Redwoods were a species of trees found in several locations across the Realms, known for their sturdiness and massive size.[2][5][3]
“
I would have picked a better spot. There are only birches and scrub trees around here. Give me a good oak or redwood grove any day.
”
Habitats[]
- Redwoods grew in the High Forest and were used by elvish craftsmen to carve impressive furniture out of, including thrones.[1]
- The Forest of Wyrms in the Western Heartlands had a population of majestic massive redwood trees that reached several hundreds feet tall and to feet wide.[3]
- Cormyr's Helmlands had the Redwoods forest that perished during the Spellplague, but in the century that followed a new generation of redwood trees grew to maturity in place of their perished progenitors.[4]
- Hartsvale, the land of giants and giant trees, exported quality redwood that was used to fashion fashion masts and keels by shipbuilders of Westgate.[5]
Usages[]
- Orcs and tanarukka that served Daggerford's Devil Gorgomorz in the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, were supplied with orcish-made redwood shields. 127 pounds (57.6 kilograms) each, they lacked in appearance but were very effective nevertheless.[2]
- Redwood was used in construction of doors in Tethyr. Redwood doors were in use even in the royal palace of Tethyr in the 15th century DR.[7]
- Redwood furniture was in use in the land of Zakhara. A huge table of carved redwood could be found in the Ivory Tower of Dar al-Bayda in the 14th century DR.[8]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Philip Athans (October 2005). Whisper of Waves. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 57. ISBN 0-7869-3237-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ossian Studios (June 2018). Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford. Beamdog.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Richard Baker (August 2004). Forsaken House. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8. ISBN 0-7869-3260-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brian R. James (December 2007). “Countdown to the Realms: Spellplague: The Wailing Years”. Dragon #362 (Wizards of the Coast).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak (July 1995). Masquerades. (TSR, Inc), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0152-7.
- ↑ James Ward, Anne K. Brown (February 1992). Pools of Darkness. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-5607-6318-3.
- ↑ Jenna Helland (January 2009). The Fanged Crown. (Wizards of the Coast), chaps. 22, 24. ISBN 0-7869-5093-5.
- ↑ John Baichtal (January/February 1997). “Blood and Fire”. In Michelle Vuckovich ed. Dungeon #63 (Wizards of the Coast) (63)., p. 51.