1)
Midnight. This was the place. His heart thudding, the young lancer hooted like an owl.
After what seemed like an eternity, another hoot answered his own.
His heart leapt. The lancer headed for whence that call had come.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018

3)
…Ahead, the graveyard was drenched in cold moonlight, where there was a pond instead of trees and tombs. A shallow, ornamental reflecting pond with a fountain—turned off now, at night—and a statue standing in it: a nude… #epic fantasy archer standing on one leg peering up at the stars, her arrow flown.
The lancer looked this way and that for a living woman, and then in the deepest shadows. In vain.
“Is…is that you, dearest Sharele?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018

5)
“Good point. Well, at least we’re starting off under the right foot!”
“Well, how many nude women do you THINK will be standing on one leg in an ornamental pond in the heart of the castle graveyard at midnight? Under a full moon?”
The lancer sighed with relief.#epic fantasy And that was when he learned that his beloved did not share his precise sense of humor.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018

1)
“THIS is the sword of the prophecy? This old thing half-eaten by rust?”
“Yes. Lying in a damp tomb for a thousand years will do that to iron.”
“But I thought the master smiths of the dwarves forged it! And tempered it in the…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018

3)
…in the damp, you don’t need a prophecy or dwarf master smiths. Or gnomes, for that matter. You need an elf who forges blades with the elf alloys that won’t rust.”
…blood of their greatest warriors, ere slaking it in the smoking heart of a dragon!”
“True, all true.”
“But it’s GONE! See? Flakes at a touch! Rust has CONQUERED it!”
“Also true. If you want a sword that’ll last that long…#epic fantasy “What? ELVES? All that singing and…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018

5)
… dancing in the trees, and moonwine and acorn bread? Elf SMITHING? Why’ve I never heard of this?”
“Dwarf marketing firms are the best. They don’t pose smugly around all those barrels waving tankards for nothing, you know. …#epic fantasy Never underestimate the power of dwarf marketing. They’re almost as good at snowing us all as the dark elf advertising firms, with all those scare-everyone campaigns for the annual Spider Queen pageants!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2018

1)
“Why are the graveyard gates open?” the cleric demanded, pointing. “There’s no funeral today! They should be locked tight!”
“They ARE locked,” the thief told him, peering at the lock. “They’ve been forced open. From within.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 26, 2018

3)
“WHAT? What does that mean?”
“It means,” the fighter told the cleric grimly, drawing his sword, “that you’ve got an undead problem.”
“Yes,” the thief confirmed, hastening back out through the gate to join them.#epic fantasy“Crypt open, casket lids thrown aside, coffins empty.”
The cleric blinked at him. “So…where are they, these risen dead?”
The fighter waved. “Somewhere in the city.”
The cleric stared at the nearest shops and houses. Knowing…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 26, 2018

4)
…there were more than he could count, beyond them. Why, they stretched for MILES.
“So how will we find them?”
“Head for the screaming,” the thief said cheerfully. “It’s what I usually do.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 26, 2018

1)
I wake up in the morning, fresh monsters lurking
So I put on my armor and get to working
Slicing open beasties, no nasty brawl shirking
Aye, while others sit clerking, I’m busy dirking

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 8, 2018

2)
And as I gut and dice and slice
And do other surgery not near as nice
I often wonder, d’you see
Will I run out of monsters, or will they run out of me?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 8, 2018

1)
“What was THAT?”
“The King’s campfire exploding. That’s what you get when you burn enchanted wood: wands, staves, and even the Grand Vizier’s rod.”
“Grand Vizier’s—? What’d he do, chop it off?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 7, 2018

2)
“Ha-ha. You’re as funny as the Dread Duke himself.”
“Yes, but looks aren’t everything.”
“Ho, ho, HO. Royal Jester-level jokes. You’ll drop your pants next.”
“Hey, no jests about the Queen!”
“Hardy har har. …#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 7, 2018

3)
… You’re as funny as the King when he’s had a few.”
“I AM the King when he’s had a few. SEE?”
“Ooops. Heh-heh. Too late to beg and grovel for my life?”
“Too late for it to succeed. But go ahead. I always like a good grovel.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 7, 2018

1)
“Excuse me! Excuse me, gentlesirs! Did you see three men in flaming gold armor rush past? Waving swords with serpents spitted on them, and glowing with rainbows of enchanted light?”
“Er, what COLOR flames?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018

2)
“WHAT? Don’t TOY with me, louts! I’m the Royal Herald, and this sword of mine is VERY sharp!”
“So it is! Well, why didn’t you point—OW!—that out in the first place? Most compelling!”
“WHICH WAY DID THEY GO?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018

3)
“I misremember. We see a lot of people rushing past, and we’ve all had a lot to drink. Perhaps if you could describe their tattoos..”
“Aha! You DID see them! They DO have tattoos! One of them has an arrow tattooed on his…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018

5)
…left cheek: which way did that arrow go?”
“Oh! THAT way! Why didn’t you ask that in the first place?”
“I suppose I’m just obtuse. THANK you!”
“Don’t mention it. Always happy to help the Royal Herald in a timely manner.”#epic fantasy“He’s gone, Halivrus. No need to go on spouting.”
“Oh, he’ll be back. After yon bend there, that way leads straight down into the cesspit. You’d think a Royal Herald would know that. One of the shittier jobs.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 5, 2018

1)
“Well it didn’t just get up and WALK away! Search the place! It’s my crown, and I want it! If it’s on my head, folk know I’m King! And if you find it on a head that isn’t mine, chop that head off and BRING ME BACK MY CROWN!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 6, 2018

3)
“He’s rather upset, isn’t he?”
“He’ll be more upset when he finds out his crown DID just get up and walk away. It’s hiding right behind yon tapestry. Hey, you can some out now! He’s gone!”#epic fantasy “No. If he sees me, he’ll stop searching. I want him good and upset for HOURS!”
“So this crown walks, and talks, and hates the King and wants him to suffer! Magical, of course, but you’ll never be able to keep it…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 6, 2018

4)
…hidden—why, it’s unique!”
“Oh? How so? It walks, and talks, and hates the King and wants him to suffer; that’s nigh everyone in the kingdom! Starting with the Queen!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 6, 2018

1)
“Seen my latest? Stumbled across it in a shop in Gorgonhaven: proper dragon-steel, master-work, and Jarlur or one of his ’prentices, by the rune-work.”
“Very nice. You have a fine collection.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 29, 2018

3)
“Best gathering of blades this side of the River Raging. You collect?”
“Yes, but not weapons you can hold in your hand and heft and admire, like yours.”
“Oh? What sort of weapons, then?”#epic fantasy “Kings and emperors. They don’t age well, but for a short time you can do a lot with them. I think a collection should be used, don’t you?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 29, 2018