@TheEdVerse Is there an elven (wood-elf) word for 'home' or 'homeward'?

— Tavern of Trinkets | 5E Magic Items (@DnDTrinkets) May 9, 2021

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Yes. “Home” is either “ever” or “vand” (with wood elves almost exclusively using the latter), “sehan” is travel, and “ahan” is a trip or journey. Thus, for a wood elf, “vandahan” is a trip homewards, and the direction, or… )
…facing in the direction of home, is “vandel.”
The YEARNING for home, family, and hearth, however, is “immeet” (so the realm of Evermeet is “beloved home”).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2021

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A high elf would speak of home as “ever,” a trip homewards (going home) as “evershen,” the direction of home as “estelevur,” and the yearning for home as “immeet.”#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2021

Have a question after running through Murder in Baldur's Gate. How is Abdel Adrian the PC of BG1/BG2 when Throne of Bhaal canonically ended
with Gorion's Ward giving up his/her power? The plot of Murder revolves around Abdel still having Bhaal's essence

— T. Venkatesh (@ThalaivarRises) May 23, 2021

1)
Abdel Adrian did indeed, at the end of THRONE OF BHAAL, choose not to keep Bhaal’s power and ascend as the new Lord of Murder, and instead surrender his divine essence (to be hidden away in Mount Celestia) and remain a… 2)
…mortal. Off he went to Candlekeep, to assume a life of research and contemplation, to better understand the world.
However, he then departed Candlekeep, traveled to Baldur’s Gate, and joined its soldiery (where he began his…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2021

…rise to power). Why this major change of heart and life?
The answer lies in something Mystra’s Chosen know and some sages suspect: that “dead” gods still have influence. In this case, Bhaal’s vestige was still lurking in…
…Abdel Adrian’s mind, and Bhaal made “his” decision not to ascend to godhood for him. Bhaal’s vestige retrieved his own essence, and when he had it and judged the time was right for his mortal tool Abdel Adrian to embark on a…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2021

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…a path to restoring Bhaal himself to full divine life and power, Bhaal spurred Adrian to leave Candlekeep and begin his new life. (All of “the Dead Three,” like Jergal, the deity who made possible their divinity in the first…)
…place, are mavericks; they don’t behave as most gods do, so their deeds and actions often puzzle mortals like us.)#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 24, 2021

Hello! For our FR game we are including Blood Hunter Orders (of
@matthewmercer
); they practice Hemocraft, which is blood magic that augments physical combat! Do you feel like hemocraft or “blood magic” could have a place in the FR, with Hunters having a Witcher vibe?
@TheEdVerse Oh, yes. I've had blood magic in the Realms since before it was a D&D setting, but every mention of it was edited out before publication (TSR had a Code of Conduct that forbade such things).
These are wider-horizon times. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 31, 2021

Started Death Masks. A fairly good and enjoyable read. Though, you know, I love your style.
Having a questions already.
The novel says that mind reading is painful hard etc process in the book.
Though there are multitude of mind reading spells in 5E
How it interacts? Is the thing El/Laeral used at the start more high-pitch mind reading form? Therefore hard, almost impossible etc.
Tbh I understand nothing

— Viktor Gray (@VikGray) April 25, 2021

Indeed. As long as psionics don't DISRUPT the Weave (who is, after all, Mystra herself), Mystra doesn't concern herself with psionics, other than keeping close watch. Too busy with all the arcane shenanagins!#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 25, 2021

If an Avowed of Candlekeep was away adventuring and found a library of books valued at 50,000gp. Would Candlekeep compensate them as valued or pay them less (or not at all)? Would it be expected that Avowed donate all books they find to the keep? The Avowed would expect to donate all the suitable books they found to the Keep.
They've devoted their lives to their faith, it's not just a cool job.
They'd curate the tomes, of course, selling anything that wouldn't benefit the library (to raise operating funds).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 6, 2021

That makes, I believe, full sixteen knights
We’ve lost to this rapacious dragon’s jaws
Yon wyrm is no respecter of inalienable rights
Or norms, or courtesy, or stern stone laws!

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2021

The ghosts, they come!
Coldly guttering all the candles
Sometimes they whisper, sometimes they hum
The screams? Oh, that’s us, when they catch us by our handles

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 15, 2021

Down cunning passages and trap-filled corridors
The wary adventurers come
Lo! Cunning spike the foremost gores!
How many will die horribly this time? Well, not all, but some

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 16, 2021

@TheEdVerse Greetings master of the forgotten knowledge, can you shed some light on an interesting information about Arveiaturace that does not appear in your Dragon Magazine article # 231?

— DM´s Party (@dms_party) April 23, 2021

1)
Certainly. Arveiaturace is aware of the increasing fragility of Icepeak, her lair, and has been both scouting coastal mainland sites where she could relocate to (notably the Velen peninsula of Tethyr, The Small Teeth, … 2)
…The Cloud Peaks, and certain isles in The Nelanther), but also digging down through the soft rock of the Icepeak into the Realms Below (the Underdark), seeking to create a tunnel to somewhere above sea level—though this seems…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2021

3)
…a lot of work to her, and she only works at this digging during particularly harsh winter weather. She’s also acquired (likely from Laeral herself) some means of farspeaking the Lady Mage of Waterdeep, and has taken to using… 4)
…it when her loneliness grows too great; she would certainly consult Laeral for advice on dealing with unfamiliar magic, or adventurers, or wizards.
Laeral’s recent non-public advice to the Watchful Order (which of course has…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2021

5)
leaked out, as not all Order magists are anywhere near as wise and self-disciplined as Laeral) to avoid the Icepeak suggests that some of Meltharond Thone’s magic survives, and Laeral believes some Order magists may be bold… 6)
…(or, if you prefer, rash) enough to try to mount an expedition to try to seize it.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 23, 2021

Hi Ed @TheEdVerse – Azuth's Seven Mysteries uttered in Silverfall – just a curse or something more? If something more can you elaborate? TIA

— maransreth (Duane Nutley) (@DuaneNutley) May 22, 2021

2)
…spells by the crafting of prayers that “work” to trigger the magical effects (Weave energy releases) by calling on the deity (which is what all divine magics do). The arcane versions of the spells are to be offered to…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2021

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…wizards (and other spellcasters) who worship Azuth and aid Azuth’s clergy.
The Seven Mysteries are secrets, but it’s leaked out that the “first” (lowest, and most easily learned) Mystery is how clerics can craft arcane spells, 4)
…whether they personally possess the Gift (ability to wield the Art/arcane magic) or not (i.e. how they can call on Azuth to empower them as if they had the Gift, and how to control their Gift if they do have it).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2021

5)
The “second” (next learned) of the Mysteries is that prayers can be crafted that successfully turn an arcane spell into a divine one, and the general guidelines for how to do this.
It’s rumored that among the other five… 6)
…mysteries are advanced contingencies or defensive fields (like mantles cast by wizards) that can be “set” by a cleric of Azuth so as to automatically wink into existence, and defend that cleric, if the magic they are intended…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2021

7)
…to thwart or lessen comes into contact with the protected cleric (so, they awaken by themselves, regardless of how busy the cleric is or even if the cleric is conscious or not).#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 23, 2021