History of Toril

The history of Toril is divided into four ages: The Creation, the Age of Heroes, the Spellplague, and Post-Spellplague.

## The Creation

The Creation spans the creation, as well as most of the important godly conflicts.

The Material Plane was created by the efforts of several deities- the formation of Gaea, Ouranos, Ymir, and several other primordial deities, as well as the formation of Ginnungagap in between Niflheim and Muspellheim. The actual creation of the Material Plane came about due to two murders- Odin, Vili, and Ve slaying Ymir, and Kronos and his brothers killing Ouranos. Together, these deities fashioned the sky and earth, using Ouranos as the sky and Ymir as the earth.

### Creating the Worlds

While Kronos and his brethren set to making their continent, Isotelus, Odin and his brethren began forming the rest of the Nine Worlds. Other gods, such as the Morndinsamman and the Seldarine, came into existence at this time. Moradin, king of the Morndinsamman, formed Nidavellir under Ymir's carcass and created the dwarves. Corellon, the monarch of the Seldarine, collaborated with the Vanir gods to create the elves. Yondalla created halflings and Garl Glittergold created gnomes. Odin, meanwhile, created humans. Yggdrasil, the World Tree, was planted by the Fate. On the other continent, Kronos, Zeus, and other gods and Titans made their own humans.

### The Fates

The formation of the Fates is also an important event. They used to be a single goddess simply named the Fate, until she split into three goddesses, each embodying the past, the present, and the future respectively. They are revered throughout the realms, though they have crafted different named for themselves. To Skolithos, they are known as the Norns, and to Isotelus, they are known as the Moirai. This is kept secret and they are regarded as separate deities.

### Wars

Several godly wars happened during this time period- the Titan War and the Giant War on Isotelus, and the Aesir-Vanir War and the Seldarine War in Skolithos.

#### Titan War

In the events leading up to the Titan War, Kronos has received a prophecy that his children would overthrow him, which led him to deciding to eat all his offspring. His wife Rhea was able to deceive him and led him to believe he'd eaten his youngest child, Zeus, when in reality Rhea took him to be raised on the island of Crete. When he had grown up, Zeus freed his siblings from Kronos and they all fled to Tartarus, where they freed the Elder Cyclopes and the Hundred Handed Ones. Together, they all waged war against the Titans. The gods punished the leaders of the Titans, forcing Atlas to hold the sky up and chopping Kronos up into millions of pieces and throwing him into Tartarus. The gods then settled on Mount Olympus and called themselves the Olympians.

#### Giant War

The Giant War took place a century or so after the Titan War, when the Olympians were fully formed. Gaea rose and became angered that the gods had overthrown the Titans. She formed the Gigantes, or the Giants, who were meant to destroy the gods. However, with the help of demigods, the gods were able to destroy the Titans for the timebeing.

#### Aesir-Vanir War

The Aesir-Vanir war was started when Gullveig, a Vanir goddess of magic, ventured to Asgard and taught them magic. However, the Aesir soon realized they were compromising their values by using magic, and burned Gullveig alive. This happened three times, but each time, Gullveig regenerated from her own ashes. The Vanir declared war on the Aesir for killing their own and the tribes fought for several years until they made a truce and agreed to become a single pantheon. The gods spit into a barrel to seal the alliance, allowed Kvasir, the god of wisdom, the spring forth.

#### Seldarine War

The Seldarine War is a result of Corellon's wife, Araushnee the Weaver, trying to overthrow him as the monarch of the Seldarine. She first tried to get Gruumsh, the orc god, to attack Corellon, but he was beaten. Araushnee then rallied several evil gods to attack the Seldarine as a ruse for her true plan. She stole Corellon's sword and swapped out his sheath for a cursed one- one that would not allow him to draw the weapon, and would direct all ranged attacks toward him. She planned to frame her own daughter, Eilistraee, for the murder, by having her find the lost weapon and returning it to Corellon. Araushnee was caught by Sehanine, but her son Vhaeraun imprisoned the moon goddess. During the battle, Corellon was grievously wounded when Eilistraee tried to shoot an ogre, but the cursed sheath drew the arrow toward Corellon. The elf gods prepared to strike her down, but Sehanine arrived and informed everyone of the true traitor, Araushnee. Once he was healed, Corellon, with a heavy heart, banished Araushnee and Vhaeraun, along with Araushnee's dark elves, to the Underdark. Despite being cleared, Eilistraee chose to share their exile, knowing she would be a beacon of hope to the dark elves in the years to come.

### Doomsday Prophecy

The Creation Age is wrapped up by the Fates issuing the prophecy of Doomsday. It became known as Ragnarok in Skolithos, and was nearly forgotten in Isotelus.

