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Color Key:
Black - An Abbreviated History of the Forgotten Realms: Part One
Green - Temporum Tel`Quessir Vol. 1
Brown - Xoth Jakolor
Blue - Timesongs of Serôs
Purple - Timeline of the Underdark
Red - The History of Aglarond
Prehistory
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The first dwarven settlements appear in the great mountain range known as the Yehimal, which lies at the juncture of the three great continents of Faerűn, Kara-Tur, and Zakhara. From there, the earliest dwarves migrated into all three lands.
[885780000 p.8] c. -20000 DR ¸
Evidence from carvings in some sea caves suggests that the merfolk, locathah, and sahuagin exist in Serôs and have battled each other since that time.
[TSR11393] -20000 DR ¸
By this time, the elven realms of Eiellűr, Orishaar, Syňrpiir, and Thearnytaar are established in the forests around the Lake of Steam. To the south lies long-established Illythiir and to the north and west are Aryvandaar and Illefarn.
[WTC11836] -17800 DR ¸
Elven realm of Keltormir is established in the great forest that stretches from present-day Amn (Bowl of the Gods) down to the shores of the Shining Sea.
[WTC11836] -16900 DR ¸
Numerous elves abandon the surface realms of Eiellűr and Syorpiir (present day Chondalwood and the Land of the Lions) during the War of Three Leaves to settle in the Selmal Basin. This begins the elven migrations, which continue for seven millennia.
[TSR11393] -14000 DR ¸
Tribal barbarian clans of humans roam Keltormir.
[WTC11836] c. -12000 DR h
From the great migration, one isolated branch of dwarves settle amid the isolated peaks of the Novularond, eventually becoming known as the arctic dwarves.
[885780000 p.8] c. -12000 DR h
The first great kingdom of the dwarves of Faerűn is centered in the great cavern of Bhaerynden, deep beneath the Shaar.
[885780000 p.8] [TSR11509 p.19] -12000 DR ¸
The Crown Wars of the elves begin.
[WTC11836] -11700 DR ¸
Tethir, the first elven dragonslayer, slays Xaxathart the Retributer. Human clans settle in the clearings and meadows created by the dragon fires around Keltormir.
[WTC11836] -11400 DR ¸
The start of the Crown Wars (and the Sable Wars and the fall of Eiellur) sees a sudden influx of elves entering the Inner Sea, forcing the elves out into the sea and away from the coastal waters. This ignites the first major conflicts with merfolk and sahuagin.
[TSR11393] -11200 DR ¸
The Elven ralms of Eiellűr, Orishaar, Syňrpiir, and Thearnytaar fall to the Ilythiir. The Ilythiiri skirmish with the elves of Keltormir.
[WTC11836] -11200 DR ¸
With another major migration to the sea after the fall of Thearnytar, the sea elves expand militarily beyond the Selmal Basin and establish the kingdoms and regions of Coranthys, Tor Meraliir, Ullythan Reef, and Ryeniir.
[TSR11393] -11003 DR ¸Rise of the Aryselmalyr Empire:
Coryselmal, the grandest of the sea elf cities of Selmalyr (an elven kingdom of the Selmal Basin), becomes the capital of the Aryselmalyr Empire over all the elf kingdoms in the Inner Sea.
[TSR11393] -11003 DR ¸
The Aryselmalyr calendar makrs Year 1.
[TSR11393] c. -11000 DR h
The illithid enclave Oryndoll is settled by refugees from Glyth, a Realmspace planet.
[TSR11509] c. -11000 DR ¸
Taark Shanat the Crusader, and his eight sons, lead a great exodus of dwarves out of Bhaerynden to a new kingdom in the west. These emigrants eventually become known as shield dwarves and establish the great empire of Shanatar beneat the lands of Amn, Tethyr, Calimshan, and the Lake of Steam.
[885780000 p.8, 11] [TSR9561] -11000 DR ¸
Dwarves establish the first holds of Deep Shanatar in the southern Underdark, beneath the Almraiven Mountains and the Lake of Steam.
[WTC11836] c. -10800 DR hThe Cloaker Wars:
The followers of Shanat come under attack by the mysterious inhabitants of Rringlor Noroth, who rose from the depths of a great chasm in a battle for control of the caverns of Alatorin. The Stout Folk eventually prevail, after Taark slew four blue dragons who claimed the Rift of Dhalnadar as their demesne. The Wyrmskull Throne is formed, and Taark renames the wyrm's lair Brightaxe Hall and founds the kingdom of Alatorin.
[885780000 p.17] [TSR11405 p.53] c. -10800 DR h
Shield dwarves mark the founding of Alatorin as the beginning of the First Great Age of Shanatar.
[885780000 p.17] c. -10500 DR h
The eight sons of Taark Shanat set off to found their own kingdoms in the caverns to the north (beneath modern-day Tethyr and Amn). Each son claimed one of the children of Moradin as his patron deity and so each of the subkingdoms they established became tightly linked with the church of that particular god or goddess.
[885780000 p.17] -10500 DR ¸
The Dark Disaster engulfs the elven kingdom of Miyeritar in killing storms.
[WTC11836] -10450 DR ¸
The Fourth Crown War: Ilythiir's elves make open use of corrupting powers granted by evil gods.
[WTC11836] -10270 DR ¸
The Stone and Claw Campaigns: The withdrawl of Keltormir's forces to defend its own borders pits the forces of Aryvandaar and Ilythiir against each other.
[WTC11836] -10000 DR ¸
Corellon's magic, directed through his priests and High Mages, transforms the corrupt Ilythiiri and others into the drow, who retreat into the Underdark. Elven Court forms into the eastern woods, later named Cormanthor.
[WTC11836] -9872 DR ¸
Garrison towers built among the Sharksteeth Mountains, with the help of Vodos the Great Builder.
[TSR11393] -9845 DR ¸
Construction begins on the Sharksbane Wall (uniting the existing tower garisons) by clergy of Deep Sashelas, Trishina, and Eadro.
[TSR11393] -9839 DR ¸Start of the First Serôs War:
The burgeoning empire of elves allies with the merfolk against sahuagin of eastern Serôs.
[TSR11393] -9833 DR ¸End of the First Serôs War:
This war destroys the major sahuagin kingdom in "Sekolah's Trench" (the Trench of Lopok). Wars and skirmishes continue across centuries to slow or stop the building of the wall.
[TSR11393] -9800 DR ¸
Yuirwood settled by small numbers of green elves, Sy-Tel'Quessir, in the aftermath of the Elven Crown Wars.
[176650000] c. -9600 DR ¸
Guallidurth, ancient city of the drow, is founded.
[TSR11509] -9600 DR ¸
Rise of the first drow civilizations in the Underdark beneath southern Faerűn.
[WTC11836] c. -9000 DR h
The illithids dwelling in Oryndoll's outlying holdings clash with the Shanatar dwarves in a protracted conflict known to the dwarves as the Mindstalker Wars and to the mind flayers as the War of Cloven Thoughts.
