Antecipando um pouco, você pode olhar esse texto do Alderick (http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17850) sobre o evento, assim como sobre os 25 anos de Forgotten Realms (http://erikscottdebie.com/2012/08/21/candlekeep-seminar-201/) do Erick de Bie. Ambos foram escrito antes de quase tudo que saiu sobre o Sundering, mas ajudam a entender.
Também, um "bullet-point" dos eventos mais recentes:
Murder in Baldur's Gate
-Baldur's Gate computer games are cannon. There is a statue of Minsc holding Boo in the middle of the wide.
-Bhaalspawn finish killing each other and Bhaal is reborn.
Legacy of the Crystal Shard
-The Arcane Brotherhood is back in action. They are now operating throughout the North.
-Auril is a goddess again.
-Barbarian Tribes and ten towns still have a rocky relationship
The Companions
-The companions of the Hall have been resurrected.
-Foreshadowing that the Shades will not control the Anauroth in the future.
-The Harpells are still around.
-The weave is being restored and as it is repaired spellscars vanish.
Night of the hunter
-Orcs are indeed chaotic evil in alignment and don't want to play nice with the other races.
-Lolth is making a play for control of the newly reformed weave. To be continue in RA's next book.
-The Kingdom of Many Arrows is going to try to invade the North to be continued in RA's next book.
The GodBorn
-Scratch two princes of shade, Brennus kills Rivalen and himself.
-There is a faction of Sembians that want independence from Shade.
-Mask is reborn.
-Shar's Mouth(Black hole in the middle of Ordulin) is closed.
The Adversary
-The Harpers are growing in number and influence again.
-The gods are creating bunches of chosen.
-Vhaeraun has chosen.
-Shar and Asmodeus get in a proxy fight.
The Reaver
-The Sea of Fallen Stars has returned to its normal size per 1st-3rd ed.
-Velsharoon and Kiaransalee's names still have great power when working necromantic spells
-Nobanion was a spellscarred lion and was released from his imprisonment.
-Umberlee is back in action.
-So is the Emerald Enclave.
-Lathander is back and Amaunator is out.
-There is a faction of the Red Wizards that wants to be free from Szass Tam
-The moonstars have active agents
-Spellplague lands are vanishing
The Sentinel
-Sembia/Netheril is invading Cormyr/Dalelands/Myth Drannor
-The giant black hole(Underchasm) in the map is filled again.
-Helm is back
-Myrkul is believed to be around again
-Cyric is no longer in time out
-Grumbar and Luthic get mentioned as active deities.
-Scratch another prince of shade, Yalder gets beheaded
Somewhere in those books it is also revealed that the earthmotes are falling. I forget where that comes into play.
What is the Sundering?
The end of the Era of Upheaval is nigh!
Theworld of the Forgotten Realms has endured one catastrophe after another for the past century or so, from the Time of Troubles through the Spellplague. Time after time, upheaval has reshaped the pantheon, overthrown nations and rulers, and even altered the geography of the world. Now, the world is being shaken and reshaped once again — for the last time.
The gods are thrown into chaos at the promise of a new reckoning of the pantheon, and they scramble and grasp at power in hopes of cementing their positions of authority. Their mortal agents in the world, the Chosen, are charged with carrying out their will. The Spellplague, the magical catastrophe that reshaped the world so dramatically,has come to an end. The Weave of magics rewoven, and many lingering effects of twisted magic fade.The intermingling of eorlds brought about by the Spellplague also comes to an end, as what belongs to Abeir returns to Abeir, leaving the Forgotten Realms looking much as it did before.
Partly drivenby the activity of the gods’Chosen and partly arising from the turbulent political situation at the end of the Era of Upheaval, the nations and factions of Faerûn engage in their own maneuvers, manipulations, and acts of aggression. In particular, the empire of Netheril attempts to conquer the Dalelands, Cormyr,and Myth Drannor,setting off a war that engulfs the Eastern Heartlands. The Harpers and the Zhentarim respond to the growing threats in the world by regrouping and refocusing their energies, slowly returning to their former proeminence.
Nations, geography, magic, and even the gods are changing forever, in the birth-pangs that herald a new creation. The world needs heroes to ensure that the new age dawns bright and full of hope, in a world where good still shines as a beacon against the darkness.
Versão encurtada - Foda-se Forgotten Realms 4e.