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The question of how many frostbrands there are can be answered by a little research. I visited the Harpells and Aurora's store to investigate. Well, actually I just went to Aurora's to pick up a false-bottomed scabbard for my rapier (which is named Wit), but I did ask around about frostbrands.
In the Forgotten Realms each hamlett is allocated 3 Frostbrands (along with 3 of each other type of elemental sword) to aid in defense. One of these is normally carried by the chief member of the town guard, and regulations require the other 2 be maintained in a warehouse for adventurers to loot in times of need. Because Drizzt has achieved widespread popularity, in part due to Volo's publications about him, Elminster and his coven of pipe-smoking god-like misfits deemed in D.R. 1370 that henceforth at least 1 of the frostbrands in each town should be a scimitar, because that's what adventurers want. Apparently, Rapier frostbrands have not "been the rage" since the time of the "Rapier Pirate Lords" when the blades became very trendy on the Sea of Fallen Stars.
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