![]() The mission of the Druids of Paranor is to gather, study and safeguard the knowledge of the Old World. These are not your normal Druids and are also an important part of the series. Now I know what you are think “ugh Druids been there gotten that T-Shirt…” But the Druids of Paramor are Druids with a difference. ( This is talked about in the The Genesis of Shannara series and the other connecting series that join the events in the Word and the Void to the current Shannara novels.) While there remains a little of the old world( Columbia River still exists) to be seen, the new world is populated with Men, Elves, Trolls, Dwarves and Gnomes, all of which used to be humans but who were changed due to the fact that the Great Wars caused the human genome to mutate. This was after the Earth was destroyed in something called The Great Wars. The Four Lands is located in the modern Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. It is all that is left of the modern world. The Four Lands is where all the Shannara novels are set. ![]() It is a series that is molded by elements of many genres and it is a series that has within its unassuming covers something for everyone. Within its epic fantasy there lies hints of science fiction, epic fantasy, grimdark fantasy, urban fantasy, low fantasy and even a little post apocalyptic fiction. The many books of the Shannara series is a first glimpse into a number of genres, fantasy and otherwise. On the surface it may seem like another fantasy series and one that has been around for a while so nothing new… But you could not be further from the truth. ![]()
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