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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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 Posted - 13 Jul 2008 : 14:43:35
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If wotc ever does allow a pre-spellplague novel, where would you like to see it set and what would it cover? I know we all have area we would like to have see fleshed out a bit more and was just curious as to what people would like to have seen.
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Theophilus
Learned Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 00:37:18
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Manshoon Wars - with associated areas
[I should learn how to read properly!] |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 01:50:27
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| Realmslore swells with tantalizing hints of adventures, heroes and legendary names of the early and mid-14th century DR. Ed Greenwood's highly condensed Knights trilogy and Eric Boyd's articles on Mintiper Moonsilver are some of the first inroads into a corpus of tale and legend central to the bardic lore and adventuring culture of Faerūn which we must imagine from cursory summaries and allusions but which in a saner world we could read and take part in, and which would inform future Realms writing rather than being sprinted past as if by a rigidly forward-facing amnesiac, grown old unrealized before his time, bones cracking, teeth falling from dried-up gums. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 02:01:21
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Hmmm... I've got a couple of juicy choices floating around in my head.
The one that immediately comes to mind though is -- Impiltur, A year in the life of the Velimbrar line of succession. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 18:30:50
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Originally posted by Theophilus
Manshoon Wars - with associated areas
[I should learn how to read properly!]
That would be an interesting book or series indeed! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 18:31:27
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Originally posted by The Sage
Hmmm... I've got a couple of juicy choices floating around in my head.
The one that immediately comes to mind though is -- Impiltur, A year in the life of the Velimbrar line of succession.
Don't know much about that area at all, but I would love to have a chance to! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 22:22:01
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I would like to either see the Manshoon Wars (preferable written by Steven Schend) or something along the lines of the fall of Imaskar (not sure if have a preferred writer for this one, though I definitely wouldn't cry if it was Elaine or Ed  ). |
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Afetbinttuzani
Senior Scribe
Canada
434 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2008 : 22:34:53
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I“d like to see Ed flesh out the story of Gondegal, the "Lost King" (DR 1352).
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 02:28:32
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 02:34:35
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All great ideas.
I would personally enjoy a trilogy about the fall of the three Netherease survivor states - Anauria, Asram, and Hlondath (One for each novel!)
And another about the three periods of Imaskari history - I just can't get enough of that 'old time lore'.  |
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Theophilus
Learned Scribe
Australia
143 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 05:39:39
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 05:51:02
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
I would really love to read a novel or trilogy even! about the rise of the Dark Three and their quest for divinity.
I too would love to see a novel or three on this topic. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 06:46:24
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Originally posted by Theophilus
Life of Halaster Blackcloak - Waterdeep, Undermountain etc - would be an interesting read.
That'd be a massive novel. I think sometimes people forget at times that Hilather/Halaster is older by at least a century or two over Elminster, and his history's still not covered after 5 novels. I shudder to think what it'd take to do Halaster justice [or if it's even possible to attempt a story from his POV -- at least six POVs simultaneously across Undermountain]. Still, it could be a great experiment in nonlinear narrative, that.
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Theophilus
Learned Scribe
Australia
143 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 12:47:14
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Theophilus
Life of Halaster Blackcloak - Waterdeep, Undermountain etc - would be an interesting read.
That'd be a massive novel. I think sometimes people forget at times that Hilather/Halaster is older by at least a century or two over Elminster, and his history's still not covered after 5 novels. I shudder to think what it'd take to do Halaster justice [or if it's even possible to attempt a story from his POV -- at least six POVs simultaneously across Undermountain]. Still, it could be a great experiment in nonlinear narrative, that.
I never said it could be done, rather that it would be something I'd like to see! 
Still, I'm taken with the idea of multiple and nonlinear narratives - great subject matter for it. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 13:22:16
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
I would really love to read a novel or trilogy even! about the rise of the Dark Three and their quest for divinity.
Hate to seem obtuse, but oh well.....WHo are/were the Dark Three? |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 13:26:18
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Bane, Myrkul, Bhaal
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 14:12:04
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Originally posted by Quale
Bane, Myrkul, Bhaal
So they started their "careers" as mortals?
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 16:14:07
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by Quale
Bane, Myrkul, Bhaal
So they started their "careers" as mortals?
Yep, and gambled Jerghal for his divinity (split in three) and Jerghal "lost", rumor has it he was tired of his job.
As to what stories I'd like to see:
-the entire Fall of Myth Drannor affair, preferably written by Troy Denning cuz I just know he can
-the Return of Bane, preferably written by Jim Lowder cuz he got the gods right
-the Crusade to reclaim Shanatar, written by (whoever did the Dragonlance Dwarven Nations trilogy) cuz he can do dwarves properly |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 17:35:07
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Originally posted by Markustay
- I just can't get enough of that 'old time lore'.
I 110% agree. Even before the announcement of 4e and the Shattered Realms I was longing for more Realms novels set at significant points of history. As fun as it is to read in a supplement, I feel as if I can interact with it more when written in novel form (especially if the writing is at the caliber of excellence that most [sadly not all  ] Realms authors exude). |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 18:40:54
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Originally posted by Faraer
Realmslore swells with tantalizing hints of adventures, heroes and legendary names of the early and mid-14th century DR. Ed Greenwood's highly condensed Knights trilogy and Eric Boyd's articles on Mintiper Moonsilver are some of the first inroads into a corpus of tale and legend central to the bardic lore and adventuring culture of Faerūn which we must imagine from cursory summaries and allusions but which in a saner world we could read and take part in, and which would inform future Realms writing rather than being sprinted past as if by a rigidly forward-facing amnesiac, grown old unrealized before his time, bones cracking, teeth falling from dried-up gums.
Well said, to say the least.
I'd love to answer this question, but I can't think of any one specific place I'd want to see more novels take place in. I like all the Realms, and I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised to learn that a novel was being set in a place I didn't even think about. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 21:20:27
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I'd love to answer this question, but I can't think of any one specific place I'd want to see more novels take place in. I like all the Realms, and I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised to learn that a novel was being set in a place I didn't even think about.
I feel the same, as long as it wouild be pre-spellplague! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2008 : 21:21:34
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by Quale
Bane, Myrkul, Bhaal
So they started their "careers" as mortals?
Yep, and gambled Jerghal for his divinity (split in three) and Jerghal "lost", rumor has it he was tired of his job.
As to what stories I'd like to see:
-the entire Fall of Myth Drannor affair, preferably written by Troy Denning cuz I just know he can
-the Return of Bane, preferably written by Jim Lowder cuz he got the gods right
-the Crusade to reclaim Shanatar, written by (whoever did the Dragonlance Dwarven Nations trilogy) cuz he can do dwarves properly
And Jerghal is now Kelemvor's seneschal? He must have been a mighty one indeed, that would be an interesting story for sure! |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Theophilus
Learned Scribe
Australia
143 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2008 : 00:45:54
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Thay's split from Mulhorand with a little bit about Thayd (the founder?).
(War, intrigue, magic, religion - would also be an interesting read IMHO.) |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jul 2008 : 18:13:22
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Originally posted by Theophilus
Thay's split from Mulhorand with a little bit about Thayd (the founder?).
(War, intrigue, magic, religion - would also be an interesting read IMHO.)
There is just a tad (not much at all) in chapter 2 of The Crimson Gold. |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Where should a pre-spellplague novel be set?
