The Sundering is the last of a series of ground-shaking events. It really affects the whole world of the Forgotten Realms in a major way. You may remember when the Spell Plagues began, the two worlds of the Forgotten Realms, Abeir and Toril, crashed together.

What is the sundering in Forgotten Realms?

The Sundering is the last of a series of ground-shaking events. It really affects the whole world of the Forgotten Realms in a major way. You may remember when the Spell Plagues began, the two worlds of the Forgotten Realms, Abeir and Toril, crashed together.

What time period is Forgotten Realms?

It is set after the cataclysmic events of the Time of Troubles in 1358 DR in which deities were killed, new deities were created and many places in the Realms were altered.

What caused the second sundering?

The Second Sundering started with Ao’s decision to recreate the Tablets of Fate, and to separate the worlds of Abeir and Toril once more. The deities were unsure of what this would do to them and their power, and made efforts using their most powerful servants to prepare for that event.

What is Abeir?

Abeir (pronounced: /ɑːɪˈbɪər/ ai-BEER or: /ɑːˈbɪər/ ah-BEER) was the twin planet of Toril, located in the same material plane of its sibling world, but within a “pocket dimension” that was out of synchronicity with Toril.

What is the sundering wow?

The Great Sundering (also simply known as the Sundering, or the Breaking) was a cataclysmic event that shattered the continent of Kalimdor approximately 10,000 years ago, at the end of the War of the Ancients.

What is the sundering in TerraGenesis?

The Sundering is the name TerraGenesis has given to the ecological and climate crisis we are currently going through in real life, present in the Earth Scenario, followed by societal collapse in the form of wars, food shortages, rampant disease and lack of medical care.

How long is a year in Faerûn?

Years in Faerun have 12 months, each of 30 days. A week in the Forgotten Realms is a tenday (10 days, not 7), so that each month has an even 3 weeks. An additional 5 days fall in between months, bringing the yearly total to 365 days per year.

How long did the Time of Troubles last?

After Fyodor I (the last ruler of the Rurik dynasty) died in 1598, Russia endured 15 chaotic years known as the Time of Troubles (1598–1613), which ended when a zemsky sobor (“assembly of the land”) elected Nikita’s grandson, Michael Romanov, as the new tsar.

What planet is Faerûn on?

Abeir-Toril is the fictional planet that makes up the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, as well as the Al-Qadim and Maztica campaign settings and the 1st edition version of the Oriental Adventures campaign setting. The name is archaic, meaning “cradle of life”.

What realm is Toril in?

Background. “Toril” was the name of Jeff Grubb’s original campaign setting before it became the name of the planet in the Forgotten Realms setting.

Is there a calendar tool for the Forgotten Realms?

This is a fun simple calendar tool on the old WotC site. “The following launches the Forgotten Realms Calendar Tool — chronicling the complete cycle of days (with important holidays and Shieldmeet “leap days” included), phases of the moon — and even names of all years in their complete and accurate form.”

How many years of the Forgotten Realms are there?

Candlekeep Presents: 25 Years of the Forgotten Realms. Retrieved on January 25, 2018. 1000 DR to? This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at The Sundering (Dungeons & Dragons). The list of authors can be seen in the page history.

Should products have clear dates in the Forgotten Realms?

I would rather products have clear dates and then also empower and urge DMs to do with this as they wish. In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, the years are typically expressed as a number followed by DR, such as 1385 DR. There are many other calendars used by different Faerunian cultures, both current and ancient.

What is the story behind the second Sundering?

The Second Sundering was somehow connected to the First Sundering that took place around −17,600 DR, when an elven High Magic ritual went both forward and backward in time to create Evermeet; and with a prehistoric cataclysm known as the Tearfall, that took place in −31,000 DR.