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A Grand History of the Forgotten Realms [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Iakhovas
05-25-06, 01:12 PM Well it took me a few months longer than I had anticipated but I've finally released the next update to A Grand History of the Realms. It can be downloaded at http://www.geonomicon.com/portal/

This edition contains a couple hundred new entries primarily centered on the regions of the Sword Coast North, Netheril, and the Old Empires. I've also included a new section entitled Ancient History which contains a new sarrukh creation myth and an atlas of faerūn during the Days of Thunder.

As before, all dates on the actual chronology are 100% canon and include references to the sourcebook in which the event was described. Color coding is used to differentiate events from different regions of Toril.

As always feedback is welcome. Enjoy.
Gray Richardson
05-25-06, 01:24 PM Woo hoo! :bow:
Petrankov
05-25-06, 01:35 PM OMG :cheer:

:bounce:
Jiggawha
05-26-06, 06:03 AM :bow: :bow: the maps are great
lavekkia
05-26-06, 07:03 AM Now you are my hero; HAIL TO THE HERO :D
Lord Karsus
05-26-06, 12:05 PM -Excellent! I'll be sure to download!
Iakhovas
05-26-06, 06:26 PM Thanks for the kind words everyone. Is there anything you'd like to see added in a future update?
Lord Karsus
05-26-06, 09:54 PM Thanks for the kind words everyone. Is there anything you'd like to see added in a future update?

-Well, you added a cover page (which is pretty cool, by the way). So, maybe add a cool back cover page, that has a little synopsis of the stuff inside. It's not really needed, but it makes the web-book look more like normal sourcebooks.
Francius
05-27-06, 04:27 AM Thank you mr.James.

It happens that I posess your older version found on this address http://www.geonomicon.com/chronology/temporum/faerun.htm and still your new additions are worth another "one-hundred pages with dates and events" read, which is not quite as easy as reading a novel but it's worth the trouble.
Imruphel
05-28-06, 06:51 AM Thank you very much for your efforts and also for sharing your efforts with the rest of us.
Jiggawha
05-28-06, 03:16 PM Thanks for the kind words everyone. Is there anything you'd like to see added in a future update?

In LEoF says that Sundering occured in -17600 DR, is this a mistake ?
Iakhovas
05-28-06, 03:29 PM In my opinion yes LEoF made a mistake. The date -17600 DR contradicts the events that take place in the novel Evermeet: Island of Elves. Since this novel is where The Sundering was first mentioned I'll take Elaine Cunningham's narrative over a one line blurb in LEoF.

In LEoF says that Sundering occured in -17600 DR, is this a mistake ?
Jiggawha
05-28-06, 03:31 PM Yes I agree
Ombre
05-28-06, 04:28 PM Magnificent job...Surely you deserve to rank among the Sages at the Herald's Holdfast ;-)

Thank you very much
Ripe
05-29-06, 02:02 AM Great job.

I'm just wondering, since you listed Windwalker novel during events of the Horde [in 1360 DR], why didn't you include all the other events from Starlight & Shadows trilogy?
Evergreen_Aldaron
05-29-06, 07:33 PM Amazing....simply amazing....
:D
NiTessine
05-30-06, 07:32 AM Great job.

I'm just wondering, since you listed Windwalker novel during events of the Horde [in 1360 DR], why didn't you include all the other events from Starlight & Shadows trilogy?
I think there may be some confusion as to when the novels took place. The Forgotten Realms Novel Chronology WotC used to have up in the novels site places them in 1361, which obviously doesn't work if the sequel happened a year earlier.

Still, Iakhovas... awesome work, and without a doubt the single most useful Forgotten Realms freebie I've found on the net.
Ripe
05-30-06, 02:46 PM I think there may be some confusion as to when the novels took place. The Forgotten Realms Novel Chronology WotC used to have up in the novels site places them in 1361, which obviously doesn't work if the sequel happened a year earlier.

