I created the immortal "Spirit Folk" | The Maraloi

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

How would you use these mysterious, ethereal beings in your campaign? Have you ever employed something similar in any of your sessions? Your continued support is what allows me to continue living my dream of working on, and telling stories in, the Realms (and beyond) every day. You have my sincere thanks: patreon.com/EdGreenwood

[@helixxharpell]

Ed.. how did spellplague affect the Mereloi?

[@AdriatikFarma]

Rakshasa - they are mentioned a lot but actually none of them in truth, there is much opened and would be interesting to hear Ed on them as he fit them in many various areas over the realms. But what are rakshasas?

[@theprofessorkeen1911]

Are they truly undead, or simply transformed. Either way, I would fear they would be targeted by many unsavory groups and monsters.

[@johnwolf2829]

I honestly don't know how I could. Perhaps in a D&D//Lovecraftian crossover. As a group, I mean. Individually, they would be great for just about anything, most especially as a recurring nemesis for a Party of the usual suspects.

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

Not really, the closest I ever got to a race like that (but never used in a game, just ideas on paper) was perhaps an ancient tribe of body hopping magic jar abusing elves who's original bodies were all long gone, often used simulacrum bodies, so all mages of course, their civilisation was long fallen but exploring it's ruins you might come across a surviving magic jar with one inside waiting for a new body, something to make the players worry about any gems they found, because I'm mean like that ;) .. [ponders] and not at all close to this at all really, something else entirely, just forget I said anything ;)

[@eddiebendigo7317]

Ed is the only reason DnD is still cool ❤️

[@RavenCoyote]

I must say I do so love these glimpses into the Realms, I miss the books

[@Jeremycook_]

Hello fellow travelers of the Realms

[@joshuaharvey8046]

*Nods head up in acknowledgment* “What up.”

[@LockeCousland]

Hail fellow travelers

[@tentaclestv2476]

Hail and well met.

[@wyattweber9983]

I love that they won't possess people wearing iron, that's a great detail

[@kaijukoopa1248]

Thank you for yet another look into the realms Mr Greenwood

[@Filbi]

I remember the Maraloi being mentioned offhand in the Kara-Tur boxed set and the novel Horselords by David Cook back in the 90s. It's nice to learn some concrete facts about them. Eke Bayalun, the ambitious wife of the Tuigan conqueror Yamun Khahan, was a Maraloi-descended half-elf.

[@MauroFerrarini]

Myriim the ghost dragon under Candlekeep. I can't wait for your indepth analysis of this marvelous dragon. Thank you for your work Ed. From a italian fan of the Realms ❤

[@nashespiritu]

Really enjoy your videos Mr. Greenwood

[@dominictaylor6759]

Thanks Ed for this amazing world for us to escape to ❤

[@Jowjoneking]

Ed, can you give us a better view of the Purple Dragon Knights of Cormyr? Maybe even give us your revamped and much needed improved version of the Fighter subclass. I would love to hear it coming from you.

[@gyorgyor7765]

Anyone else thought this was going to be the fey race of Spirit Folk like River Folk, Bamboo Folk, Mountain Folk?

[@trieze90]

Yes, I did. Wasn't expecting this. Still great.

[@Filbi]

That's what I assumed when I first read about them in Kara-Tur sources in 2nd edition. Perhaps Mountain Folk are descended from humans who were possessed by Maraloi.

[@KeltarDevir]

As someone who's been directing a campaign for more than 15 years focused on The Seldarine. Thank you so much Ed, everything on this video is something nice to know. Also this might be the first piece of new lore from Kara-Tur in maybe decades? Specially from Ama-Basin which is probably the Kara-Tur area with the least lore I think.

[@paul72002]

always look forward to expanding my knowledge here

[@GRIMJAW112796]

FINALLY AN EXPANSION ON THEM, I WAS JUST NEEDING MORE ON THEM

[@frankacciarito6099]

Love all your videos Ed!! Can we get one on the Tuigan horde/war that Azoun won!? Or maybe the Pereghost of Darkhold?

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Pereghost is on my "to do" list. He did get covered in a DM's Guild publication I consulted on!

[@pheralanpathfinder4897]

In my version of the Realms the Tuigan are locked in a brutal conflict with grey orks. While winning most of the fights grey half orcs are growing in numbers within the Tuigan tribes. Will the blood of Grumush run true as the Tuigan are bred into half orc tribes or will they find some way to maintain their culture and way of life. I also have many chromatic dragons battling over the steppes and demanding tribute and service from all those living in the area.

[@jonytequileiro]

Thanks Ed, you're awesome!

[@thedragonknight3600]

I wonder if one day you'll speak of the Steel Dragon Zundaerazylym. I intend on running a campaign with her as the party's patron and it would fun to hear any info you might have on her.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

On the "to do" list!!!

[@therealgorg]

Awesome.

[@gameruldinica5285]

I think I just found a new youtubers to fallow

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

New? My man Ed has been making lore since the 70's or earlier probably.

[@jasen420024]

No surprise 15 views 15 likes with more to come!!

