@TheEdVerse Mr.Greenwood,I have some questions about FR of 5th https://t.co/NEccDGmwdc the module SKT,the All-Father Annam broke the Ordning,which caused a terrible mess on FR.Why AO didn't intervene Annam?
— 水銀の蛇 (@Mercurius_c) April 17, 2020
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The short answer is that no mortal can know why Ao did or didn’t act, in any situation.
However, I can make a more educated guess than most observers of the Realms, and it is this: Ao guides deities, and punishes deities 2)
…based on whether or not they follow his decrees/guidance, and it would seem since the Second Sundering faded, gods have been forbidden to intervene DIRECTLY in the lives of mortals (that is, by avatars interacting directly…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020
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…with mortals, except in private), and encouraged to instead act THROUGH mortals (usually via dream-visions and personal speech with their clergy and others). Kiaransalee sent her avatar to fight mortal (and likely wholly or 4)
…partly non-drow) adventurers face-to-face. In contrast, Annam All-Father, a deity of the giants, shattered the Ordning, a caste system he and his fellow gods of the giants had imposed on all giants long ago. In other words, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020
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…Annam acted within his purview: he had imposed the system, and it lay within his power and portfolio to modify or end it. Whereas Kiaransalee transgressed against Ao’s dictates to ‘stand back more from mortals, directly… 6)
…meddling less in their daily lives.’ Ao cares most about the specifics of divine behaviour, not as much about the effects on mortals of that behaviour.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020
