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Message: <blockquote data-quote="see" data-source="post: 9449381" data-attributes="member: 10531">Er, no, not that, either.Cloak & Dagger, which was released in June 2000 for AD&D 2nd edition (2 months before the 3e PHB), has quite a bit about Fzoul Chembryl and Iyachtu Xvim, complete through the year 1370 DR. The book then had a "Future Expectations" heading that detailed some events involving the Church of Xvim for 1371 DR and 1372 DR on page 11. There is no mention of Bane's return anywhere in the book.The 3e FRCS, released in June 2001, details that Xvim was replaced by Bane on Midwinter night in 1372 DR (see p.265).(And between those two publications, as I remember it, there was a guide to the 3e version of Living City campaign released online with a list of gods that had "Xvim" appearing in the alphabetic spot appropriate to "Bane", which resulted in everyone on the Internet correctly predicting the 3e FRCS would have Bane replacing Xvim. Unfortunately, I haven't found any documentation of this.)It is completely true that the 2e-3e transition in both rules and setting was not explained by a Realms-shaking event (unlike the 1e-2e Godswar, 3e-4e Spellplague, or 4e-5e Sundering transitions).But it is also true that the return of Bane happened simultaneously with the transition from 2nd to 3rd edition, not notably before or after the edition transition.</blockquote>