
All those are terms and names are stolen from other sources, and not very far from most fantasy conventions, which is perhaps why it’s difficult to keep it all straight. Men and gnomes fill out the Children of Dust, as the Fae call the lesser races, and they all are under attack by a new rogue branch of the Winter Court called Tuatha. Eventually, you suss out the difference between the Seelie and Unseelie Fae – also referred to as the Summer and Winter Courts – and how they are immortal, unlike the two elf races of Ljosalfar and Dokkalfar.

It’s probably unfair for a fan of Tolkien to say this, but the onslaught of names, places and terms makes it difficult to understand the nuance of what’s going – especially in the first few hours. As fantasy settings go, the lore of Amalur takes a bit to fully grasp.
