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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:13:24 Here you will find a compilation of the various named rooms of the Royal Palace of the Purple Dragon, seat of power of the Obarskyrs, who rule Cormyr.
Miscellaneous information about the Royal Palace (such as palace protocol and standing orders) will be collected here as well.
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If you discover a room name not yet mentioned in the list, please post the name here along with a book name and page reference, and I'll add it in (or a web address, if an online source).
Even if a room has already been mentioned in the list, if you happen to see that it's also mentioned in another source, please chime in with that source's name and what page(s) the mention of the room is listed on.
If that mention indicates the room has changed in some way, or shares information about the room not already found in the room's entry, please share that information too.
This way we can construct a living history for each room, and as complete a record as possible.
There are around 600 rooms in the Royal Palace from tip top to deep bottom, so there's enough work for everyone.
Thankee in advance. |
30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 09 Dec 2014 : 06:32:12 For December:
12/8/2014: Added an entry for http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19510&whichpage=1#455167]"palace protocol[/url]. Also an entry for standing orders. |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 06 Nov 2014 : 05:26:03 For November:
11/5/2014: edits |
xaeyruudh |
Posted - 17 Oct 2014 : 16:08:45 Wonderful Erin Evans gives us the Hall of Gazes in Fire in the Blood - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/interviews/fire-blood
I haven't read it yet, so I don't have page numbers, but I'm sure someone else can chime in. |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 23 Sep 2014 : 07:39:00 Latest additions:
7/22/2014: The Room of the Fire Wyrm 10/8/2014: Hall of the Warrior King, Room of the Red Banner, Starander's Hall, Sunstatues Chamber, The Warhorn Room
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 13 Sep 2014 : 05:05:39 K, N, U and Y are all that's needed to get at least one room for each letter of the alphabet. Time to see what's left on my list(s) to post. |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 13 Sep 2014 : 04:49:16 From a fine list of rooms provided by Ed Greenwood, all the following have been added to the list of rooms.
Firstly:
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18725&whichpage=25#456124
Armral's Pumproom (the apparatus in this room, devised by the now-deceased Palace handyman Ingur Armral, can pump-flush many of the garderobes and their chutes, if manually "pumped up")
Imdauth's Retiring Room (a room of mirrors, wardrobes, steam-kettle presses, sewing tables, and chairs, for the use of ladies needing repairs to their garments, named for the fussy and long-dead Palace dresser who devised and first equipped it)
Javohndur's Butlery (a kitchen and relaxation room for the underservants, grooms, equerries, et al of visitors to the Royal Palace; named for a long-ago steward who created the first such butlery, a smaller and long-demolished chamber elsewhere in the Palace)
Quessarium Hall (a glass-roofed conservatory/greenhouse on the upper floor of the Palace, at the western end, farthest from the gardens, where flowers are grown for Palace table arrangements sheltered from rains and other severe weather; named for a stunningly beautiful young lady-in-waiting of the Palace very early in Azoun IV's reign, who covertly entertained an astonishing number of manservants within it, including the gardeners who tended it)
Xantorth Hall (a little-used royal trophy room of sorts that houses preserved monster relics in glass cases, including tentacles and the much-shrunken central eye of the beholder for which it is named - - who like all the monsters whose parts are displayed here, was slain by an Obarskyr in the past; there are persistent rumors that this room is haunted, or that something valuable is hidden in it, tales reinforced by the standing order [from before the ascent of Azoun IV to the Dragon Throne] that the room be kept locked except for specific, approved-by-the-Crown [that is, King, Queen, or Royal Magician {plus Court Wizard, when this is a separate post}] entries)
Zhonder's Study (named for a Court Sage who perished in the reign of King Duar protecting royal records during the "troubles;" this room had been his workplace)
and
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18725&whichpage=25#456147
Omlath's Stair This is a back staircase linking two floors of the Palace, that has little "open" (doorless) rooms at top and bottom, furnished with ovals of seating and sidetables. Often used by Palace staff and courtiers for brief, hushed conversations/consultations. |
crazedventurers |
Posted - 12 Sep 2014 : 09:10:18 this is an amazingly good list and shows how much Palace Lore Ed has squeezed into his novels
Cheers
Damian |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 10 Sep 2014 : 08:32:31 Sir!
