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Originally posted by Adhriva

I can create a background for you pretty easily - much better then the parchment ones on the DMG. I've just been busy as I think my project might very well find a home here on Candlekeep among the old compendiums and I'm trying to bring it up to pitch-level of quality.

Give me some time to put something together for you.

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Originally posted by George Krashos

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Originally posted by Adhriva

I can create a background for you pretty easily - much better then the parchment ones on the DMG. I've just been busy as I think my project might very well find a home here on Candlekeep among the old compendiums and I'm trying to bring it up to pitch-level of quality.

Give me some time to put something together for you.

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Not to horn in on Dazzlerdal's action, but would it be okay for me to ping you down the track re assistance with prettying up my bog standard offerings. Won't be bothering you for a while, but just wanted to know.

-- George Krashos

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Originally posted by dazzlerdal

And as my only paying customer feel free to let me know if it was worth the money, whether you think there is anything missing that prevents you from running campaigns during this period, what else you would like to see, and if you would buy the next item (Netheril: The First Age).

I will probably implement any suggestions immediately as well.

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Originally posted by Wrigley

I would realy like to see more on Thaeravel as there is very little information about them.

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Most legends agree that there was once a powerful magical kingdom above the Stonelands, kept secret from those races who dwelt below it on the ground. This kingdom, which supposedly existed 1500 years ago or more, boasted a society comprised of dragons, giants, sylphs, pegasi, asperii, giant eagles, and even some winged, elflike beings whose name is no longer remembered (and who are now apparently extinct).
These races coexisted in peaceful harmony among the clouds, avoiding the decadent human realms of the time, especially Asram. These beings came down to the surface of the Realms only to gather or trade for food and other necessities, and quickly fled back upward to their cloudy haven. The giants, ever industrious, even brought huge stones up with them. They built magnificent fortresses and cities in the sky, hidden by the clouds.
It wasn.t until the Cloudlands were discovered by the mages of Asram and Anauria that disaster struck. The sky-dwelling races had been right to avoid their earthbound neighbors. The great and powerful wizards of these nations intended to conquer the Cloudlands, for they knew that such a kingdom would be a safe haven from the encroaching desert that was soon to destroy their earthbound realms.
In the war that ensued, the Cloudlands were destroyed. The fortresses and cities so carefully crafted by giant artisans fell to the earth. You see their forlorn remains scattered over the plain now called the Stonelands, a mute relic of war.

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Apparently, in the days when even ancient Netheril was young, a number of mages, wizened elders, and priests set out to try to reason with a blue dragon of incredible might that had been plaguing their communities. The dragon rebuffed their attempts at parley, and many men and women were slain by its retributive attack. A god (which god is unknown today; it may even be a deity who no longer exists) decided to .help. the humans, and created creatures known as behir, amalgamated from the dead remains of their fallen comrades and the old scales of the dragon.
It is true these behir, then great in number, slew the blue dragon in a desperate, pitched battle. But of course, as often happens in legends and in life, the monsters then turned on the very humans and other fair creatures they were made to save. These found the behir as great a foe as the dragon had once been.
One evil was replaced by another. The bard who originally told me this tale said that the moral was one cannot trust the help of the gods in overcoming evil, but I am not so sure of the accuracy of his interpretation. That is just the sort of man he was.
In any event, behir are undoubtedly real. Further, they are sworn enemies of dragons, although they do not aggressively hunt them. They simply do not abide drakes within their territory, and likewise never enter the realm of a dragon.

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Originally posted by dazzlerdal

I will dig out my quotes for thaeravel tomorrow.

As for the terraseer, i think you are near the mark. Arthindol was just one of many sarrukh liches or oreme. There were many and they each ruled in turn over a thousand years.

Given that they are evil i think they all worked against each other subtly so they could claim glory.

Their goal (for those that believed as arthindol did), was to create something capable of destroying the phaerimm when they returned. Arthindol and a number of others tried to do that by building powerful nations. Netheril was one, thaeravel another, and hlundadim another.

At least thats my reasoning

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Originally posted by dazzlerdal

Hlundadim overlaps slightly with the survivor states and was believed to be ruled by a powerful netherese archwizard. Believes is a word that provides a lot of wriggle room.

Cheers for the kurtulmal quote, ive been looking for that for ages

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