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History of Amia/Forgotten Realms

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This post provides important information regarding Forgotten Realms history as it pertains to Amia.

Note: After the end of 1373 D.R., events in canon Forgotten Realms no longer continue as written in the lore, unless DMs specifically state otherwise. 4th Edition lore (and later) does not take place. There is no Spellplague. See the information collected here if you wish to use historical references with the development of your character.

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Grand History of the Realms

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Grand History of the Realms

The following timeline presents some notable events in the history of canon Forgotten Realms alongside some notable events in the history of Amia. Amia is set in the Forgotten Realms, and follows the setting's official history until the end of year 1373. To reiterate, all canon lore up to that point applies to Amia, unless the DM Team specifically states otherwise. No canon lore after 1373 applies to Amia, unless the DM Team specifically states otherwise. The Spellplague has not happened, gods have not died, Myth Drannor has not been restored, etc. The current state of some unfinished business is described at the end of the timeline.


1352 DR, Year of the Dragon:
  • Encouraged by their success in Telflamm, the Thayvians arrive on Amia to test expand their network of enclaves.

1358 DR, Year of Shadows:
  • The Time of Troubles. Gods walk the earth, and not all return into the heavens. All sort of trouble ensues, and certain fiends grasp the opportunity to realize their sinister plots. One archfiend turned its attention on Amia, but was stopped by adventurers. As a result of the tumult, however, Zanshibon was lost and hurled into the Abyss.

1359 DR, Year of the Serpent:
  • Yamun Khahan invades Shoul Lung, but then steers his Tuigan horde to the west. After some skirmishing, the Tuigans make peace with Thay who transport them north to Rashemen, where they fight the witches and berserkers.

1360 DR, Year of the Turret:
  • As the Tuigan horde travels further west, many nations rally to Thesk to meet them, the crusade of Azoun IV being the most prominent force. The Tuigans are defeated, and the Purple Dragon, Azoun, beats Yamun Khahan in single combat.

1362 DR, Year of the Helm:
  • The Horde Wars begin. Large bands of monsters attack settlements and travellers all around Amia. Cordor takes a leading role in defending human civilization.

1367 DR, Year of the Shield:
  • Dwarves of Clan Warcrown, together with knights of Silverymoon, retake the Citadel of Many Arrows from the orcs and restore its name Felbarr. Emerus Warcrown is crowned king.

    Khelben ”Blackstaff” Arunsun unmasks and resigns himself as a Lord of Waterdeep.

    The Reclamation Wars of Tethyr begin. Zaranda Star begins to gather support all around Tethyr.

    Drak'law, Layla, and the rest of the Emberblaze family take over Stonehold and rename it as Wyrmhold. The Dark Flight destroys the town of Benwick, which results in the scattering of the local metallic dragons and Imperator retreating to Kohlingen. Over the following years, the chromatics of the Dark Flight make occasional appearances and cause some disturbances, unchallenged by their goodly kin.

    At the end of the year, Duke Montgomery of Cordor disappears. A Council is elected to rule the city. It mostly consists of famous adventurers.

1368 DR, Year of the Banner:
  • Velsharoon ascends to godhood.

    Church of Cyric launches inquisitions in Yûlash, Darkhold, Teshwave, Zhentil Keep, Citadel of the Raven to cleanse Zhents of non-Cyricist priests. Later this year, Fzoul reads aloud from the True Life of Cyric, revealing the god's betrayal, which causes havoc as Cyric-summoned monsters sack much of Zhentil Keep. This signals the end of Cyric's influence within the ”Moonsea Zhentarim.” Over the next decade the city is rebuilt and Fzoul, leader of the temple of Bane and the Zhentarim, assumes position as its despot.

    The Font of Knowledge, the latest major temple of Oghma, is finished in Waterdeep

    Major trade routes between Maztica and Faerûn are finally opened to all, seven years after the discovery of the New World (though sabotage and competition are still involved).

    Thay opens enclaves in Cimbar, Phsant, Proskur and Tsurlagol. The zulkirs increase the production of magic items for export. Thay causes havoc in Rashemen, setting fire to the woods

    The Reclamation Wars: Crown Prince Haedrak rallies volunteers in Waterdeep to his army, sails to join Zaranda's loyalists in Tethyr.

    Events of the Baldur's Gate (novel) series.

    Events of the Dream Spheres.

1369 DR, Year of the Gauntlet:
  • Iyachtu Xvim is freed from his prison under Zhentil Keep and becomes a lesser god.

    Demons from Hellgate Keep attack Silverymoon, Citadel of the Mists and Sundabar, causing much damage. Harpers destroy Hellgate Keep with the Gatekeeper's Crystal, and unknowingly free the Dlardrageths from their millenial prison.

    The Reclamation Wars end, Queen Zaranda and King Haedrak III are crowned.

    Waterdeep, Calimport and Baldur's Gate fight sahuagin and other undesea folk. Waterdeep is also attacked by monsters from Undermountain.

    Thay attacks Aglarond once again, with an army of undead.

    The War of Gold and Gloom: gold dwarves from the Great Rift reclaim lost Deep Shanatar. Duergar of Dunspeirrin march there as well, and the war sparked between the two armies rages to this day, more or less actively.

    The island known as the Ship of the Gods explodes. Tidal waves swamp the Alaor and Bezantur, causing much destruction. Villages in the lowlands of Khem are swept away, but the flood also leaves unexpected things on the land. Mulhorand briefly seizes the Alaor.

    ”The Abraxus Affair” (Cormyr: A Novel)

    The Council of Cordor is disbanded in the midst of a revolt. Unexpectedly, Duke Montgomery reappears and returns to power.

    Millenial wards around Winya Ravana fail and the ancient town with its Lifestone reappears atop the Nexus. A group of adventurers fight and defeat the devil who covets the power of the Lifestone. The city secured, most elves on Amia move in to bring it to life again. Settlers also come from Evermeet and Faerûn.

    Monsters from the Underdark attack Udos Dro'xun, beneath Cordor. Stingers, beholders, reportedly even dragons, overwhelm the drow defenders. Survivors flee north to establish Ultrinnan, the promised land and the city of Lolth's Victory - ironically enough.

1370 DR, Year of the Tankard:
  • Velsharoon shifts allegiance from Talos to Azuth

    The Manshoon wars; Fzoul gains control over most of the Zhentarim after purging their ranks Manshoon's supporters.

    Obould Many-Arrows lays siege on Mithral Hall

    Thay attempts to invade Rashemen with boats, but the witches thwarth their efforts. Thayvians then come to conflict with undersea folk as they begin to hunt down those responsible for the damage to Bezantur. Thay manages to retake Alaor from Mulhorand.

    The Blackstaff resigns from the Harpers and forms Tel Teukiira

    The Shaking Plague spreads in Faerûn, causing victims to spasm and shake uncontrollably. Most victims recover after some months, but some die.

    The Sothillisian War breaks out in Amn, an attack lead by two ogre mages and supported by Cyricists.

    After years of persistent and stubborn existance as an outpost securing the central tradeway through southern Amia, Fort Bendir is finally expanded into a real village. Thanks to its fortunate location and the hard work of its citizens, the halfling town soon grows prosperous. Randy ”the Blue Hin” becomes the first mayor of Bendir Dale.

1371 DR, Year of the Unstrung Harp:
  • The Trial of Cyric the Mad. Kelemvor's role as a stern and strict judge is emphasized with renewed vigor, and Mystra no longer keeps magic from evil mortals. (Crucible - knowledge of this would be very limited among mortals.)

    Obould and his horde claim parts of the North and establish the Kingdom of Dark Arrows. Alustriel of Silverymoon, together with other northern rulers, forms the League of the Silver Marches to stand against the orcs.

    The Sharn Wall fails and phaerimm are freed from beneath Anauroch. Evereska is attacked by the phaerimm and their thralls. Khelben leads and elven relief army there, followed by Laeral with members of the Lords' Alliance in the following year. Elves from Evermeet aid Evereska as well.

    Evermeet is attacked by gold elf traitors lead by Kymil Nimesin, accompanied by drow, Nelanther pirates and the Elf-Eater. The Towers of Sun and Moon are destroyed, High Magic is considerably weakened on Toril. Prince Lamruil Moonflower travels far north to establish a hidden elven city, Auseriel. Tree of Souls is supposed to be planted there when the time is right, making it a safe haven for elves.

    King Azoun IV and the Devil Dragon Nalavatoryl slay eachother in battle, leaving the infant Azoun V as king. His young aunt Alusair becomes the de facto ruler.

    Aglarond and Thay make cautious peace.

    Mulhorand invades Unther, beginning the Third Mulhorand Empire. Untherite forces leave Khem and Mulhorandi traders start exploring the island. Red Wizards begin to pour gold and magic to Unthor to oppose Mulhorandi rule.

    The Sothillisian Empire is established in Amn, in and around the occupied town of Murann.

    The Simbul is sighted on Amia. She convenes in the Tower of Mystra, and later is rumored to have visited Brogendenstein and Kohlingen, who close local Thayvian Enclaves and evict the Red Wizards the night of her visit. As Cordor is about to follow their example, the Thayvians reportedly barricade themselves inside the city orphanage. As a result of Red Wizard, guard and adventurer involvement, what's known as the ”Cordor Orphanage Fire” ensued and children were killed. The Red Wizards were reportedly slaughtered to the last man. The tragedy ignited a persecution of everything Thayvian, and surviving Red Wizards fled, abandoning all enclaves in the region.

1372 DR, Year of Wild Magic:
  • Bane bursts out of Xvim, reclaiming the Fear portfolio and becoming a greater power after 14 years of absence/death.

    City of Shade returns to Faerûn from the Plane of Shadow. Some months later, the island of Tarkuul ascends from the depths.

    Shadovars trap the phaerimm surrounding Evereska with a shadowshell. They begin hunting phaerimm in Myth Drannor. Laeral's relief army finally arrives in Evereska. The shadowshell fails, Shades lose the Karsestone and their mythallar is damaged, when Chosen of Mystra attack Shade. Elves and their allies drive the phaerimm out of Evereska in a tenday. The city's mythal is restored. (The Return of the Archwizards)

    Cormyr learns that Shadovar are melting the High Ice and crippling the Heartlands. They begin preparations for an attack on Shade. The two armies battle in Tilverton. Vangerdahast, court mage of Cormyr, uses a magic weapon that, due to Shadow Weave influence, destroys Tilverton, leaving nothing but a smoking crater behind.

    The Wailing Death in Neverwinter.

    Akhlaur and Zalathorm of Halruaa battle eachother. Zalathorm destroys their life-extending magics, killing both, but Zalathorm is resurrected. (The Wizardwar.)

