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This page collects trivia from Template:DidYouKnow for 2014.

29/12/2013 – 5/1/2014

 * A yathrinshee was an elite priestess of Kiaransalee who wielded both divine and arcane necromantic magic.
 * There were numerous forms of jewelry in the Realms.
 * In the Year of the Smoking Brazier, 165 DR, the Triton Protectorate of Pumana rose to power in Serôs.
 * Parise Ulfbinder was a Netherese lord of 1484 DR with an interest in the Chosen of the gods.
 * The Council of Mages advised the king of Cormyr on all magical matters and helped developed laws on magic use.

5/1/2014 – 12/1/2014

 * Yattara was a succubus who served the demon lord Graz'zt as his spymaster.
 * Lake Ashane was a glacial lake on the border of Rashemen that was home to water spirits.
 * Khuumal's baldric was a studded leather baldric that warmed and healed its wearer.
 * Lashan Aumersair, would-be conqueror of the Dalelands, was a direct descendent of Elminster Aumar.
 * The City of Judgment was the grim afterlife of followers of Kelemvor and Jergal, as well as the Faithless and False.

12/1/2014 – 19/1/2014

 * The Skortchclaw tribe of orcs from the Spine of the World were involved in an uprising in Menzoberranzan.
 * Wolmad's Camp was home to a Sky Pony tribe who took to banditry.
 * Lysalis was a fey'ri wizard who served Kaanyr Vhok of the Scoured Legion during their assault on Sundabar.
 * The Giantspire Mountains formed the border between Damara and Narfell and were home to hobgoblins.
 * The Army of the Black Spider was formed by the noble houses of Menzoberranzan to defeat the duergar army of Gracklstugh.

19/1/2014 – 26/1/2014

 * Lady Polaris was a high-level arcanist who governed the Netherese enclave of Delia.
 * A sheen stone allowed a spellcaster to precisely control the color of the radiance of a light spell.
 * Worshipers of Waukeen commemorated the return of their goddess from the Abyss each year on Nightal 24.
 * An Amulet of Laeral's Tears bestowed increased health upon the wearer.
 * The drow House Melarn fell during the destruction of Ched Nasad in 1372 DR.

26/1/2014 – 2/2/2014

 * In −1507 DR Lady Polaris, future archmage of the enclave of Delia, was born in Netheril.
 * The Geildirion of Cimbar was a book of secret lore that lay in Myth Drannor until it was retrieved by drow in 1372 DR.
 * Crown Prince Horgar Steelshadow was a gray dwarf ruler of Gracklstugh who led an attack on Menzoberranzan.
 * The windswept island of Falconsrise in the Trackless Sea was used as a hermitage by priests of Ilmater.

2/2/2014 – 9/2/2014

 * Karzon Kul was a dwarven ruffian in Loudwater who picked fights with people at the Fisher's Friend Pub.
 * Kyorli was the rat familiar of Gromph Baenre, the Archmage of Menzoberranzan.
 * A ship of chaos was a ghastly vehicle that was able to sail between the planes.
 * Kabril Ali al-Sara al-Zalazil was the shrewd and open-minded Great Khan of the dao on the Elemental Plane of Earth.
 * A quth-maren was a frightful undead creature formed from the flayed corpses of rival clerics by priestesses of Kiaransalee.

9/2/2014 – 16/2/2014

 * Stonefire was widely used to burn stone buildings and webs in the drow cities of Menzoberranzan and Ched Nasad.
 * Seldra Tylmarande attempted to claim the throne of Neverwinter by pretending to be its "Lost Heir".
 * In the Year of the Cowled Defender, 189 DR, the mighty berserker Bregg the Strong led a bloody revolt against the Witches of Rashemen.
 * On Flamerule 22, worshipers of Tyr perform the ritual of the Blinding in honor of the Maimed God.

16/2/2014 – 23/2/2014

 * Old Dulwar's Leatherworks operated as a safe-house for freedom fighters during the Zhent occupation of Daggerdale.
 * In the Year of the Fanged Gauntlet, 202 DR, Eltabranar invaded Mulhorand and Unther, instigated by the demon lord Eltab.
 * Zandess Danthiir fled her feuding noble parents in Tethyr to become a paladin of Tyr and Ilmater.
 * Corpsehaven was a settlement in the Blood Rift constructed of thousands of corpses used as bricks.
 * In the Year of the Crystal Casket, 249 DR, all members of a cabal of wizards in Unther named The Black Flame were lost or slain.

