Shayan Ghorbanian @ShayanFilmStuff@TheEdVerse
in the 14th century, Waterdeep's Harbour was very clear, but by 1479 it had become brown and murky. Under Laeral, has the harbour cleared up? Also, how did the merfolk let it get so dirty?— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2020
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First, Mistshore was burned to get rid of most of it—which means everything aboard the ships plunged down into the harbor when the fire reached vessel waterlines. Not only did that dump poisons and even some living aquatic… 2)
…monsters into the harbor, the taint killed some merfolk and forced many of them to relocate away into the Outer Harbour to avoid being sickened and dying.
Very shortly thereafter, some of the Xanathar’s agents diverted some…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2020
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…sewers to give themselves more subterranean space—and a lot more foulness began to flow daily into the harbour. Merfolk who tried to fix the latter were slaughtered by an undead eye of the deep Xanathar servitor. 4)
The Xanathar’s reach is long.
However, Laeral’s is even longer, so that servitor is gone and remedial sewer work has been done and some mighty spells cast, and the harbour waters are clearing up.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) May 9, 2020