your Mehen).
For a less common race, I love Robert Jordans Ogier.
The Drow… Jarlaxale has sealed the deal. but aside from liking one character, the innate abilities, the immense cold calculating, and the lithe form and long years… the Drow.
Kobolds are my spirit animal. Not entire sure why, but they have held a special place in my heart and in my games. Though the pixies from the Dresden Files series are close.
I absolutely love the Ogier in the Wheel of Time series. I love their calm and patient dispositions, the way they look at the world, and especially their tree singing.
I love the Twi’lek Race From star wars. Jedi or not they are very cool looking and well in all of the cartoons and book I feel they have the most Presence and developed grouping threw out all of there appearances and they come in Red, Blue and Green I think the skin tube hair things look cool and the red Twi’lek look rely cool when they are Sith.
Half-orcs all the way 🙂
While I do have a fondness for Salvatore’s dark elves( who doesn’t love Drizzt?), I must confess to an even greater fondness (or obsession) with dwarves. Given their short stature, they are almost always overlooked, which actually gives them a giant advantage. They are sturdy, strong, and can be a little ill-tempered, and they are extremely loyal once you have won their trust.
Half-Elf/Half-Dragon. I know i kinda bent the rules there with that being 2 species but I cant help it they are just so cool and powerful.
The fae, nothing quite like a dark, fierce group to make you scared of the woods again.
Nav’i?
Prismatic Dragon?
stainglass golem?
Gorons. Chilled out attitude, all the best tunes, having a great time rolling around the place. And they eat rocks – quite literally hardcore.
Mind Flayers… you never know what they’re up to.
Devas. Or maybe Tieflings. Love the diversity they add to the world among humans.
For me it’s got to be Tieflings!
How can you not root for someone with such a tortured background?
Dwarves!
Tieflings hands down. The orphans of the multiverse have got to be one of the best races to RP. They have built-in chips on their shoulders and trouble finds them.
I find the draenai from WoW really interesting (confession: I had to google how to spell draenai haha). Second place definitely goes to tieflings!
I love the Drow! Why?? Well just because they’re Bad Ass!!
I’ve always liked the Draenei from Warcraft. When I saw the Tiefling section in the 5e player’s handbook, I was instantly hooked, and started reading Brimstone Angels as my way into the Forgotten Realms.
Because of Fari and Havi, I now love Tieflings. Other non human races I enjoy are the Drow, Illithids, and Dwarves.
I love the diversity of elves in the Forgotten Realms setting with moon elves being at the top. I’m looking forward to the new book and congrats on your forthcoming baby as well. 🙂
Dear Ms. Evans,
How the heck did you manage to get a publishing contract with Wizards of the Coast? I’ve been trying for years, and I understand they fired all of their editors and canceled all novels. I have 3 Dragonlance novels completed, and I’m working on a Forgotten Realms novel. If you have an agent, could you please give me his or her contact info? Thank you!
Dragons.
Just, always been absolutely in love with dragons in all their varied shapes and forms. When they’re greedy, capricious, and villainous, or when they’re noble, valiant, and courageous. That said, I’m very excited to hear more about the dragonborn and how they relate to and differ from dragons. There can never be enough dragons in the world.
Tieflings. I always liked the idea of some of them being influenced towards a chaotic or lawful alignment by their heritage. Which I think is what you did with one of the characters in “Fire in the Blood”.
My first love of non-human races in fantasy is elves, but I am also fond of tieflings. Erin has really brought tieflings to life for me, and her FR novels of the Brimstone Angels have made it easier for me to run NPC tieflings in our D&D game! Thanks Erin!
My favorite fantasy race? Its hard to just pick one, though I tend to have a fondness for the ones constantly depicted as evil, but don’t need to be. Minotaurs, demon variations (including tieflings!), dark elves, even non-evil giants. That said, if I chose just one?
Snake people. Call them what you want – yuan-ti, serpent men, naga, gorgons, medusa, lamia. They all encompass the same thing. Stories almost always make them evil for some reason, but they have some pretty awesome stories when not constantly portrayed as trying to destroy something. Even Medusa was a primordial goddess of healing and protection before the Greeks decided to demonize her. Her visage was used to ward off evil, not hurt heroes. Even when she was killed, it was while she was pregnant with Posideon’s child.
The snake folk always get a raw deal when portrayed, but started off as a fascinating and wonderous group of legends. I love the stories of uncovering their true roots after being told for so long that they were evil.
Draenei from World of Warcraft. They’ve been through a lot.
Its always been DragonBorn. I love how each game setting and author shed them in new lights and new worlds. As a PC, I feel they are varied enough to prevent similar characters. Never a dull moment when the dragonborn walk in!
