The Avatar Series

The Avatar Trilogy of Forgotten Realms is a bit of a misnomer as there are five works in the series. The calling it the Avatar Trilogy comes from the fact that there was four years before the publishing of the fourth book, and another four before the fifth. In order they are Shadowdale (Scott Ciecin April 1989), Tantras (Ciencin June 1989), Waterdeep (Troy Denning August 1989), Prince of Lies (James Lowder August 1993), and Crucible The Trial of Cyric the Mad (Denning February 1998). The first three works center around the remaining members of the "Company of the Lynx" and the search for the Tablets of Fate, divine tablets that hold a listing of the Gods and their roles in the balance of Law and Chaos, during the Time of Troubles. The theft of these tablets was the actual cause of the Time of Troubles as all the Gods with the exception of Helm were cast to Toril and faiths and magic ran wild. The Company of the Lynx, as it was, consisted of Kelemvor, Adon of Sune, Midnight, and Cyric. The last two books in the series account for what occured after the Tablets were returned to Ao.