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Light
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 :  09:40:05  Show Profile Send Light a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
We know Telamont Tanthul had been around for some time before Karsus' Folly but exactly how long? Does anyone have any information or theories as to his approximate age?

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Asharak
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 :  10:10:47  Show Profile Send Asharak a Private Message  Reply with Quote
tsr1147 Netheril Box SET: -645 DR

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Dennis
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 :  10:13:43  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Rivalen said in TW that he's more than 2,000 years old. Just add 30+ years, and Telamont's age will still be in that same bracket.

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Ayrik
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 :  15:15:11  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Shadow, LN 28th level Arcanist (Mentalist)
Born 3214NY (-645DR) during Netheril's Shadowed Age
Died 3469NY (-390DR) at age 255. Death was faked ... Shadow actually eloped into the Demiplane of Shadow with his new wife (the bard-assassin Alashar Crywinds) and his entire floating city of Thultanthar; he left his (dead) physical body behind and created a simulacrum of Alashar to report success to her employer.

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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 :  01:31:34  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

28th? I thought he's 35th level.

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Firestorm
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 :  02:03:22  Show Profile Send Firestorm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis


Rivalen said in TW that he's more than 2,000 years old. Just add 30+ years, and Telamont's age will still be in that same bracket.



And in Return of the Archwizards book 2, Rivalen claimed to be 800 years old.

There are a few continuity errors.
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Firestorm
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 :  02:06:13  Show Profile Send Firestorm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis


Rivalen said in TW that he's more than 2,000 years old. Just add 30+ years, and Telamont's age will still be in that same bracket.



And in Return of the Archwizards book 2, Rivalen claimed to be 800 years old.

There are a few continuity errors.
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Firestorm
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 :  02:09:19  Show Profile Send Firestorm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
whoops, double post
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Ayrik
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 :  03:16:37  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thultanthar was apparently created in 2388NY/-1471DR, ie: 826 years before Lord Shadow was born. This error might indicate he took/inherited the city from someone else (arcanists couldn't rule their cities forever, especially before Ioulaum's longevity was invented in 3185NY/-674DR). Perhaps his age and date of birth were incorrectly recorded by confused TSR/WotC staff when they wrote and rewrote Netheril. Perhaps Lord Shadow did some time travel.

Thultanthar left Netheril in 3520NY/-339DR, the Year of Sundered Webs, just prior to Karsus casting his avatar spell. The city of Shade appeared in Faerûn in 1372DR, the Year of Wild Magic; some 1711 years after Thultanthar left. If Telamont Tanthul is/was Lord Shadow then he'd be 2017 years old in the Year of Wild Magic, while his eldest child (Prince Rivalen) could not be older than 1710 years. Assuming that time flows at equal rates in the Realms, Shadowfell, and everywhere else Shade has been, assuming that magical aging is not involved (although Rivalen might have some form of immortality as a Chosen/Exarch of Shar, if such is even necessary since shades are apparently unalive and ageless).

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Edited by - Ayrik on 06 Mar 2011 03:37:12
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