For me, I have been a fan of, and I know this choice has a lot of baggage attached to it, the drow. Since I first saw the entry in the Fiend Folio, I have been drawn to them and their Demon Queen Goddess. Drizzt was an icing on a cake that came years later. My newest favorite race, which really isn’t new, would be tieflings. Since their oigins As “human and…something else” in AD&D 2nd Edition to their newest incarnation in 5e, something about an outsider race, tormented and persecuted by their forbears.
Choose one? Argh!
I suppose I’d have to go with demons. In D&D lexicon, also fiends, devils, daemons, baatezu, tana’ri, and yugoloths (depending on edition and such). The thought of beings so closely aligned with things like evil and chaos in a setting in which those concepts are not a matter of perspective, but primal, measurable forces has long fascinated me. They raise questions of whether they can fight such a nature. They raise questions of whether they are, in fact, necessary to to the setting in some fashion. Their mere existence makes a fantasy world a fantasy world rather than just historical.
In turn, that makes tieflings, as hybrids of the fiendish and mortal, pretty interesting. That might be some of the original draw to the Brimstone Angels series, though I tend to think it’s the family and relationships between the characters that really hooked me.
Hi I loved reading all your books, I’m actually on my third reread of Brimstone Angels! Thanks for all your hard writing this series, I’ve enjoyed it a lot and now I can’t wait for Ashes of Tyrant to come out! Keep up the awesome work!
My favorite nonhuman race in fantasy, it’s “high” or gold elves. I know, very basic and popular, but I’ve loved them since I first read Tolkien. Anyway, gotta also say I love your Brimstone series – great character-driven writing, very old school Realms but also very fresh! Can’t wait for Ashes!
Honestly, it has been and probably always will be dragons. Because dragons.
Gnomes, of course, they make great artificers and bards!
My favorite, when meaning popular, changes from time to time. Right now it may very well be the Tieflings, since my Wife just created a Tiefling Warlock.
The one that has stated with me the longest and caused me the most wonder are the blue sphere martians from the short story “The Fire Balloons”.
I very much enjoyed reading the “Toby Alone” books by Timothée De Fombelle. However, the little folk living in that tree as well as them living in the grass could be considered very much human indeed. So, if I have to choose a really not-at-all-human race/species, I have to say that I find the aboleths quite fascinating. But maybe that is because I really don’t know much about them and I’m left to wonder…
I am looking forward to reading “Ashes of the Tyrant”. So far, I really enjoyed the development of the characters and the nice twists you readily employ to keep the story interesting. Kudos and thanks to the writer!
I like the Sylvari from GW2 but who doesn’t love hobbits?
I love gnomes and Warforged. Brimstone angels convinced me to watch for more Dragonborn and Tiefling stories too. Eberron’s version of Goblinoids is a lot of fun too!
My first love will always be Drow 😀 But I have quite the fondness for tieflings now, thanks to you Erin! I also love the Dunmer, from Elder Scrolls, those guys crack me up with their salty words. Thank you so much for giving us Havi and Fari, Erin. These books have gotten me through one of the roughest years of my life! <3
Tarutaru from Final Fantasy XI because they’re so tiny and chubby and cute and they all seem to have speech impediments.
My favorite non-human race is DROW!!! Little was known of their culture until some books started coming out about them and I absolutely love them! But I must also nominate DWARFS. Something about them hearty people and the bond of community they have is exquisite.
A few to name:
The Presger from Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch series.
In Orson Scott Card’s Ender Saga, the Pequeninos, because they are also hilarious.
Patrick Rothfuss’ Ca’thae in The Kingkiller Chronicles.
I already prepurchased the audio book, but I’d like to give the whole series to my girlfriend, who is just getting her toes wet into fantasy, and has never opened a forgotten realms book, but she has agreed to do so, since I told her about your books and your characters. And maybe after that, we’ll spread them around her friends, so they can all see such vivid female personas. We’ll see!
Oh I forgot to say, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! WHOOP WHOOP baby time!
Duh tieflings! I’ve been playing a tiefling since 2003’s 3.5 edition of Dungeons and Dragons and expanded their mythology through my own character Sarlin. I believe that is one of the driving reasons I find the Brimstone Angels series so addictive. I also was thrilled to start a series from the characters beginning and witness their growth through their experiences and struggles. However I find your depiction of the hellish domains and the practices of the hierarchy quite phenomenal and disturbing. Especially the promotion or demotion of a hellish entity, quite chilling.
