Dear @TheEdVerse, I have another #realmslore question I would love your insight on: If for some reason the current Mystra was incapacitated, is there any aspect of the former Mystral that could be resurrected?
— radioactivesam (@r4di0activ3sam) February 5, 2022
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Yes, but very unlikely. If Mystra goes down, there’s Azuth. And Savras. There’s also the vestige of Velsharoon. Yet Mystra herself has told certain Weavemasters that “echoes of Mystral abide in the Weave,” and there are a… 2)
…very few devout worshippers of Mystryl who survive from the time of Netheril’s flying-cities splendor. So “any aspect,” yes. Mystryl as THE deity of magic, nigh-impossible but yet possible. There is a legend that holds that…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 5, 2022
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…when Mystryl sacrificed herself to defeat Karsus, she renounced her divinity, but didn’t die: she permanently became a will o’ wisp ‘queen’ of unusual (and great) magical powers, retaining her sentience and alignment, and… 4)
…exists in that form on Toril to this day, usually in seclusion, but sometimes “luring” or guiding mortals she favors by appearing to them as a moving beacon when they are lost or wandering, so that they can find a refuge, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 5, 2022
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…lost magic, or a desired destination or other entity. This belief is supported by the dream-visions most recently received by the surviving Mystryl worshippers, in which communications they believe to be from the goddess come… 6)
…from what seems to be a will o’ wisp.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 5, 2022