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	Magic (Runelords) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A noble recipient of an endowment is called a Runelord, by the runes that mark his flesh from the endowments taken.
		Many Runelords feel responsible for their Dedicates, and will lavish attention on them in repayment, although the taking of endowments is sometimes used as a punishment.
		If a Runelord is killed all his Dedicates will receive their endowments back, being able to live normally, but will be unable to become a dedicate again.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magic_(Runelords) (2946 words)

	The Runelords Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Prince Gaborn is a young Runelord about to ask for the hand of Princess Iome, heir to the throne of a neighboring kingdom.
		Raj Ahten, a power hungry Runelord from the south, has sapped the strength of tens of thousands of ordinary men to enable him to lead his conquering hordes to victory over the northern kingdoms.
		Therefore, a Runelord endowed with the wit of one dedicate becomes twice as smart as a normal man. Unfortunately, the dedicate becomes a bumbling idiot unable to recognize his family or care for himself.
	www.futurefiction.com /the_runelords_series.htm (1082 words)

	SF REVIEWS.NET: The Runelords / David Farland
		While The Runelords has its share of first-volume nitpicks — it gets off to a rocky start, takes a while for its narrative intricacies to unravel — it bodes well for Farland's career prospects in the long term.
		Gaborn, like other Rofehavan rulers and rulers-to-be, is one of the Runelords, specially trained in the history of the land and the magic behind endowments.
		Another source of conflict in the novel is introduced, between the man-made magic of the Runelords, and the natural, earth magic practiced by the Earth Wardens.
	www.sfreviews.net /runelords.html (1124 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		In the universe of The Runelords, there exists a unique magical system which relies on the existence of distinct bodily attributes, such as brawn, grace, and wit.
		The universe of The Runelords is well fleshed out, populated by diverse beings, with rich backstories that assist the understanding of the events as described in the books.
		Tiny scraps of their lore have been stolen away by Runelords, usually in moments when a Days's guard is down and he or she speaks too freely.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=The_Runelords (3905 words)

	Review - The Runelords - David Farland
		It involves casting a hex upon people—some through voluntary contract others through compulsion—and drawing out some aspect of their humanity and placing it in the service of the acquirer: hence “dedicates” and “runelords.” The catch is that the dedicate remains alive but completely drained of whatever aspect they surrendered.
		The runelord gains the attribute only so long as the dedicate is alive.
		The runelords who have accepted these endowments from scores of dedicates are then left responsible for entire nursing homes of decaying, pitiful, dedicates.
	www.inchoatus.com /Reviews/The%20Runelords,%20David%20Farland.htm (1339 words)

	CNN - 'The Runelords' - September 8, 1998
		In turn, the runelords support and guard the devotees for the rest of their lives.
		So a runelord who received a gift of brawn from a devotee would have the strength of two, while the devotee would be left too weak to walk.
		The runelord of the southern empire, Raj Ahten, wants to conquer all of the northlands in order to gain enough power to halt the alien threat even further south.
	www.cnn.com /books/reviews/9809/08/runelords.cnn/index.html (782 words)

	Welcome to the IESB!
		Duguay states, “At the heart of The Runelords lies a world grappling with issues that closely resemble the ones we¹re dealing with today: A clash of civilizations, charismatic leaders and their unsavory agendas and perhaps most important of all, the struggle to live in harmony with nature.
		Runelords’ Producer Anne Marie Gillen (“Fried Green Tomatoes”, “Under Suspicion”, “Straight Up”) adds: “Christian’s extraordinary passion for this epic is operatic in scope.
		Published in 1997, “The Runelords” was the first novel in the series and was followed by “Brotherhood of the Wolf”, “Wizardborn” and most recently “Lair of Bones”.
	www.iesb.net /movies/movie3204.htm (376 words)

	Amazon.com: The Sum of All Men (The Runelords, Book 1): Books: David Farland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		His opponent, Runelord and prince Gaborn Val Orden, matures during the novel, falling in love with Princess Iome Sylvarresta, whose kingdom is overrun by Raj Ahten.
		Government and power is based upon the ruling class, or Runelords, obtaining "endowments", either by means of force, purchase, or contribution from their subjects.
		Through the use of magical blood metal "forcibles" the Runelords are able to transfer qualities, such as brawn, stamina, wit, sight, hearing, etc. from their individual citizenry, or a captured foe.
	www.amazon.com /Sum-All-Men-Runelords-Book/dp/0312866534 (3100 words)

