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| MagniThorson |
Posted - 27 Apr 2014 : 00:05:45
Is there a list of the Major game and novel characters and their origin, whether it be Ed Greenwood and his ongoing FR works or the various other game designers or authors?
Thanks,
MT |
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 01 May 2014 : 05:21:53
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Originally posted by MagniThorson
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Originally posted by Blueblade
Rule of thumb: except for novel protagonists, it's almost always Ed. He created even some characters other writers use a lot, like Szass Tam, Khelben Blackstaff, Malchor Harpell, and so on. Sometimes even when another writer introduces characters for a book and makes them their own, Ed's been consulted behind the scenes on names, beforehand.
BB
Thanks BB. Do you know of any individuals other than those you mentioned that are the main protagonist in a novel and created by Ed but the novel is penned by someone else?
Elaine Cunningham has made a lot of use of Elaith Craulnober -- he was an Ed character, first mentioned in FR1 Waterdeep & The North. A lot of people don't realize that Elaine didn't create Elaith. |
| The Arcanamach |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 21:57:45
Here is a link to names used in Realms novels complete with the novel name they were used in. I can't take credit for this as it was shared to me on this site awhile back. When you go to the site use the link that says 'Here's another link' as the other two are broken. Cheers.
http://my-realms.blogspot.com/2014/01/more-names-by-ed-greenwood-now-there.html |
| MagniThorson |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 21:49:26
quote:
Originally posted by Blueblade
Rule of thumb: except for novel protagonists, it's almost always Ed. He created even some characters other writers use a lot, like Szass Tam, Khelben Blackstaff, Malchor Harpell, and so on. Sometimes even when another writer introduces characters for a book and makes them their own, Ed's been consulted behind the scenes on names, beforehand.
BB
Thanks BB. Do you know of any individuals other than those you mentioned that are the main protagonist in a novel and created by Ed but the novel is penned by someone else? |
| Blueblade |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 21:37:53
Rule of thumb: except for novel protagonists, it's almost always Ed. He created even some characters other writers use a lot, like Szass Tam, Khelben Blackstaff, Malchor Harpell, and so on. Sometimes even when another writer introduces characters for a book and makes them their own, Ed's been consulted behind the scenes on names, beforehand.
BB |
| MagniThorson |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 18:11:53
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I am not aware of any such list... Is there a particular character that you want to know who created?
No one in particular. I was just wondering if something like that had been done and what was original and what has come out of others creative process.
Thanks,
MT |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 17:30:43
I am not aware of any such list... Is there a particular character that you want to know who created? |
| MagniThorson |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 14:06:07
Something that denotes which Authors or Game Writers are the creator of the character. For example, which ones Ed Greenwood is responsible for and which might be a creation of a Salvatore or Cunningham for their books versus a character they borrowed.
Ex. Arilyn Moonblade - Elaine Cunningham |
| mikie |
Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 05:28:47
If you are looking for just the "main" characters, I would look for the HEROES LOREBOOK and the VILLAINS LOREBOOK. Hope this points you in a good direction. |