    Deamonfey settle in Myth Glaurach

    The Great Seal is broken, and Deep Imaskari spies slowly and discreetly return to the world.

    Volcanic eruptions in the Smoking Mountains bury the Citadel of Black Ash under lava.

    Tremors beneath the crust of Toril cause massive devastation on the Amian coast. The foundations of Cordor shift, flooding some of the tunnels beneath and creating others. Much of the city itself collapses or tumbles into the sea. The nearby island of Lumorier inexplicably disappears, supposedly sunken or exploded in vulcanic eruptions.

    Cordorian gold, persistance and the goodwill of its neighbours enable a tremendous feat: within the year, much Cordor is rebuilt, improved and even expanded. Soon after, Cordor annexes Wharftown for political and military purposes. This is a brief period, and Wharftown regains its independency on good terms with Cordor.

1373 DR, Year of Rogue Dragons:
  • Sammaster transforms the old Dracorage Mythal, starting a Rage without the appearance of the King-Killer Star. Various dragon attacks ensue, destroying Ylraphon on the Dragon Reach, Trenahess in Cormanthor, a Zhent garrison in Elmwood, and killing summertime inhabitants of Tangled Trees. Abbey of the Just Hammer is damaged, and the Monastery of the Yellow Rose is besieged (but later saved by metallics). Impilturan army in the Grey Forest get in trouble with a raging bronze, a spirit dragon helps them destroy a Cult of the Dragon lair in the forest. Auseriel, the elf settlement, is razed by white dragons. The Tree of Souls is thus returned to Evermeet. Sammaster pretends to be the Witch-King reborn, and attacks into Damara with an orc and giant horde. King Gareth Dragonsbane leads an army in defense, but falls. Eventually, he is resurrected and he drives the enemies away. Sammaster is destroyed, his magic undone and the Rage ends. (The Rage of Dragons)

    The Scoured Legion of cambion Kaanyr Vhok try to take Sundabar by siege, but fail

    New Tilverton is built in Cormyr, near the old town's dark crater

    A Tear of Selûne caused a day-long ecplipse, plummeted into the atmosphere, broke in five flaming pieces and then shattered. This came to be known as the Rain of Fire, percieved as an ill omen

    To combat the Pharaoh of Mulhorand and Bane's influence in Unther, high priest Zimrilim animates the corpse of God-King Gilgeam. (The Alabaster Staff)

    The mighty dragon Tchazzar returns to life and Toril by the will of Tiamat and wreaks havoc in Chessenta, hunting on other local dragons. He assumes rulership of the city of Cimbar.

    Soon after Cordor pulls out, an occupation of a different sort befalls Wharftown: Banites take over, much to the distress of many citizens. The temple of Selûne is desecrated and dedicated to the Black Hand. After the Banites finally pull out from Wharftown, Garth becomes mayor of the hamlet. The temple of Bane is razed to the ground.

    Simultaneously – though possibly unconnected - with the Rage, the events of the Wyrmshadow Prophecy unfold on Amia. The Dark Flight attack Kohlingen, and are finally destroyed in Wyrmhold. What was once Stonehold, and home to many kinds of villainy during the years, is now but an abandoned ruin.
:!: (Here ends canon Forgotten Realms) :!:

1374 DR, Year of Lightning Storms:
  • Lightnings strike all over, meteors rain at some places. Tiamat and Bahamut instruct followers in visions to go to those spots, as there are dragon eggs there.

    Sarya Dlardrageth frees deamonfey from Nar Kerymhoarth, the Nameless Dungeon, and starts a war on Evereska and High Forest. Seiveril leads volunteers from Evermeet on a Crusade to help. Silverymoon help. The campaign in High Forest ends in driving the deamonfey out of Myth Glaurach. Elves begin looking for the hiding Fey'ri army. (Last Mythal. Note: only Forsaken House happened.)

    Sunlord Daelegoth Orndeir embraces the Risen Sun heresy: that Lathander was once the Netherese god Amaunator, and that his transformation back into that form is nigh. Daelegoth's achievements, such as fighting shades in Karse and dragons of the Smokespire, and miraculously praying for abundant rainfall and bountiful fiends in Eversult, increase the heresy's support signifigantly. The Lathanderite leaders in Waterdeep, Marsember and Ordulin declare that Daelegoth's beliefs are heresy, and threathen him with excommunication. Part of the Order of the Sun Soul support Daelegoth. New converts flock to Eversult, and Daelegoth succesfully casts ”Amaunator's Eternal Sun,” creating a second, miniature sun that never sets over the town.

    In Amn, the Council of Six and the Sothillisian empire come to a reluctant truce to defend against Oaxaptuta, beginning the Stinger War.

    In midsummer, the creature to be known as Vodak makes its first appearance. Oozes begin to be sighted all across Cordor. Tey soon display the ability to create clones of adventurers slain, and with this power, become an incredible threat. The year is almost over before the matter is solved once and for all, as adventurers descend and find Vodak's mother-cyst ooze, destroying it and breaking its hold over the smaller oozes, which soon fall into disarray and destruction as they become truly mindless once more.

    In autumn, Brogendenstein village is destroyed by a rampaging creation of Kraven, the vampire lord. Kraven is destroyed for good, and the dwarven fortress of Barak Runedar is built to watch over the port where the village once stood. The Ruhn Monastery remains above ground, and the Dwarven monks maintain port operations. Much of the surface, however, still bears the marks of destruction from its razing.

1375 DR, Year of Risen Elfkin:
  • The Battle of the Poisoned Wells: United by an unknown entity, Asabi and Stingers march against Nes'ek, but are vanquised by The Nes'ek Defenders and a motley crew of adventurers.

    In Wharftown the Selûnite temple is finally rebuilt, thanks to generous donations from faithful and other adventurers. Wharftown celebates the triumphant return of its longest held faith.

    The entity Mylthar is released from its blade-prison by the Drow ranger Valas Claddath. He is released into the bones of the great dragon Imperator, an act which draws him into immediate ire across the isles. Despite Valas' attempts to make things right, his own pride and arrogance get the best of him, and after two failed gambits with the aid of Kohlingen, he turns to Tarkuul for aid. He is ultimately betrayed by the City of Undeath, and Mylthar leaves the island with Valas in his clutches. Neither Mylthar nor Valas are heard from again in the Amian region.

1376 DR, Year of the Bent Blade:
  • The Day of Revolution in Cordor: The Law Knights, led by Sir Mark Dorne, approach the Duke's Palace. Soon after, they exit the Duke's Palace and proclaim that Duke Montgomery d'Cordor has willingly abdicated his rule over Cordor. In the following week, a provisional government is formed. The Council, the acting provisional government, makes a public promise of free elections, so that the citizens may have their rightful say in who leads the ministries. A Constitution is immediately approved and publicized, giving hope to a lost community that the government can still remain organized with the abdication of the Duke.

    Eight months after the Day of Revolution, the South District State Prison is bombed from the sewers. Twenty-something inmates and guards die in the explosion and the collapse, and their names are announced by Hector L. Carton. Included among the dead were Sergeant Verrault and, to the shock of the Commonwealth, Citizen Montgomery d'Cordor, who was being held in the bombed tower. Hector L. Carton posthumously absolves Duke Montgomery of his crimes against the State. He is immediately assumed to have been a target. The culprits, Mynna and Yurioji, are set on the Commonwealth's Most Wanted List.

    Talosians appeal to Talos and invite the god to take his vengeance upon Cordor. Collin Reyes invokes powerful magic to block the worst of the storm, and taunts the Storm Lord. Enraged by this hubris, the storm moves on northern Cordor outskirts, unprotected by the city's ward, and lays waste to the farmland.

    Centuries old wards shatter in Ankh'remun in Khem, causing the desert to be engulfed in eternal night as undead ravage the region led by a mysterious cleric named "Zan'thun". Nes'ek is destroyed in the war that ensues, but adventurers manage to penetrate his lair and destroy the source of his power, bringing an end to his reign just as it reaches its first peak.

    The Black Caravan begins making appearances on Amia.

    A palpable curtain of "static" manifests over the Realms, blocking all divination magic, and preventing foresight into past, present, and future, as well as all sorts of scrying and remote vision and sensory magic. This issue persists through much of the next year.

1377 DR, Year of the Haunting:
  • In Cordor, Minister of Law Hector L. Carton falls ill. Minister of Magic Collin Reyes leaves the island of Amia, gathering magicians for a research team for the Ministry of Magic. Johnathin Leohnard. Minister of Health and Public Welfare, is found dead behind the Commonwealth Center, a great gash cut into his chest. He is assumed to have been murdered....by an adventurer.

    An ancient relic, a chalice marked with symbols of Mystra, falls into the hands of the Mystran Weave Knights. Sharrans seek the object and during the many arcane battles that ensue the Monolith in Ruathym is nearly completely destroyed. The "Nightmaster", the Sharran sect leader, tricks the Weave Knights into nearly completing a devastating ritual, however he is slain before his plans bear fruit and both the Chalice and the Weave return to safety.

    The lands of Winya Ravana are invaded by ogres, lizardmen and beastmen during what would later become known as the War of Trampled Leaves. While the war is relatively brief, it's incredibly bloody. Hundreds upon hundreds of monsters are slain in the by the besieged elves and their allies of Kohlingen. The war ends after a series of precise military strikes which eliminate the enemy leaders and splinter the horde of monsters.

    The Thayvian Menace returns, and gets publically thrashed by the Commonwealth.

    One Year after the Day of Revolution, Joseph Maximillian delivers the first State of the Commonwealth Speech. In it, he openly declares war on the adventuring community, and proclaims the necessity for Certificates of Citizenship, if the Provisional Government is to make good on its promise of providing free elections.

    Caravan tensions hit a head. The Kelemvorite Temple and Benwick Hollow is attacked resulting in the destruction of the Kelemvorite Temple. Following, the Eternal Order moves to the island of Khem and begins to establish a new temple there, under the watchful eye of Si'neela, the local Dawnbringer.

    BLACK commits terrorist activities until their leader, Richard Johnson, is captured by a knight of Wiltun and delivered to Cordor. He is placed on trial, and summarily found guilty and sentenced to execution.

    Collin Reyes is assassinated upon his return to Cordor...by a seagull. Terrified of the implications, Joseph Maximillian delivers a paranoid edict: that all seagulls are to be bolted and murdered in the streets. Corpses litter the streets as the birds are executed left and right.

    After Reyes's death, a troubling curtain that has disrupted and muffled the divinations of mages and priests alike for some months is apparently lifted. Divinations yield results again.

