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Newsletter 06
Newsletter 06
Newsletter #6
Joe Dever is the creator of the bestselling Lone Wolf adventure books and novels. He is the
creator and editor of the original Lone Wolf Club Newsletters that were published between 1985–
96.
Gary Chalk is the main illustrator of the early Lone Wolf Club Newsletters.
Fan material included herein such as illustrations, fiction and quizzes are © the respective authors
and artists.
This project would have been impossible without the helpful contributions of:
David Davis – allowing scanned copies to be made of his near-complete collection of Lone
Wolf Club Newsletters.
Paul Haskell – providing better quality scans of artwork taken from the books.
Internet Edition published by Project Aon. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of
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Scans of the original newsletters have been edited so that many faded illustrations have been
coloured consistently black. In some instances, this has resulted in a higher quality output than
found in the originals.
NEWSLETTER No. 6
ATTENTION ALL LONE WOLF CLUB MEMBERS…………….
Joe Dever and Ian Page will be signing copies of the latest GREY
STAR book—‘War of the Wizards’—on the ‘Beaver Books’ stand at
this year’s GAMES DAY. Come and meet us at this exciting show.
LONE WOLF CLUB MEMBERS who attend the show wearing a
Lone Wolf T-Shirt will receive a signed Lone Wolf wall poster. Bring
your Lone Wolf and Grey Star books and have them signed as well!
This is the main event of the year on the gaming calendar. It’s —————————TICKETS—————————
your chance to see all the different companies, all the different Important Notice! Due to fire regulations, we must limit the
games, and all the wonderful celebrities, gathered under one number of places at Games Day this year. Consequently, there
roof in Central London. Two days packed with trade stands, may be a limit to the number of people we can admit at the
competitions, quizzes, events and lots of games! door. To make sure of your ticket, write to: Games Day, Games
————————WHAT’S ON————————— Workshop, Mail Order, Chewton Street, Hill Top, Eastwood,
AD&D Competition Trade Stands
Nottingham, NG16 3HY, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed
Demonstration Games Chaos Chat Shows envelope.
Games Day Auction Quizzes
Live Role-playing Displays Figure Painting Buy your Games Day ticket now
The Games Day Awards competition £1.50 per day
———————HOW TO GET THERE-——————
IMPORTANT: You must tell us if you want a Saturday Ticket or
Venue: The Royal Horticultural a Sunday Ticket.
Society Hall, Greycoat Street,
London, SW1. Tube to Victoria
or St. James’ Park tubes. FURTHER DETAILS: Write to Steve Baker, Games Workshop,
1 Dalling Road, Hammersmith, W6, or telephone (01) 741-
Also, buses will be running from
Games Workshop shops in 3445.
Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle,
York, Nottingham and Birming- SEE YOU THERE!
ham. Contact the Store Manager
for details.
COMING SOON . . .
Dates & Times:
Saturday, 27th September
(10:30am–6:00pm)
Sunday, 28th September
(10:00am–5:00pm)
Monaster y Mailbag
A SELECTION OF LETTERS
FROM LONE WOLF FANS
1) As well as the Daziarn Plane and the built, it was attacked by a rival baron and
Material Plane, how many planes are besieged for nine months. The prince eventually
there? broke the siege by smuggling out one of his
soldiers, who summoned the help of the
2) At the start of the History of Prince’s brother, Prince Frennen of Woeld.
Magnamund in Newsletter 5, it said that During the siege, the defenders rolled rocks
Magnamund was the last free planet of covered with moss at the enemy. At first the
Aon. Could you tell us the names of the rocks were carefully investigated, but as more
others? and more of them were found to be harmless,
(Christopher Gregg, Maidenhead) interest in them waned. That, of course, was
The planes of existence are the MATERIAL when the defenders wrapped a man inside a
plane—the material manifestation of the planets layer of moss and rolled him down, too. He
and Universe of Aon; the DAZIARN plane—the was able to get through and summoned Prince
ethereal ‘corridor’ connecting the planes; the Frennen’s army. Prince Lyden was killed ten
plane of LIGHT—fortress plane of the Gods years later at the Battle of Tido. His body was
Ishir and Kai; the plane of DARKNESS— buried in the chapel of the castle and it is
fortress plane of Naar, King of the Darkness; the legend that the healing spa began to flow from
four elemental strongholds of FIRE, EARTH, the altar stone exactly a year after his death.
