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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uzzy" data-source="post: 3808245" data-attributes="member: 51590">Probably. But the exact details of Elminster's status haven't been made clear. All Shadowdale says is that 'Gravely Wounded, he was whisked away by his contingency spells - and his tower itself was blasted into ruin and hurled into some far plane.' If you have a direct line to Eric Boyd, feel free to ask him for more information! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Indeed they do. I, personally, have no problem with that, but I've got plenty of free time travelling on public transport, and it's nice to have an easy novel to read. Others do. I don't believe that all major events in the Realms should be done in novels. A set of adventures that  are set during a major event would be nice. Besides, Greenwood wrote Death of the Dragon. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />That's not the point. The Chosen have the right to refuse to do something Mystra tells them to do. Two even rebelled against her (Sammaster and Nadrathen). Some other Deities have more then one Chosen. But that's not the point, really. Mystra's Chosen are a special case, for the following possible reasons (I say possible because the Seven Sisters sourcebook gives all many different theories as to why). Some say that Mystra's power must be rooted in mortals. Others believe she was ordered to lessen her own power by Ao. To minimise the destruction this divestment would visit on the Realms she decided to apportion it out to mortals, rather then letting the power be goine for good, weakening magic on Toril, or letting it be given to other divine beings, who might misuse it. Another theory is that Mystra foresaw the Time of Troubles and wanted to make things as easy as possible for any successor. The point is that Mystra's Chosen have a reason for existing beyond being very powerful.Now, I've no problem with other Deities having powerful servants. It actually makes sense to me! But I'd prefer it if they were referred to as Divine Champions, or something of that nature. How many fantasy novels have you read where the bad guys win? Not many cases of that, particularly in the Realms. During TSR's ownership of the setting, they had certain guidelines, one of which was not to show evil in too 'good' a light. So no competency, no victories for evil etc. I think insane is too strong a word, particularly in the way we would define it. Living for so long and having constant interference by gods and godly powers is bound to cause some damage to the mental state of people. I did. Someone's going to have to rule over those people, right? I mean, Elminster and the gang have just gone and destroyed all forms of evil governments in my theoretical scenario.</blockquote>

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