Forging the Realms

Forging the Realms, or Forging the Forgotten Realms, was a weekly series of web articles written by Ed Greenwood on the Dungeons & Dragons website from September 2012 to October 2014, with 102 articles in total. In them, Greenwood discussed aspects of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, in and out of universe, with no particular theme. Due to redevelopments of the D&D website, approximately half are no longer available there, and while most were recorded on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, three are no longer available at all.

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How and where and when did the Forgotten Realms start? What's at the heart of Ed Greenwood's creation, and how does the Grand Master of the Realms use his own world when he runs D&D adventures for the players in his campaign? "Forging the Forgotten Realms" is a weekly feature wherein Ed answers all those questions and more.

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— Preface to each article

Articles[]

Title	Date	Citation template
Mirt Strides out of the Mists	September 7, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Ham Acting Across a Table	September 14, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Just a Typical Night in an Inn	September 21, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Ends Better Left Loose	September 28, 2012	^{[citation template]}
A Dark and Stormy Knight	October 5, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Only My...	October 12, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Bringing a City to Life	October 19, 2012	^{[citation template]}
The Player Pack	October 26, 2012	^{[citation template]}
The Surprise Adventure	November 2, 2012	^{[citation template]}
The Friendly Monster	November 9, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Making the Trains Run on Time	November 16, 2012	^{[citation template]}
So What Do Ye Do for a Living?	November 30, 2012	^{[citation template]}
All the News, and Then Some	December 7, 2012	^{[citation template]}
The Mushroom Man	December 14, 2012	^{[citation template]}
What's He Got in His Wagons?	December 21, 2012	^{[citation template]}
Quelzard, Patron of Adventurers	January 4, 2013	^{[citation template]}
When Stuff Happens, What's a DM to do?	January 11, 2013	^{[citation template]}
When Stuff Happens, Leaving a Legacy	January 18, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Foundation Stones	January 25, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Lord Crakehall	February 1, 2013	^{[citation template]}
How Many Hidden Cults Is Too Many?	February 8, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The New Underways	February 15, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Melve's Plan	February 22, 2013	^{[citation template]}
New Ships of the Air	March 8, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Horl, Breeder of Mules	March 15, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Elkaskyn Horncastle	March 22, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Wizards Did It	March 29, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Lone Wizard	April 4, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Noble Investments	April 11, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Imroad Gaskulyn	April 18, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Stench Carts	April 25, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Talkative Tavernmaster	May 2, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Cargo that Bites Back	May 9, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Lost Crown of Athalantar	May 16, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Haunted Armor of Lornalar	May 23, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Mistnetters of the Swamps	May 30, 2013	^{[citation template]}
How to Haunt a Castle	June 6, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Sedition and Eskryn's Hot Bestseller	June 13, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Feather Guilds	June 20, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Blades of the Unicorn	June 27, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Vraunt of the Masked Princess	July 4, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Halarkenblood Mystery	July 11, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Lord Mantlepard's Homecoming	July 18, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Solution	July 25, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Moondark Mystery	August 1, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Sly Blade	August 8, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Dream of Empire	August 15, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Library Code	August 22, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Lost Lavandril	August 29, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Stealing a Crown	September 5, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Tharamralar "Blood of Beholders"	September 12, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Slaying Fever	September 19, 2013	^{[citation template]}
A Handful of Hauntings	September 26, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Hunt for the Lost Spell	October 3, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Just in Time	October 9, 2013	^{[citation template]}
I Gloat in Your General Direction!	October 15, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Monster Breeding for Fun and Profit	October 22, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Flask of Dreams	October 29, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Thaelon Morgyr's Map	November 5, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Lord of the Sewers	November 12, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Four Quests of Radiance	November 19, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Gem in the Wall	November 26, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Teleporting Oddity	December 4, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Jarasson, Founder of Guilds	December 10, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Outcast House	December 17, 2013	^{[citation template]}
Tales Hanging by Threads	December 24, 2013	^{[citation template]}
The Eye Tyrant's Predicament	January 7, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The House of the Falling Axe	January 14, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Rhauligans	January 21, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Curse of the Dread Throne	January 28, 2014	^{[citation template]}
So Many Reaching Hands	February 4, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Skalantur Scandal	February 11, 2014	^{[citation template]}
And On the Way He Lost It	February 13, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Where Bloody Knives See the Sun	February 18, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Lost Triarchy of Scorune	February 25, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Hulther's Mimics	March 4, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Sinister Citizens of Kormul	March 11, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Hidden Holds of the Realms	March 18, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Prunchaerl's Matchless Blade	March 25, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Lost Tharkul of Thar	April 1, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Cauldron of Monsters	April 8, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Ommurk's Sly Disaster	April 16, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Thralls of Xaerogleth	April 23, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Cleft Coin	April 30, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Traitors' Mill	May 7, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Horned Skull	May 14, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Eyes of the Dragon, Part 1	May 31, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Eyes of the Dragon, Part 2	June 4, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Eyes of the Dragon, Part 3	June 11, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Masks of the Dragons	June 18, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Cult Maraudings	June 25, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Sardolphyn Gambit	July 2, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Firebraces of Selgaunt	July 16, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Spellwyrm's Search	July 23, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Wooden Nose War	July 30, 2014	^{[citation template]}
A Statuesque Affair	August 13, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Vellurith, Part One	August 27, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Vellurith, Part Two	September 3, 2014	^{[citation template]}
The Subterfuge of Art	October 9, 2014	^{[citation template]}
After the Fall	September 17, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Newly Fashionable Curses of the Realms	October 1, 2014	^{[citation template]}
Manshoon the Manyfaced	October 29, 2014	^{[citation template]}

Index[]

Characters: Amanlas Hulther • Denevvur Crakehall • Ilken Hundrabrar • Manshoon • Mirt • Elstagh Ommurk • Prunchaerl • Quelzard • Xaerogleth

Creatures: beholder • beholderkin • doppelganger • dwarf • ghost

Locations: Settlements: Kormul • Selgaunt • Waterdeep; Realms: Amn • Calimshan • Cormyr • Scorune • Sembia • Tethyr

Organizations: Company of Crazed Venturers • Cult of the Dragon • guilds • Horned Skull • Sardolphyn

Deities: Mystra

Magic: Curses

Miscellaneous: gem • Slaying Fever

Real-world topics: The Herald

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Appendix[]

References[]

External Links[]

Forging the Realms article archive, via Wayback Machine