Are dwarves and giants the only races that employ rune magic in Faerûn?

Do any human cultures know and use rune magic widely on a daily basis?

Thanks in advance! No, dwarves and giants are by no means the only ones (there are gnome and even elven runes). There are individual humans who know rune magic, but no cultures on Toril that use rune magic widely and daily (that Elminster will tell me about, anyway).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 6, 2020

Hello. Can you share who is the most powerful elven wizard? Among mortals, likely the Srinshee.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 7, 2020

considering a scenario where Shala ended up implementing a totalitarian state after the Battle of Luthcheq (there were many steps taken to get to this point), as a Mulan, could one of these steps be enforce the… …Mulhorandi pantheon in Chessenta and forbid the rest?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 3, 2020

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That would be a mistake. Belief runs deep in Chessenta, as elsewhere. If a ruler forbids worship of non Mulhorandi-pantheon deities, they’ll only succeed in driving it underground (not necessarily literally; done in secret)… 2)
…AND in giving everyone a “righteous” resentment of the ruler. Enforcement would be nigh-impossible. If worshippers are caught and punished/executed as “examples,” unrest would result, and many cults dedicated to overthrow of…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 3, 2020

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…the ruler would gather support and vigor. Chessenta’s trade with the wider Realms (which it has always depended on, for its prosperity and standard of living) would suffer (it would be shunned by many traders), and so on.4)
A sane ruler, no matter how tyrannical their instincts or ruling style, likely “wouldn’t go there” in the first place. Making worship of the Mulhorandi gods a favored, government-supported (portion of taxes goes to those…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 3, 2020

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…temples) “state religion” WITHOUT forbidding worship of other deities would be more likely to work.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 3, 2020

What was the relationship between the ancient Netherese and the sharn? They both opposed the phaerimm, but were they allies? Competitors? Were they even aware of one another? The Sharn were aware of everyone and everything. A few of the Netherese archwizards noticed the Sharn. They weren't allies, because the Sharn way is to, whenever possible, subtly manipulate from afar, and they (correctly) saw the Netherese as "users" of everyone.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2020

@TheEdVerse and @rleebyers a #realmslore Chessenta question for either of you:

Would the temple of Tchazzar have been allowed to complete construction by the current year or would that have caused strife between followers of Entropy and Tchazzar?

— Bryan Holmes 💙❤️🖤 (@FallenWyvern) October 5, 2020

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There was indeed, and still is, strife, but the temple stands complete. Except when there’s a battle over the exact site of a temple (claimed by/considered holy to more than one deity), thwarting the construction of a temple… 2)
…or shrine to any deity is a no-no regardless of faith (so decreed Ao, and it’s against the pantheistic beliefs of most mortals). So despite the fact that some deities (such as Shar, Moander, and Entropy) by their nature would…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 6, 2020

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…want to destroy other gods, their holy places, and their works, and might order their followers to carry out marrings or destructions, they are essentially dooming those followers, who will be attacked by all other deities… 4)
…and their followers. So the temple was completed. However, that doesn’t mean Tchazzar is granting spells or otherwise heeding his clergy and worshippers, so his faith is dwindling; his clergy do get spells granted (by Tiamat).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 6, 2020

Hi Ed. I have always liked the strongman archetype. Who would you account to be the Madeiron Sunderstone or Haldyn Stormkin types in the 1490’s era of the Realms? Thanks so much! 1)
In the 1490s era Sword Coast lands, there’s…
1. A 7-foot-tall, broad-shouldered, terrifically strong man known as Dunthur, in Scornubel, who makes a living lifting (sometimes loaded) wagons so axles and wheels can be replaced/repaired, lifting bulk cargoes onto..#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020

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…storage racks, and lofting stones, timbers, and other building materials to upper levels of buildings being constructed or repaired. Bald-headed (he shaves it), brown-skinned, and brown-eyed. Deep gravelly voice, kindly, doesn’t say much, has six girlfriends… 3)
…who like each other and like to hang out with him together. He has a prodigious capacity for strong drink (can drink many dwarves under the table without apparent drunken effects), and seems to be more resistant to poisons and drugs than most folk, too.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020

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2. A 6-and-a-half-foot-tall, VERY broad-shouldered (has to turn sideways to step through most doorways), bulgingly-muscled woman in Athkatla named Thaeria Turnfeather, who “just grew” (odd genetics; she towers over her parents and siblings). She’s very strong, … 5)
…and became a personal bodyguard for hire (to a succession of various wealthy merchants whom she’s outlived) after the tale got around the city of her pursuing someone who’d attacked a friend, having them flee through a stout wooden door and slamming and…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020

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…locking it in her face—and she simply punched out its panels in mere moments, shot its inside bolt open, and gave chase. Unmarried, and seemingly a contented loner, whose off-duty entertainment is hearing tales of adventure and merchant swindles in taverns. 7)
3. A 6-and-a-half-foot-tall, thin, but astonishingly-strong Shou named Hulurmun Ravraun, of Waterdeep, who came to the city in the mid-1480s as a sailor, but remained to make a living as a cargo loader, dockside and in the warehouses of Dock Ward and South Ward.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020

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Notorious in Dock Ward for picking up and hurling a wagon into the harbor, cargo and handlers and all—but wrenching apart harness first, so the oxen pulling it didn’t make the wet trip—after a wagon merchant he was having a dispute with tried to run him over… 9)
…with said wagon.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020

Hi, @TheEdVerse . I know you are busy, but if you can help me, I'd really appreciate it.

If "darastrix" is dragon in Draconic, and "darasv" is half-dragon, how are dragonborn called in Draconic?

I know there is a term for them, but I feel its more like a demonym.

— Jon Gomez (@ZeromaruX) November 29, 2020

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There are several. Erin Evans is THE expert on Tymantheran (as well as an author EVERYONE should read, Realms fan or not), and she’s given us these terms:
Kosjmyrni = a dragonborn raised by his mother’s clan 2)
…
Strixicki = a pejorative term for the dragonborn (literally “little imposters”)
Thrikominaki = a dragonborn who is clanless
Vayemniri = the dragonborn of Tymanchebar
…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 29, 2020

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And in ‘standard’ Draconic, the collective impolite term for dragonborn is “darathric” (= no-dragon)
And the collective polite term for dragonborn is “darahar” (=echo-dragon) [“har” = echo, and hlar = roar]#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 29, 2020