Toril (/toʊˈrɪl/ toh-RILL or: /tɔːrˈrɪl/ tor-RILL)

Toril (pronounced: /toʊˈrɪl/ toh-RILL or: /tɔːrˈrɪl/ tor-RILL) is the third planet from the Sun in Realmspace. It is orbited by one moon named Selûne, and by a cluster of asteroids, known as the Tears of Selûne.

Throughout most of its history, Toril was known less commonly as Abeir-Toril. The name "Abeir-Toril" was archaic, meaning "cradle of life" in an extinct and forgotten language. Since the Spellplague and the revelation of the existence of a planetary sibling known as Abeir, and the fact that both Abeir and Toril were once united, the latter name came to informally mean the formerly united worlds of Abeir and Toril.

Geography

Toril has an equatorial circumference of about 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers). Its polar circumference is slightly smaller, at approximately 24,900 miles (40,100 kilometers).

Toril consists of various continents and islands, including Faerûn, Kara-Tur, and Zakhara in the central super-continent, and, throughout most of its history Anchorome, Maztica, and Katashaka in the western region of the world. There was also one large and very mysterious continent east of Kara-Tur called Osse whose nature and inhabitants were all but unknown.

Following the Spellplague, however, Maztica was sent to Abeir, the sibling world of Toril, and a new continent, Laerakond, appeared in the west. Maztica returned to Toril during the Second Sundering.

Continents

Faerûn: The westernmost portion of Toril's central supercontinent, a diverse landscape inhabited by numerous races and cultures, including humans, dwarves, elves, halflings, and gnomes.
Zakhara: A mostly hot, arid realm dominated by elemental forces and a philosophy of Fate and Honor.
Kara-Tur: The east, steeped in ancient history.
Maztica: Primitive cultures bound by duty to their gods gave blood sacrifices in return for power while those who disagreed with the practice struggled to survive.
Anchorome: Hardly explored, seemingly populated with violent elves and more of the humans found in Maztica.
Katashaka: South of Maztica. Unexplored.
Laerakond: A continent formerly located in the world of Abeir, a land of dragon empires and "new" cultures.
Osse: Populated by spiritualists and druids, the spirit world and nature dominated the lives of its inhabitants. Unexplored.

History

The known history of Toril spans for thousands of years, extending back into the misty epochs after Ao sundered the world of Abeir-Toril after the Tearfall, splitting it into the two twin planets, Abeir and Toril.

The Age of Humanity

The Age of Humanity was the period from about −3000 DR to 1358 DR. This period began with the decline of the elven and dwarven empires and the flourishing and expansion of the human empires around the world.

The Present Age

The Present Age is the time period that started in the year 1000 DR and continues to the present. It is considered one of the most tumultuous ages in the history of Toril. It is a time of constant struggle but also a time of discovery and exploration.

It has included such calamitous events like the Time of Troubles of 1358 DR, the Spellplague of 1385 DR, and the Second Sundering of the decade of the 1480s DR.