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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 768471" data-attributes="member: 2238">I think the Untheric Pantheon was Persian, or middle eastern or somthing, as that is the pantheon of Tiamat.  Googleing......This is explained in FR 10.  Ao invited the Egyptian and Babylonain/Persian pantheons to manifest in the Realms to help with the Imaskari, and a few of each panteon took the call.  Also, Uthgar is from the Rus, (those vikings that eventually became the Russians.)  Tyr is a viking god also.  As for gods having sway over many world, well yeah, but I think what we are talking about here is why the Realms are Forgotten.  The consensus is that there were once portals here from there, but they got mostly shut down, unless your name is Elminster.  The bit about these portals getting shut down has largely been covered by the Imaskari slaving operations, I am sure that there are others that were not included in theis conflict.  So looking at it in the "presence of worshipers gives gods power" that Ao decreed even though he did not make that decree until the time of troubles, it would indicate that the populations of Unther and Mulhorand are Largly of Egyptian and Persian/Babylonain stock.  However this can be disputed,  Ao may have just picked those gods to stand up for those people.   Still looking at what Grodog said, I would have to go with the first reason:Imaskari make a portal to earth, capture a bunch of earthlings and take them to the realms and make them slaves.  These earthlings were largely Egytians and Persians.  Thus Ao invites those pantheons into the realms to stick up for their followers.It lit crit mode, most of the FR gods are old gods from RL.  Which I think is pretty neat and runs with the Dieties and Demigods concept of Dungeons and Dragons gods.Grodog, we are both right.  You got the reason it was originally called the forgotten realms, I have got the reason that your reason has evolved into.Aaron.</blockquote>

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