Forgotten Realms Lore - Neverwinter

[@zenith110]

Neverwinter Nights was by far the formative game of my early PC gaming years and it is to this day responsible for my increased love and appreciation for D&D.

[@rheymarvinsalestre4075]

Still have my dusty old laptop with NWN Diamond Edition. Can't bring myslef to let it go because of the beautifully done storyline, compared to NWN2.

[@Paranitis]

Yep, the games are mostly where I began as well. Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. I bought every single novel about Forgotten Realms after that and am still trying to make my way through reading them all.

[@MessiahComing]

Neverwinter was founded by Halueth Never, who settled down for the winter in an area that was unseasonably warm. From Never's Winter, it became Neverwinter.

[@spoopy7336]

Brought to you by the same founders of Greenland.

[@idiocyincorporated7635]

There are several proposals for how it got its name. That being one of them

[@LordZeromaru]

My favorite city of all the realms.

[@paragonexperience]

As someone who just started running the 4e Campaign into the 5e ruleset. This was enjoyable.

[@OrangeyChocolate]

Neverwinter holds a special place in my heart, because it’s the home city of one of my favourite player characters.

[@Th3ba1r0n]

So Xaz tam who was an obscure villain in the movie was actually cannon. That’s pretty cool

[@ninao854]

This was a great intro. Our group is about to run a Forgotten Realms game and this has helped me out a lot.

[@Oedlander]

Why not include the events of Neverwinter Nights 2?

[@RealArtVandelay]

Was thinking the same

[@Pussmash]

Cuz fuck em

[@CarlJohnson-mb7zf]

"The Hero of Neverwinter stops Morag and escapes the Source stone, everyone's happy"..."almost everyone" should've been there. I doubt Aribeth was happy, considering what ended up happening to her, and neither was I. That was a really shitty move on Nasher's part.

[@LupusAries]

Yub, I agree I did hate that ending, as Aribeth just got royally screwed in that campaign. (....and not in the good way. ;) ) You are certainly not alone in your views, and you might like these modules then: neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/aribeths-redemption-chapter-one neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/aribeths-redemption-chapter-two neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/aribeths-redemption-chapter-three neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/aribeths-revival-i-cep-versions Haven't played them, but the redemption ones do sound interesting. And yeah totally not Canon, but in cases like this, FUCK THE CANON! :D

[@andrewvincent7299]

It's a touchy subject to be honest. While Aribeth can be redeemed, it doesn't change the fact that she joined forces with the Luskans who were behind the plague and who almost conquered the city of Neverwinter. Many lives were lost because of Morag and the Luskans. If it were not for the Hero, Neverwinter would have fallen and Aribeth was mostly responsible for that. It's hard to look at it from an objective standpoint as many of us loved Aribeth but she still betrayed the city she swore fealty to and was almost responsible for it falling. She did deserve death.

[@MoonMoverGaming]

Also, Morag definitely wasn’t happy.

[@Niggurath-n4h]

@@andrewvincent7299 I know it was two years late, but writers in the game clarify that there should have been a romance option for the player character and Aribeth. With that option it can save her from joining the bad guys. But sadly it was not included as they where out of time as the consequences of this love option will need a major reworks of the game. It was cut content because of the fact they need to release the game on time. Which basically means that the canon story should be that we can save Aribeth.

[@justnick7691]

@@Niggurath-n4h The canon story is that one way or another she dies and is romanceable in the Hordes of the Underdark expansion where she and the next player character live happily ever after into the afterlife.

[@kementurh]

Highly informative. Excellent work.

[@GeorgeD1965]

I first played Neverwinter Nights back in the early 90's on AOL (American Online).

[@Q69573]

noice

[@JosephHelbing]

I've been running a political thriller mass combat extension of Lost Mines of Phandelver. One of the players started a communist revolt in Phandalin and I decided to run with it. Currently I'm running a 3 faction gameset with a communist guerilla insurgency, a fascist dictatorship, and a crony capitalist authoritarian all competing for control of Neverwinter. Thus, this video and the background was super useful thank you. Looks like the game will be wrapping up with a mass combat at Neverwinter in the next couple weeks.

