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MalariaMoon
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 13 Jul 2011 : 17:45:10
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Does Candlekeep have a flag, coat of arms or distinctive heraldry?
I refer to the place, not the website!
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Jul 2011 : 18:14:19
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| -Was anything featured in the Baldur's Gate video games? Never played them, but I know parts of it takes place at Candlekeep. Off-hand, I can't recall any sources stating anything, and if none do, ask Ed: I know he likes describing those kinds of things, heraldry and banners and whatnot. |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Jul 2011 : 18:44:19
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I did a web search and at best found a fan based coat of arms offered, clearly not official.
I concur, ask Ed |
"Small beings can have small wisdom," the dragon said. "And small wise beings are better than small fools. Listen: Wisdom is caring for afterwards."
"Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding.
"After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first."
"Judgement" copyright 2003 by Elizabeth Moon |
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MalariaMoon
Learned Scribe
324 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 02:08:54
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 02:29:38
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Surprisingly, I think this is the first time someone asked about 'Keep's coat of arms.
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Originally posted by MalariaMoon
I will ... although someone must have asked before!
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 04:03:02
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quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
Surprisingly, I think this is the first time someone asked about 'Keep's coat of arms.
quote:
Originally posted by MalariaMoon
I will ... although someone must have asked before!
Indeed.
I just performed a quick and untidy search through the archives, and nothing specification -- regarding a coat of arms for Candlekeep -- came up. |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 06:41:36
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didnt some obscure piece of lore describe it??
didnt the 2e campaign setting come with one on those sheets of coat of arms and other symbols??? |
why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
Magister's GAmbit
http://steelfiredragon.deviantart.com/gallery/33539234 |
Edited by - sfdragon on 14 Jul 2011 07:00:27 |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 06:45:27
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http://www.wocstudios.com/books.htm
third one down
looks like a griffonhead on the thumbnail art.
opened up its candlekeep in the background with a dude on griffonback
I thought the logo on the cloak was it personally....
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why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
Magister's GAmbit
http://steelfiredragon.deviantart.com/gallery/33539234 |
Edited by - sfdragon on 14 Jul 2011 06:59:39 |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 07:04:52
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Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-Was anything featured in the Baldur's Gate video games? Never played them, but I know parts of it takes place at Candlekeep. Off-hand, I can't recall any sources stating anything, and if none do, ask Ed: I know he likes describing those kinds of things, heraldry and banners and whatnot.
ummm yes, I think it did on the map
http://www.flickr.com/photos/solivagant/3242025621/
I think it was took out of the 2e campaign setting.
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why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
My FR fan fiction
Magister's GAmbit
http://steelfiredragon.deviantart.com/gallery/33539234 |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Jul 2011 : 07:33:49
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I did find this rather fascinating article about Candlekeep, but it's merely a distraction.
My most exacting perusal of older writings about Faerūn - namely my original prints of FR0, FRA, and FRCS - found little to be said about Candlekeep and no mention whatsoever of any particular glyph, sigil, merchant sign, map marker, or heraldric device representing Candlekeep to the world inside or outside its walls.
I can dimly recall some sort of tower-and-candelabra symbol, or castle-and-candle symbol of some sort, perhaps a castle-and-quill, although I cannot remember the source nor whether it was a canon or homebrew reference.
I wonder whether Candlekeep as an entity uses any identifying symbol, or if such a symbol is even uniform across differing periods in history. I suspect that many writings produced within Candlekeep are marked with the personal sigils of those scribes and monks and scholars and mages and sages who write them, or own them, or edit them ... perhaps even "anonymously" ... but I doubt that any system of uniform style, letterhead, indexing, and colour-coding is ever used with much success for very long. Candlekeep's librarianship seems more like an art than a science, it probably employs literally hundreds of different indexing systems to locate and retrieve data, and half of those probably exist only in the skillful familiarity the monks themselves have of the seemingly haphazard organization of knowledge.
Still, this is just my personal take on things. I agree this is a fine question to ask master Greenwood. |
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