Ed Greenwood

Creator of the Forgotten Realms® and a myriad of other worlds, universes, and shared settings. Avid tea-drinker and swashbuckler. He/him, accepting of all.

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

And after every Lost Lore comes a (free) Little Lore, and here it is!

https://t.co/cwKBPg3BHQ

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@RenMasaoAnkoku Yes. "Ghettoes" or any all-folks-alike neighbourhoods seldom happen in Waterdeep (the Warrens being the only major exception); life in that city works far better with everyone mingling.
#realmslore

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

No, the Shou found it far better, in tolerant "we trade with anyone" Waterdeep, to spread out everywhere, not found "their own" neighbourhood.
However, there are some Shou eateries and food/spices/incense/silks shops on the Street of Nine Steps.
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[APoD @OfficialAPoD]

Dear Saer @TheEdVerse, one of my players is asking if there’s a Shou Town in Waterdeep? Somewhere in South Ward, maybe?

What does the great sage say? #RealmsLore

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@YoDanno @osgamer74 I have been trying to "reconstruct" it for years. I had so little time to "fix" the shortened version that I had to cannibalize my reference photocopy of the original MS (sent to TSR; I kept photocopies in case the post offices/customs lost originals) to do a rescue draft.

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

The bay that is north of the letters "YIK" (in the map tag "Yikarian Empire") on that map is Artagh's Bay.
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[Werthead @Werthead]

@TheEdVerse Always good to get Utter East lore, especially given how none of the sources really seem to agree with one another. Would this be the correct area?

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@YoDanno @osgamer74 SPELLFIRE was written in July and August of 1986, but was drastically shortened, in-house, in the winter of 1987 as Book Department plans (and personnel) changed.

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@KennethProven @A_DungeonDelver Eric Menge, who heads Realmsbound, should have an answer for this at the Realmsbound seminar at GenCon in a week. Also, hopefully, what region of the Realms will be explored next!

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@Doomprophet115 The precise extent to which arcane spell wielders (as opposed to clerics) should be allowed to develop successful, working spells to control/compel/destroy undead. They were agreeing on details, not arguing.
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[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@ThomasF31849387 I will scout around for copies. If I find one, I'll let you know!

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

1)
The book was published under license from the Folklore designers, Nick Blain and Will Donovan, and when I shut down TEGG I returned the rights to them, so they can reprint the book. I don’t think they have. I can’t legally sell it now, and only have my own two copies, so...

[Thomas Fogarty @ThomasF31849387]

@TheEdVerse Hello Sir, you are one of my favorite authors and I just discovered you wrote a book in my favorite board game universe titled Folklore the Affliction: The Whispering Skull. How would I go about purchasing that book. Thank you.

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

I forewarned that this would be late due to my attending the SUPERB small convention that is EGGCon, so here it finally is:
https://t.co/xrHB5qGHAm

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

@RicardMobey2971 Most of the Tethyrian coast isn't very warm water, thanks to currents and prevailing storms, but the sheltered southeasternmost Firedrake Bay (south of Mosstone) and some of the small bays south of Myratma will work.
#realmslore

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

The small "indent" bays east of Sheirtalar as the coast turns south there; warm enough, but there's lots of fishing, shipping, and pollution. The weresharks would have to keep low profiles to avoid trouble.
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[My Name, Stormbreaker Maxim @RicardMobey2971]

@TheEdVerse Maychance, anything near the Western coasts of the Border Kingdoms?

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

6)
..voices to guide, and communicate eloquently only in the dreams of faithful. As they gain power, they can confer more powerful spells, and “send them” into the world as cast magic, out of their altars or out of chosen mortals (such as a priest or cult leader).
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[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

1)
To manifest in Realmspace, a deity has to be worshipped there: mortals who dwell somewhere in Realmspace have to pray to, or dedicate deeds and services and offerings to, the god by name. If it’s only a handful of mortals, an already-resident deity will likely...
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[Intestinal Bookworms @IntestinalBookW]

@TheEdVerse how do interloper deities get a foothold in the realms? Like, if someone got really religious about hygiene would the Greek Goddess Hygieia appear in the realm? Would she be a full blown god or would she have to start at a cult level and work her way up?

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

5)
..near-nobodies, no matter what their power or status is elsewhere, their power growing with their influence, as more and more mortals of the Realms hear of them and decide to make offerings to them or perform prayers.
Demigods usually manifest as images or...
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[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

3)
..mentioned, due south of the Mhair Jungles); Tashtan Bay (in eastern Tashalar, the bay east of the Dolphingulf and west of Sammarash); and Artagh's Bay (the first bay west of the western border of Konigheim, in the Utter East).
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[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

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The two best locations (combining warm waters with abundant fish as food, little urban pollution, and little urban traffic/shark hunters) would be Untraal Bay ("Un-TRAWL," and draw out the length of the "AWL") on The Wild Coast (that's the south side of Chult, ...
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[My Name, Stormbreaker Maxim @RicardMobey2971]

@TheEdVerse I hit upon the idea of an insignificant fishing village along the Sea of Swords. Where along the Sea if Swords, other than Calimshan or North of Baldur's Gate (or Waterdeep), would be an ideal location for a school of Weresharks. I'm looking for warm waters.

[Ed Greenwood @TheEdVerse]

2)
..the wide bay between The Peaks of Flame and the western end of the Sanrach Mountains), and the Selgut (the firth that drains the Lapal Sea into the greater ocean to the south).
Second-rank locations include Mhairal Bay (the bay east of the firth I've just...
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