[TSR11509] c. -9000 DR ¸
Skirmishes break out between the eight northern realms of Shanatar as each fight to extend their borders at the expense of their neighbors. Over time, the skirmishes evolve into open warfare, pitting thousands of dwarves against one another.
[885780000 p.17] c. -9000 DR ¸
The drow empire of Telantiwar invades and rules supreme in the dwarf-carved halls of fallen Bhaerynden.
[885780000 p.11] c. -9000 DR ¸
One of the largest groups of dwarves to flee the fall of Bhaerynden, abandon their subterranean homes and make their way overland to the Chultan peninsula before splintering into small tribal groups. Members of this isolated branch eventually become known as wild dwarves.
[885780000 p.8, 23] -9000 DR ¸
Crown Wars end. High Forest is abandoned so the gods might restore its peace. The Wandering Years of elven colonization begins. Many elves migrate to the Elven Court in its eastern forest. Illefarn and Keltormir are the sole realms to emerge intact from the Crown Wars.
[WTC11836] -9000 DR ¸
The end of the Crown Wars brings the last of the great elven migrations into the Inner Sea.
[TSR11393] -8938 DR ¸
The 135-mile-long Sharksbane Wall is completed.
[TSR11393] -8830 DR ¸
The five Tunnels of Iratis are completed by the end of this year.
[TSR11393] -8600 DR ¸
Evereska founded in secret by surviving clans of Eiellűr, Miyeritar, and Orishaar as an elven haven in the woods east of Aryvandaar.
[WTC11836] -8500 DR ¸
Fire-sundered and otherwise ravaged, the forest of Keltormir fragments into three separate forests.
[WTC11836] -8298 DR ¸Start of the Second Serôs War:
The elven empire uses locathah forces to rally the enemies' enslaved locathah against them, as well as merfolk and crabmen.
[TSR11393] -8282 DR ¸End of the Second Serôs war:
This war destroys the Kuo-Toan Consortiums. All their cavern cities along the Plains of Duna collapse, and their people are put ot the slaughter, rendering the kuo-toans nearly extinct in the Inner Sea until the present day.
[TSR11393] -8170 DR
to -8150 DR ¸The First Spider War:
The drow of Guallidurth take advantage of the dwarves' civil war to attack the caverns of Alatorin, which were far removed from the frontlines of fighting. Brightaxe Hall is captured and Alatorin collapses.
[885780000 p.17] -8145 DR
to -8137 DR ¸The Second Spider War:
Aghast at thier folly, the eight reigning kings of Shanatar forge an armistice, and turn their armies against the drow. The drow are overcome and retreat from the caverns of Alatorin. In triumph, the eight kings march their armies back into Brightaxe Hall, and pledge never again to fight one another. The tribes of Shanatar are united under the rule of the king of Ultoksamrin. Shield dwarves mark this event as the beginning of the Second Age of Shanatar.
[885780000 p.17] -8100 DR ¸
Eight dwarven realms unite and form the empire of Shanatar, which is ruled from the Wyrmskull Throne.
[WTC11836] -8100 DR
to -8080 DR ¸The Mindstalker Wars:
The illithids of Oryndoll attack the eastern subkingdoms of Shanatar, beginning a conflict that came to be known as the Mindstalker Wars to the dwarves and the War of Cloven Thoughts to the mind flayers. The illithids are driven back, but in their wake the surviving Stout Folk discover that the caverns of Barakuir, which had been cut off in the early days of fighting, lay empty. Clan Duergar had been carried back to thralldom in the mind flayers' realm. After millennia of enslavement and countless illithid breeding experiments, the descendants of Clan Duergar are transformed into a new dwarven subrace: the gray dwarves.
[885780000 p.8, 15, 17] [TSR11509] -8000 DR ¸
All sahuagin settlements west of the Sharksbane Wall destroyed by this time.
[TSR11393] -7800 DR ¸
The djinn arrive in the area of present-day Calimport and build the Calim Empire.
[WTC11836] -7790 DR ¸
Calimport falls before a flight of dragons. Calim begins a campaign against the dragons of the Marching Mountains and drives them north from the peaks.
[WTC11836] -7717 DR ¸
The reigning [Dao] Ataman of Imir of the Great Dismal Delve establishes a permanent two-way gate between his holdings on the Elemental Plane of Earth and a cavern complex beneath what is now the occupied town of Kzelter.
[TSR11509] c. -7700 DR ¸Rise of the Marid States:
Rogue marids from the surface Calim Empire trespass in Selmalyr, sparking war with the elves. Within a year, the marids and their jann spread into Serôs, allying with and sharing their power with the other aquatic races. The Marid States are in deep-water beneath the Hmur Plateau, allowing them to claim territories out of reach from direct elven retribution.
[TSR11393] -7690 DR ¸
The djinni noble Calim reaches an accord with the elves and dwarves and the borders of his empire halt at the southern banks of the River Agis.
[WTC11836] c. -7600 DR ¸
Llurth Dreier [Drow], the City of Ooze, is founded.
[PLY140] c. -7600 DR ¸
The cavern of Bhaerynden is destroyed, creating the Great Rift. The Stout Folk quickly return to their ancestral home and establish the Deep Realm, occupying lesser caverns and miles of tunnels spreading out under the Eastern Shaar. In the millennia that follow, the Stout Folk of the Deep Realm become known as gold dwarves.
[885780000 p.11, 12] c. -7600 DR ¸
The drow empire of Telantiwar falls with the collapse of Bhaerynden. Drow refugees claim lesser caverns to the north, south, and west of the Great Rift, establishing cities in nearby lands.
[885780000 p.11] -7130 DR ¸Rise of the Dukars:
This quasi-mystical order of monastic and military wizards arises from the efforts of its four founders in the small town of Nantar on the Lower Hmur Plateau. The orders are composed of only lorekeepers at this time.
[TSR11393] -6950 DR ¸
Star elves begin to gather in the Yuirwood, leaving the other elven nations.
[176650000] -6946 DR ¸The Mervae Alliance:
Dukars develop the powers and become peacekeepers across Serôs with the alliances made with Aryselmalyr here, though unlike any other forces, they do not bid oaths of fealty to the elven empire.
[TSR11393] -6800 DR ¸
Memnon the efreeti arrives north of the River Agis. He begins building the country of Memnonnar.
[WTC11836] -6681 DR ¸
The four academy cities of the Dukars are all completed this year.
[TSR11393] -6676 DR ¸The Golden Era of Aryselmalyr Begins:
With the end of koalinth border wars against the elven cities of the Hmur Plateau and the Selmal Basin, and a peace accord with the Marid States (as some jann join the Dukar Orders), this marks the beginning of 5,000 years fo general peace in Serôs.
[TSR11393] -6600 DR ¸
Yuireshanyaar is founded by the star and green elves.
[176650000] -6500 DR ¸
Era of Skyfire. Memnon and Calim bring their forces to bear one against the other in twenty-two cataclysmic battles over the next four centuries.