Another series I feel deserves mention is Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series of books. I think Geralt and his fellow witchers fit the category of no longer being human but magically altered mutants. I suppose a lot of the characters in the book series can fit into the same category of other than human. Anyway I find the Witcher to be great reading that has a fantastic alternate view on some very common monsters and themes.
Thanks for your outstanding work on the Brimstone Angels series and congratulations to the addition to your family.
Air Genasi. I always picture them as this fly by the seat of their pants race. No real plan and a vague sense of the direction they should be going. Kinda of like Jack Sparrow and Doc Brown mixed into a whole race.
My favorite fantasy race would probably be the Maiar from Tolkien’s mythology. From their ranks came Melian, the infamous Sauron, Gandalf and the other Istari wizards, and the Balrogs.
Thanks for the great books, and congratulations on the new addition to the family! (My wife is due this month as well.)
The insidious and brilliant Drow are probably my favourite fantasy species, but I also love Tolkien’s magnificent Noldor in all their tragedy. It’s hard to decide.
Warforged hands down.
Does Owlbear count? If not, I’ll go with Drow.
Love love love your books, thank you for being who you are.
My favorite nonhuman race is Elf. This is not very original but in any game I play if there is an elf race I play it. I am always choosing elf or half-elf as my race in Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights 2.
P.S. I am a huge fan of your writing and am excited for this new book 🙂
Half-anything is my favorite concept, but since I’m picking just one: half-elves.
I am fascinated by bridges. Characters with one foot in two worlds are alternately pulled between them and able to unite them. This makes such characters among the most compelling and dynamic in all fiction. Who has never felt pulled in opposite directions? Who can’t say they’ve never really felt like they fit in? Half-bloods are instantly relatable because we know how they feel: constantly divided. But that is also a strength, and that makes them hopeful characters, as well as flawed.
Best wishes for a fantastic book release, Erin, and congratulations on your new addition!
Satyrs!
The elves. All of them. Their diversity is only limited by your imagination.
Drow!
My favorite nonhuman race are Spriggans. They appear to be a humanoid about like a halfling. The unique feature of the Spriggan race is their ability to shape shift into the size of an ogre-humanoid at will.The last time I read a story about a spriggan, it was a guard for some forrest garrison and I don’t remember the book title. I like Spriggans the most, and also tieflings, drow elves and dwarves.
Dwarfs, hands down!
Fey’ri from Forgotten Realms have always been my favorite race, shortly behind them are Tieflings. I have always loved a race mixed with a little demon or devil blood in them.
There’s so many to choose from it’s actually almost painful!
I’d say my favorite really are tieflings, though. Not to be a suck up or anything. My first D&D character I made and am playing now is a tiefling bard, with a bit of a Robin Hood complex. Because of that, and to help with my immersion of the world prior to the game, my older brother (also the DM) shoved your books in my face! It worked though.
I have a soft spot for a nigh-cultureless diasporic people with a chip on their shoulder.
Love the series keep up the good work! Hopefully we reach the annotated edition milestone
I love the High Elves from the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Haughty, proud, and defiant in spite of the surmounting odds and the inevitable end of their ancient race. Also, the Sundering that they fought with their Dark Elf cousins is very epic.
I really love the Deep Imaskari. There is such a rich vein of narrative there. I very much like the idea of a race of humanoids that have chosen to live separately from the rest of the world, but only for a time. I like the questions it brings about: why would they leave? what is their day-to-day society like? How would you play this character? The questions in D&D are always where my campaigns start.
Thanks for reading and congrats on the little one! Best wishes.
I love the Nac Mac Feegle from the Terry Pratchett’s discworld novels. They are a sort of fairy folk that is at once a throw-back to the old myths of mischievous fey and a perversion of our expectations of fairies, since they’re sort of like tiny Scottish soccer hooligans. So, obviously, they’re hilarious. For those that haven’t read The Wee Free Men, do it now! CRIVENS!
Congrats on the upcoming release! I started reading Brimstone Angels with _The Adversary_, and am now doubling back to check out the first two.
As for your specific question, I’m a big fan of orcs. I adore when a writer writes them well, and gives them a strong sense of character above and beyond the ‘ravening monstrous horde’ stereotype. I feel like there’s a lot of potential there, though it’s hard to pick one particular universe’s interpretation of orcs as my favorite.
In the D&D multiverse specifically, I’d also like to see something done with hobgoblins. They intrigue me, but there’s very little about them, relatively speaking.
I hope I’m not too late. I seriously just picked up your first book in this series last week and am now on Fire in the Blood (speed reading has its advantages!). Anyway, I’ll have to be boring and say I like moon elves from D&D the most BUT thanks to your books, I have an idea for a tiefling cleric of Sune for giggles!