23/2/2014 – 2/3/2014

 * Sir Guth of the Order of the Golden Cup rose from the dead to complete his holy task for Ilmater, the Broken God.
 * Marpenoth 22 is the traditional birthday of the goddess Tymora, Lady Luck, and celebrated as Starfall by her faithful.
 * Eyes of the spider was Lolthite magic item that granted enhanced magical sight, at the cost of the wearer's eye.
 * The Floshin Estates had been owned by House Floshin sun elves for longer than recorded human history.
 * Feliane was an elven priestess of the drow goddess Eilistraee in Cormanthor and Velarswood.

2/3/2014 – 9/3/2014

 * Hasicor Danali led the Leaves of Learning temple of Oghma in Highmoon and practiced the longhorn flute.
 * In the Year of the Jolly Mongrels, 286 DR, immigrant halfling tavern-keepers prospered in Myth Drannor.
 * Adanac Harpell was the elder of the Harpells and a spokesman for the town of Longsaddle.
 * The Spellguard were a magical security force for the city of Silverymoon and the rest of Luruar.
 * Prath Baenre was a drow student wizard who aided Gromph Baenre in the Siege of Menzoberranzan.

9/3/2014 – 16/3/2014

 * The Tome of Torment was the holiest and most contested book of the church of Ilmater and took the form of a horse-hair shirt.
 * Great Caliph Husam al-Balil, the brilliant but flighty ruler of the djinn, enjoyed a grand procession preceded by a gust of wind.
 * In the Year of the Late Sun, 300 DR, the Academia Vilhonus college began painting dots on the forehead to indicate learning.
 * Rhavauz was an officer of the guards of the drow outpost of Szith Morcane, and she wielded a two-bladed sword.
 * The Friendly Flounder was a tavern in the Dock Ward of Waterdeep famous for its fried fish.
 * Ashira were friendly and joyful spirits that dwelt within orchards of fruit trees in Zakhara.

16/3/2014 – 23/3/2014

 * The Hidden were a drow resistance force in Maerimydra during the occupation of Kurgoth Hellspawn and Irae T'sarran in 1372 DR.
 * In the Year of the Bright Plumage, 320 DR, the Infernal Death plague afflicted cities in Calimshan, leaving exploding corpses.
 * The slow boon spell required a shard of bone painted with the symbol of Ilmater to slowly heal one's wounds.
 * Copper automatons were enchanted statues of copper and clockwork used as warriors and laborers in Zakhara.
 * Rhys Ravenwind was a Harper bard who was friends with both Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade.

23/3/2014 – 30/3/2014

 * In the Year of Blushing Stars, 346 DR, seven elf officers of the Akh'Velahr were court martialed for cruelty to non-elven soldiers.
 * The Northern Wastes of Kara-Tur were actually home to diverse tribes and races with rich cultures, such as the Wu-haltai.
 * A cairn spell was used by Brother Waelarn, a rogue priest of Ilmater, to kill Sir Guth beneath a mound of stones.
 * Marrake al-Sidan al-Hariq ben Lazan was the Sultan of the Efreet and an inveterate gambler on nightmare races.
 * Idalia's flute was a magic flute carved by a monk of the Yellow Rose and played by the assassin Artemis Entreri.

30/3/2014 – 6/4/2014

 * In −1650 DR, dwarf cultists of Baphomet constructed the Unspoken Hall under the cover of a new adamantine mine.
 * A heavy aspergillum was a weaponized aspergillum, wielded only by priests of Ilmater in the kingdom of Impiltur.
 * Hluthvar was a town lying in the Sunset Vale, east of the Reaching Woods and west of the Sunset Mountains.
 * Larala Dumian was a half-drow fang of Lolth who went slowly insane after the Silence of the Spider Queen.
 * Texter was a paladin and Masked Lord of Waterdeep, but preferred to be out of the city fighting monsters.
 * The rocky Akashnu Mountains of Malatra were once home to the capital city of the Kuong Kingdom.

6/4/2014 – 13/4/2014

 * In the Year of the Blue Shield, 400 DR, the monstrous H'Calos the Star Worm hatched from an egg that fell to earth in Far Payit.
 * Favor of Ilmater spell allowed a priest of Ilmater to take on the injuries of another, and even to sacrifice themselves to save a life.
 * Fulgath was a crooked merchant of caravan supplies operating in Dagger Falls, until he was caught by priests of Lathander.
 * The Twin Towers of the Eternal Eclipse were together a temple to Cyric in the Small Teeth mountains of Amn.
 * Kurkle was a hell hound canomorph who served as a guide in the Elemental Plane of Fire in 1373 DR.

