A list of all novels, novellas, and anthologies set in the forgotten realms, sorted by order of publication. This 2nd novel in the maztica trilogy by douglas niles brings to life an exotic setting within the forgotten realms world. Youll get a lot of lore from the series, and they arent halfbad books either. Salvatore, 25 books ed greenwood, 15 books douglas niles, 3 books baker, richard, 2 books anthony, mark, 2 books jeff grubb, 1 book paul s. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. Many authors contribute to this world, although ed greenwood and r. Watchful eye hluthvar forgotten realms wiki fandom. Love or hate drizzt, its hard to deny that particular series role in the modern incarnation of the forgotten realms. Players guide to the forgotten realms campaign 1993, by anthony herring and others, is the second players guide setting book. Players guide to the dragonlance campaign 1993 before it, the players guide to the forgotten realms campaign reuses a cover. Last town visited was hluthvar which seems to be filled with very stuffy people who worship someone called helm. Otherland and memory, sorrow and thorn were great books but he is really slow, spends way too much time describing everything. Elfshadow by elaine forgotten realms cunningham and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This is the chronological reading order for the forgotten realms series of books and short stories.
I think your best purchasing bet would be to get the books at kobo using coupons when kobo offers them you might want to subscribe to this thread in the kobo forum which helpfully tracks the coupon deals if you havent already. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as the realms, it was created by game designer ed greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. Forgotten realms is a dungeons and dragons setting that focuses primarily on faerun, an ancient land of. Although, i prefer weiss and hickmans death gate cycle to. See the complete forgotten realms series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Hluthvar geography type small city region western heartlands history population 5668 in 72 dr. The chronological order of the forgotten worlds books is the same as the publication order, with one exception. And a good portion of the good books are out of print and all of the ok books are new. Pg2 players guide to the forgotten realms campaign 2e there are many parallel worlds, and in times past, travel was easy between them. The original authors developed it for dungeons and dragons. Why did they nearly ruin the forgotten realms when the 4th.
The forgotten realms chronological book series by multiple authors includes books sword play, dangerous games. The forgotten realms campaign set was written by ed greenwood, with jeff grubb and karen martin, and published as a boxed set in 1987. I enjoy those, but personally i have other novels i prefer over them. At the time of its original release, this series presented key events that impacted the entire forgotten realms world, and the effects of those events are still felt in current novels. Realms of magic forgotten realms anthology brian thomsen. Some of the forgotten realms books are available, and one of them was even offered as a freebie last year.
He does paint a good picture of the realms and approaches tolkienesque detailing at times. The icewind dale trilogy was later reprinted in several different formats. You can help the forgotten realms wiki by expanding it. She is a native of the extradimensional plane of pandemonium. Salvatore and elminster ed greenwood are easily the most enduring characters from the forgotten realms for a reason, so those are probably the best novels to go with. Abyssal plague, book 2 and takes place a few months after it. Frforgotten realms are sourcebooks describing aspects of forgotten realms, rather than traditional modules.
Shadowdale, by scott ciencin tantras, by scott ciencin waterdeep, by troy denning prince of lies, by james lowder crucible. Forgotten realms campaign setting series librarything. The icewind dale trilogy collectors edition hardcover, january 2000, isbn 9780786915576. Forgotten realms, mortal consequences, and several more. This is a list of fantasy fiction novels based in the roleplaying game setting of the forgotten. An allnew version of one of the key titles in the entire forgotten realms novel line. Gift set, the lady penitent, shadowbane, and several more. This does not make hluthvar a welcoming place to visit. We meet back up with the cast of the previous book, demascus, a divine assassin known as the sword of the gods, riltana. Unfollow forgotten realms map to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Watchful eye hluthvar type inn location hluthvar, western heartlands services provided beer.
Niles and salvatore are the only forgotten realms authors i got into but that must have been 15 years ago. Hluthvar, most of its people slain by an infestation of ghouls led by the ghoul. Saga of the sunset vale legacy of the realms obsidian portal. The crystal shard was the second forgotten realms novel ever published, and the first by r. Erix, the former slave girl, and halloran, the legionnaire, flee from the waves of. The trial of cyric the mad, by troy denning the baldurs gate trilogy. Dragonlance is a decent series as well, but they are unrelated to the forgotten realms. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Currently comprising thirty seven novels, the author has continued to write since his first release, the crystal shard, in 1988. List of forgotten realms modules and sourcebooks wikipedia. Pg2 players guide to the forgotten realms campaign 2e.
Many folks would declare the legend of drizzt the best novels of all of those in the forgotten realms series. There were a couple of problems which the realms posed, which really needed to be addressed in the face of a new edition. Forgotten realms fiction, roleplaying game fiction, books. Franklin, 1 book troy denning, 1 book scott ciencin, 1 book elaine cunningham, 1 book rosemary jones, 1 book elaine cunningham, 1. We want to see a forgotten realms movie home facebook. It was the home of the great seer alaundo who foresaw the coming of the bhaalspawn, over a millennium before the crisis of the 14 th century dr. Auril is most powerful in those regions that are affected by deep winters or crouch at the edges of the great glacier. A list of the best novels set in ed greenwoods abeirtoril.
Candlekeep was a towered libraryfortress that stood on a crag overlooking the sea of swords. These books earn the ire of some while others will gobble them up like crack. I think salvatore is a better writer than greenwood, but the drizzt series has gone on wayyyy too long and the quality has really suffered. This realmslore article about a geographical location is a stub. See the complete forgotten realms chronological series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The last three books in the series were not reissued in this format. List of novels in order of publication forgotten realms. She was bound to defend candlekeeps monks, buildings, and books by the archsorcerer torth. Salvaores forgotten realms series takes place in the universe of the same name belonging to the wildly popular dungeons and dragons franchise. Homeland is the first in the dark elf trilogy, and the first in a long series featuring the dark elf warrior named drizzt dourden. Works that are not relevant to the forgotten realms are skipped.
Salvatore and numerous roleplaying video games, including pool of radiance 1988, baldurs gate 1998, icewind dale 2000 and neverwinter nights 2002. It had its heyday in the early 2000s with the baldurs gate, dark alliance, icewind dale and then leading into the neverwinter series. The popular bloodstone lands series of adventures beginning in 1985 was retconned into the setting, as was the even more popular oriental adventures landmass of karatur, which was bolted onto the. This title is the first in a series of recovers of the popular avatar series. Alias of the azure bonds a character from the novel of the same name published by tsr and her paladin companion have been charged by the wizard elminster a prominent character in the world of the forgotten realms to find and destroy the ancient and evil artifact. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sadly there seem to be more ok books for forgotten realms then goodgreat books. This walled town on the dusk road in sunset vale lies in the shadow of darkhold and is less a trading town than a. Hluthvar small city, 5,668 forgotten realms campaign setting from the highest lookout of the fortress like temple of helm at the center of hluthvar, a keeneyed watcher can spy the black towers of darkhold on a clear day, over sixty miles to the east. The only exception is the dark elf trilogy preceding the icewind dale trilogy. As far as books similar to dragonlance, forgotten realms is the obvious choice. Salvatore especially, and his characters, drizzt, athrogate, etc. Forgotten realms campaign setting, 2nd edition by jeff grubb.
194 255 1586 93 258 1485 1570 33 880 765 1611 806 95 742 544 1268 253 787 376 1317 154 950 533 980 1052 1483 133 1225 1043 639 1412 1198 571 716 1015