Dear @TheEdVerse,
I hope this question doesn’t sound silly.
What do foresters do?
For example, if I’m a young man or woman born and raised in Firefall Vale and I become a forester working the northern edge of the Hullack, what sort of work is that, exactly?
Thank you Ed! Depends on the local community/economy. In some places, you're a woodcutter. In some places, a hunter, or a guide, or someone who keeps the trails clear/repairs bridges and blazes. Or someone who tends forest plants like a gardener, or tends and breeds forest animals.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2021
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And in some places, a forester is all of those, or some of them in combination, or a tree planter/transplanter/harvester and banker of seeds.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2021
Thank you, Ed!
Would a Crown Forester have duties significantly different from any of those you listed?
Might they have additional rights associated with their position as Crownsworn? A Crown Forester has all of the aforementioned duties and must guard the royal forests against unlicensed woodcutting and hunting, and look out for and report (to the local lord) any unusual beasts or traveling sentients (i.e. groups of Sembians or possible Zhents).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2021