On pre-Time of Troubles fashion in especially Waymoot & Suzail, but throughout that realm & its Dales neighbours what might be some fads/fashions among the younger human & demihuman denizens pre-time of troubles? Which would cause fresh climatic tumult as it was happening, too! The Red Wizards working together under firm and disciplined leadership could spell-shift a lot of the ash, get rivers flowing again, and so on-but Szass Tam seems uninterested in such an effort. And the volcanic tumult is lessening, so Thay may be heading back towards where it was in the 1300s (2e Realmslore), though the Plateau will always be cooler than it once was (unless it sinks back towards sea level) and restoring the fertility of the land may take centuries, if it happens at all. The even shorter answer is: itвЂ™s complicated. So the short answer is: ThayвЂ™s climate IS a little confusing. Szass TamвЂ™s undead donвЂ™t need to eat, and ThayвЂ™s outposts (not just trading enclaves, but all the private holdings all over the Heartlands owned by individual Thayans, from Red Wizards to far-traveled Thayan traders) provide food for ThayвЂ™s coastal ports, which are still habitable, just not as warm as they were. So ThayвЂ™s crop exports have shrunk to nigh nothing. Ash and smoke still darken the skies over Thay, making the climate cold (summertime frosts, formerly hot winds in the Thayan mountains now icy). In the SpellplagueвЂ™s tumult, the Plateau soared in height, pushed up amid much volcanic tumult (the glaciers melted, several active volcanos split Thaymount, and ashfalls and the heat and the water boiling off to leave parched badlands and deserts. ItвЂ™s depicted this way in the earliest (2e) Realmslore. It has, or used to have a nearby glazier, but also volcanoes and has always been a volcanic country, which up until the Spellplague kept its interior (the Plateau of Thay) lush and fertile (real-world Mediterranean to a little warmer), with the coastal cities climatically akin to Mediterranean due to the moderating effect of the Sea of Fallen Stars. On the climate in just a quick question, as I've been struggling with sources in finding an answer to whether the nation of Thay is supposed to be a cold or hot country?

I'll do more, later, but here's the first one I'll share, that I've lifted from the Twitter.ДЄnyone can share, and we're not going to be particular about the formatting, though keeping the original question and questioner listed would be good, and cleaning up all the extraneous stuff when doing the copy/paste is also good. I am the Giant Space Hamster of Ill Omen! (I'm also stickying this thread, to make it easier to find)Д¬andlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms LoreД®ditor and scribe for The Candlekeep Compendium So I thought a single place where such lore could be collected would be a good thing.Д®d is a frequent poster there, adding all sorts of Stormtalons and Epic Fantasy stuff, but for the purposes of this thread, I'd like to keep it focused on his Realmslore. It occurs to me that Ed has been posting Realmslore on the Twitter, and not everyone has the Twitter. Candlekeep Forum - Ed Greenwood on Twitter

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