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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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 Posted - 27 Feb 2026 : 08:52:54
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On dragon form of the Netherese Orogoth family
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2025809231442596126
Feb 23, 2026
@DevonSaggers
The original Netherese Orogoth family sought draconic power and wanted the ability to assume dragon form, and legend holds they succeeded and “transformed themselves into dragons.” If so, what type of dragons do you think they became? House Orogoth | Forgotten Realms Wiki | Fandom
@TheEdVerse
They became black dragons. Some of the first family arcanists to succeed in crafting rituals that would give them dragon form—and let them return to their human forms, so they could switch back and forth at will—were three Orogoth sisters. Eldest to youngest, they were Meireira (“Meer-REAR-ah”), Lashanna, and Olopé. As their brothers struggled to duplicate their magical successes (for the Orogoths of that time were very independent-minded, and although they might aid each other with material components, hints, and advice, they all wanted to master the necessary magics on their own, so they’d not be beholden to each other), the sisters all—working independently, but agreeing on a common goal and sharing information on living dragons they might approach, to play willing or unwilling parts in their researches—sought to duplicate the breath weapons and other abilities of other sorts of dragons, but enjoyed very few successes. Their mother, Rubaerra, did eventually learn how to become black, blue, and red wyrms, but not combine powers of one with another—and shared nothing at all of her magic, so when she eventually perished (torn apart in midair by Klauth) her secrets died with her. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 27 Feb 2026 : 08:56:52
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On Ed's darker version of the Realms
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2026460675313181082 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2026461539755065853 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2026469119931924820 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2026469720212291613
Feb 25, 2026
@DungeonNoir
Would love to know what @TheEdVerse meant by "his own version of the Forgotten Realms, as run in his personal campaign, is much darker than published versions."
https://t.co/Ar8nSNrt6K
@TheEdVerse
I meant that TSR's Code of Conduct when they began publishing the Realms, prohibited evil winning and all mention of fratricide, torture, rape, incest or any darker moment of human behavior; everything had to be "brightened up."
I did NOT mean that FR life was grim.
@TheEdVerse
For instance, the King Lear plot Chris Perkins echoed in STORM KING'S THUNDER would have been impossible back then.
Or even mentioning that Lancelot and Guinevere had a fling while she was married to King Arthur; I had a DRAGON article killed for that very thing.
@DungeonNoir
Oh this is fascinating. Thank you. I did not realize it was so "protected" back then
@TheEdVerse
Oh, yes. Evil could never be seen to triumph (though it could have triumphed offstage, before the events of the presented fiction or game adventure). Not delving into chicanery meant no adult clashing philosophies, politics beyond "the shout and the sword," and so on.
@TheEdVerse
I once suggested a fiction subplot about propaganda: a ruler spreading falsehoods against a powerful noble family to make the public turn against them. The editors were HORRIFIED. Absolutely not! But carving someone up while feasting with them? That was just fine. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 27 Feb 2026 : 09:11:10
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On speaking Common in Sespech
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2025960494893285777 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2026470599166464503
Feb 23, 2026
@TheEdVerse
And of course, it's Little Lore time! Another free lore snippet to enjoy...
https://t.co/7MoAcAbJbe
@XynRaven
This may sound like a foolish question, but I feel the need to ask: Is the common tongue used in Sespech?
@TheEdVerse
Yes. It is the prevalent tongue of the land. Most folk in the Vilhon speak the Common Tongue almost exclusively, larded with borrowed words and phrases from Elvish, Dwarvish, and various other languages, thanks to all the traveling merchants passing through all the time and bringing their words and pet phrases with them. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 27 Feb 2026 : 09:25:02
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On captain Myrkrism and Myrkul
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2027165654751601006 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2027167301313679758
Feb 27, 2026
@Doomprophet115
Does Vraevra's captain Myrkrism have any connections with Myrkul?
@TheEdVerse
Not particularly. They have similar names, but that’s it.
@XynRaven
Speaking of Myrkul, what's he up to since his revival?
You'd think he'd have plots for revenge on a certain devourer of souls, if what the stories are true.
@TheEdVerse
Heh. A video is coming (not soon), but the short answer is: Myrkul has decided to try stealthy intrigue (on his part and that of his senior clergy) because his earlier spread-fear-among-all tactics failed so deeply. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2026 : 06:34:28
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On boiled turds in Neverwinter
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2028915232001712339
Mar 4, 2026
@memeslich
in Neverwinter they serve boiled turds
https://x.com/JUSTcatmeme/status/2028675294601650556
@Zane732
@TheEdVerse Okay, I'm pretty sure this is a joke, but could you confirm that please? I can't think of anyone more an expert to ask.
