Sir Greenwood, one of the Rangers in our party was given a personal gift as a surprise side effect of a Luck Blade’s Wish charge autographed by one G. Windstrom of the Divine Windstroms & as a result player + character are contemplating taking on a clerical nature /1 To add to her Rangeritude.
My question is, as a special treat for her player, would you be so generous as to lay a little Gwaeron lore on us all as a bit of fun? Please? He’s just treated as *such* a footnote in products. We’re pre-Time of Troubles late 1e Box era.
/thanks 💕— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) January 12, 2020
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Gwaeron Windstrom, the Tracker Who Never Goes Astray, is the patron of rangers in the North (all across Faerûn, but he seems to manifest in full human form more in the Sword Coast than elsewhere, including often chasing 2)
…trolls across the Evermoors; he’s said to sleep in Gwaeron’s Slumber, a stand of blueleaf trees surrounded by a ring of duskwoods, due west of Triboar). He usually appears when mortals (including a ranger who venerates him) …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020
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…are hopelessly lost, to silently blaze a trail for them, to a road, refuge, or familiar locale from which they can readily navigate to safety. He may also appear when mortals are beset by trolls, to rout the trolls; Gwaeron’s 4)
…signature battle move is to impale a troll on his greatsword, Flameheart, cause (by silent will) the sword to burst into flame and so cook the troll so it won’t regenerate, then by swinging the sword overhead, fling the troll…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020
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…corpse away (often to bowl over other trolls, or to join a heap that closes a wall or gap, to protect the rear of mortals trying to defend themselves in a ‘last stand’ against superior numbers of trolls).
Gwaeron’s avatar is 6)
…a tall human male, stripped to the waist, who has a long white beard and long, flowing white hair. His eyes are sky blue, and can even glow sky blue in the dark, or when he’s angry or moved. He is customarily silent and…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020
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…calm, slow to anger—but if he loses his temper, is frightening in his rage. He usually instructs by silent gesture and example, not by speech. If his avatar doesn’t appear, he may manifest as a silently hovering or flying 8)
…white star, small and at about chest level for a tall human, except to ‘hop’ over obstacles, that leads the way to safety (through a thick forest, or to a path or cavern or spring of drinking water or way out through…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020
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…darkness). He will never aid followers of Malar, and instead will work against them. He is worshipped by druids, rangers, and troll hunters. He often appears to teach rangers who venerate Mielikki how to read even the most 10)
…minute and subtle of signs, to track beasts through wild places and across almost all terrain.
His teachings to them are to never needlessly burn brush or the forest, nor fell trees, and to embrace the wild and its ways… #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020
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…rather than to fear it; “civilized” folk can live in harmony with the wilderlands rather than having any need to ‘tame’ them. Hunt for need, not for sport, and never be cruel to animals, nor drive them from their nests or 12)
…dens. Keep to the roads and trails rather than making new ones, but use your skills to find your own way without clearing or disturbing (leave as few signs of your own passage as possible); the way of least disturbance, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020
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…through wild places and through life, is the best way.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 12, 2020