[WTC11836] -6150 DR
to -6120 DR ¸The Third Spider War:
The drow of Guallidurth once again attack the caverns of Alatorin. The Stout Folk are forced to abandon BrightAxe Hall, but they manage to take the Wyrmskull Throne with them.
[885780000 p.17] -6100 DR ¸
Era of Skyfire ends with elven high magic binding the noble genies Memnon and Calim in eternal struggle. Creation of the Calim Desert.
[WTC11836] -6100 DR ¸End of the Marid States:
The deep-water Marid States mysteriously vanish or fall prey to kraken attacks. Many marids and jann also vanish or die over the course of sixteen years, though the bulk of the disappearances occur this year. This ends the major challenge to Aryslemalyr's control of Serôs, though the Dukars temper their rule.
[TSR11393] -6060 DR ¸
Humans oust the last genies of Calim's realm. These lands become the human nation of Coramshan. Calimport and Keltar are rebuilt.
[WTC11836] -6060 DR ¸
Dwarven scouts are sent up to the surface where they ally with the humans of the region to oust the remaining djinni despots. The alliance quickly founders however, because the rulers of Coramshan soon turn to the worship of evil gods.
[885780000 p.18] [TSR9561] -5960 DR ¸
High Shanatar is founded by the dwarves along the River Agis.
[WTC11836] -5960 DR ¸
The dwarves of Shanatar claim the surface lands north of the Marching Mountains as their own, establishing the kingdom of High Shanatar. Shield dwarves mark this event as the beginning of the Third Age of Shanatar.
[885780000 p.18] [TSR9561] [TSR1159a p.21] [WTC11836] -5800 DR ¸
Jhaamdath is founded north of the great forest now known as the Chondalwood. Jhaamdath eventually meets Coramshan near the Lake of Steam, and the two empires struggle for centuries over control of this area.
[WTC11836] c. -5350 DR ¸
More than five thousand giants fall to the dwarves of High Shanatar under the leadership of Karlyn of House Kuldever.
[TSR11509] -5350 DR ¸
More than five thousand giants fall to the dwarves of High Shanatar under the leadership of Karlyn of House Kuldever. By the war's conclusion, more than half of the entire giant population south of the Cloud Peaks is exterminated.
[TSR11509] [TSR1159a p.21] c. -5330 DR ¸
During the decades-long war between the giants and the forces of High Shanatar, the great Warlord Murabir Mir of Coramshan, marched out of Keltar and cut a bloody swath across southern Shanatar. First to fall, the dwarf city of Iltakar (present-day ruins of Shoonach) north of the River Agis.
[885780000 p.18] [TSR9561] [TSR1159a p.22] -5125 DR ¸
The dwarven realm of Oghrann is established beneath the Plains of Tun.
[885780000 p.18] -5112 DR
to -4835 DR ¸The Webfire Wars:
The Webfire Wars rage throughout Llurth Dreier, pitting the Spider Queen's [Lloth] faithful against the followers of That Which Lurks [Ghaunadaur].
[PLY140] -5005 DR ¸
A truce between Coramshan (soon renamed Calimshan) and Jhaamdath ends the war and limits their expansion over the Lake of Steam.
[WTC11836] -4974 DR ¸
The coastal dwarven realm of Haunghdannar is established along the northern Sword Coast.
[885780000 p.18] -4973 DR ¸
The drow city Sshamath, City of Dark Weavings, is founded.
[TSR11509] -4700 DR ¸
Elves settle Eaerlann.
[WTC11836] -4400 DR ¸
Drow and duergar destroy the Elven Court and the dwarven nation of Sarphil.
[WTC11836] -4160 DR ¸
The dwarven realm of Ammarindar is established beneath the Graypeak Mountains.
[885780000 p.18] [TSR11509] c. -4100 DR ¸
The dwarven realm of Ammarindar is born.
[TSR11509] c. -4000 DR ¸
The duergar rebell against their illithid masters and eventually free themselves of the mind flayers' dominion. These newly liberated gray dwarves carve out their own holdings in the northern Underdark beneath the Orsraun Mountains and in isolated caverns deep beneath the Great Glacier.
[885780000 p.15] -3983 DR ¸
Birth of the elven kingdom of Cormanthyr.
[WTC11836] -3917 DR ¸
The drow city Menzoberranzan is founded by Menzoberra the Kinless.
[TSR11509] -3900 DR ¸
Establishment of Delzoun, the Shield Kingdom of the dwarves.
[WTC11836] -3900 DR ¸
The dwarven realm of Delzoun, known as the Northkingdom, is established beneath what is now known as the Silver Marches.
[885780000 p.18] [WTC11836] -3859 DR ¸
Villages on the shores of the Narrow Sea combine for mutual protection. The new realm is named Netheril.
[WTC11836] -3843 DR ¸
The Drow city, Ched Nasad is founded.
[TSR11509] -3830 DR ¸
Elves of Eaerlann open dialogues with Netheril. Humans begin to learn magic from the Eaerlanni elves during the following decade.
[WTC11836] -3770 DR ¸
The dwarven realm of Oghrann falls.
[885780000 p.18] -3717 DR ¸
City of Gracklstugh [Duergar] is founded.
[TSR11509] -3717 DR ¸
In the North, gray dwarves found Gracklstugh, City of Blades. As the first city of their kind in the North, its holdings grow without rival throughout the upper and middle Underdark.
[885780000 p.15] [TSR11509] -3605 DR ¸
Orcs pour from the Spine of the World but elves turn them back in a great slaughter with help from fledgling Netheril. This orc incursion lasts nineteen years.
[WTC11836] -3533 DR ¸
The Nether Scrolls are uncovered in the ruins of Aryvandaar, and the humans soon abandon the magic taught by the elves for greater power.
[WTC11836] -3520 DR ¸
Elves of the North begin aiding the escapes of gnome slaves from Netherese captors, helping them move south and east across Faerűn.
[WTC11836] -3419 DR ¸
The Netherese approach the dwarves of Delzoun at Ascore to conduct trade. After three years of deliberation, they set up a trade route through the safest and most heavily patrolled sections of the Underdark.
[WTC11836] -3392 DR ¸
King Horgar Steelshadow II proclaims the founding of Deepkingdom with Gracklstugh as its royal seat, claiming sovereignty over all gray dwarf enclaves north of the Sharnlands and west of the Buried Realms beneath Anauroch.
[TSR11509] -3392 DR ¸
King Horgar Steelshadow II proclaims the founding of Deepkingdom with Gracklstugh as its royal seat, claiming sovereignty over all gray dwarf enclaves north of the Sharnlands and west of the Buried Realms beneath Anauroch.
[TSR11509] -3389 DR ¸
The dwarven realm of Haunghdannar falls.
[885780000 p.18] -3309 DR ¸
The Numosi and Jhimari schools of the Dukars are destroyed by kraken out of the Trench of Lopok.
[TSR11393] -3095 DR ¸
One set of the Nether Scrolls is stolen by elves of Cormanthyr and secreted away by the High Mages.
