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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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Posted - 07 Feb 2019 : 11:40:05
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal
Moving on to Norland.
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I've found details about the Knights of the Storm, a band of insurgents that follow the Storm Knight (identity unknown) who have agents on the Moonshae Isles (I figure Norheim).
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Where are these from? Never heard about them... |
"Goodness is not a natural state, but must be fought for to be attained and maintained. Lead by example. Let your deeds speak your intentions. Goodness radiated from the heart."
The Paladin's Virtues, excerpt from the "Quentin's Monograph" (by Ed Greenwood) |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11691 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2019 : 17:26:07
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal
Well I'm using a non god centric model which means the religion can't just appear it has to flow from person to person.
Now the illuskans could bring some of those gods to the Moonshaes when they created gnarhelm but I'm not entirely certain all or any of those gods would have been present in stornanter in 850 DR.
I don't see the northmen as being particularly religious. There are sales who will undoubtedly have stories of the gods, but they would be old gods that have long fallen out of favour.
Wasn't valkur a god of the inner sea.
Valkur is specifically called out in some products as a god of the northmen (the recent SCAG does a big to do over him). He's also noted in P&P as being known along the sword coast and his "origins" are supposed to be a captain of Mintarn who challenged Umberlee and won "centuries ago". Mintarn is nestled right amongst the Moonshaes. From a "viking" viewpoint, he "looks" like a storm god (i.e. Thor).
Helm is also known to the area, and as a god of defense would fit well, but the reason I mention him is that he's effectively Heimdahl (he is a guardian who stands at the top of a rainbow bridge that leads to the land of the gods....). I picture Tyr for similar reasons. I only mention Hoar because visually he could work (as the doombringer, and as a god of vengeance).
I know you don't get into the gods much and you don't want to mirror real world a lot, but its a pantheistic world, and thus there's going to be a lot of religions in any area, so in my view, even a modest size island will have several temples. Heck, I live in a tiny town in the south, and there's at least 20 churches here. I see temples in the realms to be larger/more consolidated than our world though, as the "flock" is going to be more willing to travel a distance for the services of the church.
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1600 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2019 : 18:20:37
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal
It's from a pdf I downloaded called the everwinking eye which I think Ed wrote back in the day on the wotc site. (...)
Found it, the everwinking eye is a column at the polyhedron magazine. This one os from polyhedron 95. |
"Goodness is not a natural state, but must be fought for to be attained and maintained. Lead by example. Let your deeds speak your intentions. Goodness radiated from the heart."
The Paladin's Virtues, excerpt from the "Quentin's Monograph" (by Ed Greenwood) |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1600 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2019 : 09:36:35
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No need to apologize! This collection seems to be quite nice! |
"Goodness is not a natural state, but must be fought for to be attained and maintained. Lead by example. Let your deeds speak your intentions. Goodness radiated from the heart."
The Paladin's Virtues, excerpt from the "Quentin's Monograph" (by Ed Greenwood) |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
2066 Posts |
Posted - 10 Feb 2019 : 18:34:33
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Random obscure Moonshae reference I happened to stumble across. There once was an elven city of Kadish in the Moonshae Isles. Elfshadow, page 247. |
-- http://www.ericlboyd.com/dnd/ |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
6351 Posts |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
6351 Posts |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
6351 Posts |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6643 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 03:12:15
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Risen Cult of Bane subverting Harpers?
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 12 Feb 2019 : 03:18:31
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal
I did note Bran Skorlsun spent the last 40 years hunting false and renegade harpers in the Moonshae Isles. That implies either a lot of renegades and false harpers or that they were exceptionally skilled at evading a master harper (or both). Either way the implication of this is that some nefarious organisation has a plan for the Moonshaes and the false harpers were part of it. Furthermore many or perhaps all of the mentions of the Harpers by Elminster in the Moonshaes sourcebook might have been false/renegade harpers
Where does it say he spent 40 years in the Moonshaes? When we are introduced to him, he's in Waterdeep, and has been following Arilyn for a while.
I also don't see that it follows that the existence of false Harpers means they're tied to some nefarious plot. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2019 : 21:44:18
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal
Anyone know Cordell's first name?
Some call him.... Tim. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1265 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2019 : 10:50:17
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal
I do like the idea of a few false Harper's hiding among the renegade who are risen cult of bane agents and who assassinate or attempt to assassinate king Kendrick and king Kimball in 1346 DR.
Renegade Harper's would be those who dislike hiding and manipulating and instead believe they should be actively trying to topple tyrants and slay baddies. Basically a few Harper extremists that chafe under the rule of berdusk and flee to the Moonshaes (which seems like a haven for those trying to hide).
Brings me to a sore point of me that in the Code the Harpers sourcebook from 2nd edition and the Curse of the Shadowmage Harper novel, we get told that renegade Harpers are hunted and killed off rather mercilessly and they have specific agents to do this like Bran and the half-drow in the novel Curse of the Shadow Mage.
But the Harper agent in Eflshadow, who is guilty of regicide(!) and the deaths of 20 awesome Harpers and the framing of an awesome Harper agent (Arilyn) is not executed because reasons (contrivance). Sigh.
Makes me not like Elfshadow to this day. |
Edited by - Seravin on 14 Feb 2019 10:51:33 |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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AJA
Senior Scribe
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2019 : 00:03:24
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quote: Originally posted by dazzlerdal I was expecting someone to say Bruce, but Tim is just as good.
And here I was going to go with A Boy Called Sue....
Remember, in the Realms many people only have a single name. It is entirely possible that he is just "Cordell." |
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Gary Dallison
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