Forgotten Realms

The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. 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. Several years later, Greenwood brought the setting to the D&D game as a series of magazine articles, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, as have various licensed products including sword and sorcery novels, role-playing video game ...more

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Forgotten Realms Books

Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)

The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)

Exile (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #2)

Sojourn (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #3)

Streams of Silver (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #5)

The Halfling's Gem (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #3; The Legend of Drizzt, #6)

The Legacy (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #7)

Starless Night (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #8)

Siege of Darkness (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #9)

Passage to Dawn (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, #4; Legend of Drizzt, #10)

The Silent Blade (Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #11)

The Thousand Orcs (Forgotten Realms: Hunter's Blades, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #14)

The Spine of the World (Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #12)

The Lone Drow (Forgotten Realms: Hunter's Blades, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #15)

Sea of Swords (Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness, #4; Legend of Drizzt, #13)

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Quotes Tagged “Forgotten Realms”

“ Friendship: the word has come to mean many different things among the various races and cultures of both the Underdark and the surface of the Realms. In Menzoberranzan, friendship is generally born out of mutual profit. While both parties are better off for the union, it remains secure. But loyalty is not a tenet of drow life, and as soon as a friend believes that he will gain more without the other, the union - and likely the other's life - will come to a swift end. I have had few friends in my ...more ”
― R.A. Salvatore, Exile

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“ Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know now that when I die, I will live on. That which is important will live on. This is my Legacy; and by the grace of the gods, I am not alone. ”
― R.A. Salvatore

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