D&D 4E FR 4E SPOILER - Grand Histoy of the Realms info

[TBoarder]

I picked up my copy of Grand History of the Realms over the weekend, and with all the debate that's occuring... May as well add fuel to the fire.

Spoilers... (highlight to read)

Spoiler

In 1384 DR, Tyr kills Helm in a romantic misunderstanding over the heart of Tymora. Though nothing can be proved, the gods believe that Cyric is somehow involved in Helm's death.

In 1385 DR, With help from Shar, Cyric murders Mystra in Dweomerheart, destroying the plane and Savras, as well as sending Azuth and Velsharoon into the Astral plane.

Magic bursts from the bonds of the Weave. Thousands of mages are driven insane or destroyed, and the very subsatnce of the world becomes mutable beneath the veils of azure fire that dance across the sky.

Cyric is imprisoned on his home plane for 1000 years by Tyr, Lathander, and Sune for his crimes. This event is what is known as the Spellplague

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hey, what's this reset button doing over here? And who's just hammered it down into the ground with a hammer?

 

[Glyfair]

For the benefit of someone who has only made cursory examinations of FR, what was the date of the FR throughout the 3E & 3.5 years?

(OK, slightly more than cursory. But not enough to know the dates.)

 

[F4NBOY]

Did Elminster die?

 

[Glyfair]

Did Elminster die?

Another post in the WotC 4E forums says that the timeline stops there and doesn't say what happens to the Chosen.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

The 1384 one is a joke, right? Unless they all are. The last three seem pretty plausible though.

 

[Hammer_of_Tyr]

That thumping sound you hear is my head being buried in the sand.

(For those bad at metaphor)

ME NOT WANT!

 

[Fobok]

For the benefit of someone who has only made cursory examinations of FR, what was the date of the FR throughout the 3E & 3.5 years?

(OK, slightly more than cursory. But not enough to know the dates.)

1372 at the start, 1375 from Expedition to Undermountain I believe.

 

[TBoarder]

The 1384 one is a joke, right? Unless they all are. The last three seem pretty plausible though.

Not a joke... It's a bit more complicated that what I put down here though. I didn't include the political reasons behind the romance, just showing the final results and the hints of

Spoiler

Cyric's

involvement with it.

 

[Glyfair]

1372 at the start, 1375 from Expedition to Undermountain I believe.

So that puts the "10 year jump" at the last event*. So it seems 4E play will start just as this is "hitting the fan."


* Spoiler tags in a thread with a spoiler seems like overkill, doesn't it?)