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Midkemia

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Midkemia is a fictional world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist, and where most of his Riftwar books take place. [1]

38 relations: A Darkness at Sethanon, Cannon, Dragon, Dungeons & Dragons, Dwarf (Middle-earth), Dwarf (mythology), Elf, Elvandar, Elvish languages, Empire Trilogy, Europe, Giant, Goblin, Gunpowder, Human, J. R. R. Tolkien, Janny Wurts, Kelewan, Krondor's Sons, Lothlórien, M. A. R. Barker, Midkemia Press, Moria (Middle-earth), Naphtha, Novindus, Pantathians, Raymond E. Feist, Sindarin, Tékumel, The Empire of Great Kesh, The King's Buccaneer, The Kingdom of the Isles, The Lord of the Rings, The Riftwar Saga, The Serpentwar Saga, Troll, TSR (company), Tsurani.

A Darkness at Sethanon

A Darkness at Sethanon is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist, the third and final book in The Riftwar Saga, the first series of novels in The Riftwar Cycle.

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Cannon

A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant.

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Dragon

A dragon is a large, serpent-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&DMead, Malcomson; ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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Dwarf (Middle-earth)

In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Earth in an imagined mythological past.

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Dwarf (mythology)

In Germanic mythology, a dwarf is a human-shaped entity that dwells in mountains and in the earth, and is variously associated with wisdom, smithing, mining, and crafting.

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Elf

An elf (plural: elves) is a type of human-shaped supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore.

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Elvandar

Elvandar is a fictional nation on Midkemia, a world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist.

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Elvish languages

Elvish languages are constructed languages used by Elves in a fantasy setting.

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Empire Trilogy

The Empire Trilogy is a collaborative trilogy of political fantasy novels by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Giant

Giants (from Latin and Ancient Greek: "gigas", cognate giga-) are beings of human appearance, but prodigious size and strength common in the mythology and legends of many different cultures.

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Goblin

A goblin is a monstrous creature from European folklore, first attested in stories from the Middle Ages.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Human

Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Janny Wurts

Janny Wurts (born December 10, 1953) is an American fantasy novelist and illustrator.

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Kelewan

Kelewan is one of the fictional worlds described by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts.

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Krondor's Sons

Krondor's Sons is a series of fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist.

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Lothlórien

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien or Lórien is the fairest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age.

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M. A. R. Barker

Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (born Phillip Barker, November 3, 1929 – March 16, 2012), was a professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies who created one of the first roleplaying games, Empire of the Petal Throne, and wrote several fantasy/science fantasy novels based in his associated world setting of Tékumel.

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Midkemia Press

Midkemia Press was an American game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements.

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Moria (Middle-earth)

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given at the beginning of the late Third Age to an enormous and by then very ancient underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or mansions, that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains.

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Naphtha

Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture.

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Novindus

Novindus is a fictional continent on Midkemia, a world created by Raymond E. Feist.

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Pantathians

Pantathians are cold-blooded humanoid serpents from the novels of Raymond E. Feist.

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Raymond E. Feist

Raymond E. Feist (born Raymond Elias Gonzales III; 1945) is an American fantasy fiction author who wrote The Riftwar Cycle, a series of novels and short stories.

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Sindarin

Sindarin is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth.

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Tékumel

Tékumel is a fantasy world created by M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940.

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The Empire of Great Kesh

The Empire of Great Kesh is a fictional nation on Midkemia, a world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist.

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The King's Buccaneer

The King's Buccaneer is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist.

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The Kingdom of the Isles

The Kingdom of the Isles is a fictional nation on Midkemia, a world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist.

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Riftwar Saga

The Riftwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Raymond E. Feist, the first series in The Riftwar Cycle.

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The Serpentwar Saga

The Serpentwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Raymond E. Feist.

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Troll

A troll is a class of being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore.

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TSR (company)

TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company and the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

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Tsurani

The Tsurani are a race of humans in the ''Empire'' Trilogy novels by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midkemia

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