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Drizztsmanchild
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 Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 03:47:24
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Hello Mr Greenwood and Lady THO. Can you perhaps tell me if Elminster(and other former chosen) will become players in future 4e novels (snip)
Considering that part of the reasoning for inflicting the Sellplague and the timejump on the Realms was the badly-mistaken perception that Elminster and the Chosen were too prominent, I doubt we'll see much of them in post-3E material.
Of course, El and the Chosen weren't all that prominent, originally, until TSR started the thing of "Oooh, powerful people -- shove them into the spotlight and make sure they're involved in everything!" trend. So it's theoretically possible that years down the road, WotC (if it's still around) will decide to make that mistake again. I don't think it likely (they'll shove new powerful people into the spotlight and refuse to look at anyone else, like they've done with Shar and the Shades), but it could happen again.
And Ed has elaborated on this particular pre-4e tendency -- especially with respect to the appearances of Elminster and Storm in Realms fiction -- in his previous replies.
If what you've put forward is truly the reason, then why is Drizzt in 4e?
Sorry MT, didnt mean to get you in trouble here. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 03:59:19
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Ah, well, the answer to that, Drizztsmanchild, is that Drizzt is a strong, steady fiction seller for Wizards (probably more so than the rest of the Realms, now that 4e has come about). I'd expect that Wizards would keep Drizzt even if the Realms faded away, for that reason alone.
Wooly is quite right to point at TSR for starting the "iconic characters" thing. (Drizzt for Bob, Elminster for Ed, and so on.) I suspect that they still push for that. You can see Bob writing a Wulfgar Drizzt book, an Artemis Drizzt book, and so on, among his later works, trying to get out of the box or at least expand it, and Ed only managed to take a breather from Elminster by doing the Knights books and including Old El in them anyway; if Ed does future Realms novels, I'll wager they'll have Elminster front and centre because it'll be a condition of Ed getting to write them that they "star" Elminster (notice how much of ELMINSTER'S DAUGHTER was about El, rather than his daughter?).
So don't blame Ed if it's Elminster all the way. That's the thing all the Net posters who claim Ed has this love-thing for Elminster, or the Old Mage is his male Mary Sue, and so on all misunderstand: like any freelancer, Ed gets a writing ASSIGNMENT. It's a credit to his skill and style that he can sneak so much Realmslore into his books, and so much detail about ALL the characters, not just the old bearded guy with the hawk nose and the smart mouth . . .
(Whom I, personally, love. Thanks to some incidents in play with certain of my characters [and no, they were NOT sexual in nature].)
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 05:25:02
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Just call me the Hooded Librarian. Wearing a smile, a hood, and my everpresent wristwatch.
That's it? That's all you're wearing?
My lady, you don't need to "glow in the dark." I've no doubt that I'll find you easily enough. 
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 05:26:20
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I've made comments to the effect that I feel sorry for RAS, and that people shouldn't dislike him because of Drizzt - I think Drizzt has become more of an albatross for him.
Heck.. I got to give him credit... the first book in the Sellswords series actually started out as a Drizzt novel. Pretty clever the way he steered a lot of it away from Drizzt himself.
And after your last comment, THO, I'm starting to see that Elminster has become somewhat of an albatross for Ed. 
And here I thought only actors could get 'type cast'.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 05:30:49
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Hello Mr Greenwood and Lady THO. Can you perhaps tell me if Elminster(and other former chosen) will become players in future 4e novels (snip)
Considering that part of the reasoning for inflicting the Sellplague and the timejump on the Realms was the badly-mistaken perception that Elminster and the Chosen were too prominent, I doubt we'll see much of them in post-3E material.
Of course, El and the Chosen weren't all that prominent, originally, until TSR started the thing of "Oooh, powerful people -- shove them into the spotlight and make sure they're involved in everything!" trend. So it's theoretically possible that years down the road, WotC (if it's still around) will decide to make that mistake again. I don't think it likely (they'll shove new powerful people into the spotlight and refuse to look at anyone else, like they've done with Shar and the Shades), but it could happen again.
And Ed has elaborated on this particular pre-4e tendency -- especially with respect to the appearances of Elminster and Storm in Realms fiction -- in his previous replies.
If what you've put forward is truly the reason, then why is Drizzt in 4e?
Sorry MT, didnt mean to get you in trouble here.
It's as the Lady Hooded One said. Simply, Drizzt equals increased sales. And since a few of the more prominent pre-4e "iconic NPCs" have either been killed off or died during the period before, or in the interim between between 1375 DR and 1479 DR, Drizzt remains one of the few that will have enough reason to be carried into the future material.
