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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
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 Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 04:43:27
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Heya,
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A public service announcement for scribes in the southern Ontario area (such as Warrax). Ed will travel to Australia to attend Reefcon, Spring Revel Down Under, and the Cairns Junior Writers' Festival (all in Cairns, Queensland) in early October, but "something secret" (I'm thinking an FR summit) means he will unfortunately miss Phantasm in Peterborough this year.
Queensland? Bah... And at such short notice too. Doubt I'll be in a position to travel up there. 
Kind of interesting to know though. It never occured to me that Queensland might have any kind of a Role Playing population, let alone one large enough to support a con! Most of the cons I know about occur in Melbourne and Canberra.
Any possibility he might detour down to Melbourne?  (I ask, knowing exactly what the answer is... So either I'll find my way to QLD next month, or else I'll just have to miss out.)
Edit: Having talked to my other half about this, I may be able to go after all... Wheee! |
Zandilar
~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
The Sunlord left Elversult the same day in humilitation, and was never heard from again. |
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Thangorn
Seeker
New Zealand
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Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 12:44:29
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Ed will travel to Australia to attend Reefcon, Spring Revel Down Under, and the Cairns Junior Writers' Festival (all in Cairns, Queensland) in early October
Zomg! are these public events? where can I find info about them if so? Incidentally, how would you take being bothered by a Queensland scribe for a short time?
After sixteen years of exploring the creation you've inspired, I think it would be a pleasure to meet you.
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 15:13:24
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Heya,
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Originally posted by Thangorn
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Ed will travel to Australia to attend Reefcon, Spring Revel Down Under, and the Cairns Junior Writers' Festival (all in Cairns, Queensland) in early October
Zomg! are these public events? where can I find info about them if so? Incidentally, how would you take being bothered by a Queensland scribe for a short time?
After sixteen years of exploring the creation you've inspired, I think it would be a pleasure to meet you.
Google is your friend. 
ReefCon
Spring Revel Down Under
The Cairns Junior Writers' Festival does not appear to have a current website.
I should add that for some strange reason, neither the Con nor the Revel make mention of Ed's appearance. If I were the organizers of the event, I'd be making a big deal of it.
I wanna go, but looking into it, the cost is pretty much out of reach. (My partner says that it would work out cheaper for us to offer to fly Ed down to Melbourne for dinner at the Flower Drum (one of the most exclusive restaurants in Melbourne!), but knowing how packed tight his schedule is...  ) |
Zandilar
~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
The Sunlord left Elversult the same day in humilitation, and was never heard from again. |
Edited by - Zandilar on 10 Sep 2007 15:14:42 |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 16:24:27
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Understood, Zandilar. Back in 1994 Ed did a con at a school just outside Canberra, then Wes Nicholson drove him and spouse and two other gamers down to Melbourne (which he loved, though it was COLD) for a con - - and then drove them all the way back up to Brisbane for another con! (TV and radio appearances, mainly using the ABC main studios in Sydney, were interspersed.)
Ed as a Canadian is used to driving long distances, but even he said the drive down to Melbourne and back "made his sitter tired."
Ed will only appear briefly at ReefCon (something about a roleplayed wedding dinner), and the Writers' Festival is open to high school students only, I think (there's a PDF brochure on the Trinity Bate State High School site), but Spring Revel Down Under is apparently the big annual RPGA convention (which moves around the country, to a different site every year). It's at the Showgrounds in Cairns, not the dockside Convention Centre.
