Alex McClay @AlexMcclay2000
Hey @TheEdVerse, hope you had a Good Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Hope your feeling better! Im contacting you because I'm writing an adventure set in Iriaebor, not much is written about the 40-person merchant council, or I cant find anything.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020
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Right, here we go. ;}
Your dating is handy, because it lets us assume the events of Mark’s novel have played out, the Zhentarim have lost their grip on Iriaebor, and the City of a Thousand Spires is into the aftermath. (So this…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020
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…updates what I wrote in the 2e sourcebook FORGOTTEN REALMS ADVENTURES.)
Meaning the most prominent Zhent-backed merchants (who’d begun to openly behave like tyrants) are gone, but local citizens remember the fear they felt 3)
…and are hyper-alert for skulking Zhent spies and anyone who might be working with them.
So most cabals are silent for the time being, family intrigues are very quiet, everyone is watching everyone else, and the Council is full…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020
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…of new faces.
Of whom six are real “movers and shakers” with influence at Council and high public profiles. And (in order of daily “weight” of public influence) they are: Belvarn Tholandor, Janratha Deltarm, …#Realmslore 5)
…Molaklar Haelthin, Harbluth Orsavvar, and Talarra Tathgallant. In addition to these six heavyweights, up-and-comers at Council include Urland Tethgar (NE hm R2), a wagon seller, refurbisher, and warehouse owner who wants…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020
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…property ownership in Iriaebor to be restricted to (taxpaying, year-round-resident) citizens, but otherwise wants fewer laws and civic oversight; and Lauvilarra Yauvyn (CN gnome-f F2), a motherly, dumpy, polite and…#Realmslore 7)
…mild-mannered weaver whose manner hides a stubborn will of steel, and who firmly believes small-coin crafters and shopkeepers are the heart and backbone of Iriaebor and must be supported in law and civic treatment to remain…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020
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…that way.
Because of Twitter’s wordcount limits, I’m going to stop now and then tweet details of each of the sex Council heavyweights separately.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020