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| Eldacar |
Posted - 14 Mar 2010 : 07:56:09
Greetings all.
I happen to have been looking for information on an inn somewhere in the Realms. I remember reading about it before, and have been racking my brains (and pawing through my books/saved documents/etc.) all day long trying to find out where I read it originally. Unfortunately, all I can remember about it is that it was the site of a massive multiple-way-brawl between Harpers, Zhentarim, I think Red Wizards, and Elminster was taking part as well, answering some perceived threat (it actually wasn't really a threat, as I recall, but he thought it might be). Prior to the brawl (and after it as well), the inn was already a site full of intrigue, with every faction trying to one-up and gain an advantage over every other faction involved - very entertaining reading.
There was also a pool hidden down under the inn, within which lies the spirit of a deceased Harper(?) (female, maybe?) who helps pass along information from time to time (though I don't think it is extremely vital information, it is valued nonetheless). It was to protect her that Elminster showed up in the massive brawl mentioned above.
This is just about all that I can remember of it (even the name of the inn escapes me, as does its location...). In any case, do any of the scribes here have a clue as to what inn/wayhouse I might be thinking of? It's not a whole lot to go on, I know, and I've just about exhausted the list of places where I think it might be, so turning to the people here for help is my next option. Anything anybody can think of might be helpful. |
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| Victor_ograygor |
Posted - 14 Mar 2010 : 08:03:56
Swords of Dragonfire continues where Swords of Eveningstar left off. Having gained the approval of Queen Filfaeril and King Azoun, the Knights believe that they are set up for life. Little do they know that good adventurers are always feared, and that The Crown is determined to have them become some other country’s problem. But, being the Knights of Myth Drannor, Florin and friends are soon caught up in a web of intrigue aimed at killing the weary Court Wizard Vangerdahast, and the entire royal family.
Greenwood has never been the best of novel writers. He tries to write archaically, using wherefore instead of therefore, and constructing sentences to make them seem part of an older age or courtlier. But in Swords of Dragonfire, he has written one of the most protracted, most complicated, most fascinating fight scenes I have ever seen in print. Taking up at least 50 pages of the 352 page novel, the fight at the Oldcoats Inn takes several chapters, and requires the appearances of no less than Vangerdahast, Khelben Blackstaff, Manshoon of the Zhentarim, and Elminster to bring an end to it. |
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