This character from my FIRST BOOK is finally getting their story told

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Are there any other characters that you think have gone far too long without being explained or highlighted? Leave them in the comments! Also, please consider supporting my work on Patreon by becoming a Protector of the Realms. It's what allows me to continue working on the Realms every day: patreon.com/EdGreenwood

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

He certainly is. Not your average villain!@@anthonyfields420

[@timolynch149]

I have always had a weak spot for Alias and her companions. In a way it would be nice to think she just got to live out her life and had her happy ending, of course, but she just never got mentioned again. I also thought that Halaster Blackcloack deserved better than what Dungeon of the Mad Mage did with him.

[@helixxharpell]

Lady Saharel Ed. Any Arch Lich surviving the fall of Netheril is worth your pen & and paper, sir.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Coming up!! @@helixxharpell

[@helixxharpell]

@@edgreenwoodofficial Wonderful! I await with baited breath!

[@Old_Wizard_Minis]

In 88 I was 11 and received Spellfire as a gift from my friend/DM. I've probably read it 20+ times and still have the og copy. Also whenever I need a random roving npc band of adventures I name them "The Company of the Bright Spear"

[@Jeremycook_]

Spellfire was the first Forgotten Realms book I ever read. That was 30yrs ago and now I've gotta be closing on a 100. Thank you Ed for the countless hours of enjoyment just one of your creations has given me.

[@roguedexx938]

Mine too

[@doublestarships646]

This man probably has the most magical mind ever lol. All his memories of working in D&D, the people he met, the books he wrote. Copy this man's brain.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Heh. I'm not done yet! Working on new projects (and a long-promised story) today!

[@rcschmidt668]

Take that copy and overwrite the minds of the leaders at WotC.

[@doublestarships646]

@@edgreenwoodofficial Powerful!

[@nathanscarlett4772]

​@edgreenwoodofficial I hope you have enough money for everything you created because just listening to you talk about this world is a delightful recess from the world we live in. Thank you, sir, for your noble endeavor!

[@Mike_W78]

This always makes me fill old. Ed mentions a book and I say I got that. Then he mentions 1987 and my age hits me.

[@chainsawsubtlety9828]

Same.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Heh. Same for me, too. I was born in the 1950s!

[@Mike_W78]

@@edgreenwoodofficial well thanks for the amazing books and the shock to my age.

[@igormorais4192]

That was the first book I read, I was a child in the early 90s and this created my love for DnD. It is a shame I didnt get to hear more from Shandril over time

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Awww, Spellfire! I love that book!

[@Bronthus]

Please never stop these videos! I’ve just discovered this channel and it’s like a dream come true. Forgotten Realms has been my favourite setting since the 80s Hail and well met Ed of the greenwood

[@Everescale]

Thank you for sharing your world ❤

[@bjrnendregskaland7336]

I do remeber her from your book Mr Greenwood. Might want to bring her back in one of my games in the future :)

[@bobombnik1817]

As a teenager I got my introduction to D&D rooted books with Dragonlance, but Spellfire was the first Forgotten Realms book I ever picked up. I was never interested in Drizzt, which seemed to be the majority of the FR novels at the time. I loved the Spellfire book, and it got me into picking up more things!

[@Sempermortis84]

I love manshoon.

[@grislyghost]

This content is a real treasure! Thank you so much.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

You're very welcome!

[@RogerFlynt966]

still own my copy of Spellfire from like '91-'92. Shandril was always one of my favorite characters....many thanks Grand Weaver of Tales 🙏

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

You're very welcome!

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

Spellfire was one of the first Forgotten Realms books I ever read and had no idea what the Forgotten Realms really where. Back then Any RPG books were hard to get here in Germany. For example, the Mystara Setting was practically unknown around here. But back to Spellfire. What I like about that novel the most to this day is that we see what happens, probably to many, adventurers in the Realms. They simply die, because they walk into something they have no hope to beat or survive. Not that I dislike the rest of the book, but that is something that, to this day, is rarely shown.

[@imolate]

Mr. Greenwood. i have been a fan of your world for close to 30 years by now. I just want to say thank you for your creation, and that i am thrilled to see more of that deep lore.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

You're very welcome! I will keep the lore coming!

[@Starglyte]

Spellfire was the first Forgotten Realms I read. I remember be very confused because I got into Toril during 2nd edition, and Spellfire predated the Time of Troubles.

