@TheEdVerse One more question! Are there anything like what we know of as banks in Waterdeep in 1499DR?
— Lysbeth Raven (@LysbethRaven) August 16, 2020
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Banking in Waterdeep, as in most cities in the Realms, is done by three groups of people: temples, moneylenders (wealthy private individuals), and guilds. 2)
(See ED GREENWOOD PRESENTS ELMINSTER’S FORGOTTEN REALMS, p110 and 121-123, where “Banking” is discussed).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 17, 2020
I hope you are recovering well. You recently answered some questions about Dagult November and I was wondering if you happen know how he feels about his son Renaer or if he has any plans concerning him?1)
As seen in Steven Schend’s novel BLACKSTAFF TOWER, Dagult and Renaer don’t get along well. Renaer (who joined the Harpers) disapproved of his father’s methods and treatment of people, and Dagult was deeply disappointed…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 17, 2020
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As seen in Steven Schend’s novel BLACKSTAFF TOWER, Dagult and Renaer don’t get along well. Renaer (who joined the Harpers) disapproved of his father’s methods and treatment of people, and Dagult was deeply disappointed 2)
…in Renaer for being “disloyal” (=not a tool who’d obey his father and help carry out his schemes without qualm or hesitation). Dagult hoped, when Renaer was a young child, to gain him as a trustworthy henchman, but abandoned…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 17, 2020
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…all such plans when he saw that Renaer wasn’t just a ‘rebellious teen, defying parents because that’s what teens do,’ but put foolish morals and scruples above loyalty to family, elders, and his father in particular.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 17, 2020
Sorry, but that’s not my tale to tell. @ChrisPerkinsDnD might know, or it might be a secret.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 5, 2020
The Stone of Golorr was embedded in the House of Wonder’s architecture (presumably for centuries) until 1479 DR, when Master Rhinzen Halnian nearly destroyed the building with a meteor swarm spell while in a drug-induced state. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/5wYnn5tPkP
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) January 5, 2020
Despite its post-Spellplague financial woes, the Wands noble family helped pay for the rebuilding of the temple, during which time the Stone of Golorr was discovered and given to Nharaen Wands, the matriarch of House Wands and a Masked Lord of Waterdeep, as repayment. #WOTCstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) January 5, 2020
The wizard who used the Stone of Golorr as a receptacle for all knowledge pertaining to the location of the Vault of Dragons is likely a member of the Wands family who was known to have dealings with the Neverembers. #WOTCstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) January 5, 2020
Hi. Hanging in there.
Guilds have no influence or purview over property sales or transfers in the Deep. Several of them have tried to gain it, down the centuries, but the Lords always firmly block them. And no Waterdhavian would stand for another attempt now.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 9, 2019
To all my D&D players and Dungeon Masters, what do you think:
Is entering someone's house illegal? I can't find the concept of Home Invasion in the Code Legal of Waterdeep, but in my opinion it is illegal. What do you think? If it is, what crime would it be?
Thanks!#dnd #ttrpg pic.twitter.com/skKdKiS9Cp— 🎀❄️ Walkyrja ❄️🎀 (@TheTryxie) December 8, 2019
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The Code Legal is a rather simple document, that over the centuries has been extensively bolstered by case law (decisions of magisters or the Lords that add to it by precedent, without formally adding new laws) 2)
In this manner, home invasions have come to be handled in this way: if no forcible entry is made (i.e. someone slips through an unsecured door or window), nothing is taken or damaged, and no one is physically disturbed… #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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…(i.e. no one gets slapped awake or intimidated, no chamberpots or ewers of wash-water emptied over any sleepers, etc.), a charge of disturbing the peace is made, and the sentence of that crime is applied (“edict” includes… 4)
…public posting of offender[s] identity/identities, and the Watch puts them on local patrol ‘watch lists,’ which can include the Watch wakening offenders in the wee hours to check on what they’re up to. Note: the Watch and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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…Guard, or the Open Lord and Palace officials (inspectors, tax collectors, etc.) CANNOT be charged over a home invasion if on official duty; i.e. they can enter premises and it’s not a crime.
If, however, forcible entry is 6)
…made, or property within the domicile is damaged by an intruder, then to the charge of disturbing the peace is added a charge of damaging property or livestock (yes, under the Code Legal, charges can ‘stack;’ whether they…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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…will or not in any particular case is up to the Lords, because if the Watch ‘hurls the Code’ at an undercover Lords’ agent or someone in favour, the Lords will reduce or eliminate charges ere a magister does any sentencing— 8)
…whereas if it’s someone in disfavour, an accused will face all charges made). On a guilty finding, the usual sentence for damaging property or livestock applies.