1378 DR, Year of the Cauldron:
  • Amia forest is thrown into turmoil: an overpopulation of non-predators shake the forest's ecosystem. Foreign predators are introduced, but prove to be too efficent. Many of the immigrants wander off or are slain. Finally, the Kossuthan Circle of Six comes to deliver judgement. The forest is considered fine for now, but the Circle stays to keep watch.

    The Black Caravan makes a resurgence, and immediate clashes with the Church of Bane and the Eternal Order of Kelemvor cause the Caravan to issue another edict of war. It later rescinds it's war declaration against the Kelemvorites, however, due to provocations by the Banites, it maintains hostility, and eventually takes the upper snowy portion of the Skull Crags by force, collapsing the mountain on top of the temple after a lengthy siege. The Banites scatter and their influence wanes for a time.

    Lady Si'neela shocks most of Orthodox Lathandry by announcing that she supports the Risen Sun Heresy. Despite this claim, due to her work in the region, and the already high levels of respect for her work, much of the Lathanderans remain in her flock, with only a few leaving for greener pastures.

    In the wake of the Ankh'remun disasters, a powerful Minotaur bands together the local Minotaur clans and presses the Stinger tribes, and even a Brown Dragon into his service, and unleashes attack after attack on the small settlement. He is eventually beaten back by adventures and slain. Many of his and the dragon's body parts are claimed by the adventurers as trophies, and Lady Si'neela awards each adventurer that helped keep the settlement safe.

    In the wake of the Black Caravan's movements on the Skull Crags, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse also leave the region. Theyare not seen for some time, until their men and scouts are sighted in the far flung north of the Frozenfar. In a lightning bid, they claim the town of Chillwyck under their protection and erect patrols and keeps around the area. A tense cold war erupts between Endir's Point and their new neighbors, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

1379 DR, Year of the Lost Keep:
  • House Shadowflame, long a facet of nobility and recognition on Amia, goes through internal collapse. A dragon-kin claiming to be the blood grandson of Charming-Cyn Shadowflame, the Draconic founder of the House, leads the guards in a bloody riot after the reigning leader Enelya announces disdain for all chromatic-kin. The guardsmen promptly abandon their posts, and then, taking advantage of an empty house as the remaining Shadowflames searched for the rebel Dragonkin, moved back in, slaughtered any loyalists, and prepared for a long reign. Old House Shadowflame returned home as well, but not without unofficial aid from Kohlingen's Knights, as well as Druids. After a bloody war, the rebels were slain to the man, leaving Old House Shadowflame broken and battered, and the physical house marred and destroyed. Enelya led the remnants out of the demiplane, and the group travelled to Cariagh, staking a claim on a rocky mountain cliff. Little has been heard from since, ending an era of well known Draconic dominance.

    The Green Lake of Amia Forest drains away, revealing a massive mahcine that begins to wreak havoc on the Amian Islands, as well as releasing a contingent of devilish Orcs that give credence to rumors that Terzaroch, the archdevil who sealed away Winya Ravana, and was defeated to free to Elven City, may have returned. A flurry of political (and more blade-edged) diplomacy ensues around the island as Winya and other establishments clash over what is to be done with a series of Elven artifacts that appear to control the machine, colloquially known as "The Undoer". It is nigh the end of the year before the situation is resolved ad the artifacts returne d to Winya Ravana... but not before the Undoer appears to have disappeared entirely, along with any marauding orcs. Terzaroch himself fails to make any grand appearance, and the rumors soon cease as the tongue waggling of doomsayers.

    The Black Caravan collapses from the inside, with dissatisfied employees murdering the owner of the company, Boss Sil'yer (who was revealed to have been a red dragon in disguise), in her sleep. The new owner of the Black Caravan, Yuri Los'den, gives public apology to all affected due to the dragon's schemes, and takes the Black Caravan, departing from the isles, and is not seen again.

    Remounting strength after a quiet buildup, the Banite Church on the Amian Islands commences a quiet, silent takeover of Guldorand, abusing the towns resources to quickly construct a castle keep along treacherous cliffs on the mountainside of the island. When the Keep is finished the Church begins a deadly expansion of this power, taking over the entirety of the Skull Crags, and even clashing with druids as their power threatens to extend towards the center of the island.

    Plague and disaster destroys the Drow City of Ultrinnan in the Amian Underdark, cultivating in massive destruction that renders the city flattened as if by Lolth's anger Herself. The Drow city is wiped out nearly to the man, but scattered remains escape and recollect themselves in the mainland underdark, far from the island of Amia, and found the settlement of Edonil. Almost immediately, the come into conflict with the nearby trade city of L'Obsul. After brief posturing, the two settlements find an uneasy truce.

    Goblins and Kobolds in the Frontier north of Cordor begin to wage war on each other, a combat based on territorial expansion needs. The combat is bloody and stalemated, with no real victor. However, this benefits the nearby farmlands and frontiers: Attacks on Cordor lessen as the beasts turn on each other, with the kobolds seeking to claim the numberous caves and underpasses in the West for Warrens and the Goblins seeking to claim the already mined out cave complexes of te Kobolds for their own use.

    The Great Vampire Count, Lord Morteguarde, is released from his island prison by unwitting adventures. He begins a reign of terror as he swoops about the island, freeing several members of his coven. Kohlingen and the Mystran Monolith in Ruathym come under especial attack. Several well known adventurers become turncoats, and serve Morteguarde's cause, enabling him to win key victories, and nearly allowing him to destroy the Monolith in its entirety. Fights break out between factions over the ownership of "The Regalia", several items belonging to Count Morteguarde in his life, with several rumored uses.

    The small coastal village of Actand is rocked by the appearance of a Cult claiming to worship "The Rider Beyond". The cult is quickly squashed by Kohlingen Knights, but their reputation is tarnished as the Knights refuse to allow the small village to enact its own justice on the perpetrators.

    The War Knights, led by tactician Calin Katar, as well as official help from Kohlingen's navy, the Triadic Knights, the Eternal Order of Kelemvor, the Lathanderan Dawnguard, the Druids of Amia Forest, and several over factions and free lance mercenaries take part in a week long siege of the Banite Keep in the mountains. Thanks heavily in part to the siege weaponry of the Eternal Order, and Kohlingen's Navy, the Banite Keep is overwhelmingly crushed. Defense is to the last man, and the keep's stones are shoved into the ocean, and the bridge to the keep shattered. Bane's influence on the island wanes once more.

1380 DR, Year of the Blazing Hand:
  • At the beginning of the year, elections are held in Cordor to fulfill the position of Johnathin Leonhard, the Miraculous Ressurected, who had, for the second time, taken a departure from the Commonwealth. In the race between Xaviera Xuider Xee, and Dr. Karse Ignoma, Xaviera wins, and she is taken in with loud applause, becoming the new Minister of Health and Public Welfare.

    An impressive coalition led by the Mystran Monolith breaks into the island prison of Count Morteguarde, now covnerted into a collosal fortress to the Vampire Lord, after Morteguarde drapes the region in a supposedly eternal eclipse. Four of the Coven, including Morteguarde, are laid to rest permanently. Two escape, but nonetheless, the eclpise lifts, and with Morteguarde's death, the threat is deemed destroyed and celebration commences.

    The Rider Beyond, his avatar not fully destroyed, returns. He makes overtures to several of the dark factions of the island, and with their help, his fiendish army storms the Seventh Layer of Hell, annihilating Baalzebul. There are whispers of quiet aid from Asmodeus as The Rider Beyond ascends to the Throne of the Seventh, becoming the new Lord of Maladomini.

    The Blight of Caraigh erupts violently, taking the town of Ceyren's Mill by storm. After a brief defense, Ceyren's Mill evacuates, and that night is overrun by the demonic taint of Caraigh. Whispers of Orcus' cult taking over are the main talk of the island. Lord Arsant Wiltun is beseeched for his help on the beseiged inlet, but declines, claiming that his only help will come if he is taking over the island himself. The defenders move themselves to the Asylum, one of the last places on Caraigh not damned by the Taint of Caraigh, outside of the ruined Druid's Grove.

    Forrstakkr finds itself under attack as the Blood War briefly surges to the prime to claim "a Child" prophecized to give ultimate power to the Abyss. A short and bloody conflict breaks out, culminating in the kidnapping of several famous adventurers. However, the adventurers quietly return some time later, with little explanation, and without much fanfare, the Blood War is gone as quickly as it came.

    A beautiful aurora appears over Cordor, and stretches over the length of the island, extending to the northeast. It goes across the sea, where it meets with the lone Mystran monolith in the ocean. When it comes into contact wiht the Monolith, the Aurora abruptly disappears.... as does the Monolith of Mystra. The few remaining members of the Monolith Guild take refuge in Kohlingen.

    Cordor erupts into a frenzy at the Second State of the Commonwealth Speech. Evidence is flung on both sides of the podium, culminating in an impassioned speech by Nevaeh Tarvencia, Captain of the Adventuring Guard. This causes Joseph Maximillian to make several declarations, with the end result being an enflamed demand for the Captain to "Arrest the Harpers for crimes against the Commonwealth". The Captain declines, and Minister Xaviera makes an attempt to stall the decision and pull the Council to discussion. It happens on the spot, and an anxious, nervous Elijah Cromwell demands his right to private counsel before rendering a decision. The two ministers successfully stall the decision, and the criminally accused walk free of the city. The charges are later rescinded on lack of evidence.

    Before, during, and in the wake of these events in Cordor, the magical institution known as the Arcanum comes under heavy public attack from the faces of the Mystran Monolith, with official backing from the city of Kohlnigen. Political relations become strained. Immediately. Public backlash varies, and minister Xaviera and Captain Tarvencia are publically seen making statements against various actions of the Arcanum, who are quickly linked as being the entirety of Cordor's Ministry of Magic.

    The issues on Caraigh worsen, and come to a head, with a massive combat taking place at the steps of Castle Blackmoor itself. During the conflict, a massive explosion rocks the castle, and when the smoke clears, it has vanished. Both sides, Cultist and Defender, claim victory in the conflict. It becomes clear that the war for Caraigh has, in a way, just begun. As i you prove that, Lord Wiltun finally moves in, quickly securing the southern portion of Caraigh with his forces... but as for whose side he is on, no one can say.

    In an event that quickly comes to be known as "The Night of Silenced Prayer", multitudes of divine worshipers across all faiths are briefly stripped of their powers as Ao causes a cosmological ripple in how deities are able to grant their powers to followers. By the end of the tenday, all worshipers have their powers returned to them, and many of them boast new powers not seen in over a century.

