@TheEdVerse Hi. I wanted to use Aglarond in current FR calendar. Like the idea of racial conflicts but if they weaken too much Thay pounces. I think Simbul would be venerated. Absence is a great polisher. There were rumors that she named an heir. Did the heir ever get named?
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In my 2002 novel ELMINSTER IN HELL, the Simbul named her four apprentices as four rotating/joint Acting Crown Regals (regents) of Aglarond in her absence: the sorcerer-wizards Thorneira Thalance, Phaeldara, and…#Realmslore 2)
…Evenyl Nathtalond, and the sorcerer-rogue “the Masked One” (true identity NDA). They all survived the Spellplague by a means the Simbul had secretly taught them: “riding the Weave” (abandoning their bodies and plunging into…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019
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…the Weave as sentiences to ride out the Wailing Years), returning as weakened versions of themselves when arcane magic could largely be trusted again (around 1400 DR). After the Simbul’s disappearance and presumed death in… 4)
…1425 DR (she hadn’t perished, but went mad in the Spellplague and was kept alive by Elminster, as seen in ELMINSTER MUST DIE and its sequels; as she climbed back out of madness, ruling Aglarond or anywhere else was no longer…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019
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…of interest to her), facing Thayan-sponsored rebellions and invasions and several local petty officials deciding to declare themselves ruling lords of their own city or small region of Aglarond, the four Crown Regals…#Realmslore 6)
…spearheaded the formation of a council of simbarchs to rule Aglarond. They became the heart of the fifteen-strong Simbarch Council. After the Simbul sacrificed herself to restore Elminster, and became a Weave-ghost, her four…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019
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…former apprentices became VERY effective at thwarting all plots against Aglarond and all treachery and self-interest within the Council because the Simbul, as a sleepless sentience riding the Weave, could see all uses of…#Realmslore 8)
…magic (and eavesdrop on all conversations that made use of magic for transmission or shielding), could whisper in their minds to warn and advise them, and increasingly has done so.
So the Simbarchs still rule, with the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019
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…Simbul’s four former apprentices as their leaders (and, yes, the four keep the Simbul’s memory bright in Aglarond).— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019