@TheEdVerse since the events that lead to shade enclaves return to the realms, has anything been done with the karse stone? Or is it still sitting in the high forest (I havent gotten to read the return Of the archwizards books yet but I don't mind any spoilers).
— VengefulJarl (@vengeful_jarl) December 6, 2019
The Karsestone is in the possession of the goddess, Shar. And she’s shown no inclination whatsoever to return it to the Realms for mortals to access. Likely because the lich Wulgreth of Ascalhorn is far more useful to her as a ghostly slave/servitor (The Karsestone is its phylactery.) Warning: there are TWO liches named Wulgreth, the other being from Netheril. Confusing them is likely to be horribly fatal.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 7, 2019
Have there ever been instances of a living phylactery? And by that I mean… an egg that hatches unexpectedly, or a body that later became a mummy, or perhaps a tree/treant that wasn’t quite dead? Yes, BUT…life and unlife housed together destroy ("eat") each other. Usually lichdom is so powerful that it's the living phylactery that dies, VERY quickly (days or hours)…and is withered/ruined, partially or wholly. The lich is weakened until this demise occurs.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 8, 2019
Most liches-to-be wouldn't even consider a living host, as all the "how to achieve lichdom" lore they can find rules out living hosts for phylacteries. We know what happens only because of the paranoid experimenters who wanted to REALLY hide their phylacteries.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 8, 2019