1) Belated Realmslore Replies Department: Back on a December 1st, Ashenda Firemyst I VTuber, Epilepsy Advocate @AshendaFiremyst Asked me: Is there any chance of The Symbul could be resurrected? Asking for a friend (me). She was, after all, my favorite of the seven. ...

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2) Red Wizards would be terrified! Teeheehee Herewith, appending apologies for taking so long, is my reply: While Mystra has thus far shown no signs of resurrecting any of her “fallen” Chosen, The Simbul exists as a Voice in the Weave, a sentience that can “ride... #realmslore
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3) ...the Weave” everywhere it extends (throughout Realmspace) and watch, listen, and speak. She has already, obviously with the full approval of Mystra, several times animated unconscious, feebleminded, disminded, comatose, and other living bodies that don’t have... #realmslore
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4) ..an active mind in charge, and used them for a time. Elminster has done this, too, sometimes with bodies whose resident minds he had to conquer. Leaving the ethics of doing so aside for the moment (it’s something I was deliberately exploring in Realms fiction), .. #realmslore
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5) ..it is possible: so The Simbul could “come back” if she saw the need. Will she? That’s up to your DM—and if you’re the DM, up to you. #realmslore
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Is this standard for othere deities and their Chosen?
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No. Other deities might appoint new Chosen or Champions, but they lack any means of preserving the sentience of lost ones (the Weave is Mystra, and is Mystra's means). #realmslore
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