is Selûne back to being a greater deity in 1490 DR +? Sure looks that way to me.
But then, I am but a fallible mortal.
And have learned the hard way not to trust in gods, and still less in clergy.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 21, 2021

Artie Pavlov is vaccinating, and so should you! @Artie_Pavlov
A quick question @TheEdVerse
if “all gods are back” what does it mean for Xvim? He did get ripped apart by his father being reborn. Is he still a dead power as of the 15th century dr?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 15, 2021

2)
…dreams/nightmares. He doesn’t seem to have any stronger physical presence. Yet.
Nor does he, as a ghostly presence, seem all that sane or firm of purpose. He mostly seems to crave worship, hungrily and desperately.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 15, 2021

quick question, in Ed Greenwood presents Elminsters Forgotten Realms you mention that the word for nobles in the Realms is highborn. Do people just use highborn, or do some people also say noble?
Thanks! “Nobles” is also in widespread usage, but as a group name. When speaking of an individual, one would say, “Oh, he’s/she’s highborn,” but when speaking of a group, one might say, “The western nobles don’t like it, but the city nobles do.”#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 4, 2021

Well hell, now I wonder about the interest of Western Nobles. The western nobles were and are generally against the appearance of trade enclaves of Thay up and down the Sword Coast and in the western Heartlands, because it now meant any rich lowborn dolt with a grudge could buy magic to do something about that grudge. To nobles.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 4, 2021

Hey @TheEdVerse, another Waterdeep question for you. I was looking over a couple of the different official maps the city has had over the years and I was wondering – do these three unlabeled stretches of road have names by any chance? pic.twitter.com/w74Hp5gMeA

— Sundered|🐜|ENVTuber (@Sundered_Ant) November 14, 2021

1)
They do. ;} The purple route is the southern end of The Cliffwatch (don’t be misled by the ground furrows, and the open ground along the clifftop that isn’t a street: The Cliffwatch runs south from where its name-label appears on the map, and Saerdoun Street and… 2)
…Zendulth [formerly “Zenduth,” before the name got corrupted, over time] both branch off of it). This southern end is also known as “Watchway.”
The red route is Malkur’s Ride.
The green route that connects The Beaconmarch with Malkur’s Ride is Selvur Alley, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 14, 2021

3)
…the cul-de-sac jutting north off it is Handaramatur’s Court, and the serpentine alley that crosses Selvur Alley (all of the rest you’ve highlighted in green) is Dathantar’s Crawl.
Malkur was an irascible and villainous independent adventurer-mage of the early…

6)
…buildings in the city block the alley named for him now bisects; he created the alleyway by tearing down decaying buildings he’d bought and building smaller-footprint, taller ones that left room for a cut-through; the Palace was pleased and cut him a tax…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 14, 2021

5)
…couldn’t slow or turn abruptly, and he very quickly tired of being slammed with bone-shattering force against buildings on the west front of Zendluth Street).
Selvur was a doppelganger posing as a Calishite merchant in the late 1200s DR, who bought several…
#Realmslore 4)
…1300s DR who refused to join the Watchful Order; this was the street he memorably used to gallop along on a phantom mount he’d conjured up, while experimenting with a new spell he was devising (it worked fine, as an ever-increasing-velocity rushing movement he..#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 14, 2021

7)
…break, unaware that they were assisting in housing a growing community of doppelgangers.
Handaramatur was a sage in the early 1300s DR whose expertise was genealogies of common Waterdhavians to date, the trade agreements and therefore ties between them, the… 8)
…businesses they founded, and their guild memberships; he dwelt in the building at the north end of the court that doesn’t front on Malkur’s Ride, but adjoins one that does. He died of a “contagious fever” in the harsh winter of 1331 DR, and the “shady secrets”..#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 14, 2021

9)
…he’d written down in his researches were never found (either someone pounced on them right away, or they’re still hidden somewhere in the aging three-storey house, which has had more than a dozen owners since).
Dathantar was a famous-in-his-day nightsoil wagon.. 10)
..operator of the early 1200s DR, who lived somewhere along the alleyway now named for him, and used to stop his aromatic, laden wagon to snatch a bite to eat at home with his wife, so the wagon was said to “crawl” along this stretch by neighbours because its stench lingered.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 14, 2021

