The Druidhome Trilogy is the follow-up series to The Moonshae Trilogy. The books were written by Douglas Niles. It is a trilogy of the Forgotten Realms setting for Dungeons & Dragons. It is part of the Forgotten Realms line of books.
The Ffolk have forsaken their goddess, the Earthmother, and have turned to the new gods to protect them. Now, capricious and malevolent, one of the new lords has turned the worship of the Ffolk against them. It falls to the royal daughters of High King Tristan Kendrick to confront the evil that now threatens their land.
The books star the Legacy Character daughters of the original trilogy's protagonists, both princesses that have grown up inheriting vast magical power as well as wealth. The books are meant to illustrate not only decades passing in the Realm but tying the Moonshae Isles further into the larger Forgotten Realms setting that it was originally created apart from.
- Prophet of the Moonshae (1992)
- The Coral Kingdom (1992)
- The Druid Queen (1993)
This book contains the following tropes:
- Abdicate the Throne: Tristan chooses to leave behind the High Kingdom due to the trauma of losing his daughter to Talos.
- Action Girl: Robyn and Diedre Kendick, just like their mother.
- Action Mom: Allicia Kendrick has become this since becoming the leader of the Druids.
- A Form You Are Comfortable With: Talos assumes one of these to carry out his seduction of Diedre Kendrick.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Talos as the wizard Sinionth. Played with as Talos is a Greater God and has a great intelligence. He's just rarely portrayed as using it.
- Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Diedre Kendrick suffers from this at the hands of Talos.
- Big Bad: Talos takes the role of this from Bhaal, who is dead by the time the book came out.
- Bittersweet Ending: The heroes successfully stop Talos' plans to take over the island but the Earthmother is dead and so is Diedre Kendrick. King Tristan abdicates and proclaims his daughter the new ruler.
- Black Magician Girl: Diedre Kendrick studies to be a wizard and never quite evolves into a Lady of Black Magic because she's turned into a Fallen Hero.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Diedre Kendrick is magically ensnared by Talos using a shard of ice in her heart and then tortured until she submits to him.
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Broken Aesop: Brought about by the Retcon below. Holding onto traditional beliefs and the importance of your culture is undermined by the fact blood is being spilled over worshiping the same entity in different guises. - Characterization Marches On: Talos is a cunning evil manipulator and seductive mastermind. His portrayal in other media is a more one-dimensional For the Evulz Dumb Muscle of the gods.
- Crystal Dragon Jesus: The New Gods are meant to represent this even though they come from the very-pagan mainland of Faerun.
- Dark Action Girl: What Diedre becomes once she's corrupted by Talos.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: The Ffolk dealing with the New Gods is meant to represent the Christianization of pagan Britain.
- Eldritch Abomination: The Ityak-Ortheel or Elf Eater is a creature created by the co-mingling of Corellon Lantheon and Gruumsh's blood during the early days of the universe. It is a purely evil alien thing called an Elder Eternal Evil. It is also enslaved by Malar since it requires the latter to transport it across the multiverse.
- Evil Costume Switch: Diedre becomes significantly skimpier in her attire, illustrated for the Villains Lorebook, when she becomes a baddie.
- Face–Heel Turn: Diedre Kendrick is corrupted by Talos who uses black magic to warp her mind after seducing her in a pleasing form.
- Legacy Character: Allicia and Diedre Kendrick are the daughters of Tristan Kendrick and Robyn Kendrick.
- Manipulative Bastard: Talos plays this role by seducing, corrupting, and redirecting Diedre Kendrick against her family.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Deirdre is described as a raven haired beauty with very light skin.
- Retcon: The Earthmother is just an aspect of Chauntea so the death of her aspect doesn't actually mean much. Also, the religious conflict between the Earthmother worshipers and Chauntea worshipers, portrayed as a heavy struggle, means nothing.
- Starter Villain: The Ityak-Ortheel or Elf Eater is someone Talos allows Diedre to help destroy.
- Tragic Villain: Diedre Kendrick has no control over herself and was led astray by malevolent forces the entire time.
- Weaksauce Weakness: The Elf-Eater cannot teleport across planes on its own and needs Malar to give it a lift.
