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15/02/2020

 * The scholars at the FR Wiki encourage you to chug a philter of love or light a love candle as you endure the winter by contributing to our site.
 * This month, Ir'revrykal and Moviesign have been updating the quality of some of the beautiful art from Realms novels.
 * Johnnyriot, advised by Possessed Priest, has been traveling in the far north of the Frozenfar and Delimbiyr Vale, where he carefully avoided making contact with black ice or passing through the Laughing Hollow. He stopped to warm himself at Hammer Hall, where he met a Scalamagdrion and shared his favorite reads, My Adventures in the Realms and A Myth Drannan Amphigory.
 * Regis survived a winter storm of epic proportions and managed to still find time to tell the adventures of everyone's favorite Rashemi berserker and his supposed miniature giant space hamster and friends as they battle against the infernal tides of the Hells from Baldur's Gate to Elturel.
 * After over a year absence, Sturma has returned to detail various strange magical items from the Moonshae Isles, including such oddities as the torque of the Goddess, the cauldron of doom, and the yoke of boar harnessing.

14/03/2020

 * There's been big news on Baldur's Gate III. We've got what's known and are getting ready for more.
 * Artemaz resurfaced in the Gateway City of Dihliz, working for the Ministry of Secrets. But, outside the Ivory Palace, he was ambushed by the savage Cult of Ragarra and carried off to their temple in Kadarasto, the City Most Sinister, for sacrifice. Which was just as well; he was going there anyway.
 * Exploring Amruthar and asking too many questions about Zulkir Maligor, Artyom.pavlov ate some bad yarberries at the Gold Dragon Inn and awoke as a slave in the Thayvian gold mines. He was allegedly rescued by a Underdark-dwelling giant catfish, but was still a bit delirious at the time.
 * Fleeing Shou-town yakuza on the Rock of Bral, Lhynard stumbled into the Temple of Odin and ran into space vikings instead. Inspired by legends of the alien Norse gods, he went spelljamming with them to see Yggdrasil's Child, the colossal tree of Garden, and its many moons.
 * Stuck at home with nothing to do? Then stay in and explore, and become a wiki writer. Make an account, use the Source Editor, learn the ropes, and get stuck in!

1/04/2020
File:Malanthius.jpg|thumb|right|Go, before I unleash a terrible something on you.
 * We've got movie sign! In a special exclusive, the FRW can share new details of the upcoming D&D movie, titled "The Hexblade". Set across Faerûn at several times over the last century, it follows Raven of Hightower, a long-haired, brooding warrior who wields sword and magic to slay monsters as fate pushes him into a role as protector of a lost princess and involvement in a war against the fanatical, conquering armies of Zhentil Keep. He is aided by Alyssa, a deformed, mask-wearing mage; and Olivan, a gnome bard who uses song to urge folk to throw copper pieces to the hexblade. At one point, they join a dragon-slaying expedition, but instead choose to protect the ageing gold dragon Palarandusk and his eggs. We can also reveal this image of the wizard Malanthius, who will be played by Sylvester McCoy of Doctor Who fame. Share your thoughts here.
 * Congratulations go to Ruf67, who is one of Fandom's Editors of the Month for March 2020, probably for the many, many new articles he contributes.
 * On holiday in Chessenta's Akanul Plains, BadCatMan got schooled in chess by the folk of Oslin. Learning of the Magical Chessmen of Ultham-Urre, he went searching over the Hills of Maerth, hoping to find a philosopher's stone on the way. But what he found was a geriviar upset at having her isolation disturbed and not impressed by his attempts to teach castling.
 * Tracking the sword Alamion up the Sword Coast North, Look-a-troopa ran afoul of poisonous wood woses, was tricked by a space mimic, got entangled with plantmen on Ruathym, and was trapped by Selgryn kobolds at the Ice Lakes, and, worst of all, found a horax crawling on her neck.
 * Exploring Cormyr's Hullack Forest, Moviesign stumbled into the Wyvernstones of Hullack, and was chased out again by a pack of Malarite cultists. Finding books to be less hazardous, he read Auleethaea Cormaeril's diaries and learned of the mysterious Hullack Hawk, as well as Tharim Roaringhorn, Beldarm Truesilver, and other early-13-century nobles. But he also came across a copy of the Black Chronology.
 * And remember: stay or more apart at all times, the same as in a D&D grid. We're all adventuring together, just outside a 5-foot reach.

