For King and Country - The Armies of Cormyr - Forgotten Realms Lore 

i enjoyed this too. i like the presentation, the armies of cormyr reminded me of the roman legions, and the presentation its sefl being in the style of a documentary. i would like to see history, geography, and how they are supplied.

Faerûn History Armies are important, and give a world a sense of realism. Knowing about the strength and organization of a nation's armed forces, can say just as much as knowing about their politics and history. I like videos on martial campaigns, religion, politics and military might, of both real and imaginary nations, myself. They are quite entertaining.

Honestly, it is this kind of videos what make the Realms feel alive. I can definetly imagine DMs and Players alike using this info to shape their campaigns, characters and stories. My suggestion: Focus an entire series of videos on important Realms such as (and starting by) Cormyr, providing key info, so everybody can trully understand their inner workings, flavors, people and organizations in them.

Thank you :)

We will see if we can provide :)

***** No, my DM hasn't managed to drag my Bard's ass there just yet. But we all love getting info like this about major places. It makes them seem more real ya know? Especially for someone like me who is HUGE on role-playing. Do you think you could cover some history of the Dale Lands?

***** Sweet. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm writing a campaign that runs through the Dale Lands. Suffice it to say...there *will* be Owlbears.

***** well they'd better. It's mating season

it's really great to hear that the videos help people with the verisimilitude of the land.

Make sure to check out the Nobility of Cormyr one as well, goes into lots more Cormyr stuff: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HQXHKfwVpLA.html

We have one on the Zhentarim army structure as well, and in the works of making one for Waterdeep and their armed forces at the moment :)

That makes sense. And, yes, it makes for better variety. Eventually you can get enough videos of each area for their own mini library. If people want to learn more about Cormyr, or the Silver Marches, etc., they could watch a series of videos just on that area.

Faerûn History Excellent 😊... i look very much forward to more videos on Cormyr. My primary interest is the antropological approach to the realms 💚

I'd say a key topic to focus on would be Religion in that case; you've already done it a bit with the Giant-Creator-Myth and Toril's-Creator-Myth, but you should consider looking into the structure, philosophy and overarching history of different faiths and their gods. This is where Players, especially new ones, find their attention drawn (and for good reason).

The races is definitively true. I would however argue that you couldn't speak of almost any of the races without speaking faith, especially in the case of the elves and dwarves, and completely impossible in the case of tieflings.

Those are certainly interesting, but WAY less useful for new, if any players.

Should probably start there. Not that Gold Dwarves aren't a people I'd personally love to learn more about; as I learn more, they just get more and more confusing to me. An obvious choice for a topic would be the Crown Wars, though that would probably become a Netheril-style project.

I'm currently writing a Sundering-Adventure focusing on Darahl Firecloak, and as such, the Crown Wars (or more specifically, the major factions of the war) have substantially important roles.

Good plan and attractive visual approach with the videos, subscribed!

Yeah, that would be interesting :)

@@ForgottenRealmsHistory PM me as I would love to contribute some content about some of the forces of the realms. It is a hobby of mine and you would do a much better job than I would. Thank you sir, keep up the good work.

Well, it actually has. Please check your messages in your Facebook page ^^

You got kings and generals to explain that on their Mongols video

Need to do more of these. Half done with a script at least.

Interestingly, I actually have a script ready for "Nobility of Cormyr", detailing the current ruling house of the Forest Country. I did not get the VO done yet though, so it is a while off. The way Faerun History goes about is that we write our script in-world, as per the current date, so 1491. (Or maybe its 1492 with release of Dragon Heist?) - The Sundering, is mostly ignored, as is 4th edition. The trend in D&D (and Faerun particulary) is the return of everything 2ed and 3rd edition. - Lore perspective, almost everything is back to the lore of 2nd and 3rd edition, and we usually cross check with new 5ed releases that nothing contradicts 3rd or 2nd edition lore, and go with this. Seldom if ever does it seem that they want to stick to any choices they made for 4th edition.

Hmm. Interesting. Since I've run previous games around DR1372 this works. I'm centering the next campaign on Eveningstar and Lady Winter plays heavily in my game. Wasn't sure if things had changed for her. I know about the death of King Azoun and how things in the court have transpired (or I think I do) with his Grandson ruling (albeit through his Grandma ? or Mother) Not sure ...but the FR wiki covers it enough if memory serves. I've been participating in the recent 5E campaign's published books as a player. (getting tire of the Cult of Dragons). But now it's my turn to DM and Cormyr is always a favorite for me. I appreciate your prompt response and look forward to indulging in binge-watching (again) your videos this week to prep. Let me know when your script is available. I've yet to read a Sundering published book (Salvatore or Ed)...it's confusing just reading the canon, online perspectives and trying to sort our sourcebooks. I have most pdf from all versions and several other sourcebooks. Trying to keep it straight and appreciate your support. Well met.

There is actually a whole bunch of information on the mercenary companies. Powers of Faerun has a lot of that info, but its sprinkled into a lot of different source books.

Not only my game, as I use DnD to teach in school

We do those as well, but military rank along with other organizational structures are quite popular videos.

Thank you very much. Fast response on an old video, I appreciate it.