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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7928630" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>If I had to guess, I imagine that most of the people who want the canon laid out in its entirety are probably more history buffs than people who want to make sure to play the game "in order". It's easier to read and comprehend the entire history of Faerun when its all in one place, rather than bits and pieces spread out over multitudes of books (many of which are adventures). That's why some people have spent a looooooooooong time putting together the timeline of the Forgotten Realms wiki, pulling and placing people and events from across all the media involving Faerun into one year-by-year website package.</p><p></p><p>And I get it. I really do. Faerun is no longer just a playground to set D&D in... it's now a world with a complete history. And when parts of that history have giants empty spots because nobody has wanted to write down what has happened in Turmish over the last 150 years... it feels broken to them.</p><p></p><p>But oh well. Before anything else... the Realms is first and foremost a place to play D&D, and thus the custodians have decided to put the players of D&D ahead of the historians of Faerun for once. Maybe eventually down the line the historians will get their wish and a new regime will show up in WotC and go back and fill in all the blanks. But until then... the historians will just have to make up their own history rather than rely on some other writer to do it for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7928630, member: 7006"] If I had to guess, I imagine that most of the people who want the canon laid out in its entirety are probably more history buffs than people who want to make sure to play the game "in order". It's easier to read and comprehend the entire history of Faerun when its all in one place, rather than bits and pieces spread out over multitudes of books (many of which are adventures). That's why some people have spent a looooooooooong time putting together the timeline of the Forgotten Realms wiki, pulling and placing people and events from across all the media involving Faerun into one year-by-year website package. And I get it. I really do. Faerun is no longer just a playground to set D&D in... it's now a world with a complete history. And when parts of that history have giants empty spots because nobody has wanted to write down what has happened in Turmish over the last 150 years... it feels broken to them. But oh well. Before anything else... the Realms is first and foremost a place to play D&D, and thus the custodians have decided to put the players of D&D ahead of the historians of Faerun for once. Maybe eventually down the line the historians will get their wish and a new regime will show up in WotC and go back and fill in all the blanks. But until then... the historians will just have to make up their own history rather than rely on some other writer to do it for them. [/QUOTE]
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