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Drizztsmanchild
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 06:04:00
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| Thank you all for your answers. I'm pretty much a novel person and again hope that novels pertaining to the lost or missing info during the 100 jump(with certain Npcs) will present themselves in the near future. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 15:38:46
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Thank you all for your answers. I'm pretty much a novel person and again hope that novels pertaining to the lost or missing info during the 100 jump(with certain Npcs) will present themselves in the near future.
That'd be nice, but it's pretty much been stated they're not touching that timeframe. We can hope they change their minds, but I, for one, am not holding my breath. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 15:55:55
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Thank you all for your answers. I'm pretty much a novel person and again hope that novels pertaining to the lost or missing info during the 100 jump(with certain Npcs) will present themselves in the near future.
That'd be nice, but it's pretty much been stated they're not touching that timeframe. We can hope they change their minds, but I, for one, am not holding my breath.
Though, we've already had a few examples of writers offering "flashbacks" and historical tidbits -- in their novels -- about events that occurred during the interim period between 1375DR and 1479DR. Like Steven Schend's Blackstaff Tower for example.
Granted, it's not an entire focus on times past, but it's all we're likely to receive for the time being. |
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gomez
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 16:31:44
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Brian's post-plague timeline, despite not being offical (or canon, but I understand we had a comment on that already) is quite useful as well.
I am interested to know if any authors would use it as a reference for events that pertain their novels (or adventures).
In the end, I assume Bruce Cordell and Susan Morris keep tabs on realmslore continuity, but I do wonder how they do that - whether they have this list of 'stuff to check for', or just go at it at random.
Hmm. Would Ed use the timeline as a reference (assuming it would matter in what he writes)? |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 16:49:43
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Drizztsmanchild
Thank you all for your answers. I'm pretty much a novel person and again hope that novels pertaining to the lost or missing info during the 100 jump(with certain Npcs) will present themselves in the near future.
That'd be nice, but it's pretty much been stated they're not touching that timeframe. We can hope they change their minds, but I, for one, am not holding my breath.
Well, except for Mr. Cordell's novels. |
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capnvan
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 17:08:50
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Query: Would I find anything like a bastle house in the Realms? I recall a Dragon article (this would have been part of Elminster's Guide to the Realms, probably early #300s) detailing an inn in the wilderness. As I think of it now, it had very limited physical defenses, despite its isolation.
And, as I thought on what home construction I've seen, I don't recall a lot of obvious preparations for the typical, limited (non-magic-using) orc raid on an isolated (non-magic-having) farmstead.
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Sparrowhawk963
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 01:23:52
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| I don't know if anyone has asked or not. But I would like to know why more of Ed Greenwood's books aren't audio books? Especially the Elminster series. The only audio books I can find from Ed are A Dragon's Ascension, The Dragon's Doom, and The Kingless Land. Thanks |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 02:16:50
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Hi, Sparrowhawk963,
I can tell you that Blackstone Audiobooks has released all five of Ed's Tor titles (THE KINGLESS LAND, THE VACANT THRONE, A DRAGON'S ASCENSION, A DRAGON'S DOOM, and THE SILENT HOUSE) as cassette-set audiobooks.
Brilliance Audio (based in Michigan) has released the first two of Ed's Solaris titles (DARK LORD and ARCH WIZARD) as CD audio books, and ARCH WIZARD also as a MP3-CD set.
All in English; I believe there are also some foreign-language audio editions (Italian, German, Spanish, and French for sure).
That's because Ed holds the copyrights for those books, and his agent licenses the audio rights.
TSR/WotC/Hasbro owns all rights to Ed's Realms books, and as far as I know, has never bothered to make any of them available as audio editions (though I've heard rumors of the existence of MAKING OF A MAGE and SPELLFIRE audio editions). You'll have to ask them why they've never sought wider markets for titles they own; it seems a poor business decision for me (if licensed, the licensor bears the costs of the recording and distribution, so any profit is profit to the publisher; even if there's little or no profit, it expands the number of people who have been exposed to an author, and therefore may become potential book purchasers in future).
But then, I've been involved in book publishing, off and on, for more years than either TSR or Wizards of the Coast has existed - - so what do I know? 
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 03:40:35
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Figuring Ed might be a bit of a history Buff, I was wondering if was watching Spike's new Show "Deadliest Warrior."
(Article by Newsarama link: http://www.newsarama.com/tv/090421-deadliest-warriors.html)
Basically experts use the deadliest weapons of the warrior, test on human analogs like pigs and ballistic gel with organs and bones with sensors taking readings. Then they run 1000 battles on a gaming computer so powerful it isn't out yet, to take luck out of it.