[@pedrostormrage]

I really want to call the Maraloi "ghost elves", though I don't think that describes them completely. They also seem to have a very druidic nature (due to Tarsellis's influence), similar to wood elves. It's suprising they wield arcane magic, since druids gain magical powers either from a deity (divine source) or from nature itself (primal source).

[@DeanNatheos-eq3hl]

Well done Homer of fantasy excellent video and have a good day.

[@RyllenKriel]

Elminster: "The Maraloi are nearly immortal incorporeal spirit elves which can command elementals and possess the bodies of living hosts! Be wary young one." Student: "Master, that sounds terrifying. What can stop them if I ever anger one?" Elminster: (He picks up a simple iron spoon from the table and hands it to his ward with a wink.) "Just keep that in your pocket."

[@ConstantChaos1]

This is quite interesting for my build lol

[@michaelgundel8168]

Hello el/ed interesting been keep the lore coming.

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of Ed Greenwood videos

[@mementomori771]

Really intresting video

[@justinboyett8843]

12:44 what would you know, old man?

[@thenson1Halo]

Quick question. The ancient elven spirits that cast meteor swarm into that ravine in ancient Cormanthor while Elminster was fighting in "Elminster in Myth Drannor". Were they just extremely powerful Balenorns or something else?

[@VelvetSanity]

In maraloi possession, who controls the body? Do the body's owner and the maraloi fight for or share control, or is the maraloi always in control? Are there any Eilistraeen communities in that region? For that matter, we know what the Promenade and Dancing Haven look like, and that communities of worshippers tend to form around temples,but both are in unusual locations (particularly the Promenade) for Eilistraeen temples. What does the typical Eilistraeen community and/or home actually look like? (construction materials will obviously vary by local availability, but beyond that and the typical worship site being in a clearing in the woods, we don't have a lot of info on that topic)

[@Filbi]

Eilistraee isn't well known in the Eastern Realms because there aren't many elves there besides the Maraloi, who don't seem to really be elves at all anymore. The people of the Ama Basin mostly worship nature spirits (Druids and Warlocks rather than Clerics, I think) and maybe occasionally the gods of Shou Lung.

[@andresmarrero8666]

How do you draw blood from an entity that has discarded their physical form?

[@madbrad24]

How do you feel about the Wizards Three rework?

[@theprofessorkeen1911]

Mr. Greenwood, I do believe this is the first time you mentioned about the "Snow Elves". Are they truly a sub variant of the elven race? (like drow) or are they normal elves that live in a colder environs?

[@Bhaalspawn]

I can't remember ever seeing anything on them either.

[@Filbi]

Snow Elves and their god Tarsellis first appeared in Dragon Magazine #155 by David S. Reimer in 1990, and were mentioned again in another article in #236 by Pierce Watters in 1996. They're rumored to live in the Spine of the World mountains south of Icewind Dale and the High Ice glacier north of the Anauroch Desert; they're better documented in the World of Greyhawk, where they're related to the Valley Elves. If I recall correctly they're not too different from regular High Elves but have a unique culture adapted to their environment.

[@theprofessorkeen1911]

@@Filbi That maybe the case, but I would like to hear it from Mr. Greenwood himself.

[@Filbi]

@@theprofessorkeen1911 Quite fair, just pointing out other sources for those interested

[@jonytequileiro]

Ed, how does it interact with Psionics?

[@Tireledhwen]

Elven supremacy

[@deserk]

This is really cool! Didn't know the Maraloi in Kara-Tur were a part of Ed's design. Are the Spirit Folk in the Unapproachable East also the same concept (i.e. spirit elves)?

[@Filbi]

Spirit Folk first appeared in the Oriental Adventures book in 1st edition, by Gary Gygax with David Cook and Francois Marcela-Froideval, and I assume they were created by one of them. I think Unapproachable East was the first time they were mentioned in Faerun, and that was by Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, and Sean K. Reynolds.

[@Ceaudrious]

Does that means the spirit folks of kara-tur are dead eleven ghosts?

[@commiedan84]

47k views a couple hundred likes? Step up folks. Protect the realms.

[@danielhaynas5723]

🤔

[@Keef_DGAF]

Didnt know you were doing the realmspeak thing..is this new? Caught the right pronounciation 1st try..but sorta cheated bc i know ed likes the sound of "seer" so that HAD to be the correct pronounciation on Syr

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

We've been doing them at the end of every episode! There are many ways to pronounce things in the Realms but we have been giving the most common pronunciations to help with folks with their games. I hope you enjoy our previous videos as well!

[@Keef_DGAF]

@@edgreenwoodofficial oh i am a protector ed ..the free kind but i have been since you made it available. I just dont catch every video..i like when you talk about really old things...like vecna

[@tooslow4065]

why would you need these guys when you have balenorn?

[@Vanye111]

Torilian sidhe, in some ways.

[@markgoggin2014]

Blurp for the algorithm

[@visionsogeurope1324]

:)

[@AncientRylanor69]

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[@IdiotinGlans]

This brings up many ideas