I’m sorry to be a bother to you. I’ve heard it’s possible to find information about your original vision for the Realms. Is this an Internet Legend? Just ask me. I can't share maps or copies of my turnovers (TSR owns those), but I can tell you about the original Realms and how I saw it and its road ahead. The Sword Coast hasn't changed much, aside from the Moonshaes and a heavier "Arabian" influence in Calimshan.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2020
My friends want me to run a game focused on Waterdeep and Undermountain using 2nd Edition AD&D. I told them I was rolling back the years in game to pre-Time of Troubles/Greybox era. If I could find the flavor of the realms in that region you envisioned it would be awesome. Waterdeep is emerging from a decade of hard winters in which the harbor iced up completely and folk hunkered down or left to winter over in warmer climes, and is a bustling, cosmopolitan crossroads city. "Everyone knows" Mirt is a Masked Lord, no one knows who the…#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2020
Ok. Is there anything about Undermountain that you would change? Not much. No average citizen knows about Halaster or his apprentices, and Skullport is small but growing fast (think Star Wars cantina). Most adventurers never get below the second level of Undermountain, which is treasure-rich due to being used to cache treasure.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2020
I’ve never used Eliath much. But read the novels featuring him. Are they good characterizations as you imagine him? Oh, yes. Elaine Cunningham captured him PERFECTLY.
He's sardonic, sly, whimsical, and "plays a long game" (he may refrain from a theft or a killing due to future plans). He is utterly fearless.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 16, 2020