Blade of the Flame

Blade of the Flame is a trilogy by Tim Waggoner chronicling the adventures of Diran Bastiaan, a priest of the Church of the Silver Flame in the Eberron Campaign Setting. It consists of:


 * Thieves of Blood
 * Forge of the Mindslayers
 * Sea of Death

A prequel short story detailing how Diran and Ghaji first met, titled Blade of the Flame, appeared in the Tales of the Last War compilation.


 * Action Girl: Makala, Yvka, and come to think of it pretty much every female character ever given enough importance to have a name.
 * Anti-Hero: Diran himself, and possibly Makala later
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Heel Face Turn: Diran and Makala in the backstory, and later
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Diran begins the series with only Ghaji by his side, and at the end everyone splits up, leaving Diran and Ghaji alone again.
 * Sadistic Choice: Erdis Cai tries to pull one on Diran in the first book
 * Screw the Rules I Have Plot: The books are good, but the author clearly didn't read the psionics rules. Any psionic character is basically treated as a Game Breaker (Remember, you can only use a number of power points equal to or less than your Manifester Level, no more.)
 * Clearly Solus out-leveled the rest of the cast significantly, plus there's the whole issue of what a psi-forged might be able to do in the first place.
 * Take a Third Option: Diran's response to the above choice.