This review covers only the first quarter of the novel and in its broad strokes, you will find it very similar to the Fellowship of the Ring. They said The Sword of Shannara was just a shallow copy of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and in some ways they were right. The Sword of Shannara, a novel penned by a young Terry Brooks fresh out of college, released to great popularity, excepting many fantasy roleplayers. The AD&D rules were still being worked on and would not come out until 19. The Holmes Basic Set for D&D came out that year as well as the Monster Manual. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).It was 1977. The Sword was then given to Grianne Ohmsford.

The Sword was used next by Bek Ohmsford, who carried it during his journey to Parkasia. It later disappeared, to be recovered by Par Ohmsford, who used it in battle with the Shadowen. Shea then gave it to the city of Tyrsis, where it was kept in a vault for the next 300 years. It was later stolen by the Warlock Lord's minions, but then recovered by Jerle Shannara's last heir, Shea Ohmsford, who finally defeated the Warlock Lord. The Sword was then placed in a block of Tre-Stone and taken to Paranor. As a result, the Warlock Lord was beaten and the second War of the Races ended, but Brona escaped. He was unable to wield the talisman properly, and could not garner the Sword's full power. Jerle Shannara used the sword in the Second War of the Races against the Warlock Lord. Bremen made the mistake of giving the sword to the Elven King, Jerle Shannara, instead of to the elven people this led the people to believe that only the heir of Shannara had the right to wield the sword, making its power useless to all except his descendants. The Sword has the power to reveal the truth about anything, from a person to a magical force, the Sword has been interesting in the series as the only magic weapon which does not seem to be more addictive as the bearer uses it, this is probably due to the fact that the Sword shows only absolute truth and is useless when facing creatures such as Demons that are not lies. The Eilt Druin medallion was forged into the hilt, and the truth of Druids past is infused within its blade. It was forged by Urprox Screl, the finest smith in all the Southland, with aid from an Old World formula provided by the outcast Cogline and the magic of the Druid Bremen. The Sword of Shannara is a legendary weapon with a wondrous history. For the fantasy novel, see The Sword of Shannara.

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