Talk:Heralds of Faerûn

Hey, Movie. Nice article. I've often wondered about this group. If you're interested, there's a new High Herald, Ilvarthaele Everstone, one of mine. I'll leave you to integrate the lore yourself, or else I can do it once the article is complete. — BadCatMan (talk) 11:16, July 6, 2014 (UTC)


 * 1373 DR? Why didn't they put this in Power of Faerûn, which covers up through 1374? Oh well, such is Wizards. Thanks, I'll put her in. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 13:06, July 6, 2014 (UTC)


 * It was only in a Dragon article, which usually escape notice. — BadCatMan (talk) 13:19, July 6, 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't know if you have the magazine, but you might make more of the actual text. The Dragon article says "The other High Heralds tasked her [Ilvarthaele Everstone] with the maintenance and administration of heraldry [east of the Inner Sea], as well as providing support to the heraldic structure already in place [in the countries and independent cities there]." — BadCatMan (talk) 09:43, July 7, 2014 (UTC)


 * Where do I get the magazine(s)? And what do you think of the slideshow? &mdash; Moviesign (talk) 04:23, July 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh, second-hand, back issues, game-store back-log. Online. ;)
 * I like the slide-show. At first, I thought putting up some random coats-of-arms would be confusing, making them look like the actual symbol of the Heralds. But the slide-show is a nice fix. Still, looking at Power of Faerûn, those coats-of-arms all seem to be from merchant organisations, which I think contradicts the focus on noble, political coats-of-arms. Perhaps we could use the existing coats-of-arms of various cities, like at Baldur's Gate and Tantras? Alternatively, the picture of Starblade would work well: a Herald, displaying her arms and banner, looking cool and important sums up the Heralds well. — BadCatMan (talk) 05:19, July 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, I thought just one coat-of-arms would imply that it belonged to the Heralds. I haven't read the whole chapter closely, but I couldn't find any ties between the images and the text; they seemed pretty generic. Blazons of merchant companies fall under the purview of the Heralds, so that's not really a problem, but feel free to add more images to the slideshow if you wish&mdash;maybe interleave city arms and noble family arms. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 12:17, July 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Annoyingly, they do not give a hint who Starblade is and then reused the Starblade image in 4th edition to represent a War chanter. :b I'd rather not confuse people. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 12:26, July 16, 2014 (UTC)


 * Okay, that should be fine there. Up to you what you put there.
 * Reused art, the bane of our work. Well, she can be both! :) There's a Jandar Starblade in Silver Marches (sourcebook) (page 68, 69), half-elf paladin, gender unknown, an Argent Legion commander. Yeah, it's rather tenuous. :( — BadCatMan (talk) 13:04, July 16, 2014 (UTC)

BTW, Cloak & Dagger also has a page on the Heralds. Mostly what you've already got, but there seem to be some new bits: an expanded list of regions they operate in, some more recent history of corruption, and a rumour of infiltration by Gargauth's cult! — BadCatMan (talk) 02:02, July 17, 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh great, and that book is almost impossible to get :( &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 03:21, July 17, 2014 (UTC)


 * Heh. Okay, I'll try to add the lore later. — BadCatMan (talk) 03:46, July 17, 2014 (UTC)