Hi, Ed! A bit of a blunt question, perhaps, but I often see Mirt mentioned on your Twitter, and he was central in Death Masks, but you seem to talk little of Durnan these days. Is he simply a character you’re less invested in or does it have something to do with WotC? Mirt was my first POV Realms character in my oldest Realms stories (before D&D existed). Mirt and Durnan’s adventures featured in a lot of those tales, but I rarely switched to Durnan’s POV, as he’s quieter and more sensible. (That’s all, nothing to do with Wizards.)#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 29, 2021
Ah, darn… there goes my theory that he sold his soul to be on the cover of Tales From the Yawning Portal… 😉 Thank you for the answer, though! Heh. Durnan is too kind and considerate to sell anyone’s soul. I described his younger self to TSR designers as “The thinking man’s Conan.”
Mirt, on the other hand, can get you souls wholesale. Sometimes souls he doesn’t own, whose owners don’t realize they’re being sold. ;}— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 30, 2021