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                | Xysma | Posted - 14 Nov 2005 : 21:08:57 I have compiled a list of every piece of fiction set in the Realms, this has been and continues to be a labor of love on my part. Now the time comes to ask assistance from my fellow scribes to bring this project to completion. In the following list, I ask that those of you with the knowledge (or the time to look it up) to fill in the blanks. If you see "Year:", "Location:", or "Main Characters:" with no info listed, post it here and I will add it. Also, any additions or corrections may be posted here. If anyone wants to contribute a brief synopsis of their favorite short story, or if any of the authors who visit our forums would like to post an overview of their own story, please do so in the Anthology Overviews thread. Due to the size of the list, I am breaking this up into several smaller pieces, focusing on a few series at a time, once these are complete I will move on to the next. Once we have completed this listing, Alaundo will host it here in Candlekeep.
 
 
 The Cities
 City of Ravens, The
 Year:
 Location: Raven's Bluff
 Main Characters:
 
 Temple Hill
 Year:
 Location: Eversult
 Main Characters:
 
 Jewel of Turmish, The
 Year: 1370
 Location: Alaghon
 Main Characters: Haarn Brightoak, Borran Klosk
 
 City of Splendors: Waterdeep
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 Location: Waterdeep
 Main Characters:
 
 The Double Diamond Triangle Saga
 Abduction, The
 Year: 1377
 Location: Waterdeep
 Main Characters:
 
 Paladins, The
 Year: 1377
 Location: The Utter East
 Main Characters:
 
 Mercenaries, The
 Year: 1377
 Location: The Utter East
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 Errand of Mercy
 Year: 1377
 Location: The Utter East
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 An Opportunity for Profit
 Year: 1377
 Location: The Utter East
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 Conspiracy:
 Year: 1377
 Location: The Utter East
 Main Characters:
 
 Uneasy Alliances
 Year: 1377
 Location:
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 Easy Betrayals
 Year:  1377
 Location:
 Main Characters:
 
 Diamond, The
 Year:  1377
 Location:
 Main Characters:
 
 Realms of the Arcane
 
 Prologue, Interlude, Epilogue (Frame Story)
 Wes Nicholson
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 Wishing You Many More
 David Cook
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 Location:
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 Secrets of Blood, Spirits of the Sea
 Cunningham, Elaine
 A wemic loremaster shames his inquisitive elven captors with a tale about curiosity taken to extremes: the legend of the sahuaguin's creation. This story is set in the distant past, before the Crown Wars, and focuses on the relationship between a Illithiri (dark elf) necromancer and his wemic captive.
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 Location:
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 Bread Storm Rising
 Dupree, Tom
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 Location:
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 When Even Sky Cities Fall
 King, J. Robert
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 Location:
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 The Grotto of Dreams
 Anthony, Mark
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 A Narrowed Gaze
 Cook, Monte
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 The Whispering Crown
 Greenwood, Ed
 Year:  902; Kythorn
 Location:
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 The Lady and the Shadow
 Athans, Philip
 Year:  -390
 Location:
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 Shadows of the Past
 Thomsen, Brian
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 Tertius and the Artifact
 Grubb, Jeff
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                | Xysma | Posted - 17 Nov 2005 : 16:02:19 
 quote:Originally posted by Belthor
 
 I agree with Dremvek.  If there was a way to separate them, it would be a huge help to those that are new to the realms.
 
 
 
 In my list, the Series that are made up of stand alone novels are marked with an *
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                | Belthor | Posted - 17 Nov 2005 : 01:42:06 I agree with Dremvek.  If there was a way to separate them, it would be a huge help to those that are new to the realms.
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                | Dremvek | Posted - 16 Nov 2005 : 23:00:11 I was wondering if you could add some sort of flag or marker to these that show which sets of books are true trilogies, meaning you should read them in a certain orders (Hunters blades trilogy, for instance), and which sets of books are just sets of books, meaning you can read any or all, but they don't really have any plot correllation between each others (Like The Rogues series, for instance).
 
 I'm someone who likes to read a story from start to finish once I get going - even if that story spans multiple books. Therefore, I don't like reading book one in a brand new series if it might be a couple of years before I can finish the story.
 
