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So, I'm starting another crazy project, but I need some help. I'd like to start tracking a giant list of all records in the Realms, by this I mean a listing of facts (with citations) about all the superlatives—the biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest, strongest, weakest, richest, poorest, longest, shortest, etc., etc.—people, places, and things of Toril and Realmspace. Think a Guiness Book of World Records for the Realms. I'll worry about sorting and categorizing them later; for now, I am just starting a giant list here:

Lhynard Book of Torilian Records

Please feel free to add interesting records as you discover them.

~ Lhynard (talk) 20:06, December 22, 2016 (UTC)

Ooh, that sounds fun. Do you want us to post findings here or directly at the project site? I can think of:

Most powerful spell (and presumably most foolish application of a spell): Karsus's avatar (being the only 12th-level arcanist spell)
Largest mountain range and highest mountains in Zakhara: World Pillar Mountains
Most long-lasting empire of Zakhara: Yikarian Empire (900 years in 1367 DR)
Largest settlement of yak folk: Nathong (7,000)
Calimport, you are the largest here so true. But Huzuz beyond the mountains in Zakhara is four times more populous than you. Huzuz had a permanent population of 800,000 in 1367 DR (and another 800,000 pilgrims during that season). Other dates and sources have other records, though - compare Waterdeep and Calimport census of 1357 DR.

And I stumbled upon something very specific

Largest collection of scrolls of protection against petrification is owned by Asgetrion from Arabel

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Daranios (talk) 12:21, December 23, 2016 (UTC)

What a great idea Lhynard! Is it fine to add things if we don't have exact stats? Example: the Jumpa River is probably the largest river on the planet, but I don't have the exact measurement of length.

Artemaz (talk) 13:18, December 23, 2016 (UTC)

Daranios, feel free to add them to the list on my project page.

(Poor, Calimport; it really thought it was the biggest.) Artemaz, yes, that is fine. Stats are less important than a source that states the fact, but you can also just use the {{Fact}} template if it seems hard to argue with.

~ Lhynard (talk) 18:20, December 23, 2016 (UTC)

I can't think of any offhand, but I know of some "bests". Volo and others declare some inns and taverns as the best in Faerun, but there seem to multiple claimants to that title, and it's much more subjective. It feels like cheating, but you could ask Ed Greenwood, he'd be all over that. :)

— BadCatMan (talk) 00:38, December 24, 2016 (UTC)