1)
“You just let them GO?” The bandit lookout was incredulous.
The old bandit shrugged. “Lad, if you want ANOTHER wagonload of cabbages, you’re welcome to run after them. And if your share of our last three wagonloads…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2018

2)
…has given you the wind it gave me, you might even catch them. But we have to let SOME wagons through, or everyone’ll just stop using this road. And yon wagon’s so old it’ll not yield even parts.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 13, 2018

1)
“Your proposal certainly seems generous,” said the king, “but my daughter the Crown Princess safeguards the interests of my kingdom. Dear?”
The tall figure behind the throne glided forward, read the scroll, and…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018

2)
…said firmly, “NO. Divide the silver equally, remove all restrictions on the safe passage pact, and we’ll consider signing. Anything less is unacceptable. And before you protest, I AM putting it politely.”
Before the…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018

3)
…envoy from the rival throne could even open his mouth to reply, a gong rang, and six scorched armored knights rushed in. “The dragons, Your Majesty! They’re back! Eastkeep is aflame!”
The Princess sighed, tugged off her…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018

4)
…gown, strode to a gleaming copper-hued door, and flung it open to reveal armor. The six knights rushed to help her don it. “Supper will be late, Father, I’m afraid.”
Drawing a long sword and slashing the air with it to…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018

5)
…loosen her swordarm, she strode out, the knights with her.
The king sighed, shook his head, and said to the envoy, “See why I can never get anything DONE around here? I need more daughters!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018

1)
The explosion was as sudden as it was thunderous.
When their ears had stopped ringing, the warrior turned to the cleric. “What was that?”
“Dalakaenen trying too foolish a spell.”
“Oh? Where is he?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 11, 2018

2)
The cleric pointed straight up into the cloudless sky.
The warrior squinted. “Don’t see him.”
“Worry not,” the cleric replied, “he’ll probably burn up during re-entry. Now hurry: city. We have to find us a new wizard.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 11, 2018

1)
“Behold, Majesty: my new, magically-enhanced battering ram!”
The king peered through his farscry-glass. A human river of his besieging knights was charging the castle gate, hidden under their shields like so many turtles.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

2)
The river slammed into the gates with a boom like storm-thunder, the castle shook—and then collapsed in the wake of a huge hole appearing where the gate, and the central keep, and the far wall had all been.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

3)
Silence fell over the rubble. The drifting dust was the only thing that moved.
The wizard cleared his throat nervously as the king turned to him.
“MOST impressive,” was the royal verdict. “Did they make it out the other side?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

4)
The wizard shrugged unhappily.
“Well, if they didn’t, start digging, mage. I’ll be wanting this ram of yours, to mine all the iron out of the mountains up in our northern baronies. Never liked those mountain ranges.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

1)
“It’s a tomb, see? It’s SUPPOSED to have dead bodies! Now get a grip, turn around, and get back in there! Treasure doesn’t fetch ITSELF, ye know!”
“D-dead bodies where just the arms, detached, fly up and try to EMBRACE you?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

2)
“Look, lad, whoever it is has been dead a long time. Lonely, see? Look! So lonely one arm has come out here after you!”
“WHAT? I—ah—YeeeeeeaaaAAAGHHH!”
The long, fleeing scream faded with distance—and ended in a faint crash.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

3)
“Kids, these days. Can’t even miss a stone WALL.”
“Going too fast. Out cold, though, by the sounds of it. All the more treasure for us. Handy things, telekinesis spells.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

4)
“I see ye handle the arm right well, though. Could ye possibly move it around to scratch me just THERE, between the shoulder blades? Can’t reach, in this damnable armor…”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 8, 2018

1)
“Basilisk, cockatrice, dragon…and what’s THAT one? Never seen the like before!”
“That, lad, is what happens when a gulpmaw lizard is swallowing a human adventurer who’s covered with thirsty stirges, and…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 9, 2018

2)
…a medusa gets them all at once. Instant statue.”
“But why’d they include it, among all these REAL monsters?”
“Lad, human adventurers ARE real monsters. The worst. Who d’you think killed all these others, hmmm?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 9, 2018

1)
“That there’s a PRINCESS, idiot. Who ELSE d’ye think has time to sit moping over chapbooks of poetry on benches in a palace garden? With SIX handsome bodyguards standing behind her?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 9, 2018

2)
“The Goddess of Love? Her mother the Queen? HER mother, the Dowager Queen?”
“Well, all right, apart from the obvious candidates…”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 9, 2018

1)
“A packsack full of turnips? A baldric of pots and pans? Six lanterns? I thought I was going to be a HERO, not the party scullion!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018

2)
“Looked at yourself in a mirror? When we hung the cape on ye, it looked like an awning draped over a heap of meat!”
“Listen! That’s what a cape IS. Now a lantern and a pan each, and I’ll manage the turnips, you boarbums.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 10, 2018