"Patronage" is a short story by David Cook included in the 1993 anthology Realms of Valor. It revisits the lama Koja of Khazari from the Empires trilogy.
Summary[]
Now based at the temple of Deneir in Procampur, Koja seeks to tell the truth about the Tuigan by writing and publishing a book based on his experiences, while he reminisces of his homeland of Khazari. Koja looks into printing his book and seeks funding from the city's nobles, before receiving a gift from a powerful benefactor.
Index[]

Inkstain and Koja discuss using a printing press.
- Characters
- Aguul • Deneir • Foxe • Inkstain • Jozul Piniago • Koja • Orn Thavil
- Referenced only
- Wenslan Amthur • Azoun IV • Chih • Deara • Thom Reaverson • Talamic • Torg mac Cei • Ulin • Yamun Khahan
- Locations
- Buildings & Sites: Lady's Happy Hall • Red Mountain Temple • temple of Deneir
- Settlements: Procampur
- Realms: the Vast • Khazari
- Referenced only
- Cormyr • Dwarves' Deep • Griffin's Claw • Heartlands • Inner Sea • Manass • Red Mountain • Suzail • Shou Lung • Thesk • Waterdeep
- Magic
- Sutras: Hundred Lotus • Pure Thought • Sunlight After Storm
- Religion
- Gods: Deneir • Furo • Oghma • Tymora
- Faiths: Path of Enlightenment
- Miscellaneous
- A History of the Tuigan • butter tea • duke • gold lion • kumiss • lama • Life among the Tuigan • History of the Crusade • Lay of the Purple Dragons • paitza • palanquin • paper • parchment • printing press • tsampo • Yanitsava
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References[]
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Steven E. Schend (2000). Presenting...Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2003-06-21. Retrieved on 2015-08-12.