	SciFan: Books: Sum of All Men, The by David Farland (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)
		The Runelords is that rare book that will remind you why you started reading fantasy in the first place.
		Runelords excels because this novel idea is not mere window dressing--Farland uses it to explore fundamental questions of life and morality.
		The story's hero, the young Runelord Gaborn, struggles to define his role in this "shameful economy" while keeping his commitments to himself, to his people, to the woman he loves, and to the earth itself.
	www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=3017 (299 words)

	moviefans.de !!! Runelords...
		"The Runelords" is scheduled to commence principal photography in Prague, Czech Republic in June, with negotiations presently being finalized with a top director to helm the film.
		The first installment of "The Runelords" epic fantasy series weaves a mixture of magic and myth, romance, valor, wonder and bravery.
		The first novel in "Runelords" series was published in 1997, followed by "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and "Wizardborn." This fall the fourth installment in the series, "Lair of Bones," will be released by Tor, a division of St Martin's Press.
	www.moviefans.de /a-z/r/runelords/index.html (1436 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Runelords: Books: David Farland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Runelords is a fantasy and as such, its defining trait is the world in which it takes place.
		The Runelords is called such because the most interesting element of its world are the Runelords themselves, who become Runelords by receiving endowments from other men or women, and in some cases, from animals.
		The plot of the runelords is not terribly original, it is one of a horrible superpower that is attempting to take on the world while our main characters who pale in comparison struggle to defeat it, while learning their own strengths.
	www.amazon.ca /Runelords-David-Farland/dp/0812541626 (2293 words)

	$80 Million Epic Adventure "The Runelords" Coming to Movie Screens \| Today's Web News on The Web Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Published in 1997, “The Runelords” was the first novel in the series and was followed by “Brotherhood of the Wolf” and “Wizardborn.” All were best-sellers in North America and the major European territories, and are presently published in eight languages.
		Wolverton adds: “When I first conceived of the Runelords novel series, I saw immediately that it was a great property and a powerful motion picture, games and merchandise platform.
		The Runelords is a co-production between Franchise Pictures, who has a standing domestic distribution deal with Warner Bros., Wolverton’s Story Island Entertainment, David McBrayer’s and Richard Shaw’s Canyonlight Entertainment and EBG, which is helmed by Rob Holt and John J. Lee, Jr.
	www.azreporter.com /entertainment/movies/news/therunelords.html (610 words)

	The Runelords Movie YES!!!!!! - sffworld.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I think i gotta change my pants because i just heard there making a movie from the Runelords Novel!!, no word on actors yet but i cant wait, The Elementals and the war scenes are gonna be amazing.
		Runelords has been on the site for quite some time but has moved at a snail's pace.
		Almost as if Farland had given up on this series, and was drawing it to a percipitate close just to be done with it.
	www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11549&goto=nextoldest (412 words)

	Runelords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Farland has built his world around a complex and thought-provoking social system involving the exchange of "endowments." The story's hero, the young Runelord Gaborn, struggles to define his role in this "shameful economy" while keeping his commitments to himself, to his people, to the woman he loves, and to the earth itself.
		Young Prince Gabon Val Orden of Mystarria is traveling in disguise on a journey to ask for the hand of the lovely Princess Iome of Sylvarresta when he and his warrior bodyguard spot a pair of assassins who have set their sights on the princess's father.
		The pair races to warn the king of the impending danger and realizes that more than the royal family is at risk--the very fate of the Earth is in jeopardy.
	www.cyberhaven.com /books/sciencefiction/runelords.html (147 words)

	Brotherhood of the Wolf (The Runelords, Book Two) \| David Farland \| Hope in dark times
		David Farland's "Runelords" fantasy sequence began in 1998 with The Sum of All Men, a career-relaunch novel whose sales far outstripped earlier SF published under his real name Dave Wolverton.
		Runelords are supermen whose strength, stamina, and vision, and other physical abilities are multiplied by magical "endowments" transferred from unfortunate donors who are crippled by their loss: the archvillain in the story is virtually invincible thanks to tens of thousands of endowments.
		For those who enjoyed the breakneck pacing of the first book, Farland moves from event to event quickly in Brotherhood of the Wolf as he did in The Runelords, but spreads his story over a larger number of characters, which slows the pace.
	www.this-is-great.com /info/flesnrfjba (1041 words)

	Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Runelords deals with a society with an economy based on "endowments," characteristics of strength, stamina, wit and grace that are used as currency.
		A Runelord is someone who has hundreds of such endowments and who holds those from whom he has taken such qualities under the lord's care, the site reported.
		Casting on the ensemble project has begun and all the names are tipped to be announced by late March, with a director to be named later this week, the site reported.
	www.scifi.com /scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-02/23/10.30.film (225 words)

	Endowment Magic from The Runelords
		The fantasy series The Runelords by David Farland (The Sum of All Men and The Brothers of the Wolf, and Wizardborn, so far) presents a system of magical gifts called Endowments.
		Rulers and their families are often recipients of endowments, as well as other important persons in the land.
		In the Kingdoms of Rofehavan of The Runelords, Dedicates are honored citizens, and the Dedicates of the royal family are permanently cared for in the Dedicate's Tower on the castle grounds by the King's staff.
	www.weirdrealm.com /gurps/endow.html (842 words)

	The Runelords: The Sum of All Men (The Runelords, Book One) by David Farland - The Role Playing Guide - The Dark Spiral
		A Runelord might have hundreds of such endowments, giving him superhuman senses and abilities, but he then must care for the hundreds that he has deprived of strength, or beauty, or sight.
		When that doesn't happen it makes the story childish and whimsical which is what happens in The Runelords.
		This book is more suited for a younger audience or for somebody who doesn't like a darker, more realistic side to their stories.
	www.darkspiral.com /item/0812541626/The-Runelords:-The-Sum-of-All-Men-(The-Runelords,-Book-One) (815 words)