[WTC11836] -3002 DR ¸Birth of Myth Nantar:
Nantar, a small town on the slopes of the Hmur Plateau and long the center of Dukar culture, becomes Myth Nantar, City of Destinies, as the High Mages raise a mythal around the soon-growing city. This becomes the site for much magical research and lore. It is the location of a new central academy for the Dukars and other schools and towers in the city teach numerous other methods of magic brought by the former surface elves (and some hidden marids' magic). Any Dukars trained at Myth Nantar, for the first time, must vow oaths of fealty to the Empire and the Coronal at Coryselmal.
[TSR11393] c. -3000 DR h
Sloopdilmonpolop [Kuo-Toa], the City of Pools, is founded.
[TSR11509] -3000 DR ¸
Hunting clans and fishing villages on the Sword Coast North unite under a single leader. The humans call their new community Illusk.
[WTC11836] -2954 DR ¸
The first floating city rises above Netheril.
[WTC11836] -2919 DR ¸
The Ironstar [Shield Dwarves] realm is founded.
[TSR11509] -2919 DR ¸
The shield dwarf realm of Ironstar is founded in the North.
[TSR11509] -2637 DR ¸
In Chult, the deity Ubtao founds Mezro.
[WTC11836] c. -2600 DR ¸
In the North, Deepkingdom, realm of the gray dwarves, reaches its peak.
[885780000 p.15] c. -2600 DR ¸
The last known dwarves of High Shanatar fall on the northern slopes of the Sulduskoon River in battle against the Tavihr Dynasty of Calimshan. The dwarves seal the last known surface entrance to Deep Shanatar.
[885780000 p.18] [TSR9561] [TSR1159a p.22] [WTC11836] -2600 DR ¸
The last of the known dwarves of High Shanatar fall in battle against the Tavihr Dynasty of Calimshan. The dwarves seal the last known entrances to Deep Shanatar.
[WTC11836] -2550 DR ¸
Ulutiu, a minor sea deity, exiles himself to the Astral Plane. His ice necklace sinks, creating the Great Glacier.
[WTC11836] -2488 DR ¸
Empire of the Imaskari in Raurin is destroyed.
[WTC11836] -2391 DR ¸
Zokir [Beholder], the City of Orbs, is founded.
[TSR11509] -2381 DR ¸
Beholders plague the Alimir Mountains. The bakkal of Calimshan is assassinated and the Tavihr dynasty ends.
[WTC11836] c. -2300 DR ¸
Early boats sail the surface of the Inner Sea around the southern Alamber. Easily attacked and sunk by sahuagin, boats are small and usable only fro coastal fishing, not exploration. Raurinese refugees continue their expansions overland.
[TSR11393] -2135 DR ¸
Mulhorand founded.
[WTC11836] -2103 DR ¸
A horde of orcs, led by giants and their ogre generals, razes the human civilization of Illusk.
[WTC11836] -2087 DR ¸
Unther founded.
[WTC11836] -1967 DR ¸
First Mulhorand-Unther War.
[WTC11836] -1961 DR ¸
Mulhorand and Unther agree on a common border, the River of Swords.
[WTC11836] -1900 DR ¸
The Caltazar Hills come under regular attack from the beholder nations around and beneath the Lake of Steam.
[WTC11836] -1850 DR ¸
Under the leadership of their greatest queen, Duerra, the gray dwarves of Underspires launch a series of attacks against their Underdark enemies, the drow of Undraeth, the illithids of Oryndoll, and eventually the remnants of Deep Shanatar.
[885780000 p.15] -1838 DR ¸
The great red wyrm, Ylveraasahlisar the Rose Dragon, conquers and rules Calimshan.
[WTC11836] -1803 DR
to -1350 DR ¸The Deepbear Battles:
The war between the duergar and a nation of quaggoths marks the beginning of Deepkingdom's decline.
[TSR11509] -1803 DR
to -1350 DR ¸The Deepbear Battles:
Deepkingdom smashes the quaggoth nation of Ursadunthar, which lay beneath the Spine of the World. For centuries thereafter, the overextended kindgom of the duergar slowly declines as it continuously battles pockets of quaggoth (incited by the drow).
[885780000 p.15] [TSR11509] c. -1800 DR ¸The Kin Clashes:
The decendants of Clan Duergar invade the realms of Ultoksamrin and Holorarar in Deep Shanatar and others soon follow. Only Iltkazar survives the gray dwarf invasion, leaving Shanatar fallen in all but name.
[885780000 p.15, 18] c. -1800 DR ¸
Duerra, queen of the gray dwarves of Underspires, is rewarded with divine ascension. The capitol city of Dunspeirrin, City of Sunken Spires, soon falls into a centuries-long decline.
[885780000 p.15] -1726 DR ¸
Ylveraasahlisar is slain by the Cajaan noble family.
[WTC11836] c. -1720 DR ¸
Netherese explorers start to build and settle undersea cities on the continental shelf over the Plains of Duna within claimed territories of the elves and merfolk. Netherese mages either keep Aryselmalyn forces at bay or enslave any Serosians that enter their sphere of influence.
[TSR11393] -1700 DR ¸
Calishite nobles begin hunting elves in the northern forests as a pastime.
[WTC11836] -1694 DR ¸
Rise to power of the Merynth dynasty of Aryselmalyr under the warrior Essyl Merynth, nephew of the dying Coronal Tanrah Eshalniith.
[TSR11393] c. -1660 DR ¸Battle of the Three Seaflames:
Destruction of the three "Deep Netheril" enclaves of Cuulmath, Werapan, and Quaeluuvis by allied mages of the Inner Sea, including the High Mages and the full contingent of Dukars.
[TSR11393] -1588 DR ¸
Attempts to raise a mythal over Coryselmal fail, and Coronal Essyl begins sliding quietly into madness.
[TSR11393] -1570 DR ¸
Zazesspur, a simple fishing town, becomes a fortified city and center of the Emir of Tethyr's rule.
[WTC11836] -1539 DR ¸Start of the Third Serôs War:
Coronal Essyl lashes out against minor koalinth and scrag raids to the north, and ignites the war by uniting the koalinth and merrow against a common foe.
[TSR11393] -1537 DR ¸
The merrow kingdom of P'karnis falls.
[TSR11393] -1535 DR ¸
The ixitxachitl Imperium of Ilvanyv falls. In the same year, the long loyal merfolk of Thalorlyn on the Hmur Plateau rebel against the oppressive violence of the war.
[TSR11393] -1533 DR ¸
Establishment of Thalorlyn as the independent First Kingdom of Hmur, and they claim Myth Nantar.
[TSR11393] -1531 DR ¸
Nearly 30% of all merfolk of Serôs are killed as Aryselmalyr viciously puts down the rebellion at thalorlyn.
[TSR11393] -1530 DR ¸
Agents of Coronal Essyl create The Emerald Eye of Kyron for the mad merfolk of King Kyron.
