FRC Story Background

The world known as Toril has not always been as it is today. Once, it was two worlds,  twins, watched over by the Great God Ao. In his infinite wisdom, Ao took the Primordial Titans and Dragons who had waged war with him and his creations and gave them their own world. And, those not under the watchful eye of the Gods were transported to this new world, which was just out of sync with Toril, and Ao called it Abeir. On Abeir, The dragons created Dragonfolk and waged war against the scattered races left behind, carving out their kingdoms and enslaving lesser races to their will, while the Primordials took to the deep and ruled the Underdark.

 The children of Ao waged wars on Toril, against each other for control of that world. Their followers fought other followers, and eventually, a rough balance was established.  This was until powerful magic failed, causing the magic weave, the force of magic given to the world by the Goddess of Magic, to collapse, and great darkness came about. Ao was angered and threw all Gods down from the heavens to live among mortals. This allowed gods to experience mortality and truly die. The god Cyric almost destroyed magic itself, as he had committed the murder. A new goddess of magic rose in the place of the murdered one, and the gods ascended to their places in the heavens once more. 

But magic had been tainted by the goddess of darkness, almost destroying the world. To fix it, Ao merged the worlds of Abeir and Torril. To keep the Primordials contained, he separated them again in 1479. He allowed a continent to change locations to Torril in his great wisdom. On this new continent,  Laerakond or Returned Abeir, lies the country of Eskorn, and the capital city of Stormhelm in the year 1489 is where our heroes start.

 The continental shift is 40 years behind Stormhelm.

 This new world has fewer of the legions of organized monsters. Which is good, but the Dragon Lords still inhabit the other countries of New Abeir. Magic is different as well. No longer can we draw energy from the world itself. It must be drawn through the "weave." This is a divine construct created by the goddess of magic. This is quite an adjustment and takes weeks to months for most to adjust.

 An expedition into the Sea of Dragons by some do-good adventurers starts a chain of events that destroys the city, maybe the country...

Next, read The Rising.