1)
[Palonder has been sent ahead seven times, and the light, in the treegloom, is growing dim indeed.]
“Is nightfall going to catch us in the forest?”
“Not if I can help it. Too many wolves. And bears. And worse.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2019

2)
“WORSE? What’s worse than getting torn apart by a bear?”
“Getting enspelled by a creeping fungus that flows all over you and eats you very slowly, controlling your brain so you can’t even scream. Though you CAN still feel.”#epic fantasy 3)
“Ugh. That sounds REVOLTING.”
“It’s not that much different from being a courtier and having to be polite to nobles and royalty and other utter dolts.”
“Wolf, I AM right here.”
“Oh, I didn’t mean you, Elvar. You have a brain.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2019

4)
“Why, THANK you.”
“You’re welcome. Now, if you’d just USE it more often…”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2019

1)
“Usurping! Now THERE’S a word that makes me shudder, every time.”
“Ah. Whereas most of your subjects shudder at the thought of your continued, unbroken rule.”
“WHAT?”
“Oh, keep your crown on, Elvar. It’s the nature of subjects…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 31, 2019

2)
…to be sour about the state of their lives right now, AND to blame it on whoever’s sitting on the throne at the time. Worry not; there’s something wrong with their minds, but they at least have the sense to change them when…#epic fantasy 3)
…they see the alternative: war, with all of its burning, pillaging, wholesale slaughter in the streets, and so on. So you might say this invasion is a boon. Your stock will shoot up, as a desirable alternative. …#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 31, 2019

4)
… You’ll be both rosy and gilded with nostalgia in their gazes, as they look back.”
“You said that as if there’s a catch.”
“There is. People who look back run smack into whatever’s ahead, and often perish.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 31, 2019

1)
“Well, I see ANOTHER catch. A big one. To whit: the throne may never be mine again. The realm may be conquered. Perhaps several times over, and laid waste to boot.”
“And THAT gives you a chance to play saviour. Give folk …#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 1, 2019

2)
…food, shelter, and wine—especially wine—and you’ll be their hero. IF they desperately need those things. Whereas if they have all they need, and life is easy, they indulge in the luxury of grumbling about everything.”#epic fantasy 3)
“So if people always think like this, what’s the point? Why shouldn’t I just do as I please, starving peasants and taxing folk to death if I see the need?”
“Ah, but that’s where WE come in, Elvar: your courtiers.”
“How so?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 1, 2019

4)
“We cozen the people, telling lies—sorry, sharing what we know of royal policies—and fanning hopes and planting false rumors so as to sway attitudes and steer popular opinion. We’re your secret weapon.”
“Gods, I’m doomed.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 1, 2019

The dragon spewed fire on the sea
Roaring flame with all his might
Straining to make the waves catch light
Or at least make them glow cherry bright
Which would certainly
Make easier sunken treasure to see
In the darkness of the night

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 29, 2019

The sword was shining eerily
Under both moon and sun
Slaughtering makes her gleam cheerfully
Until the battle’s won
She pouts if foes flee fearfully
As their absence cuts short the fun

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 30, 2019

On shipwreck’s deck ’twas very wet
For at the sea bottom nothing’s very dry
And the now-drowned crew had ceased to struggle and fret
After breath no nearer than the distant sky
I said naught to them, but merely waved
For it’s not polite to pry

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 30, 2019

1)
“Is this the place?” the elf asked the dwarf
As they stopped at the rune-graven door
And listened to the silence listening to them
Across a vast, dust-cloaked floor

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 28, 2019

And out of the dark came a long chuckle
Then the same voice: “Could be,” it said
But the dwarf merely gnawed at his axe-hand’s nearest knuckle
It was the elf who whispered, “We’re being answered by the dead.” 3)
“Come in,” the ghostly voice murmured, “and you’ll have treasure more!”
But the dwarf stirred not from the sill
And thrust out his axe to keep the elf behind it and still
Adding to it the words: “I think we’ll try another door.”

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 28, 2019

1)
The sword never talks about the deepest secrets it doth hold
It steals thoughts and memories from those it slays, the craven and the bold

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 16, 2019

2)
And so it knows what lies behind the darkest prophecies foretold
And who it slew that was sizzling hot, and who was deathly cold

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 16, 2019

1)
The call of treasure is haunting and daunting
It’s luring me even more strongly than of old
Yet it isn’t fame or riches that I’m wanting
So much as it is seeing a dragon a-sprawl on its gold

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 28, 2019

2)
Even if that turns out to be
The very last sight I see
Ere the wyrm sends me down into the endless cold

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 28, 2019

Flashed their fangs so long and bare
So too their talons as they soared through the air
Dragons so big and so bright
Scales gleaming in sunlight
For those below, diving dragon would be their last sight
For there was no place to flee from there

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 25, 2019

You adventure to get rich
Damned good reason
But gold awakens an itch
You need more and more every season
It doth your every will bewitch
Gold-lust is so much mightier than treason

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 26, 2019

The most dire sight I’ve ever seen
Was a dying dragon’s fall
The worst moment in which I’ve ever been
Was when I before a mad king did cower and crawl
Know ye, younglings, the gold and glory is far from all

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 27, 2019