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Zelg of Cyric
Acolyte
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 Posted - 07 Jul 2004 : 14:48:33
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If you look on the map in "The Yellow Silk" it shows you where Riverhand the Sage lives. Why then, is this person never even mentioned in the book? Our is he or she and I just missed it? 
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"Even before he first walked the world as a mortal, Cyric had the will to resist the random call of Fate and make his own fortune. As his newborn soul stood before the goddesses, he cast a light upon Tymora's silver coin, blinding them to his presence. The deities never saw the coin fall, never settled their wager on Cyric's destiny. Thus was he born into the world without any fate save the one he himself could forge." -- from the Cyrinishad |
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dbassingthwaite
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
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Posted - 07 Jul 2004 : 16:49:23
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Hi Zelg -
Nope, you didn't miss anything. Riverhand is not a character in the book. That's a throw away reference to a sidebar in the FRCS (I'll tell you or someone else can show off their knowledge of trivia...)
The original draft map I turned in had a few other references that didn't make it into the book either (street names, markets, etc in Spandeliyon), but probably for reasons of clarity on the final map. You can see it on my website at http://www.sff.net/people/dbassing/spandeliyon-draftmap.jpg
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Zelg of Cyric
Acolyte
44 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2004 : 09:09:31
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Thanks for clearing that up. I figured that was the case.
I just thought someone with a name like that had to be pretty important. At the very end I thought he would jump in and save the day or something (I guess that would be pretty lame though) but that didn't happen, so it just made me wonder. And though I feel I'm fairly knowlegable about the Forgotten Realms, I haven't come across a Riverhand the Sage in my reading yet. Anyways it was a good curveball  .
I want to say that I enjoyed the book very, much and it would be very cool if someome would follow up some of these "The Rouges" books with a few sequels.  |
"Even before he first walked the world as a mortal, Cyric had the will to resist the random call of Fate and make his own fortune. As his newborn soul stood before the goddesses, he cast a light upon Tymora's silver coin, blinding them to his presence. The deities never saw the coin fall, never settled their wager on Cyric's destiny. Thus was he born into the world without any fate save the one he himself could forge." -- from the Cyrinishad |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 08 Jul 2004 : 09:53:29
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| The sidebar in question appears on page 56 of the FRCS, "The Story of Spellfire". |
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dbassingthwaite
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
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Posted - 08 Jul 2004 : 12:44:35
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Originally posted by Zelg of Cyric
I want to say that I enjoyed the book very, much and it would be very cool if someome would follow up some of these "The Rouges" books with a few sequels.
Thanks very much, Zelg! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I don't know about any fo the other Rogues books, but unfortunately I don't have any immediate plans for sequels (although I'd do one in a second!). Tycho and Li do pop up again in my story in the Realms of the Dragons anthology, though.
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dbassingthwaite
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
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Posted - 08 Jul 2004 : 12:50:27
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Originally posted by Arivia
The sidebar in question appears on page 56 of the FRCS, "The Story of Spellfire".
Arivia has it! Riverhand is the cranky author of the insider's look at spellfire, described as living in Spandeliyon. Before Unapproachable East, references to Spandeliyon were few and far between and I picked up on that one. I didn't want to drop spellfire into The Yellow Silk (didn't fit the story) but at one point I did consider having Tycho consult Riverhand. That idea disappeared fairly quickly, but I couldn't resist marking Riverhand's house on the map.
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