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Originally posted by Asharak

Hi Georges,

From "The Lalya Maurshanta" p. 4 :

"This proclamation had the effect of assuaging some of the more fearful residents of the Lythtlorn, and Iliphar’s sanction of an attack on a brazen human settlement nestled within the forest in the Year of Distant Thunder (6 DR) went further to comforting the increasingly concerned elves."

From the Roll of Years :
6 DR is Year of the Firestars & the Year of Distant Thunder is 16 DR.

So, what is right ?

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Originally posted by Asharak

Is it Andar Ondeth's uncle ?

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Originally posted by Asharak

Is it Andar Ondeth's uncle ?

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Brother actually. But much, much older. Andar and Ondeth's dad was a randy old goat back in Impiltur.

-- George Krashos

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Originally posted by Marco Volo

Hello,

I'm sure I'm not the only one to ask this to you : have you ever think of publishing your own "Impiltur" book ? This land isn't so much describe in actual Realms print, and you have plenty of content/lore of your own.

Maybe the dmsguild could be interesting ?

The content of an old accessory + one aventure of two aside (like Sea of Fallen Stars + Wyrmskull Throne) would interest a LOT of people here and everywhere :)

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Originally posted by KanzenAU

Hi George,

I recently purchased your "Talona's Touch" article on poisons on the DM's Guild, as one of my players has recently become a 5e assassin and wants to get into poisoning. I want to keep my Realms as Realms-canon as I can, so I was very pleased to see a loremaster has an article on such a topic! And a really nice and useful article, I might add.

In any case, I was wondering: where did you get your inspiration for the poisons?

I'm aware some are new and some are old, so I'm not asking you to go through them one-by-one - but if you could point me in the general direction of anything you took inspiration from, that would be great! My player is quite excited about getting into poisoning, so I figure I better brush up as much as I can.

Thanks, as always, for your time.

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Glorundoun is that rarest of things; a shrewd schemer, a truly foresighted orc who plans years ahead, spreading rumors and founding alliances and sending the orcs he commands (a rogue band of outcasts and misfits from many tribes, including “misshapen” orcs visibly different from the norm [such as having three left arms but only one right arm, or long, prehensile tails], plus a few humans, half-orcs, and others - - who at his firm and sometimes violent insistence are treated as “full orcs” by the rest) on missions to accomplish specific tasks that will shape the opinions, deeds, and settlement locations of others.
Active in the Vast, Impiltur, and the Moonsea North, and moving about often, Glorundoun has been behind much of the “orc dangers” that imperil human mining and travel away from the Inner Sea shores; he wants to keep humans from settling, taming, and then spreading over all of the region (so as to prevent all “monsters” [such as himself] ever being crowded right out of non-frozen areas where they can forage).
Glorundoun has no interest in ruling any orc tribe or disputing with tribes, but expects other orcs to cooperate with him once they know what he’s busy doing; if they don’t, he customarily ignores chieftans and warband leaders and speaks directly to the orcs being led by them. If any orc defies him or hampers his schemes, he won’t hesitate to destroy them - - but won’t engage in open confrontation he’ll likely lose, calmly withdrawing to strike at them later.
Glorundoun enjoys eating, drinking, and sex (with partners of all races), but will never let pursuit of such enjoyments lull him into being exposed to the attacks of foes, or distracted from what’s afoot right now.
Glorundoun uses the non-orc members of his band in deceptions, so as to deal with humans and others without them (initially, at least) realizing they’re “treating with orcs,” and seizes and caches items such as weapons and tools, coins and gems, and other useful goods whenever he can, for use later. Over years of successful exploits, he’s established dozens of hidden caches that each hold enough wealth to purchase buildings in many human-dominated cities outright, as well as scores of smaller caches (if buying a building, ship, or caravan will help a scheme succeed, he’ll boldly do so).
Glorundoun himself is gigantic, standing 14 feet tall at his shoulders (which are fully six feet across), and having a flattened, “toad-like” hairless head twice as large as most orcs. His left front tusk is broken off and yellowed with decay, and several wide white scars wander across his features.

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Originally posted by Wrigley

It is such a fun debating FR lore with you George so I would like to thank you here for all you have done (and will do) for the Realms.

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Originally posted by George Krashos

I have noted his presence in the region I like to dabble in, but didn't put him in the timeline - he would definitely make an appearance in an "Impiltur" sourcebook though.

I like the idea of there being better, stronger strains of orcs, and would point at dragon breeding programmes as the basis for such a state of affairs. As an aside, in MY Realms, hobgoblins were developed by dragon breeding programmes related to goblins and then went their own way when they turned against their masters (a throwaway Ed reference in one of his novels to hobgoblins gaining strength and abilities by eating dragon eggs backs this up IMO).

As for the "icky" part, maybe he's not well proportioned!

-- George Krashos

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Originally posted by Markustay
Was that in an Ed novel? I thought I remembered something along those lines connected to the Realmspace product, perhaps having to do with El's 'Watchtower' (his space safe-space).

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Originally posted by Markustay
Was that in an Ed novel? I thought I remembered something along those lines connected to the Realmspace product, perhaps having to do with El's 'Watchtower' (his space safe-space).

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Elminster's Daughter hardcover p.313.

-- George Krashos

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Originally posted by dazzlerdal

Well as George appears to be busy here is my answer (with a bit of my own fluff).

So the Rengarth and Angarth are Ulou people.

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