And yes, details of exactly what Ed will "do" at the cons are still being finalized, but he is always happy to meet fellow gamers, chat, talk about the Realms, sign things, give advice to writers, and so on. "By the fans, for the fans, and I'm a fan" as Ed said of his con philosophy, in his GoH speech back at a GenCon somewhere in the 20s in numbering (I forget which one; Ed's been a GenCon GoH 8 or 9 times, and in memory they all tend to mingle together).
love to all,
THO |
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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
128 Posts |
Posted - 10 Sep 2007 : 21:52:41
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He will, however, for anyone wanting to travel to Port Hope, Ontario, be giving a reading at some point after 7 pm on Thursday, September 27th at the Port Hope Public Library (the main Mary J. Benson Branch, at 31 Queen Street, on the banks of the Ganaraska River just above where it empties into Lake Ontario; this is the library where Ed works part-time). It's actually the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Port Hope Public Library (one of those volunteer organizations that fundraise for libraries, and are typically dominated by seniors); Ed is evidentally the entertainment.
What he'll read from, he doesn't yet know (remember, he has three new novels out: DARK WARRIOR RISING from Tor; DARK LORD from Solaris; and SWORDS OF DRAGONFIRE from Wizards, but SWORDS is the book whose cover appears on the meeting notice, so Ed's leaning towards that. This is your chance to hear Ed (a superb reader) perform, and ask him about Realmslore, or getting published, or (ahem) signing the body part of your choice, WITHOUT the crowds of GenCon. Just a suggestion.
(And being as it's a library, they might even serve tea, coffee, and cookies. Or even gooey cake.) 
love to all,
THO
Any chance on getting some directions to this place from a major highway like the 400? I don't even know where Port Hope is, but I'd definitely love to attend. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 00:00:28
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Certainly. Port Hope is east of Bowmanville (itself east of Oshawa), on the 401. The signs say Port Hope has 3 exits, though the first one is WAY out in the country. If you're travelling eastbound from Toronto, watch for a service centre on your side of the highway. Then take the third exit after that (Hwy 28/Port Hope/Bewdley it will say, or Hwy 28/Port Hope/Peterborough). It's the exit AFTER Hwy 2 Welcome/Port Hope.
Go south (off-ramp curves to an intersection, turn right and then left at the next light, which is the bridge that carries Hwy 28 back over the 401). So you're turning AWAY from the 401, south. Follow that road (Mill Street/Hwy 28) south down into town, bear left at the fork, go right down to a light underneath a railway viaduct. Turn right at that light, cross the river, turn right immediately on the west bank, heading back north on Queen Street, the library is the first building on the right (between Queen Street and the Ganaraska River, at 31 Queen St., has its own parking lot beside/south of the library building.) There's also on-street metered parking, and an overflow lot just west of the library, across a park (it has a bandshell in it).
Hmmm, does any of this make sense?
love,
THO |
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Mkhaiwati
Learned Scribe
USA
252 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 01:30:48
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Greetings again. In case I forgot to mention this last time, thanks for the replies you have provided us here at Candlekeep.
I have a question concerning natural catastrophes. Other scribes have asked about earthquakes, but how about large fires? (Forest or plains) I am curious how the various people (especially clergy) deal with them. Do they look at them as natural phenomena, with a chance for regrowth and rebirth; or as something to be fought against tooth and nail (or water and dirt)to save the natural surroundings?
Thanks again.
BTW, did you catch the trout last week and how did you cook them? |
"Behold the work of the old... let your heritage not be lost but bequeath it as a memory, treasure and blessing... Gather the lost and the hidden and preserve it for thy children."
"not nale. not-nale. thog help nail not-nale, not nale. and thog knot not-nale while nale nail not-nale. nale, not not-nale, now nail not-nale by leaving not-nale, not nale, in jail." OotS #367 |
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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 03:12:21
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Certainly. Port Hope is east of Bowmanville (itself east of Oshawa), on the 401. The signs say Port Hope has 3 exits, though the first one is WAY out in the country. If you're travelling eastbound from Toronto, watch for a service centre on your side of the highway. Then take the third exit after that (Hwy 28/Port Hope/Bewdley it will say, or Hwy 28/Port Hope/Peterborough). It's the exit AFTER Hwy 2 Welcome/Port Hope.
