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Faraer
Great Reader
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 Posted - 29 Jul 2006 : 22:00:50
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I can't seem to figure out who came up with these, and where they first appeared in print. Please aid me!
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 29 Jul 2006 : 22:26:44
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| It wasn't Steve Schend? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 29 Jul 2006 : 22:55:36
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The Gatekeeper's Crystal was in the Hellgate Keep module, as I recall. Both it and Myth Ondath are described in Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (formerly a suppressed work  ), which is of course available for free from the Wizards downloads page. |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 00:17:54
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Steven Schend came up with the Gatekeeper's Crystal in "The North" boxed set. Myth Ondath originated in print in the list of mythal cities found in Ruins of Myth Drannor.
If I remember the publishing order correctly, I then wrote up the artifacts chapter of Volo's Guide to All Things Magical, including the first full write-up of the Gatekeeper's Crystal. Steven wrote Hellgate Keep. Rich Baker wrote the Last Mythal trilogy.
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 00:28:06
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| Oohh. "The North" was good. So, too, was Volo's, but that goes without saying. |
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"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 30 Jul 2006 : 03:35:12
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And Myth Ondath was Ed's creation. First seeing print in the Ruins of Myth Drannor box, but first appeared in play in an inscription on rotting parchment Rathan found on stuck to a damp dungeon floor during our Knightly explorations: "Beware. They wait in Myth Ondath, their task unfinished. The living are their tools and weapons."
Needless to say, we hastened to follow that up - - until Torm found some treasure, and its guardian, and thus distracted us all. 
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 31 Jul 2006 : 16:31:48
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 19:18:09
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| Hm. I can't find Myth Ondath in Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) -- it's not on p. 22 of the Campaign Guide with Myth Lharast and Myth Glaurach -- or anywhere before Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (1996). |
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Kalin Agrivar
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 19:21:19
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Originally posted by Faraer
Hm. I can't find Myth Ondath in Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) -- it's not on p. 22 of the Campaign Guide with Myth Lharast and Myth Glaurach -- or anywhere before Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (1996).
if it is in the Ruins of Myth Drannor box set it would have only been mentioned by name, with no real information...that box set mentioned a few mythals but with no info |
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Dewaint
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 02 Sep 2006 : 20:36:53
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Greetings to you Faraer
take a look at "Cormathyr-Empire of the Elves". In the Timeline Section are some informations about Myth Ondath and the elven realm of Rystall Wood who founded the original city
for i could remember it is also the first mention of the Gatekeeper's Crystal
... at least in realms lore: it was in the Year of Chasms (633 DR)
i hope this can help 
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Dewaint
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 02 Sep 2006 : 21:36:12
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originally posted by THO
And Myth Ondath was Ed's creation.
great  Tymora is realy looking down at me Now there IS the possibility for an answer over there at the Chamber of Sages 
THO, you have my deepest thanks |
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Gatekeeper's Crystal; Myth Ondath