So far there have been three shows and one on now.
Apache vs. Gladiator (Winner: Apache)
Viking vs. Samurai (winner: Samurai)
Ninja vs. Spartan (Winner: Spartan)
Pirate (Blackbeard version) vs. Knight (Winner: Pirate)
Next Week: Mafia Vs. Yakuza (20th century versions)
Any thoughts on this show?
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 04:30:39
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When they run Elminster vs Khelben, let me know.
Also, I want to hear Ed's FR novels narrated by the man himself - you could probably get big bucks for those.  |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 05:25:08
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| I'd like the show better if it were a ladders system. So the next one should be Apache vs. Samurai, then Spartan vs. Pirate, then the winners of both. |
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sfdragon
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 10:57:10
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Originally posted by Foxhelm
Figuring Ed might be a bit of a history Buff, I was wondering if was watching Spike's new Show "Deadliest Warrior."
(Article by Newsarama link: http://www.newsarama.com/tv/090421-deadliest-warriors.html)
Basically experts use the deadliest weapons of the warrior, test on human analogs like pigs and ballistic gel with organs and bones with sensors taking readings. Then they run 1000 battles on a gaming computer so powerful it isn't out yet, to take luck out of it.
So far there have been three shows and one on now.
Apache vs. Gladiator (Winner: Apache)
Viking vs. Samurai (winner: Samurai)
Ninja vs. Spartan (Winner: Spartan)
Pirate (Blackbeard version) vs. Knight (Winner: Pirate)
Next Week: Mafia Vs. Yakuza (20th century versions)
Any thoughts on this show?
gots several, but mostly I want to see
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 15:08:47
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Hi again, all. Foxhelm, I don't know if Ed's been watching that show. He has very little "tube time" these days, what with the logjam of work, family stuff, library stuff, and so on. I know he tries to catch The Daily Show (Jon Stewart) when he can, and Mike Holmes and Good Eats from time to time, but . . .
One thing I DO know is that just under 30 years ago, when Ed was a journalism student covering a case, he suggested to a Toronto police forensics guy that they use a "plug" of raw pork (by firing a bullet into it) for a comparison with a body. The policeman started to brush him off with "sounds like science fiction," but another cop said of course they would (it turns out that Ed has earlier covered a story about a meat processor near the Toronto stockyards (gone now) who "deboned" hogs for delivery to meat canning plants (for the Canadian equivalent of Spam and similar "lunch meats"). Ed was also involved in the early days of the SCA up in Canada, and they did some "fire arrows into phone books" and "hack at particular-density foam with various swords" tests. So the show sounds like it would be right up Ed's alley, so to speak.
I am awaiting word from the Bearded One right now, so I'll put this to him along with the rest of the recent lore queries, scribes . . .
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A Publishing Lackey
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 15:22:19
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I seem to remember seeing a Japanese Ed audiobook once, too.
And having heard Ed give readings at ABA (now Book Expo America) in the past, I heartily concur: Ed is a MAGNIFICENT reader. He did volunteer CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) book readings for years, and not a few library program book readings, too. I understand that he writes and reads an annual Christmas story at the Port hope library where he works part-time now, in semi-retirement from library work (why semi-retired? because we Realms fans keep him too busy, folks!). |
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Foxhelm
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 15:53:09
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Well, it is interesting. Perhaps he can catch up on it later or when it comes to DVD.
I can remember the Spartan fight as it own about 60% of the battles due to it's shield (which it could use as a blunt weapon). The host mentioned the Ninja could harm or distract the Spartan, but the Spartan could kill the Ninja.
The Pirate one due to a Grenada, an early Grenade and the Blunderbust, the early Shotgun. It is interesting that the final killing blow by the Pirate was with the Knight on his back. The Pirate pull the visor and shot him with a Flintlock Pistol at close range.
Also about the Ladder system, they haven't ruled it out in later episodes. So you might see Apache vs. Samurai or Pirate vs. Spartan in the future.
They haven't ruled out shows on fan favourites or fictional characters, they just need raw data for the last one. So there could be Pirate vs. Ninja or they have suggested the Thing based on the data from the motion picture. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 15:55:32
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi again, all. Foxhelm, I don't know if Ed's been watching that show. He has very little "tube time" these days, what with the logjam of work, family stuff, library stuff, and so on. I know he tries to catch The Daily Show (Jon Stewart) when he can, and Mike Holmes and Good Eats from time to time, but . . .
Really? Ed likes Jon Stewart? That is so cool!
Does he also watch The Colbert Report?
