The objects that emerged from this context often exhibit a synthesis of artistic languages and values that speaks to the interdependence of Christian and Muslim communities.
Scholarly consensus locates its production to the twelfth-or thirteenth-century luxury industries of Greater Syria, a region characterized by its complex mosaic of Christian and Islamic polities and notable for its extreme religious, linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Closer inspection reveals a unique combination of forms: an Arabic inscription, images drawn from the Islamic princely cycle, and an icon of a Christian warrior saint in a pose of victory. Just over a foot long, the dagger is crafted from silver and embellished with a profusion of engraved imagery. 1 One’s first impression is of a dazzling implement-glittering, magnificent, and extraordinary. He brings them the king's thanks and the offer of the untamed land of Vaasa to be their own.AT THE FURUSIYYA Art Foundation in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, a dagger arrests the beholder with its striking display of power and protection ( Plates 7.1a–b). Here, Khelben Blackstaff arrives through a portal, having survived the assault on his tower. They are welcomed back at Cedarleaf as heroes. There, the heroes engage in a final duel with Ygorl, ultimately slaying him. After fighting their way past Ygorl's hoard, they use a portal that leads to Limbo, where Ygorl waits for them. The portal takes them back to Gemspark Mines. The three work together to slay Caminus, then pursue Ygorl through the portal. There, Cireka is killed by the dragon, and Ygorl flees through another portal. The three follow the warlords through the portal to the lair of Caminus. Illius tries to imprison the two warlords in the Demon Stone, but Ygorl forces himself and Cireka through the portal before Illius can succeed. As the three battle the Githyanki, Ygorl arrives with his Slaad horde. When they find the portal, they also find Cireka and her Githyanki horde ready to make use of it. He directs them to an abandoned portal in the Underdark, as that would be where she would feel most comfortable. The tower is destroyed as the three escape.Īfter they defeat the Yuan-ti and claim the Demon Stone, they go to see Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow that does not follow the normally cruel ways of his people, hoping he can help them find Cireka. As the three leave, Ygorl arrives riding Caminus and attacks Khelben's tower. He says that they will need a new Demon Stone one could be found in the possession of the Yuan-ti people. The three escape from the warlords and decide to join forces to imprison them again.Īfter evacuating the nearby wood-elf village of Cedarleaf, attacked by Cireka and her Githyanki soldiers, they visit Illius' mentor, Khelben Blackstaff, for advice. Inside the mines, they accidentally release the warlords Ygorl and Cireka from their imprisonment in a Demon Stone. Ultimately, Rannek, Zhai, and Illius are driven into the nearby Gemspark Mines by a dragon, Caminus. As he comes to the aid of wood elves captured by the orcs, a half- drow, half-elf named Zhai and a sorcerer named Illius join the battle. Salvatore wrote the game's script, which begins with Rannek, a human fighter, stumbling across a battle between two orc armies. The three heroes must undo their mistake by joining forces to right the wrong they caused. Once there, they unwittingly release Ygorl and Cireka from the Demon Stone and into the world. A great red dragon, sent by Ygorl, leads the group to these mines. The story develops as the three heroes battle two orc armies near the jewel-rich Gemspark Mines. Fearing that the realm would be at the mercy of whichever villain was victorious, the great mage Khelben Blackstaff sealed them both within a Demon Stone. The game's introduction explains that the only thing keeping each of them from taking over the realm is their hatred of each other.
Cireka, general of the Githyanki, is the second. The first villain- Ygorl-is the leader of the Slaad army. The two villains are equally enemies of the heroes and of each other. There are three playable characters in Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, each with his or her own unique abilities: the fighter Rannek, is a master of melee combat the sorcerer Illius, can cast spells over long range and a half- drow, half-wood-elf rogue named Zhai easily vanishes into the shadows before sneaking up on her enemy for the kill.
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