DnDWiki talk:Tears of Selûne

Date of Appearance
According to the text, the tears appeared circa -3500 DR and were observed by the Emperor of Shou Lung. It should be noted that (canonically) Nung Fu became the first Emperor of Shou Lung in -1250 DR, 2,225 years later, during the second age of Shou Lung.

In fact, the first age of Shou Lung began in -2487 DR!

I know that this is "original research", but it seems to me much more likely that the date of formation of the tears is closer to -2500 DR that the cited -3500 DR; the first age of Shou Lung began in -2487 DR, making that the earliest date possible in which a "Shou Lung Emperor" (local king) could exist; furthermore, two years prior, on -2489 DR, the deities of what would become the Mulhorandi pantheon (the "God-Kings") arrived on Toril, which would neatly offer a plausible explanation for the tears' origin.

The one thing I'm absolutely certain of is that, based on the "shou documentation", it could not have possibly been -3500 DR.

--Sings-With-Spirits (talk) 17:21, December 30, 2012 (UTC)