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Ray posted this teaser about Conclave:

Dash did, and became a VERY wealthy businessman.

James will show up in Conclave of Shadows, so I'm not telling you what he did. <g>

No, its not going to happen, but Ray did post this interesting bit about what Sony wanted during the game's development:

You don't need a 'developers license,' but you do need a developer's deal with Sony. We talked to Sony at one point because they wanted us to hold off on RtK and make it a PSX2 exclusive product. We'd be who knows where had we agreed (who knows, maybe Havas wouldn't have dumped Pyrotechnix if it was currently retooling code to make the game work over on that platform); but it would most certainly have been a very different game.

Ray posted this about Return to Krondor:

Dynamix, 7th Level, and Pyrotechnix employees created all the characters that weren't in the books prior to the games, i.e. Limm, Lysle, Jazhara, Sidi, etc.

It could be any or all of the above. I think most people found BaK did a better job of doing what it set out to do than RtK did achieving its goals. There are many reasons, but in short, it works or it doesn't. For me, they both had problems (in fact, Bak had many more story problems than Rtk, while RtK had more game problems than BaK).

It has NOTHING to do with my novels. It's 100% unrelated. The marketing department at Sierra decided to name it 'Betrayal In Antara,' to attempt to capitalize on BaK. We hit them with a cease and desist letter when they tried the first press release calling it the 'Sequel. . .' They stopped that rather than face a lawsuit they couldn't win, but they did get heavy into the 'from the people who brought you BaK,' which was techinically true (same parent company) but factually BS (everyone associated with BaK was long gone).

Nothing at present. We're at the last stages of disentangling ourselves from Sierra now that Pyrotechnix is dead.

John Bunting posted this note about his site:

I have just uploaded the cover from the German Paperback of SOABC which is split in 2 parts, the first part being due in October '99. 'German Editions' Button

A new page has been uploaded that contains the titles of the books, abbreviations, and the series to which they belong. It is still under construction and will be updated with info on which book was the 'First Edition'. 'The Series' Button

Another new page uploaded contains information and cover images of some of the other books that have Ray's works in them, Computer games, Audio tapes or articles by Ray. Again this is incomplete and under construction. With larger images being made available in the near future. It can be found at - 'Other Works' Button

I have also Finally added Ray's Bio which can be found at - 'Biography' Button

Ray posted this note about how the Kingdom of the Isles came to power on the mainland of Triagia:

The Kingdom began on the Island of Rillanon. They conquered their neighbors to form the Kingdom of the Isles (that's how they got the name). Their first foothold on the mainland was the conquest of Bas-Tyra. From there it was just expansion until they ran into the Empire.

At roughly the same time, the rebellion of the Keshian Confederacy caused the Empire to pull its forces to the south, allowing the Free Cities and Queg to become independent, and giving Isles more room to grow.

Ray posted this about the cast of characters in the new series:

You will see very few of the characters you're familiar with in the new series, and when you do they will be in minor or cameo roles.

Consider it a new series, just one step this side of a new world. Same background issues, but new players.

Ray posted this message about the place of The Conclave of Shadows in the overall scheme of five Riftwars:

The 3rd Riftwar will take place after the Conclave of Shadows series starts. I don't know if that's going to blend in or if I'll start a distinct series. It depends on where the story of the Conclave takes me.