AIR, and WATER; and the plane of The healing properties of Taunor Water became
CONFLUENCE—a plane where the Gods of well known throughout the Stornlands, and
Light and Darkness can create material forms many battles were fought to gain control of the
outside of the Laws of Time and the conditions castle. For two hundred years the spa dried up
of the material plane. (MS 4615–4815), and during this time the castle
fell into disrepair. In MS 5008, its main watch-
Within its own solar system, there are eight tower was rebuilt for use by the army of Lyris,
planets apart from Magnamund. They are but it was abandoned when the Denka Gate
TORM, BAZITTO, CANNADOM, PLUTARNIS, was constructed in MS 5017. The Yawshaths
GORDONIA, HERMIDOS, SHUNA and ITHIS. occupied its dungeons in the year MS 5035, the
same year in which Lone Wolf was born.
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Please could you tell us more about Castle
Taunor, which is featured in ‘The Kingdoms of
Terror’, Ref. 63?
(Bryn Owens, Gwynedd)
IF YOU HAVE ANY HINTS, TIPS QUESTIONS OR
Castle Taunor was built in MS 4402 by Prince COMMENTS ABOUT THE LONE WOLF SERIES, SEND
Lydan of Winigen, then ruler of a small THEM TO: LONE WOLF CLUB
principality that is now part of Lyris. If you look BEAVER BOOKS
at the map of the Stornlands in the front of BROOKMOUNT HOUSE
Lone Wolf book 6, you can see the area that 62–65 CHANDOS PLACE
was once Winigen; it is the forest and plain COVENT GARDEN
which is bordered to the east by the River Quarl
LONDON WC2N 4NW
and the west by the highway between Amory
and Varetta. Three years after the castle was
What are the COMBAT SKILL and ENDURANCE Slowly it changed and evolved an immunity to
points of Lord Zagarna, Darklord Vashna and the magic of the Elder Magi that enabled it,
Vonotar the Traitor? eventually, to rise up from the chasm and
(Michael Blocksome, Louisiana, USA) terrorize Dessi. The Elder Magi were helpless to
stop it, but Banedon, whose magical skills are of
Darklord Zagarna: CS 46 ENDURANCE 60
a different kind to those of the Elder Magi, was
(Reduce by 25% if beyond the limits of the able to defeat the creature after a long and
Darklands.) terrible struggle in the cold depths of Gorgoron
Darklord Vashna: CS 58 ENDURANCE 88 itself.
(Reduce by 20% if beyond 400 miles from
Helgedad.)
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Southern Magna mund
You are the wizard Grey Star. You now face the
tumultuous climax to your epic struggle to overthrow
the evil Wytch-king Shasarak. His cruel empire is torn
by war as the Freedom Fighters rebel against his
corrupt dominion. Can you reach them in time to free
mankind? Can you overcome the Wytch-king’s
ferocious soldiers and the supernatural hordes that
are his to command? Your only hope lies in your
Wizard’s Staff. Guard it well—for it contains the might
of the mystic Moonstone, the very essence of your
Magical Powers.
1. SOMMERLUND
2. DURENOR
3. CLOEASIA
4. VASSAGONIA
5. MAAKENMIRE
6. CASIORN
7. THE WILDLANDS
8. LAKURI ISLES
9. LYRIS
10. THE DARKLANDS
11. SALONY
12. MAGADOR
13. DELDEN
14. ELDENORA
15. SLOVIA
16. ANARI
17. PALMYRION
18. RUEL
19. CARON
20. LOURDEN
21. FIRALOND
22. KAKUSH
23. CHAMAN
24. BAUTAR
25. VALERION
26. DESSI
27. TALESTRIA
28. OGIA
29. DANARG
30. BOR
31. THE HAMMERLANDS
32. ERU
33. SKAROR
34. THE HELLSWAMP
35. NYVOZ
36. NYRAS
37. GHATAN
38. TADATIZAGAZA
(The Hardlands)
39. ZALDIR
40. IXIA
41. KALTE
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