Go south (off-ramp curves to an intersection, turn right and then left at the next light, which is the bridge that carries Hwy 28 back over the 401). So you're turning AWAY from the 401, south. Follow that road (Mill Street/Hwy 28) south down into town, bear left at the fork, go right down to a light underneath a railway viaduct. Turn right at that light, cross the river, turn right immediately on the west bank, heading back north on Queen Street, the library is the first building on the right (between Queen Street and the Ganaraska River, at 31 Queen St., has its own parking lot beside/south of the library building.) There's also on-street metered parking, and an overflow lot just west of the library, across a park (it has a bandshell in it).
Hmmm, does any of this make sense?
love,
THO
September 27th, you say? That seems do-able. Any idea roughly how long it'll take to get there from the 400 and 401 on a thursday afternoon?
EDIT - Realistically, there was supposed to be a "thank you" in this message somewhere. :D |
Edited by - Warrax on 11 Sep 2007 03:12:56 |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 04:11:53
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Warrax, you're very welcome. Just snuggle up, no need for thanks . . .
The time needed to reach Port Hope depends, of course, on traffic. From 400 and 401, you've got to cross most of Toronto, and hit the eastbound traffic, which is "steady heavy" on Thursdays (folks outbound to cottages in the Kawarthas, truckers and shoppers from Montreal returning home from Toronto) until the rush-hour commuters heading home make it REALLY heavy (starting around 3:30pm). They thin out a bit at Oshawa, and more at the 35/115 interchange.
I would say 2 hours. The meeting doesn't start until 7 pm, and I don't think Ed will be the first "attraction," so to speak. However, if you left things until 5 pm to start driving, you'd have a "hairy slow" height-of-rush-hour drive. So, 4:30?
Ed commuted from Don Mills home well past Port Hope for 14 years (yes, and wrote all the published Realms stuff while doing so!), and usually made it home in 1.5 hours unless accidents or construction made it worse. His slowest commute took 8 hours (driving at a crawl on black ice on a closed-down 401 all the way, to get to his wife in hospital), and his fastest (to get a visiting diplomat TO hospital, with police escort) was 50 minutes (apparently Dodge minivans can really move, when urged to do so  ).
love,
THO |
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 04:13:11
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Heya,
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Understood, Zandilar. Back in 1994 Ed did a con at a school just outside Canberra, then Wes Nicholson drove him and spouse and two other gamers down to Melbourne (which he loved, though it was COLD) for a con - - and then drove them all the way back up to Brisbane for another con! (TV and radio appearances, mainly using the ABC main studios in Sydney, were interspersed.)
Ed as a Canadian is used to driving long distances, but even he said the drive down to Melbourne and back "made his sitter tired."
I wouldn't think Melbourne was as cold as Canada could be though. I think Canberra can get pretty cold too, since it's at such a high elevation. Sounds like it was around Easter, and because I'm fairly sure he's been to our Easter convention, I'd guess the convention in Melbourne was Conquest?
But that sounds quite exhausting! The drive from Melbourne to Brisbane is quite long!
Speaking of which, we may be able to justify/afford to go up if we could find another four to six people willing to pitch in and hire a car (or people mover) to drive (Any more Melbournians on the forum want to go? )... Cairns is even further north than Brisbane though, so it would be a very long drive (three or four days, I'd imagine, two days if you just driver swapped and did the whole trip without stopping). |
Zandilar
~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
The Sunlord left Elversult the same day in humilitation, and was never heard from again. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 04:15:33
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I don't think driving to Brisbane is an option for me... Perth is simply too far. I'll have to arrange air-travel to Queensland, I think.
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Edited by - The Sage on 11 Sep 2007 04:17:40 |
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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
128 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 06:30:38
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Warrax, you're very welcome. Just snuggle up, no need for thanks . . .
The time needed to reach Port Hope depends, of course, on traffic. From 400 and 401, you've got to cross most of Toronto, and hit the eastbound traffic, which is "steady heavy" on Thursdays (folks outbound to cottages in the Kawarthas, truckers and shoppers from Montreal returning home from Toronto) until the rush-hour commuters heading home make it REALLY heavy (starting around 3:30pm). They thin out a bit at Oshawa, and more at the 35/115 interchange.
