Count Varian Jeggare and his bodyguard Radovan Virholt are deserved inheritors of the “buddy adventurers” mantle. They belong squarely in the company of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser as heroes par excellence, complete with the occasional foray into light comedy and weird happenstance. With the newest volume of author Dave Gross’ Pathfinder Tales book, Queen of Thorns, Radovan and Count Jeggare continue to crystalize as iconic characters. The heroes are imperfect and “human”—well, a half-elf and a demon-spawn, but still—which really makes them a cut above the usual dramatis personae.
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