Introduction okay, ill let all of you know a bit about me before i begin, because what im doing in this thread wont be a small thing. A list of all novels, novellas, and anthologies set in the forgotten realms, sorted by order of publication. Love or hate drizzt, its hard to deny that particular series role in the modern incarnation of the forgotten realms. I get a constant stream of pms, emails and the like from people wondering where to go next with the drizzt books.
It had its heyday in the early 2000s with the baldurs gate, dark alliance, icewind dale and then leading into the neverwinter series. Some of the forgotten realms books are available, and one of them was even offered as a freebie last year. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. The only exception is the dark elf trilogy preceding the icewind dale trilogy. Much of the history of the realms detailed in novels and source books concerns the actions of various deities and the chosen mortal representatives with a. Finding your path in the forgotten realms project peach. Such practices have been depicted time and time again in forgotten realms products, particularly the novels. The first sourcebook to detail the extensive forgotten realms religious pantheon.
He does paint a good picture of the realms and approaches tolkienesque detailing at times. I enjoy those, but personally i have other novels i prefer over them. Wizards of the coast seems to be a nonagency publisher. While, as noted above, the firbolgs of the moonshae isles believed themselves created from the rock of the islands, the other races of those islands held to legends that the firbolgs crawled out of the sea, called forth by the beast. It has been mentioned on the candlekeep forums that he gives people amnesia when they leave his realm, hence the lack of description of ellaniath anywhere. This 2nd novel in the maztica trilogy by douglas niles brings to life an exotic setting within the forgotten realms world. I have a pile of forgotten realms source material and maps which helps while reading these books. The series is set in faerun, a continent on the world called abeirtoril. By scott ciencin originally using the house name richard awlinson, troy denning, originally using the house. An allnew version of one of the key titles in the entire forgotten realms novel line. 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 known as the hand of. The crystal shard was the second forgotten realms novel ever published, and the first by r. Otherland and memory, sorrow and thorn were great books but he is really slow, spends way too much time describing everything. See more ideas about forgotten realms, fantasy art and fantasy.
This collection details the thirty most important gods in the forgotten realms universe and expands upon the profiles of the rest of the deities. In the forgotten realms, two young elven lovers, one a noble, the other a bard, are captured by pirates and manage to talk their way onto the crew. List of forgotten realms deities card game database wiki. The forgotten realms campaign set was written by ed greenwood, with jeff grubb and karen martin, and published as a boxed set in 1987. 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. We meet back up with the cast of the previous book, demascus, a divine assassin known as the sword of the gods, riltana, a wise cracking windsoul genasi who steals from the wealth of airspur. Ulutiu appears in 3rd edition in the forgotten realms campaign setting book.
In forgotten realms books he seems to have gone from using a longsword nightshadow and a short sword shadowflash to using shadowflash and a dagger. 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. Ulutiu pronounced oolooteeoo, also known as the lord in the ice or the. I think salvatore is a better writer than greenwood, but the drizzt series has gone on. Many folks would declare the legend of drizzt the best novels of all of those in the forgotten realms series. 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. Dragonlance is a decent series as well, but they are unrelated to the forgotten realms. As far as books similar to dragonlance, forgotten realms is the obvious choice. The icewind dale trilogy was later reprinted in several different formats. See the complete forgotten realms chronological series book list in order, box sets or.
The eternal sleeper has shown little interest in faerun since otheas demise. I dont expect forgotten realms books to knock me off my feet. These proved popular, and more cards were produced. My personal impression is that this is caused outofgame in large part because the two boxed sets, forgotten realms adventures, and all the time of troubles products promoted the human gods at the expense of the demihuman gods. Ulutiu appears in 3rd edition in the forgotten realms campaign setting book 2001, and was further described in faiths and pantheons 2002. This title is the first in a series of recovers of the popular avatar series. See the complete forgotten realms series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I like that all of the books, by many authors, all exist in the same world so that they dont have to spend endless pages developing and presenting the milieu. Salvaores forgotten realms series takes place in the universe of the same name belonging to the wildly popular dungeons and dragons franchise. Both books focus more on the godsavatars for encounter purposes. Forgotten realms fiction, roleplaying game fiction, books. 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. For a change, a forgotten realms fanfic fanfiction.
Frforgotten realms are sourcebooks describing aspects of forgotten realms, rather than traditional modules. These books earn the ire of some while others will gobble them up like crack. Faiths and pantheons includes allnew prestige classes, feats, spells, and monster templates. Although, i prefer weiss and hickmans death gate cycle to the dragonlance series. Forgotten realms is a multiauthor series of fantasy novels created by canadian author ed greenwood. They are published by wizards of the coast wotc, with some originally published by tsr before it was incorporated into wotc. According to the wiki, this deity has the following domains animal, cold, law, ocean, protection portfolio. Erix, the former slave girl, and halloran, the legionnaire, flee from the waves of. Boyd, is the second deity book for the forgotten realms. This is a list of fantasy fiction novels based in the roleplaying game setting of the forgotten realms. Best forgotten realms novels a list of the best novels set in ed greenwoods abeirtoril. Ulutiu oolooteeoo is a longquiescent deity who has voluntarily spent the last eon in slumber, adrift in the astral plane alongside a dead giant goddess known as othea. Franklin, 1 book troy denning, 1 book scott ciencin, 1 book elaine cunningham, 1 book rosemary jones, 1 book elaine cunningham, 1.
Several major deities died during the time of troubles, and a handful of mortals rose to divinity. A non realms specific version of ulutiu appeared in the book frostburn 2004. The chronological order of the forgotten worlds books is the same as the publication order, with one exception. The firbolg race was created when othea, wife of the giant deity annam allfather, had an affair with ulutiu. Gift set, the lady penitent, shadowbane, and several more. Ulutir is sufficiently alive to continue to grant spells to his few followers scattered across faeruns northern arctic wastes. Gate games, are either dead or inactive ulutiu has been asleep for centuries. Niles and salvatore are the only forgotten realms authors i got into but that must have been 15 years ago. Forgotten realms, mortal consequences, and several more. Works that are not relevant to the forgotten realms are skipped. Ulutiu is the forgotten realms demigod of arctic dwellers, glaciers, and polar enviroments. This story tracks follows them as they explore and eventually come to influence the lands around the sea of fallen stars. Abyssal plague, book 2 and takes place a few months after it.
Youll get a lot of lore from the series, and they arent halfbad books either. The following chart lists the more wellknown deities of the forgotten realms. 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. List of novels in order of publication forgotten realms. The icewind dale trilogy collectors edition hardcover, january 2000, isbn 9780786915576. The forgotten realms timeline5642 elves found the city of evereska. For books and associated dungeons and dragons roleplaying. The forgotten realms chronological book series by multiple authors includes books sword play, dangerous games. This is my suggested reading order for my forgotten realms books, which all tie together. Gods and goddesses of the forgotten realms pocket plane group. List of forgotten realms modules and sourcebooks wikipedia.