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#1 Ralif_Redhammer Mar 18, 2015 7:38:07	So my brother decided his Halfling should speak with a French accent, for reasons unknown. He’s looking for a region to call home. Which region of the Realms would you map to France? I lean towards the Vilhon Reach for its wine production, but am curious as to what others would say.
#2 LordManshoon Mar 18, 2015 11:20:25	Cormyr was definitely influenced by medieval-and-Renaissance France, so there's that.
#3 Selvarien Mar 24, 2015 17:21:18	Funny, I thought Impiltur (and the nearby city-states to the northwest) was more 'French'...Cormyr and Sembia seem like an amalgamation of England &  mainland Europe during a more mercantile era.
#4 BRJN Mar 25, 2015 18:54:02	Mph, Vilhon Reach is kinda depopulated post-Sundering, so maybe not.  Plus, I see that area as a developing frontier.   You could have some of the Western Heartlands or south Sword Coast be French-y.  Or, Chessenta (multiple city-states vying for influence = 1300s France).  Unther and Mulhorand need to be re-filled (from scratch?), you could place something new there.  Or place an independent village in the North (near the High Forest).
#5 Ralif_Redhammer Mar 26, 2015 8:14:39	Impiltur does have the whole cheese thing going for it:   "A typical tavern meal in Hlammach included...a platter of pungent cheeses,"   Selvarien wrote: