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Post/Author/DateTime Post
Pallis
11-09-03, 06:35 PM Just a qucik enquiry to see whether anyone out there knows what year, Dale Reckoning, 'The Thousand Orcs' begins. Thanks for the help...
Srinshee
11-09-03, 07:20 PM 1370, i think
Iakhovas
11-09-03, 07:21 PM 1369 DR, Year of the Gauntlet.
Pallis
11-10-03, 06:01 AM ...anyone care to cast the deciding vote...? Looks like we've got a couple of possibles.
Ryltar Swordsong
11-10-03, 07:06 AM 1369 DR
Srinshee
11-10-03, 12:27 PM 1369 is probably right. through i'd read 1370 somewhere, but i haven't actually read the book yet. Might read when it's in paperback, but i actually haven't read any salvatore books since the silent blade, so i imagine i'd probably have some catching up to do, I'm not really such a fan.
Herr Doktor
11-10-03, 01:27 PM Perhaps you'd have better luck finding an answer to this question on the Forgotten Realms Novels forum?
Krash
11-10-03, 09:59 PM See Tom Costa's "Obould" piece in the novels section of the TSR website. The dating for 'Thousand Orcs' is 1371 DR.

-- George Krashos
Iakhovas
11-11-03, 10:16 AM With all due respect to Tom Costa, he must have just pulled that date out of the air. Per the novel, the events of The Lone Drow take place 10 years after the attack on Mithral Hall by the drow. You do the math.
Pallis
11-11-03, 02:00 PM ...the reason for asking was that, upon reading the Forgotten Realms Setting core book, it mentions that the Silver Marches is under the threat of King Obould and his Orc hordes, that the populace of the Marches are forever fearful about the danger he might pose if ever he managed to gather sufficient forces. Now, it strikes me as being strange that this should be so if, only a couple of years earlier, Obould and his Orcs have gathered a force strong enough, with help from the Frost Giants, and backed by the drow and begun their raids.
To be honest, when I posted the thread, I expected the date to be either 1371 or 1372.
It strikes me that something's amiss. I want to run a game that coincides with events begun in Thousand Orcs but also want to remain true to the 'canon' work of the Core Book. Will I be able to do this...? Any help would be appreciated...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Pallis 11-09-03, 06:35 PM	Just a qucik enquiry to see whether anyone out there knows what year, Dale Reckoning, 'The Thousand Orcs' begins. Thanks for the help...
Srinshee 11-09-03, 07:20 PM	1370, i think
Iakhovas 11-09-03, 07:21 PM	1369 DR, Year of the Gauntlet.
Pallis 11-10-03, 06:01 AM	...anyone care to cast the deciding vote...? Looks like we've got a couple of possibles.
Ryltar Swordsong 11-10-03, 07:06 AM	1369 DR
Srinshee 11-10-03, 12:27 PM	1369 is probably right. through i'd read 1370 somewhere, but i haven't actually read the book yet. Might read when it's in paperback, but i actually haven't read any salvatore books since the silent blade, so i imagine i'd probably have some catching up to do, I'm not really such a fan.
Herr Doktor 11-10-03, 01:27 PM	Perhaps you'd have better luck finding an answer to this question on the Forgotten Realms Novels forum?
Krash 11-10-03, 09:59 PM	See Tom Costa's "Obould" piece in the novels section of the TSR website. The dating for 'Thousand Orcs' is 1371 DR. -- George Krashos
Iakhovas 11-11-03, 10:16 AM	With all due respect to Tom Costa, he must have just pulled that date out of the air. Per the novel, the events of The Lone Drow take place 10 years after the attack on Mithral Hall by the drow. You do the math.
Pallis 11-11-03, 02:00 PM	...the reason for asking was that, upon reading the Forgotten Realms Setting core book, it mentions that the Silver Marches is under the threat of King Obould and his Orc hordes, that the populace of the Marches are forever fearful about the danger he might pose if ever he managed to gather sufficient forces. Now, it strikes me as being strange that this should be so if, only a couple of years earlier, Obould and his Orcs have gathered a force strong enough, with help from the Frost Giants, and backed by the drow and begun their raids. To be honest, when I posted the thread, I expected the date to be either 1371 or 1372. It strikes me that something's amiss. I want to run a game that coincides with events begun in Thousand Orcs but also want to remain true to the 'canon' work of the Core Book. Will I be able to do this...? Any help would be appreciated...