D&D 5E (2024) Atlas of Faerun (with some pictures from the internet)

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I'm more curious about Mulhorand and Unther. Apparently they weren't fantasy Egypt and fantasy Mesopotamia in Ed's original version. I mean, I like them being fantasy Egypt and Mesopotamia (I once had a whole campaign set in the region), but I do wonder what they were like before...

Really? That's interesting, since in his intro to the original grey box, Ed talks about how they're called the Forgotten Realms because there used to be portals between Toril and Earth, and it's we Earthlings who have "forgotten" those realms on Toril. Having ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, etc cross over to and settle on Toril when there were more portals between the two worlds is in keeping with Ed's vision, even if he had different things happening in those specific places.