1381, Year of the Crimson Skies:
  • Early in the year, the sages mark a name for the year ahead of time, stating that if need be, they will change it later. As the momentous event marking the passing of the year into the new, and the year's namesake, they choose the all too recent eruption of an island off of Khem in the Alambar Sea. A sand-capped volcano, it erupts violently and viciously, causing a tsunami to ripple out in all directions. Thay and Mulhorand's navies are virtually wiped from the map. Thay takes little land damage due to the Red Wizards' weather wards. Mulhorand sees heavy flooding, as do the nations of Aglarond, and the Yuirwood. Chessenta also takes heavy naval damages.
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Faerûn Post-1373 DR:
  • Mulhorand's complete conquest of Unther is still delayed by low-level skirmishing around the realm and the persistent resistance in Messemprar. Tchazzar has cemented his rule of Chessenta.

    After some inconclusive but bloody battles, the Kingdom of Dark Arrows and the Silver Marches have settled into an unofficial, uneasy truce. While orc bands occasionally skirmish with the Argent Legion, King Obould seems content to stabilize his orcish kingdom and prepare for a long reign – amazingly enough.

    Amaunator does not return as swiftly as some expected,. Over the next few years after Daelegoth's miracles, many repenting heretics return to orthodox Lathanderism. The Risen Sun cult remains strong, however, and the Eternal Sun over Eversult gives reason for doubt: are the heretics right, is Amaunator coming after all? Lathander's church is still in internal turmoil. Tension, suspicion and uncertainty hang in the air.

    After the High Forest campaign, some elves return to Evermeet. Many stay on Faerûn to garrison Myth Glaurach and wait for a chance to confront the Fey'ri once and for all. Occasional skirmishes between elves and deamonfey occur over the next few years, a prolonged state of guerilla war. A visible elven presence has returned to Faerûn, but they are spread out thin and, in a sense, weaker than ever. Since its losses during Nimesin's betrayal and the Crusade, Evermeet has become reclusive and paranoid. After the phaerimm and Fey'ri attacks, Evereska is far from the peak of their power, either.

    Cormyr continues to have troubles with Shade Enclave. Having lost their king and the stern watch of Vangerdahast, some nobles have become bolder and more independent. Azoun V is soon to be of age, however, and the Steel Regent Alusair rules the land with determination and skill. The citizens are as proud as ever to be Cormytes, and have worked together to lift the nation back on its feet.
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Current Year & Recent History

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Current Year & Recent History

Current year : 1388 DR


Overview of the Recent Decades:
  • 1336/Year of the Highmantle (or Year of the Dark Dragon)
    • Azoun IV takes the throne of Cormyr.
    • The Fastness of Green Shadows, a temple of Eldath, is destroyed in a vicious raid by ambitious wizards of the Brotherhood of the Arcane.

    1337/Year of the Wandering Maiden
    • Charles Oliver O'Kane becomes mayor of Ravens Bluff.
    • Yulash's nobles agree to abolish the lordship and rule by council instead.

    1338/Year of the Wanderer
    • "Exile" begins
    • The Wandering Wyvern is built in Sevenecho.
    • Queen Sambryl takes throne of Impiltur.
    • The gnoll invasions of Mulmaster end.
    • The Murann Spice War occurs between Ophal and Ulvax holdings and is suppressed.

    1339/Year of the Weeping Moon
    • Aumry slain; Jyordhan becomes lord of Shadowdale.
    • Sharra Frohm, the great-great-great granddaughter of Palus Frohm, decides to continue her grandfather's work. Travelling alone, she enters the Great Glacier and is never heard from again.
    • The Sell-Sword Rebellion: Rival groups of mercinaries battle each other in the streets of Port Ghaast. The ensuing destruction leads to the mercinaries being quartered outside the city walls.
    • Sundeth Gossyl, cleric of Tymora, is killed in combat with a wyvern on the battlements of the Citadel of the Raven. She is later entombed in a tower in the keep called "Sundeth's Tower."
    • Volludan, a former priest of Mask, is named guild master of the Shadowmasters of Telflamm.

    1340/Year of the Lion
    • "Exile" ends
    • "Pool of Radiance": A band of adventurers destroys the Pool of Radiance in Phlan and frees the ruins from the monster curse.
    • "Sojourn" begins
    • Battle of the River Rising in Featherdale between Sembian and Cult of the Dragon forces; the wizard Mhzentul dies at this battle.
    • The shadow dracolich Aurgloroasa takes Mhzentul's library and arcane researches for her own use.
    • Danilo Thann is born to Cassandra and Rhammas Thann.

    1341/Year of the Gate
    • Illistyl Elventree is born.
    • The undersea realm of Sylkiir celebrates as the High Mages Taranath Reefglamor and Yrlimn Tidark announce the first acceptance of students for High Magic study in over 200 years. Their current student Pharom Ildacer of Naramyr becomes a tutor and a High Mage.
    • By this time, the Shadow Thieves have their hands in half the organized crime in the Sword Coast, from the High Moor to Athkatla.

    1342/Year of the Behir
    • Marune, a chief agent of the Shadow Thieves, sells his house and holdings in Luskan and Mirabar, and disappears.
    • Three Red Wizards of Thay attempted to infiltrate the Cult of the Dragons attendants to the dracolich Khalahmongre. Attempts to control Khalahmongre result in the deaths of the three Red Wizards as well as most of the Cultists. Khalahmongre emerges from the conflict unscathed.
    • The blade Ellendrin identified by the sage Othiiyr Velthrann of Tsurlagol. The blade and its owner, the thief Gort of Tsurlagol, disappear shortly thereafter.

    1343/Year of the Boot
    • Silverymoon and Everlund are saved from an orc horde by the Moonlight Men mercenaries. The Moonlight Men slay over 4,000 orcs at Turnstone Pass before they fall. Only the famed bard Mintipur Moonsilver and five of his comrades survive.

    1344/Year of Moonfall
    • Retreat of the elves from Cormanthor begins.
    • Chondathian and Sespechian logging sorties in the Chondathwood are repelled by a combined force of elves and druids.
    • The last King of Emmerock, Belder the Sly, perishes of a bloating plague while visiting the port cities of the Lake of Steam.
    • The Flame of the Spirit is seen in Skullport by Mirt the Moneylender, but its possessor evades his grasp.

    1345/Year of the Saddle
    • "Darkwalker on Moonshae"
    • Plague in Amn.
    • Jyordhan slain by Khelben Arunsun of Waterdeep.
    • Time of No Lords (until 1348) in Shadowdale.
    • A mysterious explosion levels the temple of Waukeen in Thentia.
    • Later known as "the Night of the Templefall and the "Night of Temple Fires," fires consume the Spires of the Morning (Waterdeep's oldest temple) and the House of Heroes in early winter. Both temples are rebuilt within the next year.
    • Also during the night of the Templefall, worshipers of Shar lead an aborted arson attempt against Selune's temple. The Selunites respond by destroying a temple of Shar located beneath Shadows Alley.
    • The Coast Plague infests Murann, Athkatla, Purskul, and Crimmor, killing 20% of the people. The plague spreads by caravan, infecting folk in Beregost and Zazesspur.

    1346/Year of the Bloodbird
    • "Black Wizards"
    • "Darkwell"
    • There is a great frost early in this year.
    • Cult of Tiamat summons the Dark Lady.
    • Bhaal is banished from Moonshae Islands. Tristan Kendrick becomes High King of the Moonshaes.
    • The Friendly Arm is built.
    • The naval Battle of Lisen Sands.
    • Selfaril becomes High Blade of Mulmaster.
    • The Knights of Myth Drannor receive their first charter from King Azoun of Cormyr.
    • Jaulothan Marlyx and two beholders appear in the center of the city of Arrabar and blast most of the city into ruins before the mage is torn apart by a tanar'ri summoned by deseperate local mages. Jaulothan had the Black Book of Beshaba during this time but it was lost in the confusion after this incident.
    • Rumors of The Book of Fangs and Talons being carried through the forests of the North by chanting Malarites surface.
    • Rumors of some 80,000 drow living in the Forest of Mir leads to panic in Calimport, although most sensibly laugh at the unfounded rumor and at the panic it causes Tethyr and many (censored) holdings.
    • Of seven students chosen by the High Mages of Selu'Maraar, three are marked for great destinies. The youths Keryth Adofaer, Talor Vurtalis, and Jhanta Merlistar excel at the basics of High Magic. They privately learn more about High magic in an unorthodox manner - Taranath unveils three selu'kiira and places then upon their brows, sending the students into comas while the gems force feed the knowledge of millennia into their brains. All High Mages and students remain behind closed doors on their estate on the outskirts of Sylkiir.

    1347/Year of the Bright Blade
    • "Sojourn" ends Drizzt Do'Urden comes to Icewind Dale.
    • Zhengyi the Witch-King rises in Vaasa.
    • Alemander IV dies in Tethyr.
    • "Ten Black Days of Eleint" - Tethyrian civil war begins. The population of Tethyr at this time is given at 4,200,000.
    • Tyranthraxus takes up residence in Valjevo Castle, Phlan.
    • Zhentil Keep forces, allied with an orc horde, destroy Hulberg for the final time.
    • Mysterious fires destroy the old temple in Everdusk Hall. Not even magic can stop the destruction.
    • Soorenar attacks and destroys Akanax.
    • Maxan Maxer, companion of Storm Silverhand, is killed.
    • Strange spellstorms wrack southern Thay and the North Coast.

    1348/Year of the Spur
    • Zazessovertan is fully re-garrisoned by Tethyr.
    • Khelben gives Pendant of Ashaba to Knights of Myth Drannor.
    • Doust Sulwood chosen to be lord of Shadowdale.
    • The Halruaan necromancer Random spreads the spell Read Southern Magic across Halruaa.
    • Selfaril becomes High Blade of Mulmaster, by killing his predecessor.
    • The Battle of Six Smoking Shields: The forces of Dunbridges repel an attack by the army of Thuntar (Border Kingdoms).
    • Lord Chardath Spulzeer awakens his ancestor, the lich-lord Kartak Spellseer.

    1349/Year of the Bridle


    1350/Year of the Morningstar
    • "Pools of Darkness": Phlan disappears from the shores of the Moonsea, but is returned by the same adventurers who destroyed the Pool of Radiance ten years earlier.
    • Cult of Set gains control of Sampranasz, though this remains hidden. Seti forms the Fangs of Set.
    • Elminster retires to Shadowdale.
    • The Knights of Myth Drannor destroy a Zhentarim stronghold, the Flaming Tower.
    • Manshoon forms an alliance with beholders.
    • The Knights of Myth Drannor slay the beholder and Zhentarim-ally Xantriph in the Temple in the Sky.

