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Wenin
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 Posted - 12 Mar 2007 : 13:29:13
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In Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves, it discusses Elven time keeping. They keep track according to the ruling periods of their kings and queens. They call each period a Rysar. So each elven realm has it's own dating system.
Is this still true in the present date of Forgotten Realms?
Anyone know where it is mentioned as to the current date?
I'm planning on reading through the Myth Drannor box set, but really need this information soon.
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Victor_ograygor
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Dargoth
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Posted - 12 Mar 2007 : 13:53:14
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| For simplicities sake you could say the elves of today use the begining of the solo reign of the current queen of Evermeet as the start date for todays elven era. The previous elven era would have been the age of Zoar which would have run from his crowning as the first King of Evermeet to his death 40-50 years ago |
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Kuje
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Posted - 12 Mar 2007 : 14:31:53
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Originally posted by Dargoth
For simplicities sake you could say the elves of today use the begining of the solo reign of the current queen of Evermeet as the start date for todays elven era. The previous elven era would have been the age of Zoar which would have run from his crowning as the first King of Evermeet to his death 40-50 years ago
That's what I was thinking.
And to answer the current date: it's currently 1375 but some material is still being set in the past. |
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Wenin
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Posted - 12 Mar 2007 : 15:04:31
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Originally posted by Victor_ograygor
Rysar ~ a span of important time or a generation, depending on its context. If capitalised "Rysar", most often used to refer to the reign of a specific ruler.
-4400 The Eighth Rysar of Rystall Wood (the child wizardess Enajharas) and the Sixth Rysar
of Jhyrennstar (the prophet of Labelas, the aged Oacenth) begin with somber coronations
and the call-to-arms against the drow, their now-revealed enemy
Seek in this (Rysar)
http://www.baator.com/ForgottenRealms/A%20Grand%20History%20of%20the%20Realms.pdf
Way ahead of you.
Last mention of a Rysar:
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661 DR (Year of the Bloody Tusk)
Eltargrim's Passing: The Coronal Eltargrim, at
dawn on the last day of Midsummer festivals, passes on to
Arvandor, leaving only the Ar'Cor'Kerym, his Ruler's Elfblade,
hovering in mid-air atop the Rule Tower. Aravae Irithyl, his
niece and heir, proclaims a city-wide period of mourning for the
next five years. Thus ends the Sixth Rysar of Cormanthyr after
866 years. [TSR9558]
Kuje, I meant the current "elven" date. =) I'd have to be pretty dense to not know the DR year. =)
I was reading the Elves of Evermeet, and it said that the Queen had been ruling for 200 years as of its publishing. I suppose they meant 200 years, by the side of King Zoar.
King Zoar was murdered in 1321 DR.
I can't find when he was crowned King in the Grand History. Though way back in -9800 DR, the Aryvandaar clan (since been destroyed ending the 5th crown war in -9000 DR) was colonizing Evermeet. Evermeet didn't become a realm of its own, until Zoar was kinged thousands of years later? odd. |
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Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Wooly Rupert
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Kentinal
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Posted - 12 Mar 2007 : 17:26:32
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_Elves of Evermeet_ offers a clue about when Zoar was King, though not date certain.
It offered the Queen has ruled Evermeet for over 200 years, the last four decades by herself after Zoar was killed. That places the start of rule by both at about 1161 DR. The number of course is only about because one reference says over 200 years, also there is another passage that states 45 years for a sole ruler. |
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