@@ -404,15 +404,6 @@ atlatl
404404 most prestigious was the spear thrower known by its Nahuatl name
405405 atlatl and used to hurl lethal darts.
406406 [ Ancient American Art in Detail, by Colin McEwan ]
407- auril
408- Cover all the lands with ice. Quench fire wherever it is found.
409- Let in the winds and the cold; cut down windbreaks and chop holes
410- in walls and roofs that my breath may come in. Work darknesses
411- to hide the cursed sun so that the chill I bring may slay. Take
412- the life of an arctic creature only in great need, but slay all
413- others at will. Make all Faerun fear me.
414- [ Faiths & Avatars, by Julia Martin and
415- Eric L. Boyd ]
416407axe
417408battle?axe
418409*bearded?axe
@@ -434,18 +425,6 @@ double?headed?axe
434425 [ Malcolm's Katie, by Isabella Valancey Crawford ]
435426axolotl
436427 A mundane salamander, harmless.
437- baba yaga
438- He journeyed onwards, straight ahead... and finally came to a
439- little hut; it stood in the open field, turning on chicken legs.
440- He entered and found Baba Yaga the Bony-legged. "Fie, fie," she
441- said, "the Russian smell was never heard of nor caught sight of
442- here, but it has come by itself. Are you here of your own free
443- will or by compulsion, my good youth?" "Largely of my own free
444- will, and twice as much by compulsion! Do you know, Baba Yaga,
445- where lies the thrice tenth kingdom?" "No, I do not," she said,
446- and told him to go to her second sister; she might know...
447- [ The Maiden Star, by Alexander Afanasyev,
448- Russian Fairy Tales (1973) ]
449428bag
450429bag of *
451430sack
770749 "It would not be amiss," said Hordle John, "if under his
771750 girdle he had four farthings'-worth of wine."
772751 [ The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ]
773- ~*bracers of the first circle
774- bracers
775- * bracers
776- Bracers are a type of armor that protects the wrist and
777- forearm. Bracers most often come in pairs, and magical ones
778- usually only impart their power when both are worn.
779752brigit
780753 Brigit (Brigid, Bride, Banfile), which means the Exalted One,
781754 was the Celtic (continental European and Irish) fertility
@@ -1589,20 +1562,6 @@ drow*
15891562 overrides good sense and compassion is thrown away in its face,
15901563 all in the name of Lloth, the Spider Queen." - Drizzt Do'Urden
15911564 [ Homeland, by R.A. Salvatore ]
1592- druid
1593- * druid
1594- Druids are primal spellcasters of considerable power and versatility,
1595- who gain their power through being at one with nature or through a
1596- connection to a powerful deity or nature spirit. Guardians of the
1597- wilderness, druids see themselves less as masters of the natural order
1598- and more as an extension of its will.
1599-
1600- "Some dismiss them with a sneer as 'flower lovers', but I warn
1601- such scoffers that few herbs or plant medicines would aid us
1602- today were it not for the lore and work of the druid circles of
1603- Faerun." - Beldrith Tarlelntar, Sage of the Old Ways
1604- [ Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting,
1605- 3rd edition ]
16061565*drum*
16071566 Many travelers have seen the drums of the great apes, and
16081567 some have heard the sounds of their beating and the noise of
@@ -1701,11 +1660,6 @@ egg
17011660 crocodile or a dragon or something like that, I won't have it
17021661 in my house for one minute."
17031662 [ The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth ]
1704- elanee
1705- I am Elanee, once of the mere where dead men rest, now no more.
1706- I have little use for titles or names, such things speak of the
1707- ways of cities and walls.
1708- [ Neverwinter Nights 2, Atari ]
17091663elbereth
17101664 ... Even as they stepped over the threshold a single clear
17111665 voice rose in song.
@@ -2473,14 +2427,6 @@ hawaiian*shirt
24732427 a shirt in such a violent and vivid conflict of colours that
24742428 the Weasel's fastidious eye was offended even in the half-light.
