LEGENDS Q&A: #21 (Patreon)

QUESTION INDEX

• 00:01:45 - Are there extended details regarding the dynamics of intermarriages between some royal houses in the Realms? Was the Cormyr princess married off for alliance purposes? Was it a safer option if considering other factions among nobility?

• 00:09:40 - Are drow or gnomes better at waterworks?

• 00:20:37 - Is it fair to say that Harelveauplum sauce is somewhat a type of a “mother sauce” in Luiren and is served as a base of many dishes, sauces, etc?

• 00:21:52 - How can you get across the Realms quickly as a harper (assuming there are no sources of spellcasting as skills or mates during travel)?

• 00:27:51 - How did death transition in the elemental planes, in terms of the passing of the soul versus another’s journey for resurrection (souls that died by drowning, fire, etc)?

• 00:32:52 - Considering one can buy a seat on the ruling council of Melvaunt for 2,000,000 gp (Mysteries of the Moonsea p10), how wealthy would someone need to be in order to be elected the lowest rank of Dahaumarch in Amn (Lands of Intrigue p7)? Do the wealthiest families in Amn have more money than the treasury in Athkatla?

• 00:38:17 - What happened to the de La Sunya nobles of Athkatla?

• 00:40:58 - Are there any more hidden gems about Melira Taralen, Milil, or Hanali Celanil? Where can one start this search?

• 00:45:29 - Follow up: Have they invented electricity back then?

• 00:48:20 - How good artificers were Raumathar? Did they get their knowledge from the ancient imaskaris?

• 00:55:11 - What if a traditional adventurer decided to take the merchant prince path in Power of Faerûn by pouring their adventuring proceeds into a business? How much net profit does the owner of a typical overland caravan on an ocean shipping company make in one year? Is it possible, on average, to die wealthier as a trade merchant than an adventurer since adventurers live shorter lives?

• 01:02:06 - Was there an artificer school in Halruaa, since Basilea Indoulur was an artificer and regent of Halagard of Halruaa in The War Wizard novel? How did they come to learn about mechanical dragons; through Imaskarian or Netherese knowledge? (Counselors & Kings trilogy)

• 01:07:05 - How destructive is a tarrasque and how would the Realms in the Sword Coast react to it as an impending threat?

• 01:15:25 - How stealthy are harpers about their identity?  

• 01:21:57 - In 713 DR Cormyreans and Dalesfolk formed a volunteer army to help defend Myth Drannor from the Army of Darkness. Why didn’t King Draxius get involved directly and send in the Purple Dragons?

• 01:25:53 - How do heeled shoes, as far as fashion goes for both men and women in the Realms, work when riding on horseback?

• 01:32:21 -  Do dwarves generally plot against each other the way elves and humans often do, or is their society structured in a way that discourages it? Can you give any examples of intrigue plots occurring amongst dwarves? Is there additional info on dwarven clans and how they’re structured?

• 01:38:38 - Did Safron disappear from the Realms during the 100 years after Spellplague with Samarach gone?

• 01:41:42 - What did Azoun IV do to gain the trust of the Earthfast dwarves?