@TheEdVerse How long was it since the creation of the Material Plane? There's lore that the Blood War started before the creation of other planes, but are there any records of how long ago was that? #DnD

— DMPaulG – Minauros Unchained @ DMsGuild (@DMPaulG) March 4, 2020

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No one knows; to everyone alive today, it’s “always been there.” Much of what we know about long-ago times, divine doings, and matters on other planes (such as the Blood War) comes from folk tales, retold and exaggerated 2)
…many times down the centuries, and temple teachings/priests’ tales, which are propaganda at best. Our dating goes back 35,000 years before the “zero” year of Dalereckoning (which has currently reached the 1490s), and the…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 4, 2020