Forum:Ed Greenwood's Candlekeep Responses

Cronje, it's been stated many times, in many places, that what Ed Greenwood says about the Realms is canon, by definition, unless or until superceded by published TSR or WotC Realmslore. The last time this was said was in a GenCon panel with Ed and several WotC staffers and managers present (who did not contradict the statement). Just sayin'. . . me, I think the appropriate thing to do would be to ask Ed, in his thread at Candlekeep, for an official ruling. [Baelish]

Getting this going again...

As brought up in the Candlekeep discussion, here, Ed Greenwood's responses at Candlekeep and elsewhere are indeed canon. This was firmly pointed out by his official herald, The Hooded One. So we can and should accept his responses.

In fact, this is already more-or-less the case at Forgotten Realms Wiki:Canon. The heading "Forum posts" says "Cannot be considered canon unless made by a Wizards of the Coast employee." That includes Ed Greenwood. Of course, this is somewhat contracted by the earlier line "This excludes forum posts, discussions, and Realms authors' work on non-Wizards websites."

I will propose a small revision to clear up this point at Forum:Revised canon policy. — BadCatMan (talk) 11:15, June 5, 2013 (UTC)