Konrad (novel)

Konrad is a Warhammer Novel by David Ferring. It is the first in a trilogy of books centered arounf the titular Konrad. It was originally published in the UK in 1990 by GW Books. It has since been reprinted by Boxtree in 1993, and later by the Black Library in 2001, and in an omnibus, The Konrad Saga in 2005.

Synopsis

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Konrad is a young boy, a servant to a cruel tavern owner in a small village in The Empire. He has no concept of the outside world, and has no friends until, while collecting firewood in the Forest of Shadows one autumn morning , he saves the life of Elyssa Kastring, daughter of Wilhelm Kastring, landlord of the village, when she is attacked by a Beastman. They become friends, and Elyssa names him Konrad when he tells her he has no name: she is the first person he has spoken to. Konrad is shunned by the villagers: he has one green eye and one gold eye, and his gold eye has the gift of foresight. Elyssa and he grow up together, no-one knowing of their friendship, even becoming secret lovers. When Konrad recives two visions: one of an aged Elyssa betraying him, and one of a young Elyssa dead, and after a Ghostly Rider armoured in bronze visits the village, Konrad resolves to leave the village. He sets forth into the forest, but that night the village is attacked by a group of Beastmen, Orcs and Skaven.

Chronology

Konrad meets Elyssa in the Autumn of IC 2490. He leaves on the eve of the summer solstice of 2496.