2/04/2020

 * There is of course no new movie news, and the FRW did not get an exclusive. When gnomes are involved, always check the date. ;)

1/05/2020

 * Belated news on the D&D movie: it's been delayed to May 27, 2022.

9/05/2020

 * Belated news on the D&D movie: it's been delayed to May 27, 2022. And now it has a new producer: the MCU's Jeremy Latcham.

25/05/2020

 * Sorry for the delay; it's hard managing one wiki, let alone two. Yes, I've been unfaithful at the Eberron Wiki, and she is a demanding mistress. To make up, I have a double-load of clacks.
 * We welcome SunderedShor, who stands on the shoulders of giants—literally so in his quest to uncover the secrets of the Jotun. He left The Seven-Stringed Harp with a backpack full of brass and followed a band of would-be dwarven giant-killers. Unfortunately, the one they tried to kill was a death giant. SunderedShor escaped into ruins thought to be from the fallen Cloudlands and discovered lost giant rune magic: a claw of the wyrm rune, one to control undead, and another that opened a door to Ysgard. Surely one was useful against that death giant outside…
 * But Ysgard is where we catch up with Sir Whiteout, who's relaxing in Alfheim after mapping the infinite planes, from the Inner Planes to the outer, including the first layer of Limbo and the dwarven realms of Erackinor on Mount Celestia, Mount Clangeddin in Arcadia, and the Dwarvish Mountain in the Outlands. But I ask just what he's doing with a disguise kit and Elminster's eversmoking pipe.
 * We also welcome Silvananthus, who comes from the Oakfather's Glen in Brost, and Arby777, who toured two of Waterdeep's taverns, the Mighty Manticore and Crawling Spider, and slept it off at the Plinth. We welcome back RatsAbout, who went to Myth Drannor, got robbed by Isharn Hammerfell, and explored with Delmair Rallyhorn, Father Jon, and Rex.
 * Meanwhile, as the Year of Monsters continues, our menagerie expands. Regis87 has caught a lot of theme-park-reject dinosaurs like tanystropheus, snakes like the constrictor snake and sewerm, and animals like the bison and cheetah. Look-a-troopa has found the draconic dracohar and draken and undead giant barrowes, as well as talking owls  and penguins.
 * Seeking the ruins of the Netherese city of Tinnainen destroyed by the dragon Wrathburn, Possessed Priest equipped sword of stalking, dart of the hornets' nest, and eyes of charming, as well as a good supply of beer, and ventured forth. And into a dungeon full of oozes, where he swam through bloodbloaters, stumbled into a stunjelly wall, and walked right through an ethereal ooze. But wiki editors do tend to get bogged down in things they didn't plan on.

29/05/2020

 * Movie news! Directors/writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have given an interview about movie-making in lockdown and their plans for the D&D movie. We have the backstory here.

