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Caolin
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Captain Grafalcon
Learned Scribe
Brazil
129 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2012 : 18:47:39
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Itīs inside a book called R.A Salvatore Collected Stories. Itīs worth buying! |
"Surely you recognize that armies carrying banners are almost always thievesuntil they win." Jarlaxle, mercenary leader of Bregan D'aerthe. |
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Caolin
Senior Scribe
768 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2012 : 19:17:09
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quote: Originally posted by Gavinho
Itīs inside a book called R.A Salvatore Collected Stories. Itīs worth buying!
It's part of an Anthology? Weird that WoTC would list it separately in their catalog. Nuts. |
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Captain Grafalcon
Learned Scribe
Brazil
129 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2012 : 20:10:51
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Just found that was published in Dragons: World Afire,2006. But, since itīs related to Salvatoreīs "The Sellswords trilogy", the tale was an excellent addition to the book. |
"Surely you recognize that armies carrying banners are almost always thievesuntil they win." Jarlaxle, mercenary leader of Bregan D'aerthe. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 21 Sep 2012 : 21:31:30
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"If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair" is a novella about a particular dragon that arose during Zhengyi's reign of terror in the Bloodstone Lands.
It was first packaged as part of the deluxe coffee-table-style anthology <Dragons: Worlds Afire>, JUN-2006.
Then, it was re-packaged as part of the paperback RAS anthology <The Legend of Drizzt Anthology: The Collected Stories>, FEB-2011.
Apparently, WOTC is releasing the novella as a stand-alone e-book product in SEP-2012. The link on that WOTC page which is supposed to provide retailers doesn't seem to be working yet. |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly." --Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
<"Comprehensive Chronology of R.A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms Works"> |
Edited by - BEAST on 21 Sep 2012 21:33:12 |
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Xar Zarath
Senior Scribe
Malaysia
552 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2012 : 06:23:14
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Sammaster was not the only one to figure out how to make dracoliches it seems... |
Everything ends where it begins. Period.
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2012 : 07:29:23
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No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most. |
Every beginning has an end. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2012 : 10:48:03
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quote: Originally posted by Dennis
No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2012 : 12:42:59
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quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote: Originally posted by Dennis
No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.
From the Druidhome Trilogy?? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2012 : 15:45:45
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quote: Originally posted by Entreri3478
quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote: Originally posted by Dennis
No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.
From the Druidhome Trilogy??
Yup, that one. I don't recall his name, but I do recall seeing in one of the versions of the Grand History that his creation was listed centuries before Sammy created his first dracolich. |
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2012 : 05:26:01
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quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote: Originally posted by Dennis
No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.
First mortal, then. Besides, I rarely count the gods in terms of creating whatever firsts, because, in the first place, they're capable of almost everything. |
Every beginning has an end. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2012 : 10:48:25
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quote: Originally posted by Dennis
quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote: Originally posted by Dennis
No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.
First mortal, then. Besides, I rarely count the gods in terms of creating whatever firsts, because, in the first place, they're capable of almost everything.
Given the intelligence of dragons, and how long they've been around, I'd actually be quite surprised if none had ever found their own way to being a dracolich. I'm pretty sure that we don't have any canon references to who the very first dracolich in the Realms was. Sammy may have found a good method and been rather influential in making dracoliches, but I'd expect that there had already been dracoliches in the Realms thousands of years before. |
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Caolin
Senior Scribe
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 21:58:08
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loved this one,
Urshula (sp?) shows up again in Promise of the Witch King |
Bloodstone Lands Sage |
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Caolin
Senior Scribe
768 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2012 : 19:36:47
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Yeah I snatched up the Drizzt anthology and I thought it was an amazing story. Kind of makes me wish that RA would write a trilogy about the Bloodstone saga with Zhengyi's rise and how Gareth Dragonsbane and company defeated him.
I would pay good money for that story. |
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