Re: Why is it 'Grey' and 'Realm' space?

The term "Forgotten Realms" HAS been used by residents. The mage and
guide Volo used it once, in the comic "The Grand Tour", saying "This is
the Realms, called Forgotten only by those who do not know it" Its
possible that he used the term in one of his tour guides that made it
off plant and it stuck....What can I say? I like Volo...


    -Canageek

Dreamer wrote:

>I wondered whether trying to answer the question as to why they
>are are called 'Greyspace' and 'Realmspace' might help make use
>of the 'big three' spheres, without touching the groundling
>worlds.
>
>The basic idea is: put settings into each sphere which match
>these names.
>
>Grey: named after the wizard of the same name, and due to the
>colour of the sky when on the world. The Wizard Grey got so upset
>with all the troubles of living on Oerth that he constructed a
>Brass Head, to give him answers as to where else he could live.
>This lead him to the world of Grey, and he set up his home there,
>tended by his many automatons. Unfortunately, he found that he
>got lonely, so he first arranged for an innkeep, and a trader, to
>set up at the other side of Grey, near a well he created, and a
>magic wood that provided as much air renewal as desired. Later a
>trading town grew up, quite normal, except the local guards are
>his incorruptable automatons, and when he gets a bit lonely,
>there is always somewhere for him to go.
>
>Realm: is so called because it is the home of a long-fallen liche
>king. His spirit still protects the place, though it is said that
>he long ago lost his physical body. Those knowledgable suggest
>that by mighty enchantments he made the whole world into his
>Magic Jar, and his spirit still reaches out, and listens in on
>those living there, looking through their eyes, but not
>possessing them or controlling their actions. It is said, that,
>often least once a year, someone who is in a drunken stupor,
>stands up, with a strange gleam in their eyes, and shouts "This
>is my Realm!", and then falls over again.
>
>
>What do you think?
>
>Might we claim that places like these are iconic enough that the
>whole sphere is named after them, rather than the main world?
>
>This seems a way things might run a bit smoother. But, you do
>need something for Krynnspace, if the actual world has
>disappeared (I didn't know about this, but I've been out of touch
>for a while).
>
>
>Cheers!
>
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>Dreamer
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