Editing Forgotten Realms (section)

{{short description|Dungeons & Dragons fictional campaign setting}}
{{Infobox game
| name = ''Forgotten Realms''
| image = [[File:Forgotten Realms logo.png|250px]]<br>[[File:New Forgotten Realms logo.png|250px]]
| caption = Top: The ''Forgotten Realms'' logo (1987–1999)<br>Bottom: ''Forgotten Realms'' logo (2000–present)
| publisher =
| date = 1987–current
| designer = [[Ed Greenwood]]
| language = English
| genre = Fantasy
| media_type = Game accessories, novels, role-playing video games, comic books
}}
'''''Forgotten Realms''''' is a [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (''D&D'') [[fantasy]] [[role-playing game]]. Commonly referred to by players and game designers as "The Realms", it was created by game designer [[Ed Greenwood]] around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories.<ref name="FRGB">{{cite book|last=Fannon|first=Sean Patrick|title=[[The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible]]|edition=2nd|year=1999|publisher=Obsidian Studios Corporation |isbn=978-0-9674429-0-7}}</ref> Several years later, it was published for the ''D&D'' game as a series of magazine articles, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, in addition to [[List of Forgotten Realms novels|novels]], [[role-playing video game]] adaptations (including the first [[massively multiplayer online role-playing game]] to use graphics), comic books, and the film ''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves]]''.<ref name="D&D official trailer break down">{{cite web |title=Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves {{!}} Trailer Easter Eggs {{!}} Monster Manual |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGIdeBc4Uyw |website=YouTube | date=21 July 2022 |publisher=Dungeons & Dragons Official Channel |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref>

Forgotten Realms is a fantasy world setting, described as a world of strange lands, dangerous creatures, and mighty deities, where magic and supernatural phenomena are quite real. The premise is that, long ago, planet Earth and the world of the Forgotten Realms were more closely connected. As time passed, the inhabitants of Earth had mostly forgotten about the existence of that other world – hence the name Forgotten Realms. The original Forgotten Realms logo, which was used until 2000, had small [[Runic alphabet|runic letters]] that read "Herein lie the lost lands" as an allusion to the connection between the two worlds.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Forgotten Realms is one of the most popular [[Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings|''D&D'' settings]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Slagle|first=Matt|date=2007-01-18|title='Neverwinter Nights' sequel brings more dungeon exploration to PC|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|agency=Associated Press|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070118/ai_n17153575|url-status=dead|access-date=2008-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208234447/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070118/ai_n17153575|archive-date=2008-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Desslock|date=1999-01-20|title=Baldur's Gate (PC)|work=[[CNET Networks]]|url=http://reviews.cnet.com/pc-games/baldur-s-gate-pc/4505-9696_7-30975286.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207130202/http://reviews.cnet.com/pc-games/baldur-s-gate-pc/4505-9696_7-30975286.html|archive-date=2008-12-07}}</ref> largely due to the success of novels by authors such as [[R. A. Salvatore]] and numerous role-playing video games, including ''[[Pool of Radiance]]'' (1988), ''[[Eye of the Beholder (video game)|Eye of the Beholder]]'' (1991), ''[[Icewind Dale]]'' (2000), the ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' and the ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' series.