I watched the movie, Florence Foster Jenkins, and am inspired to have an NPC quest giver in Waterdeep based on her. @TheEdVerse I’m curious if you could suggest a noble house or particular lady who you think would be a good fit? https://t.co/DK1Dr8395p#realmslore #DnD
— Eric Jordan (soon at PAX South) (@ericremyjordan) December 27, 2019
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Sure! If your Realms campaign is set in the 1480s or 1490s DR, there is a wealthy noble widow who fancies herself a superb singer (but isn’t), and who rents venues in Waterdeep to give performances to packed audiences of… 2)
….Waterdhavians who love the entertainment she provides (plus a few bemused visitors to the city): Elgondra Eagleshield, who has a face like a horse, the build of the rear end of a galleon, a voice like a buzzsaw, and a…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019
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…buoyant, cheerful disposition that refuses to get annoyed at anything (so fruit hurled at her she regards as offerings of endearment). She “warbles” publicly at least once every tenday, usually in Sea Ward or North Ward… 4)
…gambling houses or clubs she rents all of, for an evening. She dresses in splendidly outlandish costumes, one of which makes her look like a gilded oceangoing nao.
If you’re adventuring in Waterdeep in the 1360s through the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019
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…1370s DR, noble matriarch Katya Brossfeather led a quartet of ladies with powerful singing voices who would have been quite lovely had they sung alone and a capella, but none of them had perfect pitch, so when they sang together, it was 6)
…usually in four different keys. They sang at noble feasts, where they much amused fellow nobles, and word of them spread, so guilds took to hiring them for performances (to wider amusement).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 27, 2019