あらすじ
Varisia has been destroyed! Runelord Alaznist's alteration of the past has thrown the frontier nation into chaos, devastated cities, resurrected demon lords, and worse. The Runelord of Wrath is now primed to seize control of a ruined realm, so that she can remake it into a New Thassilon with herself as its furious queen. Only one desperate plan can set things right-a band of heroes must discover a method to travel back in time and repair the damage their enemy has wrought on history, but can they make the sacrifices necessary for victory? This adventure allows the heroes to reach the absolute height of power, but even the potent options gained at 20th level may not be enough for the party to survive the furious might of Runelord Alaznist in her seat of power! This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path concludes the Return of the Runelords Adventure Path and includes: - "Rise of New Thassilon," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 17th-level characters, by Greg A. Vaughan. - A brief exploration of how the Return of the Runelords Adventure Path will change Golarion in the future, including the first-ever map of the empire of Thassilon as it stood before the devastation of Earthfall, by James Jacobs. - A bestiary of monsters, including undead salamander forgemasters, living landslides, the mysterious hallowed lynxes used by runelords as pets and guardians, a planar dragon from the tumultuous Maelstrom, and the immense Great Old One Mhar itself, by John Compton, Andrew D. Geels, Lyz Liddell, Luis Loza, and David Schwartz.
作品考察・見どころ
この作品は、単なる冒険譚の枠を超え、歴史の改竄と因果律の崩壊という壮大なテーマに挑んだ叙事詩です。グレッグ・A・ヴォーンは「怒り」という根源的な感情を統治の礎に据え、文明の栄華と破滅を極めて克明に描き出しました。失われた時を取り戻すための「犠牲」を巡る葛藤は、神話的な重厚さを物語に与えています。 読者は、二十レベルという極限の力を持った英雄たちが、全能感の先にある「歴史を修復する責任」に向き合う姿に魂を揺さぶられるでしょう。太古の地図が紐解かれ、崩壊したはずの帝国の真実が明かされる瞬間、そこには緻密な世界構築と文学的な深みが同居しています。運命の歯車を回し、失われた未来を奪還する旅は、最高峰の知的な興奮を約束してくれます。