FR Time Jump?

[Stone Dog]

Is there an official word as to the duration of this thing? I've heard both 100 years suggested by novels and ten years floating about on the internet.

 

[theredrobedwizard]

As of the prologue of The Orc King, 100 years.

-TRRW

 

[Stone Dog]

As of the prologue of The Orc King, 100 years.

-TRRW

The thing is, I've heard that is just a future Drizzt musing about the past and doesn't reflect the campaign setting or the timeline of future novels. I'm looking for something specifically confirming information about the FRCS in particular.

 

[ChaosShard]

The thing is, I've heard that is just a future Drizzt musing about the past and doesn't reflect the campaign setting or the timeline of future novels. I'm looking for something specifically confirming information about the FRCS in particular.

The 100 year jump is believed by some fans to be accurate, but WotC has yet to release any official info. They have some Realmslore articles slated for January, IIRC, so we may hopefully find out in a few weeks.

 

[Stone Dog]

The 100 year jump is believed by some fans to be accurate, but WotC has yet to release any official info. They have some Realmslore articles slated for January, IIRC, so we may hopefully find out in a few weeks.

Fair enough. I could have sworn that there was a blog somewhere talking about how in 4e Cormyr Azoun V was coming of age, which would make 100 years impossible, but I can't find it.

 

[The Little Raven]

Fair enough. I could have sworn that there was a blog somewhere talking about how in 4e Cormyr Azoun V was coming of age, which would make 100 years impossible, but I can't find it.

Well, we suspect that there's at least a 11 year jump (from the current year of 1374 to 1385), since Grand History of the Realms describes the events of the Year of Blue Fire (1385). In 1384, Azoun V is king of Cormyr, and attempts to institute some democratic reforms but is blocked by his nobles.

 

[Elsenrail]

Likely 100 years.
Circa 10 years = totally post-apocalyptic FR. I don't think it's the aim. The world has to cool itself a little.

 

[Majoru Oakheart]

The thing is, I've heard that is just a future Drizzt musing about the past and doesn't reflect the campaign setting or the timeline of future novels. I'm looking for something specifically confirming information about the FRCS in particular.

Well, the novel is described as a preview of 4th ed(by WOTC) and it is Drizzt musing about the state of the world as it exists in 100 years and the events that led up to it.

We also know that the death of Mystra and the Spellplague are the storyline excuses for 4th ed and they happen in 10 years from the current storyline. It should be noted that the events in the novel happen in only 2 times: 100 years in the future and "present day" which is 10 years before the Spellplague.

It doesn't seem to make much sense to set the new timeline right after the Spellplague as it seems that the entire world would be very occupied with the aftereffects of it as wizards are dying all over the place, magic isn't working correctly anymore, there is a disastrous joining of 2 worlds and the sky being azure and the nature of reality being mutable for a time.

Kind of makes sense to wait a while until the average person gets used to the new world and gets back to "normal", spellcasters learn to cast spells in the new world without the weave, and people mourn the dead and move on.

Plus, it doesn't make much sense to me to have future Drizzt telling all about what the world is like in 100 years if the campaign will be set before then. Since then players know how everything is going to turn out. I think they'd want to leave the future a blank slate.

All these reasons, at least IMO, mean it has to be AT LEAST 100 years in the future. Plus, I've seen one of the designers saying something about the time shift forward alone being enough to remove most of the high level NPCs from FR.