13/4/2014 – 20/4/2014

 * Houndaer Tuin'Tarl was a drow who launched a rebellion against the priestesses of Lolth during her Silence.
 * In the Year of the Awakening Treant, 447 DR, the High Council became the official government of Durpar, ending the trade wars.
 * A hair shirt of Ilmater was woven of horse hair and allowed the wearer to cure the wounds of others.
 * Vhissilka was a marilith commander fighting in the Blood War, who was caught in a stray chunk of the Blood Rift.

20/4/2014 – 27/4/2014

 * Gundarlund Island endured winter eight months of the year, and was surrounded by over a mile of sea ice by Alturiak.
 * House Melarn was the most devoted to Lolth in the drow city of Menzoberranzan, and accused other houses of blasphemy.
 * In the Year of the Galloping Gorgon, 503 DR, seven halfling scouts of the Akh'Velahr defeated a cult of Moander.
 * The robe of gentle repose halted decomposition in an undead creature that wore it, enabling it to pass among the living.
 * Rebrum was a traveling merchant of Sheirtalar whose bawdy and popular autobiography, Life of Rebrum, was often copied.

27/4/2014 – 4/5/2014

 * The Tethyamar Trail was used by the Tethyamar dwarves to ship metals between their holds before human settlement.
 * Kyrnill Melarn was once the matron mother of House Kenafin in Menzoberranzan, until its merger with House Horlbar.
 * The illithids of Phanlinksal once invaded Menzonberranzan, but they were defeated and many executed by House Oblodra.
 * N'asr was the god of the dead of the Bedine people of the Anauroch.
 * In the Year of the Shattered Manacles, 533 DR, Mameluk slave warriors in Calimshan revolted and founded a free state.
 * The Iron Helm of Heroes was an artifact of Ilmater with healing powers, possessed by Lord Tessaril Winter of Eveningstar.

4/5/2014 – 11/5/2014

 * Tooman Thendrik led a Ghaunadaur cult to destabilize the Kiaransalee worshipers occupying the drow outpost of Szith Morcane.
 * Q'Xorlarrin was a drow settlement in the dwarven ruins of Gauntlgrym, based around the Great Forge heated by a fire primordial.
 * The Citadel of Black Ash, once a brown dragon's lair, was home to the last fanatical remnants of the church of Gilgeam.
 * In the Year of the Melding, 557 DR, the forces of Phalorm defeated the hobgoblin army ravaging the dwarf duchy of Hunnabar.
 * Priam Agrivar, a paladin of Tyr, was struck by the staff of withering and left a drunken beggar, until he recovered his courage.

11/5/2014 – 18/5/2014

 * K'yorl Odran, Matron Mother of House Oblodra of Menzoberranzan, was tricked into joining Baenre's attack on Mithral Hall.
 * Enlarge person, which doubled a person in size, was invented by Aksa the Destroyer during the time of Netheril.
 * Kir-lanan were born out of the deaths of the gods Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul, and thereafter sought the deaths of all gods.
 * Hlarkus Baltreyo, the Zulkir of Illusion in Thay in the late 15th century DR, was attacked by Neverwintan adventurers.
 * Georg Redfell was the mayor of the village of West Harbor on the Sword Coast and hosted its Harvest Fair in 1374 DR.

18/5/2014 – 25/5/2014

 * Galen was a traveling merchant of the Sword Coast who exchanged a bow for furs with Daeghun Farlong in West Harbor.
 * The Wailing Cliff in the Deep Wastes of the Underdark was the site of a fracture in both the material and shadow planes.
 * A dust genasi was a genasi descending from both elemental air and earth, and had a fascination for the bleak and morbid.
 * Righteous rage of Tempus was a prayer to Tempus, Lord of Battles, that gave a priest the power to strike a devastating blow.
 * Around the Year of Fire and Frost, 600 DR, modern sailing ships made safe travel over the seas possible for the first time.

