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Dear @TheEdVerse,

If you don’t mind, I would like to return the once-noble Mallowbrige family to Marsember.

They’re not prominent or dominant, but they are trying to marry themselves into every established noble family in the City of Spices… 2/2

…in an attempt to control from behind the scenes.

Do you or Elminster know of any resources or secrets the Maoiliwbridges of today have access to that would aid their cause?#ThankYou!

— Jeremy E. Grenemyer the bastard son of Stonekettle (@sanishiver) October 8, 2019

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Oh, yes. ;}
The Mallowbridges of today know (secondhand; passed down to them by elder family members now deceased or senile) a LOT about which wealthy and/or noble Marsemban families participated in smuggling, including of…)
…kidnapped Cormyreans; which Marsemban families were involved in various plots against the Crown of Cormyr, including attempts by individuals of Sembia or Westgate to blackmail and/or subvert the ‘local lord’ of Marsember…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 10, 2019

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…AND Purple and Blue Dragons stationed in Marsember; and about certain ‘indiscretions’ on the part of particular War Wizards in the immediate wake of Vangerdahast becoming a dragon, that involved said Wizards of War ‘looking 4)
…the other way’ regarding certain small acts of treason (for example, thefts from Marsemban vaults of the Crown treasury) by low-level Marsemban Crown officials (tax collectors, Customs inspectors), in return for monetary…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 10, 2019

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…reward (in other words, these War Wizards were looking to establish ‘nest eggs’ for their retirements).
The trick, on the part of the Mallowbridges of today, will be how to play these cards. 6)
They want to leverage themselves into marital unions, not make themselves seem dangerous enough to be swiftly eliminated for the safety of many. ;}#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 10, 2019