User blog:Cronje/5E Realms

I watched the live video of GenCon with Ed Greenwood, and want to share what I learned:

There will be an event that transitions from 4th to 5th edition, known as the Sundering. Ed has assured us that this isn't as jarring as the Time of Troubles or the Spellplague. This story will be told by six veteran Realms writers, each with their own novel. They are as follows:
 * The Companions - R.A. Salvatore
 * The Godborn - Paul S. Kemp
 * The Adversary - Erin M. Evans
 * The Reaver - Richard Lee Byers
 * The Sentinel - Troy Denning
 * The Herald - Ed Greenwood

Second day edit: These novels will come out every two months starting in August of 2013.

Wizards of the Coast will be publishing a number of adventures and then taking the results of those adventures (from sanctioned events, I imagine). Those results will then impact the canon Realms.

Thanks to Paul S. Kemp's Twitter feed, we have an image of several of the characters that will be featured in The Sundering novels. From left to right, they are:
 * Farideh
 * Vasen Cale (below)
 * Erevis Cale (above)
 * Drizzt Do'Urden
 * Elminster Aumar
 * Sergeant Cleefe Kenrick (not sure about spelling)
 * ??? (below)
 * ??? (above)
 * Anton Miraveldi (not sure about spelling)
 * Drasek Riven (second to the right)
 * ??? (below)
 * ??? (above)
 * Anton Miraveldi (not sure about spelling)
 * Drasek Riven (second to the right)

For anyone interested, the keynote address (which is where I got most of my information) can be found over at http://wizards.com/dnd/gencon.aspx.