King Foril Obarskyr was a member of the Obarskyrs, the ruling family of Cormyr. He was born in the Year of True Omens, 1409 DR to King Azoun V and Nalara Marliir and named after his great-grandfather's only son who perished at the hands of a Fire Knives assassin at the age of two. He married Jemra Rhindaun, niece to Queen Sybille of Tethyr, in the Year of the Stalking Horses, 1430 DR and she gave birth to Irvel Obarskyr in the Year of the Lashing Tail, 1431 DR. He was coronated in the Year of the Godly Invitation, 1449 DR after the death of his father.