D&D General Forgotten Realms: Real World Gods Still Present in the Old Empires

[Henadic Theologian]

Or we can assume they destroyed it for good, or sent it to Abeir (alongside the lake), etc... Given time, I can even came up with a fix that I actually like. The point is, however, that I'm aware of the reason why they didn't include it in the map (most likely because, as you say, there was scarcely anything about the city and they either didn't knew it existed or actively decided to remove it). And that for me, is what doesn't allow me to enjoy this: I'm pretty aware of the truth. At least, not for now. Perhaps, over time I can get over this.



Enlil is a jobber. He was so weak by the end of the novels, I don't think he had the power to pull that one. Nanna-Sin was not even a god by the end of the novels, just an immortal dragon turtle. And Selûne... may be she do has the power for this, but she never cared for the dragonborn. She just saved them by accident and left them to their own devices as soon as she did what she had to do in the area.

Again, knowing the lore is what makes me unable to enjoy the easy fixes people is coming up with, because I have an idea of the Doylist explanation for things. I need time to process this, and came over with fixes I like and consider logical and lore compliant.

Enlil managed to block the Sundering from teleporting two big Dragonborn cities to Abier. That is not nothing given that he had no time to build his power back up to were it was in ancient times. He's had at least decade to rebuild his worship in places like Chessenta, Messemprar, Dragonborn city states, etc..., restoring a measure of his power plus. Asmodeus protects the Dragonborn cities because his pissed Gilgeam makes deals with Grazzt, the civil war in Tymanther/Unther has become an extension of the Blood War.

And Selune is no slouch either

 

[Yaarel]

Enlil managed to block the Sundering from teleporting two big Dragonborn cities to Abier. That is not nothing given that he had no time to build his power back up to were it was in ancient times. He's had at least decade to rebuild his worship in places like Chessenta, Messemprar, Dragonborn city states, etc..., restoring a measure of his power plus. Asmodeus protects the Dragonborn cities because his pissed Gilgeam makes deals with Grazzt, the civil war in Tymanther/Unther has become an extension of the Blood War.

And Selune is no slouch either

Per the 2024 Forgotten Realms books. The fact that the city Djerad Thymar survives suggests Enlil still has an avatar ruling there. But the lack of mentioning him calls his existence there into question. The current status of Enlil is uncertain.

Also the devilization of Dragonborn culture seems problematic for Dragonborn fans. The reallife Sumeria slightly avoids demonization, because at least part of it is free from it.

 

[Zeromaru X]

Enlil managed to block the Sundering from teleporting two big Dragonborn cities to Abier

Actually, Enlil only managed to protect one, Djerad Thymar, and he barely managed to do it. However, I think that he may have been ignored by the new writers team, as he was mentioned in novels and not in any sourcebook. There are already other section of the book that also ignored developments from novels (the King of Damara is still the same one from 4e, despite the fact he was killed by Jarlaxe in one of the recent Drizzt's novels).

The second dragonborn city may have been ignored because of that, too.

Asmodeus protects the Dragonborn cities because

I don't think Asmodeus really cares for that. He only help that time because it was convenient for him, not because he had animosity against Gilgeam.

And Selune is no slouch either

Sure, she is powerful. But she doesn't care about the dragonborn either. Her only help was accidental, and once she helped them she never cared to even sent clerics or something. The only god who actually cared for the dragonborn was Bahamut, and he got downplayed in the novels because reasons.

 

[Epic Meepo]

Enlil is a jobber. He was so weak by the end of the novels, I don't think he had the power to pull that one.

Enlil doesn't have to be powerful on Toril to restore sovereignty to Tymanther. Enlil is Gilgeam's superior in the Untheric pantheon (per Powers & Pantheons, page 102), which transcends any one mortal world. All Enlil has to do is pull rank.

 

[Zeromaru X]

Enlil doesn't have to be powerful on Toril to restore sovereignty to Tymanther. Enlil is Gilgeam's superior in the Untheric pantheon (per Powers & Pantheons, page 102), which transcends any one mortal world. All Enlil has to do is pull rank.

Given that 99% of Tymanther got wiped out, I don't think Gilgeam cares about rank...