If property is stolen, a charge of burglary is added, and the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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…usual sentence applies. If persons in the residence are assaulted, a charge of assaulting a citizen is added for each person (if they are citizens of Waterdeep; outlanders are afforded no protection under the Code Legal, but… 10)
…note that if you rent or own real estate property in the city, belong to a city guild, or have paid any recorded levy or tax, you’re a “citizen”). If persons residing on the invaded premises are awakened or threatened and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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…“feel fear,” this same charge is leveled for each person affected, but the sentence/punishment is nominal (and often used by magisters to cobble together a sentence that “fits the crime,” so drunks or ‘madwits’ or 12)
…‘wandering-witted’ (dementia) offenders may get a gentle slap on the wrist, but gangs who intimidate, of families building into a feud, get the Code hurled at them). If anyone can be proven to have hired home invaders, they can…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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…face the same charges (proof can be hard to get, though, in the case of wily nobles or guildmasters or wealthy ‘wannabe nobles.’ However, the Xanathar, the Unseen, rival nobles, and even some unscrupulous Masked Lords have 14)
…been known to fabricate proof in the past, so everything gets closely looked at, and mere verbal claims will only result in an accused getting put on a Watch ‘watch list’ and the attention of undercover agents of the Lords).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
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Hope all of this is of some help!#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
Uh damaging property and robbery would both cover burglary. Quite true, but I'm describing how things have come to be applied in the Deep, by precedent. As in our real world, quite often logic doesn't come into it. ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
Thank you so much for your complete answer!You included all possibilities and I can apply your answers to my case.
I can’t believe you answered my tweet! It’s an honor! My pleasure. This is my life work, answering Realms questions. ;}— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 12, 2019
Newest issue of the Waterdeep Sentinel from my home #dnd campaigns featuring investigation into the accusations against Open Lord Silverhand. I wonder what @TheEdVerse would think about the Xanathat using alternative facts against the Open Lord? pic.twitter.com/5mJPyCj3nP
— Eric Jordan (@ericremyjordan) December 7, 2019
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LOVE those broadsheets!
Everyone in the Deep (nobles, guilds, Masked Lords, crime bosses of all species) have long used alternative facts against each other, so it’s spot-on. (Laeral will just ignore until forced to do otherwise, thanks to who she is) 2)
She will, however, privately point out the suspicious nature of the published accusations. Certain bribed journalists will likely receive menacing private visits from agents sent by various Masked Lords…with priests of Tyr and Watchful Order spellcasters using…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 7, 2019
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…magic on the journalists during said visits, to try to find out what’s really going on. Once they find out, agents of the Xanathar may meet sticky ends in a quick collective purge (as a warning), as stories from OTHER bribed journalists appear about various.. 4)
…nobles, trusted guild members/craftworkers, popular tavern dancers and minstrels, etc. being rescued by drow in the city from various threats. Just how things are daily done in the Deep.
BTW, the danger of using alternative facts is that it makes many…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 7, 2019
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…convervative nobles (and some conservative guildmasters) seethe, and they are extremely unlikely to ever work with or support the purveyors of untruth. They consider this tactic "too dirty for civilized society" (a threat to law and order in itself).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 7, 2019
@TheEdVerse Hi Ed! I was wondering if you could tell me where exactly is Mistshore on a map of Waterdeep please!
— cro (@_cromac) December 6, 2019
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Sure. While it flourished, Mistshore occupied the northern shore (Dock Ward) of the Great Harbor, from the breakwater separating it from the Naval Harbor on the west, to just shy of the foot-of-Odd Street docks on the east…so draw a line due west from that. 2)
…wharf to the naval breakwater, and that entire part of the harbor was filled with lashed-together ships: Mistshore. Its southern edge wasn't neatly horizontal; in the middle, it bulged south about half a ship (cog)-length. The Lords then prevented expansion.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2019
Morning (or evening) @TheEdVerse! Quick q, who first drafted the waterdeep code legal? In its current format, Ahghairon and the Palace clerks who worked with him. It's been expanded and modified/clarified many times since. (And of course, the Watch has always decided when to enforce it, and when to look the other way.) Piergeiron was known for leniency.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 15, 2019
