Oh great and powerful @TheEdVerse, creator of the Realms, he who is more or less Ao, was the Dark Moon/New Moon Heresy begun before or after the Time of Troubles? The BELIEF that Shar and Selune are but two faces of the same goddess is a very old one, but the organized, named Dark Moon/New Moon heresy was begun by Alorgoth as a ruse to lure followers into his clutches, very soon after the Time of Troubles.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2018

Thank you for the timely response, O Gloriously Bearded One. Your aid has been much appreciated. I live but to serve. (Just ask my wife. ;} )

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2018

Are humans from around the Moonsea (eg Mulmaster) considered Chondathan? How Far East do typical Tethyrians spread? Three-quarters of the humans dwelling around the Moonsea are Vaasans by heritage (15% Damarans, 8% Chondathan; see RACES OF FAERUN). Thanks to trade, Tethyrians have spread all over Faerun, though they're rare east of Raurin, north of Impiltur, and southeast of Ulgarth.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 7, 2017

I’m sure you’ve touched on or have some insight into the slave trade in Toril? I’m pretty new to DnD. Would you sages have any info to share for this DM? Thay is built on slavery, but it's become increasingly rare elsewhere in Faerun, and is illegal in most "civilized" places (orcs take slaves, but aren't considered civilized). Drow are involved in an extensive Underdark slave trade involving slave-snatching surface raids.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018

Chult doesn’t have a large enough human population for much slaving, I think. Amn counts as southern, yes? The yuan-ti took and kept both human and ophidian slaves in earlier centuries, but Merric is right: few left now to enslave. Folks in Amn would be enraged to be called "southern" ;} (to them, the "South" starts at Calimshan; to Calishites, it begins south of them). ;} Calimshan..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018

…has had lots of slaves or relatively few, depending on when in its history we're considering, but yes, slavery has always been present and legal (can't enslave a citizen, but by definition, a slave isn't one, even if they were before being enslaved).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018

I think I have a Waterdhavian perspective on things based on running several campaigns there – Amn and below is “southern”. #dnd Ah, well put. Indeed, to Waterdhavians who don't depart the city, Amn and below is "southern." To the transient trading population found in the Deep at any particular time, not so much.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2018

I would like to talk discuss #ForgottenRealms with you – mostly the social structures & the economy – is it feudal and are the peasant allowed to leave their shire? Very little of the Realms is what we would recognize as "feudal." Aside from Thay, almost no one has any LEGAL restrictions on their movement outside of martial law moments in wartime. Farmers tend to be "tied to the land" for obvious farming reasons. Cormyr and many Border…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2018

..Kingdoms in the past, and plenty of city-states now, have the feudal element of "noble oath-promises monarch to provide X troops when called upon," but the presence of widespread magic means it's never safe to use real-world history as a guide to how things unfold in the Realms

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2018