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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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 Posted - 14 Jun 2016 : 18:42:34
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Well met, all--
So, to my knowledge, the most recent Westgate info was in the article I released toward the end of 4e updating the city to 1485.
I've been distracted with other projects for a while since, so I'm asking here: Has there been anything else? Novels? Supplements? DMs Guild stuff?
Why do I ask?
Oh, no reason.
Not like I'm doing research for a current project or anything. 
Cheers
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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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Adhriva
Learned Scribe
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2016 : 19:31:00
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| The only 'official' material I can think of would be found in the Sword Coast Adventure Guide. None of the DMGuild stuff counts as official unless it finds its way into a Wizard's publication as I understand it - and to my knowledge, none have (think of the DMG as a huge, RPG-titles-only, community brainstorming session.) |
Professional illustrator and comic book artist.
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Edited by - Adhriva on 14 Jun 2016 20:34:07 |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2016 : 20:00:34
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| I think that you have a "clean slate" to work with Erik. |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Adhriva
Learned Scribe
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jun 2016 : 20:59:27
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| I have some unused concept art for an ambassador and his delegation from Westgate. The idea got cut from the project early, so I never discovered a true visual look for Westgate and its inhabitants. Obviously, completely unofficial art, but I'll send it your way if you're interested. |
Professional illustrator and comic book artist.
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Edited by - Adhriva on 14 Jun 2016 21:02:05 |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1265 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 03:53:44
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| Interesting that the Fire Knives are still around but no mention of the Night Masks. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3802 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 13:51:25
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| That I know, the few lines in the SCAG are all the post-Sundering lore available about Westgate. That said, I'm looking forward to your work, Erik. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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Lamora
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 16:50:30
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| Anyway this new work is a brand new novel? Preferably with a wizard as the main character? I can hope at least. |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3802 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 16:54:46
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| I think it's a mix between a short story and an adventure, if my memory doesn't fail me. Novels can't be published through the DMGuild. Actually, it looks like pure fiction as a whole is prohibited (it's in their FAQs. So, fiction tied to sourcebooks and the likes is ok. Stand-alone fiction, not so much). Sadly, this prevented Elaine from releasing her ''Reclamation'' through the DMGuild, and it has impaired another work that a scribe here showed to me, and that I thought had a lot of potential. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1150 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 21:13:02
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Originally posted by Seravin
Interesting that the Fire Knives are still around but no mention of the Night Masks.
That happened between 3rd & 4th edition. The two groups were allies, then the Fire Knives betrayed the Night Masks and murdered the vast majority of them. |
When life turns it's back on you...sneak attack for extra damage.
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Shadowsoul
Senior Scribe
Ireland
705 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 23:48:03
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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
#8213; J.R.R. Tolkien
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hashimashadoo
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1150 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2016 : 02:51:21
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Originally posted by Shadowsoul
I thought one of Manshoon's clones was the leader.
Yes, the vampire one. He escaped the slaughter and became leader of the Zhentarim again. |
When life turns it's back on you...sneak attack for extra damage.
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2016 : 14:51:35
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| Wasn't Vampshoon messing around in Cormyr during those Elminster novels? El must Die ectera... |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Lilianviaten
Senior Scribe
489 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2016 : 04:08:00
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Well met, all--
So, to my knowledge, the most recent Westgate info was in the article I released toward the end of 4e updating the city to 1485.
I've been distracted with other projects for a while since, so I'm asking here: Has there been anything else? Novels? Supplements? DMs Guild stuff?
Why do I ask?
Oh, no reason.
Not like I'm doing research for a current project or anything.
Cheers
I would think Kirenkirsalai was ruling Westgate these days. But I could be wrong.  |
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Delwa
Master of Realmslore
USA
1268 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2016 : 17:00:10
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Originally posted by Brimstone
Wasn't Vampshoon messing around in Cormyr during those Elminster novels? El must Die ectera...
That's what I was thinking. I seem to remember a line in Spellstorm that said he wasn't bothering with the Zhents atm? Could be wrong. |
- Delwa Aunglor
I am off to slay yon refrigerator and spoil it's horde. Go for the cheese, Boo!
"The Realms change; seldom at the speed desired of those who strive, but far too quickly for those who resist." - The Simbul, taken from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Conspectus |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
1621 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2016 : 23:14:12
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| I didn't care for the discription of Westgate 5e, made it sound like sh*thole. |
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Lirdolin
Learned Scribe
Germany
196 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2016 : 22:47:53
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It depends on in which year your new project is set (Shadowbane - Eye of Justice and it's cliffhanger ending were set in 1480 DR), if this information is of any consequence:
In autum of 1485 DR up to Eleint of 1486 DR 'The Great Rain' reflooded the Sea of Fallen Stars to it's pre-Spellplague shoreline, so maybe the shore/harbor of Westgate might sport some drowned buildings now?
Another sideeffect of the storm is a'new' bloodline of sorcerers that appeared near the Inner Sea: Storm Sorcerers. (SCAG pg.136-137)
By the way could it be that your project, besides Westgate, is somehow connected to the way back 'Forgotten Realms Lore Reconciliation Contest'? (Remember: Still don't want to die horribly in one of your novels, prefer vampiric undeath)
(Just flipped through the novel 'Masquerades' to look at the old map of Westgate and wondered if Alias is still around to revisit 5e Westgate)  |
Edited by - Lirdolin on 28 Jun 2016 23:00:01 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 28 Jun 2016 : 23:55:49
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Originally posted by Lirdolin
(Just flipped through the novel 'Masquerades' to look at the old map of Westgate and wondered if Alias is still around to revisit 5e Westgate)
I asked Jeff Grubb about the longevity of Alias and her sisters, last year, at GenCon. He gave a definite maybe on whether or not they'd be immortal.
I'm inclined to think they would be immortal, because of Finder's original goal, but it could also be argued that since they are alive enough to have kids, that the gods didn't inflict immortality on them. |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
1621 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2016 : 23:33:36
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| Well Helm is back, so that's bound to have an effect. |
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