I was telling my wife about the Xanathar when she misheard and said “what, the janitor?” I can’t help but to think that perhaps that’s where it comes from with Xanathar living in the water system and all. It’s too good to not be true! Maybe it was my accent.Beware The Janitor!
The mop that flails, the cleanser that melts all foes…
Speak not this lore too loudly, or the Xanathar's every agent shall be sent to silence you…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 24, 2020
this art is a cover for a 2e Forgotten Realms book. Who is this character and and is this place? Is it on Faerûn? Does she have a backstory? The art’s named Alissa of the Mists. Is it the Lake of Mists? And who’s Alissa? 1)
This 1990 artwork is by Clyde Caldwell; I think he named the character. She’s “ALLISA of the Mists,” BTW. The backstory we came up with was that, with or without her unicorn steed Skuldreir, she could walk through any mist or…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
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…fog in the Realms to access a domain in Ravenloft of her choice. So she was a “mistrider,” or “mistwalker” if you will, and Clyde depicted her in front of the stone citadel of a Darklord, somewhere in one of the domains of… 3)
…Ravenloft. (Dave Sutherland nicknamed Skuldreir “Binky” after Death’s mount in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels; when Terry found out, he was tickled.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2021
Her unicorn is called “Cissl” if I remember correctly. At least according to the 1991 Forgotten Realms trading cards. 🙂 #Realmslore Yes, the trading cards added another layer of lore, later. (Some of it regarded as canon, some not.) I remembered that they contained another name, but not what it was.
So perhaps she has a stable of unicorns…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 17, 2021
And she’ll be the one to connect the group to the storyline. 2e stats her as a level 17 Paladin. Would you keep the same level for 5e? And thanks again, your background made the piece of art more inspirational for me. I would keep her that powerful. So, same unless you want to delve into Tasha's for something special…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 18, 2021
Sure. Phonetics follow:
“Char-DAN-seer-ah-vitriol”
(Fast on the beginning, bring your voice down in pitch, and louder, and slower, on the “DAN,” and then rise in pitch and gallop through the rest of it.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2020
Ed I just found out Durnan was still alive, I guess due to potions of longevity? Any other humans from the Heroes Lorebook below jump out at to you as still alive?From that list:
Alias
Alustriel
Arilyn
Cadderly
Catti-brie (reborn as Ruqiah of the Bedine in 1463 DR)
Dragonbait
Drizzt
Durnan
Elminster
Laeral
Mirt
Vangerdahast
…and, as Voices in the Weave: Shandril, Qilué, The Simbul.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 8, 2021
It’s from the second Heroes Lorebook.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 8, 2021
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any interesting #realmslore about darts, shurikens, any throwable types of weapons? I dont see much about them.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 7, 2020
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Throwing knives (carried in concealment, but handy-sheathed up wrists and down boots and backs of necks, mounted on chokers) are very much a thing in the Realms, but TSR de-emphasized them in print to avoid real-life… 2)
…tragedies (kid gamers getting hurt). Shuriken (in the Realms, “stars of death” [originally “deathstars,” but since Lucas later but so famously used the term, we can’t call them that any longer] are weapons in Semphar and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 7, 2020
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…Ulgarth and points east of both places, and are slowly spreading via pirates and sailors to ports everywhere in Faerûn. Darts, including flaming darts and enchanted darts, are also Realms staples from the beginning, but the… 4)
…magic ones, as they were activated by drawing blood upon striking a target, were omitted from the published Realms, as “blood magic” and so, verboten. Their effects ranged from explosions to dissolving into acid gouts to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 7, 2020
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…magic ones, as they were activated by drawing blood upon striking a target, were omitted from the published Realms, as “blood magic” and so, verboten. Their effects ranged from explosions to dissolving into acid gouts to… 5)
…delivering tiny ochre jellies and flesh-eating worms and venomous snakes to targets.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 7, 2020
Can you tell us anything about the idiot sons?
— Travis M. Holyfield (@travisholyfield) October 4, 2020
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…chrome-bladed shortswords that they brandish a lot but never use in anger (their reaction to menaces is to flee), and constantly hire lady escorts as arm candy (and sometimes, when emboldened by not enough drink to make…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2020
3)
…trying to pretend they are heroes but achieving nothing and learning no skills and taking no interest in the family businesses or learning about the world or in anything that might be termed “work.” Which is why Hammrar… 4)
…dismisses them as idiots (conveniently forgetting what he was like at their ages). There’s nothing wrong with their brains or perception; they’re just bored, lazy, chasing entertainments, and wasting their days in fripperies.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2020
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What are Murghom's military forces like? Being ruled by Dragons, I would expect quite a force to be reckoned with.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020
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Most of the dragon princes have thirty-some-strong “rides” of horse archers (they carry light javelins, that they throw while galloping, not using them as lances); fast, mobile, and used to fighting from the saddle or afoot. Personal weapons: handaxe or… 2)
…shortsword, shields worn across backs much of the time, leather armor, daggers at belt and down boot.
Plate armor is rarely seen in this land, except when worn by gate-guards and mansion doorguards.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 27, 2020
Also! AD: Kate Irwin, she's an amazing AD who always gives artists commissions that both play to our strengths and also challenge us
— ❄️ Festivus Prime 🌟 (@April_Prime) November 20, 2020
