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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 22 Oct 2005 : 20:40:39
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In Sojourn Hephaestus boasts to Drizzt that he is "Destroyer of Cockleby" (with caps, mind you!). Who or what was "Cockleby," pray tell? "Angalander" was presumably a silver dragon, but unless "Ten Thousand Cattle" was also a dragon, "Cockleby" may be a place name.
Anyone?
Anyone?
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khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
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Posted - 22 Oct 2005 : 20:49:38
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
In Sojourn Hephaestus boasts to Drizzt that he is "Destroyer of Cockleby" (with caps, mind you!). Who or what was "Cockleby," pray tell? "Angalander" was presumably a silver dragon, but unless "Ten Thousand Cattle" was also a dragon, "Cockleby" may be a place name.
Anyone?
Anyone?
When I hear cockleby I start thinking about insane chickens for some reason.........though I doubt that is what Hephaestus meant. |
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
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Posted - 22 Oct 2005 : 21:44:22
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| Yeah, the cockatrice has been my first impression, but about the question itself,... I am not sure what does it refers to... |
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Talanfir Swiftfeet
Learned Scribe
Finland
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Posted - 23 Oct 2005 : 13:37:21
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Cockleby is a funny word. I could keep saying Cockleby forever . Cockleby Cockleby Cockleby   . Okay i'm done.
Cockleby Cockleby. I'm soooo nine years old (nine and a half next march ). |
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Wooly Rupert
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Oct 2005 : 18:37:56
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Well search appears to indicate very few hits. I suspect the name is a person. There appears to be a Cockleby Park.
Also a breeder name Flecter develped the
"Cockleby Suffolk flock"
An old poem refers to "Cockleby’s Sow"
Off hand I would guess Cockleby’s Sow was used to add to word count. Google gave me 23 hits most refer to sheep. |
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"After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first."
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Xysma
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Kentinal
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Posted - 24 Oct 2005 : 15:34:56
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Originally posted by Xysma
I always assumed it was a place name that I'd never heard of because it was destroyed.
Oh it certainly can also be a place, however only one person, the author might knw about it. As far as it goes many places are named after people such as Cockleby Park *grin*.
It clearly was/is not a place and/or person well known in the Realms. |
"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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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 26 Oct 2005 : 00:39:39
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| Uhhh ... does anyone actually know the answer to the question? |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 Oct 2005 : 00:51:17
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Uhhh ... does anyone actually know the answer to the question?
RA Salvatore might know, he wrote it. Not sure anyone else does. It does not appear in any other place that I can find. One could try asking at his site or the ask him thread at candlekeep. |
"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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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2005 : 01:09:15
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Originally posted by Kentinal
quote:
Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Uhhh ... does anyone actually know the answer to the question?
RA Salvatore might know, he wrote it. Not sure anyone else does. It does not appear in any other place that I can find. One could try asking at his site or the ask him thread at candlekeep.
He has a scroll here? Where, prithee? |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 Oct 2005 : 01:15:18
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
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Originally posted by Kentinal
quote:
Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Uhhh ... does anyone actually know the answer to the question?
RA Salvatore might know, he wrote it. Not sure anyone else does. It does not appear in any other place that I can find. One could try asking at his site or the ask him thread at candlekeep.
He has a scroll here? Where, prithee?
http://www.candlekeep.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1889
I have not seen an answer from him recently, but he does have a scroll. |
"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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Crust
Learned Scribe
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - 30 Oct 2005 : 23:30:33
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2005 : 21:47:48
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Originally posted by Kentinal
quote:
Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
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Originally posted by Kentinal
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Uhhh ... does anyone actually know the answer to the question?
RA Salvatore might know, he wrote it. Not sure anyone else does. It does not appear in any other place that I can find. One could try asking at his site or the ask him thread at candlekeep.
He has a scroll here? Where, prithee?
http://www.candlekeep.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1889
I have not seen an answer from him recently, but he does have a scroll.
Mercy buckets. |
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Drakul
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 04 Nov 2005 : 05:56:06
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Originally posted by Crust
I had a similar sense of confusion when I was introduced to the bog bloke in the Hunter's Blade trilogy. What in Faerun is a bog bloke? Some distant cousin of the treant? Are we making up monsters as we go here?
I thought the Bog Bloke was mentioned in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. When the Companions of the Hall are in the Trollmoors and Wulfgar throws his hammer out of sheer instinct and hits one of them and the rest scatter. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 04 Nov 2005 : 11:40:55
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quote:
Originally posted by Drakul
quote:
Originally posted by Crust
I had a similar sense of confusion when I was introduced to the bog bloke in the Hunter's Blade trilogy. What in Faerun is a bog bloke? Some distant cousin of the treant? Are we making up monsters as we go here?
I thought the Bog Bloke was mentioned in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. When the Companions of the Hall are in the Trollmoors and Wulfgar throws his hammer out of sheer instinct and hits one of them and the rest scatter.
Indeed... But I believe the question was: "Where did these critters come from? There's no other mention of them anywhere that I know of."  |
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