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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
 Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 16:30:14
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Congratulations, Mace. The epic dwarven scriber of the keep.  |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
twitter: @yuripeixoto
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 17:35:38
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We're one person away from having the first page of the Members list be Masters of Realmslore and above. 
Unfortunately, some of those folks aren't active anymore... It'll be a while before the first page is entirely active Masters of Realmslore. |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
4689 Posts |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 18:10:17
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| Hmm looks like at least two months at current posting rates for likely next Master of Realmslore , heck I might even gain a start by then. |
"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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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2006 : 10:42:04
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Mace, congrats my friend!
Hold up the flag for the german corner at candlekeep until I catch up to support you - which will be a long while indeed.
Greetz, Ergdusch |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
4689 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 23:08:20
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Kaladorm congratulations on being on the verge of becoming a Master, just two posts to go as I type this (I see you are typing in other sections).
Page one (as currently congigured) will display Masters and higher very soon. |
"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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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 23:20:55
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Haha. I've been putting off work for a while tonight  . Was curious to see what would happen when I reached 1000 and here it is.
Back to number theory. Post lots of interesting things for me when I get bored in the next 10min |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 29 Nov 2006 : 00:22:49
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| Huzzah for Kaladorm! All hail the new master! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1075 Posts |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5695 Posts |
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Besshalar
Learned Scribe
Finland
166 Posts |
Posted - 29 Nov 2006 : 17:30:43
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May your life always bring you new knowledge Kaladorm
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The large print giveth , and the small print taketh away.
-Tom Waits |
Edited by - Besshalar on 29 Nov 2006 17:31:01 |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2006 : 00:35:53
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| One of our most worthy Masters of Realmslore is but a single post from being a Great Reader... His title may be about to change, but Krash is, truly, a Master of Realmslore. |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5695 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2006 : 08:27:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
One of our most worthy Masters of Realmslore is but a single post from being a Great Reader... His title may be about to change, but Krash is, truly, a Master of Realmslore.
Well met
Oh indeed, indeed. Come on George, give us a snippet of Realmslore and i'll give thee a Great Reader robe in return |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2006 : 12:54:07
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My 'promotion' may not be so straightforward, Wooly dearest.
As for some snippets of realmslore, here are some thumbnail sketches of monarchs of Impiltur from the Mirandor, Durlarven and Elethlim dynasty respectively. Enjoy.
Mirandor: Forlath, “the Bawd”
Reigned: 406/411 Lived: 368/411
Younger brother of Auminath II, Forlath had none of his brother’s troubles nor unfortunately his father’s wisdom and good sense. Never more comfortable than at a feast or a revel, he indulged his sybaritic fancies with the host of “hangers on” that a prince attracts and cared little for any serious thoughts or deeds. On the death of his brother, the power brokers at court crowned him reluctantly. They hoped that the responsibility of rule would temper his brash personality and weakness for “base urges”. Their hopes were quickly disappointed as Forlath’s coronation feast lasted for a tenday and his days were passed in idle pursuits such as feasting, wenching and hunting. Married early in life to the rather plain Princess Besmra, daughter of King Anglond of Cormyr, Forlath evinced no affection for his wife and it is doubtful that he visited his wife’s bedchamber after their wedding night. It is known that he fathered some three daughters and two sons to no less than four different women, ranging from a festhall girl to a powerful noblewoman and head of her house, but these offspring were never acknowledged during Forlath’s lifetime. Forlath was slain by the four younger sons of the Thorndaer minor noble family whilst out on a hunting trip. After learning how their sister had been seduced and dishonoured by the king they sought revenge, culminating in them filling the royal person with arrows one warm, summer morn.
Durlarven: Bellodar II
Reigned: 626/642 Lived: 583/642
Not as ambitious as his father, or as warlike, Bellodar II was a petty, vindictive monarch with a sense of paranoia. This trait was exacerbated by the manner in which he came to the throne, and his actions against House Orbil were ruthless in their simplicity and cruelty. Throughout his reign he kept a close eye on the local populace and ambitious nobles through an organization of spies known as the Eyes in Shadow that he created and put into place for his personal security. Regal in manner, Bellodar II maintained the status quo during his reign and the kingdom made no real mark on the lands around the Easting Reach. He did rouse himself for one military campaign against the independent-again Chessagol but was bought off by a royal marriage and the huge dowry of Princess Elthia who wed his son the Crown Prince. As he grew older his paranoia increased to the point that everyone, including his family, feared his stony regard. When he executed his youngest son Hathdar in 640 DR for supposedly plotting against the throne, despite the young man’s protestations of innocence, it is said that his wife never spoke to him again, praying nightly to Beshaba to honor him with her (ill) favor. He died soon after in his middle years, the victim of a “brainbolt” (stroke), feared and unloved by all. It is said that his family and courtiers were too scared to enter his bedchamber on the day he died, fearing that if he recovered, he would visit horrors upon them for having seen him in that weakened, dying state. He died alone and few if any mourned his passing.
