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Lady Shadowflame
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 15:42:13
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Because of Valentine's Day, I felt like asking this:
Who are your favourite Realms couples?
The ones you think are the sweetest, or the most devoted, or who just generally speak to your heart regarding their relationship?
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
894 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 16:00:49
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Khelben and Laeral of course.
Danilo and Arilyn close second I guess. |
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crazedventurers
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1073 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 16:17:32
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Originally posted by Kilvan
Khelben and Laeral of course.
Aye most certainly those two, a true love story that spans centuries
Cheers
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Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 17:03:24
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 18:52:55
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I completely agree re: Khelben and Laeral. And at the risk of being hate-bombed, Elminster and the Simbul in much the same way. Men who are more devoted to nurturing the world and life and freedom than most of their real-world counterparts, paired with women who are simultaneously insanely powerful (not just in level but in "inner strength") and generally uninhibited by the expectations leveled on women by society. People who do Good, in very different ways, with frequently catastrophic-for-the-bad-guys ways.
I'll have to re-read the Wulfgar and Cattie-Brie novels. I seem to remember them teasing each other, but being fiercely loyal. Very cool couple.
I also have to add Azoun IV and Filfaeril. Quite a pair. |
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 18:59:22
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Originally posted by Lady Shadowflame
the most devoted, or who just generally speak to your heart regarding their relationship?
And slipping away from the romance and couple (though they were kinda like an old married couple) parts, but with regard to the quoted portion... Ivan and Pikel.  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 19:08:04
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Originally posted by Kilvan
Khelben and Laeral of course.
Danilo and Arilyn close second I guess.
Ditto.
Also Sememmon and Ashemmi -- a very interesting couple, there.
Cat and Giogi Wyvernspur are a fun couple, too.
And Matteo and Tzigone weren't really a couple, but they were close enough for my liking.
And I've an odd fondness for Orgauth/Abarax and Desmonda/Eshaeris. Yeah, also not a true couple, but something about them intrigued me. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 14 Feb 2012 19:10:42 |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 19:52:28
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Originally posted by xaeyruudh
quote:
Originally posted by Lady Shadowflame
the most devoted, or who just generally speak to your heart regarding their relationship?
And slipping away from the romance and couple (though they were kinda like an old married couple) parts, but with regard to the quoted portion... Ivan and Pikel.
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Eladrinstar
Learned Scribe
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 20:36:05
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Khelben and Laeral. I like those two a lot, but also because I don't know any other Realms couples really.
Oh yeah, Aerie and Haer'Dalis too. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 21:39:34
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I can't think of a more appropriate thread to put this in:
In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a short bonus non-canonical Shadowbane story--what basically amounts to, if you ask Fayne, "Kalen/Myrin slash fiction." :)
Shadowbane side-story: "Really Don't Do That"
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
2285 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 21:45:26
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Khelben and Laeral
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why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
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Lady Shadowflame
Learned Scribe
115 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 00:07:57
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quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I can't think of a more appropriate thread to put this in:
In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a short bonus non-canonical Shadowbane story--what basically amounts to, if you ask Fayne, "Kalen/Myrin slash fiction." :)
Shadowbane side-story: "Really Don't Do That"
Cheers
Thaaaaat's... not slash fiction. At least not under the general view of the term. Slash generally having one less gender in the participants and all.
But it made me snicker regardless. Oh, comic misunderstandings... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 01:05:12
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Originally posted by Lady Shadowflame
Because of Valentine's Day, I felt like asking this:
Who are your favourite Realms couples?
The ones you think are the sweetest, or the most devoted, or who just generally speak to your heart regarding their relationship?
Sememmon and Ashemmi has always been the one relationship I've wanted to learn more about. I've developed it further for my own Realms, but I'd love to see how this has actually been nurtured in the Realmslore.
I'll include the more obvious Khelben and Laeral, as well. I'll always remember the impact his death had on Laeral.
My other personal view on "sweetest Realms couples" would be Danilo and Arilyn. I really think this was the one relationship in pre-Spellplague lore that truly brought to mind the difficulties inherent in human/demihuman unions.
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And, finally, there is also the wholesomely lovely relationship between the Sage Operth, and the Lady Kazandra. At least in my Realms.  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 04:16:37
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Alassra and Lauzoril. If only... |
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 05:23:24
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Originally posted by Dennis
Alassra and Lauzoril. If only...
