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Department Of Belated Realmslore Once More:
Hawakhuri @sebastiansanti1 asked: "Hi @TheEdVerse I’ve got a question: how are the churches of Mystra and Helm getting on these days? Is there still some resentment between them over what happened during ‘the time of troubles’, or.. 2)
..has that animosity between them now subsided? Many thanks"

My response:
The churches of Mystra and Helm get along these days, albeit a touch formally and warily. It’s been agreed between them, largely as a result of Mystra herself manifesting to speak from...
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Department of Belated Realmslore Once More!
Josh Kellemen @JoshKellemen
RETURN OF THE ARCHWIZARDS suggests that prior to Mystral’s death, part of what allowed magic (at least of non-elven-high-magic type) to reach such heights was that Shar had not yet been able..
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..to split?/exploit? the weave into weave and shadow weave. Is that accurate?

My response:

Split? No. Exploit, yes. Shar couldn’t take over the Weave; Mystra is more powerful and IS the Weave—and can cut off Shar’s practical access to magic in any battle by...
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Department of Belated Realmslore Once More!
Intestinal Bookworms @IntestinalBookW
@TheEdVerse what would happen to the soul of a non-elf who decided to worship the Seldarine? Or a non-dwarf who devoted themselves to Moradin?

My response:
The Realms is...
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..polytheistic; only clergy, paladins, and zealots worship a single deity. For every entity, after death, their soul should—if gods don’t meddle or there aren’t other unusual factors in play—end up before the deity they venerated most in life. By that, I mean..
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Department of Belated Realmslore Once More!
Solaris Wesson @SolarisWesson
@TheEdVerse The game I am running is coming to a close and my party is about to find the door that the Primordial Ubtao locked Dendar the Night Serpent behind. Can you provide a better description of... 2)
...that door?
The books I’ve read simply say "gargantuan iron door"

My response:

Envisage a double door, not a single door, two side-by-side panels forty feet wide and ninety feet high. The hinges are hidden “behind” the door and their turning parts concealed...
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Department Of Belated Realmslore, Latest:
June 9, this year:
Cogitans @MundoSociedade
My dear Master @TheEdVerse, is there any sword-wielding warrior in the Realms capable of causing trouble and a headache for Elminster, assuming they can employ mystical artifacts to do so? 2)
I then replied:
There are a great many of them, which is one of the reasons he (and the other Chosen) are always so busy.
Cogitans @MundoSociedade responded:
Could you give me an example? I was running an epic campaign where he appears, but my players wanted to use him as a...

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The Department of Belated Realmslore Returns!
Herewith, a reply to:
Mihmille @mihmille
@TheEdVerse does Azana Winter still serve as the lord of Eveningstar? What is her background?

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My reply:
Yes, she’s still “Lady Lord of Eveningstar” (the title she prefers) today.
She was just thirty years old in 1485 DR, when she appeared in MENACE OF THE UNDERDARK, so in 1501 DR, she’s 46 summers old. She’s the great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter..
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Department of Belated Realmslore Replies Again:
Doomprophet @Doomprophet115 asked me:
Bane has black hair and also a fiendish raven called Koravis. He tried to overthrow Jergal the god of death, murder and strife. I can’t help but notice the similarities between...
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..him and the Raven Queen. Are they related? Possibly by blood?

Ed saith:
There is no blood relationship between them, nor any friendship. Bane admires the Raven Queen and seeks to “ape” her style—hence his raven.
The Raven Queen loathes him, considering him a...
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Department of Belated Realmslore Replies Again: back on February 2, Xyn Raven @XynRaven asked:
On the subject of Auril, how does her presence in the Prime affect her?
I hear that she spends much of her time in Icewind Dale rather than her Divine Realm, unlike...
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..most deities
But the same can be said for some such as Gwaeron Windstrom
How does this affect their immortality?

Ed saith:
It has no effect at all on their immortality.
Gods who bide on Prime Material Planes do so because they enjoy the locale, or because...
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Department of Belated Realmslore Replies Again: Josh Kellemen @JoshKellemen asked:
Has there ever been a prominent philosopher in the realms that has argued an platonic/Aristotelian/thomist position that given the existence of "good" as an externally real thing/idea/concept, it.. 2)
..follows that there is a non-contingent being that created good?

Ed saith:
Many sages and even guilds and local councillors debate ethics, and always have, but in the Realms, such arguments and debates are almost always made most loudly and consistently by..
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Department of Belated Realmslore Replies Again: back on Feb 28th, Justin @Justins4wd asked me:
The grand history of the realms mentions Gorathil a creature from the Lower Planes that attacked the halflings of Marrduin on Orlumbor in the Year of the Amber Hulk 310 DR.
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Think you could give some context on Gorathil?

Sure. Gorathil is the “Amber Hulk” Augathra the Mad foretold of in her Roll of Years, and was a Lycosidilith (tanar’ri demon) of amber hue (but black, furry legs and underbelly) and unusually large size, a...
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Department Of Truly Belated Realmslore:
Back on May 17th of 2025, Celeste Millennium Edition
@unnui asked me "Regarding the tails of Tieflings. Considering they can have different forms and shapes, are they made of bone or cartilage? if they are made of bone, ...
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..can they be used as a slashing weapon?"

