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Originally posted by The Hooded One

Hi again, all.
Eldacar and Sage, it was the now-extinct Principality of Fairbanner, which occupied a tiny bite out of The Grand Duchy of Shantal (a strip roughly 2 miles long by half that wide, along the Duchy's eastern border [[north end]]). The cambion in question, who styled himself "High Lord" Baerm Lamordair (names we later learned he'd taken from wealthy Vilhon Reach merchants he'd murdered, to seize their wealth), was trying to make Fairbanner much larger at the time we tangled with him. He fled after we took down most of his band of misfits (human/monster crossbreeds who were mostly "shunned outlaws" and brigands) - - and Fairbanner collapsed with him.
love,
THO

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Originally posted by Ayrik

There were also bardic colleges, although I don't know of any specifically outside Raven's Bluff.

Post-timejump Realms seems to have moved from "medieval" more towards "renaissance" ... replete with literate, half-educated, middle-classed populations. I suppose there's a schoolhouse in every village large enough to support a temple.

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Originally posted by Ayrik

There were also bardic colleges, although I don't know of any specifically outside Raven's Bluff.

Post-timejump Realms seems to have moved from "medieval" more towards "renaissance" ... replete with literate, half-educated, middle-classed populations. I suppose there's a schoolhouse in every village large enough to support a temple.

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Originally posted by Ayrik

There were also bardic colleges, although I don't know of any specifically outside Raven's Bluff.

Post-timejump Realms seems to have moved from "medieval" more towards "renaissance" ... replete with literate, half-educated, middle-classed populations. I suppose there's a schoolhouse in every village large enough to support a temple.

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All the bardic colleges mentioned in the AD&D1 PHB have been located in the Realms, IIRC. Most were placed in Tethyr, but at least one was in the Moonshaes. I know the starting point for this was the novel Elfshadow and some where mentioned in Lands of Intrigue (at least the unabridged, pre-edit version), but I can't remember where we stuck the full list.

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Originally posted by crazedventurers

Bards you say?

hmmm lets see

http://oracle.wizards.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0007C&L=realms-l&P=R15077

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Fochlucan: The college of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. After it closed, the college stood empty for many years before being reopened as Utrumm’s Music Conservatory. Utrumm’s Music Conservatory has since been moved to Southbank, and Fochlucan has been reborn as the House of the Harp. (See Elfsong, pages 10, 171, and Silver Marches, page __.)

MacFuirmidh: The college of MacFuirmidh once stood on the isle of Alaorn in the Moonshae Isles, south and east of Caer Callidyrr. (See Elfsong, pages 170-171.)

Doss: The college of Doss once stood in the shadow of the High Lady’s Castle in the city of Berdusk where Twilight Hall, the base of the western branch of the Harpers, now stands.

Canaith: The college of Canaith now lies in ruins along the northern stretch of the Hillstrail about 70 miles south of Zazesspur, its long-abandoned buildings put to the torch during the Black Days of Eleint in 1347 DR. (See Elfsong, pages 175.)

Cli: The college of Cli once lay within the eastern reaches of Baldur’s Gate, but its buildings have long since been torn down and replaced. The only remnant of this school is Elfsong Tavern, an adventurers’ drinking-place and hiring house notable for the ghostly elven female voice (once a student at the college) that can be heard from time to time. (See Volo’s Guide to the Sword Coast, pages 17-18.)

Anstruth: The college of Anstruth once stood in the heart of Sundabar’s trade ward. As recently as 1364 DR, only one building remained, a once-beautiful structure converted into a warehouse. The founding of the Silver Marches confederation and the refounding of Fochlucan in Silverymoon has given renewed energy to efforts by a handful of bards to refound Anstruth. (See Elfsong, pages 154-156, and Silver Marches, page __)

Ollamh: The college of Ollamh once stood on Rivon Street in Waterdeep’s Trade Ward, where the House of Song, guildhall of the Council of Musicians, Instrument-Makers, and Choristers, now stands, although many mistakenly believe it lay in Castle Ward, where Halambar Lutes & Harps now stands. In 1366 DR, Danilo Thann and members of the above-mentioned guild refounded the college as New Ollamh, located in Waterdeep’s Castle Ward in the old Cliffride villas of Heroes’ Rest and Stormwatch. (See Elfsong, pages 217, 243, City of Splendors: Campaign Guide, pages 40-41, 46-47, and City of Splendors: Waterdeep, pages __, and Dragon #__, page __.)
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Cheers

Damian

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Originally posted by The Hooded One

Hi again, all.
Kajehase, many folk can do "tally math," but in the Realms, advanced theory is more a matter of sages and of magic (arcane [spell cracting]and divine [priesthoods and religious philosophy], not maths, and that inevitably affects math development.

And how remiss of me...Eric!!! How great to see you posting here at the Keep, and working in the Realms again!!! Hugs and kisses!
love,
THO

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Originally posted by The Sage
I forgot about the College of Doss in Twilight Hall. That solves a little problem in my current bardic-centric campaign.

Thanks for the reminder, crazed.

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Form ed Greenwood via THO
The name "Aralent" comes from a long-dead "prince" of Chessenta (heir to a city-state), who fled would-be assassins who'd gravely wounded him with poisoned weapons, came here, settled into a new life as a stonemason, and eventually built some of the earliest temples. His earliest quarries now form some of the temple cellars.
I mention this because there's a ford of Aralent in Chessenta where he's locally believed to have been murdered by those assassin's, and a tor or crag known as Aralent's Tomb, where a local legend insists a grieving lover buried his remains. Neither of those are on the maps, either, largely because TSR seems to have lost or never received my detailed map of Chessenta (sorry! before you ask, they DO own it, so I can't reproduce it anywhere without their permission).

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Originally posted by The Hooded One

In the Realms, MOST sages are stay-at-homes; how isolated they are depends on where they live (most are on trade routes or, if they make a living as sages, in cities). They infrequently visit colleges and friends, yes. A FEW dare to exchange books (most have COPIES of writings made, and exchange those, thinking that a book lent is a book never to be seen again), and most do write letters to each other, both cordial and feuding - - some of the long-running disagreements are legendary.

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