Forgotten Realms Wiki:Canon

Canon, according to Ed Greenwood, is any published source relating to the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. This means that if it is for sale in paper form then it is official Realmslore.

Some authors disagree with this. Richard Baker for example, when asked about the Baldur's Gate series, claims that canon in the Forgotten Realms is whatever you make of it. You can choose whether a particular work is canon or not.

Most are more inclined to agree with Greenwood as he is the 'father' of the Forgotten Realms. In the case of the Baldur's Gate series, their popularity, coupled with a sourcebook and several Dragon Magazine articles means that in the eyes of many respected members of the Forgotten Realms community it, as it appears in the game, is almost as much canon as the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.

Feel free to discuss articles marked as non-canon on their respective talk pages.

Video games
Most articles that are considered non-canon but worthy of inclusion on the wiki are those concerning elements of a particular video game set in the Forgotten Realms. There are a number of canon templates specifically for these games. Please see Category:Canon templates to find the appropriate template.

Other articles
If you are adamant that an article is non-canon but no reference is made to this on the article, please add the following at the top of the page: If you only want to mark a specific section as non-canon, you can insert this at the top of the relevant section: Please do not add this template unless you are absolutely sure about the article being non-canon. In cases where you are not totally sure, or you want feedback from other users, please add to the article's talk page first.