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Naeryndam
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 26 Jun 2010 : 03:15:18
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So does anyone actually know what happened to Amlaruil?
Also, since they are both elves of Evermeet I figured I'd include Araevin Teshurr. Whatever happened to him? The Grand History of the Realms states that he goes off with Lamruil to search for Maura. It says nothing beyond that.
Did I miss something, it's possible a book came out that I am unaware of, just curious if anyone here knows anything. I don't have the time I wish I had to spend on the Realms anymore.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 26 Jun 2010 : 05:13:32
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WotC sent her notice letting her know "Her position has been eliminated".  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 26 Jun 2010 : 21:59:00
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 THAT'S IT!!! MarkusTay, you're a genius! The Spellplague is a manifestation of "the Dilbert Principle" and a means of "downsizing" the Realms to cut costs.
 Erm... or not... there's Akanul, Tymanther, Laerakond, the Sarifal and Karador, and of course the Abolethic Sovereignty, most of which are finding homes in my Realms in some form *without* messing with the coastlines and geography apart from the insertion of Laerakond, which, I've conclusively decided, will be blowing up Evermeet. In my Realms, Laerakond has been dimensionally shifted since the later Days of Thunder, creating the Weave nexus that allowed the elves to raise Evermeet at that location... and when the dimensional shifting fails, BOOM! Good-bye Evermeet, hello Laerakond!  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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The Simbul
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 06 Jul 2010 : 08:44:51
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Many characters in the setting have ambiguous fates, and this serves both the new and the old gamers alike:
For the DMs who know, love, and still wish to use these characters you have free reign to incorporate the character and/or their legend and legacies into your campaign as you desire. You can even build an entire adventure arc around the PCs discovering the fate of such a person, and several adventure seeds along those lines are written into the campaign and player's guides.
For those DMs who do NOT know the stats & story of every single background NPC by heart, or who do not wish to have a given NPC around, they can likewise omit legendary characters from the foreground WITHOUT being made to feel like they are tampering with the setting or feeling forced to come up with an extensively detailed and iron-clad reason for why a given NPC isnt around to act in the PCs stead when the PC should not even realistically have that knowledge to begin with (at least not at the get-go).
It also preserves a sense of realism when it comes to legends and folklore within the world. No one in the middle-ages knew EXACTLY what happened to King Arthur, Morgan LeFay, or even if they existed at all. They only had folklore or stories, not an omniscient codex of knowledge regarding every person, place, or thing in their universe. Having players who do not know everything about the setting preserves a sense of excitement and fosters an environment of cooperative storytelling, rather than reciting the "Canon" from above.
In the case of Amlaruil, she also falls into the category of many of the powerful, nigh-immortal, and non-antagonist NPCs who also ruled over a given region (Tchazzar, the Simbul, Alustriel, etc). Many of these characters were given mysterious fates, or have vanished from the foreground---and for good reason: a vacant throne creates an imperative for new heroes to rise to the foreground, either to carry on the legacy of a beloved legendary figure, or to dismantle or outshine that legacy if that instead is their wish. |
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