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IN MEMORIUMDAVID ALLEN HARGRAVEThe Dream WeaverMAY 25, 1946 – AUGUST 29, 1988On August 29, 1988 David A. Hargrave passed from this world to the next. He left behind many friends and thousands of gamers who sat at his table, either in his home or at the numerous conventions he attended as a GM and Entrepreneur.He is not and simply cannot be forgotten. He touched lives with his presence, with his thoughts, with his games and with his being. He was not a perfect man; indeed none of us are. But he influenced people and taught a wide variety of life's lessons just as he had learned them.It's our belief that the "next world" David passed to was his own creation of Arduin. He's there right now, beyond the Gates of the Plateau of Forever, living life to the hilt and scribing it all down in some great tome of knowledge that will one day be the source and cause of many an adventure and many a hoary legend of peril and woe.He's walking the streets of Talismonde'; he's in Elric's Keep at the Tower of the Dragon giving advice to the Albino with the Black Sword; he's waving bon voyage, shouting "Bon Chance" to an expedition he's outfitted for a treasure hunt in Green Hell (Eh…No. He wouldn't be going there himself), or he's gazing upon the Misty Mountains as the Spring sun reveals the snowy cloak that lies upon highest, jagged peaks. He's living in Arduin just as Arduin lives in him. Without you David, none of it would have ever been. But with you? OH! What Glories, What Wonders we've all seen, done and lived!We hoist a mug of Rumble Tummy's Ale in respectful salute to a man of extraordinary talent, a good friend and fond, fond memories of games Past, Present and Future…
David A. Hargrave's Published worksThe Arduin Grimoire, Welcome to Skull Tower, The Runes of Doom, The Lost Grimoire, Dark Dreams, The House of the Rising Sun, Shadow Lands, The Winds of Chance, The Arduin Adventure, Howling Tower, Caliban, Death Heart, Citadel of Thunder, The Arduin Primer, Complete Arduin/Arduin II, The Arduin Map, The Black Grimoire, , World of Khaas the Legendary Lands of Arduin, Vaults of the `Weaver (containing Hive Home and The Heart of Darkness Campaign as well as The Tomb of D'Haera).
A Partial and Incomplete List of Other Publications Containing Dave Hargrave's Work:All the World's Monsters Vols. 1, 2, and 3 (from Chaosium), Black Devil Mountain (found in The Asylum and Other Tales from Chaosium), Dark Carnival (found in Curse of the Cthonians from Chaosium), End War (AG Vol. 9), Arduin Bloody Arduin found in Different Worlds magazine issue #2.A Partial and Incomplete List of Dave Hargrave's Unpublished works:Skull Tower, Iron Wall, Shadow Guard, Rift Fang, Broken Tower, The Abbey on Spider Isle, The Golden Gull, The Temple of Set (Maelshyra) Note: This one is also labeled Star Core with an additional level on the following page also referred to as Star Core, The Tower of the Black Bishop, The Palace of St. Germaine, Moon Rise Mountain (the Moon Tomb), The Midwitch Crypts, The Temple of the Medusa, Twenty-one Tombs, The Misty Mountain Mystery, Thundertop Tombs, Athaelstone, The Abandoned Trading Post, The Corsair Fortress (abandoned), The Tower of Athar-Ha. King Solomon's Mines, King Solomon's Mines Trap, Skull Mountain Monastery (The Obelisk), Shamballah, Tumble Walls, The Great Barrow of Ochnar, Level 63 Elfeneld, Fort Blood, Hell House, Nalmazi Orc Village, The Citadel of Thunder, Temple of the 13 Demons, Teliboe' the Forgotten, The Barracks at Sword Mountain, The Sarchonian Tombs (aka The Dwarfbane Sorrows), The Rabbit Hole, Hell Spire, The Great Wurm Road, The Old Stone Quarry, Fang Hole, The Dark Tower, The Temple of Set (Maelshyra), The Gaol, The Temple of the Red Moon, The Crater Lake Caverns, Sky Spike, The Temple of the Sun, The Temple of the Winds, The Ark, The Temple of the Wandering Moon, The Demon's Throat Caverns, The Lair of the Great Spider Mother, Spin Devil Spire, The Rogue's Roost, Star Tooth, The Palace of Sazrah-Khem (aka Groan Manor), The Khazurian Tombs, Midwich the Abandoned, Skull Island (The Temple of Skulls), Dark Moon Mountain, Wizard Spike, The Tomb of Tarkonus, The Tombs of the Children of the Wolf, The Temple of True Entopy (The Lord Aaos), The Ebon Halls of the Last Days, The Serpent's Throat, The Maylyn Mountain Mystery, Hell Hole, The Great Hungry (Mountain) Tombs, The Demon Downs, The Gnome King's Hoard, The Lair of the Flying Tiger, The Lost Dwarf Hold of Khurad-zum, The Sand of Chance, Red Phraint's First Redoubt, The Mansion of Dark Shadows, Black Dwarf Down, The Beast Masters Maze, The Golden Caterpillar Caverns, Black Spike, Black Shaft, The Temple of Creation, The Tomb of the Last Paladin of Mimryr, The Tower of Despair, The Tower of the Mad Magician, The Citadel of the Knight of Skulls, The Tomb of the Seven Silver Suns, The Hall of the Mountain King, The Tarkwood Faerie Mound, Crown Down, Hound Hole, The Barbalore Tomb, Orion's Wait, Under The Rock (in Tarot Trees), The Great Citadel of the Teliboean Black Circle (Mages), First Section of Tree Haven (Twistwood Castle), The "Heart" of Troll King Mountain, The Underfortress of the Troll King (Troll King Mtn), Wailing Tower, Burning Tower, Cloud Castle, Slaughter House, Forgotten Tower, Howling Tower, The Tower of the Beast, The Durfang Caverns, The Great Dungeon called "EverNever", The Great Holt of the Last of the First, and The Tomb of Gold and Shadows.Finally there are these: • The Book of the Shining Land, December/January, 1980-81. Dedication and signature inside front cover. This is a complete campaign area, designed as a generic adventure campaign suitable for insertion into any RPG, written by David for his friend, writer Paul Mosher. It comprises 118 handwritten pages of 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 quad ruled paper in a composition style notebook. It includes a Master Map of the area (approximately 100 miles square) and 59 "keyed" adventure area maps all cross-referenced off of the Master Map. • The Book of Dreams of Lost Sardath, October, 1981. Similar in size and concept to The Book of the Shining Land, this work comprises 158 pages of 10 x 7 7/8 quad ruled paper in a composition style notebook. It includes a Master Map of an area approximately 100 miles square. This work was handwritten by David for his friend, writer Paul Mosher. It comprises a "lost" island kingdom containing 136 villages/towns/cities cross referenced off the Master Map as well as 79 adventure area maps, of which 31 are "keyed".
SPECIAL NOTE: the above two works comprise what are probably the largest unpublished works penned by David A. Hargrave either individually or collectively.• Lancer's Rest, October, 1987. One of the last known game-related items created by David before his death in August, 1988. Lancer's Rest was a personal burial chamber included in a very large single level dungeon adventure. It included a Hell Spiral and a 3000' deep pool where The Lancer was entombed. Created by Hargrave as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to his friend Lance Mazmanian, the adventure itself was essentially a quest to gain life-prolonging treasure while avoiding The Lancer's wandering avatar, an extremely powerful Liche-like entity who would either attack or help a party on a random percentage roll.