Elethlim: Beldred I, “Fiendslayer”
Reigned: 844/865 Lived: 816/865
Young when he came to the throne, as were all the Elethlim monarchs, Beldred I was a firebrand in his youth, leaving the kingdom and travelling to distant lands, including the realms of Tethyr, Calimshan and Cormyr. He made a vibrant impression on all of them and forged strong ties with the rulers of Cormyr and Tethyr. It is said that the future Queen Sybille the Great of Tethyr fell in love with him as only a ten-year old can, when he visited the court at Faerntarn and gave her a pet kitten as a gift. Called back to the realm with the death of his father, Beldred I found that the wanderlust of his youth did not sit well with the responsibilities of rule and the role of king. He chafed at having to sit through tedious court functions, meetings with his Council of Advisers and other tasks requiring the king’s personal attention and sought every opportunity to depart his realm, whether to ride to war or engage in diplomacy at foreign courts. Ambitious and wishing to leave a stronger Impiltur behind after his reign, Beldred I staked a claim to his uncle Samar’s throne when Velprin’s monarch died childless, leaving the throne to his nephew Tholeam in 846 DR. Tholeam was Samar’s dead brother’s son, while Beldred was his sister’s. The senior members of Velprin’s court considered the claim of the male line the stronger and so Tholeam’s claim was upheld, much to Beldred’s chagrin. He had spent several months in Velprintalar, lavishing gifts on nobles and other important personages (who quite liked the king but found his companions straitlaced, stuffy and altogether too religious for their liking). Over the course of the rest of his reign, it is doubtful whether Beldred I spent more than four years in total in the realm proper. He fought a three-year war against Chessagol for alleged assistance to pirate and bandit raids on Impiltur, led “the Scouring”, a year-long campaign to eradicate pockets of fiends in the Rawlinswood, undertook numerous visits to the courts of distant Cormyr and Tethyr and even traveled to far-off Silverymoon and Ascalhorn ere its fall. It was in Ascalhorn that Beldred met and befriended the mage Soargar and offered him the long-vacant post of Mage Royal, which had lapsed with the death of King Forvar II in 726 DR. Soargar accepted the offer and proved a wise councilor and loyal servant of the realm. Beldred died suddenly in Tethyr after celebrating the marriage of his son and namesake to Princess Andreane of Tethyr, eldest daughter of Queen Sybille the Great. His son and daughter-in-law took the magically preserved body of the king back to Impiltur for the royal funeral.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1075 Posts |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5695 Posts |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2006 : 15:56:13
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| Congratulations George, its always great to read one of your posts, and I look forward to more of them. |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
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Arkhaedun
Senior Scribe
869 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2006 : 16:07:08
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| Congratulations George, your work here at the keep and in Realmslore in general is greatly appreciated. |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jan 2007 : 00:29:58
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Kentinal
Great Reader
4689 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2007 : 20:04:33
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To: Rinonalyrna Fathomlin the newest Great Reader, Congratulations.
You past me by, but that is not all bad. I an once again above the Lady Herald of Realmslore. If I stay silent enough perhaps in time she will be above me as well. |
"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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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2007 : 20:13:23
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Wow, I didn't even notice she was close... I've not checked the Members page in a while. 
Congrats, RF! |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
4689 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2007 : 20:29:27
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Wow, I didn't even notice she was close... I've not checked the Members page in a while.
Oh I have been watching the upstart (actually jioned about 6 weeks after I did) posting as much as five times a day, whereas my countable posts have dropped to something like 2 per week.
i do notice an oddity though, George Krashos is still listed as Master of Realmslore despite having the same number of posts and should be accorded Great Reader. |
"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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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5695 Posts |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2007 : 00:07:08
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| Congratulations RF, hope to continue to have some good conversations with you. |
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Congratulations!