[@Jorphdan]

I love games like this. Where you start out and it naturally evolves into something totally unexpected. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching :D

[@KJ-ud9uf]

You should make it a non cannon module because that sounds fun

[@SlocumJoe7740]

Honestly the modern concept of Communism is sort of difficult to claim as a concept without the industrial revolution of Russia. If anything if a communist revolution was to happen it would be among the lower classes in Thay, with the oppression in that Nation, it would be interesting to maybe have lower class Wizards revolt against them. Honestly a Zhentarim (the Black Network and greater mercantile organization) vs a Thayan Communist Revolution would be interesting.

[@arx3516]

It does'nt make sense, how can you have communism and capitalism without industrialization?

[@marcuswikberg9531]

It's fantasy, it doesn't need to make sense, as long as the players enjoy it!

[@Martintomas7]

Quick learner here catching up with the serie of videos :D Thanks for doing this!

[@Mazzy774i]

God I loved those games so many good memories on the PC

[@LightStreak567]

LORE ERROR ALERT! Morag's sarrukh empire fell when Faerun's Ice Age began, in a time when most of Faerun was a tropical jungle. Faerun's Ice Age ended with the great ocean receding and the other creator races began to dominate Faerun in -35000 DR. That's a lot more than ten thousand years in the year Neverwinter Nights is set in, NWN is set in 1372 DR, which would mean Morag's sarrukh empire would have existed and fallen back in -8628 DR, and the problem with that is the Ice Age of Faerun that wiped out her empire, forcing her to hide in the source stone, canonically happened far longer ago before -8628 DR, ending in -35000 DR. So technically, setting the record straight, Morag's empire predates all other sarrukh empires that rose up after the Ice Age ended. The Age Of Thunder is after the Ice Age ended, meaning Morag's empire must have canonically been around in a time long before the first recorded historical details of the Forgotten Realms was made, like during the Shadow Epoch, when the Faerunian gods were at war against primordials like Dendar The Night Serpent, who swallowed the sun, starting Faerun's Ice Age.

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks for the information!

[@justincarlozmaxino1100]

A the days of Bioware actually giving churning out good games like NVN and Dragon age I loved the Aribeth/PC romance that spanned the entire first campaign and culminates in the Final Expansion where you find her in Cania frozen like Capt America because even after dying and sent to hell she still has the soul of a paladin leading a rebellion against an Archdevil

[@chrisp986]

Jorphdan thanks for this video , I'm not a "hardcore" d&d fan and this explains a lot , but I played nwn 1 around high school

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks for watching! Happy to help :D

[@LeviAckerman-hp5oh]

Ozymandias Xarira is currently the Lord of Neverwinter after Neverember. Just a useful piece of information going forward, thank you

[@KnightoftheLord1]

You, my friend, have earned yourself a subscriber.

[@Jorphdan]

Welcome :D

[@KnightoftheLord1]

Jorphdan Thanks mate, keep up the good work. :)

[@mariamowrang7458]

Hey Jorphdan, have you considered doing one of these videos but for Waterdeep?

[@Jorphdan]

+Mariam Ow I have, it's on my list

[@duncanshaw1256]

@@Jorphdan I'm planning on getting Neverwinter Nights for the Nintendo Switch. Sounds good?

[@ThatPoorSinner]

I play neverwinter I'm a half elf guardian fighter named tanis from the dragonlance series

[@blahlbinoa]

I believe in the Rise of Tiamat campaign book, Lord Neverember is described as being the actual descended from Lord Alagondor of Neverwinter, and that is the reason for him becoming the protector of the city/leader

[@Jorphdan]

Interesting, I'll have to read up with Rise of Tiamat. Thanks!

