Nentir Vale Coming to Dungeons and Dragons

[Zeromaru X]

All that stuff was explained in some novels and the D&D Next adventures.

I also think they should have explained it in the book instead.

 

[Parmandur]

The issue is the current Forgotten Realms are in a state of quantum uncertainty, simeltaneously Grey Box, 3E and post-Spellplague depending on which books a DM wants to use. WotC isn't going to define it further.