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| description = '''The Founding of Baldur's Gate''' is an abridged version of a popular history of [[Baldur's Gate]]. | | description = '''The Founding of Baldur's Gate''' is an abridged version of a popular history of [[Baldur's Gate]]. | ||
| quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | | quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | ||
| book | | book author = Plamondon | ||
| book text = [The abridged version of Plamondon's popular history of 'the Gate', written in a breezy, conversational style more accessible than that of most scholarly histories. For example:] | | book text = [The abridged version of Plamondon's popular history of 'the Gate', written in a breezy, conversational style more accessible than that of most scholarly histories. For example:] | ||
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But there wasn't really much of a permanent town there until one of its seagoing entrepreneurs, a fellow known as Balduran, returned from an expedition with a hold full of gold. And he was generous in spending it, building wharves and warehouses along the waterfront, and a great granite wall curving across the slopes to protect it all from raiders sweeping down from the Fields of the Dead... | But there wasn't really much of a permanent town there until one of its seagoing entrepreneurs, a fellow known as [[Balduran]], returned from an expedition with a hold full of gold. And he was generous in spending it, building wharves and warehouses along the waterfront, and a great granite wall curving across the slopes to protect it all from raiders sweeping down from the Fields of the Dead... | ||
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| where to find = * Sold by [[Nansi Gretta]] | | where to find = * Sold by [[Nansi Gretta]] | ||
* [[Baldur's Mouth]] {{coords|47|-52}} | * [[Baldur's Mouth]] {{coords|47|-52}} | ||
* In a [[Stack of Books]] in [[Head Clerk Meadhoney|Head Clerk Meadhoney's]] second-floor office of [[The Counting House]] {{coords|-108|-181}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 20 October 2024
The Founding of Baldur's Gate is an abridged version of a popular history of Baldur's Gate.
This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink.
Properties
Books
Author: Plamondon
Rarity: Common
Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
Price: 14 gp 
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BOOK_GLO_GeneralLoreBook_BaldursGateHistory01UUID
2002904e-c737-4e67-a351-9d19af6a6036
Where to find
- Sold by Nansi Gretta
- Baldur's Mouth X: 47 Y: -52
- In a Stack of Books in Head Clerk Meadhoney's second-floor office of The Counting House X: -108 Y: -181
Text
[The abridged version of Plamondon's popular history of 'the Gate', written in a breezy, conversational style more accessible than that of most scholarly histories. For example:]
The cosy crescent of land around Grey Harbour has been settled for at least 1500 years, favoured by bucolic fisher folk and beachcombers as well as the less savoury smugglers and outright pirates.
But there wasn't really much of a permanent town there until one of its seagoing entrepreneurs, a fellow known as Balduran, returned from an expedition with a hold full of gold. And he was generous in spending it, building wharves and warehouses along the waterfront, and a great granite wall curving across the slopes to protect it all from raiders sweeping down from the Fields of the Dead...