The Sundering (series)

What is The Sundering?

The Sundering is both an event in the Forgotten Realms and the title of a set of six novels that occur against the backdrop of that event. It is not a reboot of the setting. It’s not a retcon. Everything that happened, happened. The Sundering moves the setting forward, though it happens that that movement circles back to (what I believe are) the roots of the Realms.

As an event (and in brief), the Sundering represents the separation of the currently ‘overlapping’ worlds of Abeir and Toril (the worlds became ‘overlapped’ as a result of the Spellplague and its aftermath) and an end to the Era of Upheaval.

The gods know that Lord Ao will rewrite the Tablets of Fate at or near the end of The Sundering, and many of Faerun’s powerful know that as well, or speculate that it might be so, or least know that something is afoot. They do not, however, know what that might mean for them. As a result, lots of forces are put in motion during this time: armies, Chosen of the Gods, powerful clerics and archmages, all of them trying to figure out what is going on and how best they can weather it and/or turn it to their advantage, etc.

A series of novels explaining the events of the Sundering are planned for release beginning in the second half of 2013:
 * The Companions by R. A. Salvatore, featuring Drizzt Do'Urden
 * The Godborn by Paul S. Kemp, featuring Vasen Cale
 * The Adversary by Erin M. Evans
 * The Reaver by Richard Lee Byers
 * The Sentinel by Troy Denning
 * The Herald by Ed Greenwood, featuring Elminster