The Cormyrean dunce cap equivalent is The Cracked Helm, a heavy war-helm that's been split in two by an axe so that all that's holding it together is its heavy collar (low on the wearer's chest). One half hangs completely away from the head it's no longer protecting.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2020

The colloquial expression is "So you're wearing the Cracked Helm these days, hmm?" or "He's a proper Cracked Helm" or "Time to fit him for the Cracked Helm" or "Plenty of Cracked Helms in THAT lot."#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2020

@TheEdVerse Hello! It's me again for another peace of knowledge. Is there connection between Thundertree (LMoP) and Thurnderbeast tribe? As NWCS said some Uthgardt people came into Neverwinter Woods.

— Max Golutvo (@Meonaar) August 1, 2020

1)
Hi, Max. The answer is no, except for a coincidental name similarity, and some Thunderbeast barbarian familiarity with Neverwinter Wood.
Thundertree the human village (until devastated in 1451 DR by a Mount Hotenow eruption; an…2)
…unleashing of local magic caused in this destruction made flora in and around Thundertree turn into twig blights) was named for an unusually tall stand of duskwoods that were repeatedly struck by lightning during storms; due…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

3)
…to their layout, they echoed thunder peals, so the thunder seemed to echo around them (they were all lightning-scorched and dead before the then-hamlet was founded in 1292 DR).
The Thunderbeast barbarian tribe were…)
…food-following-nomadic, like most Uthgardt tribes, but frequented the High Forest and the Lurkwood rather than Neverwinter Wood; the closest they normally came to Neverwinter Wood was their ancestor mound, Morgur’s Mound, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

5)
…in The Crags to the northeast of the wood. Their name is derived from their veneration of the Thunderbeast (brontosaurus dinosaur), and they guarded the increasingly-open-secret that thunderbeasts yet dwelt deep in the High… 6)
…Forest. When they found Morgur’s Mound despoiled in the fall of 1477 DR, they left warriors in Neverwinter Wood to await the return of the Gray Wolf tribe (who are the Uthgardt tribe who DO frequent Neverwinter Wood) to…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

7)
…inquire who had dug up Morgur’s Mound (see p30 of the 4e Neverwinter campaign setting).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020

@TheEdVerse Does the Forgotten Realms have bicycles?

— ElvenWizardKing (@KingLorathorn) May 20, 2020

Yes, but not by that name, and not the 2-wheelers most real-world moderns are used to (they require smooth pavement). Think of wide tricycles with rear cargo beds and soft, squashy-fat-tires (no air), and you have a Realms bicycle, which is known as a “Gondroller.”#Realmslore Genuine Gondrollers (made and sold by temples of Gond) are rare and expensive. After seeing one, most folks find a smith and fabricate their own knock-offs. Axles, wheels, and tires remain difficult to make, and relatively smooth trails are STILL required, so even these are rare.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 20, 2020

Your response is very appreciated and very illuminating. I didn’t consider the Gond tie in. The church of Gond is secretly pondering how to create a network of SMOOTH trackways. Even most city cobbles are too bumpy, and everything in winter-frost regions HEAVES.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 20, 2020

With luck, the project won’t be co-opted by some silly trust fund pseudo-scientist. I mean… just saying.

Of course if it was, thwarting said cad might be a fun adventure. Thwarting cads is a noble cause for not enough adventurers yet. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 20, 2020