![]() War broke out between the two kingdoms, and in their haste to come to blows they violated the territory of Eiellûr that lay between them. Alarmed, the dark elves of Ilythiir used magic to slay the leader of the Syòrpiir delegation, framing the representatives from Thearnytaar for the murder. In the aftermath of the Sundering, the three elven kingdoms of the Satyrwood – Thearnytaar, Eiellûr and Syòrpiir – continued their discussions for an alliance. The major elven and nonelven powers are depicted roughly 12,000 years before the beginning of Dalereckoning, on the eve of the Crown Wars. The continent of Faerûn that formed in the wake of the Sundering. ![]() The time was not right for the elves to learn of the success of their plan. Starleaf became the first ruler of Evermeet, but for now the island was cloaked in magic. This was the promised land of the elves, the island called Evermeet, a piece of Arvandor incarnated in the mortal Realms. But Starleaf awoke to find herself on a peaceful island far out in the new sea that had formed to the west of the elven homelands (the continent they continued to call Faerûn, now just one of many). The elves assumed their plan had failed and returned to their lives, relieved that their realms had survived the cataclysm mostly intact. Histories of this period are confused in the extreme, speaking of the Shining Sea, the Chultan Peninsula and the Sword Coast many millennia before they were formed in this event. But, it is believed, the gods and Ao himself intervened to dissipate the damage with magic, even scattering the forces involved through time. The devastation was extensive, and the dark elves furious when they discovered their erstwhile cousins were responsible.īy all rights, such a cataclysm – the Sundering, now sometimes called the First Sundering – should have destroyed Toril outright, or at least rendered the planet unable to sustain life. ![]() Ka’Narlist, ruler of the realm, was killed. In far Ilythiir to the south, where the dark elves did not worship the Seldarine so had not been invited to take part in the ritual, the seas rose and destroyed the capital city of Atorrnash, consuming it outright. The world tore apart, the single supercontinent of Merrouroboros blowing apart to form a number of lesser landmasses, scattering islands like leaves in its wake. Then it found faultlines and fissures deep underground, extending through the very rocks of Toril for dozens, maybe hundreds, of miles below the surface. Magical energy coursed outwards, consuming all of the High Mages in the ritual bar only Starleaf. The ritual began in a mighty white tower, erected in the very centre of the continent. Some elves were uneasy about the prospect, recalling myths that it was a High Magic ritual gone awry which destroyed Tintageer, but their fears were dismissed. The elves chose a mighty fulcrum of magic, the High Mage Starleaf, and through her cast a spell which combined the best of the material world with the best of Arvandor, with the blessing of the Seldarine themselves. To this end, circa 17,600 Before Dalereckoning, the elven High Mages came together in a ritual like nothing seen since the days of Tintageer. They decided to create a new homeland for the elves on Toril, but away from the hustle and politics of the mainland. But they also did not want to forsake Toril, at least not yet. They yearned for the simpler life they had known in Tintageer and Arvandor, bound to the land spiritually rather than materially. Their power and greatness were unmatched, but many elves were wary and weary, feeling their new kingdoms were becoming too concerned with maps and borders. The elves had established many great civilisations stretching across much of Merrouroboros. James, George Krashos, Steven Schend and Travis Stout was particularly useful in compiling this series, along, obviously, with the work of everyone who has ever put pen to paper for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting (officially or unofficially) Merrouroboros on the eve of the Sundering, showing the major elven empires which had arisen in the preceding millennia. Boyd, James Butler, Thomas Costa, Ed Greenwood, Dale “slade” Henson, Brian R. The work of Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Eric L. Like my previous series, Nations of the Forgotten Realms, this series draws on The Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas and other Dungeons & Dragons resources for the setting, particularly The Grand History of the Realms, Netheril: Empire of Magic, Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves and Lost Empires of Faerûn. In this series I will look at the history of the Forgotten Realms world and publish a series of maps depicting the continent of Faerûn and the wider world of Toril at various points in its past.
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