Forgotten Realms

First Edition

Greenwood initially created Forgotten Realms to run his own adventure campaigns, after which he began to print small articles describing this world in Dragon Magazine . Although the Kingdoms were not yet a fully official gaming world, their first adventure, the H1 Bloodstone Pass , was released in 1985 by TSR. The first fully official Forgotten Realms Campaign Set was released a little later, in 1987 , as a boxed set of two books and four large maps, developed by Ed Greenwood in collaboration with Jeff Grubb and Karen Mortin .

Late 1980s - Mid 1990s

Following the success of the Forgotten Kingdoms Campaign Kit in May 1987, the first novel around the world, Dark Forces over the Moonshine (the first in the Moonshine Trilogy) by Douglas Niles , was published. The following year, the first novel about the adventures of a very popular character, Drizzt Do'Urden, was released, which then appeared in seventeen novels, many of which were on the New York Times bestseller list. In 1988 , the first computer role-playing game in the world of the Forgotten Kingdoms, Pool of Radiance, was released by SSI. The game was quite popular and received several sequels.

The setting was redesigned in 1993 to fit the new second revision of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ( AD&D ) rule system, then the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Campaign Setting was released, which included three books and cards with additional monsters. Additional game materials for the setting, as well as many novels by various authors, were constantly released throughout the 1990s.

Late 1990s - Today

In 1998, Baldur's Gate was released , the first in a line of popular computer role-playing games released by Bioware for a personal computer. The game had several sequels, the most famous of which are Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn ( 2000 ) and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal , Icewind Dale - a separate game, but released on the same engine. Some popular characters from the Forgotten Kingdoms, such as Drizzt Do'Urden and Elminster, have occasionally appeared in these games.

Following the release of the revised third edition of the Dungeons & Dragons rules , released in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast , the Forgotten Realms campaign set was also revised in 2001 . Soon, the computer games Neverwinter Nights and Icewind Dale 2 came out, the actions of which also took place in the world of Forgotten Realms, and the role-playing system was based on the rules of the D&D 3rd edition. Neverwinter Nights gained great fame, several official additions and a huge number of unofficial ones came out to it. Icewind Dale 2 , for the first time, made it possible to play for subraces, such as drow , tiefling, etc. Later, Neverwinter Nights 2 came out. The system in it was already based on version 3.5 of the Dungeons & Dragons edition.

In August 2008, the fourth edition of the campaign set was released (June of the same year), which included updated information about the world, a well-developed gaming city, new monsters and NPCs , as well as a color map of Faerun. On the cover of the book is a drow explorer Drizzt Do'Urden . The book was later reprinted.

Since 2009, the Shadow Valley Forum has picked up the baton of fiction translations of "Forgotten Kingdoms." At the time of August 2011, the fans translated: The Trilogy of the “Repenting Lady” by Lisa Smedman, “The Broken Plain” by Thomas Reid, “The Ruins” by Richard Lee Byers, “The Ghost King” and “Gontlgrim” by Robert Anthony Salvatore, as well as dozens of stories from anthologies. All translations are in the public domain and anyone can get access to them.

Currently, officially in Russian, art books from the series “Forgotten Kingdoms” have ceased to be translated and published. According to the FANTastika publishing house, the series will continue to be published if only in the “club edition”.

Fantastic Book Club Publishing House has received permission to publish Forgotten Realms and DragonLance comics and books in Russia.

The first book of the package is approved - this is the Dark Elf omnibus. Oversized edition (70x100 / 16) on white paper, selective varnishing. The text has been updated with some changes to the onomastics. The estimated release date is the beginning of September 2014.

In September-October, "Neverwinter" and "Anthology of Legends" will also be released.

In May 2011, Daggerdale , Action RPG, adapted to the console to a greater extent, saw the light of day , and at the end of 2011 an online multiplayer game was announced - Neverwinter . It is worth noting that Wizards of the Coast , has created a whole brand - Neverwinter , under which they publish both fiction ( Salvatore trilogy), game ( Neverwinter Campaign Setting ) literature, and computer games (the aforementioned Neverwinter ).

Geography

There are several parts of the world on the planet Toril or Abeyr-Toril : Faerun , on which the setting focuses, Kara-Tur (the world of the medieval East), Zakhara (the world of Arabian tales), Matstika (the world of pre-Columbian America) and continents that have not yet been discovered and not described.

Faerun is located in the northwestern part of the mainland of Toril. To the east of it stretch the boundless steppes of the Horde Land, along which numerous tribes of nomad barbarians wander. These lands are also called the Endless Wasteland. The nomads living there call their land Taan. In the south, along the shores of the Great Sea lies the Land of Fate, Zakhara. In the northwest lies the North. This inhospitable region extends from the coast of the Sea of ​​Floating Ice to the sands of Anorokh , from the Ridge of the World to Deep Water, and the endless caves of the Underdark stretch many miles deep into the earth below the surface.

