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Talos
Acolyte
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 Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 16:43:00
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My friend and I are at odds. I believe there was at least one novel in which a priest of Talos or a follower of Talos was a principal antagonist and he refutes this, stating that no Talassan cleric or follower has ever been a prominent character in a FR novel. Who is correct? We both have been reading FR novels since Darkwalker on Moonshae but we are in total disagreement over this.
Any help would be appreciated. 
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 16:57:12
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| I don't recall them figuring prominently, but there were a couple clerics of Talos in Paul S. Kemp's Twilight trilogy going on right now. |
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Lord Karsus
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 18:01:15
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| Druid Home Trilogy, the first book has a priest of Talos as the main antagonist I believe. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 18:33:37
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| Doesn't the last book of House of Serpents feature talos worshipers who have been tricked into sacrificing themselves? |
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Talos
Acolyte
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Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 19:26:15
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Thank you for the replies so far. I keep thinking that the second Moonshae trilogy, the Druidhome trilogy, had a priest of Talos as one of the principal villains in it but it has been so long since I last read it I can not recall.
Edit: AH! I thought it was the second Moonshae trilogy.
Now I have to ask why we do not see more Talassans in FR novels.
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Edited by - Talos on 04 Nov 2008 19:27:51 |
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Ashe Ravenheart
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 19:47:55
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| Princess Dierdre Kendrick was a priestess of Talos (seen here on the cover of Villains' Lorebook with Fzoul Chembryl and the lich Zrie Praxis http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/fr/villains.jpg) |
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Talos
Acolyte
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Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 20:25:34
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Too many self-destruct when praying for power? 
Destruction is part of the balance of life. If those praying are unworthy of the power then they deserve the end cycle of said balance. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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3287 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2008 : 21:59:41
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-Well said follower of The Destroyer! 
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Nov 2008 : 01:26:44
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Originally posted by Talos
Now I have to ask why we do not see more Talassans in FR novels.
Maybe few people (authors or novel "directors" at WotC) ever thought of it? Who knows... |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Nov 2008 : 01:59:46
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
Princess Dierdre Kendrick was a priestess of Talos (seen here on the cover of Villains' Lorebook with Fzoul Chembryl and the lich Zrie Praxis http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/fr/villains.jpg)
I thought she was just a follower of Talos...and was a wizard? |
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Lord Karsus
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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4211 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2008 : 02:40:44
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Originally posted by Dagnirion
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
I thought she was just a follower of Talos...and was a wizard?
-Nope. Wizard 18 / Cleric 9 (2e stats, of course).
Ahhhh...thanks! I'm at work and don't have the material to look at!  |
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Drakul
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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7106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2008 : 19:00:54
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Originally posted by Drakul
Wasn't she also part of the Arcane Brotherhood?? I recall seein her name in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. The times when Harpell told her about Drizzt and Co. Then she was killed by Catti-Brie. Am I correct in this??
No, you're thinking of a completely different person--I think her name was Sydney. |
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