Hi @TheEdVerse ! Do someone in Eveningstar know any story about Redhand Pool or where does that name come from ?

— Corentin Palanchini (@Sartana87) April 17, 2019

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Redhand Pool is named for a long-ago adventurer, Seldarra Redhand, who ended her days (she lived into her eighties) dwelling in a little cottage (that has long since entirely vanished) near it (the Pool was her bathtub and laundry tub). She and her father, … 2)
…the more famous Haranth Redhand, were locally famous as defenders of Eveningstar against goblins and brigands; they served as unofficial "local constables" for several Kings, keeping the peace and upholding the law. Legend says Redhand treasure lies in the pool.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 18, 2019

Another follow-up for the Archmage: Do Realmsians wish each other happy birthdays like we do by saying "Happy Morn Day", or something to that effect ("Good Morn Day"?)?

— sno4wy (@sno4wy) March 30, 2019

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They say so many summers or so many winters. For instance, if you lived in the Realms and were named Bran, and had been born thirty winters ago (spring is lumped with summer, and fall with winter, for this usage only), you'd be saluted verbally on your…#Realmslore https://t.co/RyEVhLzgwe

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 31, 2019

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…birthday with waves or smiles or hugs or nods (depending on the closeness of your relationship with the being saluting you) as they said, "Thirty winters, Bran!" or just "Thirty winters!"#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 31, 2019

See my 2e product HALLS OF THE HIGH KING. There's an appendix that describes the Moonwells in detail.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 6, 2019

good morning Mr. Greenwood, I’ve been looking around but have not been able to find the name of the road that leads from mirabar to the mines of mirabar. Wondering what the name of that road is? The Gem Way. More formally, "The Road of Gold and Gems," which usually instead got called "The Road of Riches," or just "the Richway." (Dwarves just call it "the Chute.")#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 29, 2019

Rolling along on our TSR product release tour, currently in the middle of the year 1991, we have another Forgotten Realms release. This one is LC3: Nightwatch In The Living City. I never did any campaigning in Raven's Bluff, but I always liked the look of these books. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/LpgBPmAfqC

— Alex Kammer (@GHC_and_Tacos) May 7, 2019

I’m wandering what @TheEdVerse ‘s Raven’s Bluff looked like before RPGA took it as The Living City. Maybe there wasn’t any Raven’s Bluff at all in your Realms, Ed ? It was Sarbreen. Replaced by TSR with Raven's Gate (see the very first "freebie" publicity map of that area). For legal reasons (there was already a romance book line/TV movie line using that trademark), it was then changed to Raven's Bluff. Years later, I batted cleanup…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 7, 2019

…writing the guide to Ravens Bluff, using very incomplete RPGA records. ;} But 'twas all in good fun. :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 7, 2019

When you converted your personal Realms to adhere to D&D, were there aspects of the core D&D rules that you decided to exclude? Certain core monsters, spells, magic items etc. that just didn’t fit? I know you were (rightly) critical of several Fiend Folio monsters. All done by player-and-me vote. Weapon Speed Factors from the Players Handbook we decided to exclude. None of us wanted dinosaurs as monster foes, so they never showed up in any Realmsplay sessions. And we weren't fans of "geomorph" dungeons in which EVERY 10-foot-square was used

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 24, 2019

@TheEdVerse Hi. I wanted to use Aglarond in current FR calendar. Like the idea of racial conflicts but if they weaken too much Thay pounces. I think Simbul would be venerated. Absence is a great polisher. There were rumors that she named an heir. Did the heir ever get named?

— Capaluchu (@chellsshade) May 1, 2019

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In my 2002 novel ELMINSTER IN HELL, the Simbul named her four apprentices as four rotating/joint Acting Crown Regals (regents) of Aglarond in her absence: the sorcerer-wizards Thorneira Thalance, Phaeldara, and…#Realmslore 2)
…Evenyl Nathtalond, and the sorcerer-rogue “the Masked One” (true identity NDA). They all survived the Spellplague by a means the Simbul had secretly taught them: “riding the Weave” (abandoning their bodies and plunging into…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

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…the Weave as sentiences to ride out the Wailing Years), returning as weakened versions of themselves when arcane magic could largely be trusted again (around 1400 DR). After the Simbul’s disappearance and presumed death in… 4)
…1425 DR (she hadn’t perished, but went mad in the Spellplague and was kept alive by Elminster, as seen in ELMINSTER MUST DIE and its sequels; as she climbed back out of madness, ruling Aglarond or anywhere else was no longer…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

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…of interest to her), facing Thayan-sponsored rebellions and invasions and several local petty officials deciding to declare themselves ruling lords of their own city or small region of Aglarond, the four Crown Regals…#Realmslore 6)
…spearheaded the formation of a council of simbarchs to rule Aglarond. They became the heart of the fifteen-strong Simbarch Council. After the Simbul sacrificed herself to restore Elminster, and became a Weave-ghost, her four…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

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…former apprentices became VERY effective at thwarting all plots against Aglarond and all treachery and self-interest within the Council because the Simbul, as a sleepless sentience riding the Weave, could see all uses of…#Realmslore 8)
…magic (and eavesdrop on all conversations that made use of magic for transmission or shielding), could whisper in their minds to warn and advise them, and increasingly has done so.
So the Simbarchs still rule, with the…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

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…Simbul’s four former apprentices as their leaders (and, yes, the four keep the Simbul’s memory bright in Aglarond).

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 2, 2019

Olore, Great Sage! When can we expect the 5E #forgottenrealms campaign setting? We have all been holding our breath for a proper, up-to-date Faerûn book for almost five years now… ccI honestly have no idea. The current Wizards approach of crafting mega-campaigns set in the Realms and letting the setting grow organically as it heads into the 1500s DR seems to be working very well, though. I would love one, but then, I'd love it to be 25 fat volumes long. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2019

I think I’ve got a solution:
– We the fans crowdsource money for your life extension treatments as they become available;
– You outlive the copyright restrictions (should be ~57 years or so);
– The 25-volume edition of the campaign setting sees the light of the day for real! 😀 Heh. I've investigated lichdom, but there seem to be ethical problems as well as a huge expense. It might be simpler to just crowdsource me several trillions for me to buy Hasbro, so I can put the product on the schedule. Then again, be careful what you ask for…I'm a wizard, ..

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2019

…but NOT a financial wizard.
Seriously, the Realms is in VERY good hands right now. I am delighted by the 5e products, and await them eagerly, Realms or non-Realms. Now, if I could only get my hands on those big 5-sheet Gale Force 9 Waterdeep maps…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 22, 2019