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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faraer" data-source="post: 2393121" data-attributes="member: 6318">That's not my position: I deliberately argued above based solely on the published material. The web-posted lore clarifies some things, but it isn't necessary to understand this stuff. I don't believe any significant number of people do get that impression from reading the campaign setting book (any of the three) -- it's mainly a Chinese whispers effect.Ed has said, several times, that per his original agreement with TSR, what he says about the Realms is 'official' unless the company contradicts it in print. When asked about this on the wizards.com boards, Rich Baker said (I just looked for the exact wording and couldn't find it) that he didn't know of any such clause. I think the word of Ed, who's never made a false public statement to my knowledge and whose professional reputation as a freelancer depends on being trustworthy and accurate, is far more reliable here than that of Rich Baker, who isn't familiar with the contract and wasn't even with the company when it was signed.</blockquote>