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Forgotten Realms: characters, places & organizations

A basic, browsable guide to Forgotten Realms's registered characters, places and organizations, part of this project's knowledge-graph pilot. Coverage follows a fixed selection rule (viewpoint characters, each series' protagonists and antagonists, and recurring named roles) rather than an attempt at completeness.

Characters

• Bruenor Battlehammer principal (aka Bruenor Battlehammer, King of Mithral Hall; titles: King of Mithral Hall; Dwarf)
• Drizzt Do'Urden principal (Drow (dark elf))
• Elminster Aumar principal (aka the Old Mage of Shadowdale; titles: Chosen of Mystra)
• Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun principal (aka the Blackstaff; titles: Blackstaff of Waterdeep; dead)
• Mystra principal (aka Mystryl, Midnight; titles: Mistress of Magic / Mother of Mysteries)
• Akar Kessell major (aka The Ghost King; dead)
• Artemis Entreri major
• Briennelle Zaharina Do'Urden major (aka Brie, Breezy; Half-drow)
• Catti-brie major
• Dahlia Sin'felle major (aka Dahlia Syn'dalay; Elf (Faerûnian))
• Errtu major
• Gromph Baenre major (titles: Archmage of Menzoberranzan, Master of Sorcere; Drow)
• Herzgo Alegni major (titles: Self-declared ruler of Neverwinter; Tiefling; dead)
• Jarlaxle major (aka Jarlaxle Baenre; titles: Leader of Bregan D'aerthe; Drow)
• Laeral Silverhand major (titles: Open Lord of Waterdeep)
• Lolth major (aka the Spider Queen)
• Malice Do'Urden major (titles: Matron Mother of House Do'Urden; Drow)
• Manshoon major
• Obould Many-Arrows major (aka King Obould I; titles: King of Many-Arrows; Orc; dead)
• Quenthel Baenre major (titles: Matron Mother of House Baenre, Mistress of Arach-Tinilith; Drow)
• Regis major (aka Rumblebelly; Halfling)
• Storm Silverhand major (titles: Chosen of Mystra)
• Tiago Baenre major (titles: Weapons master of the restored House Do'Urden; Drow; dead)
• Wulfgar major
• Yvonnel major (aka Yvonnel Baenre II; Drow)
• Yvonnel Baenre major (aka Matron Baenre; titles: Matron Mother of House Baenre; Drow; dead)
• Zaknafein Do'Urden major (aka Zaknafein Simfray; titles: Weapons master of House Do'Urden; Drow)

Places

• Faerûn continent
• Gauntlgrym structure (in Sword Coast)
• Icewind Dale region (in Faerûn)
• Kingdom of Many-Arrows nation (in Sword Coast)
• Luskan city (in Sword Coast)
• Menzoberranzan city (in Underdark)
• Mithral Hall structure (in Sword Coast)
• Neverwinter city (in Sword Coast)
• Shadowdale settlement (in Faerûn)
• Sword Coast region (in Faerûn)
• Underdark region (in Faerûn)
• Waterdeep city (in Sword Coast)
• Zhentil Keep city (in Faerûn)

Organizations

• Arcane Brotherhood guild
• Bregan D'aerthe business, military
• Church of Lolth religion
• Church of Mystra religion
• Clan Battlehammer noble_house
• Cult of the Dragon order
• House Baenre noble_house
• House Do'Urden noble_house
• Lords' Alliance government
• The Companions of the Hall order
• The Harpers order
• The Zhentarim business, military
• Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors guild

Eras

• Age of Humanity
  Dalereckoning (DR) is Forgotten Realms' single continuous in-world calendar. Unlike Middle-earth's Ages, DR year numbers never reset between named periods; 'Age of Humanity' is a historical-period label over the same running DR count, not a separate calendar.
• Era of Upheaval
  Same continuous Dalereckoning count as every era on this list; year numbers do not reset at this boundary.
• Present Age
  Same continuous Dalereckoning count as every era on this list.

Events

• Battle of Kelvin's Cairn (1351 DR)
• Destruction of House Do'Urden (shortly after Drizzt's departure from Menzoberranzan)
• Drizzt's exile from Menzoberranzan (in his youth, before the Icewind Dale trilogy's narrative)
• Dwarven Reclamation of Gauntlgrym (1486 DR)
• Formation of the Lords' Alliance (sometime in the Age of Humanity, exact year unresolved by the sources checked)
• Founding of the Harpers (324 DR)
• Founding of the Zhentarim (1261 DR)
• Reclaiming of Mithral Hall (within the Icewind Dale trilogy's narrative)
• Second Sundering (beginning 1487 DR)
• Siege of Mithral Hall (Siege of Darkness) (climax of Siege of Darkness, Legacy of the Drow quartet)
• Spellplague (1385 DR)
• Time of Troubles (1358 DR)
• Treaty of Garumn's Gorge (1372 DR)

