It is my general perception that the Waterdeep plateau is holed as a swiss cheese with dungeons and the only thing keeping it structurally safe is the mythal.

Without it, prepare for landslides, earthquakes, sinkholes, realestate sliding into the seas and general mayhem. Indeed! There are massive physical dwarf-built pillars and braces, and powerful elven magics that do the most to hold the whole area up from sinkhole collapse and inundation by the sea, but the mythal is both anchored in the elven magics, and bolsters them.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2021

2)
There are so many layers of magic, and so many interwoven Weave-anchors, that no one living remembers them all (Weavemasters can see them), and no one can cast enough spells, quickly enough and in the right locations, to collapse the wards and mythal and…3)
…supporting magics. The last to try were the Twisted Rune, and they were then surprised to discover their efforts alerted Azuth and Mystra and several of her servitors, all more magically powerful (and loaded with battle-magics) than the Rune members.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2021

4)
Hence the caution and operating behind the scenes that most of the Twisted Rune members have practised ever since. ;}#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 10, 2021

Ed, if an Exarch is below a Demigod (e.g. Hercules), but higher than a legendary mortal, then would they be considered “immortal” beings? E.g. they cannot die of old age alone. SOME, likely most, exarchs will never die of old age alone, but they do vary in specific nature/characteristics as well as power level, and some details remain mysterious to mortals. (See also my Oct 13, 2021 tweets about the nature of exarchs.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 23, 2021

@TheEdVerse I can remember that dawnfry was breakfast and evenfeast was the evening meal, but I was wondering if there were local names for meals and what the common names ofd all the meals are.

— jwill9311 (@jwill9311) December 12, 2021

1)
There are many local names for meals, and regional race-culture names, too (hin and gnomes and dwarves and elves and giants all having various terms), but these are ALL fading away as the 1400s DR draw to a close, and Common… 2)
…Tongue names spread in usage.
And they are:
Vraeken=any pre-dawn meal (i.e. something eaten to begin a journey early, or upon arising for farmwork; often prepared the night before and left ready, or even simmering on a hearth).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2021

3)
Dawnfry = breakfast
Highsunfeast (often shortened just to “highsun,” which is also the Faerunian name for noon) is the midday meal.
Eveningfeast (usually shortened to just “evenfeast”) = the main evening meal. 4)
Nightsup is any meal taken at night (often when one must work late, or “wait up” for someone to arrive in the wee hours, or some task, or some anticipated event).
Also:
Tuthslake is any snack at which one has the opportunity to…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2021

5)
…drink (not necessarily alcohol) as well as munch.
Tuth = pause to drink (e.g. tea), but NOT munch.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2021

1)
Tanther Urmbrusk (CE hm Ftr9): a good-natured, easygoing, well liked and fairly good looking “friend to all” who is a joiner of fellowships, clubs, and causes, always up for a new entertainment (way of wasting time, from a… 2)
…card or party game to a risky sport like sneaking aboard ships by night to climb their rigging and leave rude trophies on mast tops. He’s notorious as a player of pranks, which betimes go wrong or even cause fatalities but… #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2021

3)
…are never nasty or intended to maim. (Among his family, whose ranks include some really sinister sorts like his uncles Korthul and Morland, Tanther’s considered a softie who’ll never amount to much and who mars the reputation… 4)
…of the family with his “too-friendly frivolities.”) Tanther likes a party, has a large and veteran capacity for drink, a strong stomach for all manner of food clashing in it, great stamina (he can roister for days and nights…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2021

5)
…on end and not grow weary or even yawn, though when he crashes, he’s out like a light and snoring heavily for long periods, if left uninterrupted), and is skilled and enthusiastic when it comes to the ladies.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2021

Storekeepers, dockworkers and warehouse loaders, etc. usually get paid at the end of every day. Household servants (maids, doorjacks) typically get paid once/tenday whether they get room and board or not..but if they work in a noble household, it varies by noble.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021

Thank you! And are they charged rent for their servants quarters? I would assume, yes. Again, it varies with the employer. It's unheard-of for a Waterdhavian noble to charge rent to household staff, because it signals to other nobles that the rent-charging noble must be skint.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021

I find it phenomenal they get a wage. You would expect they belong to the household they serve and get remuneration in room, board, and rare gifts. I mean soldiers get salary as a recognition of the danger of their work, maids and servants aren’t even tradespeople. Unpaid people can't afford to buy anything. Waterdeep's prosperity depends on folk buying things. Most (noble or not) citizens who can afford servants derive income, directly or indirectly, from lots of folk buying things..and for centuries all have realized this. #Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021

Any chance Candlekeep has a portal or two to Greyhawk, semi-secret of course. No. Down the years, the monks have been very careful about such things—and after the recent debacle (see THE HERALD), the Chosen of Mystra have scoured, using the Weave, to make absolutely sure.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 23, 2021

Very well known, among Waterdhavians of all walks of life, and very widespread in use.
A citizen may have 2 "false" purses, an inner moneybelt or codpiece (women sometimes keep sharp daggers in theirs, for "personal" defense), coins in bootheels, and a throat-purse.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021

Now for some example characters from the Mtg: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms concept push. Here's a half-orc barbarian I worked up.
Shared with permission from Wizards of the Coast. pic.twitter.com/3pAaX9pr03

— Chris Rahn (@ChrisRahnArt) July 21, 2021

Another image for the MtGAFR concept push, this time a halfling fighter. I thought having her dual wielding an elven dagger and an orcish knife as her swords (that she liberated from their previous owners) was a fun concept.
Shared with permission from Wizards of the Coast pic.twitter.com/YiyGJ1ZjjS

— Chris Rahn (@ChrisRahnArt) July 26, 2021