[TSR11393] -1527 DR ¸The First Dukars' War:
Within the scope of the Third Serôs War, the fifth Dukar Order of Nantari (those who vowed allegiance to Aryselmalyr) go to war against the other orders.
[TSR11393] -1525 DR ¸
Merrow and koalinth band together into the Horde of the Bloodtide, only to be defeated again by the mad King Kyron of Thalorlyn. The rebel Republic of Tivaan rises among the merfolk to unite the Hmur Plateau against Aryselmalyr's mad ruler, once spies reveal that Coronal Essyl and King Kyron have allied with kraken to supplement their power.
[TSR11393] -1524 DR ¸
Kyron and his loyalists are deposed and outcast from Hmur Plateau, despite the king's kraken ally and the powerful Emerald Eye.
[TSR11393] -1523 DR ¸
End of the First Dukes' War with the destruction of the House of the Nantari Order in Myth Nantar. This loss sets back Coronal Essyl greatly, and twenty years of tense detente begin.
[TSR11393] -1522 DR ¸
The Four Arcana of Humbar, the usually isolationist morkoth from the deep-waters below, ally with Tivaan after numerous attacks from the Coronal's forces.
[TSR11393] -1509 DR ¸The First Shalarin Passing:
The first "Wildtide Gate" opens and the shalarin arrive within Serôs. Immediately attacked by the magically attuned Emerald Eye and the madmen Kyron and Essyl, the shalarin lose more than 17% of their number. Tivaan, the Dukar Orders, and Humbar all rush to the aid of the shalarin and quickly gain powerful allies.
[TSR11393] -1506 DR ¸
King Kyron dies at the hands of the Dukars, who take the Emerald Eye of Kyron into their custody. The merfolk traitors either return to Tivaan or remain allied with Coronal Essyl.
[TSR11393] -1502 DR ¸End of the Third Serôs War:
War ends with the death of the Mad Coronal Essyl Merynth by his brother, the Grand Dukar Jholar of the Jhimari Order. Jholar abdicates the coronal's throne in favor of his younger sister, the devout priestess Vaeqiis.
[TSR11393] -1501 DR ¸
The Dukars again become an independent group of peacemakers not answerable to Aryselmalyr. The Nantari Order is dissolved, though the school at Myth Nantar is rebuilt as an academy where all four orders convene to keep a closer eye on the magic of Aryselmalyn elves.
[TSR11393] -1492 DR ¸
Shalarin survivors of the Third War settle Es`krin on the northeastern Hmur Plateau. Alliances with the Dukars and Humbar provide protectors for the city-state until they can restore their own warrior caste.
[TSR11393] -1428 DR ¸
The beholders of the Alimirs swarm out of the mountains and conquer every city in Calimshan and Iltkazar.
[WTC11836] -1402 DR ¸
The Drakhon priest-princes leads the nation of Calimshan to freedom from the beholders.
[WTC11836] c. -1400 DR ¸
First crude ships sail the open waters of the Inner Sea, as Unther expands across the Alamber. These ships are the standard for sea travel for the next two millennia.
[TSR11393] -1400 DR ¸
The attacks on the Caltazar Hills by the beholder nations of the Lake of Steam end.
[WTC11836] -1399 DR ¸Start of the Fourth Serôs War:
The Hmur Plateau becomes overrun by a horde of koalinth and merrow, ending the peaceful merfolk Republic of Tivaan. A desperate mermaid steals the Emerald Eye of Kyron from the Dukars' Tower at Myth Nantar to drive the horde off the plateau, only to become corrupted by its power and lead the horde herself against her remaining people and the rest of Serôs.
[TSR11393] -1396 DR ¸End of the Fourth Serôs War:
This war destroys the Second Kingdom of Kyron, setting back koalinth populations for decades. The Emerald Eye is recaptured, and the possessed mermaid is believed dead, buried in a collapsed reef on the Plains of Duna, which hereafter are called the Haunted Plains. The new merfolk community, under the auspices of the kindly Coronal Vaeqiis, is the kingdom of Thalvan, led by King Darmox.
[TSR11393] -1250 DR ¸
Unther battles Yuireshanyaar for control of the southern Aglarondan coast. The Yuir are driven back into the woods.
[176650000] -1219 DR ¸
Coronal Vaeqiis dies, and her warrior son Merath becomes coronal.
[TSR11393] -1094 DR ¸
Coronal Merath dies fighting sahuagin raiders, and his wizard son, Lynsal becomes coronal.
[TSR11393] -1088 DR ¸
First record of rading at the future site of Waterdeep.
[WTC11836] -1087 DR ¸
The wizard Thayd leads a rebellion of wizards against Unther and Mulhorand.
[WTC11836] -1081 DR ¸
Thayd and his conspirators are defeated. He is executed but prophesies that Mulhorand and Unther will decline.
[WTC11836] -1076 DR
to -1069 DR ¸The Orcgate Wars:
Yuireshanyaar pressed hard by orcs.
[176650000] -1075 DR ¸
Orcgate Wars in Thay.
[WTC11836] -1071 DR ¸
Orc god Gruumsh kills Mulhorand deity Re in the first known deicide.
[WTC11836] -1069 DR ¸
Orcs in Thay defeated; many flee north and west.
[WTC11836] -900 DR ¸
Rise of Narfell and Raumathar.
[WTC11836] -900 DR
to -600 DR ¸Rise of Narfell and Raumathar:
Star elves of Yuireshanyaar, foreseeing disaster, begin construction of the extraplanar refuge of Sildëyuir.
[176650000] -819 DR ¸
a Dukar allegedly assassinates Coronal Lynsal, and his paranoid daughter, Vaeqiis (soon to be known as Vaeqiis the Dark) begins sanctions and crackdowns against the Dukar Orders and all mages.
[TSR11393] -800 DR ¸Rise of the Purple Order of Pamas:
A small band of forty Dukars abandon their normal colors and alegiances to form the Pamasi Order, dedicated to a harassing war against Aryselmalyr and its increasingly draconian tactics against wizardry. The two-score Dukars seek to embarrass Coronal Vaeqiis II and raise awareness of the problems among the common folk, not just the wizardly orders.
[TSR11393] -790 DR ¸
The Night Wars begin: Drow attack outlying reaches of the Calimshan Empire.
[WTC11836] -789 DR ¸The Second Shalarin Passing:
Below the Hmur Plateau, the wildtide gate opens again and more shalarin emigrate to Serôs. Initially, many of the new shalarin come to Es`krin, though some move farther east and look for a home of their own.
[TSR11393] -788 DR ¸Start of the Fifth Serôs War:
Aryselmalry's paranoid concerns about the second arrival of shalarin bring them to mobilize troops around Es`krin and the northern Hmur Plateau. Objections from other allied or neutral states are ignored or responded to with force, bringing war to Serôs again.
[TSR11393] -780 DR ¸The Kraken Gambit:
Coronal Vaeqiis II desperately allies with two kraken to shatter the Four Arcana of Humbar, the peaceful morkoth magocracy. The few survivors of this offensive dive into deeper waters, away from Aryselmalyr's persecution.