Concepts

• Crenshinibon object_artifact
  Sentient magical crystal (the 'Crystal Shard') able to lend its wielder power, raise a crystalline tower in its own likeness, and insinuate itself into minds; draws power from sunlight. Dominates Akar Kessell in the Icewind Dale Trilogy and recurs as a driving artifact through Legacy of the Drow and the Transitions trilogy's Ghost King storyline.
• Dalereckoning calendar
  Forgotten Realms' standard in-world calendar, abbreviated DR; a single continuous year count used across virtually all published Forgotten Realms material, distinguishing it from calendars that reset per named epoch.
• Drow species
  Dark-skinned elves who dwell primarily in the Underdark, historically driven underground by surface-elf conflict; Menzoberranzan's matriarchal, Lolth-worshipping society is the most prominently documented drow culture in the Legend of Drizzt author line.
• Elf (Faerûnian) species
  Surface elves of Faerûn, distinct from the drow; Dahlia Sin'felle, Drizzt's companion through the Neverwinter Saga and Companions Codex, is an elf.
• Faerûnian pantheon other
  The collective body of deities worshipped across Faerûn, answerable to the overdeity Ao; individual deities (Mystra, Lolth and many others not registered in this bounded pilot) hold portfolios over specific domains and can die/be replaced, as dramatized by the Time of Troubles and Spellplague.
• Orc species
  Tribal humanoid race of the Spine of the World and the North, historically at war with the dwarves and humans of the Silver Marches; Obould Many-Arrows unites several tribes into the recognised Kingdom of Many-Arrows.
• Shadow Weave magic_system
  A rival magical structure to the Weave, associated with the goddess Shar; its followers (Shadow Adepts) draw power outside Mystra's regulation.
• The Weave magic_system
  The metaphysical structure through which arcane (and, in some material, divine) magic is channeled across Faerûn; embodied and maintained by the goddess of magic (Mystryl/Mystra/Midnight). Its collapse and restoration (Time of Troubles 1358 DR, Spellplague 1385 DR, Second Sundering 1487 DR onward) are among the setting's largest cross-edition retcons.
• Tiefling species
  Humanoids of partial fiendish descent; Herzgo Alegni, the Neverwinter Saga's Shadovar antagonist, is a tiefling.

How they connect

• Akar Kessell is an enemy of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Briennelle Zaharina Do'Urden is the mother of Catti-brie
• Briennelle Zaharina Do'Urden is the father of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Bruenor Battlehammer is the foster parent of Catti-brie
• Bruenor Battlehammer is the leader of Clan Battlehammer
• Bruenor Battlehammer is the ruler of Gauntlgrym
• Bruenor Battlehammer is the ruler of Mithral Hall
• Bruenor Battlehammer is a member of The Companions of the Hall
• Catti-brie is a member of The Companions of the Hall
• Church of Lolth worships Lolth
• Church of Mystra worships Mystra
• Dahlia Sin'felle is the lover of Artemis Entreri
• Dahlia Sin'felle is the lover of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Drizzt Do'Urden is an enemy of Artemis Entreri
• Drizzt Do'Urden is an ally of Bruenor Battlehammer
• Drizzt Do'Urden is an ally of Catti-brie
• Drizzt Do'Urden is a member of House Do'Urden
• Drizzt Do'Urden is an enemy of Lolth
• Drizzt Do'Urden is an ally of Regis
• Drizzt Do'Urden is a member of The Companions of the Hall
• Drizzt Do'Urden is an ally of Wulfgar
• Elminster Aumar is the foster parent of Laeral Silverhand
• Elminster Aumar is bonded with Mystra
• Elminster Aumar is the foster parent of Storm Silverhand
• Elminster Aumar is a member of The Harpers
• Errtu is an enemy of Wulfgar
• Gromph Baenre is a member of House Baenre
• Gromph Baenre is a sibling of Quenthel Baenre
• Gromph Baenre is the child of Yvonnel Baenre
• Herzgo Alegni is an enemy of Artemis Entreri
• Herzgo Alegni is an enemy of Dahlia Sin'felle
• House Baenre worships Lolth
• House Baenre is the ruler of Menzoberranzan
• House Do'Urden is sworn to House Baenre
• House Do'Urden worships Lolth
• Jarlaxle is an ally of Artemis Entreri
• Jarlaxle founded Bregan D'aerthe
• Jarlaxle is the leader of Bregan D'aerthe
• Jarlaxle is an ally of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Jarlaxle is a sibling of Gromph Baenre
• Jarlaxle is a member of House Baenre
• Jarlaxle is a sibling of Quenthel Baenre
• Jarlaxle is the child of Yvonnel Baenre
• Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun is the lover of Laeral Silverhand
• Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun is a member of The Harpers
• Laeral Silverhand is bonded with Mystra
• Laeral Silverhand is the ruler of Waterdeep
• Malice Do'Urden is the mother of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Malice Do'Urden is the leader of House Do'Urden
• Malice Do'Urden is the spouse of Zaknafein Do'Urden
• Manshoon founded The Zhentarim
• Obould Many-Arrows is an enemy of Bruenor Battlehammer
• Obould Many-Arrows is the ruler of Kingdom of Many-Arrows
• Quenthel Baenre is the leader of House Baenre
• Quenthel Baenre is the child of Yvonnel Baenre
• Regis is a member of The Companions of the Hall
• Storm Silverhand is bonded with Mystra
• Storm Silverhand is the leader of The Harpers
• Tiago Baenre is an enemy of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Tiago Baenre killed Drizzt Do'Urden
• Wulfgar is a member of The Companions of the Hall
• Yvonnel is the father of Gromph Baenre
• Yvonnel Baenre is an enemy of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Yvonnel Baenre is the leader of House Baenre
• Zaknafein Do'Urden is the father of Drizzt Do'Urden
• Zaknafein Do'Urden is an ally of Jarlaxle