Lilac Clorceta @LilacClorceta@TheEdVerse
New petitioner! 1-Am I correct in guessing that Helion Moonstar is the son/grandson of Rober Moonstar? If so, who is his Drow mother? 2-Are there any canon named Waterdeep nobles alive in the 1490s who aren't in the 5e WoTC books/novels?— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
Where do I find them? 1)
Helion Moonstar is the grandson of Rober Moonstar. The family doesn’t publicly discuss his parentage, but Elminster is of the opinion that Helion’s father is Helve Ammanion Moonstar (son of Rober, whose father is also named…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
2)
…Helve, though in full he’s Helve Runathan Moonstar), and Helion’s mother is most likely the priestess of Eilistraee (and noted painter and sculptor; her specialty is beautiful picture frames whose corners sheath daggers)… 3)
…Muaranthra Euarvrinn. However, Elminster cautions that he could be mistaken; Muaranthra has two close friends and fellow priestesses she’s seldom far from, first names Emteirla and Yanthrastra (El knows not their surnames), …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
4)
…and one of them could also be Helion’s mother.
Thanks to the briefly popular practice of selling titles (see the superb Rosemary Jones novel CITY OF THE DEAD), there are scores of Waterdeep nobles not specifically named in… 5)
…official 5e published sources, including, confusingly, rival nobles of the same surname (the “blood nobles” of that name, and those that bought a title and adopted the same surname and refuse to relinquish it), or those…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
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…who’ve agreed to use another surname, but refuse to relinquish their nobility; these include the Houses of Haladaunth/Haladauntur, Haelandor, Meldron, Nahalrycorm, and Rampance.
And then there are bastard sons and daughters… 7)
…who sometimes style themselves “Lord” or “Lady” and invent their own surname, or use their own birth family name, and sometimes adopt the surname of their noble mother or father and aren’t compelled by the family to stop…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020
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…using it or go far, far away…so all in all, you can invent any nobles you need to, for your own campaign.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 26, 2020