Put the beer down and step away from the keyboard.
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xaeyruudh |
Posted - 10 Sep 2014 : 06:49:45 Zat room, zat room, wutzit called... iz named for ze fat man, wiss ze booty...booteeful daughterz... zzo fat, he waz... but fast, deadly fast... hiz daughterzz died spinsters, zo the story goes... no man could best ze old fat man at his ssree challenges, you zee... outdrink him, then outfence him with a rapier, and then reszite the zeventeentss sztanza of ziss old elven love zonnet. Or wuz it ze zeventss? forty-zzird? Well! It duzn't matter anywayz, cuzz nobody ever got zat far. Porr young ladies. Well... old ladiez after a while. Nobody knowz how the old man lived szo long, but azz long as hiz daughterzz were alive, zo wuz he... keeping the rakez and szcoundrelz away. Wutt wuz hiz name? Zobo... Zehada.. Zounn... Zut, I can't remember. Ziss cunf...fownd... blaszted ale!
(Zorry, it came to me and I couldn't rezizt.) |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 09 Sep 2014 : 09:14:43 From "Bury Elminster Deep", hardcover edition.
7/9/2014: Added the Room of the Watchful Sentinel. Added Battlebanners Passage.
7/10/2014: Added Loyal Maid's Hall The Hall of Victories Queen Alvandira's Bower |
George Krashos |
Posted - 31 Aug 2014 : 15:05:57 I like lists.
-- George Krashos |
sleyvas |
Posted - 31 Aug 2014 : 14:21:47 quote: Originally posted by George Krashos
I thought this information would come in handy one day.
These rooms/features are from "Cormyr: A Novel" (hardcover). Page reference in brackets:
Satharwood Hall (p.38) [also known as the Upper Eastern Banqueting Hall (p.67)] Belnshor's Chamber (p.49) Chamber of Crossed Dogs (p.62) Halantaver's Stair (p.67) Endevanor's Hall (p.67) Salon of Six Scepters (p.67) Redpetal Room (p.73) Gryphonsblade Hall (p.144) Mirror Bower (p.149) Hall of Heroes (p.149) Argent Robing Room (p.149) Gallant Gallery (p.150) Marble Forehall (p.150) Brightsun Bower (p.173) Roaring Dragon Stair (p.175) Trumpet Gate (p.175) The Inner Ward (p.175) Duskene Chamber (p.175) The Retiring Rooms (p.175) The Rooms of State (p.175) Sword Portal (p.175) The Processional (p.175) Approach Chamber (p.175) The Blue Maiden Room (p.176) The Lion Cellar (p.181) The Hidden Chambers (p.151) [secure part of the palace] The Tower of the Balconies (p.288) The Dragon Door (p.288) Shrine of the Four Swords (p.294) Hall of Honor (p.353) Gemstars Hall (p.354) Flamedance Hall (p.354) Hall of the Dragon Throne (p.368) [throne room]
These are from "Elminster in Hell" (hardcover):
Hall of Scrolls and Ledgers (p.66) The Lion Tower (p.81) [built in 1306 DR] Chamber of the Brazen Fool (p.67)
These from "Death of the Dragon" (hardcover):
Royal Audience Hall (p.92) Etharr Hall (p.290) Review Balcony (p.374)
These from "Stormlight":
Salantrin's Hall (p.263) Lionsrest Hall (p.266)
This from "Realms of Shadow":
Chamber of the Frostfire Candles (p.276)
These from various Dragon Magazine articles by Ed:
Red Helm Room (Dragon#286, p.75) Western Robing Room (Dragon#276, p.78) Valdasher's Solar (Dragon#276, p.79) Room of the Ruby Archers (Dragon#276, p.79)
Enjoy.
