num_pages: 312
description: Spare the RodIn the bleak Khalkist Mountains, on a stormy winter night, a child is born amid hard words, ill will, and the ominous prophecy of a druidess. Young Verminaard grows up unlovely and unloved, trading friends and family for a dark romance with an evil, mysterious voice and the sinister weapon it comes to inhabit.Michael and Teri Williams, long known for their poems, novels, and stories in the continuing DRAGONLANCE saga, reveal the origins of the evil cleric Verminaard.The Villians Series explores the corrupted origins of the malevolent minions of Takhisis, Queen of Darkness.
language: English
title: Before the Mask
titlecomplete: Before the Mask (Dragonlance: Villains, #1)
genres: Dragonlance, High Fantasy, Childrens, Fantasy, Dragons, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons
ratings_count: 2245
series: Dragonlance: Villains, Dragonlance Universe
publisher: TSR Inc.