Editing Forgotten Realms (section)

=== 1985–1990 ===
In 1985, the ''AD&D'' [[Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)|module]] ''[[Bloodstone Pass]]'' was released by TSR and is retroactively considered to be a part of the Forgotten Realms,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=2040 |title=Bloodstone Pass at Pen&Paper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207064248/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=2040|archive-date=December 7, 2008}} Listing at the Pen & Paper RPG Database, listing the module as part of the Forgotten Realms game line. Retrieved on November 30, 2008.</ref> although it was not until the module ''[[The Bloodstone Wars]]'' was released that it became the official setting for the module series.<ref>[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=3808 H1: Bloodstone Pass] at RPGnet. Retrieved on November 30, 2008.</ref> [[Douglas Niles]] had worked on a novel trilogy with a Celtic theme, which were then altered to become the first novels set in the Forgotten Realms, starting with ''[[Darkwalker on Moonshae]]'' (1987).<ref name="designers70s"/>{{rp|73}} It is the first book in ''[[The Moonshae Trilogy]]'', which predates the ''[[Forgotten Realms Campaign Set]]'' by one month.<ref name="Running the Realms">{{cite book|title= Running the Realms|last1= Greenwood|first1= Ed|author-link1= Ed Greenwood|first2=Jeff|last2=Grubb|author-link2=Jeff Grubb|year= 1993|publisher= [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]]|pages= 4–5}}</ref>

The ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Set'' was later released in 1987<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Carbonell|first=Curtis D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1129971339|title=Dread Trident: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Modern Fantastic|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-78962-468-7|location=Liverpool|pages=80–108|chapter=Chapter 3: Dungeons and Dragons Multiverse|oclc=1129971339}}</ref> as a boxed set of two source books (''Cyclopedia of the Realms'' and ''DM's Sourcebook of the Realms'') and four large color maps, designed by Greenwood in collaboration with Grubb.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5}}</ref>{{rp|99}} It sold ''ca.'' one hundred fifty thousand times in its first two years.<ref name=AA>{{cite book |title=Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: a visual history |last1=Witwer |first1=Michael |last2=Newman |first2=Kyle |last3=Peterson |first3=Jonathan |last4=Witwer |first4=Sam |last5=Manganiello |first5=Joe |date=October 2018 |isbn=9780399580949 |publisher=[[Ten Speed Press]] |oclc=1033548473 |page=200}}</ref> The set introduced the campaign setting and explained how to use it,<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|99}} and reserved space on the map for [[Strategic Simulations, Inc.|SSI]]'s [[Gold Box]] [[computer role-playing game]]s set in the Forgotten Realms.<ref name="maher20160318">{{cite web | url=http://www.filfre.net/2016/03/opening-the-gold-box-part-3-from-tabletop-to-desktop/ | title=Opening the Gold Box, Part 3: From Tabletop to Desktop | publisher=The Digital Antiquarian | date=2016-03-18 | access-date=19 March 2016 | author=Maher, Jimmy}}</ref>

TSR began incorporating elements by other designers into the Forgotten Realms, including the Moonshae Isles by [[Douglas Niles]], the "Desert of Desolation" by [[Tracy Hickman]] and [[Laura Hickman]], and [[Kara-Tur]] by [[Zeb Cook]].<ref name="designers70s"/>{{rp|73}} The setting also provided a new way for TSR to market its ''[[Battlesystem]]'' rules, which it had supported with the Bloodstone adventure sequence which started with ''Bloodstone Pass''; the last two adventures in the series, ''The Bloodstone Wars'' (1987) and ''[[The Throne of Bloodstone]]'' (1988), were unambiguously set in the Forgotten Realms.<ref name="designers70s"/>{{rp|74}} Some characters from ''[[Egg of the Phoenix]]'' (1987) by [[Frank Mentzer]] were incorporated into ''[[The Savage Frontier]]'' (1988).<ref name="designers70s"/>{{rp|40}}

The compilation module ''[[Desert of Desolation]]'' reworked the previous adventures to fit as part of the Forgotten Realms.<ref name="WD93">{{cite journal | last =Bambra | first =Jim | title =Open Box | journal =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] | issue = 93 | page =4 |date=September 1987}}</ref> The module ''[[Under Illefarn]]'' published in 1987 is set in the Forgotten Realms,<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|108}} as is the module released in 1988, ''[[Swords of the Iron Legion]]''.<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|103}}

[[R. A. Salvatore]] wrote his first novel for the Forgotten Realms, ''[[The Crystal Shard]]'' (1988), which was originally set in the Moonshae Islands before being moved to a new location and introduced the [[drow]] character [[Drizzt Do'Urden]].<ref name="designers70s" />{{rp|73}}<ref>{{cite book |title= To Be Continued: An Annotated Guide to Sequels|last1= Jacob|first1= Merle|first2=Hope |last2=Apple |year= 2000|publisher= [[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn= 978-1-57356-155-6}}</ref> Drizzt has since appeared in more than seventeen subsequent novels, many of which have appeared on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.rasalvatore.com/biography.aspx?selection=3 | title =Biography of R. A. Salvatore | access-date = 2006-03-03}}</ref> In 1988, the first in a line of Forgotten Realms role-playing video games, ''[[Pool of Radiance]]'', was released by [[Strategic Simulations, Inc]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frum|first=Larry|date=May 19, 2014|title=40 years later, 'Dungeons & Dragons' still inspiring gamers|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/dungeons-and-dragons-5th-edition/index.html|access-date=2020-06-30|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> The game was popular and won the [[Origins Award]] for "Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1988".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1988|title= 1988 List of Winners|access-date=9 December 2008 |publisher= Academy of Adventure Gaming, Arts & Design |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080507063608/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1988 |archive-date = May 7, 2008}}</ref>

Several supplements to the original boxed set were released under the first edition rules, beginning with ''[[Waterdeep and the North]]'',<ref name="designers70s"/>{{rp|73}} which was followed by ''[[Moonshae]]'' in 1987, and ''[[Empires of the Sands]]'', ''[[The Magister]]'', ''[[The Savage Frontier]]'', ''[[Dreams of the Red Wizards]]'', and ''[[Lords of Darkness#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition|Lords of Darkness]]'' in 1988.<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|96–97}} The ''[[City System]]'' boxed set was released in 1988, and it contained several maps of the city of Waterdeep.<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|89}} ''[[Ruins of Adventure]]'', a module based on the computer game ''[[Pool of Radiance]]'', was also released in 1988.<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|113}}

The boxed set ''[[Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms]]'' was released in 1988. It gives details of the lands of [[Kara-Tur]], and was designed to be used with the 1986 book ''[[Oriental Adventures#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|Oriental Adventures]]'', which officially placed the book in the Forgotten Realms world.<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|103}}

In 1989, [[DC Comics]] began publishing a series of [[Forgotten Realms (comic)|Forgotten Realms comics]] written by Grubb.<ref name="designers70s"/>{{rp|75}} Each issue contains twenty-six pages, illustrated primarily by [[Rags Morales]] and [[Dave Simons]]. Twenty-five issues were published in total, with the last being released in 1991. A fifty-six page [[Annual publication|annual]] ''Forgotten Realms Comic Annual #1: Waterdhavian Nights'', illustrated by various artists, was released in 1990.

[[Curse of the Azure Bonds (module)|''Curse of the Azure Bonds'']], a module based on the role-playing video game [[Curse of the Azure Bonds|of the same name]], was released in 1989.<ref name="HW"/>{{rp|97}}