[TSR11393] -777 DR ¸End of the Fifth Serôs War:
With the deaths of her two kraken allies (whom many suspect controlled her for quite some time, despite Vaeqiis' beliefs) and herself, the Fifth War ends. The main casualties are the Arcana of Humbar and the shalarin kingdom of Es'krin. Aryselmalyr's new ruler (approved by the four Grand Dukars as well as the elven nobility) is Coronal Pravis Orlson, who restores the peace missed for over six centuries.
[TSR11393] -760 DR ¸Rise of Es`rath:
The surviving shalarin, having quietly slipped into the deeper waters left vacant by the morkoth, announce the official rise of Es`rath, the shalarin kingdom of the deep. Its close ties to the Dukars and its own power keep Aryselmalyr at bay.
[TSR11393] -699 DR [Year of Moon Blades Crashing] ¸
The star elves abandon Yuireshanyaar for Sildëyuir. Many green elves choose to remain in the Yuirwood.
[176650000] -690 DR ¸
Blingdenstone, a deep gnome community, is founded in the North.
[TSR11509] -680 DR [Year of Creeping Thieves] ¸
Calimshan begins to colonize the Lake of Steam.
[WTC11836] -553 DR [Year of Plentiful Wine] ¸
The Shadow Plane discovered by Netherese wizards.
[WTC11836] -530 DR [Year of Meager Means] ¸
The Night Wars between the drow and Calimshan end.
[WTC11836] c. -500 DR ¸
In the North, citadel Sundbarr is constructed by the dwarves of Delzoun. Like Adbar to the north, the citadel was mostly subterranean, with only a few structures on the surface.
[885670000 p.66] -461 DR [Year of Bold Pioneers] ¸
The phaerimm begin to cast the spells that create Anauroch.
[WTC11836] -425 DR [Year of Ancestral Voices] ¸
Netherese settlers refound Illusk as a magocracy.
[WTC11836] -412 DR ¸
The Orlson dynasty ends and passes the crown of Aryselmalyr to House Vesahliir of Naramyr.
[TSR11393] -387 DR [Year of Shattered Walls] ¸
Calishite-controlled Zazesspur sacked in a surprise attack by Tethyrian barbarians.
[WTC11836] -379 DR [Year of the Dancing Idols] ¸
Hobgoblins unite under the rulership of their first king. The realm of Holorarar is born.
[TSR11509] -354 DR [Year of Many Maws] ¸
The first recorded clash between sharn and phaerimm occurs.
[WTC11836] -351 DR [Year of Glassharks] ¸
As the phaerimm's magic drain depletes more of their available power, several of Netheril's archwizards abandon their cities and relocate to parts unknown. Civil unrest rises in some cities.
[WTC11836] -349 DR [Year of Bold Poachers] ¸
Netherese wizard Saldrinar destroys Kisonraathiisar, the dragon ruler Westgate and becomes the city's first human king.
[WTC11836] -339 DR [Year of the Sundered Webs] ¸
Karsus causes the fall of Netheril, and most of its cities fall to earth and are destroyed. Mystryl is destroyed but is reborn as Mystra. Anauria, Asram, and Hlondath (the survivor states of Netheril) established.
[WTC11836] -339 DR ¸Fall of Netheril:
Serôs suffers numerous blows during this year, as the wild magic (due to the death of Mystryl and the Fall of Netheril) creates a whirlpool from the surface down to the mythal at Myth Nantar, destroying many buildings and dragging surface ships to watery graves. The Netherese enclaves of Nhalloth and Sakkors crash into the Inner Sea, coming to rest from 40 to 300 feet beneath the sea's surface.
[TSR11393] -288 DR [Year Eight Lightnings] ¸
Calimshan accedes independence to Tethyr and its people.
[WTC11836] -286 DR [Year of Foul Awakenings] ¸
Westgate falls during the course of a single night to a small army of elite mercentaries led by the vampire Orlak.
[WTC11836] -255 DR [Year of Furious Waves] ¸
Jhaamdath falls to elven high magic as a great wave is summoned to scour the southern shores of the Inner Sea. The coastline of the present Vilhon Reach is formed. The survivors head north to settle the lands of present-day Cormyr, Sembia, the Dalelands, and a portion of the Vast.
[WTC11836] -255 DR [Year of Furious Waves] ¸
Jhaamdath destroyed; some survivors settle in Altumbel.
[176650000] -212 DR [Year of High Thrones] ¸
Battle of the Purple Marches forces the second Calishite surrender of Tethyr. Darrom Ithal is crowned the King of Tethyr.
[WTC11836] c. -200 DR h
Citadel Adbar is constructed by King Adbar, as the last hurrah of Delzoun.
[885670000 p.71] -200 DR [Year of Stonerising] ¸
Candlekeep founded; Calendar of Harptos begun. The humans who are to become the first of the Dalefolk cross the Dragon Reach to the southern region of Cormanthor.
[WTC11836] -160 DR [Year of the Stone Giant] ¸
Narfell and Raumathar destroyed.
[WTC11836] -160 DR [Year of the Stone Giant] ¸
Narfell and Raumathar destroy each other.
[176650000] -160 DR [Year of the Stone Giant] ¸
A cairn [undead stone giant] called Dodkong or "King of Death" begins wandering the western Realms.
[TSR11509] -153 DR [Year of the Starry Shroud] ¸
Proeskampalar, later renamed Procampur, is founded by dwarves and quickly becomes an important trading partner of Westgate.
[WTC11836] -133 DR [Year of Silent Screams] ¸
Great sea storms erupt along the Sword Coast. A tidal wave envelops the city of Velen in Tethyr, decimating its population.
[WTC11836] -111 DR [Year of Terrible Anger] ¸
Illusk falls again to orc hordes.
[WTC11836] -100 DR [Year of the Black Unicorn] ¸
Delzoun falls to encroaching phaerimm and other dangers; surface citadels survive.
[WTC11836] -100 DR
to 250 DR ¸Humans settle the Wizards' Reach:
Jhaamdathan settlements dot Altumbel's islands, and Chessentans colonize a broad stretch of coastline from Delthuntle to Laothkund.
[176650000] -100 DR [Year of the Black Unicorn] ¸
The ancient dwarven realm of Delzoun, the Northkingdom, falls to encroaching phaerimm and other dangers; surface citadels survive.
[885780000 p.18] [885670000 p.5] [WTC11836] -75 DR [Year of Leather Shields] ¸
Witches of Rashemen choose the first Iron Lord of that nation
[WTC11836] -68 DR
to -65 DR ¸Hin Ghostwars:
Many lightfoot and ghostwise halflings depart Luiren.
[WTC11836] -52 DR [Year of the Choking Spores] ¸
First permanent farms in Waterdeep area.
[WTC11836] -33 DR [Year of Slowing Sands] ¸
Asram falls victim to a plague, from which there are no survivors.
