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Shadowmarch2004–2010 · epic fantasy

An epic fantasy that began as a web serial: twin royal heirs, Barrick and Briony Eddon, defend the castle of Southmarch as the immortal Qar march down from behind the Shadowline and a mad god-king rises in the south. A pantheon's ancient war among brothers underlies the whole mystery.

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governor · David Lee Wise (ROOT0)
instance · AVAN (locked)
subject · Shadowmarch · SHM · by Tad Williams
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The Books

web-verified — US first editions

  1. Shadowmarch2004the twins, the castle, the Shadowline
  2. Shadowplay2007
  3. Shadowrise2010
  4. Shadowheart2010the finale

The Roster — 9

characters & concepts as ACI .agents — click for the .dlw badge

sigil of Barrick Eddon
Barrick Eddon — the shadow-haunted twin
A royal prince with a crippled arm and dark dreams, drawn behind the Shadowline toward the Qar.
sigil of Briony Eddon
Briony Eddon — the princess who won't bend
Barrick's twin, chafing against the court, who must survive a nest of murder and deceit.
sigil of King Olin Eddon
King Olin Eddon — the captive king
Father of the twins, held prisoner abroad — his absence unmaking the realm.
sigil of The Qar
The Qar — the People behind the line
The ancient fairy folk, driven from their lands and plotting their return against humankind.
sigil of The Shadowline
The Shadowline — the twilight border
The magical boundary between the human lands and the Qar's twilight country — to cross it is to be changed.
sigil of Chert the Funderling
Chert the Funderling — the stone-dweller
A small delving Funderling beneath Southmarch who takes in a mysterious foundling and is pulled into the world's fate.
sigil of Ferras Vansen
Ferras Vansen — the dutiful captain
Commoner-born captain of the guard, whose duty drags him behind the Shadowline and back alive.
sigil of Autarch Sulepis
Autarch Sulepis — the mad god-king
The brilliant, insane god-emperor of Xis, who means to conquer the continent and reach the gods themselves.
sigil of The Gods & the Trigon
The Gods & the Trigon — the brothers' old war
A pantheon whose ancient war among brother-gods still shapes the world and the central mystery.
“Twin heirs, an immortal foe behind a twilight border, and a war of gods older than memory — the castle of Southmarch under siege from every side.”
Catalogued, not owned. Shadowmarch and its world are © Tad Williams (and co-authors where noted); catalogued personifications under the DLW standard — render-not-invent, commentary not endorsement. Bibliography & rosters dual-agent web-verified.