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40 Years Ago: Creature Catalogue was released.

It collected all the creatures first presented in the #dnd adventure modules to that time. It describes over 200 monsters, each features an illustration and is indexed by habitat.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Creature_Catalogue

Sevenlamps Cut was a small road in Waterdeep. The road was named for the enchanted everburning lamps placed by Ahghairon. It was known to be a good place to hire spellcasters or priests for healing.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Sevenlamps_Cut

Jenkus was a horse belonging to the retired War Wizard Benelaius of Ghars, docile and obedient but inclined to sulk when asked to do too much.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Jenkus

Calaunt was one of the wealthiest cities in the Vast, wealthier than Ravens Bluff, thanks to its monopoly on all legal trade in and out of the River Vesper. The city's major industry was tanning. Its primary products were leather and vellum.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Calaunt

Ninja spies were Kara-Turan ninjas trained in infiltration & the use of poison, sworn never to reveal the secrets of their clan, or even admitting they were ninja. Though often evil, they held to a code of honor.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Ninja_spy

Artist: Clyde Caldwell

Source: Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman (1983). Ravenloft. (TSR, Inc.), p. 1. ISBN 0-88038-042-X.

Strahd's #Halloween hosting tip:

Always make your guests feel at home.
Especially when they're never going home.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Strahd_von_Zarovich

Nathan Hurst was a duergar farmer of Hilltop who abandoned his people's ways after an alliance with Drogan Droganson in a lich's tomb. Hunted as a traitor, he took a human name, worked the land, & took up the worship of Chauntea, the Grain Goddess.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Nathan_Hurst

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36 Years Ago: Draconomicon was released.

This 2e accessory provides information about dragons, including their physiology, biology, behavior, & abilities. It details the social structures, hierarchies, and cultures of dragons.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Draconomicon_(1990)

Hriiat Fine Pastries was a popular bakery shop in Waterdeep. The popularity was such that crowds and crowded lines near constantly formed outside whenever the smell of a fresh batch of pastries wafted in the air.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Hriiat_Fine_Pastries

Emmer of Tharsult was a merchant who recorded the gossip, fads, and fashions of his travels in annual chapbooks. Among the reports he collected were sightings of the ancient green dragon Aglaraerose over Veldorn.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Emmer_of_Tharsult

Artist: William O'Connor

Source: Ed Stark, James Jacobs, Erik Mona (June 13, 2006). Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 77. ISBN 0-7869-3919-2.

Pazuzu was a powerful demon lord and one of the eldest & most reprehensible of them. He held sway over all evil flying creatures, even among the different layers of the Abyss.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Pazuzu

Diabolic chains was an arcane evocation spell that flung raw hellfire drawn from the heart of Avernus, conjuring three magmatic chains that hurled their targets backward and left a burning trail behind them. #dnd

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Diabolic_chains

Artist: David Rene Christensen

Source: Jeremy Crawford (November 17, 2020). Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 145. ISBN 978-0786967025.

A bullywug spellcaster (bullywitch?) with a frog.

Some bullywugs possessed greater intelligence than their kin and were able to cast spells.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Bullywug

The Mountain Campaigns were a series of Ravenian military campaigns against the raiders of the Earthfast Mountains, who had terrorized the northern farmlands for four decades.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mountain_Campaigns

23 Years Ago: Underdark was released.

This 3.5e accessory introduced new classes, spells, monsters and also provided extensive lore on the geography & residents of the Underdark.
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https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Underdark_(sourcebook)