Hey Ed, you rock. I have a question – is Shandalar your creation? That wizard fella The human mage Shandalar is my creation, as is the spellsinger Shandalara Nightsong.
The moon elf Shandalar Moonflower was created by Elaine Cunningham.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 8, 2021
Oh boy, Ed sir. I have used Shandalar in a drawn adventure I’m running and have been unkind to his presentation enough to have felt obligated to track down his creator and personally apologize for the disrespect. Here he is: Podcasting right now, but will take a look. Don't anticipate being upset; everyone should make the Realms their own, and have fun doing it!
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2021
And he seems like a realistically pushy mage to me. ;}
All good: I've created about 4500 named characters for the Realms, some of them shining good, some of them wallowing evil, and most of them flawed shades of gray folks in between. My creations aren't my favourites or pets. :}— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2021