My favorite race is the Drow. I love the drow culture and it always keeps you guessing!
I have to say that I’ve always had a soft spot for Dwarves. Honourable, hardy folk who take pride in their work and create grand structures. And you have to love any race that encourages gaming in a terrible Scottish accent. 😉
My “Forest Lord” is a ranger/druid cervitaur living in the depths of Cormanthor. He is NOT human.
Actually, I’d always go for Dwarves above anything else. Mix them with the oh-so-stereotypical Scottish accent and you got me hooked.Yet have to find a German dialect I can use for them… that does not ridicule the sturdy ones 🙂
Eberron’s warforged. I like stories that question humanity, and the warforged represent an interesting group after the ‘last war.’ Made for war, but recently free, what is their place? Do they have souls? What is like with the public thought that your numbers dwindle as your peoples creation is illegal?
All the races in China Mieville’s Bas Lag books, particularly those in Perdido Street Station’s city of New Crobuzon.
So many, but the Khepri stand out: Scarab headed women are unlike most any other race I can think of, with the males not being humanoid at all, but, rather, non-sentient small beetles.
Hobbits from the Lord of the Rings. I can think of no better people than those who can most appreciate food, music, and the company of friends.
I’d have to go with the skaven from warhammer fantasy: cunning, cowardly, greedy, malevolent rat-men, like hairy goblins. “It is a widely held belief that if the Skaven could put aside their in-fighting and distrust of each other, they could potentially take over the world: fortunately their innate paranoia and deceitful, treacherous natures make such an occurrence all but impossible.”
Drow, from reading Starlight and Shadows. But Tieflings are starting to take over after reading Brimstone Angels.
Zerg from StarCraft 2. Have to love the evil race that saves everybody in the end.
It’s hard to pick an absolute favorite since most of the movies, books, and TV shows that I read/watch have non-human characters in important roles. I stopped watching/reading ones that don’t a long time ago. I think if I had to pick one it would be the gumiho (which is often translated as nine-tailed fox, although it really doesn’t appear as a fox). It’s a creature that appears in many Korean legends. I’ve seen several movies and TV shows with gumihos as either protagonists or otherwise central characters. In Korean tradition they were supposed to be villains because they needed to eat human livers to survive. I’ve seen some like that, but I much prefer the stories where the gumihos are the heroes.
The links below are from four TV shows and a movie that have prominent good-aligned gumiho characters in case anyone wants to read more about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Girlfriend_Is_a_Nine-Tailed_Fox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu_Family_Book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Skin:_The_Resurrection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grudge:_The_Revolt_of_Gumiho
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Love_(2004_TV_series)
Seems like I’m a little bit late to the party, but my favorite non-human fantasy species is the stately troll. Trolls show up in a surprising amount of fantasy literature, but my favorite series by far, as a child, was John Vornholt’s The Troll King Trilogy, in which they are the subject. I guess a lot of people think of trolls a certain way (for example, maybe, that they have 8d10+40 hit points in the new edition) but I’ve always found them really appealing.
Lycanthropes are my favorite. They are not all bad and add great fun to the game when encountered without silver or magic. When I first started playing 1st edition, my priest was the only one who had silver. A silver holy symbol. We encountered a werebear and we were getting our butts handed to us. The DM allowed me to use my holy symbol and the chain it was on to inflict damage to the werebear. I had to flip a penny for damage. That memory just stuck with me and I have incorporated Lycans into my campaigns ever since.
There are so many good ones…
I’ve been a big fan of phoenixes for a long time, and I really liked how draconians eventually got developed interesting ways in Dragonlance with Kang et al once “The Doom Brigade” came out.
Fairie dragons are also great.
Naturally, I also like creatures that have provided memorable moments in tabletop gaming…
I would have to say Dwarves are my favorite because they are like onions. They have layers. On the surface they are hard and gruff but deep down they are soft and kind.
My favorite would have to be the Drow. So evil and unforgiving – with a few exceptions.
Dwarves, definitely dwarves. The Stout Folk have long been my favorite race in D&D. Drow come in as a close second because I love their politics and house battles.
I have to say elves! What can I say, I’m unoriginal, but it’s all J.R.R. Tolkien’s fault!
My favorite fantasy race right now is without question Gems from Steven universe. the characters are deeper, more interesting, and more real than most stories i have experienced. these videos detail gem physiology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj2qtDuO9t8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLxZfvtGeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO1hmdIwkp0
and here is one of the many great moments of the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VZPAO7luuk
My favorite nonhuman fantasy race is the Trollkin from the Iron Kingdoms (Warmachine/Hordes) world. Cousins to actual trolls, they are big and bulky. They live in tribes called kriels, and they wear tartans celebrating this connection. A rare few are born with the power of Fell Calling, and are able to do powerful things with their voices, including signalling for miles, or blasting their enemies. An even more select number are warlocks, and can form bonds will full-blooded trolls, sharing their strength and driving them to war.