[@scoots291]

He claims to be. It is said those of the Royal bloodline of Neverwinter can wear the crown of Neverwinter. Everyone else who wears it dies. He has refused to wear it.

[@scoots291]

There was an encounters in 4th that went over this so did the neverwinter campaign book in smaller detail

[@magwaaf]

neverember is a scumbag using ancient netherese magic to fool the Herald's and everyone.

[@kapittsalt]

Chult, Al Qadim, Kara Tur. Moonshae Isles! Man, you have your work cutout for you---and I'm so stoked. \o/

[@jillianh7565]

This almost matches with my characters current backstory in Curse of Strahd. Apparently the alliance was with Barovia and brought upon by Count Strahd and my family. My character is currently trapped in Barovia and for some reason the count is keeping me alive despite killing off members of both my family and friends. His ambitions have gone beyond Ravenloft and he seeks to take over the material plane as well. It is quite the plot! As the heir to the north I play a huge role in this plot and I question what will happen next. My dm is very creative.

[@richardroot9164]

Thanks man, loved this episode. Keep up the good work.

[@projectOMA]

Been binge watching your videos since I found your channel a few weeks ago while in the hospital. Absolutely love your content and channel. Was a big D&D nerd growing up and was always enthralled by all the lore. You do a great job explaining things in-depth. Your channel is severely underrated and deserves many more subs! Even though much of what I have been viewing is a year old or so, I really hope you keep up the great work and continue to make top-tier D&D content. With the recent resurgence in interest in nerdy things like Magic: The Gathering and D&D, I hope you will continue to make new content. Your channel has singlehandedly renewed my interest and love for pen-and-paper RPGs. I sincerely thank you for that. Cheers, mate! *Here ends my new subscriber ass-kissing comment*

[@Jorphdan]

That's great! Thanks so much for the kind comment. I'm still making videos cause I enjoy it so much so here's to another year of Forgotten Realms Explained :D

[@projectOMA]

@@Jorphdan - No thanks needed. I felt compelled to leave an honest comment about your great channel and comment. As previously stated, I've been binge-watching all your videos since discovering your channel while laid up in the hospital and needed to express how enjoyable and helpful they've been. Like you, I always enjoyed the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. I've found each lore video entertaining and informative, and I'm happy that they've singlehandedly reinvigorated my interest in playing D&D... Apologies, as I'm repeating myself from my previous comment of praise. Looking forward to your future videos... once I've finally caught up and viewed all your back catalog of content. Keep on making videos on about Forgotten Realms. There is SO much interesting lore to keep you busy for a few more years, seeing as how it is one of oldest and most expanded campaign settings in D&D. Would you ever consider maybe doing some videos on Ravenloft as well in the future? I know FR is your main focus, but really love your style of explaining D&D lore over pretty much every other channel I would love to see you take on some Ravenloft lore in the future. There actually is some crossover between other settings and Ravenloft, as it is sort of a sub-universe / setting (like how Soth from Dragonlance ended up as a cursed undead knight in Ravenloft... at least in a few novels), so I'm sure there's some cross-campaign lore you could dig up and make interesting without having to stray far from your channel's main focus content. Anyways, thanks for replying and keep up the great work. Here's to hoping your channel eventually gets the subs and attention it truly deserves!

[@Jorphdan]

Yep other campaign settings are definitely in my future

[@Recardoguy007]

Great video. My party just took up some land near neverwinter and are building their own settlement. I recently got 4e neverwinter campaign setting book and using a lot of stuff from it. Although I am running 5e I have gotten a lot of inspiration from 4e material.

[@Jorphdan]

That's awesome! Yeah I go through a lot of 4e books for lore and I find it a great resource. Reading up on the feywild recently and Heroes of the Feywild 4e book is full of adventure ideas, locations, and mythology.

[@KingMoonie]

I absolutely love the outro song 🎶

[@Lionhartless]

Would you please do Mirabar and more of the major cities? I know it’s been a few years but noones done it yet and it would really help me a lot any info you can give. There’s not much online or even found in the SCaG or Storm Kings Thunder. Keep up the amazing work!