@TheEdVerse
I have heard some wayfarers say some very harsh things about the cuisine in Neverwinter, but this is a jest. If you boil turds, they become powder: soup. (Don't ask me how I know this. ;}) |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 07:39:42
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On deity venerated by circus performers
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2031093076303765600
Mar 10, 2026
@RebelTransbian
@TheEdVerse which deity in Faerun would circus performers venerate?
@TheEdVerse
Depends on the circus. If it includes a lot of beasts, add Malar to this list.
Primary worship: Milil, and Lliira and Oghma, also Lathander (creativity, athletics).
Lesser nods to Asmodeus (indulgence), Deneir (art, cartography, images, knowledge), Gond (inventiveness), Leira (deception, illusions), Sune (beauty), and Sharess.
Circuses that include exotic performers might also have staff who venerate Loviatar, Savras, and so on (mending services = Gond or a smith deity of the racial pantheon of the smith). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 07:44:35
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On surviving Vyshaan
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2031095490469572978
Mar 10, 2026
@soulfire2570878
Are any Vyshaan still around, do they know their heritage and what are they up to? Thanks Mr. Greenwood!!! Been a fan since I did a book report on The Making of a Mage in 1995.
@TheEdVerse
You’re very welcome, and well met!
There are no Vyshaanti resident on Toril. There are a handful of sun elves descended from that house who lurk in Abeir and on other planes, using other names and with far less power-hungry aims and interests. Most of them are at work on various schemes to win themselves personal powers of great longevity, shapeshifting into forms that have their own abilities, and mastery of arcane magic, with a focus on mythals, planar travel, and the ability to call on the Weave for healing and protection (mantles) while on Toril. A few of them are making brief forays into Toril, posing as adventurers and traders as they explore, work with Harpers and other adventurers, and search for spell scrolls, spellbooks, and magic items they can use. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 07:55:03
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On temple of Torog in Faerun
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2031871877879058574
Mar 12, 2026
@BrzenskaI
Hi ! Mr Greenwood... I wanted to ask. Are there any temples to Torog in Faerun, where an acolyte of the King that Crawls would be able to learn their craft ? Thank you for reading.
@TheEdVerse
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 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 temple to Torog is Orog Goorth, in the Lowerdark. It’s in the Deeps, or Great Bhaerynden, some 20 miles beneath the Shaar. I you could stand on the surface and look down as if everything was translucent, and you drew a line due east from Oozing Ruin and due north from Lightdrinker, where the two lines met is the cavern that Orog Goorth fills.
If you’re looking for something near the surface, a cult of Torog (almost entirely composed of humans with an interest in mining, or spelunking, or the Underdark) has a shrine to the King That Crawls in a cellar of a dockside warehouse in Innarlith, and there’s another (a cult of the wealthy and self-styled nobles of the Vilhon Reach) that meets in member’s mansions in Mimph.
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 08:00:58
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On Sossal and the Sossrim
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2032339836368011585
Mar 13, 2026
@Estilon01
I might be the only person on the planet that cares about this, do you have anything interesting to share about Sossal and the Sossrim? I'm interested in knowing about any notable places in the area and their culture.
@TheEdVerse
Yes, and I've put a lot of it into an upcoming video (on my Patreon and on my Facebook channel). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 08:23:13
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On role of breast milk in alchemical practices
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2032341317699731555
Mar 13, 2026
@TheEdVerse
Belated Realmslore Reply:#128286;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 magically innate species impart some of their energies into their secretions?
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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 milk plays varies widely. In general, it can be used to spur an egg of SOME other species into hatching, as it’s protein-rich (for fuel) and filled with ingredients that actively spur growth and development. It’s also used as a component in some successful healing potion recipes.
Species that have innate magic do indeed impart their Gift into their secretions, as well as something of their innate powers (darkvision or flying or shapeshifting, for example), so these could be used, respectively, as part of ointments or potions that conferred darkvision or flying or shapeshifting.
The successes and failures of such alchemy should be a matter of roleplaying. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 12:10:16
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On resurrecting The Simbul
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2033336548498784404 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2033365127500583271
Mar 16, 2026
@AshendaFiremyst
@TheEdVerse Is there any chance of The Symbul could be resurrected? Asking for a friend (me). She was, after all, my favorite of the seven. Red Wizards would be terrified! Teeheehee
@TheEdVerse
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. 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 the Weave” everywhere it extends (throughout Realmspace) and watch, listen, and speak. She has already, obviously with the full approval of Mystra, several times animated unconscious, feebleminded, disminded, comatose, and other living bodies that don’t have an active mind in charge, and used them for a time. Elminster has done this, too, sometimes with bodies whose resident minds he had to conquer. Leaving the ethics of doing so aside for the moment (it’s something I was deliberately exploring in Realms fiction), it is possible: so The Simbul could “come back” if she saw the need.
Will she? That’s up to your DM—and if you’re the DM, up to you.
@XynRaven
Is this standard for othere deities and their Chosen?
