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VikingLegion
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 Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 17:54:24
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I recently re-read The Night Parade, the 4th installment in the Harpers series. I had never heard of these specific extradimensional, child abducting monsters anywhere else, or if they struck in any cities other than Calimport. Is there any reference to them in a sourcebook, or did Ciencin make them up solely for this story?
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 18:16:36
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| Good question. I checked the Realms wiki but the Night Parade page did not cite any references. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 18:27:25
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I'm pretty sure the Night Parade critters were dreamed up for that novel. I'm not familiar with any other references to them in Realms fiction -- of course, most Realms fiction has been set elsewhere.
Though I do seem to recall a Realms of story that followed up with Myrmeen and Krystin, sometime later... I could be mistaken on that, though, I've only read one of those books in the last several years, and it was Elaine's.
Some of the characters have been mentioned elsewhere, though, mostly in stuff like Heroes' Lorebook. I think one of the southern books, perhaps Empires of the Shining Sea, also contained a reference or two to the Night Parade.
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 16 Oct 2015 18:28:33 |
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 18:48:53
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The Night Parade is 100% canon. They have entries in the Heroes' Lorebook; Villains Lorebook, Cloak and Dagger; a Dungeon adventure and several other, more minor sources.
These sources establish that they are also active in Athkatla; Iriaebor; Keltar; Myratma; Nimpeth; Sheirtalar; Teshburl; Westgate; Urmlaspyr AND they are still active in Calimport, despite the violence against them. The adventure describes how they try to expand north into Cormyr - the PC's job being to foil them.
Wooly is right that there is absolutely no mention of them BEFORE the novel however. |
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Edited by - hashimashadoo on 16 Oct 2015 18:55:41 |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 19:46:31
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| I thought Cloak and Dagger had the biggest write up on them. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 16 Oct 2015 : 20:41:10
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I forgot about the Cloak & Dagger entry. 
A few years after the Night Parade novel came out, I lost all interest in that group, since they seemed to be localized to one area and didn't pop up again -- and other, better novels pushed them out of my mind. This is not a bash on the novel; I just think other novels have been a lot better.
Besides, there are so many other evil groups that are so much more fun!  |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 16 Oct 2015 20:41:49 |
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VikingLegion
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 04:10:59
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| Is it ok if I display my ignorance and ask what is Cloak and Dagger? Some kind of Dragon magazine regular feature perhaps? When I hear that phrase the only thing that comes to mind is the Marvel comic with the guy that can teleport around and the woman who makes "knives" out of solidified light. |
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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VikingLegion
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 05:19:07
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Abeir
Acolyte
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Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 05:24:27
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| From Champions of Ruin p142: This order of fanatics believes that Dendar the Night Serpent is the mother of the Night Parade, a congregation of demons that oversaw a reign of terror in Calimport in 1359 DR and, The people of Calimport believe that she is the mother of the Night Parade, although this is not true. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 10:49:11
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| I love the night parade as urban villains and would advice anyone that could get a hold on it to read the Dungeon adventure, its one of the better ones. its called Storm Season and appeared in number 61. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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Posted - 17 Oct 2015 : 23:03:08
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| Yup Cloak & Dagger, one of the best Realms books ever... |
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Garen Thal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 Oct 2015 : 04:54:10
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Jeremy Grenemyer
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Originally posted by VikingLegion
Is it ok if I display my ignorance and ask what is Cloak and Dagger?
http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=8492
The last 2E Realms supplement, and one of the best Realms supplements from any edition. 
For a slightly better blurb... Cloak & Dagger
Written by Boyd, Schend, and SKR.
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Canonicity of The Night Parade?
