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Do not forget about me. I am also a big fan of the Forgotten Realms

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[Atomizer]

Originally posted by BladeMaster: Here is something you might not know about the Fall of Myth Drannor. The Nameless One (Arun's Son) at the Fall of Myth Drannor from 711 - 714 DR was none other thean Khelben Arunsun the Mage of WaterDeep.

Wait, The Nameless One, from Planescape:Torment, is actually named Khelben Arunsun? Can you tell me any other info about TNO?

No the Nameless One from Planescape: Torment is not Khelben Arunsun. Khelben Arunsun is (I believe) actually a half-elf but in all apperance is a human. He is also a Chosen of Mystra. Khelben could not claim his Elven name so he went by his father's name of Arun's son or the the Nameless One or the Nameless Chosen. The Nameless One from Planescape and Khelben Arunsun are two different people

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[This message has been edited by BladeMaster (edited 05-11-2001).]

Here is a quote from the Fall of Myth Drannor Sourcebook concerning the Namless One (Khelben Arunsun)

Silversgate

The battle at Silversgate is one of the most storied and heroic tales of the entire Weeping War, as one who was denied his name by Myth Drannor apparently gave his life in its cause. In short, the Army of Darkness was driven east, and its northern and southern factions merged and punched through the elf defenders on the western front as they passed, allowing them a second charge on Myth Drannor. The bulk of this battle occurred among the streets of the old city Cormanthor, and its climax centered on the Silversgate, the magical gate to Silverymoon Pass and a link to the sister cities of Ascalhorn and Silverymoon.
While the military fought bravely on all fronts, this battle was primarily one of magic and thus spearheaded by Spell-Major Josidiah Starym, Elminster, Symrustar Auglamyr, and the Nameless Chosen. With many elf forces exhasted from the previous battles,only the cavlry and two-thrids of the available Akh'faer forces were in the city for its defense until the arrival after battle's start of the Wing cavalry, some gold, silver, and electrum dragon allies, and the Three Chosen.
The spellcasters and military worked together to isolate and destroy the reduced and tired battalions (the Cruelty, the Colossus, the Grievous, Battalion Arcane) of the Army of Darkness. In all, the Army of Darkness suffered the loss of a battalion's worth of troops, losing 11 marches and 4 regiments in the melee. Among them, four entire tribes of gnolls were totally destroyed as was the most powerful march in the Army, Cvor's all mezzoloth March of the Second Cruelty Regiment.
Cvor's March, or "the Whipmaster's March" as more commonly known among the troops, laid siege to the Silversgate in upper Cormanthor at highsun on the second day of battle, following his orders to guard the gate against any allied incursions while the Fourth Cruelty Regiment sought magical items and plunder in the surrounding buildings and ruins. The Nameless Chosen became enraged by the destruction of his native city and the abrupt slaying of a trio of bronze dragons that had emerged through the gate to lend aid requested a tenday ago. As their overall plans were capable of moving the Army out of the city, the other mages were sadly resigned to the losses, since the Army's battalions had learned to tighten their ranks and attack and raid as an army rather than random hordes. Still bereft of Gaulguth's commanding presence, the troops and attacks were tightly organized to prevent any more losses unless their formations were broken. The Nameless One lost his temper over the "insufferable waiting for the Army to trip hidden spelltraps with no guarantees for success - We are spposed to be the pride and glory of Faerun, but we cower like rabbits waiting for a fox to stop stalking their warren!"
With a roar of anger and vengeance, the Nameless exploded through the roof of one of the Six Tyryl Towers, his body glowing and his hair and robes ablaze in silver flames! Similar to the dragon Garnet's rash charge, he dove headlong into the amassed, "impenetrable" forces of the besieging Army, scattering many gnolls, ogres, and orcs like chaff before a hurricane wind. Driving a wedge through the forces, he converged on the Silversgate, where Colonel Cvor and his mezzoloths stood. Spreading his arms wide, the Nameless One scrawled one line in the shattered marble of the street before him with a beam of silver fire, and no mezzoloth crossed that line that day. On his arms, he formed massive wings of silver fire, raising them high and knocking many creatures down from high towers or parapets. As he walked slowly and steadily forward, the blazing line advanced with him, forcing all back before him. Fully aflame now, the Nameless reached out with his silver wings and flung the nycaloths into the gate, which opened at his merest word. Spelltraps lying in wait activated at his will, causing explosions that claimed more evil lives as he walked unharmed within them. Over 600 mezzoloths, goblins, and other creatures fell before the fury of the Nameless, and Myth Drannor's defenders rallied once more. With a large wedge driven into the Army's forces, the Akh'faer and the cavalry had openings they could exploit and drive the Army before them again.