[@MCKerrnel]

This is a fantastic series! Have you thought about doing something on the Underdark, or even another setting like Eberron? Eberron would be cool!

[@Jorphdan]

+MCKerrnel I've thought about both. They're on my ever growing list of topics, I'll see what I can get to 😀

[@RaulEndy]

And what about events from NWN2? The Shadow King? Are those not canon?

[@justnick7691]

The Source Stone didn't cause the Wailing Death. Morag's cult killed the priests of Helm at Helm's Hold who then impersonated them and instead of giving people blessings they gave them the plague. This is all out in the open at the end of chapter 1 when you have to raid Helm's Hold, and hinted at if you go to one of the priests and ask for a blessing you get a blessing indicator however the spell you are seeing is clearly a negative energy spell.

[@MiserySage]

How about some underdark stuff? Need to know about that

[@Jorphdan]

True! Busy with the cosmological planes but soon I'll return to Forgotten Realms and the underdark :D

[@davidwilliams5283]

Got a Half-Elf Ranger that looks like Tanis.

[@SunSailandSand]

The Underdark was created for all of the weak ass bitchboys who like to play Gay Fey Elf's, but want to be a Emo bad guy Elf, but still come across as gay as hell...THE END!!! You're Welcome

[@miloskrstic7491]

Hah that picture of The battle of Kosovo 1:14 , nice video overall, great chanell!

[@Toastedtonberry]

How does all this fit in with the neverwinter videogame im not a table top player but i love the lore,novels and videogames

[@seekthevisceral]

I know diddly about D&D, but I trust you. Which book of Salvatore's do I start with? I figured you were one of the few that could find a better way of sharing history.

[@Jorphdan]

Homeland for sure. Start with the Dark Elf Trilogy! amzn.to/3hLdlvI

[@williammcdowell3718]

Neverwinter just can't catch a break... disaster after disaster.

[@Schizim]

Just watched the movie "Dungeons and Dragons" and only then I realized that Neverwinter was a D&D place. That is the same Neverwinter in the movie, right?

[@Jorphdan]

Correct!

[@bettsdn]

@3:19 like for real though, Flash Forward was a pretty good show.

[@dustintapp1693]

Jorphdan Love the videos keep it up. I have a request, do you think you could do a video or two on the continent of Calimshan? My D&d group ended up there. Mainly Almraiven but I have a feeling they want to go to the other city's on the continent.

[@Jorphdan]

+Dustin Tapp I'll add it to the list. Won't be soon but hopefully will be soon enough :)

[@dustintapp1693]

Sweet Thanks

[@isolationnationn]

My Neverwinter got invaded by Mephistopheles and an army of devils. The party had a long rest halfway through the invasion. They won, but my Neverwinter is now gone...

[@jasonkiesling]

Great Video. Very well Done

[@knastrarn]

Good stuff! Thanks for the spoiler warning, currently reading that series!

[@Kainlarsen]

Wait, what happened to Lord Nasher?

[@paullebon323]

The hero of Neverwinter was actually named, Me.

[@TheAzmdain]

Great videos mate just found ur Channel been playing since second edición, good Luck With ur channel

[@Jorphdan]

Thank you!

[@adamholcomb200]

Ok after seeing this I'm left with one huge question...what happened to Clariburnus Tanthul one of the shade princes of Netheril? He was in Neverwinter.

[@bryanbridges2987]

I am playing DnD for the first time, and we are based in Neverwinter.

[@stevenmacharius233]

Great video, subscribed

[@Jorphdan]

Welcome :D

[@joenoonan9406]

OBJECTION!!! THE PH IS NEVER SILENT!!!