25/5/2014 – 1/6/2014

 * In the Year of the Spellfire, 610 DR, the orc realm of Vastar fell to invading dwarves, who founded Roldilar in its place.
 * The Ilmatari Monastery of St. Fanal was dedicated to preserving history and educating oppressed peoples.
 * Daeghun Farlong was an elf hunter and fur-trapper of West Harbor as well as the adoptive father of the Kalach-Cha.
 * A fang scarab was used by worshipers of Lolth to guide spiders in battle, but could transform a non-spider into one.
 * The planar rift device was a powerful artifact guarded by Amaunator's avatar and followers, until they came to hate it.
 * The Rangers Three was a trio of adventuring rangers: Belkram and Sharantyr of Baldur's Gate and Itharr of Athkatla.

1/6/2014 – 8/6/2014

 * Regbald Stonethrower was a dwarven warrior who guarded merchant caravans between Luskan and Icewind Dale.
 * The Quallems were a prominent noble family of Dordrien, a settlement of Jhaamdathan survivors in the Dagger Hills.
 * A metalmaster was a giant carnivorous slug that could magnetically attract or repel metal to use as weaponry or armor.
 * Captain Flinn of the Double Eagle was stranded in Highcliff because lizardmen were attacking local ships.
 * In the Year of the Burning Skies, 632 DR, the Ice Queen Iyraclea sent an army and blizzards to besiege Myth Ondath.
 * The village of Highbank Forest in the Vast was home to some of the best furniture and toy makers in Faerûn.

8/6/2014 – 15/6/2014

 * Tanetal was a pit fiend who served the god Bane and the mad wizard Marcus during a plot to steal the city of Phlan.
 * The Clan Brightblade dwarves in Daggerdale were famed for their jewels, which led them to war with the Morn family.
 * The white dragon Arveiaturace sought a new master to ride her following the death of her old master, Meltharond.
 * Dragon magazine #8, published in 1977, discussed various ways of creating towns for Dungeons & Dragons.
 * Laeral's dancing dweomer was a spell that produced erratic and shifting magical auras to obfuscate detection.
 * In −1145 DR traces of Stone Age humans were discovered by Netherese archaeologists working in The Hollow.
 * The Guard of Tantras employed speak with dead spells cast by local clerics for interrogating slain suspects.

15/6/2014 – 22/6/2014

 * Hamadh the Unseen was a drow shadowdancer who led a resistance band against those who'd invaded Maerimydra.
 * Imix was a megalomaniacal archomental of the Elemental Plane of Fire who schemed against the Firelord Kossuth.
 * The Year of the Bloody Crown, 649 DR, saw the dwarf kingdom of Roldilar fall to resurgent orcs in the Vast.
 * Eshpurta, the "Shield City", was the center of Amn's military, with much of the business there servicing the army.
 * Kaleil, a druid of Maiden's Glade, turned himself into a bear, but was unable to turn back when he was driven mad.

22/6/2014 – 29/6/2014

 * In −835 DR phaerimm first revealed themselves in the Netherese city of Conch to assassinate the arcanist Tyvern.
 * Osco Salibuck the Elder was an associate of Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun and honored by a statue in Blackstaff Tower.
 * Skullbreaker was a huge hardwood mace wielded by the dwarf priestess Ambergris until she lost it to drow.
 * A kaia was a creature of genasi legend, said to test a child's courage in nightmares lest they be devoured.
 * Beartrid Winters of the Wolf's Pelt Inn in Targos was handy with a frying pan when it came to breaking up brawls.
 * Major Cargunn's Military and Equipment Shoppe in Eshpurta sold all manner of weapons, armor, and adventuring gear.
 * Bruneil was a human soldier of Fort Locke who was captured by a shadow priest and trapped by undead.

29/6/2014 – 6/7/2014

 * The Fane of Lolth in Szith Morcane resembled an enormous spider, with the head open to any who wished to worship Lolth.
 * In −812 DR a force of 12,000 trolls assaulted the Netherese city of Coniferia at the end of the Trollflame Wars.
 * The city of Mussum in Chondath was abandoned after the Panicked Plague killed 75% of the population overnight.
 * The Song of Selûne told how the moon goddess was tricked into freeing Imgig Zu's kind, then bound them in a gem.
 * Korienna Redarm deserted her post as an officer in Amn's army to lead a bandit gang around Eshpurta in 1367 DR.
 * Praven was a student mage of Neverwinter Academy who joined other students in harassing Qara for starting fires there.

