'''Abeir-Toril was ''', usually just called '''Toril''', is the name of the planet on which the [[Jeff GrubbForgotten Realms]]'s campaign worldis set. The name is archaic, and it was adopted as the name meaning "cradle of the planet with the continent Faerûn when he and life."<ref>{{Cite book| author = [[Ed Greenwood]] were designing the original ''and [[Jeff Grubb]]| year = 1993| title = [[Forgotten Realms Boxed SetCampaign Setting]]'' in 1987. Abeir- was added as a prefix so that A Grand Tour of the world's name was placed at the beginning Realms| publisher = [[TSR]]| ISBN = 1-56076-605-0| pages = {{{1|4}}}}}</ref> It consists of various continents and islands, including [[Faerûn]], [[Kara-Tur]], [[Zakhara]], [[Maztica]], [[Anchorome]] and an alphabetical encyclopediaunknown sub-Saharan-like continent is located south of Maztica.<ref name="FRCS230">{{Cite_Pub|Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3e)}} P. 230.</ref><ref>{{Cite book| author = [[Tim Beach]]| year = 1992| title = [[Gold & Glory]]| publisher = [[TSR]]| ISBN = 1-56076-334-5| pages = {{{1|9-10 }}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| author = [[Dougla Niles]]| year = 1991| title = [[Publication:Maztica|Maztica Campaign Set - Maztica Alive!]]| publisher = [[TSR]]| ISBN = 1-56076-084-2| pages = {{{1|45-46 }}}}}</ref>

Toril was the name of [[Jeff Grubb]]'s campaign world, and it was adopted as the name of the planet with the continent Faerûn when he and [[Ed Greenwood]] were designing the original ''[[Forgotten Realms Boxed Set]]'' in 1987. Abeir- was added as a prefix so that the world's name Abeir-Toril was placed at the beginning of an alphabetical encyclopedia. Toril is a [[Canon:Celestial body#Size Classes|size E]] [[Canon:Celestial body#Shape Classes|spherical]] [[Canon:Celestial body#Type Classes|earth body]].<ref>{{Cite_Pub|AD&D Adventures in Space}} ''Lorebook of the Void'', Chapter 4 ''Known Spheres''. pp. 93-94.</ref> It is orbited by one moon named [[Canon:Selûne (moon)|Selûne]] named (who is also a [[Canon:Selûne|deity]]<ref>{{Cite_Pub|Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3e)}} P. 248.</ref>), and by a cluster of asteroids, known as the [[Tears of Selûne]].<ref name="FRCS230"/> ==References==<references/> ==Further reading==*{{Cite_Pub|AD&D Adventures in Space}} ''Concordance of Arcane Space'', Realmspace sidebar. pp. 82, 84.*{{Cite_Pub|Realmspace}} ''Toril''. pp. 18-31.

* [[forgottenrealms:Toril|Toril]] at the [[forgottenrealms:Main Page|Forgotten Realms Wiki]]*[http://spelljammer.org/worlds/Realmspace/Toril.html Toril page on official Spelljammer website]  ----{{Canon Breadcrumb/Forgotten Realms}}<br>{{Canon Breadcrumb/Spelljammer}}