-- George Krashos
I bow before thine Realms' devotedness. |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 27 Aug 2014 : 02:52:19 quote: Originally posted by George Krashos
I thought this information would come in handy one day.
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Enjoy.
-- George Krashos
Hot damn George! Thanks very much for posting all that information.
I better get on it.
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Completed "Cormyr: A Novel". Completed "Elminster in Hell". Completed "Death of the Dragon". Completed "Stormlight". Completed "Realms of Shadow". Completed Dragon Magazine.
Cool, now on to my own collection of rooms from Elminster Must Die, Elminster Enraged and Bury Elminster Deep.
Thanks again George!
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Garen Thal |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 14:59:29 quote: Originally posted by Zireael
Baerauble's Tomb and Etharr Hall are possibly one and the same.
Baerauble's Tomb is in the Royal Court, not in the Palace, at the far end of the Hall of the Purple Dragon (the throne room). |
Zireael |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 14:43:40 Baerauble's Tomb and Etharr Hall are possibly one and the same. |
Gary Dallison |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 13:11:16 There is the Royal Treasury and Baerauble's Tomb but i never bothered to note down the source i copied the text from (suspect its the Cormyr sourcebook or Volo's Guide) |
George Krashos |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 12:51:59 I thought this information would come in handy one day.
These rooms/features are from "Cormyr: A Novel" (hardcover). Page reference in brackets:
Satharwood Hall (p.38) [also known as the Upper Eastern Banqueting Hall (p.67)] Belnshor's Chamber (p.49) Chamber of Crossed Dogs (p.62) Halantaver's Stair (p.67) Endevanor's Hall (p.67) Salon of Six Scepters (p.67) Redpetal Room (p.73) Gryphonsblade Hall (p.144) Mirror Bower (p.149) Hall of Heroes (p.149) Argent Robing Room (p.149) Gallant Gallery (p.150) Marble Forehall (p.150) Brightsun Bower (p.173) Roaring Dragon Stair (p.175) Trumpet Gate (p.175) The Inner Ward (p.175) Duskene Chamber (p.175) The Retiring Rooms (p.175) The Rooms of State (p.175) Sword Portal (p.175) The Processional (p.175) Approach Chamber (p.175) The Blue Maiden Room (p.176) The Lion Cellar (p.181) The Hidden Chambers (p.151) [secure part of the palace] The Tower of the Balconies (p.288) The Dragon Door (p.288) Shrine of the Four Swords (p.294) Hall of Honor (p.353) Gemstars Hall (p.354) Flamedance Hall (p.354) Hall of the Dragon Throne (p.368) [throne room]
These are from "Elminster in Hell" (hardcover):
Hall of Scrolls and Ledgers (p.66) The Lion Tower (p.81) [built in 1306 DR] Chamber of the Brazen Fool (p.67)
These from "Death of the Dragon" (hardcover):
Royal Audience Hall (p.92) Etharr Hall (p.290) Review Balcony (p.374)
These from "Stormlight":
Salantrin's Hall (p.263) Lionsrest Hall (p.266)
This from "Realms of Shadow":
Chamber of the Frostfire Candles (p.276)
These from various Dragon Magazine articles by Ed:
Red Helm Room (Dragon#286, p.75) Western Robing Room (Dragon#276, p.78) Valdasher's Solar (Dragon#276, p.79) Room of the Ruby Archers (Dragon#276, p.79)
Enjoy.
-- George Krashos
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:52:52 Z
Zhonder's Study Questions for Ed Greenwood (2014). http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18725&whichpage=25#456124
- This room was named for a Court Sage who perished in the reign of King Duar protecting royal records during the "troubles." This room had been his workplace.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:51:57 Y |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:51:06 X
Xantorth Hall Questions for Ed Greenwood (2014). http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18725&whichpage=25#456124
- A little-used royal trophy room of sorts that houses preserved monster relics in glass cases, including tentacles and the much-shrunken central eye of the beholder for which it is named--who like all the monsters whose parts are displayed here, was slain by an Obarskyr in the past. There are persistent rumors that this room is haunted, or that something valuable is hidden in it, tales reinforced by the standing order (from before the ascent of Azoun IV to the Dragon Throne) that the room be kept locked except for specific, approved-by-the-Crown (that is, King, Queen, or Royal Magician--plus Court Wizard, when this is a separate post) entries.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:50:30 W
Warhorn Room -Elminster Must Die. Softcover edition.
