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Brynweir
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 Posted - 03 Oct 2007 : 02:26:33
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Okay, I originally posted this elsewhere, then thought I had what I needed and asked that it be removed, however, I need more details.
I have not been in FR for a while and have few sourcebooks. I am looking for information on the Sunset Vale area - Reaching Wood, Hill's Edge, Asbravn, Corm Orp, Darkhold, etc. I really want details; descriptions of the area (detailed maps?), climate, groups and organizations, current Zhent or Thay activities (conflict).
Any recommendations for where to begin? What sourcebooks do I need to get? Is there more online?
Any help is much appreciated  .
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Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness. 
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Oct 2007 : 02:31:41
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| I included some Corm Orp lore in my one of my recent Compendium laborers articles and it was lore that Ed sent me. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 03 Oct 2007 : 04:20:48
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The Sunset Vale area received some significant attention in Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast -- including most of the areas you've asked about.
Additionally, for the Reaching Wood and Corm Op:- See the "More of the Western Heartlands" from Rand's Travelogue at WotC.
For Hill's Edge:- Code of the Harpers, the 2e FRCS, and DUNGEON #67.
For Asbravn:- 1e/2e FRCS.
For Corm Orp:- Sheela Peryroyl's entry in Demihuman Deities, 1e/2e FRCS, and Ed's compiled '07 replies for references from both Ed and George Krashos.
For Darkhold:- All editions of the FRCS, Forgotten Realms Adventures, Ruins of Zhentil Keep, Ed's replies at Candlekeep, Elaine Cunningham had some nice info in her book Elfshadow, and Ed's novels that feature the Zhentarim reveal some tidbits about Darkhold.
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Oct 2007 : 05:40:26
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| If I recall right, and I didn't check, since it's been awhile, the Castles box set also has info on Darkhold. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 04 Oct 2007 : 00:15:42
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| Many thanks. You guys are fabulous (and fast). |
Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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