Jennylou Brightleaf was a contributing journalist of the Ravens Bluff Trumpeter broadsheet of Ravens Bluff in the late 14th century DR.[1][2]
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Jennylou's notable contributions to the Ravens Bluff Trumpeter included interviews and reporting on certain strange events in the Living City. In the Alturiak issue of Trumpeter, the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR[note 1], Jennylou Brightleaf reported on eyewitness events from the streets of Ravens Bluff that involved Lord Lorien Keltree Darkarrow and a group of people in the city's wharves. The Lord's skin was turned red, and a tail of a horse wagged attached to his noble behind. One of his companions, Joydancer Tellasi of Lliira, was seen yelling at a grieving mother to get over the death of her child. In the aftermath, Jennylou Brightleaf reached out to those involved for commentaries. Lord Dararrow simply claimed the group had a very bad day, and the Joydancer was in seclusion and unreachable. Jennylou also reported that this strange occurrence could've been an effect of a gypsy curse of some description.[1]
In Uktar, Nightal of the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR, Jennylou Brightleaf interviewed an eccentric hin member of the Knights of the Golden Rooster. Sir PomFritte Fromage recently announced the formation of the so-called Halfling Nation and, on short notice, Jennylou organized an interview at the hin's spacious suite at the Seven Tigers Inn. The knight stated that unlike elves and dwarves, halflings did not form cities, towns, and nations (strangely forgetting about the existence of Luiren). However, PomFritte Fromage loved all the amenities the city of Ravens Bluff offered to him and wanted to keep the "nation" within the city walls. The halfling ended the interview, declaring that all halflings interested in joining the "nation" were to stop at the Seven Tigers Inn and book a room using the special Halfling Nation rate.[2]
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- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff campaign took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City adventures and issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter were dated with real-world dates, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR), Myrkyssa was at last arrested and tried and said to have been executed, only to reappear in 1372 DR in The City of Ravens novel. As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month.