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Draeden
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 08 Dec 2006 : 21:39:30
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Does anyone know if there is information concerning Tharsult (an island in the Shining Sea just south east of the Spider Swamp in Calimshan)?
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 08 Dec 2006 : 23:29:27
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Tharsult isn't a heavily detailed locale in the Realms.
The 2e Forgotten Realms Adventures hardcover has a few brief mentions, as does the 3e Races of Faerun. There's the odd tidbit in Empires of the Shining Sea but these mainly relate Tharsult to places on the coast.
Additionally, Eric had this to say -
"Tharsult is not detailed in Serpent Kingdoms (at least I didn't write it up due to space considerations), although I have a few ideas regarding it. Maybe I'll put them together someday.
As for a tie between Tharsult and the scaly folk, discussions with Ed suggest it was once a lizardman kingdom, but the lizardmen have retreated into the Underdark via the hundreds of limestone tunnels that honeycomb the island. Their descendants now dwell in an isolated region of the Underdark beneath the island but may or may not be thriving.
--Eric"
We also know, thanks to the 2e and 3e tomes City of Splendors and City of Splendors: Waterdeep, that the Mhairaunn family -- who married into the Phylunds of Waterdeep -- are from Tharsult and breed watchspiders.
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Draeden
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 09 Dec 2006 : 03:34:00
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Thank you Sage!
Your knowledge of the Realms is extremely impressive.
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 09 Dec 2006 : 09:04:06
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Ed does have more info on Tharsult - he just hasn't found the vehicle to showcase it. Yet.
-- George Krashos
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 09 Dec 2006 : 09:43:47
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| BTW, the drow city of Maeralyn lies in the Underdark just off to the west of the coast of Tharsult, though it is not detailed either. Matter of factly, it only became (in-)famous for its successful assault on the drow city of Jhachalklyn a few years ago (Menzoberranzan box). |
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