Put the king in the crypt? Nay, toss him in the moat
The sooner that all of us who survived him can gloat
Dark was his reign, black were his deeds
Let him at last do something good, by enriching the weeds

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 5, 2019

The knight shudders when he sees his lady in her dark gown
For she wears it to work spells foes in torment to cast down

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2019

See now the dying of the dread knight
O’ercome for one fatal moment by beauty bright

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2019

1)
“As did I, but it seems to have affected me differently.”
“Oh? I can probably muster several score courtiers and at least two dozen lords to attest to the contrary. Not to mention all the high-lace ladies.”#epicfantasy 2)
“Wolf, you’re not the only one who feels the need to practise. To banish the seething boredom, if nothing else.”
“Point taken. I do wonder how much intrigue and treason is undertaken, all realms over, just to banish boredom.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 4, 2019

1)
“Lord Wolf?”
“Ah, Palonder. What troubles has the King gotten into since we saw you last?”
“Wolf! It’s been mere moments!”
“Elvar, you ARE capable of working fast. Remember?” 2)
[Sigh] “Yes, I recall your swift alibis. I think my father accepted them just because they amused him.”
“Amusing kings: the TRUE vocation of all courtiers. Remember that, Palonder.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 4, 2019

3)
[Sigh] “I’ll procure appropriate lubrication at my earliest convenience, Lord.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 4, 2019

1)
“What’re you doing, Wolf?”
“One last spell.”
“To do…what?”
“The moment one of their wizards works magic hereabouts, all of this rubble will be whisked into the air right up there. And then gravity will take over.”#epicfantasy2)
“Ah. Eliminating waves.”
“It’s what we courtiers do. Smooth everything over until the surface is placid. No matter what is seething and writhing beneath. Like many a shared bed, in the Castle.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 3, 2019

When they put out my eyes, so I was blind
I minded not, for I still had the eyes of my mind

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 2, 2019

Adventurers bore easily, so new perilous ventures they eagerly tried
Until inevitably they met the monsters who with ease set their lives aside

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 2, 2019

Vast, terrible, and magnificent, the dragon overhead is flying
But lo, I work this secret spell, and watch him O so slowly fall, dying

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 4, 2019

Vast, terrible, and magnificent, the dragon overhead is flying
But lo, I work this secret spell, and watch him O so slowly fall, dying

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 4, 2019

1)
“Well, let that pass. The King and Palonder are getting out of earshot. Do we call them back? Or head after them?”
“Head after them. See yon glittering and winking, in the far distance, under the trees?”
“Ah. Second wave?”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 2, 2019

3)
“Uh, is that a THIRD wave?”
“Yes. And there’s a fourth, over there.”
“CESS.”
“Indeed. Leaving us no option but to do what bold, intrepid idi—adventurers do: go deeper, darker, and down.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 2, 2019

5)
“You ARE a bastard, Wolf.”
“Thank you, Chantratha. You say the sweetest things. On rare occasions.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 2, 2019

1)
“Lord Wolf, I see something moving. Yonder. Moving as in ‘approaching.’”
“Something you’d like me to deal with. Meaning, likely hostile. And potentially dangerous.”
“Yes, Lord.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 25, 2019

3)
“Could you be a bit more specific? Or get out of the way so I can look?”
“It’s a severed tentacle that’s rearing AND moving, like a snake ready to strike. It has a fanged sucking maw like a lamprey at its head or stump end.”#epicfantasy “And?”
“It’s clutching some sort of metal stick in its mouth ending in a glass globe full of crimson liquid. Sap. Syrup. Looks like a weapon.”
“It is. The globe will explode if shattered. Stand aside. …#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 25, 2019

4)
… Chantratha, get in front of the King.”
“Magic to the rescue?”
“MORE idiot questions, Chant?”
“I try to behave as expected. So as not to distract.”
“Ah. The model citizen gambit. Safety sought by blending with the herd.”#epicfantasy 5)
“Well, I AM in the company of courtiers and a king.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 25, 2019

1)
“So do we know where we’re heading? Aside from deeper in?”
“I have reliable memories to guide me, but these dungeons HAVE been occupied by the Daroun, the tentacles, and invading soldiery since I last rummaged the caches here.”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2019

2)
“And you really are down to your last few magics now, I take it?”
“By now, one might assume a REASONABLY intelligent lady courtier would have realized that HONEST answers to that query will be rare indeed. And yet. And YET.”#epicfantasy 3)
“Just dub me a ‘stubborn optimist,’ Wolf.”
“Well, it DOES sound better than ‘idiot.’”#epicfantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 24, 2019