The Legacy of Dhakaan

"Raat shi anaa. "The story continues.""

- Traditional opening to hobgoblin legends.

A trilogy of Eberron books written by Don Bassingthwaite as a sequel to his previous trilogy, The Dragon Below. Many of the same characters are seen--Geth, Ashi, and Ekhaas are all main characters, but Singe, Dandra, Natrac and the others are mentioned.

The trilogy focuses on Darguun, the goblin nation, and llesh Haruuc's efforts to secure a symbol of power that he may pass to his successor.

The three books in the series are:


 * The Doom of Kings (2008)
 * The Word of Traitors (2009)
 * The Tyranny of Ghosts (2010)

Needs More Love

Contains examples of:

 * Always Chaotic Evil: Subverted (it is an Eberron novel, after all) and played slightly straight. Goblinoids are shown to have a taste for pain and bloodshed that makes other races uncomfortable...even the ones who realize that giving into those desires would be bad for the fledgling nation.
 * Artifact of Doom:
 * Badass Bookworm: Midian.
 * Blood Knight: All three of the Goblin races show traits of being a Blood Knight to some degree. Geth and Ashi too, but much less so than the Goblins.
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * Expressive Ears: The three goblin races have these, but especially the Hobgoblins.
 * Grey and Grey Morality: One of the characters is llesh Haruuc, leader of Darguun. He is a warlord who led a rebellion against the House that was employing him and cut a bloody chunk out of Cyre as his new nation... and he's unquestionably one of the kindest and fairest characters in the book.
 * Magic Music: Ekhaas, being a duur'kala has all sorts of neat magic that she can create with music.
 * Ninja: Chetiin
 * Title Drop: One per book.
 * "That's the doom of kings, Geth. We're men and women when we take the throne, but we lose ourselves to our people. We stop being individuals and become nations."
 * "The word of traitors is written on the wind."
 * "We don't just live with ghosts--we live under the tyranny of ghosts." A reference to the way the Dhakaani Empire seeps into Darguul culture.
 * True Companions: Geth, Ashi, and Ekhaas.
 * Worthy Opponent: How the Goblins see the Valenar Elves.

"Raat shan gath'kal dor. "The story stops but never ends.""

- Traditional closing of hobgoblin legends.