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Arion Elenim
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 Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 15:40:10
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Mayhaps I have no place to say as such (what with the backlogue of FR material I've been procratinating with writing)...but it seems that there are a LOT of really great stories about our beloved Faerun that have simply gone hitherto untold.
For instance, there is not (to my knowledge) any novel representations of:
1) the fall of Blingdenstone
2) the battle between Fzoul and Manshoon
3) Manshoon's subsequent defeat and "clone" problems
4) The drow invasions (Evermeet, the ruins of Myth Drannor, etc)
5) the politics behind Alustriel's stepping down
6) the formation of the Silver Marches
Just to name a few! These are WONDROUS story arcs that absolutely NO ONE has touched beyond a vague description in the 3.0 FR Campaign Setting. I am sure that these will be updated in the upcoming 3.5 edition...but I know I would ADORE reading a full acount of what happened in Blingdenstone after the drow defeat at Mithril Hall!!! And as a firm believer in Evermeet: Island of Elves as the elven Bible, not hearing about the vast dangers of the drow invasions across the globe is driving me nuts!!
Perhaps some of the wayward FR authors who haunt this place might pass this along...... 
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My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
Edited by - Arion Elenim on 16 Mar 2004 15:55:23
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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 16:16:05
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Originally posted by Arion Elenim
4) The drow invasions (Evermeet, the ruins of Myth Drannor, etc)
The Sembia novel Heirs of Prophecy showed somewhat the drow influence and presence with the Cormanthor. Additionally, the last two novels within the War of the Spider Queen series showed the drow settlements within this forest. |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 16:30:21
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| Indeed, but there was no account of the actual invasion...how the drow did it or the effects it had on the surrounding peoples.......learning of the effects secondhand can often be an effective way of showing devastating events, but in this case, a little firsthand account would go along way to slake MY interest at the very least.... |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 17:39:35
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| Some of the big events in Faerūn's past might make good material for fiction. From a novelist's perspective, however, such a plot does involve one significant disadvantage: Going in, the knowledgeable FR fan already knows how the story will turn out |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 18:46:15
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Oh Master Byers, you don't give yourself enough credit! I am certain that even the inevitable can make a fantastic story, particularly in the hands of such ingenious folks like yourselves....lots of films and theatre and novels are based on already well-known events, yet the plot's the thing....a surprise ending is not always a requirement for entertaining fiction, right?
And that is only if one approaches the work with already-published cannon as the focal point....the story of the creation of the Silver Marches need not be an entire novel, perhaps presented as a side reference in a smaller story...(begins scratching out ideas for fan-fic work about it.... )
And as far as the average Realms reader goes, I would imagine that not ALL readers are involved in gaming and would know the supposed outcomes.........in fact, I'm the ONLY person I know with a Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, and am only one of MANY in my immediate circle who reads the work of such illustrous folk as yourself.....
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My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
Edited by - Arion Elenim on 16 Mar 2004 18:50:36 |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 21:10:59
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| Actually, I agree with you, Arion. It's not an insurmountable difficulty. But every story presents its own special problems for the writer to solve, and I'm just saying, the reader knowing a significant piece of the ending is such a problem. |
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arilyn742
Seeker
Ireland
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Posted - 16 Mar 2004 : 23:16:54
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| Well, in theory, one could have a dramatic climax and a surprise even if the reader knows the end. What you could do is have the protagonist as some nameless extra who dies in the end, or something like that (eg, Tolkien's Helm's Deep through the eyes of some Uruk-Hai). While it wouldn't be quite what the reader is looking for in a story about a drow invasion, it would still work. |
Yonde iru, mune no doko ka oku de
Itsumo kokoro odoru yume wo mitai
Kanashimi wa kazoekirenai keredo
Sono mukou de kitto anata ni aeru |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 17 Mar 2004 : 14:40:51
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| Quite true my lovely elven counter-part! |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
Edited by - Arion Elenim on 17 Mar 2004 14:48:41 |
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Untold Stories (Spoilers)
