Candlekeep Forum
Candlekeep Forum
Home | Profile | Register | Active Topics | Active Polls | Members | Private Messages | Search | FAQ
Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 Realmslore
 Sages of Realmslore
 Halfaxe Trail
 New Topic  New Poll New Poll
 Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

BobROE
Learned Scribe

Canada
106 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  04:14:44  Show Profile  Visit BobROE's Homepage Send BobROE a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Does anyone know when Halfaxe Trail was made/cut?

Dargoth
Great Reader

Australia
4607 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  04:51:33  Show Profile  Visit Dargoth's Homepage Send Dargoth a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Cant seem to find a date but I suspect it would have been at some time after Hillsfar was founded

“I am the King of Rome, and above grammar”

Emperor Sigismund

"Its good to be the King!"

Mel Brooks
Go to Top of Page

The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31774 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  06:19:47  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I don't immediately recall a specific date (I don't have access to my books at the moment) -- though I do remember a reference to "in the days of the Blacksails" which refers to the period just before the creation of the Trail.

This might be one for Ed.

Candlekeep Forums Moderator

Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com
-- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct

Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium -- Volume IX now available (Oct 2007)

"So Saith Ed" -- the collected Candlekeep replies of Ed Greenwood

Zhoth'ilam Folio -- The Electronic Misadventures of a Rambling Sage
Go to Top of Page

George Krashos
Master of Realmslore

Australia
6666 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  06:38:34  Show Profile Send George Krashos a Private Message  Reply with Quote
In his 2004 replies, Ed had this to say in a discussion on Harrowdale:

"Harrowdale was once called Velarsdale after its founder, was briefly dubbed "Harrowdale," reverted to Velarsdale, and later (when ruled by the ruthless lord Halvan the Dark, who began the Halfaxe Trail) became Halvan's Dale. After Halvan's fall, "Halvan's Dale" swiftly became "Harrowdale" again, a name derived from the multiple-tined plows invented locally, and has remained Harrowdale ever since. Invaded many times over its history, Harrowdale has kept its borders and many of its 'oldblood' farmfolk families (such as Brondas, Dyzur, Mumfyrd, and Routhgaer) from its founding, and proudly claims to be the oldest of the Dales.

Just how old that makes it is a matter for sages to argue over, but the most interesting time in its history, for treasure-seekers at least, befell in the sixty or so years preceding Halvan (whom most sages agree flourished in the 1180s DR), when adventurer after hiresword after adventurer came north from Sembia, seized Velarsdale from whomever was lord of it at the time, and proclaimed themselves 'Lord.'"

-- George Krashos



"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus
Go to Top of Page

Faraer
Great Reader

3308 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  12:24:02  Show Profile  Visit Faraer's Homepage Send Faraer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yup, I have it as 1180s in my timeline. As well as the Blacksails, the Harpstars War and the founding of Tegal's Mark are around this time.
Go to Top of Page

The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31774 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  13:22:27  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Faraer

As well as the Blacksails, the Harpstars War and the founding of Tegal's Mark are around this time.
Great!

Now all I have to do is figure out why I remembered the bit about the Blacksails, earlier.

Candlekeep Forums Moderator

Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com
-- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct

Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium -- Volume IX now available (Oct 2007)

"So Saith Ed" -- the collected Candlekeep replies of Ed Greenwood

Zhoth'ilam Folio -- The Electronic Misadventures of a Rambling Sage
Go to Top of Page

Kajehase
Great Reader

Sweden
2104 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  16:17:08  Show Profile Send Kajehase a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It's age creeping up on you Sage.

There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
Terry Pratchett
Go to Top of Page

The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31774 Posts

Posted - 24 Aug 2006 :  16:29:22  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I wouldn't be surprised.

I'm always remembering little bits of Realmslore like this for no particular reason.

Candlekeep Forums Moderator

Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com
-- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct

Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium -- Volume IX now available (Oct 2007)

"So Saith Ed" -- the collected Candlekeep replies of Ed Greenwood

Zhoth'ilam Folio -- The Electronic Misadventures of a Rambling Sage
Go to Top of Page

Delzounblood
Senior Scribe

United Kingdom
578 Posts

Posted - 15 Sep 2006 :  15:52:40  Show Profile Send Delzounblood a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BobROE

Does anyone know when Halfaxe Trail was made/cut?



Dwarves Deep FR11
Halfaxe Trail: The tragic tale of the
nail is in the FORGOTTEN REALMS#153;
Campaign Set; space forbids us to elaborate
here. Elminster attests that the withdrawal
of the elves from the area has seen
immediate dwarven activity here. They
try to reclaim the Trail as an overland
trade-link from the port of Harrowdale,
sponsored by a small but rich dwarven
brotherhood there, the Black Helm. He
suspects that amid the gnome- and
halfling-crewed caravans are more than a
few mining-wagons, as the dwarves resume
their long-ago-interrupted task of
tunnelling into the treasure-filled depths
of ruined Myth Drannor. Elminster warns
those greedy enough to follow the dwarven
tunnels that Myth Drannor's deeps
contain more strange beasts, and powerful
undead than any other known underrealm
of Faerun.

I'm Back!
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  New Poll New Poll
 Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Candlekeep Forum © 1999-2024 Candlekeep.com Go To Top Of Page
Snitz Forums 2000