I guess "Remembered & Much-Beloved Realms" doesn't attract adventurers the same way, though. Kind of like the "Caverns of Moderate Comfort."
— Luke Maynard (@lukemaynard) September 8, 2017
Nothing false about it! From our real-world POV, the ways (gates/portals) to reach the Realms were "Forgotten" for long enough that the…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 8, 2017
…name of the world was, too, hence "Forgotten Realms" (the "lost" place where dragons and vampires et al came from). TSR wanted to nix…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 8, 2017
…the real-world connections, but loved the name and kept it.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 8, 2017
