Café de Nuit

Since their return to Toril, the Faerunian natives in the party will have begun to notice a number of things have changed since last they were home. Some of the differences are minor, and it isn't as if one can reasonably expect the whole world to simply stand still while one is away...but other changes seem, well, harder to explain.

One thing is that many of the stories about the gods and the events of the Year of Shadows [ the so-called 'Time of Troubles'] differ considerably from what Jarg and Inovidil know, or think they know, about the events and outcomes of that fateful year. Then again, it isn't as if there ever really was a general consensus about what happened in 1358, even more than a decade later.

Most people refer to the minor deity Torm in the past tense only, and popular accounts claim that he was slain by the god Bane in a great battle near the city of Tantras. That's odd, because Ino and the dark elf are used to hearing the story told that both gods died in the battle, and Torm was afterwards resurrected. Torm's small temples have been co-opted by worshippers of Helm or Tyr, everywhere one cares to look.

In Cormyr there exists a burgeoning sect of clerics who proclaim that Beshaba and Tymora are really just one goddess called Tyche. These Tyche worshippers have gained ground in recent years, largely taking over the previously opposed cults of the two goddesses.

Cyric, who our heroes may remember as the great boogeyman of Faerun, is hardly mentioned by anyone but his priests; and they seem to be widely regarded nothing more than a pack of worthless charlatans. Instead of fearing the Black Sun, men whisper frightful tales of Bane, Myrkul, and Bhaal- and everyone talks of these three gods as if they are still very much alive.


The cult of Mystra in Cormyr has apparently never heard of the wizardess Midnight, and seems more old fashioned and conservative than Ino would have expected based on her earlier encounters with Mystran clergy. Of course, all this might be explained quite simply by the stuffiness and general stick-in-the-mud mindest of so many of the Cormytes. [/b]


The changes from Realmsian canon I mentioned above are simply the way things are, to any native Faerunian PCs who did NOT escape from Ravenloft at the end of the Staunton Bluffs campaign.

tarlyn wrote:Roger that. Was thinking more on the lines of entries for each deity

kintire wrote:Its frustrating. Without a doubt the "my mind was influenced by the Mind Flayer and I couldn't help myself!" defence is a slam-dunk. It might even be true... but with material like that, we could get the pair of them off.

But I made a roll for Shana on how much she knew about Illithids, and she knows exactly nothing whatsoever. Oh well!

ewancummins wrote:Murder, elf-napping, body snatching...''things you wouldn't normally do.''