Silverfall/The Haunting of Blandras Nuin

The Haunting of Blandras Nuin is a novella by Ed Greenwood first published in the 1999 anthology Silverfall.

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There is death for most, undeath for some, and a wraithlike place beyond death for a few. I was going to say "the favored few," but increasingly I suspect some of them would coldly dispute such a judgment. May the gods, in time, show mercy upon them.

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— Iyritar Sarsharm, Sage of Tashluta, from The Roads Beyond Faerûn, published circa the Year of the Turret, 1360 DR^[2]

Summary[]

Syluné possesses Auvrarn, having been transferred into him through Alustriel’s silver fire and a fragment of stone from Syluné’s fireplace that Alustriel planted on Auvrarn. She follows him to a cabin where he meets with Meira, a priestess of Shar. Meira takes several precautions to prevent him from being tracked, including giving him a dead magic ring that prevents Syluné from reading his thoughts and emotions and disguising his appearance. She briefly disguises him as Azoun Obarskyr IV before deciding Auvrarn cannot pull off such a disguise, and instead changes his appearance to that of Blandras Nuin, a textile merchant she sacrificed to Shar. Syluné follows Auvrarn as he meets with a mysterious figure who discusses the deaths in Scornubel and tells him to be patient. Syluné observes him for months as he assumes his new identity, until after a drunken night he finally takes off his magic dead ring. Syluné appears as Alaithe, a chambermaid Auvrarn murdered, to scare him into telling all he knows of the conspiracy. She then contacts the Simbul to send her after the three Red Wizards.

Index[]

Characters

Auvrarn Labraster • Erovas Vrakenntun • Karlae • Meira • Nalambra • Simbul • Syluné
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Alaithe • Alustriel • Azmyrandyr • Azoun IV • Blandras Nuin • Elminster • Halaster Blackcloak • Iyritar Sarsharm • Roeblen • Tael • Thaltar Glaervar

Locations

Boldshoulder Street • Howling Herald • Prendle Street
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Aglarond • Amn • Baldur's Gate • Black Baron • Cormyr • Everlund • Goblintide River • High Palace • Hillsfar • Long Road • Longsaddle • Luskan • Mirabar • Neverwinter • Nimpeth • Sembia • Scornubel • Shadowdale • Silverymoon • Sword Coast • Tashluta • Thay • Undermountain • Waterdeep • Westgate

Creatures

ghost • goat
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black vole • bustard • cat • dragon • drow • horse • lion • rock viper • rockscuttler lizard • snake • squirrel • umber hulk

Organizations

Chosen of Mystra
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Harpers • Red Wizards • Spellguard • Zhentarim

Magic items

glowstone • magic-dead ring • teleport ring

Culture

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The Roads Beyond Faerûn

Events

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Year of the Turret

Other

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kaurdyl

Appendix[]

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.
↑ Ed Greenwood (January 2005). “The Haunting of Blandras Nuin”. Silverfall (Wizards of the Coast), p. 215. ISBN 0-7869-3572-3.

[P7M-1] 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.

[SF-pp05-p215-c5-2] Ed Greenwood (January 2005). “The Haunting of Blandras Nuin”. Silverfall (Wizards of the Coast), p. 215. ISBN 0-7869-3572-3.

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