Madness of the Executioner (Storytime With Ed Greenwood)

“You reap what you sow“ is a lesson the mind flayers in this story are soon to learn... Today, join us for the very first installment of our short story series! Keeping with the illithid theme to acknowledge the newest 5e adventure’s BBEG, today we peek into a vignette set in Athkatla, beginning with a man tasked with a grisly deed in service to a mind flayer, and ending with a surprise appearance from one of the prime movers in the Realms! This story is for the truly dedicated Realms fans out there. Don’t worry if you have difficulty recollecting some of the references or names of things contained in this story. Our goal was to keep it as authentic and atmospheric as possible, but we encourage folks to look up what an “Alhoon“ or an “iyael“ is, if it is your first introduction to such things (and we acknowledge that the FR Wiki is a wonderful resource for such things). Become a Protector of the Realms and help Ed make more Realmslore content! 🙇 🅿️ Ed’s Patreon ➡️ 👕 Ed’s Shop ➡️ This is the perfect lore supplement to your Forgotten Realms campaign, whether you use dnd or any other tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) system. ################# 🗣️ Greenwood’s Grotto (Discord) ➡️ 🎲 Sponsor: RPGMatch ➡️ ##################### 🐤 Find Ed on Twitter ➡️ 👍 Find Ed on Facebook ➡️ ⏰ Find Ed on TikTok ➡️ @edgreenwood 🐤 Find Ivan on Twitter ➡️ 🐤 Find RPGMatch on Twitter ➡️ 🐤 Find Editor BLeeP on Twitter ➡️ 🐤 Find Editor BLeeP on YouTube ➡️ @theBLeePcast 🐤 Find our editor Johnovick on Twitter ➡️ @Johnovick #realmslore #dnd #baldursgate3