This is a companion volume to "Heroes' Lorebook", and the format is almost identical, so I've "copied and pasted" my review of that tome with minor corrections.

Basically, this is a collection of stats and history on some of the major evil individuals of the Forgotten Realms. Primarily, the characters selected are those who feature in the various Forgotten Realms novels, or who are important enough to warrant a mention in them, although some (eg. Manshoon of the Zhentarim) are taken more from FR campaign supplements than fiction.

Each character gets a list of stats, information about friends, foes, appearance, personality, and other such details, along with a brief history (which in many cases is just a summary of the plots of the books the character has appeared in).

Again, you pretty much get what you expect with this product; more info on notable characters of the Realms to use in fleshing out your campaign. There is some extra supplementary material with new monsters, new items and spells, and notes on major malign organisations of the realms such as the Knights of the Shield or Red Wizards, though much of this has appeared elsewhere before.

So, overall, like the heroes' book, not a bad product. No earth-shattering new campaign ideas, but some nice information, gathered together in one place.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: - simple, easy to read, good for reference<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: - a bit too focused on characters from the novels, rather than game supplements or rulebooks<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>