Sir, if I may ask. What is the current status of Shadowdale in the current time frame of forgotten realms? I have not been able to locate the answer. Thank you again sir. 1)
Doing well, after three or four big harvests in a row, and free for the last little while of invasions by Zhentilar seeking to conquer the dale for Zhentil Keep. Khara Sulwood is Lady of Shadowdale (its ruler), having succeeded…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2020

2)
…Adee Ulphor, who became Lady of Shadowdale when Lord Azalar Falconhand retired. (See my Dec. 4, 2017 tweets.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2020

I have a question
Why are mages in Toril unable to cast magic in places within realmspace where the weave is damaged or dead, but are able to still do so in the outer planes where Mystra doesn’t reach at all?1)
The Weave (Mystra) is one way of accessing the natural energies of a plane or world; arcane spells used by mages are means of calling on those energies (wind, tide, magnetism, kinetic energies such as flowing or falling…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

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…water, heat/convection, etc.) to power specific effects (e.g. a fireball). Where the Weave is damaged or dead, the “trigger” (cast spell) is missing its gun to produce the effect (fire the bullet). In all cases on an outer…3)
…plane where an arcane spell does work (and there are long, long lists of spells that don’t work, or that produce different effects than in the Realms), this means the magic has found a way to call on the natural energies of…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

4)
…that plane to produce the desired effect, or at least an effect. Yet there’s a reason magic is called “the Art” and not a science; it’s often unpredictable at best. 5)
Hence the continued utility of a sword or even a club, and someone to swing it.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

I’m having difficulty wrapping my head around this, but that may be the point. What is the catalyst for the unpredictability of arcane spellcasting? Improper components, faith in the spell / weave, or is it truly arbitrary? Spellcasting always has some unpredictability, most commonly due to Weave surges/ripples (you're trying to swim out to sea from a beach, and a monster wave comes in), or the presence of previous magic (you might be unaware of) in a locale, that your magic reacts with.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020

Sir @TheEdVerse, I wonder if you might indulge the boredom of a rainy sunday/w a few moments of your wondrous world building, if you’ve any to spare.
What, pray, is the daily life of your avg Jillian the Joydancer actually like, please? How’s this contrast/w just Larry Lliiran? Uhm … if it matters pre-time of troubles, I guess?

— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️‍🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) March 29, 2020

1)
Aside from bathing, cooking, eating, and tending (nursing, feeding, fetching for, and otherwise aiding) others, a Joydancer’s every waking moment is devoted to spreading joy. Singing, telling jokes, and doing kindnesses are a 2)
…big part of this, but so is knowing and befriending folk so what the joydancer says and does to try to make them joyful will be appropriate to each person (and so, will have a good chance of success). Joydancers are…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 30, 2020

3)
…often accomplished singers, dancers, mimics, actors, and graceful people, but they need not be. Devout worshippers of Lliira will try to do kindnesses to others throughout their day, because the clergy teach and urge them4)
…to, but (unlike a joydancer) it’s not their life-consuming work; they usually have a job, a family to support, and so on. So for a lay worshipper it’s more how they treat others and view life, whereas a joydancer’s waking time is…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 30, 2020

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…devoted to spreading joy. And they are good enough at it to be one of the very few priesthoods that’s not a-crawl with ambition, attentive to holy rank, and authoritarian in any way.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 30, 2020