(Adding categories) Tag: categoryselect |
(Fixed ref, added links, used Quote template, refs needed) |
||
(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Location |
{{Location |
||
| title = |
| title = |
||
− | | image = |
+ | | image = Flamsterd.jpg |
− | | caption = |
+ | | caption = |
| name = Flamsterd |
| name = Flamsterd |
||
| aliases = |
| aliases = |
||
Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
| settlements = yes |
| settlements = yes |
||
}} |
}} |
||
− | '''Flamsterd''' was an island settled by [[wizard]]s and other magic-users.<ref name="Moon-p58">{{Cite book/Moonshae}}</ref> It lay to the west of [[Gwynneth]]. |
+ | '''Flamsterd''' was an island settled by [[wizard]]s and other magic-users.<ref name="Moon-p58">{{Cite book/Moonshae|58}}</ref> It lay to the west of [[Gwynneth]]. |
+ | Some time before [[1367 DR]],<ref name="GTotR-22">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms|22}}</ref> a wizard named Flamsted (who gave the island its name) emigrated to the island from [[Waterdeep]], along with many of his apprentices to practice magic in privacy. He was regarded as being a relatively gentle man, and was accepted by the native [[Ffolk]] of the isle.{{fact}} |
||
⚫ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Flamsterd began taking on apprentices from local Ffolk settlements, and constructed a tower on the southern peninsula of the island. Flamsterd and his apprentices greatly improved the quality of life on the isle, now named for him. Crops flourished, livestock thrived, and storms would divert course from the island.{{fact}} |
||
+ | |||
+ | As Flamsterds apprentices grew in power, they began to compete with one another, and turn against their teacher. As their competition grew more violent, several young mages began to die, and dangerous creatures, such as [[owlbear]]s and [[leucrotta]], roamed, and the native Ffolk fled from the southern peninsula.{{fact}} |
||
+ | |||
+ | Through the actions of Flamsterd's apprentices, the island became a desolate wasteland. Flamsterd seemed to vanish from the island, and one night, his tower along with most of the southern peninsula, exploded, removing half of the land mass of the island. Flamsterd and his apprentices have not been seen in the public since. [[Elminster Aumar|Elminster]], a friend of Flamsterd remarked: |
||
+ | {{Quote|I make this entry with sadness, for Flamsterd and I have become fast friends in our decades together in Waterdeep. The mage was always a trifle, well, eccentric, but he was a true master of his craft. In fact, he was in many ways a pioneer in the development of the arcane arts. I find it hard to accept the fact that he is dead<ref name="Moon-p58" />|Elminster Aumar |
||
+ | }} |
||
+ | However, Flamsterd did not die in the chaos that erupted from the actions of his apprentices. In his frustration, and perhaps mercy, he turned the remainder of his students into [[toad]]s and [[salamander]]s. He then sunk part of the island to the bottom of the sea. There he worked in peace in a tower surrounded by a bubble of air with new apprentices.<ref name="Moon-p58" /> |
||
+ | |||
+ | ==Appendix== |
||
⚫ | |||
{{refs}} |
{{refs}} |
||
− | {{Stub-geo}} |
||
[[Category:Islands]] |
[[Category:Islands]] |
||
[[Category:Locations in the Moonshae Isles]] |
[[Category:Locations in the Moonshae Isles]] |
Revision as of 14:06, 18 September 2020
Flamsterd was an island settled by wizards and other magic-users.[1] It lay to the west of Gwynneth.
Some time before 1367 DR,[2] a wizard named Flamsted (who gave the island its name) emigrated to the island from Waterdeep, along with many of his apprentices to practice magic in privacy. He was regarded as being a relatively gentle man, and was accepted by the native Ffolk of the isle.[citation needed]
Flamsterd began taking on apprentices from local Ffolk settlements, and constructed a tower on the southern peninsula of the island. Flamsterd and his apprentices greatly improved the quality of life on the isle, now named for him. Crops flourished, livestock thrived, and storms would divert course from the island.[citation needed]
As Flamsterds apprentices grew in power, they began to compete with one another, and turn against their teacher. As their competition grew more violent, several young mages began to die, and dangerous creatures, such as owlbears and leucrotta, roamed, and the native Ffolk fled from the southern peninsula.[citation needed]
Through the actions of Flamsterd's apprentices, the island became a desolate wasteland. Flamsterd seemed to vanish from the island, and one night, his tower along with most of the southern peninsula, exploded, removing half of the land mass of the island. Flamsterd and his apprentices have not been seen in the public since. Elminster, a friend of Flamsterd remarked:
However, Flamsterd did not die in the chaos that erupted from the actions of his apprentices. In his frustration, and perhaps mercy, he turned the remainder of his students into toads and salamanders. He then sunk part of the island to the bottom of the sea. There he worked in peace in a tower surrounded by a bubble of air with new apprentices.[1]
Appendix
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Niles (November 1987). Moonshae. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 58. ISBN 0-88038-494-8.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), A Grand Tour of the Realms. (TSR, Inc), p. 22. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.