Damask was a type of luxury fabric in the Realms[2][3][4] that had a pattern formed by weaving. It was usually made from either cotton or linen.[1]
History[]
In ancient times the empire of Raumathar used damask, having arras (tapestries) made of the fabric in their capital of Winterkeep.[2]
In the 14th century DR, damask was among the many fine fabrics that one could be found used for clothing in Selgaunt[3] and Waterdeep.[1]
In Baldur's Gate in the 1482 DR, the city's Council of Four with concurrence of the Parliament of Peers reinstated old sumptuary laws that made it illegal for anyone but the patriar to wear attire made of damask.[4]
Notable Users[]
- Among efreeti a common form of attire were robes made of damask.[5][6]
- Following the Time of Troubles,[7] high mass worshipers in the Church of Tyr would tie thin strips of white fabric over their eyes during high mass, usually damask, in emulation them of their deity's blindness.[7][8] Though the fabric was sufficiently light enough to not fully block their sight.[7] And at times priests of this faith also wore thin strips of damask over their eyes.[9]
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Appearances[]
- Novels
- Realms of Magic • The Shattered Mask
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb (September 1988). City System. Edited by Karen Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 0-8803-8600-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 David Cook (August 1990). “Volume II”. In Steve Winter ed. The Horde (TSR, Inc.), p. 108. ISBN 0-88038-868-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard Lee Byers (July 2007). The Shattered Mask (paperback ed.). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1, p. 2. ISBN 978-0-7869-4266-4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood, Matt Sernett, Steve Winter (August 20, 2013). “Murder in Baldur's Gate”. In Dawn J. Geluso ed. Murder in Baldur's Gate (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-6463-4.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Monster Sheets). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 142. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 35. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), Running the Realms. (TSR, Inc), p. 50. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
- ↑ Cardsheets included in Greenwood, Martin, Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.