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Lord Rad
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 28 Sep 2002 : 11:16:51
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What are your views on the "Evermeet: Island of Elves" novel? I have yet to read this but have heard a lot of good comments on it. I love elves and the elven way of life anyway so am really looking forward to reading it.
Does it have much of an impact on current Realms history?
Please include the word "SPOILER" in your post if you intend to give away any of the plot.
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Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 01 Oct 2002 : 11:54:48
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I wouldn't say that the excellent novel has an impact on the current Realms. For those who are interested in reading about Faerun's history and the history of the elves in particular. Evermeet: Island of Elves is a must read.
For those history buffs the story on Cormyr in Cormyr: a Novel is just as much a must read. Not that IMO the story is so great, but more because it is filled with historical and local (Cormyr) detail. |
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ArcticKnight
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 02 Oct 2002 : 02:08:55
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Yes Evermeet is a great book and does indeed have a very huge impact on the realms at the end of the book. but ill never tell..LMAO
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 02 Oct 2002 : 08:56:47
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Originally posted by ArcticKnight
Yes Evermeet is a great book and does indeed have a very huge impact on the realms at the end of the book. but ill never tell..LMAO
That depends on how 'Realms shattering' the WotC staff will take that. It could have some impact, but IMO it is already lessened by the inversion of the Retreat. |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 Oct 2002 : 20:25:27
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As I have mentioned previously, IMHO, Evermeet is one of the finest Forgotten Realms novels ever written. Talk about history...it is simply phenomenal....I regard it as the Elven Bible. I think in the same way that it should be illegal to put drow into a campaign if you have not read Homeland due to the sheer impossibility of understanding them by using the core D&D books alone, using or even PLAYING elves without having read Evermeet should allow someone to take you into the streets and have you shot.
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Green Elven Vampire
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 22 Nov 2002 : 01:18:49
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 22 Nov 2002 : 06:07:50
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So glad to see you agree, Lady Vamp...
Elaine Cunningham needs to write more often...she is simply fabulous. |
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Nov 2002 : 10:47:41
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| Another tome from the Sage on Elves would be most welcomed by many. Maybe with some lore on the fair folk living in Evereska, that is if the elves there want to allow her to write about their stronghold and last bastion during the Retreat. |
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Zacas
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 22 Nov 2002 : 17:47:52
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| I wouldn't mind something that further details Lloth getting the drow and making them go underground in the war who's name i can't recall right now... there's probably something in some other game accessory... but i think a novel to recap this in detail would be nice.. |
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Nov 2002 : 17:54:10
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I thought that Elaine's novel already captured a good portion of that, providing background and detail to split of the elven race.
Indeed references to that war can be found in several books. From the three 2e 'Gods' books (F&A, P&P, DD) to products like Lands of Intrigue (LOI) and Drizzt's Guide to the Underdark (DDGttU).
While indeed the subject is very interesting and would shed a light on some of the current state of affairs, I would prefer to see the event more as a backdrop against which a story is set. Not unlike the style of the Evermeet ; Island of Elves and Cormyr: a Novel novels. |
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Zacas
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 22 Nov 2002 : 18:47:43
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| Tho Evermeet more dealt with, from what i recall... it's been a while, Lloth being banished... i don't recall much of the actual war and all.. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Jun 2003 : 19:38:34
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Well, Bookwyrm and ArionElenim...... I FINALLY got around to reading this novel! yay!!
...and it was certainly worth the wait! I loved it! and it sure is worthy of the title you gave it as the "Elven Bible". The layout is excellent, being split into 5 seperate books and the events not flowing on directly as in a standard novel and is indeed like a sourcebook as a novel.
I just wish id read it years ago and before id read any of the other elven\Cunningham novels like Songs and Swords series. |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
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Posted - 29 Jun 2003 : 04:50:24
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