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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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 Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 15:56:52
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Just read that this keep that the first mention of it is from dragon legends in around -25.000 DR.
Does anyone know its origin or what is inside or anything. The knowledge I have found is from FRCS, and it only suggests that a cabal of shadow weave users resides there. I dont believe that, especially if the plase is 30.000 years old!
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 17:44:28
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I don't know if Brian covered it - its been sometime since I read that piece - but the GHotR seems to hint at it being the place where the original Dracorage Mythal was cast.
I don't know if that was supported at all by the novel-series relating to that event (I haven't read it), but I would be interested in hearing from other scribes if that is an accurate assessment or not. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 20:31:15
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Originally posted by Markustay
I don't know if Brian cvered it - its been sometime since I read that piece - but the GHotR seems to hint at it being the place where the original Dracorage Mythal was cast.
I don't know if that was supported at all by the novel-series relating to that event (I haven't read it), but I would be interested in hearing from other scribes if that is an accurate assessment or not.
The Dracorage Mythal was cast at some place way far to the north. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 23:03:02
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There's a few tidbits on Ironfang Keep in Bloodstone Lands as well. Also, see Demihuman Deities for two brief tidbits in Deep Duerra's entry.
And I'll note also that the "cabal of powerful (plane-hopping, and trading goods from plane to plane) wizards" in Ironfang Keep was part of Ed's original [pre-TSR, pre-publication] Realms. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Mar 2009 : 01:57:49
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Originally posted by The Sage
And I'll note also that the "cabal of powerful (plane-hopping, and trading goods from plane to plane) wizards" in Ironfang Keep was part of Ed's original [pre-TSR, pre-publication] Realms.
Really? That sounds all kinda awesome. 
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Arravis
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 28 Apr 2009 : 14:49:09
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In our long running campaign of nearly four years Iron Fang Keep ended up playing a critical role. One of the party members was a aspiring chronomancer, so I had to give a lot of thought on some of the practical problems of such magics.
One of the main issues I came across was where one would travel through time. If a chronomancer chose to go back in time one hundred years in a particular spot, who knows what would be found at that spot in that instant. The caster risks sharing the same space with all manner of hazards, from people to stone, to lava. What is needed is a place that doesn't change over time, a constant throughout all of history. A place you can go to, travel backwards and forwards without fear of interruption or immediate danger... you're looking for Iron Fang Keep!
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kysus
Learned Scribe
USA
116 Posts |
Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 11:11:36
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Knight of the Gate
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 29 Apr 2009 : 14:50:15
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Originally posted by kysus
I don't know if its just me or what but did those 3 humans kinda remind you of bhaal, mrykul, and bane back when they were still questing for their divinty, i think it would be around the time when they would have still been human
That's the widely accepted interpretation- this would have been prior to their deal with Jergal. |
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