	David Farland Interview - Page 1 of 3
		David Farland’s Runelords series of books, published in the US by Tor, is one of the more successful fantasy series currently being published, both critically and in terms of sales.
		I understand that fans at the Runelords web site are calling it "The Adventures of Stompy the Reaver." I kind of like that, but think my editor would have a heart attack.
		I do have a couple of other large stories that I'd like to set in the Runelords world, but I also love world creation, and I think that by the time I finish these two series, I may be ready for another large world to create.
	www.sffworld.com /interview/25p0.html (667 words)

	Runelords - Page 3 - The Coming Soon! Boards
		The $80 million project - the first of three films based on the novels by David Farland (David Wolverton's pen name) - is scheduled to start principal photography in July in Prague.
		I would love to see a great fantasy trilogy (or series) brought to the screen, but to be quite frank, so many of them were soooooo inspired by LOTR that they come off as rip-offs.
		I also wouldn't be averse to seeing some of the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser tales by Fritz Leiber brought to the screen, or the Elric books by Michael Moorcock (I think Elric's rights are actually owned by somebody who's trying to get them made).
	comingsoon.net /forums/showthread.php?p=1070552 (928 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: The Runelords: The Sum of All Men
		For example, a common man can grant his strength to his Runelord, living out his days as weak as a baby, while the Runelord becomes twice as strong.
		In return, the Runelords use their talents to govern their people and defend them in times of danger.
		He seems to have invented aspects of the Runelord concept as he went along; some of those descriptions are unwieldy and distracting because they don't quite fit in with the world view he's developed.
	www.sfsite.com /10b/rune43.htm (929 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Lair of Bones: Books: David Farland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		According to Farland's Web site, the Runelords series, of which this is the fourth book after 2001's Wizardborn, was inspired by a hallucination.
		The apparent conclusion of the Runelords brings the saga's conflicts to a resounding climax in a three-cornered confrontation.
		For Raj Athen has given up his humanity for immortality and has marshaled hordes of magicians and sorcerers; Prince Gaborn has been victorious as the Earth King and is holding his ground; and the insectoid Reavers have found their ruler, lurking deep underground in the Lair of Bones and wielding its subjects against everyone else.
	www.amazon.ca /Lair-Bones-David-Farland/dp/0765341077 (1324 words)

	Dave Wolverton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the summer of 1998 Dave Wolverton broke the world record for the most book signings in one sitting, which he achieved with A Very Strange Trip.
		Dave is President of Story Island, currently (2004) in pre-production for Runelords, the Movie.
		Under his Pseduonym David Farland, he writes fantasy, leaving his real name for his science fiction novels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dave_Wolverton (423 words)

	IGN: Runelords Preview
		While Daikatana really impressed us, Runelords was a whole other story -- a plodding RPG that will a lot longer than we thought before we truly get a good feel for the game.
		Runelords is still a little ways off, but we don't expect the gameplay will change.
		However, if the rest of the game supersedes the gameplay and works well in doing so, there might be something there to please those with a strong connection to the material.
	gameboy.ign.com /articles/134/134829p1.html (425 words)

	Welcome to the IESB!
		One of the things that Grant mentioned was after the success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy fantasy films were going to become a hot commodity.
		Here is a quick summary, "The ruling aristocratic Runelords accept ``endowments''--magical enhancements of voice, brawn, wit, grace, etc.--from contributors called Dedicates, who thereupon become helpless (a Dedicate who donates his wit, for example, becomes feeble-minded) and must be cared for by the Runelord.
		In this sequel the Runelords story continues with Gaborn Val Orden as the crowned new earth king.
	www.iesb.net /movies/movie12304c.htm (973 words)

	Powell's Books - Runelords #04: The Lair of Bones by David Farland
		Now add to that list David Farland, whose epic fantasy series began with The Runelords, continued in Brotherhood of the Wolf and the New York Times bestseller Wizardborn, and reaches its peak now in The Lair of Bones.
		Now there must be final confrontations, both on the field of battle, with the supernatural creature that Raj Ahten has become, and underground, in the cavernous homeland of the Reavers, where the sorcerous One True Master who rules them all lies in wait--in the Lair of Bones.
		This new fantasy in the "New York Times" bestselling series is the thrilling and moving culmination of The Runelords saga.
	www.powells.com /biblio/0765341077 (359 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - The Official Dave Wolverton Discussion Thread
		Runelords has to do with a special kind of magic.
		When an endowment is given, example brawn, the Dediate becomes very weak and the Runelord must take care of he or she.
		The Runelords books aren't the best written books out there, but they're so interesting and fun and, best of all, fast-paced that they're definitely worth it.
	boards.theforce.net /message.asp?topic=5816984 (1005 words)

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