@TheEdVerse
No. Other deities might appoint new Chosen or Champions, but they lack any means of preserving the sentience of lost ones (the Weave is Mystra, and is Mystra's means). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 12:16:47
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On tools for writing underwater
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2033772126923034751
Mar 16, 2026
@IanWanderer
@TheEdVerse Question. What methods did aquatic races, such as the tritons or sea elves, use to write underwater?
@TheEdVerse
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 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 “foot.” It will exude a purple-black slime that doesn’t dissolve in water, and can be scrape-collected, or “caught” in the same way one can scoop a cylinder of real-world toothpaste that’s squeezed out of a tube underwater, and put in any sort of slime-tight container (such as a cork-stoppered or screwtop-secured potion vial). Use a stone or fire-hardened wood stylus to dip into this and write with it; when applied to a shell or rock or mica surface (or even wood, though the wood itself can be eaten away by marine worms over time, or rot), the snail slime forms an ink that hardens and lasts, in both dry sunny or shady damp out of water conditions, and underwater (fresh, brackish, or salt).
@CoffellAle61257
What am I going to do with this silver stylus?
@TheEdVerse
Oho, it has SO many alchemical uses and material component uses that you should get yourself scores of the things, perhaps hundreds. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 13:05:52
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On who claims the soul of a sacrifice
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2033770085060403257
Mar 17, 2026
@FrozenFinder2
@TheEdVerse A recent Reddit post brought up the question of, where does a creature's soul go if it is sacrificed in the name of a deity?
If Sharrans sacrifice a Selunite in Shar's name, does the soul get stolen by Shar or does Selune retain her claim over it?
Thank you!
@TheEdVerse
Belated Realmslore Reply Department: back on Sept 10 of last year, Frozen @FrozenFinder2 asked me: A recent Reddit post brought up the question of, where does a creature's soul go if it is sacrificed in the name of a deity?
If Sharrans sacrifice a Selunite in Shar's name, does the soul get stolen by Shar or does Selune retain her claim over it?
Herewith, a lore reply:
Many deities, and their clergies because they have told their clergies so, believe that if a living mortal is sacrificed in the name of the deity, that deity gains their soul. This isn’t true: souls go to the control of the deity the living being cleaved to more than any other deity (served more, believed in more, etc.). |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 13:15:27
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On shadowstuff in the Material plane
https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2033771458934067635
Mar 17, 2026
@franknsimmons
I have a very small lore question that for some reason has come up in my group's home game.
Are normal shadows, like from the sun, on the material plane made of shadowstuff, or have any connection to the Shadowfell, or are they just a dark spot like in real life?
@TheEdVerse
They are just a dark spot like in real life, UNLESS they happen to be located in a spot shadow magic was cast on that still strongly radiates that enchantment, or that a "shadow trap" spell has been cast on, to deliberately make a natural shadow into shadowstuff. |
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questing gm
Master of Realmslore
Malaysia
1937 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2026 : 13:24:06
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
On words for whip or lash:
@gkrashos
Hi Ed, having a play for Eric. As usual. What would be the elven word for whip/lash (noun), please? What about for the drow? If you are feeling generous, the Alzhedo (Calishite) term would be nice too. You know, slavers and all that...
@TheEdVerse
Whip or lash (the item): elven: nyrhlas; drow: neirt; Alzhedo: dazar
Whipping or lashing (the deed): elven: nyrtlassa; drow: neirtarr; Alzhedo: tuldazrim
#Realmslore
https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1252369327749120004 https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1252373497248010240 https://x.com/TheEdVerse/status/2031863291484545465
Mar 12, 2026
@Lokali9
Drow for whip = elgluth
@TheEdVerse
That's the long "drover's whip" that can deal with/reach pack lizards or groups of slaves in harness, etc.
@M_M_Storyteller
oh, I always assumed that Elgluth was the name of the snake whips since it comprised the words Elgg (death, destroy/kill/slay) + Luth (cast/throw/hurl) which implies that the 'whip' not one that simply a tool to force compliance through pain is a 'caster of death'.
@TheEdVerse
The drow catch-all term for whips is neirt (singular and plural the same(, and whipping or lashing is neirtarr. Snake whips are kaptarr (from “kap” = fang + “tarr” = lash). Drover’s whips, which range from 30-60 feet long and are carried coiled on a drover's shoulder, so they come down at full or partial stretch at the direction of a skilled drover, are known as elgluth because they can readily kill a drow by breaking their neck or crushing their skull—or smash them to the ground senseless or with broken arms or shoulders, if the drover desires that, instead. Being as such whippings happen far more often in public than someone getting taken down deliberately with a snake whip (as snake whips are usually used for intimidation), drow in everyday usage dubbed drover’s whips with the “death through whipping” name, and it stuck. |
Edited by - questing gm on 21 Mar 2026 13:27:19 |
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