6/7/2014 – 13/7/2014

 * Shevaril Starcloak was a half-elf abjurer and an advisor to Randal Morn, lord of Daggerdale, on magical matters.
 * Vaerilmor Floshin was a fey'ri warrior-mage who dominated the ruins of Elven Port on the edge of the High Forest.
 * In the Year of the Scarlet Sash, 678 DR, Kharis Maerdrym led a Grand Hunt for a near-legendary greater quelzarn.
 * The Happy House of Splendor and Song was a temple to Milil in Tantras that provided guidance to Harpers in the city.
 * The Heralds of Faerûn were founded by Harper Aliost Oskrunnar to stabilize Faerûnian politics and settle disputes.
 * Ahja the Azure was a wizard of the Host Tower of the Arcane who sent Luskan spies to Neverwinter in 1374 DR.

13/7/2014 – 20/7/2014

 * Thulk, the bugbear slave-leader of Szith Morcane, kept his fellow goblinoid and even stone giant slaves cowed for the drow.
 * In the Year of Bound Evils, 708 DR, the Trio Nefarious escaped their pocket dimension prison high over Cormanthyr.
 * Zeearie was a githyanki Sword Stalker sent by the Lich Queen to steal the silver shards from the Kalach-Cha.
 * Tantran finefish was a spiced and pickled variety of fish and that it was one of Tantras's major exports.

20/7/2014 – 27/7/2014

 * Lathander's red was a quite valuable variety of red wine brewed by the priests of Lathander in Dagger Falls.
 * hengeyokai, a shape-changing animal-formed people, fled a genocidal war in Faerie to settle in Toril in ancient times.
 * Black Vizor was a High Herald position of the Heralds of Faerûn, responsible for keeping track of politics and warfare.
 * The Herald Thorn Tree of Riatavin vanished before he was to perform the Bloodsong on the Feast of the Moon, 1370 DR.
 * In the Year of Doom, 714 DR, Myth Drannor fell to the Army of Darkness, with almost 3000 slain and the great city ruined.
 * Natrisse was a Neverwintan priestess of Lathander who tasked the Kalach-Cha with delivering a tithe box to Brother Merring.

27/7/2014 – 3/8/2014

 * A revenant was an undead creature that rose to hunt down and slay those that murdered it in life, particularly gnomes.
 * Pepin Pollo was a gnome painter working in Neverwinter in 1374 DR, who immediately wanted to paint Shandra Jerro.
 * Green Shield was an office of the Heralds of Faerûn that organized and managed the quadrennial Shieldmeet festival.
 * The Regent of City Works managed the sanitation, water supply, cemetary, municipal records, and heraldry of Ravens Bluff.
 * In the Year of the Moaning Gorge, 786 DR, the Paladin Princes of Impiltur opened a portal to banish a demon army.

3/8/2014 – 10/8/2014

 * Chaumyk Vorn, a Red Wizard of Thay, was replaced as khazark of the Thayan enclave in Hillsfar by Tola Vrass in 1373 DR.
 * Calum was a dwarf member of the Neverwinter Nine who led an attack on the orcs at Old Owl Well in 1374 DR.
 * Lendys was the dragon god of justice and balance, and his shrines lay in courtrooms and his rites were held in trials.
 * The Heralds Pursuivant served the High Heralds as apprentices, personal assistants, messengers, and representatives.
 * Cypress was a dracolich who believed he was in love with Lady Yanseldara of Elversult, and tried to bind her spirit to his.
 * Bowdar's Wagonworks in Tantras in the Vast, owned by Bowdar, was dedicated to the construction and repair of wagons.

10/8/2014 – 17/8/2014

 * A drider vampire could latch onto its prey as it sucked blood, and could command all spider-related creatures.
 * The Demon Weave was an alternate Weave created by the drow goddess Lolth in a plot to become goddess of magic.
 * Duncan Farlong and his half-brother Daeghun found two silver shards after the battle with the King of Shadows.
 * The High Heralds were sometimes asked to serve as regents for young rulers or when a line of succession was in dispute.
 * grayclaws were a set of claw-like weapons favored by the Grayclaws thieves' guild of Tantras, and served as a climbing aid.

17/8/2014 – 24/8/2014

 * In the Year of the Bridle, 1349 DR, the Harpers slew three Rundeen leaders and broke their monopoly over Chult.
 * The Lazy Moon Inn in the city of Tantras had a good location on Shendle Street and was always busy.
 * Imaerphil Clovenshield was a capable warrior who commanded the thirty-two elite guards of First Lord Maalthiir of Hillsfar.
 * The Map House in the city of Silverymoon archived many geographic maps and genealogies of nobles and commoners alike.
 * Histra was a priestess of Sune studying at the Edificant Library, who enchanted several items for Cadderly.
 * Kuldahar Pass in the Spine of the World was where frost giants ambushed Hrothgar and his band of adventurers.

