Shadowdale by Scott Ciencin

(Forgotten Realms #8, The Avatar Trilogy #1)(First published 1989) The Forgotten Realms are in a state of monumental upheaval. Cast out from the heavens by the Overgod Ao as punishment for the theft of the Tablets of Fate, the deities of Faerûn walk the earth. Thrust into the centre of this chaos are four heroes, one of whom carries a pendant containing the essence of the fallen goddess of magic. They must survive the machinations of the evil god Bane and seek the aid of the famed sage Elminster of Shadowdale before the Realms are lost to darkness and chaos for good.   Shadowdale is the first book in The Avatar Trilogy, which deals with the reshaping of the Faerûnian […]