![]() Wears a magical headband that can fire lightning bolts, and feels no pain in combat due to his bloodlust. His death at Avenger's hands (after an unprovoked attack by Olvar) leads to the feud between Avenger and the chaos worshippers. Olvar the Chaos Bringer - A chaos-worshipping barbarian warrior and friend of Tyutchev, Cassandra and Thaum."Devious looking" and wears a large gold earring. Thaum - a master of magic and especially illusion.Tyutchev - This thief wears a magical cloak that blends with the dark, and wields a bastard sword taller than he is.Wields a magical coldsword and wears a patchwork armor suit. Cassandra - A warrior noted for her beauty, speed and swordsmanship.Those three characters are also featured in Fighting Fantasy book 11, Talisman of Death, where they oppose the player for the titular item. They are recurring antagonists of Avenger throughout the series. Tyutchev, Cassandra and Thaum - A trio of chaos worshippers, who revere the chaos god Anarchil.The books had a large number of opponents and recurring characters. Avenger could also enhance his skill by using "Inner Force", similar to qi energy.ĭuring the series Avenger could learn new skills, such as "Shinren," a means of understanding people's intentions by observing subtle clues. Luck also played in part in the form of Fate tests to see if Fate smiled on you, or turned her back. Avenger could also choose from a list of ninja skills such as Acrobatics or Poison Needle spitting, and used a variety of appropriate weaponry, such as a garotte and shuriken. The series featured a combat system based on unarmed fighting moves with colourful names, such as the Cobra Strike punch, or Leaping Tiger kick. Redeemer! by David Walters, Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson.Warbringer! by Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson.Overlord! by Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson.Assassin! by Mark Smith & Jamie Thomson.The expanded eight-book series consists of the following titles (the first and the last having been printed many years after the original six): If played in sequence, any abilities, bonuses, penalties or special items Avenger had acquired carried over to the next book. The books could be played in sequence or as standalone adventures, although playing them in sequence preserves the continuity of the storyline. Ninja! (a prequel by David Walters) and Redeemer! (by all three writers) were added in 2014. They said it was for commercial reasons, but the series was still successful and reprinting." He took us with him so that we could write the DuelMaster series for Harper Collins and Hodder revoked the contract for Book #7 in revenge. The story here is that the then CEO of Hodder, Eddie Bell, left to become CEO of Harper Collins. Interviewed in 2012, Mark Smith explained: "Our publishers Hodder and Stoughton originally had signed for seven books but they cancelled the last in a fit of pique, which is why Inferno! ends so unsatisfactorily – they re-wrote the end themselves to kill the series. The sixth book ended on a cliffhanger, which was not resolved until 27 years later. The two new books plus the six re-edited original books were reprinted in paperback format by Megara Entertainment in 2014, and made available as PDFs in 2019. In August 2013, the original creators of the series were working with Megara Entertainment to develop re-edited hardcover collector editions of the gamebooks (including a new prequel (Book 0) and sequel (book 7)), and potentially a role-playing game based on the series. Mark Smith has confirmed that the cliffhanger ending was deliberate. As no new books were released, the fate of Avenger and Orb was unknown. The sixth book, Inferno!, ends on a cliffhanger with Avenger trapped in the web of the Black Widow, Orb's darkest blight. Orb was also used as the setting for the 1984 Fighting Fantasy gamebook Talisman of Death, and one of the settings in the 1985 Falcon gamebook Lost in Time, both by Smith and Thomson.Įach book has a disclaimer at the front against performing any of the ninja related feats in the book as "They could lead to serious injury or death to an untrained user". The world of Orb was originally created by Mark Smith for a Dungeons and Dragons game he ran while a pupil at Brighton College in the mid-1970s. Later books presented other challenges for Avenger to overcome, most notably taking over and ruling a city. The reader takes the part of a young monk/ ninja, named Avenger, initially on a quest to avenge his foster father's murder and recover stolen scrolls. They are set on the fantasy world of Orb. The Way of the Tiger is a series of adventure gamebooks by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, originally published by Knight Books (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton) from 1985.
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