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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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 Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 06:51:49
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Dear fellow scribes,
I was wonderinmg if any of you might know, what the street in Arabel is called that leads from the East Gate to the High Horn Gate.
The Arabel-map in the 2nd Ed. Sourcebook 'Cormyr' (TSR 9410) shows that this street runs pretty much straight north to south through the entire city. I'd believe this important and many traveled way must have been given a name.
Thanks for your replies on this,
Ergdusch
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 08:14:49
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quote:
Originally posted by Ergdusch
Dear fellow scribes,
I was wonderinmg if any of you might know, what the street in Arabel is called that leads from the East Gate to the High Horn Gate.
The Arabel-map in the 2nd Ed. Sourcebook 'Cormyr' (TSR 9410) shows that this street runs pretty much straight north to south through the entire city. I'd believe this important and many traveled way must have been given a name.
Thanks for your replies on this,
Ergdusch
I checked my FRIA - the street has not been named in there (just to make sure that the FRIA did have street names, I checked the map of Waterdeep - that one does have street names). As far as I know, in 1E and 2E published material, the streets of Arabel have not been named. I've checked Volo's Guide to Cormyr, which does not mention any street names either.
I would say: a question for the Ed.
(BTW - the street from Eastgate to High Horn Gate does not run north-south, but east-west; the map of Arabel in the Cormyr sourcebook is not oriented North side up, even though the compass says it does; if you look at the maps of Cormyr, you'll note that Calantar's way (from Suzail) enters the city through the south wall, and that the road to High Horn leaves Arabel from the west; this error was probably carried over from the 2E boxed set maps; the maps in the Old Grey Box, the Forgotten Realms Adventures Hardcover and the FRIA have the right orientation). |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 08:16:26
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I'm going from memory, but I don't think it's ever been named. Neither the map in Forgotten Realms Adventures, nor the 2e FRCS provides any specific name for the street. And Volo's Guide to Cormyr offers only a vague reference to it, though also unnamed.
I'd say this is one for Ed. |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 14:28:47
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Thank you for your answers!
I will pass it on to Ed to get the answer - hopefully!
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 16:13:13
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Here is the answer, provided by THO!
Praise to the Hooded One!
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Hi, Ergdusch,
I can help you with your question.
The streets in Arabel have been named and renamed many times over the years, as the city has broken free of Cormyr, been reconquered, local personages have risen and fallen out of favour, and so on.
However, that main central avenue you speak of is quite clearly labeled on my 1979-era Ed-drawn "home Realms campaign" map of Arabel as:
Thalonder's Ride
(known in daily usage merely as "the Ride" to local citizens)
There you go. Anything to keep a fellow wayfarer in the Realms from getting lost in Arabel. Not that it's huge or hard to STAY lost; it's just that there are some back alleys a traveler wouldn't want to blunder into unprepared.
love,
THO
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