24/8/2014 – 31/8/2014

 * The Coliseum of Maerimydra was popular among the drow, until Kurgoth Hellspawn sent captive drow to their deaths there.
 * The white dragon Merothrax served the Cult of the Dragon in exchange for mithril stolen from the Icehammer dwarves.
 * The Herald's Rest was a festhall in Berdusk part-owned by the Heralds of Faerûn after a High Herald married his escort.
 * In the Year of the Heavy Heart, 815 DR, Elué Dualen disguised herself as Alustriel and journeyed to Silverymoon.
 * Eldorn Mindalar was High Artificer of the House of Skilled Hands temple of Gond in Tantras around 1358 DR.

31/8/2014 – 7/9/2014

 * Dreveth the Gray was a powerful diviner of Hillsfar who sometimes helped adventurers to perform good deeds.
 * The blue dragon dracolich Vilithrax guarded the Cult of the Dragon in the Whispering Caverns of the Underdark.
 * The Herald's Hall was a grand subterranean manor under the Troll Mountains and the base of the High Herald Unicorn.
 * In the Year of the Sacrificed Fortune, 827 DR, the Red Wizard Velsharoon fought the Halruaan mage Omm Hlandrar.

7/9/2014 – 14/9/2014

 * Vaustal Urle was a powerful cleric of Helm in Hillsfar who aided adventurers who also followed deities of a lawful bent.
 * Methegrist was the home of the Moonwatchers, an order of paladins devoted to Helm and protecting the Moonlands.
 * Wave Echo Cave under the Sword Mountains had wondrous magical properties that fueled the Forge of Spells.
 * The House of Glory temple to Tempus in Tantras was damaged by an accidental fire during the Time of Troubles in 1358 DR.

14/9/2014 – 21/9/2014

 * The Shrine of the Claw on the Lake of Shadows was dedicated to a fiendish kraken worshiped by a sect of kuo-toa.
 * The Inn of the Clowns in Bloodstone Village was once renowned across Damara, until war with Vaasa caused a decline.
 * Cassiar was a master vampire who preyed on Daggerdale, until he was ambushed by Jander Sunstar and other adventurers.
 * Fated Depths was a fiendish plane of lightless, crushing depths and briny water, home to evil sea deities and their followers.
 * King Osbrun of Chessagol once bought the shield Thurbrand's Protector from the adventurer it was named for.

21/9/2014 – 28/9/2014

 * In the Year of the Hunted Elk, 841 DR, the goddess Mystra made Laeral and Syluné Silverhand her Chosen, after they feuded.
 * The Red Prow was a Calishite slave-ship that sunk under the weight of its treasure before rising as a wraith-crewed ghost ship.
 * The spell waves of weariness required one to read poetry aloud, and was popularized by "Volo's Guide to All Things Magical".
 * The Lake of Blood in Maerimydra was named for its red hue, reputedly caused by the bodies of dead rebels once dumped there.
 * Halectrizar the Storm Eater was a blue dragon who aided the Cult of the Dragon during the Siege of Neverwinter in 1479 DR.
 * Asgar Tellendar, high priest of Ilmater in Asbravn, received dream-visions from his god, but the Zhentarim also sent their own.

28/9/2014 – 5/10/2014

 * The Company of the Bright Spear was an adventuring company in the Dalelands that included the young thief Shandril Shessair.
 * In the Year of the Cornerstones, 855 DR, Sammaster, Chosen of Mystra, began magical research into life, death, and undeath.
 * Maulaugadorn was a warrior king of the old North who learned magic and ultimately created the maulaugryms.
 * Nishrek was the home plane of the orc pantheon and was a world of constant warfare and strife between its inhabitants.
 * Lostmauth was a red dragon of the isle of Tuern who planned to assault Neverwinter at the behest of the Cult of the Dragon.
 * Cragmaws were a tribe of goblinoids based in the Neverwinter Wood, named for their custom of sharpening their teeth.
 * neogi were a spider-like creatures with long flexible necks that commanded umber hulks.
 * Hulzimmer Atharn was a magelord of Athalantar who sought magic that could transform a person into a dragon.