I would say 2 hours. The meeting doesn't start until 7 pm, and I don't think Ed will be the first "attraction," so to speak. However, if you left things until 5 pm to start driving, you'd have a "hairy slow" height-of-rush-hour drive. So, 4:30?
Actually I'd be at the 400/401 between 3:15 and 3:30. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 07:23:52
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Originally posted by Zandilar
The drive from Melbourne to Brisbane is quite long!
My drive from Melbourne to Brisbane would be longer... But that's because the Melbourne I'm most familiar with is the one I live in, in Florida. |
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Zandilar
Learned Scribe
Australia
313 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 08:51:49
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Heya,
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Zandilar
The drive from Melbourne to Brisbane is quite long!
My drive from Melbourne to Brisbane would be longer... But that's because the Melbourne I'm most familiar with is the one I live in, in Florida.
LOL. Yes I knew there was a Melbourne over in the US, I just didn't know which state. I'll have to go there one day to visit... If I ever manage to get over to the US. |
Zandilar
~amor vincit omnia~
~audaces fortuna iuvat~
As the spell ends, you look up into the sky to see the sun blazing overhead like noon in a desert. Then something else in the sky catches your attention. Turning your gaze, you see a tawny furred kitten bounding across the sky towards the new sun. Her eyes glint a mischevious green as she pounces on it as if it were nothing but a colossal ball of golden yarn. With quick strokes of her paws, it is batted across the sky, back and forth. Then with a wink the kitten and the sun disappear, leaving the citizens of Elversult gazing up with amazed expressions that quickly turn into chortles and mirth.
The Sunlord left Elversult the same day in humilitation, and was never heard from again. |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2007 : 11:07:42
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Dear Ed! Dear THO!
In preperation for my soon to come Cormyr campaign I digged through a my books to work out all the details. However, I was unable to find answers to the following questions. So I finally turn to you in hope to get the answers.
1. While flipping through Volo's Guide to Cormyr I noticed a map detailing the region around Eveningstar. This map (see p. 142) shows amonst others a FORGOTTEN KEEP. I was unable to find any info on what this keep is about, which history it has, what treasures it holds, who guards it and what not else?
When asking my fellow scribes on candlekeep the answer was somwhat unclear, that the "Forgotten Keep" might be identical to "Rivior's Keep" (from the Waterdeep novel) and/or "Ironguard" detailed by you in Dungeon Magazine #18. Can you clear things up for me?
2. The Adventure "Into the Dragons Lair" talks about only one Tavern being run in Eveningstar - The Welcoming Hand. Who were its original owners and what are the names of its current operators?
3. How did the war against Nalavara and her goblin armee and the war against the Shades effect the nobles in Cormyr? Did many of them loose their lives on battlefields? Are all those from Tilverton dead due to the catastrophe that happend there? How strong did the noble class emerge from all those wars anyway? Might the monarchic structure be endangered in Cormyr? If you could give some thoughts on this, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Thanks in advance for your time to answer these questions and I keep my fingers crossed that not all my questions are NDA related.
Ergdusch |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
Edited by - Ergdusch on 11 Sep 2007 11:08:33 |
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 00:02:46
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My players have asked me a last little campaign before 4E is ready, so I'll to start it in Cormyr (thanks to the KoMD books!).
1) As opposed to the unique way the Knights got their charter, what would be the most obvious ways to get one ?
2) In back country areas (like north of Arabel) how the authorities deal with non-charted adventurers they encounter ?
3) I've looked in all my FR sources and nowhere I found a specific entry about the Gnoll Pass. I would like to hear anything that Ed can come up with without much effort. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 01:03:54
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Originally posted by Skeptic
My players have asked me a last little campaign before 4E is ready, so I'll to start it in Cormyr (thanks to the KoMD books!).
