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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
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 Posted - 18 Dec 2023 : 21:13:04
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The asherati of the 3.5e Sandstorm were a pretty interesting race. As far as I know they haven’t appeared anywhere officially except in Eberron.
They’re a pretty darn unique and cool concept. Do you see anywhere for them in the Realms? I mean, I guess Anauroch is the obvious answer but why? A Netherese enclave that survived but changed? A phaerimm experiment on humanity fooled into believing the were created by a god? Maybe A’tar instead of the one mentioned in Sandstorm?
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Cosmar
Seeker
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Posted - 19 Dec 2023 : 11:22:17
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I like those possibilities, though I think I prefer the phaerimm one. (The Netheril one would make sense too--probably a bit more sense--but I'm just a bit Netheril-ed out.)
Another possibility I thought of is that when Abeir-Toril was briefly a thing, perhaps the Asherati were native to the desert-y parts of not-Faerun, some migrated to Faerun, and then got stuck there when the worlds broke apart again. I don't know a lot about Abeir, whether there were/are deserts there--if so, maybe some asherati migrated from there to Anauroch somehow? Or maybe they migrated from Zakhara's High Desert?
Anauroch is the obvious example on Faerun, but where else is sandy/"dune-y" enough for asherati? The Calim Desert? |
Edited by - Cosmar on 19 Dec 2023 11:29:57 |
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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 19 Dec 2023 : 22:54:57
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Oooh I like that. So a similar origin story to Dragonborn and how they got here. I don’t think Abeir is that developed that we could say if it has major deserts or not but I’d assume it does.
Also this way the asherati creation god could be a hitherto unknown primordial instead. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
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Posted - 19 Dec 2023 : 23:33:10
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| Yeah, I'd say that origins in Abeir would work as one of the better options. Another would be having them actually be on the planet closest to the sun. |
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