2/07/2020

 * Where does the time go? This time, into adding quite a lot of lore to the wiki. Now, it's into Current Clacks.
 * Are orcs inherently evil? To find out, after returning from Katashaka, the Utter East, and Lapaliiya, BadCatMan journeyed into the Tortured Land (it's not that bad) to find the ondontis, a tribe of kind orc pacifists. Then he went to Phsant, where many orc ex-soldiers integrated into a multicultural society. Finally, he sailed to old Airspur and had a drink with Khrulis, learning of how orc refugees deposed a cruel cult and ruled capably in the face of bigotry. Maybe the real evils are ignorance, intolerance, and extremism after all.
 * We welcomed Anjilicus—or rather, waved goodbye to Anjilicus on a journey north along the Way of the Powrie, passing through the old, cold, gnoll settlement of Frozen Flindyke in the Tortured Land. Seeking the mysterious Maram of the Great Spear, Anjilicus took the Remorhaz Run into the Frozen Forest and found the Monument of the Ancients. In short, it was cold.
 * We also welcomed Reesorville, who's heard a Whisper of Waves and gone to Innarlith to meet the great engineer Ivar Devorast, as well the Red Wizard Marek Rymüt and the black dragon Insithryllax in their Land of One Hundred and Thirteen. What's the objective of this? I shrugged.
 * In search of the real Abdel Adrian, Ruf67 donned helm of charm protection and Jansen Brand Micro–Macro Spectroscopes and went adventuring, visiting the Grove of the Ancients, Cloak Wood mine, and not one but two temples of Bhaal. Fortunately, the cultists of the Lord of Murder weren't in. As far as Ruf knows.
 * Excuse the belches, the moans and groans, and the giggles, it's just Moviesign playing around with classic cantrips. But if it's groans you're after, then unlock the door, go over the rainbow to the bluelight, don't blink, light your firefinger, and check the verbal components. Just excuse the painful portmanteau of two-D'lusion.

27/07/2020

 * Are you interested in wiki traffic stats? No? What about how they're affected by a pandemic and gaming schedules? See our 2020 stats report for the story.

2/08/2020

 * In Waterdeep for the Brightswords and Day of Wonders festivals, Sir Whiteout took in a play at the Pink Flumph theater. This was unfortunately interrupted by an incursion of psurlons from beyond the stars. Down in front!
 * Artemaz got right to the point in documenting some magical weapons: Kanalruil and the Spear of Halama from Evermeet and Amasal and Thael from Illefarn.
 * We welcome RecursiveCurser, who had a run-in with Pelath, the pirate dragon of the Nelanther Isles.
 * We also welcome Wwuviking who, busily researching where things come from, hit the menageries, starting with A: abrian, ahuizotl, aquatic ooze, bhut… Will the Viking survive to C?
 * Meanwhile, Lhynard jumped ahead, speaking with a wise shedu, dodging harssaf raiders in the desert, and collecting the honey of giant bees. In comparison, the chameleons were much easier to wrangle. The Year of Monsters is over halfway through, and there are still a lot more monsters to see.

5/09/2020

 * The FRW has had its 33,000 article, with the Tethyrian village of Hostim from Lhynard.

24/09/2020

 * What classic setting do you want to see return? Cast your vote on our Twitter, here.
 * Time is an illusion, wiki schedules doubly so. But the 2020 Year of Monsters project (by the gods, that was prophetic) reached its milestone goals, with 500 new creatures and a total of 2000 overall. Unlucky 2000 is the cruel undead inquisitor from project-leader Regis87, who cheated with an only-now-finished article.
 * After trekking through the snow in Icewind Dale, Regis also added to the menageries the snow golem and coldlight walker; the arctic fox, mountain goat, and walrus; and the terrifying chardalyn dragon.
 * On the same mission, the Vegepygmy went hunting for (or fleeing from) various fiends, discovering draudnus and corruptors of fate, and learning more about kocrachons, and nupperibos. He also got the ugly truth from hags about the green hag and sea hag, as well as the Hag Countess.
 * SilverTiger12 is away with the fairies! First, they explored the Seelie Court, detailing fey deities like Verenestra, getting the low-down from shy gorse faeries, and having a merry drink with a clurichaun. Escaping the inevitable fight by flying off on a swan, the Silver Tiger ventured into the Unseelie Court to see the Queen of Air and Darkness, while battling lunar ravagers and the lurking shadovigs.
 * After emerging from a gate into a Shrine of Mystra, and getting a taste for blueglow moss, Artyom.pavlov found himself in the ruins of fabled Myth Drannor. He crept through the undead-haunted Polyandrium graveyard to reach the nicer and somewhat less-infested Glim-Gardens. Then Artie headed down into the sprawling undercity of the Dwarven Dungeons… We may never hear from him again.

