1)
“Indeed. Yet seriously, Wolf, shouldn’t we be fleeing for our lives right now?”
“We are, Elvar. By trudging along this rock ridge. Without falling off. Small victories, Sire. Small victories.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 20, 2019

2)
“I hope you know the way. This forest is both deep and large. I’d not want to get caught in here at nightfall, with hungry wolves a-prowl.”
“So long as no one strays from my instructions as the day unfolds, we’ll be fine.”#epic fantasy 3)
“I believe I’ve heard those words from you a time or two before, Wolf.”
“Indeed. I thought of adopting them as my motto.”
“And? Instead?”
“I settled on words even stronger and more appropriate: ‘Nobody Listens.’”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 20, 2019

Not so many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
A princess adventuring-faring (soon lost) did go
Seeking treasures famous in legend and mystery
And this princess she lived with no other thought
Than to find ALL the gold and jewels and filigree

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 19, 2019

And her doom was the reason that long ago
In a ruined realm hard by the sea
That ghosts riding bones eyeless and terrible came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in their tomb so cold
The sun nevermore to see

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 19, 2019

The vizier never schemes
Without causing me dreams
Of the realm rent asunder and dark
And catcalls never rise
but I feel the bright eyes
Of each watchful shark
Awaiting just the right tide
To cause the realm’s slide
Soon cometh the spark…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 20, 2019

1)
[Chantratha gives Palonder a withering look]
“Child, you’ll have to do better than that to ever succeed Wolf.”
“Becoming the next Wolf is NOT my ambition.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 19, 2019

3)
[Wolf chuckles]
“You’ll have to go back for them. They’re hanging from all those trees we passed.”#epic fantasy 3)
[Wolf chuckles]
“You’ll have to go back for them. They’re hanging from all those trees we passed.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 19, 2019

1)
O the blood-drenched adventurers are having hearty fights again
And on the floors of many a room and passage leaving a horrid stain

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 14, 2019

He’s casting the spells that make those weird lights again
Working the magics to unleash the slithering lurkers by nights again
He’s spewing out curses
Sufficient to fill up many hearses
And bring on blights to mar our choicest delights again

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019

Yon seer has seen all too many sights
That in lesser folk would cause fits and frights
But keenly seeing All is what seers do
So as to utter cryptic nonsense to enlighten me and you

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 15, 2019

1)
The Dread Dark Duke deeply regrets
That owing to his new, entitled state
He can no longer associate
With friendly ladies, less-than-ladies, and frankly exotic dancer-ettes

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 13, 2019

2)
Yet there are few who against this conclusion would place bets
That until such time as the sun on his nobility sets
This is going to be a recurring source of deep ducal regrets

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 13, 2019

1)
[Distant warhorn blast]
“What was that?”
“A warhorn being blown, off that way. Likely on the road to Sevenoaks.”
“I KNOW that, Wolf. I meant: what did that horncall mean?”
“It depends on who was blowing it.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

2)
“You mean the invaders speak different HORNCALL languages?”
“Yes. Or rather, they use blast-patterns to mean different things.”
“Well, what’s your best guess?”
“Chantratha, have a care. There could be spies among us.”#epic fantasy 3)
“‘Us’? Wolf, there are only the four of us: you, me, the King, and Palonder.”
“Indeed.”
“Well?”
“Well, what? I’m a courtier; I trust NO ONE. Not even me.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

1)
“So, just how many secret rooms and passages and such do you have here?”
“Trade secret, man. Now sit, have a drink—my treat—and sheathe weapons, and I MIGHT say more. ALL of you. The brawling’s been fun, but…#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2019

2)
…just LOOK at all these bodies. Pools of blood to slip in, brains all over yon tables…it can’t help but attract a lower class of clientele.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2019

1)
“But…Vornra…”
“Can remain a splendid memory, this way. As you haven’t had time yet for your first pettish fight.”
“Wolf, you ARE a cynic.”

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 26, 2019

2)
“I’m not sure I’m ready for such world-rocking revelations. That particular one hit me very hard when I was six. Months old, that is. Now keep walking. AWAY from the mill.”#epic fantasy 3)
“Wolf? Sire? I’m only lagging long enough to plunder these brigands.”
“On your behind be the consequences, if Vornra has traps or tunnels that reach this far.”
“You ARE paranoid, aren’t you?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 26, 2019

4)
“Chantratha, you’ve known Vornra for a few hours. Full of passion. I’ve known her for years. Full of…passion and much else. I’m not paranoid, I’m a survivor who’s managed to stay alive by seeing people as they truly are.”#epic fantasy 5)
“The inside of your head must be a choice corner of Hell.”
“Such base flattery will avail you naught. But keep at it; I enjoy it.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 26, 2019