## The Age of Heroes

The Age of Heroes marks the rise of man. Mortals began revering the gods, building temples in nearly all of their villages. Many Greek and Norse heroes, such as Perseus, Herakles, Sigurd, Beowulf, Kelemvor, Cyric and many others ventured on their respective adventures during this time period.

It was during the Age of Heroes that magic was given in mortals. In Skolithos, magic became so commonplace that they needed several gods of magic- Freya and Odin were revered as the most powerful students of magic; Azuth represented the scholarly pursuit of wizards; and Gullveig represented magic in general, but her apprentice Mystra rose to power as the supreme goddess of all magic as magic evolved. In Isotelus, true magic was less common, and as a result, they only had one goddess of magic, Hecate.

The Pirate Courts were created during this time period.

A mortal woman whose true name was lost to time became so powerful that she was able to challenge and defeat the Norse god of death, his name also lost to time. She became the Raven Queen. Their battle cleaved Helheim in half, and the Raven Queen took over half of Helheim. She had mortal fighter Kelemvor ascend to godhood and become the judge of the dead, allowing good people who didn't make it into Valhalla or Folkvanger to have a decent afterlife.

## Spellplague

The Spellplague happened the first time Mystra was murdered, by Cyric, son of Loki. During this time period, mortals could not rely on magic, and as a result, warrior culture became prominent. Many empires and kingdoms were made during this time, including Lycia, Arcadia, Freezenburg, Corinthia, Cormyr, Ravenbow, and the Four Kingdoms of Oz.

During the Spellplague, Loki orchestrated the murder of Balder. At the end of the Spellplague, Loki was finally captured and bound with the entrails of his sons, Vali and Narfi. Kvasir was also murdered.

The Spellplague ended when Mystra was resurrected.

## Post Spellplague

Post Spellplague is the most recent age of Toril and the age where most of the books are set in. It was started when Alassra Silverhand created the Gray Wizards and the kingdom of Aglarond was formed, entirely by magical efforts. A new age of heroes and adventurers became prominent, marking the formation of the Harpers and the Zhentarim.

Historians number the years as "PS," or Post-Spellplague. They count the number of years prior to this as "BS," or Before Spellplague.

Many newer heroes, such Elminster, the Seven Sisters, Khelben Arunsun, Drizzt Do'Urden, and Farideh operated during the early years of the Post-Spellplague Age, mostly between 100-1500 PS.

Shortly after Aglarond was founded, Arcadia rose to prominence as the most powerful magical kingdom east of the Spine of the World.

The early 1600's was characterized by several small wars.

### Lycia-Arcadia War

Due to the magical efforts of two evil sorceresses and the kingdoms' own uneasy alliance, northern Faerunian kingdoms Lycia and Arcadia went to war for several years until the war was reversed by magic as well. The kingdoms then began working together to get past their differences.

### Le Fay-Ravenwood Feud

In southern Faerun, the noble houses of Le Fay and Ravenwood engaged in a war. House Ravenwood tried to take over House Le Fay, but the eldest daughter, Portia, became a warlock and rebelled against House Ravenwood, orchestrating its collapse.

### War on Crime

Scarlet Prison opened in 1645 PS, and several good-aligned organizations spent the next roughly twenty years cracking down on crime organizations. Near the end of this period, famed criminals Dusk Jillian Luzon and Jackolopieous Entreri were caught by several adventurers and imprisoned in Scarlet Prison, although this didn't last long.

### Red-Gray Wizards War

When the Gates of Helheim began to open in 1669 PS, Alassra Silverhand sent Gray Wizard Dworgyn Tearm to close them. He was aided by soon to be famous heroes Acheron Blackfire, Miri La'arnie, and several others. This gave rise to a plot by the Red Wizards, but they were thwarted by the Gray Wizards in a big battle that severely depleted the Red Wizards' ranks.

### Post War

In the year that followed, a group of heroes carried out a quest for Bahamut. Another group delved into the archaeology sites to vanquish underground evils. Ara Naïlo and several others undertook a great quest to avert the elemental apocalypse by vanquishing the four Cults of Elemental Evil.

### Rise of Loki

In 1687, the Great Red Dragon Ashardalon killed Acheron Blackfire and Miri La'arnie, but both were reborn as einherjar in Valhalla.

During the late 1680's and early 1690's, Loki, the god of trickery, began planning to break out of his bonds. At first, his grandson Gylthir Wolf tried to break his own bonds, but was thwarted by members of the Blackfire family. Five years later, Loki himself tried to escape, only to be thwarted again. Several months later, Miri La'arnie, Kiba Inuzuka, Cyngar Kynaston, Yaa Mensah, and Amalia St. Pierre Xia forcefully disbanded Loki's clergy, which has fallen into disarray after Loki's re imprisonment.

In 1688, an old dragon hunting firm tried to rise up again, only to be stopped by Aroconus Blackfire and his dragon training students. Two of the former dragon hunters then defeated a lich.