Was Neverwinter ever part of Phalorm? Waterdeep rejected the alliance initially, but later joined, but Neverwinter had the assistance of Palarandusk during that era.
Phalorm claimed land in the region, but did they ever have dominion over the city itself?@TheEdVerse
— Dyson Logos (@DysonLogos) January 17, 2019
Cool. They did have an unnamed castle in the woods near Neverwinter, so I was curious.
— Dyson Logos (@DysonLogos) January 17, 2019
1/2) Heh. That castle was not unnamed. I drew the original map for it in 1979, and named it. ;}
Alex hath the right of it. Neverwinter was never part of Phalorm. And there was a huge difference between Phalorm proper, the "wide patrol area" Phalorm maintained to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 17, 2019
2/2) …give themselves advance warning of orc hordes and other armies on the move, and the "this is all ours, so keep off" claim made by waving at maps, but doing nothing beyond scouting on the ground. ;}#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 17, 2019
Awesome, thanks!
So, as the obvious follow-up question, what was the name of the castle that became Cragmaw castle in the modern era? 1/2) It was one of three identical-layout "Castle Crag" fortresses, all built and designed by the same man, Konstal Cragar (whom very few humans knew was a mere front for a dwarf stronghold-building firm run by Clan Blackstone). TSR wanted all name duplications…#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 17, 2019
2/2) …gone from the Realms to Dispel Confusion, so my "demon and devil both named Astaroth, so be VERY careful when summoning" went away, so did the Castle Crags, and all that survived was a handful of humans (Torm, Helm) sharing names with gods (there were many).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 17, 2019
Postscript: The other two Castle Crags were in Cormyr (became Castle Kilgrave in the TSR-published Realms) and (ruined and overgrown) in Shadowdale.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 17, 2019