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| Bladewind |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 15:30:36
I was listening to a podcast on medieval warfare, and the narrator mentioned the great hit Europe took from the Black Death and its influence on militaries, municipalities and governments. In a measure of a 3 to 5 of years the plague took hold in southeast Europe and spread out to the Scandinavia, killing millions (some estimate 70 to 200 million souls!).
Think about the power Talona could gain if she could engineer a plague of such magnitude, that over a hundred million souls are pleading you for salvation from it.
Do any scribes know of a pandemic on Toril that has had a similar great sweeping range or death toll? Or is the presence of divine magic of shaman, clerics and druids such a great panacea that no continant spanning diseases are possible? |
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| Thauranil |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 14:58:22
I think it was due to the effect of his tailsman , after all he was caught in a particularly violent storm of the spellplague. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 07:20:35
Sage has the right of it.
That Raidon survived while many perished could be credited either to his sentient talisman, or the randomness of the SP; or maybe both. |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 06:32:10
Heh, suddenly I'm reminded of a song by Olivia-Newton-John, from Xanadu.... |
| The Sage |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 05:39:30
quote:
Originally posted by Bladewind
That does sound kinda awesome. Was Raidon aware during the time suspension?
From what I can recall of my reading, no, he wasn't entirely aware. He seemed to have been shocked by most of the post-Spellplague developments when he emerged from his temporal suspension. |
| Bladewind |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 05:28:51
That does sound kinda awesome. Was Raidon aware during the time suspension? |
| Dennis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 04:07:22
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Well, joke aside, the Spellplauge did inflict some strange magical maladies to random people, magic-users and non-magic-users alike.
I really don't think there's any joking about it, actually. Bruce Cordell's Plague of Spells more than makes the case for noting descriptions of some of the Spellplague's more "mundane" effects among mortal folk being "plague-like" to a degree.
That's a reply to Thauranil's statement which kinda sounded like a joke to me. Agreed on Plague of Spells. I read it not too long ago. Raidon Kane is no magic-user, yet he was 'suspended' in time, while the world around him continued to slide through the 'normal' time stream. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 02:49:14
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Well, joke aside, the Spellplauge did inflict some strange magical maladies to random people, magic-users and non-magic-users alike.
I really don't think there's any joking about it, actually. Bruce Cordell's Plague of Spells more than makes the case for noting descriptions of some of the Spellplague's more "mundane" effects among mortal folk being "plague-like" to a degree. |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 01:16:11
quote:
Originally posted by Firestorm
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker
quote:
Originally posted by Bladewind
Awesome, Hawkins, I might have to pick up that series to brush up on my Chondothan lore. Does that plague have a name?
More plagues for Calimport:
The Plague of Terror and the Sunset Plague devastate the city of Calimport, decimating the ruling Marekh family and leaving the city abandoned and empty for nearly a century [-4770 DR]
The Temples Plague (because its unwittingly spread by priests and clerics themselves) causes the Ports and Palaces to be walled off for two years [-676 DR]
I wasn't aware of it either, but the very near future of the realms might see a widespread pandemic if the visions of Agauthra the Mad are any indication. 1502 DR is called the Year of the Pox Plague!
By the way, that trilogy is one of the hidden gems among realms novels........very well written, great realms books
which one?
The Scions of Arrabar. Very well written, good story, interesting characters. Highly recommend it. |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 23:10:13
What about the plague in Shadowbane? I forgot the name, but it's spread by rats and seems impossible to cure. Luskan is quarentined and it seems to leave behind nothing but skeletons that can't even be used to create undead. Also drives people slowly into a rage as it progresses. Raging Death? I think it might have been called. |
| Thauranil |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 13:54:18
True enough plus it was certainly a large scale event , affecting people from all walks of life and in every land . Most often with disastrous consequences. So it certainly qualifies. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 13:49:27
Well, joke aside, the Spellplauge did inflict some strange magical maladies to random people, magic-users and non-magic-users alike. |
| Thauranil |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 13:18:45
quote:
Originally posted by farinal
Spellplague :P
Good point lol |
| Dennis |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 11:41:12
Not exactly a plague, but close:
The phaerrimm's lifedrain destroyed Netheril's crops, caused their spells to go haywire, and turned their land to sand. |
| Gustaveren |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 01:18:59
There was also a plague in hlondeth in the 1370-ties
I seem to remember it was due to a yuanti-plot |
| Bladewind |
Posted - 17 Oct 2012 : 01:06:45
The Scions or Arrabar Trilogy.
Found another interesting mention of The Three Plagues in Power of Faerun, a trio of well known common infectious diseases. One of them is Featherlung, a respiratory disease spread by inhalation and causing wheezing and a slow death of asphyxiation.
Seems that the Pox has been on Toril for quite a while, as I found a localized name for one strain of pox, the fatal Marsember Pox. Clerics must be quite good at containing pox like diseases spread by vermin such as rats.
