tales of the FROSTBORN

Reader Andrew asks:

There were no Tales for Caius or Gavin, while I realise they would possibly have been giving some plot points of certain books especially The Eightfold Knife any plans now that The Dwarven Prince has been released especially to flesh out Caius’ backstory? (Always knew there was more to him than he was letting on).

Also I have FROSTBORN: THE KNIGHT QUESTS but it doesn’t contain The Traitor’s Tale. Was there any reason it was left out when the Soldier’s Tale was released later?

I never did Tales for Caius or Gavin because Caius’s background was always going to be a big plot point in THE DWARVEN PRINCE.  I never did one for Gavin because he was so young when he was introduced that his entire background was a plot point for THE EIGHTFOLD KNIFE, so any story would have been a spoiler.

That was also why THE TRAITOR’S TALE wasn’t included in FROSTBORN: THE KNIGHT QUESTS. Everything else that happens in FROSTBORN: THE KNIGHT QUESTS happens before the FROSTBORN series actually begins, but THE TRAITOR’S TALE takes place between THE DARK WARDEN and THE GORGON SPIRIT, and therefore has spoilers for the rest of the series, especially for Morigna, Mara, and the nature of the Frostborn themselves. (THE TRAITOR’S TALE is the first time that the locusari appear in the series, and the first appearance of an actual Frostborn.)

THE BONE QUEST series of short stories are a little different, and describe Ridmark’s journey into the Qazaluuskan Forest before the FROSTBORN series begins in FROSTBORN: THE GRAY KNIGHT.

-JM