Plaster was a fairly common building material made of limestone and sand, used to create protective coating on walls, ceiling, as well as used to shape and mold decorative parts of structures. The mixture was soft and malleable but turned hard and white when dried.[23] It yellowed with age.[5] Plaster could be found throughout Toril, from Waterdeep to Doegan in the Utter East.[17]
Usages[]
Apart from use in construction and decoration, plaster had medicinal uses. In the wizard kingdom of Halruaa, plaster was used by infirmaries to affix broken bones in place, usually supplemented by healing prayers by the clergy of Mystra.[24]
Availability[]
- Amn: plastered elegant villas were a commonplace in the seaport city of Murann.[7]
- Blade Kingdoms: plaster was an extremely wide use in the city-states of the Blade Kingdoms. The Toporello family palace in Sumbria had wooden ceilings covered in plaster and painted with cherubs, nymphs, satyrs, and fey bowers.[14] The grand Palace of Manniccis was thoroughly plastered as well.[25]
- Chessenta: the city of Luthcheq's Trade Center had a uniquely plastered and painted roof underside. It bore imagery of athletic competitions painted by local artists.[13]
- Chondath: Arrabarran noble houses plastered the walls of their grand mansions, painted, and decorated them with gold and gems.[12]
- Cormyr: In Castle Obarskyr, the seat of power located in Suzail, old yellowing plaster bas-reliefs decorated halls and ceilings. They depicted majestic fearsome dragons battling valorous warriors and slender elves.[5] In the city of Tilverton, the underground lair of the city's thieves' guild - the Rogues of Tilverton, had shabbily plastered walls.[6] Castle Kilgrave in the Storm Horns had intricate plasterwork decorating its ceilings.[26]
- Dalelands: the Twisted Tower of Ashaba in Shadowdale had intricate plasterwork in its throne room.[4]
- Dragon Coast: Some mansions of Elversult were covered in white plaster.[10]
- Impiltur: some of the boardinghouses of Lyrabar had plaster-covered ceilings, easily eroded by water damage and the elements.[11]
- Moonsea: in the city of Old Phlan, plaster was widely used throughout, namely, covering the walls of Cadorna Textile House[27] and the Temple of Bane.[9]
- Moonshae Isles: the city of Llewellyn had plastered buildings alongside those of stone and wood. All were painted bright white color.[15] The Temple of the Goddess on the Island of Viledel originally had plastered walls, decorated with frescos depicting the Goddess, her holy symbols, and images of her deeds.[16]
- Raurin: chambers within the Pyramid of Amun-Re of the so-called Desert of Desolation were covered in plaster and decorated with grand frescos.[18]
- Sembia: plaster was used in construction and finishing of the Stormweather Towers of Selgaunt, home of the noble House Uskevren.[8][28]
- Shou Lung: plaster was used by the builders of Shou Lung.[19] The Khazari folk used crude white-washed mud plaster to coat their structures' outside walls.[20]
- Sword Coast: to no surprise, plastered buildings were quite common in the city of Waterdeep.[29] One of the Harper hideouts in the City of Splendors had white plastered walls that shone from behind dark oaken beams.[30] The basement of the Crawling Spider tavern had plaster walls that were shaped to look like cut stone of underground tunnels.[1] One of the most precious historical artifact kept in the grand fortress library of Candlekeep was a slab of plaster that depicted the "Prince of Netheril."[3] Plastered walls were encountered in the city of Baldur's Gate.[2]
History[]
Plaster was an ancient building material that went as far back as -700 DR and the Empire of Netheril, where plaster was used to cover yellow stone buildings.[31] Sculpted decorative plaster was often painted in rainbow-bright colors.[32]
In 1372 DR, Jack Ravenwild, a rogue from Ravens Bluff, engaged in a theft of sizable amounts of timber, straw, various tools, and plaster from nearby busiecssess in order to make his temporary habitat livable.[33]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Desert of Desolation • Ruins of Adventure • Curse of the Azure Bonds • Treasure Hunt • Assassin Mountain • A Dozen and One Adventures • The Sword of the Dales • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor
- Novels
- Shadowdale • Horselords • Dragonwall • Elminster: The Making of a Mage • Black Wizards • The Ring of Winter • Sword Play • Dangerous Games • The Nether Scroll • Star of Cursrah • The Council of Blades • Elfshadow • Cormyr: A Novel • Easy Betrayals • The Rage • The Halls of Stormweather • The Yellow Silk • The City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel • Maiden of Pain • Twilight Falling
- Referenced only
