AT A GLANCE: Abeir-toril, more commonly
called Toril, is the name of the
orb that Faerun and the Forgotten
Realms is set upon, just as Earth is the
Orb that Eurasia is set upon. The name
is archaic, meaning "Cradle of Life," and
is rarely used in everyday life.

ELMINSTER'S NOTES: Abeir-Toril is an
Earth-sized planet dominated by a large
continent in its northern hemisphere as
well as a number of other large landmasses
scattered about its surface. This
northern continent is called Faerun in
the west and Kara-Tur in the east, and it
is the primary purpose of this tome to
deal with the western portion of this
huge landmass, in particular that
region between the Sword Coast and
the Inner Sea.

Abeir-Toril has a single satellite, called
Selune (which is also the name of the goddess
of the night sky and navigation). This
Moon-sized body is followed in its path
across the sky by a collection of shining
shards, called ?the tears of Selune." What
these tears are is unknown, yet they
remain reflective and bright even when
the moon is new in the sky.