[@venkelos6996]

This was a lot of fun! I've been a total Forgotten Realms fan since the late 90s, and frequently tried to absorb as much detail of the heavily detailed setting as possible, so hearing the neat, detailed backstory of this NPC was great! I find it also funny as two of my favorite "recent" characters I have used only exist because Manshoon (one of them; the one who remained in Zhentil Keep, in 1370 DR) created them. Each is a mutually exclusive variant of clone he made; one of an enemy he sought to control, and the other one of his own backup bodies, that gained sentience without the soul of the individual moving into it, so I guess I'm more fond of the Manyfaced Mage than I probably should be, and learning about another of the people associated with him was a great way to spend time!

[@KRayne27]

It is cool to finally have the story behind the character.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

The Shadowsil has always been a underrated/overlooked antagonist in my opinion

[@christopheroneill77]

Loved "Spellfire" what a great meger of characterization introducing new mechanics and edition shift only wish there would have been more :)

[@DoubtfireClubWGPowers]

Egads! Its Ed.

[@watchinghh]

I LOVED that book. I read it 3 or 4 times because it got left at my familys ranch and whenever I was bored as a kid I would sit in the pasture and read it.

[@watchinghh]

I'm really glad you posted this. I still have the book in my bookcase. Great reason to pick it up and reread it. Thanks as always Ed!

[@matthewboyd3653]

Spellfre was my first Forgotten Realms novel and a firm favorite.

[@thomasdoll2488]

SPELLFIRE was my first D&D novel, a guy I worked with was getting rid of them and he let me pick out what I wanted.

[@kodoyama]

So much nostalgia and fondness for Spellfire - the first Realms book I ever read as a 14 year old in 1990. Just re-read it recently and still love it as much as I did the first time. I’m just getting heavily back into the Realms again now over 30 years later and there’s SO much to enjoy!

[@MBCGRS]

Spellfire was the first Forgotten Realms novel I ever read. In 1988 I believe. About the time I started playing AD&D. Played a 8 year campaign through high school and university. Good times...

[@GreatCaesarsGhost1111]

Your 1st book Ed is the first book I ever read cover to cover. Thank you for bringing the joy of reading into my life.

[@jeanlucdupuis]

Thanks Ed! I’m new to the Realms novels and DnD as a hobby, just finished Crown of Fire. I could tell that there was a lot more to be said when she died by Elminster in Spellfire and boy did you answer that! Thanks for sharing the Realms with us 😺

[@JaWick_WitaStick]

Great video ed!!!

[@pwillet]

by the way the thumbnail was set up. it looked like Ed was more than Mashoon's lover :P

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Hey, I'm tired enough as it is!

[@matthewsinclair4322]

If I understand Mulhorand correctly, some of the egyptian gods rule together through mortal incarnations, setting aside personal conflicts. But do they play these conflicts out in Mulhorand on a minor scale, or do they put them aside entirely and play them out on other worlds instead? Also, is there a clear hierarchy to the gods’ incarnations or do they all have equal political power?

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Neither. They vie for power all the time, their influence waxing and waning, so not equal--but also, not a clear (undisputed) hierarchy. The gods dispute among themselves all the time. Other incarnations of these gods fight each other on other worlds, as well.

[@GM_Joe]

I love your content

[@roberthughes707]

Thank you for the lore

[@WizardlyCowboy]

I didn't know that was your first book. Lol. I just picked up a copy after seeing it on Thriftbooks and going 'Oh! That's one I've not read yet.' Gonna have to save this video for later and read it!

[@rcschmidt668]

Enjoy that book well.

[@BlackShardStudio]

I own this book. ❤️

[@azmodeuslordofhell5263]

Wasn't the Shadowsil a one time lover of Elminster as well?

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Indeed. For a short time. Elminster detests those who betray him.

[@eddiebendigo7317]

Tell us a story, Ed ❤

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Wait wasn’t the Shadowsil the sadistic mage in Myth Drannor, from the Shandril novels?

[@shanehall1387]

@edgreenwoodofficial not sure if you would remember me but my band Sombre Arcane is the one that wrote music to the song elminster sings in spellfire I've always thought that spellfire would have made a fine screenplay

[@MarcTheLoneGamer]

I've been a fan of Forgotten Realms even back during the original gray box days, and Manshoon and the Zhentarim were always my favorite baddies- kinda like Spectre but in DnD. But it was relatively only long after did I ever find out what he actually looked like, that he was pretty much Cobra Commander lol. Even the Spellfire novel never really mentioned his appearance, just that he 'shed tearr' when he learned of Shadowsil's death (which was noticed by someone, who must have had sharp eyes to see that with the mask). Anyway, intrigued at the Shadowsil book, but she came off as just an evil, nasty villain in Spellfire, didn't ever show any sympathetic or redeeming side, just that Elminster said she was nice when she was younger... well, she changed a lot lol

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Manshoon didn't wear a mask back then.

