@TheEdVerse What are some personalities in Hundelstone in the 1360's DR? The only specific inhabitant I can find anywhere in print (not counting the long-dead eponymous Hundel) is the Harper Thwip Ironbottom from SKT, and I'm not sure if he lived there over 120 years in the past.

— Belial Lyka (@TimeBust) February 25, 2020

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Happy to help. Prominent folk of Hundelstone in the 1360s DR are five in number:
Dwarf warrior-for-hire Vardreth “Starer” Blackaxe, a veteran mercenary of grizzled red beard and one eye twice the size of the other (hence his 2)
…nickname). Gruff, bloodthirsty, and enthusiastic, he leads a band of ten stalwart “trusty” battle-dwarves (outcasts of many clans) who have a reputation for being accident-prone vandals and butchers.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 25, 2020

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Gnome farmer Mrella Ironkettle, a stout, amiable lady of bowed legs, a hooked-broken nose, and an endless supply of root vegetables stored in cellar-caverns, and mushrooms grown in their own deeper shroom-farm caves. 5)
Gnome smith Wuldrik ‘Hurlhamnmer’ Leafstone, notorious for his accuracy with hurled hammers, and his propensity for driving unwanted intruders out of his forge-room by plucking and throwing some from his plentiful always-at- 4)
She always wears an apron of many pockets bulging with parnsips, carrots, radishes, and the like over her homespun, and filthy boots that come up almost to her waist. A faint stench of compost and dung always clings to her.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 25, 2020

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… -hand supply (mainly hung from the rafters). He’s known for his swift and secure metal plating; in his spare time he makes shields, bucklers, and buckles for sale, and hangs his plentiful supply of same all around his smithy.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 25, 2020

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… -hand supply (mainly hung from the rafters). He’s known for his swift and secure metal plating; in his spare time he makes shields, bucklers, and buckles for sale, and hangs his plentiful supply of same all around his smithy 8)
…balding, hunchbacked shuffler, always tunelessly whistling as he putters. He has a habit of peering disapprovingly over his spectacles (magnifiers for doing finework, not glasses he needs to see otherwise).7)
Gnome artificer (maker of locks, keys, hinges, hasps, hooks, lanterns, pulleys, gratings and their pulls, crank-operated window casements, and metal mounting-bolts) Qlaklard Velvund, on Halver Street. He’s a long-nosed, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 25, 2020

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…balding, hunchbacked shuffler, always tunelessly whistling as he putters. He has a habit of peering disapprovingly over his spectacles (magnifiers for doing finework, not glasses he needs to see otherwise). 9)
Human vendor of secondhand sundries (a large, cluttered warehouse of a shop) Alvran Reddarstel, a gap-toothed, bearded bear of a man who dresses in layers of rotting furs, and has a family of a never-seen wife and a dozen-some…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 25, 2020

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…very-active children who fetch goods in the shop for him. Known for always having cauldrons and string.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 25, 2020

Zahn @Zahncorp@TheEdVerse
What happens in death, to a human soul who worships a member of the Seldarine? What about a half-elf?
I’ve never been able to find a definitive answer.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020

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That’s odd, because this has been answered many times, including by me here on Twitter. It seems to be a source of perpetual puzzlement. ;}
ALL sentients in the Realms ‘believe in’ and worship ALL deities, not just one 2)
Upon death, the soul is judged/sent on (for reincarnation or whatever other fate) by the deity that has the strongest claim on it: the deity it ‘most cleaved to’ in life. (The race of the living being doesn’t matter, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020

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…veneration while alive does.) Sometimes, the being’s own desires or the will of a deity cause it to be ‘sent back’ to life, or stuck in undeath (e.g. a revenant) to take care of unfinished life business. So in this case, the 4)
…human or half-elf soul will be guided by the member of the Seldarine they most worshipped. (Which may only be clear to others if in life they were a cleric, paladin, or holy zealot.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2020

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Yes. An order of paladins dedicated to Bahamut, the True Hands Of Justice, was founded in Shamph in 1489 DR, by Grandmatriarch Darthanna Halarkantle of The House Of Justice, the new temple to Bahamut there.#Realmslore 2)
It is small (little more than a dozen roving paladins, plus a handful of knights in training), but dedicated to bringing justice (both adherence to formal law, and the “law-abiding spirit” of respecting the spirit of laws…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020

