| Lone Wolf is a collection of 28 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever and initially illustrated by Gary
Chalk. The first book in the series was published in 1984. It has been adapted to a
role-playing game by Mongoose Publishing in
2004 under Open Game License; it uses
the Mongoose's OGL System. The first twenty are being made available as
Project Aon Internet editions.
The action takes place in a heroic fantasy world, Magnamund, which was also used for another
collection of four books called The World of Lone Wolf (Grey Star the Wizard).
Synopsis
The world of Magnamund is a planet in the universe of Aon. This world is the focus of a battle between the powers of Good,
among them Kai (God of the Sun) and Ishir (Goddess of the Moon), and Naar, the evil God of Darkness, and his allies.
In the north-east of Magnamund's northern continent lies the realm of Sommerlund. Its people, the Sommlending, are devoted
followers of Kai. There are those among them, known as Kai Lords or simply 'the Kai', who possess extraordinary innate abilities.
Trained from childhood at the monastery of Kai, the Kai Lords are Sommerlund's greatest defence against Naar's agents.
Naar's champions upon Magnamund are the Darklords, who dwell in the scorched wastes of the Darklands, west of Sommerlund. This
realm, inhospitable to most life, enables the Darklords to survive on Magnamund—though powerful, they are greatly weakened
by the natural atmosphere of the world. Forced to enact their will at a distance, the Darklords wage war with armies of Drakkarim
(humans devoted to Naar), Giaks (goblin-like creatures spawned in vast numbers), and
other creatures, and are served by agents such as Vordaks (undead with psychic powers)
and Helghasts (shapechanging undead).
At the Kai Monastery is a young initiate, given the name Silent Wolf. On the feastday of Fehmarn, when all the Kai Lords
gather at the monastery, Silent Wolf is sent to cut wood from the surrounding forest as a punishment for his inattention in
class. While he is gone, a surprise attack is launched from the Darklands at several places across Sommerlund. The Monastery is
assaulted and the gathered Kai Lords massacred. Returning from the woods to find himself the only survivor, Silent Wolf renames
himself Lone Wolf and sets out for the capital to inform the King of the loss of the Kai.
The Kai series follows Lone Wolf as he rallies the armies of Sommerlund and her ally, Durenor, to repel the invasion, pursues
and captures the traitor who brought about the invasion, and survives plots to complete the destruction of the Kai. At the end of
the series, Lone Wolf recovers the Book of the Magnakai, the ancient text which contained the higher lore of the Kai Lords. With
the massacre of the Kai, and Lone Wolf only an initiate, these teachings were thought to be lost.
The Magnakai series takes up the tale, with Lone Wolf now a Kai Master striving to understand the Magnakai teachings. The
Book, however, is ancient and incomplete. To perfect his understanding and train a new order of Kai Lords, Lone Wolf must follow
the path of Sun Eagle, the first Kai Lord and author of the Book of the Magnakai. Sun Eagle quested for the wisdom encapsulated
in the Lorestones of Nyxator, seven orbs scattered across Northern Magnamund. As Lone Wolf begins the same quest, however, war
breaks out again. The Darklords have again rallied behind a single leader and now hasten their invasion to defeat the Magnakai
quest. Lone Wolf pursues the quest through the war-torn realms and even beyond the plane of Magnamund. Ultimately, he enters the
Darkland capital of Helgedad and brings about the destruction of the Darklords.
The Grand Master series continues the story of Grand Master Lone Wolf and introduces the restored order of Kai Lords. With the
destruction of the Darklords, Naar and his agents abandon open warfare and seek new paths to dominance, often focused directly on
Lone Wolf as the keystone of the forces of Light.
The New Order series features a new protagonist, a Grand Master in the Second Order of the Kai and a student of Lone Wolf, who
is now Supreme Master. Much of the series focuses on attempts by Naar's minions to use remnants of the power of Agarash the
Damned, Naar's greatest champion and predecessor to the Darklords. As such, the settings explore Southern Magnamund, where
Agarash's empire was centred.
List of the books
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- Kai series
- Flight from the Dark
- Fire on the Water
- The Caverns of Kalte
- The Chasm of Doom
- Shadow on the Sand
- Magnakai series
- The Kingdoms of Terror
- Castle Death
- The Jungle of Horrors
- The Cauldron of Fear
- The Dungeons of Torgar
- The Prisoners of Time
- The Masters of Darkness
- Grand Master series
- The Plague Lords of Ruel
- The Captives of Kaag
- The Darke Crusade
- The Legacy of Vashna
- The Deathlord of Ixia
- Dawn of the Dragons
- Wolf's Bane
- The Curse of Naar
- New Order series
- Voyage of the Moonstone
- The Buccaneers of Shadaki
- Mydnight's Hero
- Rune War
- Trail of the Wolf
- The Fall of Blood Mountain
- Vampirium
- The Hunger of Sejanoz
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