One question: a character in Steven Schend's "Blackstaff Tower" had mentioned Caladorn Cassalanter as a former Open Lord. Is that still canon or can we assume this (like a lot of its stories about extinct/merged houses that exist again by 1492) was incorrect?
Thanks!
— Murder Hobo Games (@MurderHGames) December 2, 2019
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I left a LOT of details out of that already-overlong-for-Twitter recital, and one of them was a ruse pulled during the long tenture of Athlynxthlas Ultrumpet: he had Open Lords named to ‘shadow’ him and so learn on the job, 2)
…so they could be trained (and vetted by the Masked Lords) as successors. Most of them—there were more than a dozen, and on two brief occasions, two at once—were mediocre, and those who grew too popular or seemed too competent…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 2, 2019
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…Ultrumpet covertly framed for crimes, or arranged for fatal fatal ‘accidents’ to befall them.
Caladorn Cassalanter was one of these Open Lords, announced in 1398 DR by Ultrumpet and serving until 1406 DR, when he resigned his 4)
…Open Lordship to be at his mother’s side and support her, upon the death of one of his older brothers (shortly after the death of his father; Caladorn’s other brother had died some years earlier).
For most of 1399 DR Caladorn…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 2, 2019
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…was the only public face of the Lords, as Ultrumpet was in seclusion recovering from an attempt to kill him by means of a ’rotting disease’ from Mhair, introduced into his food by unknown hands (belonging to agents of the 6)
…Xanathar, UItrumpet believed). Three other of these ‘tryout’ Open Lords named by Ultrumpet survived their tenure in the Open Lordship, two resigning openly because they could see they were about to be framed, and a third…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 2, 2019
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…simply fleeing the city covertly for a new life in Tethyr, under a new name (so to Waterdeep, he simply disappeared). As Ultrumpet became (rightfully) more paranoid, he took to sending his ‘right hand’ Open Lords to stand in… 8)
…for him at public appearances, so they’d be the target, and not him.
Caladorn Cassalanter became the respected backbone of his family, and died in ripe old age, never losing his taste for fun or his interest in naval matters.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 2, 2019
I was curious about that too, honestly. Well, Ed? Heh. On it. Still canon. See Ultrumpet's ruse. ;} And I haven't even mentioned all the Open Lord candidates various noble houses secretly groomed "just in case." It was something they could do with younger sons and daughters disinterested in family businesses.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 2, 2019
