Sword Play

Sword Play is the first book in the Netheril trilogy by Clayton Emery. The main character is Sunbright Steelshanks, a barbarian of the Rengarth tribe. 
== Summary ==
Candlemas and Sysquemalyn, servants of the powerful Netherese archmage Polaris, begin betting on the life of Sunbright Steelshanks, a barbarian warrior. Sysquemalyn sends frequent deadly challenges, while Candlemas sends him to investigate the One King, a conquerer who has united orcs and humans. Sunbright joins with the half-elf Greenwillow on the way. She is lost in the Nine Hells when Sysquemalyn conjures a Demiplane that opens portals to the Hells throughout Netheril. Polaris rescues the other three, flaying Sysquemalyn alive. Sunbright allies with Candlemas to find Greenwillow again.
==Index==
===Characters===
:Angriman • Battleleaf • • • • Fjord • • Keenid • Manslayer • Missos • Mondar • One King • • Prinquis • Sealkiller • Sunadram • • • Tyralhorn • Wrathburn • 
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::Anglin • • • • Gwynn • Karsus • M'dhal • • Oberon • • Primidon • Proctiv • Quantol • • • • • • Trebbe • Valdrick • Xanad • Zahn
===Creatures===
:archfiend • balor • barbed fiend • bat • camel • cat • catfish • • dog • • fiend • genie • ghast • ghoul • goose • • hawk • • lich • lemure • minnow • • night hag • • owlbear • • pig • pit fiend • red dragon • • tanar'ri • undead • vulture • wight • 
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::badger • beaver • bison • black pudding • brown bear • • cow • coyote • crayfish • crow • • elk • erinyes • flea • fox • frog • gargoyle • goat • goose • grub • • high elf • homunculus • imp • moose • mouse • musk-ox • • owl • prairie dog • rabbit • raccoon • raven • reindeer • roe deer • salmon • seal • selkie • skeleton • sheep • snake • squirrel • • swallow • titan • troll • viper • water sprite • wolf • worm • wyvern
===Locations===
;Buildings
:;Inns and Taverns
::Burning Book
;Mountains: • Windswept Mountains
;Nations: 
;Planes: 
;Planets: 
;Regions: Underdark
;Settlements: • Dalekeva • • Tinnainen
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::Abyss • Anauria • Cede Run • Conifer Mountains • Cormanthyr • Crying Tower • Gillan River • Fluvion • Frostypaw • Froth-water • Gods' Legion • Hatchet Mountains • Hidden Lake • High Ice • Iron Mountains • • • Remembrance • Red Lake • Shylock Mountains • Sun • Zweihaus River
===Magic===
;Items
:
;Spells
:flesh to stone • geas • Hersent's sigil • incendiary cloud • • prismatic wall • Tolodine's killing wind
===Organizations===
: • • Netheril • • • Thousand Fists
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::Sons of Baltar
===Religions===
: • • Karsus • • Mystryl • • Selûne • Talos • 
===Miscellaneous===
;Armor & Clothing
:boots • chainmail • helmet
;Constellations: The Panther (The Bell)
;Food & Drinks
: • brandy • cheese • fruit • jam • • lard • mutton • • ration • sumac • tea • wheat • wine
;Gemstones
:onyx • pearl • ruby
;Items
:candle • clockwork • quiver
;Languages
:Elvish
;Materials & Substances
:copper • gemstone • gold • granite • iron • linen • obsidian • platinum • quartz • silver • steel • wool
;Plants
:maple • oak • pine • rhododendron • spruce • thorn • willow
;Weapons
:ballista • bow (and arrows) • catapult • club • crossbow (and bolts) • flail • longbow • morningstar • lance • pike • shortsword • sling • spear • sword • warhammer • whip
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::ale • Blood War • barley • bread • bronze • cedar • • rye • 
==Appendix==
===See Also===
====Netheril trilogy====
*Dangerous Games
*Mortal Consequences
===References===
Category:Novels
Category:Works by Clayton Emery
Category:Published in 1996
Category:Books