D&D 5E The Nation of Halruaa - Forgotten Realms Lore

[FaerunHistory]

Last Friday I joined up to commented on the Stream of Annihilation Thread, and I happen to link my video in there.
It turned out to get me a whole bunch of views from doing that, so I guess I should start showing off my videos here as well.
If I am breaking guidelines by doing this, or if I should be posting this is a different subsection, please let me know. I am new at this


The magical nation of Halruaa is located far in the south of Faerun. They are the progenitors of the Red Wizards and the descendants of Netheril. They are surrounded by fierce enemies, including surface drow. But thanks to their awe-inspiring magical prowess, they keep the most secure and stable nation of Faerun.

Learn more about the secluded nation of Halruaa in this weeks video:
[video=youtube_share;McAr6vrVz2U]https://youtu.be/McAr6vrVz2U[/video]

 

[KahlessNestor]

Not bad, but no mention of the Spellplague and Halruaa going to Abeir?

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[FaerunHistory]

I looked into this, but the whole thing is very muddled. They forsaw the problem, "left" and now are back.
We don't know where they went (in Abeir), what they did there, how their culture changed, what they came back to, how restored their nation is etc.

I thought it best to leave out, maybe tackle in another episode of "What happened during due to Spellplague and Sundering".

 

[KahlessNestor]

I looked into this, but the whole thing is very muddled. They forsaw the problem, "left" and now are back.
We don't know where they went (in Abeir), what they did there, how their culture changed, what they came back to, how restored their nation is etc.

I thought it best to leave out, maybe tackle in another episode of "What happened during due to Spellplague and Sundering".

Okay, that's cool. They probably left it open so you can explore that in your games. I would imagine they would have gotten even more isolated, but could have held their own against the dragons with all their magic.

 

[FaerunHistory]

I don't doubt that.
Zalathorm Kirkson is on my list of most powerful NPCs in Faerun, going head to head against people like Larloch and Elminister.
I don't think anything outside of a unified Thay or 4th edition Shadovar could threaten them.

 

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I would not worry about the 4e stuff, we play like it never happened. It was a bad dream by Elminster or something.

 

[KahlessNestor]

Ironically, Maze Arcana did a bit with Halruua in the Stream of Annihilation.


Watch the beginning of Game 2.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

They're not the progenitors of the Red Wizards: The Red Wizards are of Imaskari origin and predate Netheril.

 

[FaerunHistory]

They're not the progenitors of the Red Wizards: The Red Wizards are of Imaskari origin and predate Netheril.

Actually, if you read the History of Halruaa in the Shining South, you see that there was a civil war that happened around the year 900. The ones who lost are said to have gone north and founded Thay. - This implies that they are the people who started the rebellion, leading the Wizards of Mulhorand into Thay.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

That doesn't make sense when you consider that Thayans are of the Mulan "race". And every other reference makes it plain that the Red Wizards were a faction within Mulhorand.

The only way to reconcile this is to suggest the Halruaans provided the catalyst for the rebellion against Mulhorand but they're not the founders and they're not the original Red Wizards.

I think the reference in Shining South was written by yet another TSR/WotC designer assigned to work on the setting with no actual background in FR or willingness to do basic research (see anything by R A Salvatore for more obvious examples of this phenomenon) because it doesn't match anything else written about the Red Wizards.

Also, there was a tendency in the 3E era for those without FR knowledge to ascribe everything to the Netherese.