In Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus nothing about the Silvershield family is mentioned. Could you clarify how this family would be on the adventure date?@TheEdVerse @adamofadventure @FRWiki

— Fernando DM (@arautomestre) August 9, 2020

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Descent into Avernus is set in 1494 DR. At that time, the Silvershield family hold no noble or governing offices in Baldur’s Gate, and keep a low public profile, dwelling quietly in their city estate and devoting themselves to… 2)
…investments, book collecting, reading, and becoming as expert in genealogy and local history as many sages. Several Silvershields (sons and daughters of Alana Silvershield and Entar Silvershield III) departed the city in the…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…1470s DR, and their current whereabouts and fates are unknown.
The Silvershields still in the city are led by an elderly Skie Silvershield II, the imperious and stubborn family matriarch, who recently buried her second noble… 4)
… husband, Atelburt Maerbraunt. She had no children by her first husband, Ostrand Beldaerhallow, who died some twenty-four winters ago, but had a son and then two daughters with Atelburt.
The son and heir is the handsome, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…dashing, jaded Ralagondar, a twenty-two-year-old scourge of the local ladies who is stylish, an accomplished mimic, a swindler and scoundrel, and is ruled by his utter boredom, which drives him to do all manner of outlandish… 6)
…and stupid capers on whims. He’s tall, slender, darkly handsome, and is an increasingly accomplished actor who more than once has escaped justice for a misdeed by dressing in drag and playing femininity so successfully as to…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…fool folk as to his identity. He gambles, is usually in debt as a result, and is a friend to many who has built quite an extensive, if shadowy, network of loyal friends across the city in all walks of life. He conceals as… 8)
…much of his conduct as possible from his mother for fear of being disowned—and is genuinely unaware that her spies, in particular the doppelganger Seldrorn, keep her informed about almost everything Ralagondar does, and she…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…is greatly amused by his antics and is fast becoming an avid fan of him.
The eldest of Skie’s two daughters is the plain, withdrawn, studious and incredibly smart Paerevelle (“Pair-uh-vel”), who is lightning-swift at sums, … 10)
…calculating margins of profit and engineering loads, stresses, and strains in her head in a trice, and steers the family finances honestly and to great profit; under her quiet guidance, the Silvershields have become…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…landlords in many cities up and down the Sword Coast, renting to businesses more than tenants, and becoming VERY rich in the process. Paerevelle has no interest in marriage, is suspicious of all attempts by anyone to… 12)
…befriend or become intimate with any Silvershield, and prefers the company of females if she must speak to anyone not a family member; she just turned twenty, and is tall, thin, almost silent in her movements, has…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…floor-length glossy dark hair she always wears piled up and interwoven in ornate tiara-like combs, and dresses in plain, old ankle-length gowns (she doesn’t care about her appearance). 14)
The younger of Skie’s two daughters is pert, mischievous, agile (much given to climbing mansion walls and running along ramparts and swinging on tapestries, draperies, and even awning-ropes) and a scamp—because, like her…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…brother, she’s bored and doing all sorts of wild things to try to alleviate that. Her wildnesses rarely take a romantic turn, but are apt to be carefree pranks that damage little and hurt no one physically, but often toy… 16)
…with the emotions and status of others (she’s forever starting rumors that this or that acquaintance has seduced a shapeshifting monster, or joined a secret society, and will sometimes even hire actors to pretend to be a…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…shapeshifting monster or secret society members, to drive the escapade along). This nineteen-year-old guffawing and shining-eyed banner of trouble is Elnantra Silvershield, and she has two close female friends (and eager… 18)
…participants in most of her escapades) who are fellow young wealthy nobles of Baldur’s Gate, and are both her age: Malamarta Delvair, and Jancszra (“JANCE-rah”) Telnweather. Gossip in the Gate is certain the three are…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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lovers; if true, they’re certainly not faithful and exclusive-to-each-other bedmates. 20)
There’s also a “fallen” Silvershield in the city, a grim and nigh-coinless skulker amid the caravan beast-paddocks: Parendarkh Silvershield, said to be the oldest son of Entar Silvershield III. He turned his back on his…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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…family after some hushed-up betrayal or falling-out, years ago, and has lived by his toil and wits in the darker alleys of the city ever since. He’s said to maintain small gardens on various rooftops not his own, and dine on… 22)
…what grows in them (mainly tufts of saltwater wild cress) as well as clams he digs, and fish he spears expertly from the river. City rumor whispers he hurls spears into backs with deadly effect from afar, when paid to slay.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

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And that’s what I know of the Silvershields in 1494 DR.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

Murder In Baldur's Gate fell into the "undated" era, but it must (by internal content evidence) take place in 1480 DR or later, and most discussion has (subsequently) placed it in 1482 DR.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 9, 2020

Ed – how common is it for ships on the sword coast and the inner sea to have a ship’s mage aboard? Not all that common, due to the expense (mage's salary); 18% or so. NAVAL ships: nigh 100 percent.
Yet mages as passengers are given huge discounts (1 sp/voyage, with of course meals and board thrown in), and a surprisingly high number of crew have "wild talents."#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020

Which they tend to keep hidden (not from the rest of the crew, of course) until calling on them is necessary, because of how often they must use them against passengers or shippers boarding their ship.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020

Hi Ed. Are events taking place in Neverwinter Nights officially in Forgotten Realms lore Yes, unless superceded/contradicted by lore in official (Wizards of the Coast) publications.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 14, 2020

So what’s the deal with the god Zehir? Is he still a thing in the Realms?

— Leslie Courtney (@LeslieCourtne14) August 15, 2020

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Zehir appeared in the Realms just before the Spellplague began, and is still around, venerated by increasing numbers of yuan-ti who see Zehir as the leader of their races into a “new age” of power and prominence. 2)
The deity is derisively known as “Fangskull” among dragons, and this name has leaked out to mages and sages.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 15, 2020

And what is the relationship between this interloper deity and more traditional Yuan-ti gods like Sseth and Mersshaulk?

— Leslie Courtney (@LeslieCourtne14) August 15, 2020

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Between their clergy: hostile.
Among other yuan-ti worshippers: tense to uncaring, depending on personal devotion.
Between the deities: Sseth and Merrshaulk are in near-torpor/slumber, and Merrshaulk and Zehir are both Set, who… 2)
…in both guises plays at hostilities (with each other) to maximize interest and devotion among yuan-ti (and dominates Sseth, who was imprisoned by Set during the Time of Troubles).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 15, 2020