and merry Christmas! I was wondering if there is any more information on Maglas’s Chronicles of Years to Come, apart from DoF, FOR 11 CotD, and the 3e LoD? Where there any other prophecies that the tome spoke about that are of interest? Or is anything else NDA? My party recently stumbled onto a copy of the tome (cuz the original one is in Candlekeep) and the session ended just when they found it. It's a Year of Rogue Dragons campaign, but it's still 1372 DR, some of my players are inquisitive so I just want to please them.
— Alex McClay (@AlexMcclay2000) December 25, 2020
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The Chronicle of Years by Maglas the Seer consists of 4 matching volumes that contained cryptic prophecies, one to a page, with relevant notes, observations, and reports beneath each prophecy. A common mistake among members of the Cult of the Dragon is to think.. 2)
…that the simplified translation by Sammaster is the same text as the original. (Some of the references you cite describe Sammaster’s translation.)
Some of the later pages of the original were “spellbound” (their real writings concealed beneath innocuous gossip..#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020
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…pennings by a powerful spell that had to be solved to “untwine” it and reveal the true text).
Some of the earlier pages in the original contain still-unsolved prophecies that weren’t spellbound. These include the following:
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The fire shall leap up from the stone and reveal the way, on the night when stars fall and towers tumble.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020
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When moondark cloaks the well of dragons, a new wyrm shall arise from the bones of the old in the whispering tower, and it shall be more fell and cunning than elder dragons who have slept for centuries. 6)
Black the crown, black the scepter, black the orb, and black the mask. Yet of these, one black is false, one is blind, one empty, and one the coldest kiss of all.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020
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Three sorcerers know the secret way into Candlekeep, but it is not unguarded. The dead walker that is its sentinel knows how to lay low he who took a name not his own, after escaping when other lions fell, to rule Thay.)
Three serpents shall greet the dawn, and one shall devour it.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020
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Six swords sleep now, but in the right hands shall awaken and whisper guidance that shall sway kingdoms, and the world shall be changed.10)
Seek the lady whose smile curves beneath one eye of blue, and the other of silver, for she knows the Lost Spell.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020
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Seek the lady whose smile curves beneath one eye of blue, and the other of silver, for she knows the Lost Spell. 11)
Disturb not what lies beneath Wrinklestone, for when it walks, so too shall the six dead kings, and the Realms Below shall march.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020
Thanks! Oh and one more question. Pardon my stupidity but what does “4 matching volumes” mean? Is it just 4 volumes that each contain different information? Or is it 4 volumes that are just copies of one another, so 4 copies? Sorry but the “matching” just caught me off guard … 4 books that contain different information, but in size and binding closely resemble each other (fashioned as "a set"). They'd be clearly labelled with different volume numbers and/or subtitles, but "they look like they go together."
Sammaster's translation is 1 book.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 29, 2020