1)
“So where’s this Lost Castle?” the barbarian grunted, peering down into the valley.
“It’s LOST,” the cleric told him loftily. “That’s why it’s called ‘The Lost Castle.’”
“Oh. So we have to find it?”
“Indeed.”
“How?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 1, 2018

2)
“Legend has it that the castle fades into existence briefly, then fades out again. So if we’re in the right place, down in yon vale, when it fades in, we just walk in.”
“And how do we find the right place?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 1, 2018

3)
“Send our thief down there. He always walks straight into the dark heart of trouble, so wherever he walks, that’s where the castle will be. Simple, see?”
The barbarian sighed. “And they call you people ‘civilized.’”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 1, 2018

1)
“Hold it off for a round or two more!” the thief shouted, frantically flipping pages. “I have this Manual Of Monsters here, that tells all the details of every beast!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

2)
“Does it say HOW to hold this THING off for a round or two more?” the warrior shouted, staggering back as one of many long-fanged heads bit through his shield.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

3)
“Er, no!”
The wizard plucked the book out of the thief’s hands and hurled it into another head’s gaping maw.
“Hey! My book!”
The wizard picked up the angry thief and threw him into yet another waiting maw.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

4)
“There,” he told the warrior triumphantly, dusting his hands. “A round or two more. Useful things, books.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

1)
“And I will build a…ROUND table,” the king said, his eyes shining, “where all may meet as equals!”
“Oh, flarzblucket,” the barbarian spat, “not some crowned idiot trying democracy AGAIN!”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

2)
“No, no, just citizen rights,” the king hastened to explain. “Except where they get in my way, of course. Let’s not get crazy, here!”
“You mean,” asked the queen softly, “like making women citizens? THAT crazy?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

3)
The king swallowed. Unhappily.
The queen had sixteen ladies-in-waiting and two maids-of-chamber standing with her. All around him.
“That crazy,” he admitted. And watched daggers quietly being put away. All around him.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

4)
“I LIKE royal policy making,” the queen announced brightly. “It’s FUN.”
The king stared into her eyes, and shivered.
“Yes, dear,” he said. Wondering how often he’d be repeating those words in the years ahead.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 5, 2018

1)
Above the busy gnome smith, who was smoking three pipes as he hammered out a new froe, whilst working the forge-bellows with one foot and burnishing a shield with a gritstone strapped to one elbow, was a sign.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018

2)
It read: “The Lord Of The Rings/Chainmail And Ring Resizings My Specialty”
“Umm,” the warrior ventured, “I’m not sure that title’s not, uh, USED, if ye take my meaning.”
The gnome didn’t even look up.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018

3)
“I’m seven thousand years old,” he grunted, slaking the hot froe in oil. “So I had it first. Shove off.”
“Seven thousand? That’s old, even for a gnome.”
“But not for ringwraiths. We get a multi-year discount.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018

4)
The warrior looked at the wizard. “This one, a ringwraith? I don’t believe this.”
The mage shrugged. “There’s a reason they call our genre fantasy. Just roll with it.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018

5)
“Aye,” the gnome agreed. “Wise idea. ’Tis safer.”
And he hammered the froe again, so hard that it screamed.
Somewhere from the sky above the forge came an answering shriek. Loud and inhuman and cruel.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018

6)
“See?” said the gnome. “Ringwraith. But my ‘dealing death from the sky’ days are done, thanks to some idiot halflings.”
“But…but…”
“I KNOW,” the gnome agreed in disgust, tossing the froe at the nearest wall. “Honest work SUCKS.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018

1)
“It’ll be a tough shot,” the veteran archer growled, peering across the valley. “Not the widest of windows.”
The half-elf nodded, spun about with a fluid grace he could only gawk at, and let fly.
Her arrow vanished—through an even smaller window.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 24, 2018

2)
The archer’s jaw dropped. Such skill! And…had that been FLAME streaming from the shaft, just before it went in?
A moment later the castle exploded.
Flames, indeed.
“Lass, why ever aren’t YE Captain Of Archers?”
The half-elf shrugged. “Hate orders, love fire.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 24, 2018

3)
And she turned away.
“Destroyed six castles before that one,” the seneschal explained. “King’s keeps; friendlies. Can’t resist the trick shot, nor flaming arrow spells. Kids, these days.”
“Kids, ANY days,” the old archer grinned. And hurried after the half-elf.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 24, 2018

1)
The bard’s dying scream was long, and loud, and impressive. But then, he had a long, long way to fall.
The dragon regarded the empty back of the wyvern flying beside it. “Idiot. When they start believing the lies they sing in their own ballads…”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 24, 2018

2)
The wyvern shrugged. “’Tis the way of humans.”
A few wingbeats farther on, it added, “And free entertainment for the rest of us.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 24, 2018

1)
“The prophecy! At LAST, the prophecy has been fulfilled!”
“Oh? Which one?” the king growled.
The herald hastily consulted a long, long scroll that was brittle with age, and pointed. “Why, THIS one, your Majesty!”
The king beckoned, read—and shook his head.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 25, 2018

2)
“Not midnight, no full moon, and yon lady’s NO virgin.”
“But, Majesty, surely those words are mere bardic flourishes! Artistic license!”
“Herald, prophecies say what they say, NOT what you want them to mean!”
The king read on down the scroll. #epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 25, 2018

3)
“IF you can find a unicorn, ride it, AND slay it before next sunrise, this prophecy here will fit.”
The herald blinked. “But—but where will I find a unicorn?”
The lady who was no virgin smirked at him.
Uncomforted, he looked back to the king. “Sire?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 25, 2018

4)
The king shrugged on his throne. “YOU’RE the herald. And I care not if no other prophecy ever gets fulfilled. I’m on top right now, remember?”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 25, 2018

1)
There was a glow in the night, between the two old oak trees, that hadn’t been there before.
“What foul magic is this?” the younger forester gasped.
“A gate, or portal, or faerie door,” the older one told him.#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 25, 2018

2)
“A what?”
She waved away the question. “The name doesn’t matter. Step into yon light only if you want a different life–or just an abrupt end to this one.”#epic fantasy

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 25, 2018