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…and that law and order should hold sway everywhere, especially in frontier areas where there is no Watch, the Order stepping in to be the lawkeepers in lieu.
They enforce the Code of Bahamut (that all sentients have rights, …#Realmslore 4)
…that the deeds of one should not hamper the freedom of another, that force does not make “right,” that justice lies in trials and evidence and not on-the-spot execution if there’s any doubt about guilt, and so on) if they’re…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020

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…in wilderlands, or the laws of whatever government claims the area they’re operating in (except those laws, such as any encouraging slavery, that might offend against the Code). Some of the leading paladins of this Order 6)
…include the human females Jaaluth Darfire (formerly of Selgaunt) and Mararrla Dragonshield (formerly of Luthcheq), and the human male Tarlund Raeraunt (formerly of Arrabar).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020

Are the Talons of Justice (followers of the Ptarian Code) or the Platinum Cadre still active?

— Steve Fidler of Vorpal 'New Year' 🏳️‍🌈 (@vorpaldicepress) March 1, 2020

Yes; both still exist and are still active, though both have only a handful of members left, and keep a VERY low profile these days, acting covertly rather than boldly, and often hiring or manipulating non-member (PCs, perhaps?) adventurers.#Realmslore https://t.co/IzGki0s83m

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020

Good morning from Central Iowa! I had a new curiosity! Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils seems to say that a tiefling will always have a tiefling child. 5E for FR books more or less are saying that it’s possible for tiefling blood to go dormant. Which one is correct? It's POSSIBLE for tiefling blood to go dormant, but it's not likely.
Moreso than other half-breeds, tiefling heritage visibly predominates in offspring, ALMOST always.
So in the experience of many folk in the Realms, it's "always."#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 26, 2020

Kotou @Land_Octopi@TheEdVerse
So I'm interested in finding or making a god of sin, something like Velka from Dark Souls, but am looking for a stable foundation already present in the Forgotten Realms.
Do you know of anything that might be suitable?

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2020

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Sure. Being as ALL of the gods are back, alive and worshipped in the Realms post-Second Sundering, despite what you may read elsewhere, and a “sin” is a mortal doing something they know is against the tenets of a god, all… 2)
…mortals in the Realms ‘believe in’ ALL of the gods, not just one, and so knowingly sin all the time (they can’t help but do so, as so many divine tenets and desired mortal behaviors conflict), almost any deity is suitable.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2020

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However, MOST suitable are Asmodeus, Cyric, and Shar—and for specific mortals in particular situations or professions, Bhaal, Leira, and Sharess.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2020

@TheEdVerse Hi Ed, did elves originate or arrive on Toril and do they have their own superannuated calendar? Thanks.

— Drew Griffiths™ 🏳️‍🌈🔶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@StateMagister) March 31, 2020

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The elves (and eladrin) have their own legends of “arriving” on Abeir-Toril (united worlds, back then) long, long ago, as opposed to originating there…but who alive today really knows? And yes, they’ve had several calendar systems; see hints in LOST EMPIRES OF… 2)
…FAERUN, THE GRAND HISTORY OF THE REALMS, ELVES OR EVERMEET, and several novels, such as Elaine Cunningham's EVERMEET.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 31, 2020

@TheEdVerse what would the greeting be like for my adventuring party as they enter Calimshan? None of them have moved far from the Sword Coast, and the party has several rarer races (Tortle, firbolg, tiefling.) Would it be more unkind than their experiences in Waterdeep?

— The Biggest Lebowski (@Hipstertastic) April 1, 2020

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Calishites tend to be wary of obvious “outlanders,” and of adventurers. However, if the adventuring party travels with apparent purpose (as opposed to wandering, or publicly discussing where to go and what to do), most who 2)
…see them will assume they’ve been hired by someone in Calimshan to undertake a mission. They are still to be watched (as armed ‘potential trouble’) but not a cause for alarm, arming up, or informing any authorities. Unless they’re seen breaking and entering, …#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 1, 2020

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…stealing, or being arsonists, of course. Personal reactions to the rarer races will depend on the NPC's past personal experience (is this a monster? Tiefling = a genasi?)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 1, 2020

with hexblade archetypes branching out, now with @matthewmercer’s bloodhunter is it safe to say that weapons could have a purpose based on their creation or crafter’s intentions. Not purely an intelligent weapon but an inanimate object with a simplistic sense of driveOh, yes. Many enchanted things in the Realms were created with an inherent sense of purpose. Which can be wonderful. Or creepy, irritating, scary, and even dangerous if a later owner doesn't know about it. Until too late. ;}#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 16, 2020