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| Afetbinttuzani |
Posted - 01 Mar 2009 : 23:47:21
Are Norse type longhouses used anywhere in the Realms? |
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| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 02 Mar 2009 : 21:34:40
Whew! I am in the process of running the Anthony Pryor-written adventure Throne of Deceit and would be really, really, really embarrassed if there wasn't a longhouse at (f'rinstance) Green Hag Hill or if Tharfenhall wasn't "a hall!"
By the way, those unfamiliar with the concept of the Norse-style "hall" could do worse than see the recent cartoo ... er ... "animated feature film version" of Beowulf, or -- better yet -- the "Making of ..." segments of the extended DVD. (DVD? Wasn't that the game that nerdy kids like The Hooded One used to play in high school? Oh ... no ... wait! ... It was that thing from Cliffs Notes: Beowulf ... no ... wait ... that was the "longhouse....")
And, by the way, those of you whose homes tend to lean less towards beat-up old high school textbooks and more towards the 80,000+ book private libraries may want to peek at pages 28 through 38 of the Dorling Kindersley ("DK") Eyewitness Books: Viking volume, written by Susan M. Margeson, a quick perusal of which will spare a DM ("Dungeonmaster") from having to ask a lot of Ruathym- and Rashemen-related questions. It can also provoke some truly bizarre ones, too, as:
THO -- Ed -- are there any "ordinary" domestic farm animals in the Realms (and where?! please?!) like "the Manx Loghtan ram" illustrated on page 37 of Eyewitness Books: Viking, which, for the benefit of those whose libraries run towards the 8,000 or less books variety, looks like -- I'm not making this up, you know -- like what a sheep and two unicorns might look like if Golskyn and Mrelder got hold of a copy of Encyclopaedia Arcana: Crossbreeding. (I swear to Erda ... I'm not making this up, you know!)
(D'OH! That really is a question for Ed and the Hooded One. I have already cross-posted it to the 2009 scroll, cross-referencing this scroll to avoid non-Ed discussions on Ed's ... eh ... you'll figure it out....)
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| Afetbinttuzani |
Posted - 02 Mar 2009 : 03:37:51
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Originally posted by Aysen
You may also want to check any sources that discuss Ruathym and Rashemen, such as the 2e Spellbound for the later.
My memory is fuzzy, but I recall from Elaine Cunningham's trilogy with Liriel Baenre, that character visits both of those places and there are "lodge" type buildings in both lands.
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I found references to "longhouses" in the city of Immilmar on pages 81 of the 82 of the "Campaign Guide". Also on pages 16, 17, 19, 20 and 22 of the "Throne of Deceit Adventure Book. |
| Aysen |
Posted - 02 Mar 2009 : 01:29:51
You may also want to check any sources that discuss Ruathym and Rashemen, such as the 2e Spellbound for the later.
My memory is fuzzy, but I recall from Elaine Cunningham's trilogy with Liriel Baenre, that character visits both of those places and there are "lodge" type buildings in both lands. This isn't too surprising, as in the past the Rus who were originally from the Northern Coast emigrated to Rashemen via magical gates and mixed their culture with those living there. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 01 Mar 2009 : 23:55:47
Yes. They're referenced among the details for the Black Lion tribe in The North boxed set.
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