    1351/Year of the Crown
    • "The Crystal Shard" begins. Regis steals Pasha Pook's magical ruby, flees Calimport to Ten Towns. Akar Kessel begins working with the Silver Shard on Kelvin's Cairn.
    • Larloch's (Warlock's) Crypt discovered.
    • Plague in Baldur's Gate.
    • The green dragon Dretchroyaster is nearly killed by the Merry Marauders adventuring company.
    • A Cult of the Dragon cell, led by the mage Larkonlan, approaches Dretchroyaster and offers to make him a dracolich, ensuring the green dragon of immortality.
    • The Company of Eight, a band of Tethyrian adventurers, bring down the despot Duke Nivedann Illehhune.

    1352/Year of the Dragon
    • Prologue of "Ironhelm"
    • Chapter 32 of "Cormyr: A Novel"
    • Gondegal the "Lost King" of Arabel attempts to build his own kingdom.
    • Barbarians of the Ride destroy a huge Zhentarim force en route to Glister.
    • The Tethyrian fortress of Zazessovertan is officially dedicated and renamed to the Cloister of St. Ramedar.
    • Pasha Balik begins his rule in Zazzesspur with the hidden aid if the Knights of the Shield.
    • The green dragon Dretchroyaster moves his lair from tunnels south of Myth Drannor to a crystalline plant near the ruined City of Song.
    • The Magister Imrul Athelzedar approaches Noumea Drathchuld, a librarian in Silverymoon's Vault of Sages, and takes her as his apprentice (and future successor).

    1353/Year of the Arch
    • "A Virtue by Reflection" (Realms of Valor)
    • Randal Morn kills the Zhent ruler Malyk, and frees much of Daggerdale (but not Dagger Falls) from the Zhents.
    • Doust Sulwood retires to Arabel.
    • Mourngrym Amcathra becomes Lord of Shadowdale.
    • The main buildings of Helm's Stead are fortified; the monastery is renamed Helm's Hold.
    • The Company of Eight begins to fight against the schemes of Ernest Gallowglass and his predatory son in Tethyr.
    • The Carrion Count of Tannar, Lantan of Pelmarin, is slain by the bard Tamshan.
    • Volludan, guild master of the Shadowmasters of Telflamm, is killed and the stolen Red Book of War is lost as the ship he was traveling on sinks north of Cape Dragonfang.
    • The Night Masks, a band of thieves, assassins and enforcers who operate largely by night, are established in Westgate by a doppelganger mage known as "the Faceless" and a handful of merchants, who take to calling themselves the Night Masters. The guild, whose symbol is a domino mask, quickly comes to control most of the illegal doings in town, although the Shore Patrol, a loose confederation of street gangs, thieves, thugs, and outcasts of all sorts, resists assimilation.
    • The Faceless and the Night Masters of Westgate are protected from scrying by a device stolen from the temple of Leira. It consists of a tree rack and twelve white porcelain masks painted with black domino masks about the eye slits that, once recharged on the tree rack, protect anyone wearing them for at least an hour for up to four days from magical detection and divination.

    1354/Year of the Bow
    • Prologue of "Rising Tide:" The malenti priestess Laaqueel frees Iakhovas from his prison under the Shining Sea.
    • Prosperous harvest in the Realms.
    • Mulmaster's New Fleet destroyed in battle with the navy of Zhentil Keep.
    • Maalthiir becomes ruler of Hillsfar.
    • House of the Lady (Tymora) established in Shadowdale.
    • The Night of Fire: The Four Mages of Felshroun defend the Free Barony against a Red Wizard attack.
    • Dunkelzhan of Candlekeep writes The Origin Myths - A Treatise.
    • Balagos the great red wyrm attacks and devours the sage Thoravus of Athkatla.
    • The Company of Eight, a Tethyrian adventuring company, saves the gold dragon Garlokantha. The dragon and the adventurers become firm allies.
    • The Magister Imrul Athelzedar is attacked and killed by Eron Imgrym of Shiertalar. Imrul's apprentice Noumea becomes Magister (reigns 1354-1370DR).

    1355/Year of the Harp
    • Zhentil Keep takes Citadel of the Raven as its own.
    • Retreat of elves from Cormanthor reaches its peak.
    • Yulash falls in civil war.
    • Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to Yulash.
    • The Knights of Myth Drannor and their allies repulse a Zhentarim attack against Shadowdale.
    • Shaerl Rowanmantle sent by Vangerdahast to Shadowdale.
    • Shaerl and Moumgrym wed.
    • Great fires rage across the Shining Plains.
    • The mage Whisper is slain by Doust Sulwood and his companions beneath the Haunted Halls of Eveningstar.

    1356/Year of the Worm
    • "The Crystal Shard" ends Drizzt Do'Urden and Wulfgar kill Icingdeath (Eleasis). Battle of Icewind Dale (Eleasis).
    • "Streams of Silver"
    • "The Halfling's Gem" begins
    • "The Lord of Lowhill" (Realms of Valor)
    • Siege of Dragonspear Castle.
    • Selfaril of Mulmaster and the Tharchioness of the Tharch of Eltabbar in Thay (known as the First Princess of Thay outside of Thay) exchange gifts.
    • Lashan of Scardale attempts to take over the Dalelands and is crushed.
    • Cormyr seizes Tilverton.
    • Founding of the Iron Throne.
    • The Statues That Walk begin animating in Mulhorand.
    • Lyran the Pretender attacks Shadowdale.
    • The temple of Bane in Voonlar is sacked by Shadowdale forces. 400 prisoners, including drow and Zhentarim, are taken.
    • The most recent flight of dragons occurs, causing much havoc across Faerûn. Though the Cult of the Dragon claims responsibility, the true cause of such events remains a mystery.
    • As part of the Flight of Dragons that afflicts the Moonsea and eastern Heartlands, Westgate is attacked by a young adult male black dragon named Xuntlarmerphyn, the last surviving hatchling of Aglistralarraghautha. Many ships in Westgate's harbor are sunk before the wyrm is slain by the concerted attacks of the city's wizards, priests, and warriors.
    • The ghost dragon Ghaulantatra, a white dragon in life, finally slays the eye tyrant that murdered her.
    • Sembia bans the elven races from Sembian soil.
    • Alusair Nacacia, youngest daughter of Azoun IV, vanishes from Suzail.
    • Death of Sylune of Shadowdale.
    • An attacking wave of dragons is diverted from Silverymoon, but the city has an official ride in mourning anyway, because the sister of Lady Alustriel, Sylune, died in combat with a dragon in Shadowdale.
    • Two known Red Wizards are crushed while standing on the docks in Alaghon. The druids of the Enclave are suspected.
    • Dabron Sashenstar charts a passage through the Novularond Peaks to Sossal. He also discovers the tower of the long-dead mage Caddelyn and returns to Baldur's Gate with the Hauberk of Sossal.
    • The deep tunnels under Hellgate Keep now connect with the Nameless Dungeon to the southwest under the High Forest.
    • The High Captain Suljack of Luskan addresses the Merchant's League in Baldur's Gate.
    • The Knights of Myth Drannor close the underground passage to the drow realm under the Twisted Tower, ending the trade between Zhentil Keep and the dark elves.

    1357/Year of the Prince
    • "The Halfling's Gem" ends.
    • "Dark Mirror" (Realms of Valor)
    • "The Legacy"
    • "Starless Night"
    • "Azure Bonds": Alias and Dragonbait track down the makers of the Azure Bonds. In the process, they destroy the evil magician Cassandra of Westgate, the lich Xrie Praxis, the Fire Knives guild, and the fiend Phalse, and they ban the god of decay Moander from Faerun.
    • On the 6th of Kythorn, the avatar of Moander, the Jawed God, appears over the city of Westgate battling Mistinarperadnacles Hai Draco, a female red dragon allied with Alias of the Magic Arm, a saurial paladin named Dragonbait, a halfling bard named Olive Ruskettle, and a mage from Turmish named Akabar Bel Akash. Both Moander and the red wyrm are destroyed in a great conflagration over the city, and their shattered forms rain down over the northwestern end of the city, destroying parts of the city wall, the Dhostar warehouses, and the slum area known as the Shore. Two days later, an earthquake centered on the Hill of Fangs west of the city rocks Westgate shortly after dawn. The tremor is the result of a great battle between Alias and her friends on one hand and those who had created the swordswoman with the magic arm on the other hand, including a guild of assassins known as the Fire Knives, the sorceress Cassana of Westgate, and the lich Zrie Prakis, all of whom are destroyed.
    • During the months of Flamerule, Eleasis, and Eleint, the Night Masks battle the Shore Patrol for control of Westgate's criminal underworld. Adventurers, hired by the city's merchant nobility as bounty hunters, deliver a sharp check to the ambitions of the Night Masks. Their efforts thwart a plot by the ruling Pentad of Night Masters to transform Westgate into a theocracy of Mask, the Shadowlord.
    • Lady Alustriel forges an alliance with Bruenor Battlehammer of Mithril Hall and helps defend the dwarf halls against the Baenre drow clan.
    • "Spellfire": Shandril Shessair kills a dracolich of the Dragon Cult and does heavy damage to Zhentil Keep and the Citadel of the Raven with Spellfire. The Sembian Cult of the Dragon cell also suffers, as Shandril costs the cell three dracoliches (Shargrailar the Dark, Rauglothor the Proud, and Aghazstamn) and two Wearers of the Purple.
    • "Crown of Fire"
    • Aumark Lithyl unifies Ruathym.
    • King Virdin of Damara killed in battle with Zhengyi.
    • Manshoon and Fzoul Chembryl are taken ill but are healed.
    • The Pharoah Akonhorus of Mulhorand is assassinated by the Cult of Set, leaving Horustep III (age 11) on the throne of Mulhorand.
    • Slave riots in Messemprar.
    • Gauntylgrym is re-discovered by the Company of the Gryphon.
    • Zhentil Keep wins a naval battle against Mulmaster and Melvaunt.
    • Civil War in Melvaunt.
    • The bard Ivryn Olindarr writes the comedic play Three Black Horses.
    • Malarkin Norlbertusz of Ordulin writes the play Much Ado in Sembia.
    • The Salamander War: The Tharchion of Lapendrar, allied with the Zulkirs of Enchantment and Conjuration, open a gate to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and begin a campaign against the North Coast Cities of Tilbrand, Lasdur, Taskaunt, Escalant, Murbant and Thasselen.
    • A second Thayan army of zombies invades Rashemen but is turned back.
    • Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun shatters the Crown of Horns, freeing Laeral Silverhand from Myrkul's evil influence. He returns to Waterdeep with her to help her heal; within three years, they are inseparable, and Laeral is often referred to as Lady Arunsun.
    • A tribe of kobolds takes up residence in the Maiden's Tomb Tor, unnoticed by Waterdeep.
    • The dwarves of the Ironeater Clan reclaim the ruined halls of Illefarn.
    • Geildarr becomes lord of Llorkh after the murder of Phintarn 'Redblade', the previous lord. Dwarves start disappearing in Llorkh.
    • The Tome of the Unicorn is stolen from Ruathym's Green Rooms royal library by the (censored) mage Shond Tharovin.
    • Shairksah, an evil merchant and mage, is banished from Amn for threatening to kill other merchants with magical creatures he controls or conjures from his home in Murann.
    • During the Festival of the Assumption, Gilgeam destroys a giant dragon turtle in Unthalass Harbor.
    • Haverstrom Lhal, husband of Myrmeen Lhal of Arabel, dies.
    • Present Day, 1st Edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

