@TheEdVerse Hello Ed! Your fan from Latvia here. I have a few questions about Forgotten Realms for my own story. I took a lot of inspiration from your books and your biography. Sorry for poor grammar. I want my story to be maximally close to the canon of FR setting

Apr 20, 2019 · 7:34 PM UTC

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and thus I found a few problematic points that I can't figure out. I would be very happy if you can help me to clear them out. 1) Phoenix. There is two different descriptions in 3rd and 5th edition. The first one says they have some planewalk abilities and telepathy,
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but in the 5th edition they are just elementals who want to bring inferno to the word. Which of them are the canonical one? Or do they both exist in the canon? And where do the phoenixes come from? Elysium? Plane of Fire? 2) My story takes place in the 1235 Baldurs Gate
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the Year of the Black Horde. I would be grateful to receive some specifications about the origin, count and the goal of this horde. 3) The main question of mine is about differences in 3rd and 5th edition canons.
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Does 5th edition adds to history of Forgotten Realms or does it rewrites it?
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Great! Hit me with any questions you'd like to pose.
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