The sub-continent of Faerûn is set on the planet Toril, or, more formally, " Abeir-Toril.

Amongst the most infamous of drow are the members of House Baenre, whilst Abeir-Toril is also home to some famous benevolent drow including Drizzt Do ' Urden and his deceased father Zaknafein ( both of House Do ' Urden ), Liriel Baenre ( formerly of Menzoberranzan's aforementioned House Baenre ), and Qilué of the Seven Sisters.

The setting of Kara-Tur still exists on Abeir-Toril and is often mentioned in Forgotten Realms supplements.

The vast human empire of Shou Lung is undoubtedly the most powerful nation on the face of Abeir-Toril.

Zakhara is a giant peninsula of the same supercontinent that hosts Faerûn and Kara-Tur on the planet Abeir-Toril.

In some sense Chauntea is the manifestation of the earth itself — the avatar of Abeir-Toril.

The setting's planet, Abeir-Toril, is home to many fantasy cultures that are inspired by real world's ( i. e. the continent of Faerun containing analogues of European, African and Middle-Eastern cultures, Kara-Tur as a stand-in for the Far East, or Maztica as a fictional representation of pre-columbian MesoAmerica ), as well as regions and kingdoms populated by non-human races.

* Dungeon Master, the master of Lord Ao, a god in the fictional world of Abeir-Toril

* Abeir-Toril, a fictional planet in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game

Zelphar's son was Khelben the Younger — called " Ravencloak " — who left Abeir-Toril to go planewalking and exploring, ending up on the Greyhawk world of Oerth.

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The couatls managed to hold their own in the war until a darker fragment of the World Serpent known as Merrshaulk slew Jazirian, forcing the couatls to flee back to Abeir-Toril, where they came to settle in the continent of Maztica.

The Red Wizards are described as the enemies of many forces in Abeir-Toril — whilst they receive support from demons and devils and drow, amongst those who oppose them are the Witches of Rashemen, the Seven Sisters and their allies, the goodly Harpers, and even the Zhentarim, who dislike the wizards encroaching on their territory.

Kara-Tur was later made a continent of Abeir-Toril.

Together, they created Chauntea ( the embodiment of the world of Abeir-Toril ) and some other heavenly bodies and infused these areas with life.

They took the scaly, reptilian animals and monsters native to Abeir-Toril and modified them into sentient beings such as the yuan-ti, nagas, pterafolk, saurials, asabis, lizardfolk, troglodytes, tren, and others.

Since then, many have spread back to the Feywild and Abeir-Toril.

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