[@MarcTheLoneGamer]

@@edgreenwoodofficial Ah :)

[@tooslow4065]

which manshoon is she involved with? the original, or the vampire clone, or another clone?

[@RavenCoyote]

this was before the clone war so it couldn't have been the vamp one

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

Another. Manshoon was on his third clone before they met, but she didn't know that (and the original has lived on, in hiding, for centuries now). Yes, long before the clone wars and the clone who became a vampire.

[@haydenbsiegel]

Ed I love you man but why is no one ever just named Bob or Thomas or Joe? Lol

[@MicheleToscan]

So tarnsar is a potato dish and tarnsara a brandy?

[@Frostflame29]

What an interesting tragic character.

[@edgreenwoodofficial]

I want to show you far more about a lot of characters in the Realms whose "screen time" got cut to mere moments, so you can see more of the "grand tapestry."

[@israelmorales4249]

muy lindo muy lindo

[@RyllenKriel]

It is rumoured whenever Elminster views Symgharyl Maruel's likeness within the gem he utters beneath his breath a sad lament of "Another kings' tear in a bucket, motherf#$% it!"

[@Mr.Immortal1231]

⚔️🐉

[@OutPost_Nerd]

Spellfire was my infection point into the realms!

[@gravytruck]

I know its mentioned breifly here and there, but what happened with Lhaeo?

[@newtpondskipper]

I liked her as a villain but was glad that she stayed dead. Too many characters die and return IMO. It makes death have less stakes when you know you killed someone but oopsy they had a backup clone ect to make that victory hollow.

[@RavenCoyote]

Women of the realms have got to stop touching crowns... no good comes of it

[@ApocalypsesandSurvival]

Hey Head Wizard 🧙‍♂ Yes it's me Lord Rodney from the novel I'm writing, Congrats on the book mate. I have sort of a dilemma Head Wizard naturally as to why I'm using this platform ATM. I have a power creep problem, what else is new, right, I have everything like at a +10 out of 10 - Shiny and glowing, you bet your ass they are, I've added Magic metal powder which does 15% to only a varied of stats, to all things it's near, excellent in gardens as you imagine and opposes darkness, makes them feel like they have bugs attacking them, mixed with Revel powder does wonderous up on the tower walls and from the Airships as well. Now comes the StarLight Mana of Quintessence as The planet was promoted to make Hero guardians for The new realm under the Heavens, Ahem, Yes the point well, since the One True God has done the recycling of the First World and the Shadow World, as they were not connected I know, I was wondering or pondering to take out Asmodeus the lawful devil first since he is the easiest or to take out, or Chaos of Evil of Demons, well since I'm the 8th Element the, a weaponized weaponry, and Avatar of the One True God in Spiritual form. Or Is there a tale or story I'm missing out on from the ancient past, that would allow some more creativity for us as Hero Guardians to say battle firsthand. The Demon Kings and Portal Demi-Gods as they're not quite up to par anymore, naturally and we need experience not skill points, as we have them by the truckload currently. We might be looking for our Death Star battle as it were, to make a name for ourselves as hero stories go. And well yes the Starlight Mana THC.. one lick is all it takes and you flying absolutely. yes, it was reduced into a buff potion that allows one to see other's silver cords and strengthens your own by 10X its normal size and gives off a protective glow doing it, repelling darkness, and even breaking the Queen's cursed ring, family heirloom thing. With my "Meta" P-leveling system I have fashionably coined and being the weaponized weaponry, of course, we are going to have power creep, The One True God is not going to send someone from the other side of the Multiverse to give someone a band-aid and a hug. Never give a Sigma INFJ Savant, Death Experienced, Magic and make them a Wizard 🧙‍♂with a AI simulator, that's just asking for trouble to start, naturally.

[@TheMosv]

I remember reading Spellfire, that book tripped me out. It gave me two thoughts simultaneously. First was that the guy that wrote the book would be a fantastic DM. The second was that the book was one of the most god awful fantasy books I've ever tried to read. Never could finish it. I'm glad Ed was able to apply his imaginary talent through DnD, because the Realms are awesome and if they only existed in his novels I never would've been able to enjoy them.

[@RavenCoyote]

I loved it though

[@AncientRylanor69]

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[@fleetcenturion]

Wow, another "strong female lead." How original. You'll forgive me if I skip this one.