PastorGall @PastorGall@TheEdVerse
i dont think rudolph van richten is one of your creations? But is there a un/known order of specifically undead slayers in tje realms. Reasonable within the churches maybe, but any independant organizations? Or slayers of note?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 6, 2020

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No, Van Richten isn’t one of mine. :}
I don’t know of any unknown order of undead slayers in the Realms, just orders part of established faiths who fight against undead (or support them, like the Myrkulytes). Aside from a few… 2)
…adventuring bands dedicated to cleansing specific areas of undead, I don’t know of any independent organizations, circa 1479 DR. However, there ARE some independent slayers of note, including Grim Gartheldra of Saerloon, who…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 6, 2020

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…travels the Realms destroying undead who have become a nuisance to locals (she lets ‘sleeping undead lie,’ and is a scarred, hardened woman in battered plate armor who goes into battle festooned with magic items and… 4)
…weapons against undead given to her by grateful beneficiaries and priests who value her work); the lich-mage Vorhardruil of the Wealdath, who hates ‘nuisance’ undead whose activities cause widespread fear and hatred of…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 6, 2020

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…undead in the general populace, and acts to destroy such undead; and the vampire Tesheldra Marimmon of Luthcheq, who slaughters lesser undead of all sorts to drink their ‘undeath’ into a strange magic item she bears (a gem… 6)
…she wears embedded in her always-bleeding breast), that somehow increases her own power. Azuth and Mystra have become alarmed enough by her successes that they’ve told the Chosen of Mystra to begin to keep an eye on her.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 6, 2020

Textbook Toting Tiefling Teacher @Ali_T_Ration@TheEdVerse
Hello Loremaster, my players just prevented the Shadowfell from pouring onto Waterdeep, and now they embark on a sea adventure! In the Isles west of the Sword Coast, which part(s) are the most likely to have a…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2020

…forgotten sea temple where an Aboleth could lurk? Thanks! 1)
Well, I know there’s one in a seacave beneath Mintarn, and at least two in seacaves under various islets of the Korinn Archipelago, not to mention three (perhaps more) under westward and southwestward islands in The Nelanther.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2020

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And if you drop the “forgotten” part, there’s even one under Orlumbor.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2020

Volo’s Guide to the North has always been one of my favorite sourcebooks. (Very inspirational!) Are any of the major cities in the North/Savage Frontier loosely modeled after any major Canadian cities (in terms of geographic location, climate, politics, etc)? No, not at all. I avoid real-world analogues when creating the Realms (some other designers, not so much). The North/Savage Frontier has climate similarities to certain regions in Canada, but those areas have no major Canadian cities (we have few).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 17, 2020

@TheEdVerse Does Eveningstar have a coat of arms circa 1367? I'm using the Haunted Halls of Eveningstar module (love it) and one of the PCs is a bit of a heraldry nut. Also, I'm having difficulty figuring out how Cormyr treats non-human/-demihuman PCs. Any advice on that? Thanks!

— cluc2020 (@cluc2018) January 4, 2020

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Sure. Cormyr’s treatment of a PC will depend on their race (elves, dwarves, halflings, and gnomes are accepted, half-orcs are eyed with suspicion, and drow and all goblinkin [orcs, goblins, etc.] evoke a “run for your weapons 2)
…and sound the alarm and lock your doors” reaction).
Lady Lord Tessaril Winter has her own blazon, but Eveningstar as a place at that time has as its arms a simple (heater-shaped) shield bearing a sky-blue horizontal band…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 4, 2020

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…across its upper third, with a gray horizontal band under it, a forest green band under that, and the bottom third of the shield being royal blue with a point-down triangle of three white four-pointed stars floating in it. 4)
…The top band represents the sky, the gray band is the cliff that’s the local southern edge of the Stonelands, the green band represents the verdant farm production of the village, and the blue bottom triangle is the…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 4, 2020

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…Starwater River (with stars reflected in its waters). As a badge (worn on the breasts of surcoats and the shoulders of jerkins), this was simplified into a point-down royal-blue triangle adorned with a point-down triangle 6)
…of three white dots. When the local militia was mustered, they wore armbands or baldric (diagonal across-the-body) sashes displaying this badge. Purple Dragons, however, wore the arms of Cormyr.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 4, 2020

Amazing! Thanks, Ed. I may have been a little forgiving with the local reactions to the kobold PC, then – Dunman has taken pity on her, with Tessaril (and others) following suit. Are my Evenors too soft? A LONE kobold, who's one PC in a properly chartered adventuring company, shouldn't be treated with hostility, but a local spy would be set to watch over the kobold, "just to be sure" (due to proximity to the Stonelands).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

how is your week going?
I’m not looking for a massive answer, because I know you’re mad busy, but I was wondering if there’s a different energy used in Divine spells vs Arcane? Like the underlying source that is turned into spells. No. All spells draw on the natural energies of the world (kinetic energy of winds, tides, and currents, heat, sunlight, faezress and other radiations, etc.). Arcane magic does this via the Weave (Mystra).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 5, 2020