Still, Iakhovas... awesome work, and without a doubt the single most useful Forgotten Realms freebie I've found on the net.
Only the oppening Chapter of Windwalker take place during Horde [to tie up the story]. All the other Chapters took place after first two novels [and events in those take aproximatelly a year or two to unfold].
NiTessine
05-31-06, 01:56 AM Only the oppening Chapter of Windwalker take place during Horde [to tie up the story]. All the other Chapters took place after first two novels [and events in those take aproximatelly a year or two to unfold].
Ah, so it does... I really need to start reading these instead of just buying them for bookshelf filler. So, the majority of the series takes place in 1361DR. Well, it's not a big thing, since the events were hardly Realms-shattering.
Ripe
05-31-06, 07:28 AM Ah, so it does... I really need to start reading these instead of just buying them for bookshelf filler. So, the majority of the series takes place in 1361DR. Well, it's not a big thing, since the events were hardly Realms-shattering.
Considering that events of the trilogy are given as in-game reason why drow from 3E differ in abilities from drow in 2E [or more precisely, why they don't loose that abilities after living on the surface], I'd say that it had bigger influence on the Realms than most other novels put together [excluding Avatar, RotA and possibly Last Mythal series].
GothicDan
05-31-06, 10:59 AM I don't know if it's bigger than the Avatar crisis.. Remember, that was switching from 1E to 2E, and there were a whole heck of a lot of Gods running amuck. :)
Ripe
05-31-06, 01:42 PM I don't know if it's bigger than the Avatar crisis.. Remember, that was switching from 1E to 2E, and there were a whole heck of a lot of Gods running amuck. :)
Which is why I said "excluding Avatar, RotA and possibly Last Mythal series" [I put Last Mythal under possible since I didn't read it yet] when I compared Starlight & Shadows influence with all other series.
GothicDan
05-31-06, 02:47 PM Apologies, I mentally omitted the 'excluding'. :)
Ripe
05-31-06, 04:01 PM No problem, it happened to me a couple of times...
Iakhovas
05-31-06, 07:47 PM No excuse Ripe except that the novels got missed when I was updating the chronology. I'll be sure to get them included in the next update.
johnnype
06-01-06, 05:22 PM Amazing!! Truly amazing. Thanks for all the work you've put into this. VERY, Very useful.

My only suggestion would be to use abreviations of the book titles instead of numbers after each entry. I know you provide a handy reference near the end but it's less page flipping if all the information you need is right in front of you. Just a small nit. The book is amazing.