1) As opposed to the unique way the Knights got their charter, what would be the most obvious ways to get one ?
2) In back country areas (like north of Arabel) how the authorities deal with non-charted adventurers they encounter ?
3) I've looked in all my FR sources and nowhere I found a specific entry about the Gnoll Pass. I would like to hear anything that Ed can come up with without much effort.
As far as #1, I prefer a highly overlooked possibility.
Steal one....maybe from an undeserving, incompetent group.
Or have your players encounter a NPC who has....aquired one that he just might let them have for ???? |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 03:06:44
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Originally posted by Warrax
quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
Warrax, you're very welcome. Just snuggle up, no need for thanks . . .
The time needed to reach Port Hope depends, of course, on traffic. From 400 and 401, you've got to cross most of Toronto, and hit the eastbound traffic, which is "steady heavy" on Thursdays (folks outbound to cottages in the Kawarthas, truckers and shoppers from Montreal returning home from Toronto) until the rush-hour commuters heading home make it REALLY heavy (starting around 3:30pm). They thin out a bit at Oshawa, and more at the 35/115 interchange.
I would say 2 hours. The meeting doesn't start until 7 pm, and I don't think Ed will be the first "attraction," so to speak. However, if you left things until 5 pm to start driving, you'd have a "hairy slow" height-of-rush-hour drive. So, 4:30?
Actually I'd be at the 400/401 between 3:15 and 3:30.
Then leave right away... if you arrive in Port Hope early, then you have time for an ice cream and to relax reading one of Ed's novels... :P
September 27th hey? can I bring all my FR paperbacks for Ed to sign?!?!? |
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Warrax
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 15:19:32
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
Then leave right away... if you arrive in Port Hope early, then you have time for an ice cream and to relax reading one of Ed's novels... :P
September 27th hey? can I bring all my FR paperbacks for Ed to sign?!?!?
Heh. Yeah, that's the plan; I'll be leaving as early as I can and booking it out there with all haste.
Purple, did you get my last PM? |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 16:10:29
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Well met again, fellow scribes. I bring you this time Ed of the Greenwood’s response to a recent and truly juicy question from Blueblade: “Hi, Ed! I was in BakkaPhoenix a few days back, asking for release dates of your next few books, and ran into a * very * beautiful young lady who says you autographed her, uh, right-hand female chest area at last year's GenCon (I know, that may not narrow things down enough for you to remember her, but she also said she wore a costume that "had blue feathers and blue boots and not much else," if that helps).
Anyway, she wanted to pass on her thanks for your advice (apparently it worked and she scored an acceptance from the publisher she submitted it to), and a Realms lore question: did Azoun and Filfaeril have any other children (aside from Foril and the two princesses we know all about)? Stillbirths, babes spirited away, that sort of thing. I gather she's looking for a campaign hook: among the many bastard offspring of Azoun IV, a REAL heir. Neat idea, but probably impossible (given Vangerdahast's nosiness, for one thing), but I promised her I'd pass it along.
Oh, and she said if you're ever in Toronto, drop by BakkaPhoenix. Her apartment isn't far away and she can offer "great tea and ice cream" (I'm merely quoting, straight-faced, here; anything beyond tea and ice cream is er, heavily implied). Ed, you're a lucky man, if half the ladies who inhabit your lap at GenCons are like this one. Blueblade”
Ahem. I will merely mention to all scribes that BakkaPhoenix, on the south side of Queen Street near Bathurst, is Toronto’s [and, I believe, now North America’s] oldest continuously-running sf and fantasy bookstore; in the 30th Anniversary BAKKA ANTHOLOGY published a few years back, in a signed-by-all-the-authors trade paperback edition, Ed wrote a story as “Guest of Honour” based on his few days of volunteering, years ago, to run the store, amid current and former store staffers turned sf/fantasy authors Robert Sawyer, Tanya Huff, Fiona Patton, Michele Sagara West, Tara Tallan, Cory Doctorow, Nalo Hopkinson, and Chris Szego.
