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Copper Elven Vampire
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Posted - 15 Apr 2010 :  03:32:59  Show Profile Send Copper Elven Vampire a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows the current happenings of The Rotting Man (Chosen of Talona), and his enemy, the Nentyarch?

I know pre-spellplague, The Rotting Man ousted the Nentyarch from The Rawlinswood and into his hold in The Forest of Lyther. There was a pretty even battle between the Talona Blightlords and The circle of Lyth.

Any information on the post-spellplague struggle? Thanks in advance. ;)

Strife026
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Posted - 18 Apr 2010 :  00:54:01  Show Profile  Visit Strife026's Homepage Send Strife026 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The Rotting Man and the Blight lords were killed sometime after the Spellplague hit. The Nentyarch is still active and he and the Circle are currently fighting the demons that were previously contain in the depths of Dun-Tharos but were released when the Rotting Man was killed.

So sayeth the FR Campaign Guide

Edited by - Strife026 on 18 Apr 2010 00:54:40
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Copper Elven Vampire
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Posted - 25 Apr 2010 :  08:08:38  Show Profile Send Copper Elven Vampire a Private Message  Reply with Quote
WTH... couldn't we have had a novel about this plight? Such a good story and such a great plot. 4ED erased all that I loved. Bring back The Rotting Man!!! The Chosen of Talona!!!
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Brimstone
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I could have sworn it was in a novel. One of the Priest Series.

I could be wrong...

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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  09:46:39  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone

I could have sworn it was in a novel. One of the Priest Series.

I could be wrong...

The Rotting Man was a significant part of the plot for Bruce Cordell's Lady of Poison novel.

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Brimstone
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  10:10:07  Show Profile Send Brimstone a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Lady of Poison...thanks Sage.

Was it any good?

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to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  12:57:26  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone

Lady of Poison...thanks Sage.

Was it any good?

Well, I'm a fan of Cordell's fiction. And I also like Talona-related Realmslore, so my opinion might be a little biased.

But I liked it.

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Brimstone
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  13:50:58  Show Profile Send Brimstone a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have no problem with Cordell.(I enjoyed Stardeep.)

"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Knight of the Gate
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  18:20:25  Show Profile Send Knight of the Gate a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My long running high level campaign revolves around the endgame between the Nentyarch and the Rotting Man. Great stuff all around. Its a good setting for making even high-level PCs quake in their boots.

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Cleric Generic
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  20:43:19  Show Profile  Visit Cleric Generic's Homepage Send Cleric Generic a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Knight of the Gate

My long running high level campaign revolves around the endgame between the Nentyarch and the Rotting Man. Great stuff all around. Its a good setting for making even high-level PCs quake in their boots.



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Knight of the Gate
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  21:42:05  Show Profile Send Knight of the Gate a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well to summarize... The PCs were awarded title, lands, and a dilapidated keep on the merchants run south of Trails End west of the Rwalinswood (in an area that is contested Damaran/ Impilturan land...the keep is actually a disused Impilturan border fort) with a handful of landed Knights answering to them. Whilst embroiled in politics with the Impilturan envoy the PCs get a report of a horrifying slaughter in one of their hamlets. This brings them smack into the middle of the battle between the RM and the Nentyarch... If you want more specifics, feel free to PM me. I don't want to bore other scribes with details of my own campaign.

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Knight of the Gate
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 :  21:48:36  Show Profile Send Knight of the Gate a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I should point out that the above campaign is set in 1369.

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Copper Elven Vampire
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 :  03:34:46  Show Profile Send Copper Elven Vampire a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Does anyone know if there are elves in the novel Lady of Poison?? Like, main character elves, that is. I know the woods have Green elves and Copper elves, but just wondering if there are any as main characters.

Thanks again. :)
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The Sage
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 :  04:11:42  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Copper Elven Vampire

Does anyone know if there are elves in the novel Lady of Poison?? Like, main character elves, that is. I know the woods have Green elves and Copper elves, but just wondering if there are any as main characters.

Thanks again. :)

You know, I just can't remember. Sorry, but it's been a while since I've read the book. I can, at least, recall one or two elven characters... but not whether they were main characters and such.

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