Quick question, I don’t know if you remember, but I read somewhere that you were one of the ones who came up with Aragrakh for 3E D&D? I know little is written in draconic, & nothing is in Aragrakh, but you think we can get dictionary of words for Aragrakh language? I do, being as that's one of the things I and some others have secretly been working on, recently. But don't tell. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 29, 2020

Me: Old High Wyrm. Me and others: Draconic.
Both brief lexicons right now, not ready for prime time.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 29, 2020

Quick question, I don’t know if you remember, but I read somewhere that you were one of the ones who came up with Aragrakh for 3E D&D? I know little is written in draconic, & nothing is in Aragrakh, but you think we can get dictionary of words for Aragrakh language? I do, being as that's one of the things I and some others have secretly been working on, recently. But don't tell. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 29, 2020

OMG really?!? Wait, which language? Draconic or old draconic? Me: Old High Wyrm. Me and others: Draconic.
Both brief lexicons right now, not ready for prime time.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 29, 2020

Good evening! I have a quick question about the Code Legal: What is the difference between exile for a number of summers versus a number of years? Are you only exiled during the summers (if so, what good does that do), or is it just a different way of phrasing it? It's just a different way of phrasing it, UNLESS the exiling is specifically to "this end date" (a calendar year PLUS the end of that summer trading season/freeze-up). The sentence runs from when passed, but to be severe may be extended in this way. #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2020

1)
Janratha Deltarm (CG hf Sor4): a vivacious, swift-with-a-jest, “bubbling” woman whose friendly ways and high spirits hide a shrewd ability to read others. Plump, short-brown-haired, and short, Janratha is merry, can sing 2)
…beautifully, and is a vicious mimic when she wants to be. She trades in food birds (buying, raising, and import and export of preserved meats) and draft beasts (for caravan servicing), and invests in city properties (she…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

3)
…pioneered renting individual rooms to small crafters, in “collective” shops, and remains a landlord to many such, across the city). At Council, she leads a large, shaky coalition of grocers and shopkeepers who fight against 4)
…“big coin” merchants getting advantages in law and civic treatment over “the rest of us” (smallcoin merchants), and stands against more regulation and more spying on citizens. She wants taxes raised moderately not to bolster…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

5)
…lawkeeping, but to build a contingency fund for building repairs in case of fires (and she wants priests and sorcerers paid and trained as a firefighting brigade, too). She believes the city’s road into the future is to be a… 6)
…city of equals, not allowing guilds to form or costers to get special treatment, and that the Council should form many small working committees to deal with problems when they’re small, not letting them grow into crises…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

7)
…that cause divisions and strife. She detests Tholandor, and he regards her in the same way.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020

Very , very first Aleration Magic User that you know of Ed? ( details please) whether fr your own pnp campaign or anywhere in that vast reservoir of lore within your noggin. This answer is very important and valuable to me. Thank you , thank you and thank you in adv Consult Elminster if you must , I know he would understand. See Merlin was part Fey and more of an advisor. Saruman was a craftsman. Gandalf more of an advisor. So many But I haven't yet been able to determine the Original Alterer/Transmuter. Hazily in my crystal ball I see him.

— Domhnall Mercer (@CimmerianGod) January 13, 2020

1)
In the Realms, the first specialized Alteration-school magic user that I know of was Imre (pronounced “IMM-ray”) the Transmuter, an artificer (wizard) of Imaskar. He likely wasn’t the first, just the first I’ve ever written 2)
…about. He was one of the builders of the city of Inupras beginning in -7979 DR (Inupras wasn’t inhabited until -7975 DR). Imre delighted in spell innovation and crafting, not in power or political importance, and was a…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 13, 2020

3)
…teacher of many. Unambitious, he loved books and board games and good teas and cheese. He was a brown-haired man of average height and build and unremarkable looks, who wore ankle-length robes and was followed about by a… 4)
…floating-nigh-his-shoulder satchel (of his own enchanting) of teamaking items, tools, what we would call a clipboard and Imaskari called a “dereth,” plus scrolls, inks, and quills with which to write.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 13, 2020

Hey, Ed. Is there anywhere in the Relams where “turf” houses like there are in real world Iceland are common? Sure. The ogres of Thar mainly live in such dwellings. So do the ettins and gnolls who live north and northwest of the Sunset Mountains. And the humans who dwell south of Nathoud, and west of the Nagawater, and in the Bandit Wastes and western fringes of the Shaar.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 19, 2020

Hey Ed! I’m interested in crafting an adventure centered around the god Moander, but I’m not sure if he’s still dead as of the Second Sundering or not, and the current status of Finder Wyvernspur. Do you have any advice, oh master of lore? All the gods are back. That includes the famous loner Finder and Moander, who’s maintaining a low profile, lurking in many different patches of rot and decay across Faerûn, and seeking to corrupt minds nearby (like the Rotting Man).
Moander…shall…arise.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 12, 2020

@TheEdVerse does Loudwater, circa 1300s DR have a coat of arms? If so, can you describe it please. Thanks.

— stephen parlin (@smparlin) January 24, 2020

1)
It does: a “pale” (vertical stripe down the center of the heraldic heater-shaped shield) of deep blue, representing the River Delimbiyr. On either side of this, the shield is gold (representing the grain-verdant farms on both2)
…banks of the river). In the “chief” position (a vertical bar crossing the top of the shield, overlapping the pale) is a steel-gray bar, representing the bridge that crosses the Delimbiyr at Loudwater. (The blazon predates…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 24, 2020

3)
…the growth of Loudwater to the confluence of the Greyflow and Delimbiyr rivers, so the Greyflow doesn’t appear in Loudwater’s arms at all.)
In the gold field on either side of the pale (dexter and sinister positions in the… 4)
…fess, “floating” in from the edge of the shield), are two identical steel-gray gauntlets, palms toward the viewer of the shield but clenched into fists, a left-hand gauntlet on the left and a right-hand gauntlet on the right. #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 24, 2020

5)
These represent both the Gauntlets of Loudwater, who police and guard the settlement and its surrounding farms, and the protection/“civilization” they provide.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 24, 2020

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@TheEdVerseAnd I’m not done with you yet! I was always a big fan of Lynn Abbey’s treatment of Thay and Aglarond in The Simbul’s Gift. She particularly added excellent detail to the characters of the Simbul and Lauzoril. The Simbul granted Lauzoril the ability to call out her 1/3 true name to request aid at any point. As the timeline has now moved on and I suspect we shan't see Lauzoril or his family again, could you shed some light on when / if Lauzoril ever called in this favour prior to his assumed demise at the hands of Szass Tam and a 2/3

— Matthew Dawkins (@clackclickbang) January 29, 2020

@TheEdVerse very steep drop? It would provide closure to a plot line set up in the mid '90s and a character I really enjoyed reading about. Additionally, anything you have to say on Lauzoril's family, his daughter, etc. and if they made it out of Thay would be excellent. 3/3

— Matthew Dawkins (@clackclickbang) January 29, 2020

1)
I, too, loved what Lynn did in THE SIMBUL’S GIFT. Certain things are still NDA’d, despite (as you rightly point out) the timeline having moved on, so I have to tongue-tread carefully here, but let’s just say that Lauzoril had… 2)
…ALREADY called in this favour before the events you allude to. I can go so far as to say esteemed Realms scholar sleyvas is right: Lauzoril did not perish then, but escaped magically, thanks to prior preparations, and got…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 30, 2020