    1358/Year of Shadows /(1333 CR)/(326 NR)/(0 PR)
    • The Time of Troubles; gods walk the Realms. - The Avatar Trilogy ("Shadowdale", "Tantras" and "Waterdeep"). Destruction of Bane, Bhaal, Myrkul, Waukeen, and perhaps other gods (Leira).
    • Dead magic and wild magic areas appear in the Realms.
    • Rise of the mortals Cyric and Midnight to godhood.
    • Mulhorand launches a fleet of ships to capture the Alaor from Thay; more than half the fleet sinks from storms and sahuagin attacks. Mulhorand spends the rest of the year defending its port cities against sea devil attacks.
    • The Summer Storms War claims the lives of many sahaugin of the Alamber as well as over thirty ships and 2,000 people of Mulhorand as the god-king's forces clash with the sea devils. The visitations of Sekolah, Anhur, Umberlee, and other lesser water powers cause many disruptions. The mythal barrier around Myth Nantar crackles and surges but holds against attempts to break the barrier.
    • The demi-power Malyk appears in the Underdark following Mystra's destruction.
    • Following the Godswar, the priesthood of Waukeen loses its' hold over the city of Nesme.
    • Shortly after the Time of Troubles, the temple of Leira in Westgate is looted and burned. A magical mesh chain helm of disguise covered with platinum coins struck with the glyph of the Lady of Mists goes missing, stolen by the Night Masks.
    • The Shadow Thieves of Amn lose the entire membership of the Shade Council and two-thirds of their assassin members thanks to the machinations of the gods. In response, they undergo a sweeping reorganization.
    • "Wyvern's Spur"(Ches): Flattery Wyvernspur is hunted and destroyed.
    • "Song of the Saurials": Moander returns to the Forgotten Vale and takes control of the settlement of Saurials, but is driven back into the Planes by Alias, Dragonbait, and others along with the "Nameless Bard" Finder Wyvernspur. Finder destroys Moander and becomes a demi- power himself.
    • End of the Ruathym/Luskan Wars.
    • Mourngrym and Shaerl have a son, Scotti.
    • Gilgeam kills Tiamat. Tiamat's deific essence is split into three pieces, one of which inhabits the red dragon Tchazzar.
    • The drow of Menzoberranzan raid Mithril Hall.
    • Arvoreen's Marchers form in Tethyr to patrol and protect the Purple Marches.
    • The Wandering Seed of the Goddess Wilaundaun Braer, Patriarch of Chauntea, disappears somewhere in the Fallen Lands or south of Weathercote Wood. The Glarathra vanishes with him.
    • The beholder crime-lord Xanathar is slain by adventurers, at the command of the Lords of Waterdeep. The Eye of Undermountain seems to have had a hand in this.
    • The Calishite mage Shond Tharovin unleashes the demilich Shoon VII on Zallanora Argentresses, a young female elf mage, and the spirits of the undead Qysar and the young elf switch bodies.

    1359/Year of the Serpent
    • "Horselords"
    • "Dragonwall"
    • "The Night Parade"
    • "Daughter of the Drow "
    • "Tangled Webs"
    • Zhengyi (the Witch King) is destroyed.
    • Damara united by Gareth Dragonsbane.
    • Tuigan horde united beneath its Khahan. Yamun Khahan invades Kara-Tur.
    • Hubadai (son of Yamun) invades Semphar. The Caliph flees to Iliphanar. After a short seige the city falls, and the Caliph, the Emir of Iliphanar, and their advisors are burned alive inside the palace.
    • Battle of Shar's Pass: On Uktar 15, the Tuigans under Batu Min Ho battle the Red Wizards to a standstill. The Griffon Legion is almost completely destroyed.
    • A new type of dragon, the "cinnamon dragon," is reportedly discovered in Turmish.
    • The Risen Cult of Bane surfaces in the Moonshaes.
    • The dwarves of Tethyamar are said to have returned to the mountains to reclaim their lands.
    • The Men of the Red Kestrel find dwarves frozen into the Great Glacier.
    • The Order of the Silver Chalice, the only fighting order dedicated to the goddess Siamorphe, is founded in Tethyr.
    • Trails are broken for a new route linking Esmeltaran with the now-prosperous city of Keczulla.
    • Mt. Ugruth in Turmish rumbles threateningly for several months before subsiding.
    • Rumors of The Book of Fangs and Talons being carried through the forests of the North by chanting Malarites surface.
    • Fleeing the rebellion in Unther after Gilgeam's death, priests of the fallen god-king re-occupy the Citadel of Black Ash
    • The Eye of Undermountain becomes the second Xanathar, assuming the identity of its now- dead rival.
    • Ixitxachitl temporarily conquer some areas of northeastern Hmur Plateau (beneath the Fangrocks), but are ousted from their redoubts within the year.

    1360/Year of the Turrent
    • "Crusade"
    • "The Parched Sea": Through the efforts of a Harper hero named Lander (who is killed) and the witch Ruha, the Harpers manage to put a good dent into Zhentarim caravan operations in the Anauroch desert.
    • "The Curse of Tegea"(Realms of Valor)
    • "King's Tear" (Realms of Valor)
    • Tuigan horde invades Faerûn. Citadel Rashemar is destroyed.
    • Crusade of The Alliance against the Tuigan. King Azoun IV kills Yamun Khahan in the 2nd Battle of the Golden Way in Thesk. Notable participants in the Crusade include Zaranda Star, Vajra Valmejar, Onyx the Invincible, Tymoth Eyesbright, Vander Stillhawk, Lady Kyrin Hawkwinter of Waterdeep, and Lord Zelphar Thann of Waterdeep.
    • Many mercinaries depart Tethyr to participate in the Crusade against the Tuigan.
    • Elminster addresses the Lord's Alliance.
    • The famed bard Mintipur Moonsilver writes the Ballad of a Tyrant.
    • The long-lost Wyrmskull Throne of Shanatar is discovered by pirates in the Bay of Skulls in the sheltering lee of Hook Isle.
    • The Calishite mage Ondeeme razes the realm of Phaeradur in the Border Kingdoms, establishing his own self-titled holding.

    1361/Year of Maidens
    • Rumors of the Harper Assassin spread throughout Waterdeep.
    • "Elfshadow": The Harper Assassin plagues the North. Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade discover that the assassin is really the gold elf Kymil Nimesin.
    • Danilo Thann becomes a Harper.
    • The Cleric Quintet ("Canticle", "In Sylvan Shadows", "Night Masks", "Fallen Fortress", "The Chaos Curse") begins
    • "Into the Void"
    • The Revelation of the True World of Maztica.- The Maztica Trilogy ("Ironhelm", "Viperhand", "Feathered Dragon") begins.
    • The Edificant Library is destroyed during the Trinity Conflicts.
    • A group of vampire-hunting adventurers, the Foes of the Fang, forms in Waterdeep
    • The Banedeath - holy war in Zhentil Keep. Orthodox Banite worship driven underground in that city.
    • The Black Lord's Cloak in Mourktar is swelled with refugee Baneites.
    • Thydrim Yvarrg becomes Huhrong of Rashemen.
    • Four Cult of the Dragon archmages arrive outside of Silverymoon and unleash spells to draw Alustriel out. She and Taern "Thunderspell" Hornblades dispatch two of them easily, but Taern and the other Spellguard members are soon kept busy with a dracolich unleashed on the southern walls of the city. Alustriel defeats another Cult mage, but only the timely arrival of Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun and Laeral Silverhand saved Alustriel's life against the final archmage.
    • The forces of Waterdeep attack the kobolds of Maiden's Tomb Tor and drive them deep within the mountain.
    • The drow of the Underdark find a new passage to the surface in the eastern Dragonspine Mountains, after being locked out of Shadowdale in

    1356/Year of the Worm
    • Thay begins trade with Zhentil Keep again.
    • Word reaches Tethyr and Calimshan of the Amnite discovery of the western lands of Maztica.
    • The pirate-captain Teldar rises to take Immurk's Seat as king of the Inner Sea pirates.
    • The mage Ondeeme masters the bloodmage charm spell.
    • Victor Dhostar, son Croamarkh Luer Dhostar and one of the Night Masters of Westgate, becomes "the Faceless" after secretly killing his predecessor and seizing the helm of disguise previously looted from the temple of Leira. Victor begins rebuilding the Night Masks, eventually subsuming the Shore Patrol confederation into his organization.

    1362/Year of the Helm
    • The Cleric Quintet ends
    • The Maztica Trilogy ends
    • "Red Magic"
    • The Knights of the Black Gauntlet seize power in the city-state of Mintar on the Lake of Steam.

    1363/Year of the Wyvern
    • "The Ring of Winter": The Harper Artus Cimber finds and wins the long-lost Ring of Winter in the Jungles of Chult and returns to the mainland with it.
    • "Patronage" (Realms of Valor)
    • "The Bargain" (Realms of Valor)
    • The Way Inn destroyed by hordes from Dragonspear.
    • The Battle of Daggerford.
    • The Council Schism of Amn results in the deaths of the Meisarch, Namarch, and Pommarch of the Council of Six, who are soon replaced.
    • Vurgrom the "Mighty" challenges Teldar, drives him into exile in Thesk, then takes control of the pirates, claiming Immurk's seat as king of the Inner Sea pirates.
    • The Sembian Cult of the Dragon steps up its activities against the Zhentarim, attacking caravans and attempting to usurp control of various trade routes.

