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"Hear ye, Hear ye, Hear ye". The plump town crier stands at the gates of Candlekeep and as the last rings of the bell fade away and the murmers of the gathering townsfolk begin to die down, he unrolls a scroll produced from within his bright red embroidered cloak. Then, clearing his throat, he begins...

This section contains details of recent additions to the Candlekeep site and well as news/press releases from Wizards of the Coast which relate to the Forgotten Realms Campaign.

Visit the Parchment Archives to see older items which were in previous pages of "What's New?".

Date	Item
11-NOV-2011	1) New product information pages for: Halls of Undermountain, Lords of Waterdeep (Board game), War of the Spider Queen, Volume 1, Venom in her Veins, Cold Steel and Secrets, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4, Untold Adventures novels. Computer game pages for Heroes of Neverwinter, Neverwinter Complete and Daggerdale. Promotional items page updated for Neverwinter faction badges. 2) Updated the Forgotten Realms Bibliography, and added a new 2012 FR Release Schedule. 3) The third netbook from the Maztica Alive! project, submitted by T J Hild: Book III: Lopango - Land of the Sacred Sun. Located in Forgotten Realms Netbooks. 4) At last, the collated answers and Realmslore from Ed Greenwood for 2008 and 2009 are now available within the So Saith Ed section. These are available to view on the website or as PDF downloads. 5) The FR Novel Checklist produced by Sir Urza has been updated by Joshua Smith. Available to download from the Novels page.
02-AUG-2011	1) New product information pages for: Eye of Justice, The Masked Witches, Neverwinter (novel), Neverwinter Fortune Cards, The Spectral Blaze, Brimstone Angels, Transitions Gift Set, The Last Mythal Omnibus, The Haunted Lands Omnibus, Bury Elminster Deep, Unbroken Chain: The Darker Road, Ed Greenwood presents Waterdeep, Book 2, The Legend of Drizzt Board Game, Neverwinter (PC game). 2) Updated the Forgotten Realms Bibliography, and 2011 FR Release Schedule. 3) An article by George Krashos on the alternative magic researched by the Netherese; The Magic of Mantles. Located in Traveler's Notebooks. 4) An extensive document of historical information on the ancient land of Aryvandaar, by Paul Simpson. Located in Traveler's Notebooks. 5) A wonderful collection of lore and information on the elven Realm of Eaerlann, by Paul Simpson. Additional tomes of lore for Eaerlann locations also by Paul Simpson are: the elven port of Teu'tel'Alu, Mhilamniir and Ascalhorn, The Secrets of Aryvandaar. 6) More wonderful elven lore by Paul Simpson; Glaurachyndaar, City of Scrolls and The City of Rystalmyth. Located in Traveler's Notebooks. 7) Two netbooks for the Maztica Alive! project, submitted by T J Hild for the 'Maztica Alive team': Book I: Monsters of the True World (Maztica and Lopango) and Book II: The Great Skyhome (Maztica and Spelljammer). Located in Forgotten Realms Netbooks. 8) Details on various areas of the ancient elven city, by Randy Neighbors: Myth Drannor's sites: Past, Present and Future. Located in Traveler's Notebooks. 9) Prayers, blessings and religious lore, by John Rick in Writings on Sharess. Located in Traveler's Notebooks. *10)* Laerakond (Returned Abeir) beautifully mapped, (artist unknown) in the Map Room. Also in the Map Room, a keyed map of Harrowdale. *11)* Recordings by Paul Jordan of Ed Greenwood seminars* in 2006. Recordings are spread over numerous parts and can be downloaded from the* Realmslore section. 12) New artwork in the Gallery of Faerûn; a mixture of pencil sketches and digital art by Laerrigan (J.L. Cordell), and 'Velenor', by Gustav Nieto.

Date

Item

11-NOV-2011

1) New product information pages for: Halls of Undermountain, Lords of Waterdeep (Board game), War of the Spider Queen, Volume 1, Venom in her Veins, Cold Steel and Secrets, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4, Untold Adventures novels. Computer game pages for Heroes of Neverwinter, Neverwinter Complete and Daggerdale. Promotional items page updated for Neverwinter faction badges.
2) Updated the Forgotten Realms Bibliography, and added a new 2012 FR Release Schedule.
3) The third netbook from the Maztica Alive! project, submitted by T J Hild: Book III: Lopango - Land of the Sacred Sun. Located in Forgotten Realms Netbooks.
4) At last, the collated answers and Realmslore from Ed Greenwood for 2008 and 2009 are now available within the So Saith Ed section. These are available to view on the website or as PDF downloads.
5) The FR Novel Checklist produced by Sir Urza has been updated by Joshua Smith. Available to download from the Novels page.

