Realmspace

Realmspace in the Forgotten Realms Universe is analogous to our solar system, which consisted of wildspace (empty vacuum), a sun, eight planets and their satellites, and a variety of asteroids, comets, and nebulae. The third planet from the sun was Toril.

Faerûn was the westernmost portion of Toril's central supercontinent, a diverse landscape inhabited by numerous races and cultures, including humans, dwarves, elves, halflings, and gnomes.

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

The Dawn Age was when the Creator races disappeared and their land was occupied by dragons and giants. Constant war for land in Faerûn led to the creation of great kingdoms and empires.

The First Flowering was a period in which the elves split into five major realms and created the Isle of Evermeet.

The Founding Time was the period when the humanoid civilizations began to rise, in a time when the many dragons and giants were long overthrown and the elf wars no longer loomed over everyone as a threat.

The Age of Humanity was the period which 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 is one of the most tumultuous ages; a time of constant struggle but also a time of discovery and exploration.