Putrescent Anathema is another disease found in the rural areas of the (Northern) Swordcoast, that got a hold in the city of Waterdeep.
Naturally vampirism, lycantrophy and mummy rot occur ( see what I did there?) in many parts of the realms. I would say that in the case of lycantrophy, the north would see a higher count of infected. Vampirism seems more prevalent south of the Inner Seas.
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| Firestorm |
Posted - 16 Oct 2012 : 03:11:55
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker
quote:
Originally posted by Bladewind
Awesome, Hawkins, I might have to pick up that series to brush up on my Chondothan lore. Does that plague have a name?
More plagues for Calimport:
The Plague of Terror and the Sunset Plague devastate the city of Calimport, decimating the ruling Marekh family and leaving the city abandoned and empty for nearly a century [-4770 DR]
The Temples Plague (because its unwittingly spread by priests and clerics themselves) causes the Ports and Palaces to be walled off for two years [-676 DR]
I wasn't aware of it either, but the very near future of the realms might see a widespread pandemic if the visions of Agauthra the Mad are any indication. 1502 DR is called the Year of the Pox Plague!
By the way, that trilogy is one of the hidden gems among realms novels........very well written, great realms books
which one? |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 23:15:17
quote:
Originally posted by Bladewind
Awesome, Hawkins, I might have to pick up that series to brush up on my Chondothan lore. Does that plague have a name?
More plagues for Calimport:
The Plague of Terror and the Sunset Plague devastate the city of Calimport, decimating the ruling Marekh family and leaving the city abandoned and empty for nearly a century [-4770 DR]
The Temples Plague (because its unwittingly spread by priests and clerics themselves) causes the Ports and Palaces to be walled off for two years [-676 DR]
I wasn't aware of it either, but the very near future of the realms might see a widespread pandemic if the visions of Agauthra the Mad are any indication. 1502 DR is called the Year of the Pox Plague!
By the way, that trilogy is one of the hidden gems among realms novels........very well written, great realms books
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| Hawkins |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 21:40:43
IIRC, it does not actually name the plague, it is just mentioned that it was a magically-caused plague released at the Battle of the Fields of Nun. I think it is pretty much how now days many refer to the Bubonic plague just "the Plague." There is also a bit about it by Ed here at the 'Keep. |
| Bladewind |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 17:17:39
Awesome, Hawkins, I might have to pick up that series to brush up on my Chondothan lore. Does that plague have a name?
More plagues for Calimport:
The Plague of Terror and the Sunset Plague devastate the city of Calimport, decimating the ruling Marekh family and leaving the city abandoned and empty for nearly a century [-4770 DR]
The Temples Plague (because its unwittingly spread by priests and clerics themselves) causes the Ports and Palaces to be walled off for two years [-676 DR]
I wasn't aware of it either, but the very near future of the realms might see a widespread pandemic if the visions of Agauthra the Mad are any indication. 1502 DR is called the Year of the Pox Plague!
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| Hawkins |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:58:29
I am in the middle of the last book in the Scions or Arrabar Trilogy, and prominently featured is the a virulent plague that infected the Chondathan region in the past. |
| Bladewind |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:51:01
That Dragon Plague's fairly recent! Sounds like it had visual symptoms that caused rash and scaly skin (or was it originally a draconic disease?).
I found some interesting ones meself (though most are of a regional scale at best):
Kiputytto 'out-plagued' Talona in Asram, a Netherese city, spreading a plague so virulent and so uncurable by priestly magic it killed the whole municipality in a matter of weeks (and stiffled her worshipbase by it completely dying off). [-31 DR]
Calimshan sees the effects of the Infernal Death (mania and fevers) waste a good part of its city populations, and the massive corpse burning resulted in Plague Fires. [320 DR]
The civil war (War of Regency 1260 DR) between the regent and the rightful heir of Cormyr instigated a bloody battle, and from its battlefields spread a plague that ravaged the immidiate countryside. [1260 to 1261 DR]
The Wailing Death is (deliberatly) spread in Neverwinter, resisting most curative magics but contained by stringent quarentines. [1372 DR] |
| farinal |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:33:32
Spellplague :P |
| Gustaveren |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:29:29
I think it was the anauroch sourcebook there mentioned some areas there in old times had been hit hard by plague due to a power plot from talona. |
| Icelander |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:03:49
A plague with fairly wide-spread effects through the southern Inner Sea area was the Dragon Plague (I think that was the name) from ca 1317-1320 DR. Depopulated a lot of Chondath, Chessenta, Threskel and Unther. |
| Icelander |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:02:27
quote:
Originally posted by Bladewind
Would that have anything to do with their lack of respect for divine spellcasting?
It was a contributing factor, yes.
At the least. |
| Bladewind |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 16:01:27
Would that have anything to do with their lack of respect for divine spellcasting? |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 15 Oct 2012 : 15:52:20
The Imaskari were swept by a dangerous plague that made them go get the mulan. |