5/10/2014 – 12/10/2014

 * A death spear was a life-sapping longspear wielded by elite drow warriors in the defense of their cities and temples.
 * In the Year of Flamedance, 865 DR, Sammaster befriended Algashon outside Baldur's Gate after breaking up with Alustriel.
 * The Morning Halls was a temple of Lathander in Tantras that went almost completely deserted in the Time of Troubles.
 * Tuern was an island in the Trackless Sea home to Northmen who worshiped red dragons and denied the existence of gods.
 * Parbid was a tiefling Shadovar monk and member of Cavus Dun who was hired to kill Drizzt Do'Urden capture Dahlia Sin'felle.
 * Elthryn Aumar was one of the Warring Princes of Athalantar, who retired from court and fathered Elminster Aumar.

12/10/2014 – 19/10/2014

 * A hand of Kiaransalee's glory was a mummified drow hand adorned with silver rings that granted its bearer magical powers.
 * Cheeeese was a type of cheese that was a dangerously addictive, hallucinogenic drug to halflings.
 * The One Stone was an ancestor mound for the Golden Eagle and Sky Pony tribes, and sealed a passage to the Nine Hells.
 * Haemir Waelvor was an elf wizard of Myth Drannor who conspired to kill Mythanthar, architect of the mythal.
 * Fort Ilbratha was an abandoned Valasharan fort in the Troll Mountains, named for the sword that brought it low.

19/10/2014 – 26/10/2014

 * Beltyn's burning blood was a necromancy spell that caused blood from an open wound to catch fire and burn the victim.
 * The Howling Wing kir-lanan band took a toll from Underdark travelers passing the Wailing Cliff in the Deep Wastes.
 * Aszundar Zel was a diplomat of Neverwinter who visited the royal court of Cormyr around 1354 DR.
 * Snowdrift Inn in Easthaven in Icewind Dale had a fishy smell around it owing to the knucklehead trout drying outside.
 * Nacacia was a half-elf slave of the Masked in Myth Drannor who helped save Elminster and raise the mythal.

26/10/2014 – 2/11/2014

 * The Agate Anchor was a curio shop in Tantras owned by Chuldos and apparently stocked every non-magical item around.
 * Nobruzzal was a drow wizard at the Inverted Tower in Szith Morcane, who dabbled in all schools of magic.
 * Dosemen of Sundabar summoned a demon to assist him in a contest, but was tricked into calling the demon lord, Errtu.
 * Ricardo Domine was an Overwizard of the Arcane Brotherhood who requested that all visitors bring him fine food.
 * The Axe Kingdoms were a pair of fallen merrow kingdoms that were the last of sea ogre civilization in Serôs.

2/11/2014 – 9/11/2014

 * The Caligarde's claw spell conjured an invisible claw of force that pursued and rended a targeted creature.
 * The Ninth Serôs War between the merfolk of Hmurrath and sea ogres of the Axe Kingdoms ended with 80% of the latter fleeing.
 * Rassiter was once the leader of the wererats of Calimport, until they clashed with the Companions of the Hall.
 * Rhinnom Dannihyr was leader of the Shadow Council of the Shadow Thieves, as well as a member of the Council of Six of Amn.
 * Stamkk was the bugbear chef of the Coliseum kitchens in Maerimydra and handy with cleavers and kitchen knives.

9/11/2014 – 16/11/2014

 * Mook was a thief-conjurer of the Shadow Thieves of Amn who ran afoul of a war against Bodhi's vampires.
 * The fire gate spell allowed a Red Wizard of Thay to step into a fire, teleport out of another, by crossing the Plane of Fire.
 * Monksblade, a village in Cormyr and a popular stopover to Sembia, was built over the ruins of four separate monasteries.
 * A silverwraith was a ghostly undead that could transform spell energy into a negative energy attack.
 * Mother Tathlorn's House of Pleasure and Healing was a festhall and spa in the city of Waterdeep in the Castle Ward.

16/11/2014 – 23/11/2014

 * Black Helm Tower, lying a day's ride north-east of Daggerford, was the home of Black Vizor, one of the High Heralds.
 * In the Year of the Fell Firebrake, 886 DR, Harpers erected wards around Hellgate Keep to contain the demons there.
 * Karrlon, a wemic scout, left the Mindulgulph Mercenary Company to found the the Legion of Lions, devoted to Nobanion.
 * The Cavern of Cloven Heads was home to the grimlock descendants of the Uthgardt Golden Eagle and the Red Pony tribes.
 * The Courtyard of Lolth in Maerimydra was long the hiding place of the stolen Warblade of Cormanthyr.

