The Jansens were a family of gnomes that lived across the west coast of Faerûn during the 14th century DR.[1][2][3]
Activities[]
While members of the family held a number of professions, including inventors, adventurers, criminals, performers, and herbalists, their primary interests were in the cultivation and use of turnips.[1][3]
Members[]
The Amnian Jansens were a diverse and eccentric group of gnomes.[1][2]
Among them were the siblings and siblings-in-law;
- Jan Jansen, an inventor and adventurer who lived in Athkatla
- Elgar Buttercup, Jan's brother, whose skin was supposedly made of charcoal
- Burt Wonderkind, the griffon-baiter
Their cousins;
- Glandig, who had twins named Tot and Tat
- Josephine, who became involved with a "gully dwarf"
- Beeloo, another cousin who had a history of run–ins with the law
- Richard, an uncle who tried to make nude theater popular in Waterdeep
- Kylie Jansen, a turnip peddler from Athkatla
- Tat and Tot Jansen, twins from Athkatla
The aunts and uncles:
- Sara, who attempted to take over the world with turnip pies laced with psychogenic herbs
- Gerhardt, who despite his incoherent ramblings was somehow privy to the activities of the Hidden
- Hans Jansen, a great-uncle who was an accomplished alchemist
- Furnbottom Jansen, an aging adventurer whose career was ended by a hungry griffon
As well as:
- Yanna Jojannsen, Jan Jansen's niece, who was charmed by the vampire Hexxat and died while searching for the tomb of Dragomir
- Eduardo, an inventor whose creations were displayed in Waukeen's Promenade
The "Culver Jansens" were those from the family who were exiled from Thunder Mountain and settled in the city of Culver.[3]
- Uncle Pinto, who sold the rights of Culver for a bag of turnips
- Erb, a courtesan and former chest-maker who settled in the city of Neverwinter
History[]
According to their family the city of Culver has not existed since the "great Turnip Famine of '45".[3]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Video Games
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 BioWare (September 2000). Designed by James Ohlen, Kevin Martens. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. Black Isle Studios.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beamdog (November 2013). Designed by Philip Daigle, et al. Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. Beamdog.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 BioWare (June 2002). Designed by Brent Knowles, James Ohlen. Neverwinter Nights. Atari.