[WTC11836] 1 DR [Year of Sunrise] ¸
The Standing Stone is raised by the elves of Cormanthyr and the Dalefolk. Start of the Dalereckining calendar.
[WTC11836] 163 DR [Year of the Screeching Vole] ¸
Altumbel is "founded" by the Untherite empire, but is inhabited only by itinerate pirates and the odd hermit or two looking to escape from more populated domains.
[TSR9235] [TSR1121 p.53] 207 DR [Year of the Majestic Mace] ¸
The Ironstar realm falls.
[TSR11509] 207 DR [Year of the Majestic Mace] ¸
The dwarven realm of Ironstar falls.
[TSR11509] 400 DR [Year of the Blue Shield] ¸
Escalant founded on the Wizards' Reach by Chessentans.
[176650000] 482 DR [Year of the Blighted Vine] ¸
Delthuntle and Laothkund rebel from Unther, forming the League of Samathar.
[176650000] [TSR9235] 504 DR [Year of the Eclipsed Heart] ¸
Unther begins a campaign to retake the Wizards' Reach cities, fighting the League of Samathar.
[176650000] 523 DR [Year of Trials Arcane] ¸
Surviving elves of Illefarn, dwarves, Netherese descendants, and Northlanders band together to form the short-lived realm of Phalorm, also known as the Realm of Three Crowns.
[885670000 p.6] [WTC11836] 602 DR [Year of the Glimmering Sea] ¸
Malydren [Ixzan], The Coralline City, is founded.
[TSR11509] 615 DR [Year of the Lamia's Kiss] ¸
Phalorm, The Fallen Kingdom as it came to be known, is swept away by the Horde of the Wastes.
[885670000 p.6] [WTC11836] 625 DR [Year of the Torrents] ¸
Escalant rebels from decrepit Unther, joining the League of Samathar.
[176650000] 677 DR [Year of Resonant Silence] ¸
Gilgeam of Unther organizes an expedition to crush the rebellious Wizards' Reach. The Untheric fleet suffers terrible losses in a great storm and turns back without landing.
[176650000] 679 DR [Year of the Scarlet Sash] ¸
Uther recognizes the League of Samathar. Unther never recovers from the long, costly campaign to retain the Wizards' Reach.
[176650000] 689 DR ¸
Matron Aunrae becomes Matron Mother of ruling House Nasadra in Ched Nasad. Her power in the city is nigh absolute.
[TSR11509] 756 DR [Year of the Leaning Post] ¸
Human fisherfolk, mostly from Chessenta and the Wizards' Reach, begin to settle Aglarond's northern coasts in numbers.
[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR9235] 756 DR [Year of the Leaning Post] ¸
Human settlements of Velprintalar, Corth, and Ingdal's Arm are founded.
[176650000] [TSR1121 p.47] 766 DR [Year of the Yearning] ¸
Alassra Shentrantra, known today only as the Simbul, is born.
[TSR9475 p.7] 773 DR [Year of the Auromvorax] ¸
Velprintalar and other towns of the northern Aglarond coast unite as Velprin, a human kingdom with designs on the entire peninsula.
[176650000] 870 DR
to 880 DR ¸
Woodsfolk and adventurers from Velprin meet the Yuir elves, who had avoided contact with their human neighbors for centuries.
[176650000] [TSR9235] 882 DR [Year of the Curse] ¸
The dwarven realm of Ammarindar falls.
[TSR11509] 882 DR [Year of the Curse] ¸
The dwarven realm of Ammarindar is overrun by lingering horrors unleashed by the Netherese of Ascalhorn.
[885780000 p.18] [TSR11509] 900 DR
to 1050 DR ¸
Human settlers and green elves mix in the Yuirwood, giving rise to a nation of half-elves, the Cha-Tel'Quessir.
[176650000] 929 DR [Year of the Flashing Eyes] ¸
Chessenta rebels against Unther.
[176650000] 953 DR [Year of the Guiding Crow] ¸
Tchazzar of Chessenta attacks the Wizards' Reach cities. The League of Samathar breaks apart as the various cities fall to Tchazzar or make a separate peace with the warlord, becoming tributary states.
[176650000] 972 DR [Year of the Cairngorm Crown] ¸
Deep King Tarngardt Steelshadow assumes the throne of the duergar Deepkingdom.
[TSR11509] 972 DR [Year of the Cairngorm Crown] ¸
The scattered derro tribes in the Northdark launch yet another Uniting War, this time against the duergar of Deepkingdom.
[TSR11509] 972 DR [Year of the Cairngorm Crown] ¸
Deep King Tarngardt Steelshadow assumes the throne of the duergar Deepkingdom.
[TSR11509] 1018 DR [Year of the Dracorage] ¸
Tchazzar disappears battling sahuagin.
[176650000] 1033 DR [Year of the Dreamforging] ¸
The half-elves of the Yuirwood take up arms to resist the humans of Velprin. Border clashes grow bitter.
[176650000] 1058 DR [Year of the Spider's Daughter] ¸
Indrila Demaz becomes Queen of Velprin. Under the influence of her High Council, she marshals an army to invade the Yuirwood.
[176650000] 1059 DR [Year of the Broken Pillar] ¸
Indrila's army destroys a hastily mustered militia of half-elves and drives the Yuir deep into the forest. Brindor Olóssyne, the war leader of the Yuir, retreats and begins to build up his own forces.
[176650000] 1063 DR [Year of the Deluded Tyrant] ¸
King Tarngardt VII orders the derro freed and grants them all the rights and priveldges accorded to Gracklstugh's duergar inhabitants.
[TSR11509] 1063 DR [Year of the Deluded Tyrant] ¸
King Tarngardt VII orders the derro freed and grants them all the rights and priveldges accorded to Gracklstugh's duergar inhabitants.
[TSR11509] 1065 DR [Year of the Watching Wood] ¸Battle of Ingdal's Arm:
The Yuir defeat Indrila's army to the last man. The half-elves dictate peace to the surviving settlements of Velprin, forging the new nation of Aglarond.
[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1121] 1065 DR [Year of the Watching Wood] ¸
The half-elf Brindor is elected as the first king of Aglarond.
[176650000] [WTC11836] 1101 DR [Year of the Maelstrom] ¸
The city of Treshla is annihilated by a pod of beholders who emerge from the nearby Thornwood.
[TSR11509] 1117 DR [Year of the Twelverule] ¸
Chessenta begins to break up into rival city-states.
[176650000] [WTC11836] 1117 DR [Year of the Twelverule] ¸
The Wizards' Reach cities regain their independence from Chessenta.
[176650000] 1128 DR [Year of the Peryton] ¸
Brindor passes away. His son Althon becomes King of Aglarond and rules long and well.
[176650000] [TSR9235] 1142 DR [Year of the Sword's Oath] ¸
Redsail the pirate retires to Aglarond.
[TSR9235] 1189 DR [Year of the Lynx] ¸
Althon the Old dies; his son Elthond becomes king.