- Ironhelm • Lies of Light • The Sapphire Crescent • The Abduction • The Magehound • The City of Ravens
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). Elfsong. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 11. ISBN 0-7869-1661-3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 James Lowder (November 1992). The Ring of Winter. (TSR, Inc), chap. 2, p. 44. ISBN 978-1560763307.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lynn Abbey (September 2000). The Nether Scroll. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-1566-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Scott Ciencin (April 1989). Shadowdale. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 13, p. 259. ISBN 0-8803-8730-0.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb (April 1998). Cormyr: A Novel. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-0710-X.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jeff Grubb and George MacDonald (April 1989). Curse of the Azure Bonds. (TSR, Inc.), p. 20. ISBN 978-0880386067.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Douglas Niles (1990). Ironhelm. (TSR, Inc), p. ?. ISBN 0-8803-8903-6.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Short Story included in Clayton Emery (February 2007). “The Heir”. The Halls of Stormweather (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6. ISBN 978-0-7869-4244-2.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mike Breault, David "Zeb" Cook, Jim Ward, Steve Winter (August 1988). Ruins of Adventure. (TSR, Inc.), p. 20. ISBN 978-0880385886.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Troy Denning (April 1996). The Veiled Dragon (Paperback, 1996). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-7869-0482-8.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Richard Lee Byers (April 2004). The Rage. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-3187-6.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Thomas M. Reid (November 2003). The Sapphire Crescent. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-3027-6.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Kameron M. Franklin (June 2005). Maiden of Pain. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 0-7869-3764-5.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 3, p. 35–36. ISBN 978-0786905317.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Douglas Niles (November 2004). Black Wizards. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-3563-4.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Aaron Allston (January 1987). Treasure Hunt. Edited by Steve Winter. (TSR, Inc.), p. 14. ISBN 0-88038-326-7.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Richard Baker (June 1998). Easy Betrayals. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1. ISBN 0-7869-0871-8.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 48. ISBN 978-0880383974.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Troy Denning (August 1990). Dragonwall. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 13. ISBN 0-8803-8919-2.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 David Cook (May 1990). Horselords. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7. ISBN 0-8803-8904-4.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur (1993). Al-Qadim: Assassin Mountain: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 30. ISBN 1-56076-764-X.
- ↑ Steve Kurtz (1993). A Dozen and One Adventures (Campaign Book). (TSR, Inc), p. 24. ISBN 1-56076-622-0.
- ↑ Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7, p. 137. ISBN 978-0786905317.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 2, p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
- ↑ Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 5, p. 78. ISBN 978-0786905317.
- ↑ Scott Ciencin (April 1989). Shadowdale. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6, p. 105. ISBN 0-8803-8730-0.
- ↑ Mike Breault, David "Zeb" Cook, Jim Ward, Steve Winter (August 1988). Ruins of Adventure. (TSR, Inc.), p. 35. ISBN 978-0880385886.
- ↑ Paul S. Kemp (July 2003). Twilight Falling. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 9. ISBN 0-7869-2998-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood & Elaine Cunningham (May 2006). The City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 28, p. 477. ISBN 0-7869-4004-2.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). Elfsong. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 2. ISBN 0-7869-1661-3.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (May 1996). Sword Play. (TSR, Inc), chap. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0492-5.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
- ↑ Richard Baker (December 2000). The City of Ravens. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10. ISBN 0-7869-1401-7.