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Certainly, but known only to the Chosen, Mystra and Azuth, me, and now you, not the wider Realms! The Creeping Doom’s tireless explorations of all manner of magic enabled him to easily survive the Spellplague intact by…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 26, 2020
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…using magic NOT of the Weave to take himself into an extra-dimensional pocket of his creation and riding out the chaos (as a dracolich, he doesn’t need to eat or breathe, and patience he already had, in spades). When things 3)
…had settled down, he returned to Dolblunde and set about rebuilding his plaything: the Cult of the Dragon.
He still intends to use the Cult to destroy the Zhentarim, the Red Wizards, the Arcane Brotherhood, and every other…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 26, 2020
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…group along his way to becoming the most powerful creature on Toril, and to found his race of living dracoliches (who, of course, will all serve him).
However, right now he’s busy manipulating merchants and adventurers into 5)
…working with or furthering the aims of the Cult of the Dragon, and recruiting and covertly testing the loyalty of new Cult agents all across Faerûn.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 26, 2020