    1364/Year of the Wave
    • "Grandfather's Toys" (Realms of Valor)
    • "Crypt of the Shadowking": The Harpers Caledan Caledorian and Mari Al'Maren destroy the Shadow King in the crypts beneath Irieabor, after the Shadow King kills the Zhentarim ruler Ravendas. The Zhentarim lose control of the City of a Thousand Spires.
    • "Elfsong"
    • "Silver Shadows"
    • Shieldmeet falls on this year.
    • The Way Inn is rebuilt.
    • Baron Thuragar Foesmasher becomes ruler of newly-independant Sespech.
    • Droughts, increased monster activity, and political unrest plague Waterdeep for months leading up to Midsummer. A green dragon and an apparently mad bard disrupt the Shieldmeet cerimonies at the Field of Triumph, nearly upsetting the Lord's Rule.
    • Danilo Thann becomes a Lord of Waterdeep.
    • Alzegund the Trader, a Red Wizard agent, is found murdered. He is replaced by the wizardess Naglatha.
    • The Flaming Fist, a mercenary company out of Baldur's Gate, establishes Fort Flame just off the Bay of Balduran on the continent of Maztica. A second Amnian colony, Qoral, is established farther inland.
    • The green dragon Dretchroyaster undergoes the Cult of the Dragon's transformation and becomes a dracolich.
    • Iltharagh, a topaz dragon, undergoes the process to become a dracolich.
    • The vampiress Shyressa is driven from Castle Nethmarch, and her slave vampires are either flushed out or destroyed by a trio of vampire hunters. Shortly thereafter, their employer, Nails of the Lady Dlatha Faenar, a priestess of Beshaba, takes residence and renames the keep the Spires Against the Stars.
    • An agent of the Knights of the Shield assassinates Pasha Balik of Zazzesspur in his bed.

    1365/Year of the Sword
    • "Stormlight"
    • The Druidhome Trilogy ("Prophet of Moonshae", "The Coral Kingdom", "The Druid Queen"): The god Talos acts to supplant the worship of the Earthmother of the Moonshaes with the gods of Faerun. The legendary "Elf-Eater" is destroyed.
    • Alicia Kendrick becomes High Queen of the Moonshaes. Piergeiron of Waterdeep attends the coronation, and rumors that the Paladinson is taken with Alicia, but not she with him, spread furiously through Waterdeep.
    • Limited trade is established between Waterdeep and the lands of Maztica and Zakhara. The high-risk ventures (as many as 60% of the ships are lost at sea) are jointly managed by the priesthood of Helm and various noble families.
    • New Waterdeep is established on the Gulf of Kultaka, Maztica.
    • The Sembian Cult of the Dragon cell convinces Malygris, a blue dragon of Anauroch, to become a dracolich. This dracolich then attacks, kills, and replaces the ruler of the Great Desert's loose society of blue dragons.
    • The venerable green dragon Dretchroyaster is transformed by the Cult of the Dragon into a dracolich.
    • The blue dracolich Alasklerbanbastos controls a large cell of the Cult of the Dragon in Chessenta along with a flight of chromatic dragons.
    • Death of Grintharke and many of the greater tanar'ri of Hellgate Keep. Beginning of the rule of the Triumvirate over the Keep.
    • The red dracolich Gotha, created by Talos and sent to the Moonshae Isles to serve the God of Destruction purposes, is killed by the Princess Alicia Kendrick, who was briefly the earthly avatar of the goddess the Earthmother.

    1366/Year of the Staff
    • "The Soldiers of Ice"
    • "War in Tethyr, Pt.I "
    • First Princess of Thay marries Selfaril of Mulmaster.
    • The famed Knights of the Sword Coast retire in Waterdeep.
    • Manshoon leaves Zhentil Keep and takes up residence in the Citadel of the Raven.
    • Lord Chess becomes ruler of Zhentil Keep.
    • Fall of Amassyra the Tricoil; rule of Hellgate Keep now falls to Ssaam of the Five Hands and Mulvassyss the Sceptered.
    • A Red Wizard in Turmish dies when his residence is repeatedly struck by lightning bolts during a freak summer storm. The druids of the Emerald Enclave are suspected in the attack.
    • Zaranda Star purchases County Morninggold from the Order of the Silver Chalice.
    • Sponsored primarily by the Council of Six and Lord Pulth Tanislove of Keczulla, the Gem Road between Keczulla and Esmelatarn is completed.
    • Enrathman Hokump, Lord High Commander of the Citadel of Black Ash in Unther, converts to the worship of Set.

    1367/Year of the Shield
    • "The Shadow Stone:" Aeron Morieth becomes the Stormwalker of the Maerchwood.
    • "War in Tethyr, ptII" [this period runs from Mirtul 1367 to Tarsakh 1368]
    • "The Ogre's Pact"
    • In Mirabar, an enterprising wizardess named Shoundra manages to set herself up as Sceptrana (ruler) of the city.
    • Trolltide turns deadly in Waterdeep as people begin polymorphing into trolls.
    • After strange events in the Rat Hills send a cloud of smoke over Waterdeep, many Waterdhavians contract a mild plague.
    • Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun reveals himself publicly as a Lord of Waterdeep, then resigns and presents his masked successor (Danilo Thann).
    • Garrik Oakspear flees from the Xanathar deep into Undermountain, where Muiral delivers him to Halaster.
    • A major earthquake destroys much of Eltabbar.
    • The Harpell family of Longsaddle completes construction of its magic road from Longsaddle to Nesme.
    • The orc horde of King Greniere marches on the Citadel of Many Arrows. Greniere's orcs war with the orc horde of King Obould. Both sides are routed by the dwarven forces of King Emerus Warcrown and his Silverymoon allies. The dwarves take over the citadel and restore its ancient name of Citadel Felbarr.
    • Two nights of emerald green snow in Nightal fall upon Silverymoon and the area within two days' ride of the city. The snow disappears quickly, but leads to fantastic plant growth and fruit production.
    • The Time of the Beast. Some wise men prophecy that the beasts who once ruled the land will soon return to claim it.
    • Radoc and his mongrelman army attack Hellgate Keep and both sides suffer grave losses. Ssaarn the marilith is slain by her co-leader, giving Mulvassyss the Many-Sceptered sole control over Hellgate Keep.
    • The Days of Terror in Zazesspur.
    • A plague strikes the city of Procampur.
    • Bold Faerûnian pirates descend beneath the waves of the Inner Sea to the Hmur Plateau, seeking treasure. Plunderering a dragon turtle's cave amid the plateau cliffs, they pay for their invasion with their lives, although some pirates do escape with magical treasures.

    1368/Year of the Banner
    • "Masquerades:" Alias of Westgate and Dragonbait return to Westgate in the month of Mirtul on a visit to Mintassan the Sage and are hired by the Croamarkh to curtail the activities of the Night Masks. Victor Dhostar, son of Croamarkh Luer Dhostar and head of the Night Masks, secretly murders his father, framing him as "the Faceless," and then unleashes iron golems on the merchant nobility at the annual Regatta Masquerade ball. Victor is then elected Interim Croamarkh by the newly elevated heads of the heads of the merchant houses, who are unaware of his perfidy. The two adventurers and a handful of Harper allies eventually unmask the Faceless and severely disrupt the operations of the Night Masks. Victor is slain shortly after proclaiming himself king of Westgate, and the late King Verovan's treasure is briefly found before being lost for good. Durgar the Just of Tyr, a priest, judge, and head of the city watch of Westgate, is elected interim Croamarkh.
    • "Baldur's Gate:" Sarevok, spawn of the dead god Bhaal, plots with the Iron Throne to start a war between Amn and Baldur's Gate. Scar of the Flaming Fists and Grand Duke Eltan of Baldur's Gate are slain. Another spawn of Bhaal, Abdel Adrian, confronts Sarevok and slays him.
    • "The Prince of Lies"
    • "Dream Spheres"
    • "Thornhold"
    • "The Nether Scroll"
    • "The Simbul's Gift"
    • "The Mage in the Iron Mask"
    • A Shieldmeet falls on this year.
    • The Second Banedeath: Cyric unleashes his Inquisition on Zhentil Keep, Yulash, Darkhold, Teshwave, and the Citadel of the Raven to cleanse all Zhent holdings of non-Cyricist priests. Only in Darkhold does this prove wholly effective, since pockets of Xvimlar survive throughout all other Zhentish strongholds.
    • Death of Lord Chess in Waterdeep.
    • Cyric kills Leira and takes her portfolio. Kelemvor deposes Cyric as Lord of the Dead.
    • Destruction of Zhentil Keep by an army of dragons, giants, and ogres.
    • Something begins driving the trolls out of the Evermoors.
    • The Font of Knowledge (temple of Oghma) finishes construction in Waterdeep.
    • Zhentarim-sponsored adventurers kill Elrem, shaman leader of the Great Worm Uthgardt tribe, stealing much of his treasure.
    • The Blue Bear Uthgardt tribe, led by the annis Tanta Hagara, conquers Hellgate Keep. Hagara becomes the new ruler of the Keep.
    • The Grandfather Tree is rediscovered near the Lost Peaks of the High Forest.
    • The Elemental Gods (Akadi, Grumbar, Istishia, Kossuth, and Shaundakul) draw followers in Faerun.
    • Garagos the Reaver appears in Chondath to crush the marilith Glackzana and re-establish his worship.
    • Velsharoon becomes a demi-power with the sponsorship of Talos.
    • Present Day, 2nd Edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

