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The Lady Penitent

novel series by Lisa Smedman

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ7745146 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Lady Penitent is a series of novels by Lisa Smedman, set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

Plot summary

The Lady Penitent takes place after the events of War of the Spider Queen, ranging from 1372 DR to 1379 DR. Several fairly large realm-changing events take place during this series, ranging from the use of Elven High Magic on the drow race to the death of several deities.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Lady Penitent” as novel series by Lisa Smedman. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lady, Penitent and novel.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1372, 1379—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lady, Penitent and novel providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “The Lady Penitent”, the useful work is to connect “novel series by Lisa Smedman” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7745146. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1372 and 1379.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Lady Penitent” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.