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
One thing I DO know is that just under 30 years ago, when Ed was a journalism student covering a case, he suggested to a Toronto police forensics guy that they use a "plug" of raw pork (by firing a bullet into it) for a comparison with a body. The policeman started to brush him off with "sounds like science fiction," but another cop said of course they would (it turns out that Ed has earlier covered a story about a meat processor near the Toronto stockyards (gone now) who "deboned" hogs for delivery to meat canning plants (for the Canadian equivalent of Spam and similar "lunch meats"). Ed was also involved in the early days of the SCA up in Canada, and they did some "fire arrows into phone books" and "hack at particular-density foam with various swords" tests. So the show sounds like it would be right up Ed's alley, so to speak.
That's cool... Most of my knowledge of these things comes from Mythbusters.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 16:00:18
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
TSR/WotC/Hasbro owns all rights to Ed's Realms books, and as far as I know, has never bothered to make any of them available as audio editions (though I've heard rumors of the existence of MAKING OF A MAGE and SPELLFIRE audio editions).
How old are these rumours? For curiosity's sake...
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Barshevy
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 16:19:13
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Ahhh... two unsung geniuses of our time, Alton Brown and Jon Stewart.
I was a mere dabbler in the culinary arts until I began watching Good Eats. Knowing the 'why' of the ingredients leads to creating new dishes and no longer being restricted to the printed recipe.
And Jon Stewart is the true heir (and weird bastard son) of Carson and Cronkite.
Now, for a question (brought on by thoughts of news):
'Broadsheets' in Waterdeep. Any new popular sheets? Any of the old sheets (Waterdeep Wazoo, The New Waterdhavian) still in circulation? How have they 'evolved' over the period of the Spellplague?
(Re: Evolved; I'm thinking of how news media evolved over the years. For instance: newspapers & jingoism during the Spanish-American war; newsreels during WWII; television news during McCarthy, then Vietnam, then CNN) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 16:42:15
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Where would we be able to discuss Ed's recent non-FR books?
So long as you've got questions pertaining to those non-FR books that have been written by Ed, you're free to ask them here in this scroll. I've done this before, with respect to Steven Schend's and Thomas Reid's non-FR works.
If you're looking to discuss the novels themselves though, I suppose we can make a little room on the Novels shelf for those particular discussions.
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 30 Apr 2009 : 15:30:13
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Hello again, all. Ed is ALMOST ready to return to daily Realmslore replies (edappel, he's mindful of the timeliness of your request), but briefly e-mailed me last night, so I can now answer this query, from Longtime Lurker: "Hmmm. Dear Lady THO and Ed,
All this talk of Volo reminds me of a rumor that was making the rounds some years back. So I thought I'd ask: is there, or is there not, an unpublished Volo story (by Ed) kept under wraps all these years because of its amusing and scatalogical nature?
Or was that just the fabrication of someone wanting to inflate Ed's "dirty minded" reputation? Thanks."
Ed replies:
No, there are no unpublished Volo stories. There are about a dozen one- or two-liner "Volo jokes" (like Laurel & Hardy moments of er, witty repartee), wherein Volo makes some idiotic or inappropriate response to some "real" sitation in the Realms, dashed off for the amusement of various TSR staffers in e-mails, over the years, but no, no stories.
Not that I wouldn't mind writing one . . .
So saith Ed. Heh. About what I expected.
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Menelvagor
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 30 Apr 2009 : 20:30:49
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| A quick question: Did the moderators ever open a separate thread for the discussion of who was the author of Filfaeril Bound and Walking? And if not, and nobody's guessed correctly, maybe we can have a clue form Ed or our lady? |
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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly.
How much less them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in the dust, are crushed before the moth?" - Eliphaz the Temanite, Job IV, 17-19.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 30 Apr 2009 : 20:42:39
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New Guess: King Azoun himself.
He wrote it as a lark, for him and Fee to enjoy, and someone got their hands on it.
I still have no idea who would have gotten it published - it may have even been Alusair just before she ran-awy (trying to cause a scandal and re-direct attention away from herself). In other words, it could have been anyone who had access to the private royal chambers - Servants, War Wizards, High Knights, advisors, family members (inluding cousins, uncles, etc), certain Harpers, etc, etc.... |
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createvmind
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 30 Apr 2009 : 21:19:21
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Hello,
Is Jergal a creation of Ed's?
If so is this scroll of names of all the dead an artifact within itself and does it grant any powers if read from, does Jergal write down the souls truename or name they had in life? |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 30 Apr 2009 : 23:19:08
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Yes, Jergal is an Ed creation, but he's been fleshed out by Julia Martin, Eric Boyd, George Krashos and others from what little lore Ed provided. Off to Ed your query goes . . .
love,
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