[@KJ-ud9uf]

Man this could help make a cool adventure especially if it had factions because i have a character who is a tiefling warlock hungry for power he has the spider staff from lost mine of phandelver and many many spells like eldritch blast fireball and vampiric touch (just a few) a d have a plus five on intimidation which i feel like is good for roleplaying

[@connor6994]

What about the King of Shadows and the Kalach´Cha?

[@motorhead1995able]

where can i find all these information outher than frwiki? I read the RA Salvadors' novels but it has nothing on cosmology and "big picture" things. Any book u guys recommend?

[@mikesands4681]

Please do more cities of the sword coast.

[@cb2291]

I appreciate this

[@nicobe8732]

4:21: What are the Netherese doing there? Aren't they "extinct"? Their cities fell in -339 DR and since then, only very few survived, mainly non-organized and absorbed into other civilizations. Even after the re-emergence of Thultanthar, they didn't interfere with the Sword Coast, as far as I know. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@Jorphdan]

you are correct, but a collection of them came back from Thultanthar and the Shadowfell where they were "hiding" for a long period of time. I believe it's in a few of the novels. I'll try to find a more specific reference today and comment here again if I find it.

[@gavingreenhorn]

Are you sure that Neverwinter Nights' Old Ones and Sarrukh are the same race or that is your supposition? They look different, both have their own different article on FR wiki and there's no mention of any of Sarrukh escaping cold into the Source stone in their article. On the Old Ones i wasn't able to find any extended info. I guess they were developed exclusively to serve the game's plot and never intended to be canon.

[@EvenStarMN]

My beloved city... And my loved queen Aribeth...

[@cab1956]

Thank you so much this was a hugr help

[@Jorphdan]

:D

[@scoots291]

By the clocks of Neverwinter you forgot the great old AOL game

[@C2daORRUPT]

What are you currently running in your campaign jorphdan? What about everybody else?

[@Jorphdan]

awesome question! My group took a long break but we're meeting up this weekend to start playing again. I'll be running an Al Qadim game where my PCs are going to find an underground inverted pyramid in the desert. They'll hopefully agree to be hired as explorers to clear out the monsters and find any archaeological artifacts because "That belongs in a museum!"

[@stuartwhyte4274]

Jorphdan underground, inverted pyramid? Sounds kind of like White Plume Mountain.

[@Jorphdan]

More Egyptian than White Plume Mountain, mine will be full of undead and demons :)

[@stuartwhyte4274]

Jorphdan Nice! Sounds like it will be a good time. Thanks for the reply, and for all the videos. I've really been enjoying them.

[@stuartwhyte4274]

C2daORRUPT I ran Lost Mine of Phandelver and segued that into Princes of the Apocalypse with a group of newer players. We played that for a little over a year, but I needed to take a break, so I encouraged one of my players to take over as DM. He is running us through Tyranny of Dragons set in Krynn (Dragonlance). We did our 2nd session of that game on Memorial Day.

[@MrNathuss]

*Well it basically sounds like Winterfell with extra steps*

[@Yamcha291]

Haha true

[@waynemacleod1150]

the dread ring was one of many. it was a scheme to wrest enough power for Szass Tam to achieve godhood.

[@mattreid9539]

Can I just shout out Bruenor as King of rebuilt Gauntlgrym

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh love this town

[@tooslow4065]

who resettled gauntlgrym? do we have an update to this?

[@sharksbreath7]

In the RA Salvatore series it was the drow restoring it but that was right before the 2nd Sundering so not sure after that.

[@boggo3848]

Wait what about Neverwinter Nights 2?

[@ryanconrad2786]

Goot to have the spoiler warning, there were a few earlier vids that really needed it.

[@andrewvincent7299]

Why didn't you mention the events of Neverwinter nights 2 which took place in 1374 DR?

