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Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Dungeons & Dragons 3:
The Book of Vile Darkness
| image = Dungeons&dragons3.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Gerry Lively
| producer =
| screenplay = Brian Rudnick
| story =
| based_on =
| starring =
| music = The Newton Brothers
| cinematography = Emil Topuzov
| editing = Rebecca Weigold Stocker
| studio =
| distributor = IM Global
| released =
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = $12 million
}}
'Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness' is a 2012 direct-to-dvd British dark fantasy adventure film directed by Gerry Lively. It is the third installment in the 'Dungeons & Dragons' film series. Shot in Bulgaria in 2011, it was released direct-to-DVD in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2012.
Plot
Nhagruul the Foul was an evil sorcerer who spread despair throughout his mortal life. As he neared his end, he sold his soul to the demon lords of the Abyss. His skin was turned into pages, his bones into a cover, his blood became ink for the pages, and the Book of Vile Darkness was born. Anyone who looked into the Book became evil. The kingdom of Karkoth was consumed by evil until a group of warriors called the Knights of the New Sun arose and saved the people using amulets given to them by the God of light, Pelor. Using the amulet, they channeled the God's power and light overcame darkness. Such power could be wielded, owing to the purity of their hearts. The ink was destroyed by the Knights but the pages and the covers could not be recovered as the followers of Nhagruul had them hidden. As people began to forget that Nhagruul existed, the power of the Knights dimmed.
2000 years later, a new Paladin named Grayson is recruited into the Knight order, but like all Knights through the centuries, the power of the amulet is not granted to him by the God Pelor. However, while speaking to his father about this failure, all the Knights are killed and his father is abducted. Grayson is able to follow the barbarians who killed the Knights into town, and equips himself with the help of one of the locals sympathetic to Pelor. Against his will, he becomes part of an evil crew looking for the horn that will lead them to the cover of the Book. The crew comprises Akordia, a Shadar-kai sorceress; Seith, a human assassin; Vimak, a Goliath barbarian; and Bezz, a human Vermin Lord.
The horn is guarded by a wyvern that is slain by Grayson, saving Akordia, who falls in love with him. The group returns to the town attacked by the wyvern, where they are hailed as heroes. As Grayson and Akordia spend the night together, Seith takes all of the treasure given to the town, previously held by the wyvern. The town's mayor discovers this, and blocks the group from leaving; Grayson manages to compromise with him by letting the town keep half the treasure, but Bezz kills the mayor, resulting in the town being wiped out. At night, after the group makes camp, Grayson poisons Vimak with a vial he purchased, then places his body and the treasure in a bag of holding and throws it into the nearby lake. Seith then takes Grayson hostage, as he has nothing to trade for the horn to Akordia, but is killed by Bezz.
The horn leads the remaining three to encounter an undead child called a Slaymate, where they are forced to let it feed on their negative energy in order to prove themselves free of decency and thus worthy of obtaining the Book's cover; the Slaymate hungrily feeds from the morally bankrupt Bezz; Grayson's unlawful deeds are enough to pacify the creature; but when Akordia's turn comes, her burgeoning feelings for Grayson poison the creature and she fails the test. The Slaymate summons a Helmed Horror to kill them before disappearing. Bezz is stabbed through the chest as it appears, with Akordia and Grayson fighting the Helmed Horror. Disposing of the construct, the two finally retrieve the cover of the Book.
Akordia makes contact with the evil Lord Shathrax, who has the pages of the Book within his stronghold in the Shadowfell and plans to extract the ink from the pain of the purest Knight: Grayson's father. Grayson is able to rescue his father, but soon discovers the stronghold is a collection of floating islands. Despite his father's pleas, Grayson refuses to kill his father and reminds him that they must be the last beacon of hope, being granted the power of Pelor momentarily, before being disabled by Bezz, who reveals he is in league with Shathrax and intends to use Grayson's pain to complete the book. With Akordia's help, Grayson manages to stop Shathrax and his followers before he can complete the book by using Pelor's power to annihilate them. Akordia and Grayson, despite their relationship, part ways at the end because of their different natures, with Bezz escaping as a cloud of insects.
Cast
* Charlotte Hunter Carlotta
* Jack Derges Grayson
* Anthony Howell Ranfin
* Eleanor Gecks Akordia
* Lex Daniels - Seith (the assassin)
* Dominic Mafham The Mayor of Little Silver Keep
* Habib Nasib Nader Vimak
* Barry Aird Bezz
* Kaloian Vodenicharov Shifter
* Ryan Jackson Warlock
References
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