Shape-shifting dragons for sure, they have always appealed to my senses. There’s just something so intriguing about them. The Genasi have always been a favorite of mine as well!3
Erin, first of all I’d like to congratulate you for the Brimstone Angels saga. I’ve recently finished The Adversary and I can easily say that your books are some of my favorite Realms novels, and I can’t wait too put my hands on a copy of Fire in the Blood! Well, I guess you’ll know when I do, given that we’re actually friends on Goodreads haha xD
As for my answer to the giveaway, I’ll have to go with the elves. In my early teenage years I came upon The Lord of the Rings book, and since then it has been my all-time favorite book. Tolkien did such an amazing job with them, crafting a beautiful, mysterious, alluring and charming race. Everything about them fascinates me, and their history, culture and traditions in Tolkien’s Legendarium are my favorite stories to read.
Erin, thank you for the Brimstone Angels, for this giveaway and for taking me to a trip to the Realms when I need it! Happy Holidays! Hope you have a great 2016 : )
I think my favorite non-human race has to be tieflings. I guess it’s a little lame because they’re a splinter race from humans in most universes but still. They just have this really cool ability to be anything, to come from nothing and become something regardless of their heritage. Plus when you play a tiefling in D&D you get to play around with that concept like I’m currently writing this tiefling fighter named Eliza, I’m so excited to get to see her grow up and how she deals with those around her seeing her as this like.. complete monster. It helps having books like yours to reference as well, the way you write Farideh and Havi gets me super stoked! I love seeing how tieflings feel about being tieflings, especially seeing a character like Farideh who constantly struggles with a very real demonic pull in her life.
Hey, Erin! Congratulations on the new book AND the new human!
Favorite fantasy race: Redcaps. I love fey & fairie myths, and the redcaps are intriguing because they’re the opposite of what typically comes to mind when people think of fairies. They’re rude and murderous (they soak their hats in the blood of their dead foes? Whoa!), yet they are firmly established in the fey hierarchy, such as it is. I like them so much that I’ve inserted one in my WiP just because he raises the tension a bit — and allows for more snark in the dialogue.
I would have to say my favorite non-human group is vampires. I have always loved stories about vampires, they a rich stories soaked in history and mystery. You can find them in Mortal instruments, to infernal devices, Bram stoker to Sherlock Holmes (I suggest Sherlock Holmes Vs Dracula by Loren D Estleman Amazing read) They also change from story to story, each person adding more and more views to the vampire world. I love this fact, as a writer myself seeing how people take this race and twist, turn and mix it is amazing and most of all fun to read. This race maybe fiction but it once had a place in history, and was truly believed. Believed so deeply that people were scared to leave their houses at night, and staked dead corpses in fear. What did these people see to scare them so badly? i believe that is why i like Vampires, there are stories upon stories, legend upon legends but no one knows where they came from or why the people believed this way and that mystery, can sometimes lead to the greatest stories of them all.
Congratulations on the little human and the big book!
My favorite fantasy race has to be dwarves in the Forgotten Realms, or at least Salvatore’s dwarves. They have such a fantastic culture, close-knit, heroic, pugnacious, brave.
The combination of comedic stubbornness and big heart make them easy to root for. Their ingenuity makes for intriguing twists and battles. They talk funny, ignoring irregular verb constructions and dropping their g’s.
IT’s easy to pass these guys off as “scottish angry dudes” but Faerun’s dwarves are unique and exciting.
Tough question. I’d say for Faerun, definitely the drow. They’re what drew me in to D&D in the first place and Salvatore really brought them to life. For cross-platform species, the sidhe. These are not Disney fairies or Tolkien elves, but a true alien race from their own world/dimension.
Werewolves. I love werewolves. In both classic literature and Forgotten Realms they make a story and campaign intetesting.
I can’t wait for the next novel and congrats on the newest edition to your family.
My favorite race is half elf. I like to have elf abilities, mystery, and of course ears. But still be a little human. And I like not fitting into any culture because as a nerd sometimes you feel that way.
Not first comment on this but reread the entry requirements and saw it said to say your favorite race! Now it makes sense why everyone was talking about that lol My favorite is the Drow, I started reading forgotten realms through R. A. Salvatore in 5th grade and it has remained some of my favorite series ever! I can’t wait for Ashes of the Tyrant to come up keep up the awesome work!!!