Thanks again.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Iakhovas 05-25-06, 01:12 PM	Well it took me a few months longer than I had anticipated but I've finally released the next update to A Grand History of the Realms. It can be downloaded at http://www.geonomicon.com/portal/ This edition contains a couple hundred new entries primarily centered on the regions of the Sword Coast North, Netheril, and the Old Empires. I've also included a new section entitled Ancient History which contains a new sarrukh creation myth and an atlas of faerūn during the Days of Thunder. As before, all dates on the actual chronology are 100% canon and include references to the sourcebook in which the event was described. Color coding is used to differentiate events from different regions of Toril. As always feedback is welcome. Enjoy.
Gray Richardson 05-25-06, 01:24 PM	Woo hoo! :bow:
Petrankov 05-25-06, 01:35 PM	OMG :cheer: :bounce:
Jiggawha 05-26-06, 06:03 AM	:bow: :bow: the maps are great
lavekkia 05-26-06, 07:03 AM	Now you are my hero; HAIL TO THE HERO :D
Lord Karsus 05-26-06, 12:05 PM	-Excellent! I'll be sure to download!
Iakhovas 05-26-06, 06:26 PM	Thanks for the kind words everyone. Is there anything you'd like to see added in a future update?
Lord Karsus 05-26-06, 09:54 PM	Thanks for the kind words everyone. Is there anything you'd like to see added in a future update? -Well, you added a cover page (which is pretty cool, by the way). So, maybe add a cool back cover page, that has a little synopsis of the stuff inside. It's not really needed, but it makes the web-book look more like normal sourcebooks.
Francius 05-27-06, 04:27 AM	Thank you mr.James. It happens that I posess your older version found on this address http://www.geonomicon.com/chronology/temporum/faerun.htm and still your new additions are worth another "one-hundred pages with dates and events" read, which is not quite as easy as reading a novel but it's worth the trouble.
Imruphel 05-28-06, 06:51 AM	Thank you very much for your efforts and also for sharing your efforts with the rest of us.
Jiggawha 05-28-06, 03:16 PM	Thanks for the kind words everyone. Is there anything you'd like to see added in a future update? In LEoF says that Sundering occured in -17600 DR, is this a mistake ?
Iakhovas 05-28-06, 03:29 PM	In my opinion yes LEoF made a mistake. The date -17600 DR contradicts the events that take place in the novel Evermeet: Island of Elves. Since this novel is where The Sundering was first mentioned I'll take Elaine Cunningham's narrative over a one line blurb in LEoF. In LEoF says that Sundering occured in -17600 DR, is this a mistake ?
Jiggawha 05-28-06, 03:31 PM	Yes I agree
Ombre 05-28-06, 04:28 PM	Magnificent job...Surely you deserve to rank among the Sages at the Herald's Holdfast ;-) Thank you very much
Ripe 05-29-06, 02:02 AM	Great job. I'm just wondering, since you listed Windwalker novel during events of the Horde [in 1360 DR], why didn't you include all the other events from Starlight & Shadows trilogy?
Evergreen_Aldaron 05-29-06, 07:33 PM	Amazing....simply amazing.... :D
NiTessine 05-30-06, 07:32 AM	Great job. I'm just wondering, since you listed Windwalker novel during events of the Horde [in 1360 DR], why didn't you include all the other events from Starlight & Shadows trilogy? I think there may be some confusion as to when the novels took place. The Forgotten Realms Novel Chronology WotC used to have up in the novels site places them in 1361, which obviously doesn't work if the sequel happened a year earlier. Still, Iakhovas... awesome work, and without a doubt the single most useful Forgotten Realms freebie I've found on the net.
Ripe 05-30-06, 02:46 PM	I think there may be some confusion as to when the novels took place. The Forgotten Realms Novel Chronology WotC used to have up in the novels site places them in 1361, which obviously doesn't work if the sequel happened a year earlier. Still, Iakhovas... awesome work, and without a doubt the single most useful Forgotten Realms freebie I've found on the net. Only the oppening Chapter of Windwalker take place during Horde [to tie up the story]. All the other Chapters took place after first two novels [and events in those take aproximatelly a year or two to unfold].
NiTessine 05-31-06, 01:56 AM	Only the oppening Chapter of Windwalker take place during Horde [to tie up the story]. All the other Chapters took place after first two novels [and events in those take aproximatelly a year or two to unfold]. Ah, so it does... I really need to start reading these instead of just buying them for bookshelf filler. So, the majority of the series takes place in 1361DR. Well, it's not a big thing, since the events were hardly Realms-shattering.
Ripe 05-31-06, 07:28 AM	Ah, so it does... I really need to start reading these instead of just buying them for bookshelf filler. So, the majority of the series takes place in 1361DR. Well, it's not a big thing, since the events were hardly Realms-shattering. Considering that events of the trilogy are given as in-game reason why drow from 3E differ in abilities from drow in 2E [or more precisely, why they don't loose that abilities after living on the surface], I'd say that it had bigger influence on the Realms than most other novels put together [excluding Avatar, RotA and possibly Last Mythal series].
GothicDan 05-31-06, 10:59 AM	I don't know if it's bigger than the Avatar crisis.. Remember, that was switching from 1E to 2E, and there were a whole heck of a lot of Gods running amuck. :)
Ripe 05-31-06, 01:42 PM	I don't know if it's bigger than the Avatar crisis.. Remember, that was switching from 1E to 2E, and there were a whole heck of a lot of Gods running amuck. :) Which is why I said "excluding Avatar, RotA and possibly Last Mythal series" [I put Last Mythal under possible since I didn't read it yet] when I compared Starlight & Shadows influence with all other series.
GothicDan 05-31-06, 02:47 PM	Apologies, I mentally omitted the 'excluding'. :)
Ripe 05-31-06, 04:01 PM	No problem, it happened to me a couple of times...
Iakhovas 05-31-06, 07:47 PM	No excuse Ripe except that the novels got missed when I was updating the chronology. I'll be sure to get them included in the next update.
johnnype 06-01-06, 05:22 PM	Amazing!! Truly amazing. Thanks for all the work you've put into this. VERY, Very useful. My only suggestion would be to use abreviations of the book titles instead of numbers after each entry. I know you provide a handy reference near the end but it's less page flipping if all the information you need is right in front of you. Just a small nit. The book is amazing. Thanks again.