02-AUG-2011

1) New product information pages for: Eye of Justice, The Masked Witches, Neverwinter (novel), Neverwinter Fortune Cards, The Spectral Blaze, Brimstone Angels, Transitions Gift Set, The Last Mythal Omnibus, The Haunted Lands Omnibus, Bury Elminster Deep, Unbroken Chain: The Darker Road, Ed Greenwood presents Waterdeep, Book 2, The Legend of Drizzt Board Game, Neverwinter (PC game).
2) Updated the Forgotten Realms Bibliography, and 2011 FR Release Schedule.
3) An article by George Krashos on the alternative magic researched by the Netherese; The Magic of Mantles. Located in Traveler's Notebooks.
4) An extensive document of historical information on the ancient land of Aryvandaar, by Paul Simpson. Located in Traveler's Notebooks.
5) A wonderful collection of lore and information on the elven Realm of Eaerlann, by Paul Simpson. Additional tomes of lore for Eaerlann locations also by Paul Simpson are: the elven port of Teu'tel'Alu, Mhilamniir and Ascalhorn, The Secrets of Aryvandaar.
6) More wonderful elven lore by Paul Simpson; Glaurachyndaar, City of Scrolls and The City of Rystalmyth. Located in Traveler's Notebooks.
7) Two netbooks for the Maztica Alive! project, submitted by T J Hild for the 'Maztica Alive team': Book I: Monsters of the True World (Maztica and Lopango) and Book II: The Great Skyhome (Maztica and Spelljammer). Located in Forgotten Realms Netbooks.
8) Details on various areas of the ancient elven city, by Randy Neighbors: Myth Drannor's sites: Past, Present and Future. Located in Traveler's Notebooks.
9) Prayers, blessings and religious lore, by John Rick in Writings on Sharess. Located in Traveler's Notebooks.
10) Laerakond (Returned Abeir) beautifully mapped, (artist unknown) in the Map Room. Also in the Map Room, a keyed map of Harrowdale.
11) Recordings by Paul Jordan of Ed Greenwood seminars in 2006. Recordings are spread over numerous parts and can be downloaded from the Realmslore section.
12) New artwork in the Gallery of Faerûn; a mixture of pencil sketches and digital art by Laerrigan (J.L. Cordell), and 'Velenor', by Gustav Nieto.

To see items dated previous to the last entry, visit the Parchment Archives.

From time to time, items concerning the operation of Candlekeep site, system announcements and general messages are issued by the Scribes. This section contains these messages. New messages also appear in duplicate above on the 'What's New' section of this page and on the 'Home Page'. Click on a date below to view the message.

Date	Item
2004+	Note: Message's from the Scribes will now be announced in the Site Content section of the Candlekeep Forum.
17-APR-2004	Welcome to the latest member of the Candlekeep Head Scribes - Tethtoril.
09-MAR-2004	Message from the Scribes - Candlekeep is five years old!!! Also, request for another to join the ranks of the Head Scribes.
04-AUG-2003	Change to the email notification subscription, and site update frequency.
01-MAY-2002	Information on site downtime and the move to a new Web Server.
10-MAR-2002	Yet another note on site update frequency and missing submissions.
09-SEP-2001	A note on delayed site updates and a plea from Candlekeep - The "Master Scribe" offer.
08-JUL-2001	Candlekeep breaks the 100,000 visitor mark!!
13-SEP-2000	Message detailing system status and move to a new Web Host.
06-AUG-2000	Message detailing current site status, as well as an apology!
10-JUN-2000	Message regarding missing guestbook entries since 20 April 2000.
12-APR-2000	Message regarding the absorbtion of the FR-Zone web site from the REALMS-L Mailing List.
08-APR-2000	The site is back in full operation, system message regarding current status. ...and Happy Birthday to Candlekeep!!
19-MAR-2000	Very Important Message regarding recent site problems which has affected form submissions and email.
09-JAN-2000	Message regarding Web Server problems which affected the functionality of pages on the site which contain forms.
19-DEC-1999	System announcement regarding the move to a new Web Server.
14-DEC-1999	Important system message detailing problems over the past few days. Please read if you access the site regularly and\or have submitted anything.
27-OCT-1999	A message of thanks from the Scribes of Candlekeep for everybody who has visited our site, submitted your entries and helped us break the barrier of 10,000 visitors.
22-OCT-1999	Important announcement about the sites transition to a new server and expected downtime due on 25th October 1999.
05-SEP-1999	Important message regarding submissions to the site. Some data had been lost and server areas corrupt due to various problems. A very black day!
19-JUN-1999	Some Incompatability problems with the Candlekeep site and Netscape Navigator and temporary Email problems to AOL members.
07-APR-1999	The site reaches 1,000 visitors within three weeks of the launch!
09-MAR-1999	The Candlekeep website is activated! A welcome message from the scribes of Candlekeep and a taste of work in progress and coming soon.

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