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Fosfor
Acolyte
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 Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 14:40:56
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A question from a more casual gamer and reader.
Blackstaff Tower is mentioned as having about fifty or more students, at various levels of advancement, as well as a few permanent residents. Who exactly are they? The person I am most interested in is Maresta Rhanbuck, since beside the fact she's half elf and a wizard herself, she seems to really run the more mundane aspects of the Tower but there is almsot no information about her. Not even her age, character or looks. I have a few novels, but none that mention her. Is she an associate of Blackstaff, a former student or connected to Laeral Silverhand in some way?
Any bit of information would be greately appreciated.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 14:51:25
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The recent Waterdeep sourcebook, City of Splendors, has selective (not exhaustive) information on the residents of Blackstaff Tower.
Feel free to ask specific questions in Steven Schend's Q&A thread, in the Chamber of Sages forum. |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 09 Mar 2008 : 15:05:37
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Originally posted by Fosfor
A question from a more casual gamer and reader.
Blackstaff Tower is mentioned as having about fifty or more students, at various levels of advancement, as well as a few permanent residents. Who exactly are they? The person I am most interested in is Maresta Rhanbuck, since beside the fact she's half elf and a wizard herself, she seems to really run the more mundane aspects of the Tower but there is almsot no information about her. Not even her age, character or looks. I have a few novels, but none that mention her. Is she an associate of Blackstaff, a former student or connected to Laeral Silverhand in some way?
Any bit of information would be greately appreciated.
I gave Maresta a bit of a shout-out in BLACKSTAFF; she was Danthra the Dreamer's tutor, but she was sick in bed during the events of that novel.
I'd say that Ed or perhaps The Hooded One might be among the few who could tell you much about Maresta; all I know is what I have in Ed's notes. What I got in essence was she is a long-standing presence at the tower and acts akin to the den mother to students new and old at Blackstaff Tower, comforting those who are new to the Art (and still horribly frightened by Khelben's glowering but oft-brief presence) and aiding those in adjusting to life in a new home. She's a good teacher, but she's almost better as a guidance counselor of sorts, as I understand her.
Again, query Ed or THO for more on Maresta (as I assume the Company of Crazed Venturers must have met her at least once over time).
Steven Schend |
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