@TheEdVerse I don't see much in the way of lore when it comes to Zotha. Can you impart any thing about its form or relationship with Asgorath? Ty
— Tiberius777 (@Tiberius7771) November 25, 2019
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Like most of what happened long, long ago, sentients alive today know little—and even less they can trust—of beings and events in the remote past. So take what I say here with a generous handful of salt. 2)
Except this: there is almost no Zotha lore, published in our real world or known in Toril today.
Right, here we go…some priesthoods, elder dragons, and sages believe that Zotha was a huge, flying being that in outward form…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2019
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…resembled a real-world manta ray (having a flat, roughly-diamond-shaped body of two ‘wings’ depending out from a central body with a maw at the front, and a long, long tail at the back). Zotha was sentient, strong-willed, and… 4)
…among the early deities of Toril was nicknamed ‘the Devourer’ because in their belief (passed on by Asgorath?) Zotha created life and non-living things from the raw dust and energies of the Void purely to play with and then… #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2019
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…consume, whereupon it would create anew.
There were other Creator entities in existence in the vast Void, including Asgorath, who also created life and non-living things, and all of them tended to believe they held dominion… 6)
…over what they themselves had created.
But Zotha considered that all creations were for it to toy with, alter, and ultimately devour. Including Asgorath’s creation, Toril—but when Zotha sought to devour Toril, Asgorath…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2019
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…defended Toril, at first by shielding it, and then by destroying Zotha, rending Zotha into many small, raw fragments. Some of these Asgorath consumed, so Zotha could never be reborn, but others fell onto Toril and seared 8)
…their ways down into the deep places of Toril, where in time they became creatures that would in turn evolve into illithids and others (neogi? Beholders?).
I stress again that all of this is disputed and secondhand; no…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2019
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…mortals alive today can know the truth of what befell in times so ancient. But some gods told versions of this tale to their priests in centuries agone, so these stories were set down, and passed down, and we have them now.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2019
You’re my hero, sir. Thank you so much for expanding the draconic lore of the Realms ;] So, can I came to the conclusion that Zotha was some form of Far Realm thingy?
— Jon Gomez (@ZeromaruX) November 26, 2019
Quite possibly, likely even…but it was so long ago, with no reliable witnesses around, that we can't be sure. "Far away and long ago" is a chilling phrase for good reason.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2019
