Dragon magazine 362

Dragon magazine 362 was released in 2008 as a HTML edition. It contained the following articles related to the Forgotten Realms:

Countdown to the Realms - Year of the Ageless One

 * By Richard Baker. p. 3

"Cities burned, kingdoms fell, luckless people were changed into monsters, and mages went berserk. This was the Spellplague, a rippling outbreak of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of magical catastrophes that left no corner of Faerûn untouched." The in-setting justification for the version change.

Countdown to the Realms - Magic in the Forgotten Realms

 * By Bruce R. Cordell. p. 6

Magic power and fantastic features abound in the Forgotten Realms.

Countdown to the Realms - Spellplague: The Wailing Years

 * By Brian James. p. 9

The Wailing Years were a time of storms that brought with them great change to the Realms. Learn more about this time in a timeline, plus some further information regarding Cormyr and the Vilhon Reach.

Elder Evils: Shothragot

 * By Robert J. Schwalb. Illustrated by Ryan Barger. p. 14

A description of the elder evil Shothragot.

Grand History of the Realms: The Moonshae Isles

 * By Brian James. p. 23

From the Days of Thunder to the impending Spellplague, The Grand History of the Realms presents the definitive chronology of the Forgotten Realms setting. Some corners of the Realms, such as the Moonshae Isles, still hold their secrets.

The Eye of Madness - Tyrants of the Feydark

 * By Chris Youngs. p. 36

The Feywild has its own Underdark -- the Feydark -- and large portions of it are ruled by the evil, tyrannical formorians. Get a first glimpse into their terrible kingdoms here.

Design & Development - Halflings

 * By Chris Sims. p. 63

Rivers and streams crisscross the world, and upon these waterways, the nomadic halflings quietly do the same. Learn more about the 4th Edition version of this race, whose talents (and charms) run toward sneakiness and craftiness.