    1369/Year of the Gauntlet
    • "Finder's Bane:" Walinda, priestess of Bane, attempts to restore the dead god Bane to life by retrieving the Hand of Bane, a lost artifact of evil. Ultimately, her plans are twarted by Joel, the Rebel Bard, and the Hand is destroyed.
    • "Tymora's Luck: " Iyachtu Xvim fails in his attempt to deceive Lathander into rejoining Tymora and Beshaba back into Tyche.
    • "Baldur's Gate II"
    • "Pool of Radiance II: Ruins of Myth Drannor"
    • "Star of Cursrah"
    • "The Shadow Stone"
    • "Silverfall:" The Seven Sisters join together to fight drow, red wizards, treacherous merchants, and Halaster Blackcloak himself.
    • "Rising Tide/Under Fallen Stars/The Sea Devil's Eye:" The "Threat From the Sea" plagues the Sword Coast, resulting in attacks on Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, Calimport, and other random ports on the Trackless Sea. Sahuagin raids on Inner Sea cities are limited to the latter half of the year, and are minor, with only Bezantur being as viciously harassed as the Sword Coast cities.
    • For almost a year, trade between the Sword Coast and Maztica comes to a virtual standstill.
    • Iyachtu Xvim rises as a demi-power and then a lesser power. Fzoul Chembryl founds Xvim's new church and leads it as High Tyrannar from an underground temple beneath Zhentil Keep.
    • Khelben Blackstaff and Fzoul meet in secret in Voonlar, where Khelben provides information about Lord Orgauth of Zhentil Keep and Fzoul vows to limit Xvimlar activity to the east of the Thunder Peaks for the next 10,000 days.
    • Fzoul and the beholder Manxam assault their rivals in Mulmaster. The High Imperceptor of Cyric is killed along with a number of faithful, and the long-hidden High Imperceptor of Bane is captured and brought back to the Keep for torture.
    • Tanta Hagara sends raiding parties out of Hellgate Keep.
    • Alustriel of Silverymoon and the Mistmaster of the Citadel of Mists attack Hellgate Keep with heavy magic.
    • Two Harpers on a suicide mission carry a piece of the Gatekeeper's Crystal artifact into Hellgate Keep. The Mistmaster causes the artifact to destroy the Keep and its' denizens.
    • Turlang and his treants herd trees from the High Forest to the ruins of the Keep and to Hellgate Pass, blocking the Pass and keeping Hellgate Keep from being used again. Sealing most entries into the Upvale also allows the treants privacy for their work in reforesting the upper Delimbiyr.
    • People in the Nesme area discover that a black dragon and fog and cloud giants are among the creatures driving the trolls from the Evermoors. Strangely, some giants are friendly, others hostile.
    • The Harpell family completes the magic bridge over the River Surbrin at Nesme.
    • The northern nation of Luruar is founded by the dwarves and men of Citadel Adbar, Citadel Felbarr, Deadsnows, Everlund, Jalanthar, Mithril Hall, Quaervarr, Silverymoon, and Sundabar. Lady Alustriel steps down as ruler of Silverymoon after being elected leader of Luruar.
    • Taern "Thunderspell" Hornblade becomes ruler of Silverymoon.
    • Randal Morn and his riders reconquer Dagger Falls from the Zhentarim.
    • Errilam Krimmevor, his father, uncle, and two cousins are imprisoned in the Cloister of St. Ramedar.
    • The Storm Seige of Myratma. The Jhannivvar Pretender is killed, ending the war for Tethyr.
    • Zaranda (1331 to ?), Wife of Haedrak III, Queen of Tethyr (peoples choice as monarch).
    • The Interregnum Tribunals are convened in Mosstone at the Archdruid's Grove.
    • The Loyal Order of Innocents is formed by the royal decree of Queen Zaranda of Tethyr at Harvestcourt.
    • Seven ships of the Vemmil clan of Amn return from a mission to Zakhara, but four are attacked and looted by the Sea Reavers in late Eleint. The remainder arrive at Murann amid much cerimony. On Highharvestide, a huge, manlike juggernaut created from ship parts is gated into the Sea of Swords at highsun and attacks the pirates' port of Skaug.
    • Some Tethyrian exiles and former Amnian families return to Amn, accused of war crimes or continued malfeasance against the regime in Tethyr.
    • Rakesk and the alhoon Ralayan the Ocultacle kidnap Halaster Blackcloak from his seat of power in Undermountain. Halaster's Highharvestide results in the destruction of the village of Geniste and other chaos across Faerun, until his rescue by a group of adventurers.
    • Arcturia, one of Halaster's apprentices, is slain in Undermountain by giants in the Room of the Grim Statue.
    • The arch-mage Shradin is shouted to death by the Skulls of Skullport.
    • Drow expand into the Third Level of Undermountain.
    • Piergeiron Paladinson destroys the dracolich Kistarianth the Red on the slopes of Mount Waterdeep during Halastar's Harvestide. The transformed red dragon was slain in life by Piergeiron's father, Athar the Shining Knight.
    • During Halaster's Harvestide, a crimson death mist and a trio of vampiric mists enter the House of the Moon (Selune's temple in Waterdeep) through the Sojourner's Portal. The gate is re-directed into the Temple of Old Night in Calimport, but not before the vampiric mist escapes into the sewers.
    • Duke Bhereu of Cormyr is killed during a hunting party by a poison-breathing automaton.
    • An attempted assassination of King Azoun IV of Cormyr is foiled, and many treacherous nobles are exiled from Cormyr. Some disgraced members of House Bleth and House Cormaeril emigrate to Westgate, quickly establishing themselves as important members of Westgate's merchant nobility thanks to the disarray amongst the city's older houses stemming from the events of the year before. House Cormaeril claims the holdings of the Dhostar family, as a niece of the recently deceased family patriarch had married into that Cormyrean family. House Bleth begins constructing its own castle west of town, in keeping with the relatively recent construction of Castle Dhostar (renamed Castle Cormaeril) west of the city walls.
    • Many fishing boats based along the Dragon Coast come under attack by devil rays, suggesting that something is stirring things up beneath the waves.
    • Fire engulfs the Emerald Ward and Grand Ward of Calimport.
    • The Ship of the Gods volcano in the Alambar erupts, and priests of Geb in the Golden Forge temple within fail to prevent the eruption but mitigate the damage to Mulhorand by venting lava across the sea bed. This causes a tidal wave that swamps the Alaor and Bezantur, and stirs up the sahuagin of the Alambar.
    • Soon after the Ship of the Gods erupts, a great subsea explosion shakes rooftops in Airspur and Delthuntle, and the resulting waves cause some damage to their ports.
    • Mulhorand invades and occupies the wrecked shipyards and ports of the Alaor.
    • Vague reports begin to filter into ports around the Inner Sea of mass suicides by the inhabitants of the Whamite Isles. Ships sent to investigate fail to return.
    • In Uktar, a great whirlpool pulls many ships in the Inner Sea down into the depths. This anomalous current destroys more than a third of the pirate fleets.

    1370/Year of the Tankard
    • "Lost Library of Cormanthyr:" Baylee Arnvold discovers the Lost Library of Cormanthyr.
    • "Beyond the High Road"
    • "City of Ravens"
    • "Halls of Stormweather"
    • "The Magehound"
    • Riatavin and Trailstone secede from Amn and petition to join with Tethyr.
    • The Knights of the Black Gauntlet of Mintar attack and capture the Tethyrian city of Kzelter.
    • The Harpers discover Khelben's dealings with Fzoul. A Tribunal is called and, on Tarsakh 22, Khelben renounces his allegiance to the Harpers, turning in his pin.
    • The Tel'Teukiira (The Moonstars) are founded by Khelben to further his goals. Many high-ranking ex-Harpers join, including Laeral Silverhand, Mintipur Moonsilver, and Myrmeen Lhal.
    • Fzoul shatters the Scepter of the Sorcerer Kings in combat with the banelich Faram Khaldan, scattering its five pieces across the planes.
    • The Manshoon Wars begin. Fzoul and Orgauth strike at Manshoon and Sememmon. Manshoon is killed and Sememmon flees to Darkhold, severing the gates that link it with Zhentil Keep. Several of Manshoon's clones activate, destroying each other and much of the Citadel of the Raven. Fzoul and Orgauth take control of the Citadel.
    • A long-lost stasis clone of Manshoon awakens in the catacombs of Westgate as the Manshoon Wars begin. Prior to his awakening, this Manshoon clone had been abducted and drained by the Night King, a powerful vampire. As a vampire, the Manshoon clone hunts down and kills his creator, becoming the next Night King in turn. The Manshoon clone then sets about rebuilding the Night Masks to serve his ends, leading to rumors in Westgate that "the Faceless" has returned.
    • Almost all humanoids inhabiting the western lowlands of Tethyr are driven out or killed.
    • Queen Zaranda and King Haedrak III of Tethyr have triplets; Crown Princess Sybille, Prince Coram, and Princess Cyriana.
    • The Font of Knowledge and New Olamn in Waterdeep grow in popularity.
    • Treants and other creatures unite in the High Forest.
    • Company of the Jaded Heart disappears into the ruins of Hellgate Keep.
    • By the Feast of the Moon, the new outer walls and High Palace of Silverymoon are completed.
    • The ogre magi-led forces of the Sythillisian Empire emerge from the Small Teeth. They attack eastern Amn, overrunning Imnescar and Trademeet, and reach all the way to the coast. The city of Murann is beseiged by the humanoids.
    • The Cult of the Dragon finally locates the shadowy dracolich known as the Dire Dragon. Though the Dire Dragon is not affiliated with the Cult in any way, the dracolich does allow the Cultists to leave after they gifted him with rather generous offerings.
    • In Kythorn, numerous crypts and graves throughout Calimport are found desecrated or destroyed.
    • The High Captains of Luskan arrive in Calimport for a month-long series of meetings (topics unknown) with the syl-pasha and his aides.
    • Waukeen is freed from her imprisonment by the Abyssal Lord Graz'zt and is restored to the Faerunian pantheon.
    • The crystal dragon Saryndalaghlothtor "Lady Gemcloak" battles with and drives off an unknown red wyrm in the skies over Mirabar.
    • In Unther, the the folk of Shussel mysteriously vanish, leaving the former fishing and mining city a ghost town.
    • Trade between the sea folk of the Sea of Fallen Stars and ports along the Inner Sea increases sharply in the aftermath of the great undersea war. The merchants of Westgate quickly realize that the long-standing presence of koalinth tribes in the waters offshore put their city at a severe trading disadvantage in comparison with Starmantle.
    • On the twenty-third day of Marpenoth, Azuth declares the office of Magister vacant. On the twenty-fourth, the wizardess Talatha Vaerovree of Innarlith accepts the office (reigns 1370-?).

    1371/Year of the Unstrung Harp
    • "Evermeet:" Evermeet, Island of Elves, is assaulted. The twin spires of the Towers of the Sun and Moon are destroyed. Elvish High Magic is lost. The Tree of Souls is planted, and a new elven homeland is born.
    • "Crucible: Trial of Cyric the Mad"
    • The frontier town of Tilverton is formally absorbed into the nation of Cormyr.
    • The Confederacy of Luruar, also known as The Silver Marches, is declared a new country.
    • A titanic red dragon leads an army of orcs and goblins and despoils much of Cormyr. The dragon and King Azoun IV slay each other in battle.
    • The infant Azoun V, son of Princess Tanalasta, becomes King of Cormyr, with his aunt Alusair acting as Regent.

    1372/Year of Wild Magic
    • "Pool of Twilight:" Kern Desanea, son of Tarn and Shal (Heroes of Phlan), recovers the Warhammer of Tyr. For assisting with Kern's quest, the legendary undead Paladin Miltiades is restored to life by Tyr.
    • "The Summoning:" The city of Shade appears over the Anauroch desert, as the archwizards of Netheril return to Faerûn.
    • On Midwinter night, the god Bane returns to Faerûn, bursting forth from the skin of his son, Iyachtu Xvim. With his divinity restored Bane quickly gains the portfolio of fear, restoring him to a Greater Power.
    • Tilverton suffers an attack of unknown origin in Mirtul. All that is left of the town is a dark, concave space filled with shadows and flitting regions of deeper darkness.
    • Present Day, 3rd Edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Moonseer Sui'Aerl Valis - Guardian of Moonpier
Ailahra - Servant of Nature
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Also seen as [DM] Hlal or [DM] Dragonlady.
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