Lord Bertilak d’Hautdessert @GreneKnyght
What’s Torm’s current status as a god? In the 4E Realms he was a Greater God. Is he still at that level, or did he cede his power to Tyr when he returned?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020

1)
Torm certainly seems to be a greater god in the 1490s DR, and his clergy claim that status for him.
Yet mortals can almost never know the true power of any deity, unless they are very weak, for it consists of influence… 2)
…and deterrence as well as sheer might. And truth is an elusive and frail bird, even from the lips of the divine—and ESPECIALLY from the mouths of their clergy (who ‘spin’ as a matter of course).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2020

DMBIV @DMBIV2 · 13h@TheEdVerse
has there ever been an official (or otherwise) DR year assigned to the events of N5 Under Illefarn? I’m seeing 1357 on wikis but can’t find it in any primary source.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

Yes. UNDER ILLEFARN unfolds in 1347 DR.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

Daggerford is fairly quiet for a frontier town. Sure, lizard men raid the local baron’s holding now and then, orcs sneak out of the Misty Forest to raid caravans on the Trade Way, and Lady Bronwyn has a few suitors who are a touch too passionate, but there’s nothing going on that a member of the renowned Daggerford militia can’t handle.
Except that the Shining River has turned green, and cattle are dying. Except that the Elf King of Laughing Hollow, a place where no human dares go without fearing for his life, is asking the militia for help. Except that strange substances are oozing from the fissures caused by a recent earthquake. Except that the earthquake also has opened an entrance in the cliffs around the Laughing Hollow that might lead to the fabled dwarf mines of Illefarn.
Suddenly, being a militiaman isn’t quite as easy as it used to be.
“Under Illefarn” is the first module produced for use with the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set.

@TheEdVerse What function does the brain serve in the Forgotten Realms keeping in mind souls are a thing? The people demand answers!

— Ivan (@jaskier_stan) February 9, 2020

1)
The brain is used for thinking, by regrettably too few people, and far too seldom. The demanding answers thing is good, though. It’s what makes us human.
Seriously: the brain is the source of sentience, which isn’t just 2)
…reasoning, it’s self-awareness, so it’s what fills a soul with an identifier and qualities of character. The soul is the essence of being for a living thing; the brain contains the self, or person.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 9, 2020

3)
Used by deities for sorting said souls, or directing them. Used by you to go on living, if you acquire a new body.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 9, 2020