Without further comment, I present Ed’s reply:
I am indeed a lucky man, and do remember the lady in question. She fit my lap quite nicely. :}
I will preserve her anonymity here and now in case she prefers to use a pseudonym when her book does appear (she did mention she was thinking of doing so, and happens to be one of those human beings blessed - - or cursed - - with truly stunning good looks, so she might well need her privacy; guys as unhandsome as me attract relatively fewer stalkers).
As for the tea and ice cream, I’d love both, but as a married man I’d settle just for them. As a male, my body might, ahem, involuntarily demonstrate desires to the contrary, but I found her delightful as a person, not just as eye candy, and would prefer to add her to the ranks of my friends (and hopefully, fellow veteran writers). Gods, I sound old, don’t it? :}
Wherefore let me sweep away all thoughts of blue feathers (and what sweeping them away would reveal, for that matter) and apply myself to her Realmslore question:
No, Azoun and Filfaeril did not have any children aside from now-dead Foril and Tanalasta, and the still-living Alusair. Nor did Azoun have any secret marriages before he wed his beloved Fee.
So there are indeed lots of bastard offspring (as I’ve mentioned in a Wizards website Realmslore column, among other places) of Azoun IV, but no other legimitate heirs. No clones, stillbirths, or babes spirited away.
And yes, Vangerdahast has deftly mind-reamed Filfaeril to make sure of this. She didn’t catch him at it, at the time (he conducted scores of short sessions while she slept, some years back), but figured out later what he must have done, and (backed up by Elminster) in a memorable private confrontation, cornered Vangerdahast in the royal vaults, dropped the robe she was wearing to the floor to stand bared before the Royal Magician, and challenged him to rape her body as he’d already raped her mind. Angry and ashamed, but unable to bluster or deny in front of Elminster, Vangey apologized, explained he had been serving the realm as he saw best, and promised never to so spy on the minds of Azoun, Filfaeril herself (again), Tanalasta, or Alusair without the express, obtained beforehand permission of Azoun or Filfaeril.
It was, of course, a promise he broke. Several times.
So saith Ed. Who has taken pains, over the years, NOT to portray Vangerdahast as an evil man, but rather a man who will do ANYTHING to preserve and strengthen the realm of Cormyr (and remake that realm into what he thinks it should be). Vangey, like Filfaeril, is one of Ed’s “fascinating but underappreciated” Realms characters.
love to all,
THO
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Kajehase
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 17:05:58
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
So saith Ed. Who has taken pains, over the years, NOT to portray Vangerdahast as an evil man, but rather a man who will do ANYTHING to preserve and strengthen the realm of Cormyr (and remake that realm into what he thinks it should be). Vangey, like Filfaeril, is one of Ed’s “fascinating but underappreciated” Realms characters.
love to all,
THO
As someone who don't think that the ends always justifies the means, I'd say that sounds like a pretty good recipe for indavertant evil. But that's just me |
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RodOdom
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 17:15:59
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Dear Ed and Lady THO,
Is there anything you can say about the Realms in 4e right now? Just a few words to reassure this tearful, trembling fan. :) |
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 17:49:07
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quote:
Originally posted by Kajehase
As someone who don't think that the ends always justifies the means, I'd say that sounds like a pretty good recipe for indavertant evil. But that's just me
I don't want to start a big discussion here, but under D&D official alignments definition, "ends justifies the means" fall more under Neutral than Evil unless the means include killing innoncents, etc.
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 17:57:25
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Gah! I'm so hopelessly behind!
But I noticed this (from around August 20) and had to ask:
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
No, he didn’t feel stalked by anyone (he DOES have two male and one female stalkers, and one of the male ones was at the con this year . . .
I wonder if that was the fellow Jeff and I *handled* at the WotC booth?