1/10/2020

 * Happy Birthday, Forgotten Realms Wiki! Since its creation on October 1, 2005, it's seen fifteen years; three domain names; three D&D editions; over 120 years of timeline advancement; stacks of sourcebooks, novels, comics, and games; up to 1.6 million visiting devices a month; over 33,400 articles; and countless dedicated editors who've kept it all going and thriving. There are far too many to name, but I thank each and every one for all their hard work and enthusiasm. I thank the fans for reading our articles; we're glad to have given entertainment, inspiration, and guidance to the Realms and D&D. And I thank the designers, writers, and artists for giving us all such a rich world to explore.
 * Take a look at our infographic on the Twitter page and see our goals and early history here.

7/10/2020

 * FANDOM just migrated the FRW to their new Unified Community Platform. This caused some chaos, but it seems stable now. Let us know on Talk or Forum pages if anything is amiss. You may notice some changes to how things look, and some new features and functions.

14/10/2020

 * Going back to Baldur's Gate on a nautiloid, Possessed Priest escaped Us (not us, the intellect devourer) and the fiendish Commander Zhalk, before running into the archdruid Kagha and being healed by the Elixir of Silvanus. But he got the real prize—books! The Illustrated Adventures of Balduran, The Wonders of Phandalin, Shanties for the Bitch Queen and others went straight to the library.
 * Browsing spellbooks like Glandar's Grimoire, Kyristan's Mysteries, and Glanvyl's Workbook, Artemaz added spells like fellblade, undead familiar, write, and many more, and attracted a spectral wizard. But, really, creating an illusory pet cat may be the best use of magic ever.
 * SunderedShor got to know the druid hero Lanseril Snowmantle and learned of Hephaestus (the smith god, not the dragons). He also added to the menageries the plant-like tendriculos and mantrap, the energetic incarnates, the fenhounds of Ravenloft, undead slow shadows, and the intelligent apes called dakons. Just don't ask how he caught the lice.
 * Unknown user 11 went shopping for fiend patrons for warlocks, learning of the osyluth Incus, the logokron Kulaga, and Shetai, the Vulgar Inquisitor.
 * We welcome Grumpmicat, who wanted to tell us about the Xanathar's pet goldfish Sylgar, and Darkyelf, who sought Beirmoura, the Bright Sword of Thentia, but found nightviper and Tundra Widowmaker snakes and drow with dreamwhisper poison. And good night.

25/10/2020

 * To our Portuguese-speaking friends: A FRWiki tem wikis irmãs em outros idiomas! Se você fala português, considere contribuir em Wiki dos Reinos Esquecidos adicionando informações ou traduzindo as nossas páginas em inglês.

31/10/2020

 * To our French-speaking friends: Une version du FRWiki existe aussi dans la langue de Molière! N'hésitez pas à rejoindre le Wiki Le Monde des Royaumes Oubliés, à participer, rédiger des articles, compléter ceux déjà présents, et offrir aux francophones un wiki digne de ce nom sur les Royaumes Oubliés!
 * And to our Portuguese-speaking friends: A FRWiki tem wikis irmãs em outros idiomas! Se você fala português, considere contribuir em Wiki dos Reinos Esquecidos adicionando informações ou traduzindo as nossas páginas em inglês.
 * Playing tourists, Lhynard and BadCatMan took a joint trip to Wa. Lhynard watched the wrestling in Jasuga, heard of the legendary heroes of Kareki, explored the emperor's city of Rukimbaru (but not the emperor himself), and visited the shogun's castle in Uwaji, where he learned of the rise of the Matasuuri clan.
 * BadCatMan, meanwhile, followed the pilgrim trail to Aru, where he stayed at The Waiting Stone inn and enjoyed some nice tea in a traditional tea garden, but suffered food poisoning from not one, but two dodgy restaurants. He recovered in time for the Ceremony of the Three Thousand Steps, following a minyan up to the great Shining Temple of Bishamon. Needless to say, his feet are aching.
 * Ruf67 went on an expedition with Dannika Graysteel through Icewind Dale, clad in a snug adventurer's robe, On the way, he located the Jarlmoot, the Cackling Chasm, and the Cave of the Berserkers, but had a bad time with a backbiter spear.
 * Still in Innarlith on the Lake of Steam, Reesorville met a water naga named Svayyah, saw the Pristal Towers, avoided a suspicious character called Kurtsson, and interviewed the Ransar Salatis and learned of his bloody coup. Just not from him directly, of course.
 * We welcome Litlbear, who crawled out of the Abyss with word of demon lords like Lupercio, the Baron of Sloth, and Ugudenk, the Squirming King, and dread realms like the Iron Wastes and the Screaming Jungle. Yet Litlbear brought a horde of demons in hot pursuit, including kalabons, ekolids, mavawhans, and more! It's a monster mash around here for Liar's Night.

