Salvatore and elminster ed greenwood are easily the most enduring characters from the forgotten realms for a reason, so those are probably the best novels to go with. The forgotten realms timeline5642 elves found the city of evereska. Frforgotten realms are sourcebooks describing aspects of forgotten realms, rather than traditional modules. Players guide to the forgotten realms campaign wikipedia. Forgotten realms stock maps elven tower adventures. The icewind dale trilogy was later reprinted in several different formats. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Some, like the legendary forgotten realms, are rich with storied history. Salvaores forgotten realms series takes place in the universe of the same name belonging to the wildly popular dungeons and dragons franchise. But fourteen books prove, if nothing else, that drizzt cannot be kept down. Publishers may not upload content protected by law unless they have the. She was the daughter of dohni and biaste ganderlay, who were farmers on. Gods and goddesses of the forgotten realms the following chart lists the more wellknown deities of the forgotten realms, at the time at which the baldurs gate games take place.
He has created some of the best heroes and antiheroes of any forgotten realms. Complete set series lot of 4 forgotten realms legacy of the drow r. The forgotten realms campaign setting is a roleplaying game sourcebook, first published in 1987. The crystal shard was the second forgotten realms novel ever published, and the first by r. It had its heyday in the early 2000s with the baldurs gate, dark alliance, icewind dale and then leading into the neverwinter series. Downshadow forgotten realms ed greenwood presents waterdeep the dark knight must choose. As with forgotten realms wiki, the text of wikipedia is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike 3. As someone whos new to the game and setting, i find the forgotten realms.
And with salvatores last two forgotten realms books focusing on the tormented barbarian wulfgar and the aging assasin entreri, it seemed that drizzts days had perhaps come to an end. Salvaore s forgotten realms series takes place in the universe of the same name belonging to the wildly popular dungeons and dragons franchise. Currently comprising thirty seven novels, the author. The forgotten realms campaign set was written by ed greenwood, with jeff grubb and karen martin, and published as a boxed set in 1987. Order of forgotten realms books forgotten realms is a multiauthor series of fantasy novels created by canadian author ed greenwood. Abyssal plague, book 2 and takes place a few months after it. List of forgotten realms modules and sourcebooks wikipedia. The icewind dale trilogy collectors edition hardcover, january 2000, isbn 9780786915576. Because its cold location was somewhat removed from busy trade routes, it was not often visited. Forgotten realms compendium 3rd edition page 4 about this book the forgotten realms compendium started out in 1992 as a collection of email messages editted from the forgotten realms mailing list. Darkwell forgotten realms, moonshae trilogy, book 3 niles, douglas on. Forgotten realms fiction, roleplaying game fiction.
There really isnt a best launching point to get into forgotten realms. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. Distributed to the book trade in the united states by. We meet back up with the cast of the previous book, demascus, a divine assassin known as the sword of the gods, riltana. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Forgotten realms is a dungeons and dragons setting that focuses primarily on faerun, an ancient land of magic and monsters, of peril and wonder. I am not associated in any way with wotc or dungeons and dragons, nor is this website. Forgotten realms campaign setting 1st edition series. A book that has been read but is in good condition. Meralda ganderlay, also known as meralda auck, was a human woman from the fiefdom of auckney near the spine of the world. Darkwell forgotten realms, moonshae trilogy, book 3. Auckney was a small fiefdom near the spine of the world. Theres a map online of the northwest corner of faerun, but i dont believe theres an official map of all of the forgotten realms yet.
History and lore of the forgotten realms, one video at a time. Realms of magic forgotten realms anthology brian thomsen. The gilded rune forgotten realms kindle edition by smedman, lisa. Common knowledge publisher series milady dungeons and dragons. Youll have to explore for a while until you find specific things races, places, events, etc youll want to read more about. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting. The series is based on a campaign setting for the popular dungeons. Dungeons and dragons forgotten realms campaign guide publication was reported as an alleged violation. Fantasy roleplaying, forgotten realms supplement by rich baker, bruce r. I have been gaining a lot of benefit from reading the sundering novels. The original article was at wulfgar forgotten realms. An arcane cataclysm and the merging of two worlds have ravaged the world, realigned its planes, and left nations in ruins. This page holds links to my forgotten realms map products on sale at the dms guild.
Though some novels such as the companions have only been interesting to me because i previously read the drizzt series, the other. Paths of darkness, collectors edition forgotten realms. It details the forgotten realms setting and contains information on characters, locations and history. Alongside and atop such stains, nobles and commoners, rich and poor, have lazed and sweat, ruled and bled, as theyve played out the stories of their livesmaking baldurs gate a place of history and a. A list of the best novels set in ed greenwoods abeirtoril. Dungeons and dragons forgotten realms campaign guide pdf. Currently comprising thirty seven novels, the author has continued to write since his first release, the crystal shard, in 1988.