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bob-san
Acolyte
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 Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 19:28:50
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Hail and well met once more.
I'm seeking a little more information on the Sword Mountains that I cannot seem to find in the Lost Empires book.
I'm looking for any sort of history on that region.
Any dwarven clans call that place home centuries ago?
What was the area called back then?
Any information would be helpful and appreciated.
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 23:06:30
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Originally posted by bob-san
Hail and well met once more.
I'm seeking a little more information on the Sword Mountains that I cannot seem to find in the Lost Empires book.
I'm looking for any sort of history on that region.
Any dwarven clans call that place home centuries ago?
What was the area called back then?
Any information would be helpful and appreciated.
Well theres the Stoneshaft clan (See Elaine Cunninghams novel Thornhold)
Theres was also the Hall of Whirling Blades a temple to Haela Bright Axe (now occupied by Orcs)
In 927 an Orc Sharmen founds the Orc Realm of Uruth Ukrypt in the Sword Mountains
In 934 The orcs wipe out the Gnome settlements in the Sword Mountains
In 1026 Waterdeeps forces breaks the back of Uruth Ukrypt at the siege of waterdeep and then finishs them off at a battle at stump bog
this puts Uruth Ukrypt into decline (This is the last refernece to Uruth Ukrypt in the Old North timeline in LEOF)
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Edited by - Dargoth on 30 Nov 2006 23:27:14 |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 23:36:17
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Look at George Krashos's North timeline.
The southern Sword Mountains were within Phalorm, but I can't think of a major dwarven kingdom they were part of. But small, isolated holds are likely. This isn't my field, though. |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 23:51:59
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There was a clan of Sea faring Dwarves who had a kingdom called Haunghdannar which existed in the mountains east of Leilon (See Dwarves Deep)
The most significant sized Dwarven city near the Sword Mountains would have been Gauntulgrym but its beneath the crags south Mirabar |
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 11:32:27
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| In Erics Boyds Dungeon module The Fireplace level one of the villians lackies is from Melarrin "An Abandoned shield dwarf hold in the Sword Mountains" |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
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Posted - 15 Mar 2007 : 03:14:57
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Originally posted by Dargoth
In Erics Boyds Dungeon module The Fireplace level one of the villians lackies is from Melarrin "An Abandoned shield dwarf hold in the Sword Mountains"
Note this is the name for the unnamed dwarven hold mentioned in the Mintiper article in Dragon a long ways back (issue #184 or thereabouts).
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 15 Mar 2007 : 03:26:45
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Originally posted by ericlboyd
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Originally posted by Dargoth
In Erics Boyds Dungeon module The Fireplace level one of the villians lackies is from Melarrin "An Abandoned shield dwarf hold in the Sword Mountains"
Note this is the name for the unnamed dwarven hold mentioned in the Mintiper article in Dragon a long ways back (issue #184 or thereabouts).
--Eric
Is it the article about Mintiper, in 187? I didn't find that reference in there...  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
2067 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2007 : 04:09:49
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by ericlboyd
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Originally posted by Dargoth
In Erics Boyds Dungeon module The Fireplace level one of the villians lackies is from Melarrin "An Abandoned shield dwarf hold in the Sword Mountains"
Note this is the name for the unnamed dwarven hold mentioned in the Mintiper article in Dragon a long ways back (issue #184 or thereabouts).
--Eric
Is it the article about Mintiper, in 187? I didn't find that reference in there...
It's in the Mintiper article, but in the discussion of his female sidekick. Look at the bit where she steals the dragon's hoard. Note that it's not named; I created the name a while back and have dropped it in a couple of places. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 15 Mar 2007 : 05:18:49
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Originally posted by ericlboyd
It's in the Mintiper article, but in the discussion of his female sidekick. Look at the bit where she steals the dragon's hoard. Note that it's not named; I created the name a while back and have dropped it in a couple of places.
I guess that's why I didn't see it. I was looking for a specific, named reference... I trust you're referring to this passage:
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Asilther is famous for her theft of almost the entire hoard of the black dragon Shammagar, who used to lair in the mountains north of Waterdeep -- and has since moved every last coin of its treasure to one of the islands offshore, somewhere off the Sword Coast (exactly which one, surviving inquirers have not seen fit to reveal).
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
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Posted - 15 Mar 2007 : 05:35:59
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I trust you're referring to this passage ...
Yep.
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 06 Apr 2007 : 19:53:33
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I suggest looking at the maps and descriptions in the boxed set entitled The North. It's available a free pdf from Wizards.com, and it supplies MANY names for locations which are just specks on other maps. Volo's Guide is also a good supplement, with Elminster's "editing" added to correct Volo's errors.
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