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[Fljotsdale]

Ye gods & little fishes! And I thought I was obsessive, lol!

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Smile! Life is too short for bitching!

Fljotsdale

Just wait I will post the rest of that battle once my fingers are better rested

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[This message has been edited by BladeMaster (edited 05-10-2001).]

[caleb]

Whats a mezzoloth?

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Welcome to hell.

Here is the rest of the battle as for what a mezzoloth is I will have to find out for you.

Fate of the Nameless One

The Nameless Chosen stood before the Silversgate, driving the Whipmaster Cvor before him, and he laughed at the mezzoloth's challenge. As Nameless turned to bid his comrades-at-arms good will and luck in battle, the razor-studded whip of Cvor wrapped about his throut, and the two fell into the gate, struggling. Flying to his aid, Elminster the Crafty entered the Silversgate and shut the gate behind him to isolate Cvor's March. The Nameless Chosen's full intent in his mad attack was to open up the Army's lines and isolate sectors of it to destroy more easily. Alone but undaunted, the fire-engorged form of the Nameless One towered over the battle. Back to back with the elder Chosen Elminster, he fought hundreds of mezzoloths within the rocky Silverymoon Pass, and the glow of his silvery form drew attention from Silverymoon. Still, while his successes led to victory for the Allies of Cormanthyr, the hubris of the Nameless One led to his undoing.
Trusting that his flaming form would be proof against any attacks, he was caught unawares by Colonel Cvor when it used a captured elf artifact (the Harness of the Giant-Slayer Alayris) to grow to a giant's size and seize the flaming mage by hand and foot. More swiftly than the reactions of either Chosen, Cvor brutally pulled the Nameless Chosen nearly in half by sheer strenght! The explosion of magical power and fire utterly consumed Cvor and over 200 nearby mezzoloths, but not the one wielded it. As the fireball subsided, the Nameless One lay dying, the silver fire desperately draining away out of his laid-open torso. While Elminster later reported that Mystra herself preserved his life as he lay wounded, at lest three sources (two half-elf histories and one elf song) suggest that another power such as Sehanine saved him in return for his aiding her People. Still, the High Mage of Silverymoon Ecamane Truesilver and his supporting wizard forces protected the body of the fallen Chosen from the remaining mezzoloths. Together, while the Nameless One was sent magically to Silverymoon for healing, Elminster and the elderly and frail Eamane destroyed the gate to Myth Drannor, detonating it from within and at its exit. The explosions slew the remnants of the Fourth Regiment surronding it at Myth Drannor as well as clearing Silverymoon Pass of its remaining brethren.
As a result of this battle, Myth Drannor's forces won the day, but unknowingly paid a high price. Elminster was lost among the planes for a time, due to his task of destroying the gate from within, while Ecamane Truesilver died due to the strain of breaking the gate from its exit point at Silverymoon Pass. The Nameless Chosen lay like one dead for more than the next year, though Mystra spoke to those who tended him, calling him "he whom magic, duty, and honor defines." His elf nurse, who heard this in her own tongue, gave him the name Akhelbhen; upon his awakening, the Nameless Chosen, once called Arun's Son is introduced him to the new High Mage Aganthol as Khelben Arunsun. His body healed but forever scarred across his chest and back where he was nearly torn in twain, he banishes his vanity and keeps the wedge of silver-white hair and beard to remaind him of the silver flames dancing within it and how it does not make him invincible. It also signifies his debts, as it reminds him of Silverymoon and what he owes its people as well.


There ends the making of Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun the Mage of Waterdeep.

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[Pennance]

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