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The Year of the Bent Blade

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#1
eusko
Feb 09, 2010 12:21:11
Sorry if this has already been mentioned but why is the 1376 DR known as the Year of the Bent Blade? where does the Bent Blade come into it? because of battle?a name of a group or something else?
#2
The_Silversword
Feb 09, 2010 13:20:37 I have no idea. Theres quite a few years like that where it not very obvious (to me any way) why a certain year has a certain name. I think it would be interesting if they would put out a companion book to the Grand History and give us some insights into the prophecies of Auguthra and Alaundo. , and why they named this or that year what ever. Im still wondering about Year of the Prince. Who was the Prince? And what did he do that was so great that he gets a whole year named after him?

But yeah Bent Blade definitely sounds like a big battle or something. Any big battles happen in 1376?
#3
nightseer
Feb 09, 2010 20:38:49 It's a secret that only Shar knows.
#4
The_Silversword
Feb 09, 2010 21:11:22
It's a secret that only Shar knows.

I just KNEW that you were going to say something like that.

I suppose asking for some info on Shar's Dark Chronolgy is out of the question?
#5
gomeztoo
Feb 14, 2010 14:43:21 Could be something to do with the truce between Zhentil Keep and Myth Drannor in that year.
#6
The_Silversword
Feb 14, 2010 18:06:23 Hmmmm yeah that is a good point Gomez! Sounds good to me, Im gonna go with that.
#7
faraer
Feb 14, 2010 21:37:49 Alaundo and Augathra's poetically ambiguous year-prophecies are interpreted differently by sages and others in different parts of Faerûn; they aren't intended to relate clearly and definitely to particular events widely known across the continent, as Wizards sometimes misused them, but are a matter of dispute and uncertainty even centuries after the year in question.
#8
jpdavis
Mar 09, 2010 2:21:06 While this is a minor detail and perhaps not prophecy worthy, the name of the year did influence the shape of the sword (the 'Breath') central to the story in The Shield of Weeping Ghosts. Not exactly a world-shaking event, but it gave it a slight connection with the 'Bent Blade'. In my FR campaigns I made the case that the name of the year was not always descriptive of a single event, but perhaps dozens of events, each fulfilling the year-prophecies in their own way. It was fun to hide little 'easter-egg' details in the story arcs, something obscure and ultimately pivotal in the end.
#9
gomeztoo
Mar 09, 2010 9:42:17
It was fun to hide little 'easter-egg' details in the story arcs, something obscure and ultimately pivotal in the end.

One reason why I took the opportunity to mention the year (Deep Waters Drifting) in the Rising of the Dark adventure (which takes place underwater).

Gomez

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 eusko Feb 09, 2010 12:21:11	Sorry if this has already been mentioned but why is the 1376 DR known as the Year of the Bent Blade? where does the Bent Blade come into it? because of battle?a name of a group or something else?
#2 The_Silversword Feb 09, 2010 13:20:37	I have no idea. Theres quite a few years like that where it not very obvious (to me any way) why a certain year has a certain name. I think it would be interesting if they would put out a companion book to the Grand History and give us some insights into the prophecies of Auguthra and Alaundo. , and why they named this or that year what ever. Im still wondering about Year of the Prince. Who was the Prince? And what did he do that was so great that he gets a whole year named after him? But yeah Bent Blade definitely sounds like a big battle or something. Any big battles happen in 1376?
#3 nightseer Feb 09, 2010 20:38:49	It's a secret that only Shar knows.
#4 The_Silversword Feb 09, 2010 21:11:22	It's a secret that only Shar knows. I just KNEW that you were going to say something like that. I suppose asking for some info on Shar's Dark Chronolgy is out of the question?
#5 gomeztoo Feb 14, 2010 14:43:21	Could be something to do with the truce between Zhentil Keep and Myth Drannor in that year.
#6 The_Silversword Feb 14, 2010 18:06:23	Hmmmm yeah that is a good point Gomez! Sounds good to me, Im gonna go with that.
#7 faraer Feb 14, 2010 21:37:49	Alaundo and Augathra's poetically ambiguous year-prophecies are interpreted differently by sages and others in different parts of Faerûn; they aren't intended to relate clearly and definitely to particular events widely known across the continent, as Wizards sometimes misused them, but are a matter of dispute and uncertainty even centuries after the year in question.
#8 jpdavis Mar 09, 2010 2:21:06	While this is a minor detail and perhaps not prophecy worthy, the name of the year did influence the shape of the sword (the 'Breath') central to the story in The Shield of Weeping Ghosts. Not exactly a world-shaking event, but it gave it a slight connection with the 'Bent Blade'. In my FR campaigns I made the case that the name of the year was not always descriptive of a single event, but perhaps dozens of events, each fulfilling the year-prophecies in their own way. It was fun to hide little 'easter-egg' details in the story arcs, something obscure and ultimately pivotal in the end.
#9 gomeztoo Mar 09, 2010 9:42:17	It was fun to hide little 'easter-egg' details in the story arcs, something obscure and ultimately pivotal in the end. One reason why I took the opportunity to mention the year (Deep Waters Drifting) in the Rising of the Dark adventure (which takes place underwater). Gomez