@TheEdVerse Hey there. A question has arisen in the RPG Stackexchange site about the origin of the "Ardragon" rank for Zhentarim agents. Investigation has traced the source to a book and an article you wrote a while back. Could you tell us more about that?https://t.co/igN4nisMRv
— Avner Shahar-Kashtan (@lisardggY) February 26, 2018
Sure! Happy to! "Ardragon" is a corruption (over centuries of usage) of "Irondragon," which began as a praising description of a hardy, veteran, experienced, calm-in-crisis warrior, in use around the Sea of Fallen Stars. Gradually, in the early Moonsea settlements, it became a…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 26, 2018
…rank/title, and was in use (as "ardragon") in Zhentil Keep before the rise of the Zhentarim, who adopted it as they took over command of the city's existing military (in existence to defend the city against raids from ogres, flind, orcs, hobgoblins, gnolls, and rival cities).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 26, 2018
A pleasure! Always happy to talk Realmslore. And I build linguistic shifts and other elements in to reflect passing time; the world breathes/feels alive if it has depth and color…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 26, 2018