Western Robing Room Dragon #276.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:49:28 V
Valdasher's Solar Dragon #276.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:48:28 U |
Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:45:58 T
The Tower of the Balconies "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
Trumpet Gate "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:42:20 S
Salantrin's Hall "Stormlight". Softcover edition.
Salon of Six Scepters "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
Satharwood Hall "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
- Also known as the Upper Eastern Banqueting Hall. p.38,67
Shrine of the Four Swords "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
Standing orders: "Bury Elminster Deep". Hardcover edition. Questions for Ed Greenwood (2014).
- Keys are to be retained by a soldier away from the dungeons, to prevent prisoners who overcome a guard from being able to win free of manacles or cells. Only in times of war would someone like a Battlemaster ignore such a standing order. BED:244
- The entrance to Xantorth Hall is to be kept locked at all times. Permission to enter must be obtained from the Crown--the sitting King, Queen, Mage Royal or Court Wizard can give permission. (LINK)
Starander's Hall -Elminster Must Die. Softcover edition.
- The Room of the Watchful Sentinel is an antechamber off of this hall. p.194
Sunstatues Chamber -Elminster Must Die. Softcover edition.
Sword Portal "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:39:46 R
Red Helm Room Dragon #286.
Redpetal Room "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
Review Balcony "Death of the Dragon". Hardcover edition.
The Retiring Rooms "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
Roaring Dragon Stair "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
The Room of the Fire Wyrm "Elminster Must Die. Softcover edition.
- At the far end of a wing of the palace, a state chamber so removed from the chambers of state that it was rarely used. The room is decorated in crimson draperies and stuffed beds with matching hues. The room was long used for trysts so war wizards confiscated the keys on or about 1439 DR. A secret passage runs behind one wall of this chamber, on which a smiling portrait of King Duar and his queen hangs. Through the eyes of both Royals one may peer into the room and behold a well-used bed and catch sight of the great lamp-studded hanging statue for which the room is named. p.358
Room of the Red Banner -Elminster Must Die. Softcover edition.
Room of the Ruby Archers Dragon #276.
The Rooms of State "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
The Room of the Watchful Sentinel "Bury Elminster Deep". Hardcover edition.
- The Dalestride Gate is located here. p.326
Royal Audience Hall "Death of the Dragon". Hardcover edition.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:38:32 Q
Queen Alvandira's Bower "Bury Elminster Deep". Hardcover edition.
Quessarium Hall Questions for Ed Greenwood (2014). http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18725&whichpage=25#456124
- A glass-roofed conservatory/greenhouse on the upper floor of the Palace, at the western end, farthest from the gardens, where flowers are grown for Palace table arrangements sheltered from rains and other severe weather. It is named for a stunningly beautiful young lady-in-waiting of the Palace very early in Azoun IV's reign, who covertly entertained an astonishing number of manservants within it, including the gardeners who tended it.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:37:07 P
Palace protocol: "Bury Elminster Deep". Hardcover edition.
- 1479 DR: The royal magician and the lord warder can both give orders to the palace understeward. Only in times of war are other war wizards free to do the same. BED:158.
The Processional "Cormyr: A Novel". Hardcover edition.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:35:51 O
Omlath's Stair Questions for Ed Greenwood (2014). http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18725&whichpage=25#456147
- This is a back staircase linking two floors of the Palace, that has little "open" (doorless) rooms at top and bottom, furnished with ovals of seating and sidetables. It's often used by Palace staff and courtiers for brief, hushed conversations and consultations.
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Jeremy Grenemyer |
Posted - 26 Aug 2014 : 08:34:56 N |