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Encyclopedia > Gareth Yaztromo

Gereth Yaztromo is a fictional wizard from the Fighting Fantasy Game Books by Steve Jackson (UK) and Ian Livingstone. He was one of the three pupils (including Arakor Nicodemus and Pen Ty Kora) of Vermithrax Moonchaser, the Grand Wizard of Yore. He lives in the world of Titan, in the Darkwood Forest, in a tower built by the Dwarves of Stonebridge. He is perhaps the most famous of the three wizards and is very influential in Allansia. This work is copyrighted. ... Gandalf, from The Lord of the Rings, is an example of a well-known, traditional literary wizard. ... Temple of Terror, a typical Fighting Fantasy gamebook Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, originally published by Puffin and now by Wizard Books. ... Steve Jackson is a games reviewer and writer is one of the best known authors in the gaming industry. ... Ian Livingstone is a co-writer of the first Fighting Fantasy Game Book, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and co-founder of Games Workshop (both with Steve Jackson). ... Arakor Nicodemus is a fictional wizard from the Fighting Fantasy Game Books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. ... Pen Ty Kora The Healer is a fictional wizard from the Fighting Fantasy Game Books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. ... Vermithrax Moonchaser The Grand Wizard of Yore is a fictional wizard from the Fighting Fantasy Game Books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. ... Titan is the fantasy world where Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstones Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and novels are set. ... This page is about a mythological race. ... Stonebridge Stonebridge is a Swedish/Danish DJ. He has released several CDs and has several singles, including Put Em High, Take Me Away, Freak On, and Desire. Some of his singles feature the Swedish vocalist Therese. ...


Yaztromo also appeared in the last 2 books of the Chadda Darkmane trilogy, which included: The Trolltooth Wars, Demonstealer and Shadowmaster. In Demonstealer a thief upon the back of giant bat breaks into the wizard's tower and steals an ancient scroll that can change the fate of Allansia. Chadda Darkmane, a soldier of Salamonis, comes to the wizard's aid and sets out on a quest to reclaim the scroll. The last book Shadowmaster sees Yaztromo, Chadda, a cowardly thief named Weasel and a female elf named Starr set out to confront the shapechanger Cawlis. Their enemy seeks to resurrect the long-dead sorcerer Axiom with a powerful artifact called the Bloodstone. Alternate uses: Weasel (disambiguation) Species Mustela africana Mustela altaica Mustela erminea Mustela eversmannii Mustela felipei Mustela frenata Mustela kathiah Mustela lutreola Mustela lutreolina Mustela nigripes Mustela nivalis Mustela nudipes Mustela putorius Mustela sibirica Mustela strigidorsa Mustela vison Weasels are mammals in the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. ... A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a mythical creature of Germanic mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... Starr is a place in the State of South Carolina; see Starr, South Carolina. ... Shapeshifting, transformation or transmogrification refers to a change in the form or shape of a person. ... A sorcerer (from Old French sorcier; fem. ... In epistemology, an axiom is a self-evident truth upon which other knowledge must rest, from which other knowledge is built up. ... Chalcedony Knife, AD 1000-1200 Chalcedony is one of the cryptocrystalline varieties of the mineral quartz, having a waxy luster. ...



 

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