Betrayal in Antara: Difference between revisions

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[[File:antara_4034.jpg|frame|From left: William, Aren, and Kaelyn]]

 

Outside of a small village, Aren Cordelaine, the son of an innkeeper, fishes, dreaming of far-away lands and adventures. Suddenly, he hears a strange noise, and rushes down to the beach to investigate, where he sees a noble trying to fight off a griffon while another man lies on the sand. Trying to help out, he ends up accidentally blasting the monster to ash. The dying man presses a strange medallion into the hand of the noble, and says his last word, "Consort." The noble introduces himself as William Escobar, youngest son of Lord Escobar. He offers to take Aren to his hometown so that he can apprentice under the family mage and learn how to control his newly-discovered magic. Aren agrees. Soon after, they help Kaelyn Usher fight off bandits in the woods, and she joins the other two to settle her debt with them as they try find a teacher for Aren and discover what has put the Imperial Consort in danger.

=== ''Betrayal at Antara'' provides examples of: ===

 

* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Which hand a weapon is held in depends on which way a character is facing.

* [[Anti-Grinding]]: Practicing skills raises their values, but only up to a certain cap. This cap increases in later chapters. One-time raise can increase a skill beyond the cap, but practice cannot.

* [[Cast From Hit Points]]: Really doesn't help Aren's [[Squishy Wizard]] tendencies.

* [[Chessmaster]]: Silverhawk. He manages to keep his very ''existence'' secret until the last chapter.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - William, mostly, though Kaelyn gets some pretty spectacular one-liners too.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Against the Grrlf, and two-way with the Montari, Mehrat, and Chuman.