(Sheesh--that sounds so Sopranos. )
Erik
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 20:41:15
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From what Ed said, Erik, I think so (he appreciated not only what you did, BTW, but the way you handled it).
Kajehase, re. Vangerdahast: that's exactly what Ed has been trying to explore with Vangey. How power corrupts, and how much evil someone can do while honestly TRYING to do good . . . and how what "evil" is depends on the differing viewpoints of those affected by/witnessing the deeds of the Royal Magician.
RodOdom, Ed can say very little about 4e Realms right now, for two reasons: NDAs and because: "Regarding many matters, I just don't KNOW the answers, yet. Change is always unsettling, so I quite understand why many scribes are upset, and many of the concerns raised by scribes are valid ones, and the 'worst case horror' scenarios raised by some would indeed be disasters, IF they happened. However, the best advice I can give right now is: wait and see. I as well as many other longtime Realms fans and designers are still aboard, we still love the Realms, everyone at Wizards wants the Realms to continue to succeed as setting, and we're all working hard on that. For some gamers, continuing their campaign at its current 'date' is the logical thing to do; regarding how best to handle your current characters, the best thing to do is wait and see the specific rules re. conversion or rebuild. Hang in there, everybody! The sky is not falling!"
So saith Ed. Thus far.
love to all,
THO
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 20:51:51
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
From what Ed said, Erik, I think so (he appreciated not only what you did, BTW, but the way you handled it).
Kajehase, re. Vangerdahast: that's exactly what Ed has been trying to explore with Vangey. How power corrupts, and how much evil someone can do while honestly TRYING to do good . . . and how what "evil" is depends on the differing viewpoints of those affected by/witnessing the deeds of the Royal Magician.
RodOdom, Ed can say very little about 4e Realms right now, for two reasons: NDAs and because: "Regarding many matters, I just don't KNOW the answers, yet. Change is always unsettling, so I quite understand why many scribes are upset, and many of the concerns raised by scribes are valid ones, and the 'worst case horror' scenarios raised by some would indeed be disasters, IF they happened. However, the best advice I can give right now is: wait and see. I as well as many other longtime Realms fans and designers are still aboard, we still love the Realms, everyone at Wizards wants the Realms to continue to succeed as setting, and we're all working hard on that. For some gamers, continuing their campaign at its current 'date' is the logical thing to do; regarding how best to handle your current characters, the best thing to do is wait and see the specific rules re. conversion or rebuild. Hang in there, everybody! The sky is not falling!"
So saith Ed. Thus far.
love to all,
THO
The question is when has Ed ever given us Crap?
Answer: One or twice a day, maybe more with Diarheaia.
The better question is when has Ed written a crappy book for the
realms?
Answer: Depends on the literary critic.
Well that's my number two for the day. (Two cents that is. Keep your mind from the gutter. ^_^) |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 21:17:58
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| Fox that was so horrible I loved it :D. People are meant to give us Crap more then that a day actually, but usually most are like Ed.. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 21:28:34
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quote:
Originally posted by The Hooded One
From what Ed said, Erik, I think so (he appreciated not only what you did, BTW, but the way you handled it).
You mean *bloodlessly*? No fun!
He is, of course, very welcome.
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
Edited by - Erik Scott de Bie on 12 Sep 2007 21:30:26 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 22:33:10
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi, everybody. This time Ed responds to Kentinal’s query: “How does Ed feel about a Living RF, that most likely will have many players used to Living GH or other Living settings?”
and couldn’t resist also addressing Wooly Rupert’s followup: “Living RF? Rinonalyrna Fathomlin? I know what you mean, but that's one of those typos that's too fun to ignore!”
Ed would like it known that he’d far rather meet a living Rinonalyrna Fathomlin than a dead one, because he’d like to chat (over dinner, perhaps, and NO, fellow scribes, don’t go reading into that what I think you will! Ed still vaguely remembers how to be a perfect gentleman), but handed me this more serious reply...
*blushes* Please tell Ed that I'd really love to meet him, myself! |
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