Run, O run and in the deep places hide
For the scouring wyrm shall not be denied
Its time of mating has come, as surely as the tide

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 23, 2019

The cadaver will walk
Dark and terrible stalk
Never deigning to talk
Until his still-beating heart from his corpse is bravely ripped
By some adventurer foolish enough to venture into his crypt

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2019

Swords will out and dying men shout
As on their lives the last door is slammed
And under cold stone they’ll lie unmourned and alone
Forever forgotten, except when they’re damned

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2019

1)
“Wolf, what does this mean?”
“What does what mean? Crawling under a hanging line of skeletons seems pretty straightforward to me, Chant.”
“This writing, here, chalked on the floor.”
“Writing? Oh, CESS.” 2)
“THAT doesn’t sound reassuring.”
“It’s not meant to. Gods SPIT.”
“Why’re you so upset, Wolf? What does the writing mean?”
“It’s a spell-script. An UNFAMILIAR spell-script.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 23, 2019

3)
“Meaning a wizard you don’t know has written a spell you don’t know?”
“Exactly, Chant. Suddenly I’m a lot less, ah, sanguine about what might lie ahead.”
“But you still want me to crawl right over this script?”#epicfantasy 4)
“Ah, NO. Crawl over there, instead.”
“And if the spell goes off, anyway?”
“We’ll gather every bit of you we can for the casket. Except the bits useful for my spellcasting, of course.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 23, 2019

1)
“So we RUN, right? RIGHT?”
“No need. It doesn’t ooze along all THAT fast. Just crawl under the hanging skeletons, everyone, and then keep walking. That ought to be enough to stay ahead of it.”
“‘Ought to’? How reassuring!”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 22, 2019

2)
“You see? A happy, reassured leadership of Neverune makes for a brighter future for the realm!”
“I think you mean, makes for *A* future for the realm, instead of none.”#epicfantasy 3)
“You think you know what I mean? Good, stick around! I’ve always needed an interpreter.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 22, 2019

Squamous oozes swarm my portals
Horrors indescribable by mere mortals
Bred by gleeping things old and hoary
All because I cast a ritual gory
I thought ’twas but a recipe! Moral of the story…
No, no time! I’m being absorbed by fungi ambulatory!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 17, 2019

Here lies a wizard who ran out of wishes
So I chopped bits off him till he fell into the moat
Then round his tower I ran, enjoying my gloat
While down below he blew his last bubbles feeding the fishes

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 20, 2019

In that hall now swirls the dust
The hanging armor’s all gone to rust
Or already fallen from the walls
Even from memory its splendor falls

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 25, 2019

Old tyrant rules yon kingdom old
We’ve come to make him kiss grave-mold

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 26, 2019

If all you do about rulers is snarl and complain
You’ll often their downfall await in vain

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 28, 2019

1)
“Speaking of waiting, I don’t think we should tarry here any longer. Now that we’re all fed and slaked, we should get going again, on down to our destination. New invading force at our heels, remember?”
“All right, but what IS…#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 10, 2019

2)
…our destination?”
“I’ll reveal that when we get there. State secret!”
“Wolf, might I remind you that we are: the King, the Mistress of Disguises, you, and the successor you’re training? Who among us shouldn’t hear a state 3)
…secret?”
“Chantratha, once sloppiness creeps in, it flourishes, and then where are we? I’ll share the secret when we reach our goal.”
“Wolf, you are insufferable.”
“Compliments won’t worm state secrets out of me, dear.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 10, 2019

Heh. No, although Wolf has been improvising since we first met him, he does actually have a specific destination (down here in the dungeons of the Keep) in mind, and there IS a state secret waiting in it. What? They'll see. AFTER they get past the, er, obstacles, of course. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 11, 2019

1)
“Your barbs are drolly amusing, Lady. For perhaps a moment, at best. Then, merely tiresome. A judgment every courtier should seek to avoid. Beauty inevitably fades, and when it’s all you have…”
“Oh, I can be wittier, Wolf. The…#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 13, 2019

2)
…question arises: why should I bother?”
“Well, when perilous situations arise—as they seem to keep doing, these past few days—when a sacrificial victim must be found, it shifts you from the head of the list.” 3)
“So my worth is purely a matter of the entertainment I provide?”
“Yes, to put it bluntly. That and your, ah, gender-based utility.”
“What a romantic way to put it. I’m all a-tingle.”
“Oh, THAT’S probably just the poison.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 13, 2019

He hanged all the goblins with the best stout rope
Their dying curses were so foul that he force-fed them soap

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 9, 2019

She so loved bloodshed that she knew joy exquisite
Whenever raiding Vikings paid a visit
But the rest of the time, to avoid falling into gloomy ruts
She settled for watching the butcher slice meat into cold cuts

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 10, 2019

Now listen, good burghers, we did not come all this way to be told
Your monsters are bad, so you need REAL adventurers, bold

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 11, 2019