Marionette

Marionettes were a variety of puppet that could be found in both the Realms and Barovia, that differed from others in that they were controlled by strings.
==Availability==
* In the Domain of Barovia, the toysmith Gadof Blinsky of Vallaki sold a wide variety of marionettes, modeled after jesters, kings and queens, princes and princesses, executioners, tax collectors, dunces, vampires, and vampire hunters.
==Notable Marionettes==
* Carrionettes, a variety of malicious constructs, were sometimes created from marionettes.
==History==
On Toril, marionettes could be found as far back as the Empire of Netheril, where those skilled in using them could be found as members of the League of Noted Singers and Performers. A notable puppeteer of marionettes during this time was the archwizard Halavar, who created a magical item with engravings of marionettes that allowed him to effortlessly reproduce the ones he owned.
In the mid–14 century DR, one could make special orders for marionettes from the Stringpullers guild of Saerloon.
During this same time, Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold a wide variety of marionettes, which they marketed as a tool for bards. The marionettes that they sold resembled variously bards, crones, cutpurses, farmers, herdsmen, kings and queens, mages, maidens, merchants, mothers, noblemen, orcs, peasants, priests, princes and princesses, skeletons, slaves, and soldiers. They also sold dragon marionettes, made of silk from Shou Lung, that required three hands to operate. By the late 15 century DR, these dragon marionettes were also produced in the Faerûnian state of Nathlan.
When the warmage Aoth Fezim was affected by the Spellplague, he saw an illusory image of Bareris Anskuld dangling a marionette that resembled himself, twitching its strings to make it dance.
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Category:Items
Category:Items from Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
Category:Items from Barovia
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Netheril
Category:Items from Saerloon
Category:Items from Sembia
Category:Items from Toril
Category:0-24 gold pieces
Category:Items from the Eastern Heartlands