Talk:Yhaunn

The population of Yhaunn in 1358 according to Forgotten Realms Adventures was nearly 100,000, but the reference for how the Shadovar helped the population recover after the destruction from the Spellplague has the population only listed at 25,000 even though it states the the population was larger than it was BEFORE the Spellplague. I don't have access to the 3E and 4E books so can anyone confirm that info? Artemaz (talk) 02:33, February 29, 2020 (UTC)


 * Doesn't the infobox provide the populations from other editions already? ~ Lhynard (talk) 02:43, February 29, 2020 (UTC)


 * The infobox had populations for 1372 and 1479, both of which were far lower than the stated population in 1358. Artemaz (talk) 02:59, February 29, 2020 (UTC)


 * To go along with the 1358 DR population of ~100,000, as stated by FRA, FRCS3e states the 1372 DR population as 20,184, and the 4e FRCG states the 1479 DR population is 25,000.


 * It could be reasoned the population could drop from 100k to 25k after the Spellplague, but the dramatic change before that is really odd. Does anyone know of any events in the 14 years between FRA and FRCS3e that would cause such a drop? If not, should this discrepancy be outlined in the notes, and if necessary made into a template? Ruf (talk) 14:59, February 29, 2020 (UTC)


 * 1-edition sourcebooks often had highly unrealistic populations for cities, based on the given sizes or details, populations that made no physical sense. In some cases, later edition writers corrected these. Sometimes they even give in-universe excuses. My favorite is this:

"Previous reports on the populations living with the syl-pasha's lands were altered ridiculously. As his honorable majesty Syl-Pasha Pesarkhal has deemed it, we have now restored the sensible methods of the Shoon Imperium in counting our people. Whereas before all slaves and dependent rural families were counted among a city's population, we now only consider and count those citizens of worth within a city. The previous corrupt administrations of the Djenispools used those inflated census numbers to excessively tax (and vex) the lesser pashas, vizars, and calephs. The enlightened nature of el Pesarkhal allows us to witness the true nature of Calimshan unclouded by the irrelevancies of the worthless rabble."

- Vizar Achmed el Imnt, census-taker of Calimport


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 18:04, February 29, 2020 (UTC)