Well, I finally got to this query (sorry!), so herewith an answer:
The tails of tieflings are made of both bone and cartilage; they have vertebrae (disc-shaped bones) like a human spine does, and these vertebrae have...
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Belated Realmslore Replies Department:
IanTheWanderer @IanWanderer
asked me: "What methods did aquatic races, such as the tritons or sea elves, use to write underwater?"
Herewith, a Realmslore reply:
The slime of the little brown tetcher snail, which is very...
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..abundant in saltwater shallows, can be harvested without harming the little critter (they’re about the size of the end-joint of a delicate adult human hand) by gently detaching them from whatever they’re resting upon and immediately pushing upwards on their..
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Belated Realmslore Replies Department: Back on a December 1st,
Ashenda Firemyst I VTuber, Epilepsy Advocate
@AshendaFiremyst
Asked me:
Is there any chance of The Symbul could be resurrected? Asking for a friend (me). She was, after all, my favorite of the seven. ... 2)
Red Wizards would be terrified! Teeheehee

Herewith, appending apologies for taking so long, is my reply:
While Mystra has thus far shown no signs of resurrecting any of her “fallen” Chosen, The Simbul exists as a Voice in the Weave, a sentience that can “ride...
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Belated Realmslore Reply:
🔞InterruptingOctopus @OctoInterrupter
You certainly don't shy away from answering questions pertaining to breasts and their functions within TFR, so lemme ask a question: What role, if any, does breast milk play in alchemical practices? Do... 2)
...magically innate species impart some of their energies into their secretions?
[answer begins:]
Being as many alchemists are making things up as they go along, experimenting from notes (written by predecessors) that are often very fragmentary, the role breast...
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Long-ago Realmslore requests answer time:
Rico Brzenska Supremacy @BrzenskaI
Hi ! Mr Greenwood... I wanted to ask. Are there any temples to Torog in Faerûn, where an acolyte of the King that Crawls would be able to learn their craft?

Answer:
Yes. However, the...
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..Lowerdark is where Torog lurks, and the closest temple to the surface world is in the Middledark directly under Nethjet in Thay (about six miles straight down). This temple, known as Orog Nai, isn’t located near any city or town.
A much larger and better-known..
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Sorry for the delay in replying, George! I was offline and incommunicado from Sunday past until late yesterday.
So, the five islands: the big one (the site of Bhaluin) is Maharaal. Rocky outcrops and ravines in its northern third, descending to a swamp, then...
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https://twitter.com/gkrashos/status/2023320570126008692

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...thick jungle south of that (many rubber trees, lots of hunting snakes and birds of all sorts and descriptions, also a lot of perytons and a few reclusive ophidians, but no settlements or roads; it’s wilderness with wild bananas and coconuts galore).
The four...
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Back on July 3rd, Rico Brzenska Supremacy @BrzenskaI asked:
"Are there any well known Hoarites monasteries in the Realms? Would be for building a character with the hermit background."

Herewith, a lore reply:
Yes, I know of two (and there are likely more, well...
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..to the south of these).
The House of Vengeance, a small stone monastery that crowns a high crag in the northeastern Omlarandin Mountains (on the other side of the northern end of the mountain range from the city of Saradush).
and:
Doom House, which fills a...
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Back on Feb 4 (Twitter won't me go back far enough to reply directly, sorry), Spik3 @Spike_4247 asked me:
" Is there any source of reliable information on what is in the short volume called "The Faceless Lord" written by Tasha? My players came along it in a...
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...campaign and they are very interested what's inside, but I can't seem to find any info on it."

Herewith, a lore reply:
The Faceless Lord has only eighty pages, and is “tall and thin” (its pages aren’t as wide as the proportions of most books). That’s because..
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Back on Oct 29th, Umbpeon @umbpeon asked:
"Hey @TheEdVerse, I had a question about Changelings in D&D.
How would you describe their shapeshifting abilities from their perspective? I always imagined it as akin to flexing a muscle or holding onto a specific...
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...headspace, but I've never heard any official word on the topic."

Herewith, a lore reply:

It’s both: you the changeling will yourself to shift shape, a particular feeling that’s a specific state of
concentrating akin to deliberately shifting the focus of...
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Another Realmslore Answer!
DM Mark Moonfang @Mark_Moonfang
@TheEdVerse
Dear Mr. Greenwood.
What is a Fist of Gond (Doohicky)?
I'm about to drop my players into the High House of Wonders, so I want to let them see all kinds of wonders that the ones pushing the limits of... 2)
technology in Faerun are creating. And I learned about this little item.
But I can't find out what it is!
If you don't know, let me know of some other ideas, features, or other aspects I should toss into the High House for them to gawk at.
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Another Realmslore Answer:
Robert Baber @PeeperPoppins
Mr Greenwood, I wanted to ask about the Hollow Mountain, also known as Mount GrimmerFang has always fascinated me, what was the life of this kingdom like before it was abandoned? And are there any dwarves who still seek... 2)
...to find it again?
Answer:
Both Ologh and Grimmerfang were tyrants, smart but ruthless orcs who ruled through fear and oppression, and life inside the mountain during both of their reigns was very hierarchical and harshly-policed, with frequent patrols, female...
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