[176650000] [TSR9235] 1194 DR [Year of the Bloody Wave] ¸Battle of the Singing Sands:
Aglarond repels the first invasion of the Red Wizards, but Elthond perishes in the fighting. His younger brother Philaspur becomes king.
[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR9235] [TSR1121] 1197 DR [Year of the Sundered Shield] ¸Battle of Brokenheads:
Philaspur dies repelling another Thayan attack. His daughters Thara and Ulae share the throne, becoming known as the Gray Sisters.
[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR9235] 1221 DR [Year of the Frozen Flower] ¸
The demons of Hellgate Keep linked the catacombs beneath Ascal's Horn with the deep tunnels of Ammarindar.
[TSR11509] 1237 DR [Year of the Grotto] ¸
Aglarond and Thesk ally.
[176650000] [TSR9235] 1237 DR [Year of the Grotto] ¸
Marriage of Thara of Aglarond to Elthar of Milvarune.
[TSR9235] 1257 DR [Year of the Killing Wave] ¸
The Gray Sisters pass away within a few days of each other. Ulae's son Halacar takes the throne.
[176650000] [TSR9235] [TSR1121] 1260 DR [Year of the Broken Blade] ¸Battle of Lapendrar:
Halacar leads a rash expedition into Thay, where he is defeated in a complete disaster.
[176650000] [TSR9235] [TSR1121] 1261 DR [Year of Bright Dreams] ¸
Halacar dies of poisoning; his sister Ilione, an accomplished sorcerer, becomes queen.
[176650000] [TSR1121] 1288 DR [Year of the Roaring Horn] ¸
The gray dwarves of Underspires wage a five-decade-long war with their surface kin.
[DRA267] 1288 DR [Year of the Roaring Horn] ¸
The gray dwarves of Underspires wage a five-decade-long war with their surface kin.
[DRA267] 1305 DR [Year of the Creeping Fang] ¸
The chitine slaves of Yathchol are emancipated from their drow masters.
[TSR11509] 1306 DR [Year of Thunder] ¸The Thunder Blessing:
The great dwarven god Moradin bestows a new blessing upon his people. Miraculously the birthrate of the dwarven race begins to soar. The new dwarven generation is commonly refered to as the thunder children. Nearly a fifth of dwarven births after the Thunder Blessing result in identicle or fraternal twins.
[WTC11836 p.10] c. 1320 DR h
As a result of the Thunder Blessing, the gold dwarves' burgeoning population, forces them to seek out new caverns to claim and settle across the South, upsetting the long held status quo of the southern Underdark.
[885780000 p.12] 1320 DR [Year of the Watching Cold] ¸
Ilione, the last member of Aglarond's royal line, dies of plague. She leaves no child but names her apprentice, the Simbul, as her heir.
[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR9235] [TSR1121] 1338 DR ¸
Drizzt Do`Urden arrives in Blingdenstone after ten years of self-imposed exile in the Underdark.
[TSR11509] 1354 DR [Year of the Bow] ¸
The Wyrmskull Throne is discovered by the Cowled Wizards of Amn.
[TSR11405 p.6, 54] 1355 DR [Year of the Harp] ¸
Helm Dwarf-friend becomes the sixth Ruling Master of Sundabar.
[885670000 p.66] 1356 DR [Year of the Worm] ¸
Bruenor Battlehammer slays the shadow dragon Shimmergloom, drives out its servant duergar, and proclaims himself the Eighth King of Mithril Hall.
[885670000 p.6] 1357 DR [Year of the Prince] ¸
A Thayan army reinforced by fire elementals takes Escalant and Laothkund. Most of the Wizards' Reach is under Thayan control.
[176650000] 1358 DR [Year of Shadows] ¸
The allied forces of Blingdenstone, Mithral Hall, Nesme, Silverymoon, and Settlestone defeat the army of Menzoberranzan in the Battle of Keeper's Date.
[TSR11509] 1360 DR [Year of the Turret] ¸
The Tuigan Horde invades Faerűn; Aglarond sends archers to the defense of Thesk.
[176650000] 1360 DR [Year of the Turret] ¸
The ancient fang dragon Nartheling moves into the peak of Umbergoth.
[176650000] 1360 DR [Year of the Turret] ¸
The Wyrmskull Throne is once again lost to the world.
[TSR11405 p.6, 54] 1365 DR [Year of the Sword] ¸
The Thayan army marches on Emmerch. Aglarondan griffonriders spot a second Thayan force moving toward the Shyvar Pass. Forces from Glarondar meet the southern Thayan army and force them back, then come around through the Tannath Gap and take the Thayans at Emmech from behind.
[176650000] 1367 DR [Year of the Shield] ¸
The Simbul disappears for three months during the spring. Councilors begin to jockey for position, many hoping to be named the new ruler by acclamation. When the Simbul finally returns, she makes clear arrangements to notify the council in the event of her death.
[176650000] 1367 DR [Year of the Shield] ¸
Dwarves of Clan Warcrown, bolstered by troops from Silverymoon, attack the Many Arrows orcs and sieze the Citadel. King Emerus Warcrown is enthroned in triumph in the Citadel, restored to its old dwarf name of Felbarr.
[885670000 p.6] 1368 DR [Year of the Banner] ¸
[Novel: The Simbul's Gift] 1369 DR [Year of the Gauntlet] ¸
Thay launches its latest invasion attempt against Aglarond in the winter. Szass Tam creates a vast army of undead to cross the frozen Umber Marshes. The animated corpses crash like waves against the Watchwall but fail to overcome the fortification.
[176650000] 1369 DR [Year of the Gauntlet] ¸
The largest exodus to date from the Deep Realm begins. The Army of Gold sets out on a great crusade to reclaim the caverns of Taark Shanat and restore the glory of Shanatar, the ancient kingdom of the shield dwarves.
[885780000 p.12] 1370 DR [Year of the Tankard] ¸
Although the Red Wizards withdraw from the Umber Marshes, the battle is not over. As autumn falls, undead creatures trapped in the swamp claw their way out of the thickening muck. Without the leadership of the Thayans, they wander about aimlessly to this day, hurling themselves upon the Watchwall.
[176650000] 1371 DR [Year of the Unstrung Harp] ¸
The zulkirs of Thay, tired of the incessant battles with Aglarond, offer a truce. The Simbul accepts with reservations.
[176650000] 1371 DR [Year of the Unstrung Harp] ¸
To stand against the forces of evil, High Lady Alustriel of Silverymoon called the leaders of all the important settlements to council. From Old Delzoun, the Moonlands, and the Rauvin Vale came elf, human, and dwarf lords to seek answers to their common troubles. Out of that oft-stormy meeting came the High Lady's Alliance, a conferderation of city-states known as the League of the Silver Marches.
[885670000 p.7] 1372 DR [Year of Wild Magic] ¸
Brisk trade continues between Aglarond and Thay, despite Aglarond wariness of the Red Wizards.
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References
WTC11836 - The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3rd-Edition) - Design By Ed Greenwood, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo, and Sean Reynolds
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