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 12:34:20
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| Khelben and Laeral. Followed by the wizard of my group and Simbul (yes, Elminster lost the heart of the Queen of Aglarond) :) |
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_Jarlaxle_
Senior Scribe
Germany
584 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 13:46:24
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
894 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 14:06:51
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| The absolute worst Realm couple was probably Ryld and Halisstra, they never managed to make me feel any sympathy for them. |
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Lady Shadowflame
Learned Scribe
115 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 14:12:27
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Originally posted by Dennis
Alassra and Lauzoril. If only...
Ryld and Pharaun. If only...
Seriously though, they appeal even as friends because they actually seemed to like each other. Even if the usual drow betrayal shenanigans got in the way. They still seemed to have some sense of understanding for one another.
(At least, in the first books of the series. I've not had the heart to read the last three.) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 15:38:25
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
Kaanyr Vhok and Aliisza are an interessting couple too
Another good one, though I liked Aliisza much more than Kaanyr Vhok. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 15:51:42
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
Kaanyr Vhok and Aliisza are an interessting couple too
Another good one, though I liked Aliisza much more than Kaanyr Vhok.
Agreed, I never liked Vhok much, not sure why though. Just one of those characters who always rubbed me the wrong way. |
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Wolfhound75
Learned Scribe
USA
217 Posts |
Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 16:32:07
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| Tongue in cheek: Crenshenibon & Errtu? |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 23:46:34
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Originally posted by xaeyruudh
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Alassra and Lauzoril. If only...
You are a twisted person.
Actually, they liked each other. And Alassra even considered him a potential lover had he not lived on the wrong side of the fence. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 23:47:30
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Originally posted by Lady Shadowflame
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Originally posted by Dennis
Alassra and Lauzoril. If only...
Ryld and Pharaun. If only...
Seriously though, they appeal even as friends because they actually seemed to like each other. Even if the usual drow betrayal shenanigans got in the way. They still seemed to have some sense of understanding for one another.
(At least, in the first books of the series. I've not had the heart to read the last three.)
I did hope they would end up as lovers. Seriously. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 23:50:08
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
Kaanyr Vhok and Aliisza are an interessting couple too
Another good one, though I liked Aliisza much more than Kaanyr Vhok.
Agreed, I never liked Vhok much, not sure why though. Just one of those characters who always rubbed me the wrong way.
I don't like either of them. When I first read about Aliisza, I wanted her to die quickly. And Kaanyr, well, more quickly. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 00:50:31
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
Kaanyr Vhok and Aliisza are an interessting couple too
Another good one, though I liked Aliisza much more than Kaanyr Vhok.
I tend to prefer Vhok, actually. But it's a worthwhile relationship, I agree, and it deserves much more page time. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 01:18:58
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-I am my favorite couple. Being tripartite allows you to love yourself in ways you would never imagine.
Sounds narcissistic to me. |
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 01:48:36
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Originally posted by Dennis
Actually, they liked each other. And Alassra even considered him a potential lover had he not lived on the wrong side of the fence.
What's not to like, about her? 
And as far as Lauzoril... people who have the panache to make Evil look good are appealing "in a certain light" ...and I would think that's particularly true for a free spirit of CN alignment. Lauzoril was/is a snake... but he's a snake with charm, and that goes a long way, unfortunately. All the way to "you're hot, even though you're trying to kill me and my sisters."
Doesn't mean he deserves anything better than death.
That said, I haven't read any novels developing his personality or past. I'm just remembering him from FR6. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 02:05:43
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Originally posted by xaeyruudh
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Originally posted by Dennis
Actually, they liked each other. And Alassra even considered him a potential lover had he not lived on the wrong side of the fence.
What's not to like, about her?
And as far as Lauzoril... people who have the panache to make Evil look good are appealing "in a certain light" ...and I would think that's particularly true for a free spirit of CN alignment. Lauzoril was/is a snake... but he's a snake with charm, and that goes a long way, unfortunately. All the way to "you're hot, even though you're trying to kill me and my sisters."
Doesn't mean he deserves anything better than death.
That said, I haven't read any novels developing his personality or past. I'm just remembering him from FR6.
He has fair amount of novel time in The Simbul's Gift and The Haunted Lands trilogy. And despite the fact that they're penned by different authors, I saw no inconsistency in the portrayal of Lauzoril's personality.
I postulated that the reason behind Lauzoril's possible survival in the said trilogy could be Alassra's debt (paid at a high price). A ring with a mote of silverfire that provided unbreakable protection at a moment of extreme crisis and lasted for a few seconds, enough time for him to translate himself somewhere safe. Or something like that. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 04:46:54
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Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-I am my favorite couple. Being tripartite allows you to love yourself in ways you would never imagine.
Being tripartite means you're more than a couple.
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