A blueleaf (pl: blueleafs[3]) was a type of tree found in Faerûn.[2][3] Bluewood was the name of the wood taken from this tree.[2]
Description[]
The tree resembled a large maple.[5] It was so named for the color of its leaves, which were a strange, gleaming blue and had many points.[2][3] They actually glowed with a faint, blue light.[5]
Blueleafs often grew in thick copses and typically reached heights of 40 feet (12 meters), but their trunks rarely grew thick.[2][3] The wood of the tree was surprisingly durable;[2][3] the relatively thin trunk rarely broke, even when under extreme stress. They bent in winds and under snows, and in winter they could stabilize snow tunnels over roads that sheltered travelers.[2]
Usage[]
A piece of blueleaf wood used in crafting.
Blueleaf leaves and sap could be crushed to make a bright blue dye often used in clothing manufacture in the North, usually in cloaks. The leaves and wood could also be burned to produce vivid, jumping blue flames that were favored by minstrels and storytellers for special effects, such as mood lighting during sad scenes.[2][3][5]
The wood of the blueleaf tree, known as bluewood, was used by Volodni craftsfolk to make weapons and armor. Bluewood was magically treated to become as hard as steel, though it weighed half as much.[4]
Habitats[]
Blueleafs seen from above, growing atop a cliff in the Grayvale. Note the many-pointed leaves.
- Blueleafs were often found north of Amn, in humid, temperate, and subarctic latitudes.[2][note 1]
- Evereska[6]
- Ardeep Forest on the Sword Coast North.[2][7]
- High Thorog in the Nether Mountains.[8]
- Banks of the Laughingflow in the Evermoors.[9]
- Silverymoon (Silver Marches), where most streets were lined with blueleafs.[8]
- Hermit's Wood in Cormyr, where they grew in large groves.[5]
- In the Nelanther Isles, these trees grew in the southern section of the pair of islets known as the Tusks.[10]
- The Vast Swamp, with stunted bluelead trees growing around the fringe.[11]
- The Shadow Swamp (a reflection of the Vast Swamp) in the Plane of Shadow, around the Shadow Citadel.[12]
- A small number of these trees grew on the island of Evermeet.[13]
- Blueleafs grew in the Grayvale, with a thick stand on the southern edge of the High Forest near Tanglefork Woods and few around the village of Shining Falls.[3]
Trivia[]
A blueleaf tree was the location of a portal between Eveningstar and Suzail.[14]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
- Extermination
- Novels
- Farthest Reach • Sword of the Gods • The Herald
- Video Games
- Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation
Notes[]
- ↑ Although The Shining South (1993) states that the Forest of Amtar was primarily blueleaf trees, this was retconned to be suth trees in Shining South (2004).
Further Reading[]
- Ed Greenwood (September 1987). “Woodlands of the Realms”. Dragon #125 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 14–16.
References[]
- ↑ Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 36. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 79. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Stephen Radney-MacFarland (2003). Legacy of the Green Regent: Extermination. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 7–8, 21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 58. ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “The Settled Lands”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 12. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 130. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (2006-05-03). Environs of Waterdeep (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for City of Splendors: Waterdeep. Wizards of the Coast. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved on 2009-10-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ed Greenwood and Jason Carl (July 2002). Silver Marches. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 133. ISBN 0-7869-2835-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood and Jason Carl (July 2002). Silver Marches. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 23. ISBN 0-7869-2835-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 71. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, James Wyatt (March 2007). Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7869-4119-3.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, James Wyatt (March 2007). Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7869-4119-3.
- ↑ Anne Gray McCready et al. (March 1994). Elves of Evermeet. (TSR, Inc), p. 10. ISBN 1-5607-6829-0.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 113. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.