24752429 [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
2476- *hawk
2477- The hawk circles and circles, and waits. Against most prey he
2478- will have but one strike. He waits therefore for the best chance.
2479- Be as the hawk. Watch and wait, and strike true. The People cannot
2480- afford foolish deaths in battle. War to slay, not to fight long and
2481- glorious.
2482- [ Aermhar of the Tangletrees, Spellfire,
2483- by Ed Greenwood ]
24842430healer
24852431* healer
24862432attendant
@@ -3897,13 +3843,6 @@ mercury
38973843 Roman god of commerce, trade and travellers. He is commonly
38983844 depicted carrying a caduceus (a staff with two snakes
38993845 intertwining around it) and a purse.
3900- mielikki
3901- I know Mielikki is with me because I sense her. I feel her
3902- touch as the wind. I hear her voice in the whisper of leaves.
3903- I see her beauty in the scene around us. Her presence is as
3904- real as yours. She embraces us with every reverent step we take
3905- in the wilderness.
3906- [ The words of a favored of Mielikki ]
39073846*mimic
39083847 The ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can
39093848 assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may
@@ -3954,24 +3893,6 @@ gnomish mines
39543893 Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths
39553894 without ever finding the exit.
39563895 [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ]
3957- mistletoe
3958- We should not omit to mention the great admiration that the
3959- Gauls have for it as well. The druids – that is what they
3960- call their magicians – hold nothing more sacred than the
3961- mistletoe and a tree on which it is growing, provided it is a
3962- hard-timbered oak... Mistletoe is rare and when found it is
3963- gathered with great ceremony, and particularly on the sixth day
3964- of the moon... Hailing the moon in a native word that means
3965- 'healing all things,' they prepare a ritual sacrifice and
3966- banquet beneath a tree and bring up two white bulls, whose horns
3967- are bound for the first time on this occasion. A priest arrayed
3968- in white vestments climbs the tree and, with a golden sickle,
3969- cuts down the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloak. Then
3970- finally they kill the victims, praying to a god to render his
3971- gift propitious to those on whom he has bestowed it. They believe
3972- that mistletoe given in drink will impart fertility to any animal
3973- that is barren and that it is an antidote to all poisons.
3974- [ Account by Pliny the Elder ]
39753896mit*ra*
39763897 Originating in India (Mitra), Mithra is a god of light who
39773898 was translated into the attendant of the god Ahura Mazda in
@@ -5495,31 +5416,6 @@ shuriken
54955416 the throat, the other in the middle of her chest. It wouldn't
54965417 kill her, but she wouldn't be fighting anyone for a while.
54975418 [ Jhereg, by Steven Brust ]
5498- silvanus
5499- Silvanus is the Celtic and Faerunian power of wild nature,
5500- standing in contrast to the more ordered, agrarian nature
5501- represented by the goddess Chauntea.
5502-
5503- His old form is known as the Old Father. It took the form of
5504- an old, bearded human male face, either floating midair among
5505- trees or sprouting from the trunk of an especially large and old
5506- tree. The flesh of this form is always brown, gray, and fissured
5507- like old wood.
5508-
5509- His young form is known as the Young Strider. This was a young,
5510- long-limbed humanoid male, with particularly long legs, dressed in
5511- a suit of armor made of leaves and wielding a wooden mallet. He most
5512- often assumes this form when a sacred grove was threatened or a circle
5513- of druids was attacked during their worship.
5514-
5515- Another form he is known to manifest as is the Horned Hunter, an
5516- entity similar in appearance to his fellow Celtic god Cerunnos. This
5517- form is an always silent man with burning white eyes, sporting a set
5518- of stag antlers and shaggy brown fur that was almost bark-like. This
5519- form always appears among the trees, often just to indicate something
5520- by a gesturing, nodding, or pointing before disappearing.
5521- [ Faiths & Avatars, by Julia Martin and
5522- Eric L. Boyd ]
55235419skeleton
55245420 A skeleton is a magically animated undead creature. Unlike
55255421 shades, only a humanoid creature can be used to create a
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