Religion

Religion plays an important role in the world of Forgotten Kingdoms. There are several racial and geographical pantheons, each of which has a large number of gods of varying degrees of strength. In general, they resemble the Greek pantheon, only with the difference that there is no kinship between the gods. The gods affect all aspects of the life of the inhabitants of the world - in fact, the world of the West Coast is the arena of their struggle for followers, and as a result for power. Their intervention in mortal affairs is not limited only by divine powers, but also by direct intervention through their churches, as well as avatars (mortal incarnations of the gods). As a result of the conspiracy of several dark gods in the world of ZK, events known as the Time of Troubles or the Avatar Crisis took place, during which the gods were overthrown in the guise of mortal avatars in the lands of Faerun. This time did not last more than a year, but turned into terrible disasters for some lands, as well as the death of several gods and the deification of several mortals.

At the moment, about 230 works of art have been written in the Kingdom. The official publication in Russian is the publishing center " Maxima ".

Robert Salvatore

• The Dark Elf Trilogy
• The Icewind Dale Trilogy trilogy
• Legacy of the Drow Tetralogy
• The Trilogy “Dark Paths” ( Paths of Darkness )
• The Hunter's Blades Trilogy Trilogy
• The Transitions Trilogy
• The Hired Swords Trilogy
• Neverwinter:
• Cleric Quintet Series
• Series Stone of Tymora / Co-author: Geno Salvatore

Kate Nowak , Jeff Grubb

• Trilogy Finding's Stone Trilogy

Douglas Niles

• Moonshae Trilogy
• Druid House ( Druidhome Trilogy )
• Matstika ( The Maztica Trilogy )

Elaine Cunningham

• Songs and Swords ( Songs & Swords )
• Starlight & Shadows
• Counselors & Kings
• Evermeet: Island of Elves

Ed Greenwood

• The Elminster Series Saga
• Shadow of the Avatar
• The Knights of Myth Drannor
• Saga of Shandril ( Shandril's Saga )
• The Sage of Shadowdale

Lisa Smedman

• The Penitent Lady ( The Lady Penitent )
• House of Serpents

Richard Lee Byers

• Year of Furious Dragons ( The Year of Rogue Dragons )
• Cursed Lands ( The Haunted Lands )
• Brotherhood of the Griffon

Paul Kemp

• Erevis Cale
• The Twilight War

Bruce Cordell

• The Kingdom of Aboleths ( Abolethic Sovereignty )

Thomas Reid

• The Empyrean Odyssey ( Heavenly Wanderings )
• The Scions of Arrabar ( Colors of Arrabar )

Semi-fiction and gaming literature

• Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
• Player`s Guide to Faerun
• Underdark
• Champions of ruin
• Champions of valor
• Silver Marches and other guides to various areas of Faerнаn.
• Lords of darkness

• Gold Box Series :
  • Pool of Radiance (1988)
  • Hillsfar (1988)
  • Curse of the Azure Bonds (1989)
  • Secret of the Silver Blades (1990)
  • Pools of Darkness (1991)
  • Gateway to the Savage Frontier (1991)
  • Treasures of the Savage Frontier (1992)

• Eye of the Beholder Series :
  • Eye of the Beholder (1991)
  • Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (1992)
  • Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor (1993)

• Baldur's Gate Series :
  • Baldur's Gate (1998)
  • Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)
  • Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn (2000)
  • Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal (2001)

• Icewind Dale Series :
  • Icewind Dale (2000)
  • Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (2000)
  • Icewind Dale 2 (2002)

• Neverwinter Nights Series :
  • Neverwinter Nights (1991)
  • Neverwinter Nights (2002)
  • Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide (2003)
  • Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (2003)
  • Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (expansion pack) (2005): modules: Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker , Neverwinter Nights: ShadowGuard , Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake .
  • Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford (2006)
  • Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast (2005)
  • Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons (2005)
  • Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr (2006)
  • Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006)
  • Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (2007)
  • Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (2008)
  • Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate (2009)

• Unlimited Adventures (1993)
• Dungeon hack (1994)
• Menzoberranzan (1994)
• Descent to the Undermountain (1997)
• Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (2001)
• Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (2004)
• Neverwinter (2013)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War (2013)

Wiki Projects

• Article on Forgotten Realms in the Planar Encyclopedia
• Forgotten Realms article on the BG Wiki
• Wikipedia about Forgotten Realms

Sites

• Official Website
• Candlekip is an English-language fan site where, at times, you can find out more information than from the publisher’s site, as well as communicate directly with the authors
• Traveling through the Forgotten Kingdoms - reincarnation of the "Lands of Faerэn", a site dedicated to the world of "Forgotten Kingdoms"
• Valley of Shadows - The Forgotten Kingdoms forum where fans translate fiction to the world