Jakandor, Land of Legend
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Jakandor, Land of Legend is a role-playing game supplement published by TSR for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. It is the third of three supplements about the Isle of Jakandor.
The first sourcebook about Jakandor, Island of War, introduced the land of Jakandor, populated by two antagonistic societies: the barbarian Knorr, who have been exiled to this island by their patron deity for their sins, and the Charonti, a race of once mighty necromancers seeking to rediscover their past glory. The first book focused on the Knorr. The second book, Jakandor, Isle of Destiny, described the mortal enemies of the Knorr, the Charoni.
The third book in the trilogy, Jakandor, Land of Legend, presents a number of adventures that are designed to move towards a final battle between the two cultures. The book also includes a complete map of Jakandor — in the previous two books, only the parts relevant to each society were given. The setting uses the rules for the second edition of Dungeons & Dragons.[1]
The book is unusual in that players can decide which side they wish to join, the Knorr or the Charoni.[2]
Publication history
In 1996, TSR started a new series of supplements for the second edition of AD&D titled "Odyssey". The first three outlined the Savage Coast setting. These were followed in 1997–98 by a trilogy of books about an island called Jakandor: Jakandor, Island of War (1997), Jakandor, Isle of Destiny (1998), and Jakandor, Land of Legend (1998). The third book, Land of Legend, is a 148-page softcover book designed by Dale Donovan, with cover art by Terese Nielsen, interior art by Rick Tucker and Todd Lockwood, and cartography by Rob Lazzaretti, Dennis Kauth and Dave "Diesel" La Force.[3]: 146
Although at least one more Jakandor book was originally planned, it was never developed because the focus of TSR and Wizards of the Coast turned to development of the third edition of D&D.