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La serie Sovereign Stone es una trilogía de novelas de fantasía: Well of Darkness (2000), Guardians of the Lost (2001) y Journey into the Void (2003), [ 1 ] ambientadas en el mismo universo del juego de rol Sovereign Stone . Tanto los libros como el juego fueron escritos principalmente por Margaret Weis y Tracy Hickman .

Premisa

El primer libro se sitúa durante el reinado del rey Tamaros de Vinnengael, el reino humano más poderoso. Tamaros es el padre del príncipe Helmos y de su hermanastro menor , el príncipe Dagnarus. Las dos novelas siguientes transcurren aproximadamente 200 años después y narran la lucha de Dagnarus por conquistar el mundo, así como la historia de sus aliados y adversarios.

En el continente principal, Loerem, existen cuatro razas , y en el segundo y tercer libro aparecen dos más, una de ellas procedente de un mundo lejano. Las cuatro razas principales se dedican principalmente a uno de los cuatro elementos: los humanos se asocian con la tierra y la piedra, los elfos con el aire y el viento, los orcos con el agua y el mar, y los enanos con el fuego. La quinta raza, los taan, se asocia con el vacío. La sexta raza, los pecwae, se basa en la magia de la tierra, extraída de piedras como la turquesa. Los magos de cada raza obtienen su poder principalmente de su elemento, aunque ocasionalmente también de elementos ajenos a su raza.

Cada raza tiene su propio dios o dioses. Los humanos adoran un panteón al que siempre se refieren como un grupo, "los dioses", en lugar de individualmente. Los orcos adoran a los dioses que viven en su montaña sagrada y siguen las señales que interpretan sus chamanes . Los elfos adoran al Padre y a la Madre, y los enanos adoran al Lobo . Los taan también tienen un panteón de dioses, pero los consideran individuos con poder sobre diversos eventos. Los pecwae se refieren simplemente a los dioses, al igual que los humanos. En los libros no queda claro si todos los dioses son un solo grupo o grupos separados, pero todas las razas recibieron la Piedra Soberana de sus dioses a través del Rey de Vinnengael.

The gods had originally rewarded King Tamaros for his faith by giving him the power to create Dominion Lords, a group of holy warriors who were to promote peace and understanding among the four main races. As strife continued, the King went to the gods and asked them for something to help create peace among the races. They gave him the Sovereign Stone which could be split into four portions, each representing one of the four elements. The King gave one portion to each of the races so that they could create their own Dominion Lords. A fifth portion of the Stone that was unseen, save by the young Prince Dagnarus, was the Void. As a balance to the Sovereign Stone, a Void follower was able to accept the Dagger of the Vrykyl from the Void itself, which has similar powers to create the antithesis of the Dominion Lords.

Races

Humans

Humans are in tune with the magic of earth, a power which is controlled through the church. While once a unified race in the nation of Vinnengael, they have become divided into varying nations and ethnic groups by war and time, with different cultures, practices, and alliances.

Orks

Orks are excellent seafarers, connected to the magic of the water. They are master engineers and are dedicated to the reading of omens. The authors have commented that they wanted the Orks in this world to be more than "the usual cannon-fodder", and made several changes to the average fantasy orc.

Dwarves

Dwarves are associated with the element of fire. They are master horsemen, living as nomads on the great plains. Any dwarf who is unable to ride with the tribe or is convicted of a crime is sentenced to be "the Unhorsed" and condemned to live in one of the three "Cities of the Unhorsed". The dwarf god is "the Wolf", and they believe that if they lead a good life their soul is reborn in the body of a wolf, to run in the pack of their god.

Elves

Elves segregate themselves from the rest of the world. They are ruled by the Divine, a religious authority, who is aided by the Shield of the Divine in all military matters, though with frequent power struggles between the Shield and the Divine. There are 12 noble houses of elves of which everyone is either a member or a follower, as well as an exiled house that appears in the second and third books. Elves practice a form of ancestor worship, and live in very dense multi-generational family homes.

Pecwae

A race of wee-folk, Pecwae are skilled earth mages and always live near a Human tribe called the Trevenici, with whom they have a symbiotic relationship. The Pecwae are weak and preyed upon by other races, and the Trevenici protect them, in exchange for magical aid and healing.

Taan

Los Taan son una raza bestial que adora al Señor del Vacío, Dagnarus. Se incrustan gemas en la piel, a las que se les atribuyen poderosas propiedades mágicas. Los Taan no pueden hablar el idioma humano, el «Lenguaje Ancestral», y los humanos no pueden hablar el idioma Taan. Por ello, los Taan dependen de seres mestizos para hablar ambos idiomas.

Referencias

  1. ↑ "VIAJE AL VACÍO: Volumen tres de la trilogía de la Piedra Soberana" . Publishers Weekly . 2 de junio de 2003. Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2025 .

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