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Saer Cormaeril
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Posted - 03 Jun 2011 :  01:44:47  Show Profile Send Saer Cormaeril a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Hi again, Scribes.

I was wondering if anyone had any speculation regarding Elminster Aumar and the Nether Scrolls.

In addition to speculation, does anyone have any canon support for Elminster studying the Nether Scrolls?

'Till Swords Meet!

Brace Cormaeril

Nicolai Withander
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Posted - 03 Jun 2011 :  12:17:03  Show Profile Send Nicolai Withander a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Have never heard of him reading the scrolls... but perhaps!
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Ayrik
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Posted - 03 Jun 2011 :  13:07:26  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Probably a good question to ask Ed.

I'd suspect that Elminster might've had some access to the Golden Grove (made from Nether Scrolls) at which elven High Mages study. He may also have certain arrangements with, say, the Morueme clan of blue dragons who own/guard some Nether Scrolls. In fact, Mystra might've "cheated" and created new copies of some scrolls just for Elminster to enjoy, much as she has apparently done for Larloch. I'm just speculating.

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_Jarlaxle_
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Posted - 03 Jun 2011 :  13:51:51  Show Profile Send _Jarlaxle_ a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well Mystra didn't need to create scrolls for him, she could have just implanted all he needed to know into his mind. There couldn't have been something in the scrolls Mystra didn't know.

Edited by - _Jarlaxle_ on 03 Jun 2011 13:52:27
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Lord Karsus
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Posted - 03 Jun 2011 :  17:58:31  Show Profile Send Lord Karsus a Private Message  Reply with Quote
-There is no canon information anywhere stating it implicitly, but, as Arik mentioned, Elminster hung around places where the Nether Scrolls, or those with access to the Nether Scrolls existed. So, in theory, he might have had access to them at points in the past.

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Ayrik
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Posted - 03 Jun 2011 :  19:20:34  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
He's also a sneaky little scamp who's not above somehow justifying reasons why he should "borrow" dangerous items like Nether Scrolls from time to time as needed ... in fact, he's not above justifying the absolute lack of needing to justify anything if he's clever enough to get away with it and nobody else notices.

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Saer Cormaeril
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Posted - 04 Jun 2011 :  20:36:33  Show Profile Send Saer Cormaeril a Private Message  Reply with Quote
This query was answered by Ed Greenwood himself in the scroll linked below.

http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14621&whichpage=38

Brace Cormaeril
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Thieran
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Posted - 04 Jun 2011 :  22:07:41  Show Profile Send Thieran a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Fascinating - thanks for asking!
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