Lore You Should Know - Anauroch Desert

Adam Lee joins Greg Tito to discuss the Anauroch desert, a vast sand wastes in the Forgotten Realms.
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[@Slyrouth]

This is a playlist that needs more in it. I love world building lore like this!

[@majestyc0359]

You can't give a short description of the Nethril Empire.

[@jordanb514]

This is timely and useful as I am going to be running SKT very soon and have a player who's character came from the Anauroch Desert. Thanks!

[@ARCThunder]

My crew started SKT late last year, and my character is a half-Bedine Waterdhavian who's explored the desert to learn about her heritage. She had an encounter with the Phaerimm in the fallen city Rasilith that started her career as an adventurer.

[@pukepok]

Pleaseee! More forgotten realms Lore!! It's really neccesary for those Who has recently incorporated to this universe at 5th ed!!!

[@dovregubben77]

The Nether scrolls were created by the Sarrukh, so not high elven magic exactly. Elves recognized the danger and practiced restraint.

[@scottmcley5111]

I hope we get Phaerimm stats soon!

[@t.h.mcelroy6597]

Lore & Chill 💛

[@CABerlitz]

Oh, I really could listen Adam talk for a whole freaking day without pause, he is so creative and inspiring. Also, loved that the scrolls "could be dimensional" or "anyway you want to imagine it"

[@mateusviegas4553]

Adam is awesome, give us more L O R E from him

[@VanisKira]

Incoming desert adventure perhaps?

[@sk8rdman]

"Where is the Anauroch Desert?" lol Well, if you look at a map of Faerun you might notice an enormous yellowish patch in the middle where there's a whole lot of nothing. That's it.

[@richardsanderson4291]

I love these shows and Netherese lore! One small request - could you guys look into the audio mixing? It's really hard to set levels right to hear the soft details without getting blown out by laughter. Greg's voice is almost always much louder than his guests. I think applying a compressor to even it out might fix it? Keep up the good work.

[@richardsanderson4291]

Also, a small correction: the Nether Scrolls were lost before the fall of the empire. One set were stolen by an unknown party that melted the scrolls down; the other set were stolen by the elves and turned into a tree in Myth Drannor. Relocated later, if memory serves, but I can't remember to where.

[@richardsanderson4291]

Another small correction: the Nether Scrolls were not Elvish. The use of the Nether Scrolls and the development of the Arcanist tradition was a departure from how the Elves traditionally created and cast magic. The Scrolls were originally created by the Sarrukh progenitor race somewhere around -30,000DR. Part of the Elven wariness about the rise of Netheril and their use of magic stemmed from this split in magical traditions and uses, and why the Elves were so keen to steal and neutralize them. The two sets of fifty scrolls were described to be made of gold sheets - one set gleaming and clean, the other tarnished. The scrolls were divided into five chapters of ten scrolls each, each relating to a broad magical theme, and reading all ten conferred a unique, permanent and profound understanding of the associated magical topic. I was part of a most excellent campaign with strong ties to Netherese lore and I've been binge-reading about the empire for 2 years. For those interested in reading more, there's a lot of information on Netheril that can be found digging around in the Forgotten Realms wiki. forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Nether_Scrolls

[@bobsyouryouknowthething6751]

This video echoes the kind of campaign I want to centered around, but I have trouble tying it all together.

[@J0K3R_the_Nerd]

So I I'v watch many lore videos and I know this is wizard but i'm pretty sure he got a few things wrong. For instance mystra limited magic after carsas not before

[@richardsanderson4291]

Correct. Mystryl was much more permissive and Mystra's ban came as a result of Karsus' Avatar.

[@dungeonsdoodads4306]

I've seen the lysk tag in video titles but never checked it out. The new branding got my attention!

[@dungeonsdoodads4306]

Gotta go to turn these guys mics up!

[@sassywombat1189]

This is literally my current campaign

[@nickr2852]

This makes me think of a campaign concept of Zhents vs The Magistrati followers of Azuth racing and hunting for magical artifacts each for their own reason

[@hashimashadoo]

Some clarifications: The Phaerimm started casting their lifedrain spells only 122 years before Karsus messed up, not 600 years. The bedine are primarily descended from Zakharans - sent through portals from that far-off continent. The sharn are typically elves, usually three elves who willingly turn themselves into one immortal sharn (though other races can and do become sharns if they discover the method). Their lands in the *very deep* (at least 12 miles below the surface) Underdark, known as the sharnlands, were encroached upon by the phaerimms, leading to conflict. 683 years after the two species met, the sharns trapped the majority of the phaerimms under Anauroch. Unless Adam is making a statement, there were no gods involved in the conflict against the phaerimms.

[@omicdog]

I got the Seattle/Port Angeles reference!

[@stevevondoom4140]

this and zakara almost seem forgotten oftentimes...

[@ashharryman19]

So awesome

[@KS-PNW]

He kind of messed up the Lore, Mystral did NOT impose limits on magic. That came from Mystra AFTER the fall of Nethril /Karsuss's folly

[@huliwpc1383]

Those elves violated the Prime Pirective.

[@probablythedm1669]

True. But everyone does that, or they'd get bored. Fear the bored people, they have the best and worst ideas... mostly the worst.

[@Subtleflashbang]

Who lives there now: 12:42

[@fd0894]

I just started playing and I hear all these names and I’m just dying doesn’t help I’m playing 3.5

[@MorgulDemonVegeta]

I know that Szass Tam idolizes Karsus' attempt to raise into godhood, is it safe to assume that the Zulkirs of Thay and the Red Wizards to an extent are descendants of the living survivors of the Netherese people? (they seem to also have a Magocracy and aspire to dominate the world, with a huge superiority complex and arrogance, similar to oldschool magocratic nation of Netheril)

[@ViruZ42]

I was actually building an air genasi who was half bedine and while researching I discovered the Bedine are most likely displaced Zekharans who were brought through netherese portals I believe as slaves which is why they hate arcane magic and speak medani.

[@home4485]

Karsaus Avatar

[@gyorgyor7765]

He is kind of messing up the lore, the early Netherese Magic came from elves, but the more powerful magical secrets came from the Creator races via I believe the Terraseer.

[@richardsanderson4291]

Correct. The Nether Scrolls were created by the Sarrukh.

[@newtonia-uo4889]

@@morgothable yeah, he didn't really say how the high netherese tried as much as they can to fight the phearim until they secluded themselves in their high cities

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

22:25

[@thegoldensea_]

Holy crap i'm early

[@KS-PNW]

The Nethril scrolls were NOT made by the elves. They're also metal not paper!