@TheEdVerse Hello! It's me again for another peace of knowledge. Is there connection between Thundertree (LMoP) and Thurnderbeast tribe? As NWCS said some Uthgardt people came into Neverwinter Woods.
— Max Golutvo (@Meonaar) August 1, 2020
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Hi, Max. The answer is no, except for a coincidental name similarity, and some Thunderbeast barbarian familiarity with Neverwinter Wood.
Thundertree the human village (until devastated in 1451 DR by a Mount Hotenow eruption; an…2)
…unleashing of local magic caused in this destruction made flora in and around Thundertree turn into twig blights) was named for an unusually tall stand of duskwoods that were repeatedly struck by lightning during storms; due…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020
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…to their layout, they echoed thunder peals, so the thunder seemed to echo around them (they were all lightning-scorched and dead before the then-hamlet was founded in 1292 DR).
The Thunderbeast barbarian tribe were…)
…food-following-nomadic, like most Uthgardt tribes, but frequented the High Forest and the Lurkwood rather than Neverwinter Wood; the closest they normally came to Neverwinter Wood was their ancestor mound, Morgur’s Mound, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020
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…in The Crags to the northeast of the wood. Their name is derived from their veneration of the Thunderbeast (brontosaurus dinosaur), and they guarded the increasingly-open-secret that thunderbeasts yet dwelt deep in the High… 6)
…Forest. When they found Morgur’s Mound despoiled in the fall of 1477 DR, they left warriors in Neverwinter Wood to await the return of the Gray Wolf tribe (who are the Uthgardt tribe who DO frequent Neverwinter Wood) to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020
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…inquire who had dug up Morgur’s Mound (see p30 of the 4e Neverwinter campaign setting).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 1, 2020