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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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 Posted - 10 Jan 2013 : 18:58:14
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Originally posted by Dark Wizard
One of my favorite web articles on WotC (which I can't find at the moment) is the one about Elminster as told from the perspective of his enemies (Zhents mostly). He's a boogeyman, a terrible wizard mastermind tyrant who fries hard-working Zhent soldiers just doing their job. He culls the ranks of promising Zhent wizards, all while meddling in the affairs of dozens of cities and supporting weak kingdoms, all while satisfying himself with his harem of silver-haired sorceress (spell-enslaved to him of course). I'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist of it.
I vaguely remember such a thing, and would love to read that again. If anyone can find the link . . .?
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Neil
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 10 Jan 2013 : 21:42:01
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| Perhaps part of the issue is that the Realms are so culturally diverse? If you look at Ansalon on Krynn, they're only a few centuries out from having been united under the rule of Istar/Solamnia. Their culture, legends and myths were spread and reinforced by their troops, administrators and (given the nature of Istar) especially their priests. If you look at Faerun, there really hasn't been any single people with that level of dominance. Even Netheril only controlled a swath of the Heartlands and North, while other great empires contained each other. |
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The realms lack legendary heroic characters
