@TheEdVerse Help me!
Recentrly I started Principes of Apocalypse and I wondering why 1491DR is called the "Year of the Scarlet Witch". Is there a lore-level motivation aside from the Avenger Age of Ultron link?— Filippo Riccardo Baretta (@FB_Drakens) February 28, 2021
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Considering that year was named decades before any MCU movies were even planned, there’s no link. Steven Schend and I are both comics fans, but Wanda has never been part of the Realms. “Scarlet Witch” was a phrase in folklore long before Timely Comics gave way… 2)
…to Marvel (I'm oooolld).
The hidden lore reason behind Alaundo giving 1491 that name has yet to come to public attention, but it's up to the good folks at Wizards to reveal it. If I was a hinting man, I'd direct you to a realm that has "witches," and a nearby…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 28, 2021
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…realm that has a ruling class that dresses in scarlet. But as I'm not a hinting man, I won't. ;}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 28, 2021