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| BobROE |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 04:14:44
Does anyone know when Halfaxe Trail was made/cut? |
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| Delzounblood |
Posted - 15 Sep 2006 : 15:52:40
quote:
Originally posted by BobROE
Does anyone know when Halfaxe Trail was made/cut?
Dwarves Deep FR11
Halfaxe Trail: The tragic tale of the
nail is in the FORGOTTEN REALMS#153;
Campaign Set; space forbids us to elaborate
here. Elminster attests that the withdrawal
of the elves from the area has seen
immediate dwarven activity here. They
try to reclaim the Trail as an overland
trade-link from the port of Harrowdale,
sponsored by a small but rich dwarven
brotherhood there, the Black Helm. He
suspects that amid the gnome- and
halfling-crewed caravans are more than a
few mining-wagons, as the dwarves resume
their long-ago-interrupted task of
tunnelling into the treasure-filled depths
of ruined Myth Drannor. Elminster warns
those greedy enough to follow the dwarven
tunnels that Myth Drannor's deeps
contain more strange beasts, and powerful
undead than any other known underrealm
of Faerun. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 16:29:22
I wouldn't be surprised.
I'm always remembering little bits of Realmslore like this for no particular reason.  |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 16:17:08
It's age creeping up on you Sage. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 13:22:27
quote:
Originally posted by Faraer
As well as the Blacksails, the Harpstars War and the founding of Tegal's Mark are around this time.
Great!
Now all I have to do is figure out why I remembered the bit about the Blacksails, earlier. 
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| Faraer |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 12:24:02
Yup, I have it as 1180s in my timeline. As well as the Blacksails, the Harpstars War and the founding of Tegal's Mark are around this time. |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 06:38:34
In his 2004 replies, Ed had this to say in a discussion on Harrowdale:
"Harrowdale was once called Velarsdale after its founder, was briefly dubbed "Harrowdale," reverted to Velarsdale, and later (when ruled by the ruthless lord Halvan the Dark, who began the Halfaxe Trail) became Halvan's Dale. After Halvan's fall, "Halvan's Dale" swiftly became "Harrowdale" again, a name derived from the multiple-tined plows invented locally, and has remained Harrowdale ever since. Invaded many times over its history, Harrowdale has kept its borders and many of its 'oldblood' farmfolk families (such as Brondas, Dyzur, Mumfyrd, and Routhgaer) from its founding, and proudly claims to be the oldest of the Dales.
Just how old that makes it is a matter for sages to argue over, but the most interesting time in its history, for treasure-seekers at least, befell in the sixty or so years preceding Halvan (whom most sages agree flourished in the 1180s DR), when adventurer after hiresword after adventurer came north from Sembia, seized Velarsdale from whomever was lord of it at the time, and proclaimed themselves 'Lord.'"
-- George Krashos
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| The Sage |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 06:19:47
I don't immediately recall a specific date (I don't have access to my books at the moment) -- though I do remember a reference to "in the days of the Blacksails" which refers to the period just before the creation of the Trail.
This might be one for Ed.
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| Dargoth |
Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 04:51:33
Cant seem to find a date but I suspect it would have been at some time after Hillsfar was founded |
