Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse
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Volo’s latest favourite delight in Waterdeep is…SteamCelt Resists While Vaccinated @WyrdhavenArts
Ok…but what would El consider a "must try"? I'd rather hear that.
1:53 PM · Nov 9, 2021— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 12, 2021
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Right now in Waterdeep, El would most likely recommend someone try a tatha, visit the City of the Dead, and seek out Old Naecza to talk to.
A tatha is the latest widespread street food of the city, originating with sailors wanting to eat cheap, quickly-served… 2)
…food found in other ports and so supporting one of their own setting up a Dock Ward shopfront, and swiftly spreading. Similar to the “bunny chow” of real-world South Africa, a tatha consists of a hot bread load hollowed out and stuffed with a hotspice fry-mix..#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 12, 2021
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…(rather like a curry) of diced mutton, spring onion or onion or leek, roast fowl (chicken or pigeon) and cooked beans (lima or kidney or chickpeas), using eggs, a seasoning sauce or two, that’s been mashed into little pieces and then formed into a patty before.. 4)
…being put into the loaf.
Elminster wants folk to visit the City of the Dead (by day, of course!) to experience a green, pleasant park in the middle of a crowded city that folk use to snack, stroll and chat, tryst, and honour their dead kin or forebearers in a..#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 12, 2021
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…guild or skill or endeavour. As well as overhear the sometimes-fascinating converse of others as they make deals, gossip, and take a break from their working day.
Old Naecza (pronounced “NAY-sah”) is a wizened old woman who sits on rocks on that spur of Mount… 6)
…Waterdeep that juts out into Castle Ward on most non-harsh-weather days, surrounded by opportunistic seabirds that she doesn’t feed, watching the bustle of the city, humming to herself, and chatting with anyone who happens by. She’s a retired household servant..#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 12, 2021
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…to nobles, Naeczavalla Hintur by name, a masterful cook and a veteran chambermaid, launderer, and seamstress who can make a bed and mend, wash, and iron all the bedlinens at top speed.
However, El doesn’t recommend her for that; he points folk to her for her… 8)
…wide and deep knowledge of the city—not its gossip, rumors, and politics, but shrewdly taking her measure of many, many citizens, high and low, so she knows what interests and goads them, and how they’ll most likely react.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 12, 2021