@TheEdVerse Who got together to make up the Drow language in Faerun?

— Magic Rings & Laser Beams (@GrimaxeStudios) August 8, 2020

1)
Heh. I WISH we were that organized.
Various creators (R. A. Salvatore, in particular) made words up for various projects. I collected a drow lexicon for the 2e Drow Of The Underdark and the Menzo boxed set. Eric Boyd then picked up for Drizzt D’sGTTUnderdark, and.. 2)
…so on. As we rode into the digital age, computer files were compiled for the various languages of the Realms, which we update constantly.
I frequently add words publicly in response to questions here on Twitter, and secretly when asked by designers.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 8, 2020

Lueblueth (“LOOB-looth”), meaning: too many to count, or too many to remember, or too many to care about (usually used when speaking of foes slain, but Elminster says that honest drow use it most often to speak of their regrets)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

Just wondering if there are any locations in the realms with lots of small Islands (like the Thousand Islands in the real world) that are too small to show up on the continental scale maps of the realms? ~ regards GG The Korinn Archipelago, the Nelanther, and the Pirate Isles of the Sea of Fallen Stars all have thousands of islets, "wash rocks" (rocks JUST above sea level, that waves break against or over). As do the coasts of Dambrath (off Cathyr), Halruaa, and the Utter East. #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 25, 2020

@TheEdVerse Hi Ed. Okay, so I couldn’t lure you into revealing Jergal lore.😆 Because of that you at least owe me something: what was the surname of Halvan “the Dark” of Halfaxe Trail fame?😉

— George Krashos (@gkrashos) August 3, 2020

1)
Heh. Persistence will get you everywhere.
Halvan “the Dark” was Sembian by birth and in his youth a traveling trader up and down the Dragonreach, who settled in Harrowdale and became a successful landlord and shipper. 2)
Halvan’s full name was Halvan Deirith Mhalkhombur; he hated his family (who had come to Sembia from Turmish, two generations earlier) and tried never to use his surname (his middle name was his mother’s half-elven-heritage…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 3, 2020

3)
…family surname; it was Sembian custom in those days to use the surnames of high-status or wealthy families who marry into yours, as middle names).
Halvan became Lord of what he promptly dubbed “Halvan’s Dale” in 1182 DR, …4)
…named as the successor of previous lord Andrur Surlwood, in papers found on Surlwood’s desk after the latter’s sudden and mysterious demise (likely of poison; Elminster doesn’t think Halvan was responsible, but rather…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 3, 2020

5)
…Surlwood’s own kin, impatient to inherit).
The moment he became lord, Halvan used his new powers and the dale’s tax coffers to become a major local moneylender, driving hard bargains and seizing property (by strictly enforcing… 6)
…these lending agreements) . He was not well liked by the dalesfolk, but he was respected, in part because he improved every building he came to own, and kept the dale clean, the nightsoil carted far away and composted, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 3, 2020

7)
…built new breweries and shops to rent out and larger, better inn facilities, workshop and warehouse space so Sembian businesses could relocate to their advantage, and generally brought prosperity to the dale. 8)
And then he overreached himself fatally, by starting construction of the Halfaxe Trail.
As Elminster put it, “He was doing so well by crossing his fellow humans that he thought he could cross the elves, and succeed at it.”#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 3, 2020

friendly local fallen angel @cali_keftiu@TheEdVerse
Do the Netherese (looking more at the modern folk, not the ancient ones of Karsus' day) have a concept of noble bloodlines and houses? I'm curious what their internal hierarchy looks like.
(4e-era, if it truly matters!)

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020

1)
Oh, yes, though in the case of some Netherese cities they may dismiss the concept of nobility (inherited rank) in favour of a meritocracy (we’re on top because we’re mighty in magic and/or psionics and/or achievements), though 2)
…this is horse-dung, because all surviving Netherese cities are ruled by those who INHERITED their position. In the case of Thultanthar (“Shade”), the ruling family styled themselves “Princes” of their city. #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020

3)
Everyone dwelling in a flying city is of High Netheril; the cities were supplied by folk of Low Netheril (who in some cases were literally enslaved by the High Netherese, and whose descendants survive today in peoples of… 4)
…Faerûn who don’t identify themselves as being descended from Netheril, usually because their ancestors long ago forgot their origins). So the concept of a ruling class (nobility) is baked into Netheril.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020