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    Aleksei Andrievski
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    Two Questions

    Hello,

    My first questions concerns the research of realm spells. How is it done?
    How long does it take, what are the costs, and the chance of success? I
    looked through the Book of Magecraft, but found no info on that (only on
    battle spells).

    My second question is: exactly what are the twelve original duchies of the
    Anuirean Empire? I counted 13: Avanil, Boeruine, Alamie, Ghieste,
    Dhalaene, Mhoried, Diemed, Aerenwe, Coeranys, Elinie, Brosengae, Osoerde,
    and Taeghas. I think Talinie and Cariele weren't duchies. So which are the
    right ones? I have reade the Iron Throne novel, but as always, Simon Hawke
    seems to be contradicting other sources and even himself. The map doesn't
    seem quite right. I mean Brosengae, a border nation?


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    Mark A Vandermeulen
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    Two Questions

    On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Aleksei Andrievski wrote:

    > My first questions concerns the research of realm spells. How is it done?
    > How long does it take, what are the costs, and the chance of success? I
    > looked through the Book of Magecraft, but found no info on that (only on
    > battle spells).

    Rules I've always used:
    1.) Must know a "regular" spell similar to the realm spell first.
    2.) Research is exactly as per a regular spell of the same level, except
    with the requirement of a sufficient source holding, and 1 GB per spell
    level "research components" or 1.5 x the # of GB required to cast the
    spell, whichever is higher.

    > My second question is: exactly what are the twelve original duchies of the
    > Anuirean Empire? I counted 13: Avanil, Boeruine, Alamie, Ghieste,
    > Dhalaene, Mhoried, Diemed, Aerenwe, Coeranys, Elinie, Brosengae, Osoerde,
    > and Taeghas. I think Talinie and Cariele weren't duchies. So which are the
    > right ones? I have reade the Iron Throne novel, but as always, Simon Hawke
    > seems to be contradicting other sources and even himself. The map doesn't
    > seem quite right. I mean Brosengae, a border nation?

    I have no idea what is the correct answer, but it would seem to be likely
    that Coeranys was originally wilderness, and therefore not one of the
    original duchies. In my game, one of Eluvie Cariele's titles is "Warden of
    the Eastern Marches," which dates back to the time when the area was a
    wilderness, and rangers patrolled to keep an eye on goblin and gnoll
    tribes.

    Mark VanderMeulen
    vander+@pitt.edu

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    Two Questions

    In a message dated 98-03-13 13:01:24 EST, you write:

    >

    Diemed held what are now the provinces of Ghoried, Caercas, and part of
    Fairfield; Aerenwe controlled the rest. Ghieste comprised the current
    provinces of Tireste, Ghiere, Rhumannen, and Tornilen; Dhalaene comprised the
    others.

    CB

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    James Ruhland
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    Two Questions

    > CBebris wrote:
    >
    > the twelve original duchies of the
    > Anuirean Empire
    >
    > Avanil, Boeruine, Alamie, Ghieste, Dhalaene, Mhoried, Diemed, Aerenwe,
    Elinie,
    > Osoerde, Taeghas, and Cariele.
    >
    Ok; what was Brosengae? I mean, it's small, but I think I remember from
    Iron Throne & War that it was a Duchy even back then; Taeghas is currently
    a County, and I think it was refered to as such in these novels as well.

    If I'm right, then I know that seems counter-intuitive (Taeghas being
    bigger & arguably more important), but as we all know, reality, especially
    political reality, is often counter-intuitive (I.E., politics asside, would
    a rational country elect Clinton prexy, or H. Rodham-Clinton instead? [See,
    I'm not even making a partisan point!])

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    bloebick@juno.com (Benja
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    Two Questions

    On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:39:38 EST CBebris writes:

    >>Roesone were held by Diemed, and which by Aerenwe?


    >Diemed held what are now the provinces of Ghoried, Caercas, and part
    >of
    >Fairfield; Aerenwe controlled the rest.

    >CB

    Maybe I'm just too curious for my own good, but....

    How did Roesone get the provinces of Abbatuor, Edlin, Duerlin and half of
    Fairfield from Aerenwe? The Roesone guide says Daen Roesone unified
    Caercas, and defeated the Diemed armies to get the eastern Diemed
    provinces, and beat Aerenwe to collect Bellam as surity of peace. But
    how did the other provinces leave Aerenwe? True, these provinces were
    depopulated, but they were still controlled by Aerenwe, and it doesn't
    say that they were unified under Daen. In fact, the Abbatuor section
    says it was patrolled by the Aerenwe rangers during the Roesone War of
    Independence. Edlin and Duerlin were granted by Daen to vassals for
    loyal service, but how did he get them in the first place?

    Benjamin

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