We're really excited about Faerun because it's a domain with SO much potential due to all the existing and beloved Forgotten Realms lore, yet it has remained so underdeveloped on Genesis. We hope to play a big role in changing that! In agreement with Finwe, we're bumping up Faerun's timeline to be more in line with 5e D&D, which enables us to use all the novels and resources of decades of Forgotten Realms as part of Genesis-Faerun's history.
Gnim and I have been getting into the swing of things with the creation of Thornhold, a fortress on the Sword Coast near the Mere of Dead Men. We're getting fairly close to completing development. It's not a major project; it will just be a caravan stop with a quest and a few resources for travellers, but for us it's been a very key part of the process of developing our wizarding skills.
Once Thornhold is complete, we're going to dive into a much bigger project; Waterdeep - the City of Splendours! We will be taking this project ward by ward, which will enable the city to hopefully see the light of day in a reasonable timeframe by opening a core 3-4 wards and developing additional wards after the fact. (The first non-essential ward on my list is the Warrens, where I hope to give my favorite Genesis race, gnomes, some LONG overdue love and hopefully a second racial guild option with a more traditional D&D race flavor!)
Now I'm going to reach out a little to the Genesis community for a longshot request: if any of you have any Waterdeep resources collecting dust on your shelves that you'd be willing to give, lend, or sell us at a reasonable price, we will put them to good use! Old stuff is great too, even though we're developing the advanced timeline. It's not essential, but we would just love to have our hands on hard copies of resources if we can, especially any of those wonderful old maps from the box sets and modules. We already have Forgotten Realms and Undermountain Box sets from our own collection, and would like to add some Waterdeep specific resources to reference. I just splurged on getting myself the 3.5 edition City of Splendours resource book. I'm tempted by several eBay listings, but the listings are more than we'd care to pay, so I figured I'd hold off and see if anyone has any stuff in a dusty corner waiting for some love. We'd also be happy to return it to you after an extended loan of a year or two.
While we can't promise the Genesis Waterdeep creation will be 100% canon, we do hope to cater the experience to satisfy those who know and love Forgotten Realms.
If only a few players enjoy that opportunity, I still think it will be worth my time.