If I had the time, there’d be a book of on-the-ground what’s for sale in the shops, who lives and works where lore for every ward of the city.
I’m doing just that for Ath Cliath (Viking-ruled Dublin, circa 835 AD) for the #FateOfTheNorns game right now, so you could just borrow..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 14, 2021

in the late 15th century, is it safe to assume decent-quality printing presses – though not movable type – are well established along the Sword Coast, for affordable mass productions of books and such?Yes. Formes set by hand, most type is TINY carved wooden blocks, with "dwarfstone" stone headers.
NOT in Calimshan, where calligraphy rules thanks to decrees (no presses, employ all of our scribes), but all points north.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 26, 2021

@TheEdVerse I am running Tomb of Annihilation. The PCs rescued some Halruaans from their crashed airship. Not all the crew made it, though, and my wife (who keeps the party journal) wants to know about Halruaan burial practices. What can you tell me about that?

— Jonathan Longstaff (@pukunui81) October 30, 2021

2)
…gems they keep and prize in family crypts or trophy rooms, or even wear as pendants or false eyes if they happen to have lost an eye.
Slightly less wealthy: cremate, and keep the ashes in small reliquaries/coffers (NOT urns)… #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 31, 2021

3)
…in family crypts, though a widow or widower may keep the reliquary of a beloved spouse in their bedchamber, to talk to. (For comfort, not expecting any answers.)
Less wealthy still cremate, and scatter the ashes in a… 4)
…favourite place of the deceased, or if survivors don’t know a favoured place or that’s impractical, in a beautiful garden or wild place (on land, never at sea).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 31, 2021

5)
Still less wealthy cremate and leave disposal of the ashes to someone else, or just bury the ashes themselves. 6)
The poorest and lowest-status Halruaans simply bury their dead, either deeply or with heavy rocks piled atop the burial site, to discourage carrion-eaters, tomb-robbers, erosion, and other forces that may disturb the burial.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 31, 2021

7)
The grave will never be in swampy ground or near the banks of a river or stream, where it may later be washed away. 8)
Regardless of how the body is treated, the funeral is short and simple: as the body burns or is buried, every kin of the deceased, or colleague/fellow crew wishes the dead person, by name, “fair fortune beyond” (hoping aloud…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 31, 2021

9)
…that they’ll be “received” by the god they most revered, if known and/or if any) and assures them they won’t be forgotten.
And then a flower (or failing that, a plant with petals, or failing that one with windblown spores, or… 10)
…failing that a cast magical illusion of such a plant) is cast to the wind in memory of the departed.
If the person was liked, mourners may later drink to their name.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 31, 2021

@TheEdVerse Hi Ed! Before the Winter snows hamper your Realmslore foraging efforts, I was wondering if the Realms has any special word/term for “dictionary”, “thesaurus”, et al?

— George Krashos (@gkrashos) November 25, 2021

1)
In the Realms, a “constus” is any reference tome that’s organized for easy look-up of contents (either with alphabetized headings or a heading/subheading breakdown system). 2)
A “canthroyal” is any work largely devoted to translations of words or phrases from one language to another (e.g. a Common-Elvish Dictionary or phrase book).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2021

3)
And a “theamus” is any guide to important published works on a topic, or in a genre (example, a history of books published about Cormyr, in sequence and compared and contrasted). 4)
Oh, forgot the plural/collective forms: construth, canthroyae, and theamum.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 25, 2021

Master @TheEdVerse,
If you would be so kind sir, I would very much care to learn the Plea for Guidance from the Lady of Mysteries, Mother of All Magic.

— Pataphor (@Pataphor1) November 23, 2021

1)
Certainly! Should have shared this LONG ago.
Uttered while bathed in starlight or the light of a flame the petitioner (person praying) is leaning into, or concentrating on…or a conjured magical radiance like handfire… 2)
"Hallowed Lady, Mother Mystra, guide my thoughts now
Light my way
Inform my deeds
Enlighten me, as you enlighten all
Show me what is best to do
To deliver, succor, protect, and enrich
Blessed be thy will
I am [[petitioner speaks name]], and place myself in thy hands
Guide me"

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 24, 2021