23/11/2014 – 30/11/2014

 * Rontal Qirattar, the seneschal of Lady Kyrin Hawkwinter of Tethyr, organized her wedding but plotted to wed her himself.
 * In the Year of the Burning Tree, 890 DR, demons began tunneling under Hellgate Keep to escape the Harper wards.
 * The "The Warlock King" was a ballad minstrels feared to sing around the Troll Hills, afraid of angering the lich-king Larloch.
 * The plague spell put an illusion of a hideous disease on its victim, which some spellcasters used to extort their victims.
 * The sympathy spell compelled a creature to move and be close to another.
 * The Shattered Tower of Maerimydra was named for its broken glass–like design, not its later destruction by Irae T'sarran.
 * Naergoth Bladelord was a warrior leader of the Cult of the Dragon who helped direct the hunt for Shandril Shessair.

30/11/2014 – 7/12/2014

 * The Spendelard's chaser spell was created as a cure for drunkenness, hangovers, nausea, and other effects of drugs and alcohol.
 * The arcane eye spell allowed its caster to remotely view a certain location, and required a piece of bat fur.
 * The Screeching Wing were a band of kir-lanan who took a toll from Underdark travelers passing the Wailing Cliff in the Deep Wastes.
 * The Meth was a breed of light warhorse hailing from the border between Chessenta and Unther, noted for its stronger build.
 * Sorenth "Happy" Gorender was owner of the Purple Lady festhall, a master blackmailer, and member of the Night Masks.

7/12/2014 – 14/12/2014

 * In the Year of the Rotting Word, 905 DR, Sammaster wrote the Tome of the Dragon and spread his beliefs across Faerûn.
 * Proctiv's seal crystal sphere was an epic spell that barred spelljamming ships from ever entering an entire crystal sphere.
 * The rod of the twisted Weave wielded by Irae T'sarran absorbed incoming spells and released a backlash of negative energy.
 * The Calim cactus was a hardy plant of the Calim Desert that spread its roots over a wide area to absorb moisture from the air.
 * Anton Marivaldi, a Turmishite pirate, captured Stedd Whitehorn, Chosen of Lathander, for a bounty but joined his cause.

14/12/2014 – 21/12/2014

 * In the Year of Waiting, 907 DR, mameluks excluded from power in Manshaka claimed and resettled Calimport's upper city.
 * Velasta T'sarran, priestess of Kiaransalee and twin of Velina, raised dead clerics of Lolth as quth-maren in Szith Morcane.
 * Hakan was a half-orc sorcerer and Herald who worked as an assistant to Old Night, Shalara Swordshigh at Herald's Holdfast.
 * The Peaks of Flame were a volcanic range in Chult, said to be where Dendar the Night Serpent would break into the world.
 * A roouddan was a turnip-like vegetable that was a useful staple food around the Inner Sea and was used for smuggling wine.
 * The Order of the Gauntlet was an order of clerics and paladins devoted to the gods Helm, Hoar, Torm, and Tyr.
 * The arcane lock spell allowed a wizard to magically lock a door, gate, or window, complete with password entry.

21/12/2014 – 28/12/2014

 * A spiderstone golem was a powerful construct imbued with the spirits of a drow warrior and a demon of the Demonweb Pits.
 * The Tabaxi tribe of Chult, guardians of the city of Mezro, branded lawbreakers with blue triangles on their foreheads.
 * Tumbarum was an ancestral hero and totem of music in the Alcheringa philosophy of the Osslanders of Osse.
 * In the Year of the Watching Raven, 913 DR, Rauthauvyr, "the Raven" founded the nation of Sembia but declined to rule it.
 * Orlex was the devil lord of the kingdom of Yhalvia, a part of the empire of Narfell, until he was deposed by rebellious mages.
 * Dorothea Linkletter of Neverwinter was infected by the spellplague, causing her to transform into a violent monster.

53rd week

 * In the Year of the Loose Coins, 580 DR, Ecamane Truesilver became the first human to study the Quess'Ar'Teranthvar.
 * Vajra Valmeyjar, a former Blood Arena gladiator in Manshaka, was a heroine of Waterdeep's Selûne's Smile tavern.
 * An ice genasi was descended from both elemental air and water, and had a naturally cool personality.
 * Pitney Lannon was a militia soldier of West Harbor who was injured in battle against bladelings and duergar.
 * A guards and wards spell allowed a wizard to protect a building with a variety of magical effects, including webs.
 * The High Council of Tantras focused largely on regulating trade, and made few restrictions on its citizens' affairs.