Pillars of Pentegarn is the third book in the Endless Quest Gamebook series.
A young child named Jaimie happens upon a party of adventurers on a quest to take back the ancient castle of Pentegarn (the wizard leading the expedition) from the control of the Evil One.
Was one of the few books in the series to get a direct sequel, Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons
Pillars of Pentegarn provides examples of:
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: The make-up of Pentegarn's party, excepting Jaime and the animals. Baltek's the fighter, Pentegarn himself is the mage, and the elven Lydia is the thief.
- Fountain of Youth: Finding the two magic treasures needed to take on the Evil One makes Pentegarn younger and more powerful.
- Generic Doomsday Villain: The villain of the book's just called "the Evil One", and nothing's revealed about him except being a powerful evildoer. The book can't even settle on what he's called, and refers to him as the Evil Master once or twice too.
- Inept Mage: Losing his kingdom and the source of his former power haven't been kind to Pentegarn, who goofs his magic as often as he lands it on this quest.
- Kid Sidekick: Jamie's basically one to the whole party.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Jaimie is Pentegarn's great-grandson, which explains how he can talk to animals.
- Magic Staff: The party's main goal is to get the mighty Staff of Kings away from the Evil One.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Jaimie has a pair of animal friends, a talking fox and a talking owl (named Fox and Owl). They're even friends with a talking tree at the very beginning of the book, but obviously it doesn't get to go on the adventure with them.
- The Owl-Knowing One: Jaimie's owl buddy is portrayed as the wiser, more patient one.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The reason why a kid with no appreciable skills ends up making the major decisions for a party of seasoned adult adventurers. This quest is Pentegarn's last desperate attempt to regain his kingdom and his companions are the best he could do, so there's no real cohesion in the party. Jamie deciding which plan to go with results in it getting two votes, and breaking the tie.
- Redheads Are Ravishing: The fighter Baltek is smitten with his new ally the redhaired thief Lydia. Jaimie finds her beautiful, but he's too young to be thinking much about that kind of thing.