 Just a suggestion. Thanks :)
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                | Xysma | Posted - 16 Nov 2005 : 15:01:02 
 quote:Originally posted by Smyther
 
 
 quote:Originally posted by Xysma
 
 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 This may help, even though it's sadly out of date: Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction
 
 
 
 I used that quite a bit in putting this together, I also used Smyther's "Novel Areas" thread.
 
 
 
 Good to see my thread being put to good use!
  
 
 
 Yeah, thanks for that, it was a tremendous help
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                | Smyther | Posted - 16 Nov 2005 : 06:03:33 
 quote:Originally posted by Xysma
 
 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 This may help, even though it's sadly out of date: Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction
 
 
 
 I used that quite a bit in putting this together, I also used Smyther's "Novel Areas" thread.
 
 
 
 Good to see my thread being put to good use!
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                | Xysma | Posted - 15 Nov 2005 : 15:24:15 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 
 quote:Originally posted by Xysma
 
 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 BTW, I don't think the Oroon Rising tales are FR. And you might want to break this list into smaller, more manageable bits, so people can see what does and does not need to be filled in more readily.
  
 
 
 I thought about that, what do you think would be more manageable?
 
 
 
 Break the list up into more manageable chunks, and concentrate on a piece at a time. Your existing list is good, but it takes a while to simply scroll to the bottom of the post -- so trying to read it, or even skim over the list, would take a good chunk of time.
 
 I'd break it into something like 3 trilogies or one anthology per section. Get all the info on those, then move on to the next one. If you have to skip one, come back later with a "what about these?" list that contains missed/incomplete entries.
 
 That's my two coppers.
  
 
 
 Sounds good, I'll do that.
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                | Wooly Rupert | Posted - 15 Nov 2005 : 02:40:26 
 quote:Originally posted by Xysma
 
 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 BTW, I don't think the Oroon Rising tales are FR. And you might want to break this list into smaller, more manageable bits, so people can see what does and does not need to be filled in more readily.
  
 
 
 I thought about that, what do you think would be more manageable?
 
 
 
 Break the list up into more manageable chunks, and concentrate on a piece at a time. Your existing list is good, but it takes a while to simply scroll to the bottom of the post -- so trying to read it, or even skim over the list, would take a good chunk of time.
 
 I'd break it into something like 3 trilogies or one anthology per section. Get all the info on those, then move on to the next one. If you have to skip one, come back later with a "what about these?" list that contains missed/incomplete entries.
 
 That's my two coppers.
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                | Xysma | Posted - 15 Nov 2005 : 01:22:15 
 quote:Originally posted by The Sage
 
 
 quote:They aren't. As I recall, THO told us they were not exclusively "Realms-based" tales.Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 BTW, I don't think the Oroon Rising tales are FR.
 
 
 
 
 
 Cool, thanks Sage, I'm going to remove those then.
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                | Xysma | Posted - 15 Nov 2005 : 01:20:48 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 BTW, I don't think the Oroon Rising tales are FR. And you might want to break this list into smaller, more manageable bits, so people can see what does and does not need to be filled in more readily.
  
 
 
 I thought about that, what do you think would be more manageable?
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                | The Sage | Posted - 15 Nov 2005 : 01:12:42 
 quote:They aren't. As I recall, THO told us they were not exclusively "Realms-based" tales.Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 BTW, I don't think the Oroon Rising tales are FR.
 
 
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                | Xysma | Posted - 15 Nov 2005 : 01:09:17 
 quote:Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 This may help, even though it's sadly out of date: Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction
 
 
 
 I used that quite a bit in putting this together, I also used Smyther's "Novel Areas" thread.
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                | Wooly Rupert | Posted - 14 Nov 2005 : 21:42:07 BTW, I don't think the Oroon Rising tales are FR. And you might want to break this list into smaller, more manageable bits, so people can see what does and does not need to be filled in more readily.
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                | Wooly Rupert | Posted - 14 Nov 2005 : 21:38:14 This may help, even though it's sadly out of date: Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction
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