@TheEdVerse I'm interested in centering a campaign around the Utter East. As of the 1490s DR, are there any basal golems from the era of the Bloodforge Wars left? Are bloodforges still operational after the Plague of Fiends of 657, and, if yes, do they still see widespread use?

— Belial Lyka (@TimeBust) November 30, 2019

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A handful of both survive, buried or hidden and closely guarded (by those who either want to keep them as secret weapons against some future threat, or by those who want to use them now, and could be villains 2)
…in your campaign). So, not widespread, though ‘everyone’ has heard rumors that some (of both) are still around.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2019