[@Gloin79]

Does anyone have more info about gauntlgrym once it's restored? I can't find any about it a this time on the wiki

[@dragongrandmaster]

my very fist (dnd game i played )neverwinter nights

[@draxthemsklonst]

Like Pandemonium (from Diablo) + Vesuva

[@imsteevin]

Tired of living with mild to severe necrotic funk disease? Talk to your doctor today about Eigresstor

[@kainlockley]

Lol. He called Drizzt Dritz

[@johnny_5_og]

I had made a dwarf avatar. I gave my dwarf avatar a very distinguished background. At first I played openly and to be honest, replayed many missions constantly. But I grew tired of the mundane and repetitive things. So I quit playing for a few months. But unbeknownst to me, when I logged back in, my entire backstory was gone.

[@johnny_5_og]

Literally gone. My character was still there, but my entire backstory was erased. I truly believe that someone some where has taken it and wants to publish it .

[@johnny_5_og]

I had named my hero ~his last name, Livingstone.

[@johnny_5_og]

To imply that the God moridin had imbued himself into the bloodline that he created....but my entire backstory was erased and last I logged in, the character was there, but the story, equipment, and personal mentions were gone. Deleted. I don't know why.

[@childofthesun32]

If they don't write Jorphdan (The "ph" is silent) into Baldur's Gate 3 as a rival historian to Volo, I'm declaring bullshit!

[@Jorphdan]

😂🤣😂

[@ivoryinkwell7864]

Anyone besides me wondering how Neverember leading Neverwinter impacts the political standing and relationship the city has with Waterdeep? Just me?

[@HeartLockHex]

Absolutely love the content, you've earned yourself a subscriber-- I fully intend to use your video's to help refresh my memory on all that long lost Forgotten Realms lore that has drifted away over the years! I never played Neverwinter as the MMO, or the second game, but the first game? Neverwinter Nights? Got it ate up so much of my time as a kid. I grew up on that game, and even now I still play it with the Enhanced Edition that was release. Even started my own playthrough of it here. Enjoying roleplaying through the game, and the nostalgia is still absolutely phenomenal-- brings back so many good memories! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXmZeHSVpcqVq9k

[@Human_traain]

Now do Alwayssummer

[@RayJackson88]

I must be at least 1000 of the 20k+ views you have on these vids

[@Jorphdan]

that's awesome :)

[@jarradkeefe]

That is nearly 12 hours of viewing.

[@dlastkatipunero2185]

Neverember I read was an ass to the dwarves even until to the latest ra Salvatore book.

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

Amidst the plague in it's contagion, The Wailing & Gnashing...*THE GOLDEN MIRAGE* awaits. The Lady of Coin will measure the wages of Sin & Innocence alike amidst the damned in all their PERVERSITY & it's *corruption* but will you? ♥️♦️♠️♣️🃏🃏🃏🃏 🎲🎲 🎰 🌉🗡️🖋️✨🎭🐉🌉

[@onelife5075]

"Dritzz" 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Harthorn]

Lol... That's actually correct. Not drizzit

[@RealArtVandelay]

What..is ..DR?????

[@christsogaugetrains]

Does not know his never winter history. AOl had neverwinter online before the pc game,

[@Q69573]

noice

[@DrAndrewJBlack]

👍🏻

[@DevineInnovations]

Seems like a disappointing outcome for people who played the game. You went through all that trouble and the city ends up destroyed by a volcano.

[@Suchega_Uber]

Drizzt does not rhyme with grits lmao. You might be better mispronouncing it like they do in the book and calling him Drizzit.

[@Damonnanashi]

Suchega Uber it's a drizzit duden!

[@omega311888]

he mispronounces a LOT of stuff, much of it can be looked up via forgotten realms wiki, but i guess he didnt think of that

[@magwaaf]

how can you not pronounce Drizzt?

[@imppaco]

Spoiler alert? This whole channel is one big spoiler for books and games.. lol

[@sirdoge361]

=D

[@Jorphdan]

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[@narwhaltitan8391]

Wow I got here forst

[@StaminatorBlader]

honestly dnd is way to generic and medieval european and anything interesting is cartoonishly evil...this city has no character all that bro told us about is events but what makes it a specific setting with interesting worldbuilding? not much.