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Real world FR places

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#1
dave_saunders_dup
Jan 24, 2009 18:19:06 I remember seeing conversations about places in the FR that are like places on earth. What places in the FR are actually supposed to be from earth?
#2
kurzon
Jan 24, 2009 19:30:33 Cormyr is based on Arthurian England, Amn is based on medieval/Renaissance Spain and Calimsham is Arabia.
#3
rauric
Jan 24, 2009 19:31:54 I thought the Moonshae Isles have a very celtic Ireland/Scotland/England feel to them.
#4
lord_karsus
Jan 24, 2009 20:26:06 Mulhorand: The Imaskari "kidnapped" Egyptians.
Unther: The Imaskari "kidnapped" Sumerians.

-Those are the only two that I can think of off the top of my head. The Shou interlopers may or may not have been, in theory, relatives of one of the many ethnic groups in China, but that is more speculation than actual anything.
#5
aardwolf
Jan 26, 2009 9:56:25 vaasa sounds very finnish, but yeah the gods have some pure earth taken, loviatar, silvanus, tyr, mulhorandi, untheric, meilliki, oghma, asmodeus, tiamat, ilmaterand pretty much the whole heirarchy of hell. the countries that arent transplants straight over do have some similarities, but that was something that made me really love Faerun above and beyond most other worlds :D
#6
the_shaman
Jan 26, 2009 10:42:34 Really, it depends on how close you are looking. I think quite a few places are based on various cultures in history, but in most cases the connection is fairly loose.

I think Amn is supposed to be based on the Italian city-states like Genoa and Venice... with a dash of Spain during the New World exploration era. Calimshan is supposedly Ottoman or Arabic. Chessenta was iirc close to classical Greek in many ways. I keep hearing how Rashemen was supposedly based on pre-Tartar Russia, but I'm a bit sceptical.
#7
lord_karsus
Jan 26, 2009 11:36:14 -Most of the above mentioned places, with the exceptions of the ones I listed, are not actual "Real World Forgotten Realms places". They are places in the Forgotten Realms that are surprisingly similar to cultures on Earth, for game design purposes, but there aren't actually connections to the actual world, like the OP is looking for. Rashemen seems a lot like Russia, for example, but it isn't in any way actually related or connected to Russia.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 dave_saunders_dup Jan 24, 2009 18:19:06	I remember seeing conversations about places in the FR that are like places on earth. What places in the FR are actually supposed to be from earth?
#2 kurzon Jan 24, 2009 19:30:33	Cormyr is based on Arthurian England, Amn is based on medieval/Renaissance Spain and Calimsham is Arabia.
#3 rauric Jan 24, 2009 19:31:54	I thought the Moonshae Isles have a very celtic Ireland/Scotland/England feel to them.
#4 lord_karsus Jan 24, 2009 20:26:06	Mulhorand: The Imaskari "kidnapped" Egyptians. Unther: The Imaskari "kidnapped" Sumerians. -Those are the only two that I can think of off the top of my head. The Shou interlopers may or may not have been, in theory, relatives of one of the many ethnic groups in China, but that is more speculation than actual anything.
#5 aardwolf Jan 26, 2009 9:56:25	vaasa sounds very finnish, but yeah the gods have some pure earth taken, loviatar, silvanus, tyr, mulhorandi, untheric, meilliki, oghma, asmodeus, tiamat, ilmaterand pretty much the whole heirarchy of hell. the countries that arent transplants straight over do have some similarities, but that was something that made me really love Faerun above and beyond most other worlds :D
#6 the_shaman Jan 26, 2009 10:42:34	Really, it depends on how close you are looking. I think quite a few places are based on various cultures in history, but in most cases the connection is fairly loose. I think Amn is supposed to be based on the Italian city-states like Genoa and Venice... with a dash of Spain during the New World exploration era. Calimshan is supposedly Ottoman or Arabic. Chessenta was iirc close to classical Greek in many ways. I keep hearing how Rashemen was supposedly based on pre-Tartar Russia, but I'm a bit sceptical.
#7 lord_karsus Jan 26, 2009 11:36:14	-Most of the above mentioned places, with the exceptions of the ones I listed, are not actual "Real World Forgotten Realms places". They are places in the Forgotten Realms that are surprisingly similar to cultures on Earth, for game design purposes, but there aren't actually connections to the actual world, like the OP is looking for. Rashemen seems a lot like Russia, for example, but it isn't in any way actually related or connected to Russia.