Solitary Loup ( Lone Wolf ) is a series of book-play created by Joe Dever (texts) and Gary Chalk (interior illustrations to volume 8 In the Hell of the jungle ), published in France by Folio Junior in the series of the Livres of which you are the hero . The first book (Flight from the dark) was published in the the United Kingdom by Sparrow Book (Arrow Book, now Beaver Book) in 1984, which ensured the publication to the 12th volume; the following volumes were published by Red Fox (Random House) until in 1998.

It acted in the beginning of a developed campaign, with personal capacity, for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons . The editor Mongoose Publishing drew from it a Roleplay under free ludic License, Lone Wolf , in 2004.

Paul Barnett also published novels on the adventures of Solitary Wolf, entitled Legends off Lone Wolf (not yet translated into French).

The universe of play is the world of Magnamund, a Medieval-fantastic world which is common to another series of Livres of which you are the hero : Star of Gold (The World off Lone Wolf) .

Although the publication of the series ceased between 1998 and 2007, a group of fans establishes the site Project Aon in 1999 and decided to convert the whole of the books to format HTML. Joe Dever gave his permission for the legal and free distribution of the books by the means of Internet. Consequently, a certain renewed interest towards the Solitary series Loup was born on the Web, particularly in Italy, Spain and France where the books were republished between 2002 and 2006. In 2007, the editor Mongoose Publishing announced that the whole of the deliver-plays of the Solitary series Loup , including books 29 to 32, ever published, was going to be republished. Moreover, books 1 to 28 would be rewrite by Joe Dever. For the moment, only the first volume, Flight from the Dark , left. It comprises from now on 550 paragraphs and was re-examined in-depth. The reactions of the fans are mitigated, certain finding it better than the original, others on the contrary too formatted. On the other hand, no information concerning a possible translation in French was emitted.

---- Note on the proper names : the various books were translated by various people, who have in certain cases transposed the proper names, in others not. The choice selected here is to indicate the French transposition when one of the translator did it, and to make it follow by the original English name between brackets. ----

Book-play

Synopsis of the book-play

The world of Magnamund is a planet located in the universe of Aon. It is the place of confrontation of the gods of the light, Kaï (god of the Sun) and Ishir (goddess of the Moon), against the god of darkness, Naar.

This world is thus divided into two: kingdoms directed by the human ones, and the kingdom of the Lords of darkness whose capital is the city of Helgedad. The Lords of darkness are beings humanoïdes which seek to dominate the remainder of Magnamund while starting with the territories of North, the Ends of ground (kingdoms of Sommerlund and Durenor). They launch for that regularly of the attacks with their troops of Drakkarim human people, the '' Drakkarim '' (singular Drakkar), which is devoted overlapping for them Kraan S (winged reptiles), of Glok S ( giaks , kinds of goblin S) overlapping cursed Loups (doomwolf) , and of death-alive: Vordak S (equipped with psychic capacities) and Monsters of Hell ( helghasts , changers of form).

To fight the Lords of darkness, the noble ones of Sommerlund send their children to be formed with the monastery Kaï (Kai Monastery) , the god of the Sun, where the art of the war is taught to them and where they develop special mental capacities, such as telekinesis, the communication with the animals and the attacks mental. The lords Kaï (Kai Lords) thus trained constitute the elite of the warriors of Sommerlund.

The history begins 5050 years after the creation of Pierre de Lune (PL, ms ) with Majdars (Shianti) , a powerful magic object dedicated to Ishir, the goddess of the Moon.

First series (Kai series)

This series proceeds year 5050 at year 5055.

1. Masters of darkness ( Flight from the Dark , 1984): Loup Silencieux (of its true name Landar, born in 5036) is a young apprentice with the Kaï monastery. Whereas it carries out a drudgery of wood collecting in punishment to be itself deadened in hand, it attends with the attack and the destruction of the monastery by the army of the Lords of darkness. Only survivor (all the Kaï lords were brought together for the festival of Fehrman), it becomes Solitary Loup; he tries to rejoin Holmgard, the capital, in order to warn the king of the invasion.

2. the infernal Crossing ( Fire one the Toilets , 1984): to push back the invasion, the king gives the responsability Solitary Loup to go to Hammardal, the capital of Durenor, in order to require the assistance of this kingdom and to recover the Sword To summon ( Sommerswerd ), a magic weapon left in deposit over there in pledge of friendship. Loup Solitaire thus undertakes a voyage incognito through Durenor in war and infiltrated by the spies of the Lords of darkness, provided only with the seal of Hammardal, alone average to be made identify by the authorities.
3. Caves of Kalte ( The Caverns off Kalte , 1984): the invasion having been pushed back, Solitary Loup leaves to research Vonotar the traitor, a magician of the guild of Toran which betrayed the brotherhood of crystal Star and license the invasion of Sommerlund. This one took refuge in the fortress of Ikaya, beyond the ice-barrier of Kalte, an extent frozen populated of bakanals ( baknar ) and of languabarbs ( kalkoth ) and dominated by the barbarians of the ices ( ice barbarians ).
4. the cursed Pit ( The Chasm off Doom , 1985): gold convoys are attacked in the province of Ruanon, in the south of Sommerlund. Loup Solitaire is sent in order to clear up this mystery, but he discovers soon a dark plot of the Lords of darkness in the pit of Maaken.
5. the Tyrant of the desert ( Shadow one the Sand , 1985): king de Sommerlund sends Solitary Loup to Barrakeesh, capital of Vassagonie, in order to carry out a diplomatic mission to it. Victim of a plot, Solitary Loup is found tracked by Vassagoniens, but he discovers that it is in this country that the manuscript of Magnakaï is hidden, manuscript lost since of the centuries of the founder of the Kaï monastery and who would allow refonder the monastic order…

Second series: series Magnakaï (Magnakai series) , the search of the stones of Nyxator

This series proceeds year 5058 at year 5070

Loup Solitaire launches out to the research of the stones of Nyxator, the stones of wisdom (lorestones) , in order to restore the power of the Kaï lords. It must for that go in regions of the South (Slovie, Dessi, Danarg, Anari…) attacked by the Lords of darkness, then in the strange dimension of Noctiurne (Daziarn) . Each Pierre of wisdom will transmit his energy to him and will allow him to progress in the way of Magnakaï.

1. Pierre of wisdom ( The Kingdoms off Terror - 6, 1985): three years were passed since the victory over the lord of Darkness Haakon, it seems that a war of succession makes rage with Helgedad; this répis makes it possible Solitary Loup to study the Book of new Magnakaï and to acquire capacity; however, the book mentions Pierre “of the wisdom of Varetta”, only able to make still progress Kaï wisdom; Loup Solitaire thus launches out to its search in the countries of Storn (Slovie and Salonie), devastated by civil wars; he discovers a new enemy, the thirst for being able of human… the
2. the cursed Fortress ( Castle Death - 7, 1986): whereas it seizes first Pierre, Solitary Loup has a following vision of Pierre, Pierre of the wisdom of Herdos; this one is in the fortress of Kazan-Oud, which was invested by malefic Zahda; the magi of Dessi one successful to contain the evil on the island, but not in the éradiquer, Solitary Loup must thus penetrate in this fortress and overcome the malefic forces to recover Pierre off…
3. In the Hell of the jungle ( Jungle off Horrors - 8, 1987)
4. the Metropolis of the fear ( The Cauldron off Fear - 9, 1987)
5. In the Entrails of Torgar ( The Dungeons off Torgar - 10, 1987)
6. the Prisoners of time ( The Prisoners Time - 11, 1987)
7. the Twilight of the Masters ( The Masters off Darkness - 12, 1988)

Third series: Large Master (Large Master series)

This series proceeds year 5075 at year 5081.

The Kaï monastery was rebuilt, and the discovery of the Book of Magnakaï and the stones of Nyxator allowed the rebirth of the chivalrous order of the Kaï lords. However, the forces of darkness are always with the mounting and threaten fragile peace, while the appetite of the tyrants is sharpened…

1. Druids of Cener ( The Plague Lords off Ruel - 13, 1990)

2. the Prisoner of the king-wizard ( The Prisoners off Kaag - 14, 1991)
3. the Crusade of despair ( The Darke Crusade - 15, 1991)
4. the Heritage of Vashna ( The Legacy off Vashna - 16, 1991)
5. the Crystal Tower ( The Deathlord off Ixia - 17)
6. the Door of Shade ( Dawn off the Dragons - 18, 1992)
7. the Combat of the Wolves ( Wolf' S Hamper - 19, 1993)
8. Curse of Naar ( The Curse off Naar - 20, 1993)

Fourth series: Moon falcon

This series proceeds as from year 5083.

Starting from volume 21, one does not incarnate any more Solitary Loup itself, but Moon Faucon, one of his apprentices within the Second Kaï Order. These books take along the character on the southern continent of the Magnamund, where Solitary Loup itself almost never put the feet.

1. the Voyage of Pierre de Lune ( Voyage off the Moonstone - 21)

2. Pirates of Shadaki ( The Buccaneers off Shadaki - 22, 1994)
3. the Hero of Mynuit ( Mydnight' S Hero - 24, 1995)
4. the War of the runes ( Rune War - 23, 1995)
5. On the track of the wolf ( Trail off the Wolf - 25, 1997)
6. the Demon the depths ( The Fall off Blood Mountain - 26, 1997)
7. the Claw of the vampire ( Vampirium - 27, 1998)
8. the City of the Emperor ( The Hunger off Sejanoz - 28)

Availabilities: the works of this last series are rare. Indeed, only the first 20 works were republished in 2006 and in 2007. the Encyclopedia of the World published since names besides Tome 21.

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