19/11/2020

 * We had our 34,000 article: Atenas Swift from Ruf67. Belatedly, I know; the wiki is already a fifth of the way to the next thousand.
 * Moviesign's gone to Waterdeep, hobnobbing with the noble families of Wavesilver, Tarm, and Manthar. At least, that's what he seems to be doing. He's also pierced the illusions and lies of the church of Leira to discover the spells impenetrable falsehood, monstrous illusion, and triple mask. It's all a bit sus.
 * Learning from the ettin druid Nicknack, Look-a-troopa is documenting various animals for the menageries—fhamars, opossums, and capybaras—as well as the half-human, half-zebra zebranaurs. I guess three heads really are better than one.
 * ISUBurd has been indexing the library, adding books like Why I Am a Harper, The Roads Beyond Faerûn, and The View from Secomber: Musings on the Years to Come, and the "Rune of the Seven" poem, as well as an account of the Bloodbone Throne of Uruth.
 * Similarly, Ir'revrykal found chapbooks of a different genre, such as The Giantess's Curse, The Secrets of the Obarskyrs, and The Uthgardt Warrior and the Lonely Widow, as well as an overview of the Ni'Tessine sun elf clan.
 * Gem Hound recently escaped from Ss'zuraass'nee, the City of Abominations, after an ill-advised effort to study the ceremorphosis of yuan-ti. Welcome back!
 * We also welcome Jpirkl3, who trekked to the frontier town of Whitehorn—through the snow and up hill both ways, no doubt.

23/12/2020

 * We hope everyone had a starry Simril and has a safe, healthy, and well-earned holiday period. It's been a long tough year, but by working together, covering our faces, and staying or more apart, we are getting through this. Adventure at home.
 * The prolific Artyom.pavlov had so many adventures it's hard to pick just one. But, still in the ruins of Myth Drannor, in Nightingale Court, Artie heard the Song of Faerûn from the Ear of Myth Drannor, and interpreted it with the diviner Caalenfaire and talking skull Volun. He also won some magical rings from the Great Stone Head, including Torm's Tiny Circlet and Oberon's Airy Lash. Armed with such bling, Artie snuck past Kog and his dark nagas to finally reach the infamous pool of radiance. All I can say is "don't fall in".
 * Planewalker SilverTiger12 escaped the Demiplane of Nightmares with bad dreams about diaboli (not as bad as they sound) and neh-thalggu, the brain collectors (so much worse). Next came demons: gadacros wanted to eat their eyeballs, solamiths everything else. A look into the Plane of Mirrors showed not themself, but one of the enigmatic nerra. After couatls told them of yuan-ti experiments, the Silver Tiger investigated and reported on the volatile yuan-ti ignans, after the burns healed. Such is the life of a monster hunter.
 * We say "well met" to many new scribes. SyneXP spoke of the Lion Sword of Athalantar and the adventuress Myrjala Talithyn, as well as the early life of a certain drow ranger. Stormrider7 met the Council of the Wood of the High Forest. Jaxterhammer ran into a bibberbang. The Zingaran (oi, wrong setting!) heard the legend of Daganisoraan while a prisoner of sahuagin aboard their manta.
 * And Frozenstar32 searched for the wyrms of the North, first exploring the Deeping Cave (fortunately Old Gnawbone was out) and finding the remains of Endracritar. Thalagyrt, Old Lord Memory, lived up to his name in sharing some history. So did Zundaerazylym, the Laughing Wyrm, who told of her Soft Claws and nevertokens.