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

[catsclaw227]

I noticed that Anauroch: The Empire of Shade is slated for a November 13th release, but even though it comes after Grand History of the Realms, it is not slated for a 4e upgrade. This is probably due to the fact that there is a 10 (or 100) year jump that will assumed for 4e FR.

Does anyone who has the book, show any mention of Anauroch near the end of the "current" year cycle? I wonder if the book is actually a region book or an adventure disguised as a region book like some of the other more recent ones, i.e. is it the last part of a trilogy starting with Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave and then Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land?

What canon was laid down in Corymr and Shadowdale that might have been described in Grand History?

 

[Ghostwind]

I noticed that Anauroch: The Empire of Shade is slated for a November 13th release, but even though it comes after Grand History of the Realms, it is not slated for a 4e upgrade. This is probably due to the fact that there is a 10 (or 100) year jump that will assumed for 4e FR.

Does anyone who has the book, show any mention of Anauroch near the end of the "current" year cycle? I wonder if the book is actually a region book or an adventure disquised as a region book like some of the other more recent ones, i.e. is it the last part of a trilogy starting with Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave and then Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land?

What canon was laid down in Corymr and Shadowdale that might have been described in Grand History?

It's the third book in the adventure trilogy.

 

[Nikosandros]

It's the third book in the adventure trilogy.

Yes, and I don't think that it's disguised as anything else... the whole trilogy is explicitly presented as a trilogy of adventures.

 

[catsclaw227]

Understood. I should have been more specific, in that the names lead you to believe at a glance that they are regional books about parts of FR.

 

[Nikosandros]

Understood. I should have been more specific, in that the names lead you to believe at a glance that they are regional books about parts of FR.

True. The names can be somewhat misleading.

 

[Banshee16]

You might like to know that before TSR bought the Forgotten Realms in Ed's original campaign there was no Weave. The god of Magic was a carefree deity who took the form of a Unicorn. She is still present in the Realms and for those that know their Realmslore it isn't difficult to find her .

So that's what Lurue's role was?

Banshee

 

[Obergnom]

Which says all kind of things about Elminster.

 

[The Little Raven]

Understood. I should have been more specific, in that the names lead you to believe at a glance that they are regional books about parts of FR.

With Anauroch: Empire of Shade, I can see the confusion, but with the other two, I don't. The subtitles "The Tearing of the Weave" and "Scouring of the Land" both imply events (and with context, big events, as tearing the Weave is a huge deal, and scouring Elminster's hometown is pretty ballsy).

 

[Riley]

The subtitles "The Tearing of the Weave" and "Scouring of the Land" both imply events (and with context, big events, as tearing the Weave is a huge deal, and scouring Elminster's hometown is pretty ballsy).

The original/alternate title for this third adventure was Anauroch: The Sundering of the World.

That's a ballsy title that'd be hard to deliver on in 160 pages. Of course, it'd be more appropriate to the Realms to leave the big events to off-stage Named Persons, rather than let the PC's have any role in any Realms-Shaking Events.

Still, I'm hoping for the best on this one. Given that Anauroch is the remnant of old Netheril, and that Netheril is on its way back (Did I get those two right? I'm only a passing fan of the Realms), maybe the players can play a role in one of the two big events of the 4e transition.

 

[MattDroz]

What canon was laid down in Corymr and Shadowdale that might have been described in Grand History?

Page 156: 1374 Elient 6: Adventurers in the service of Mystra root out a false temple to the goddess in Wheloon, Cormyr. Their investigations reveal that followers of both Shar and Cyric are using the temple as a front to kidnap spellcasters and bring them into the Vast Swamp.

That is the first mention of what happens in Cormyr. There are a couple more entries for the events of Cormyr and Shadowdale,

As for Anauroch, I don't see much in the Grand History that centers around the area, but I expect it to be more earth-shaking than the other stuff that has already happened.

ALSO, just got The Orc King by Salvatore. The bulk of the book deals with Drizzt & the companions dealing with King Obould and his plans for the area, but the Prologue was VERY interesting in that it's set around 1475, 100 years from current storylines.