A Temporal Chronology of the Primes

The idea of traveling from one campaign world to another has been a subject of fascination and debate among many long-time fans of Dungeons & Dragons. Planar travel and Spelljamming are the most common methods of breeching the vast distance between worlds. What has been missing, however, has been the historical connection between campaign worlds. What events are unfolding on Krynn in the Dragonlance setting during the Time of Troubles in the Forgotten Realms setting?

A Temporal Chronology of the Primes is a timeline that links events from D&D's popular campaign worlds into a single historical accounting. The events that link the campaign worlds can be found in Appendix I. All events in this timeline were gathered from official DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® sourcebooks, novels, comics, and magazines. Recent entries into the chronology have been marked with the product id of its associated sourcebook. A listing of these referenced sourcebooks can be found in Appendix II.

The unknown chronicler of this timeline is a resident of the world of Abeir-Toril (Ai-BEER-toh-RILL) in Realmspace. This naturally lends itself to a bias on the history of the Forgotten Realms, and as such all events are dated in Dalereckoning.

II. Myron X. Bognod III

III. A Temporal Chronology of the Primes [6th-Edition]

[Era: The Crown Wars] -12000 to -9000 DR
The Crown Wars of the Elves erupted more than a dozen millennia ago, pitting nearly four generations of elf against elf. The two greatest events of the Crown Wars that still have impact on the Realms of any era are the Dark Disaster and the Descent of the Drow. The Dark Disaster utterly destroyed the forest realm of Miyeritar, leaving the blasted plains that are now the High Moors. Perhaps due to the savagery of the Crown Wars or other factors long lost to time, the Dark Elves became corrupt during this era, broke away from their brethren, and after much warfare and cruelty they descended beneath the planet's surface to become the Deep Elves, the drow.

c. -12000 DR
1. 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 Faerûn, Kara-Tur, and Zakhara. From there, the earliest dwarves migrated into all three lands. [885780000 p.8]
2. The first great kingdom of the dwarves of Faerûn is centered in the great cavern of Bhaerynden, deep beneath the Shaar. [885780000 p.8] [TSR11509 p.19]
3. 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]

-12000 DR
1. The Crown Wars / Rise of the Vyshaantar Empire. After centuries of fruitless diplomacy, the impatient, grasping rulers of Aryvandaar attack Miyeritar and begins putting political pressure on Shantel Othreier to join them or suffer the same fate.

-11851 DR
1. Discovery of the nature-benders, corrupt nature-masters who experiment with life in immoral ways. (4th World's Age - Ocean's Slumber (Y53), Dark Sun)

-11830 DR
1. First appearance of elemental clerics on Athas. (4th World's Age - King's Slumber (Y74), Dark Sun)

-11828 DR
1. Evil elemental clerics form an alliance with the nature-benders. (4th World's Age - Enemy's Reverence (Y76), Dark Sun)

-11800 DR
1. Miyeritar militarily occupied and annexed by Aryvandaar, though a number of clans and strongholds resist and continue to fight. Many elves of Illefarn, despite its officially-neutral stance, provide secret safehavens for Miyeritari refugees.

-11700 DR
1. Dragons set the southern expanse of Shantel Othreier aflame, separating the soon-to-be-called Wyrmwood from its greater body. Tethir, kin of Keltormir (soon to be called "the Dragonslayer"), single-handedly slays two ancient red wyrms of the Ridge and saves many elves of his own Keltormir and Shantel Othreier. Tethir's stand earned the elves the respect of the dragons, who had previously dismissed them as ignorant, two-footed cattle.
2. The Second Crown War flares up in answer to the aggressions of Aryvandaar. Ilythiir rises up and viciously strikes out at any who support the gold elves of the north. Its nearest neighbor of Orishaar, as a major trade partner with Aryvandaar, falls swiftly in a brutal surprise attack.
3. Humanity slowly builds in the clearings created over time by the dragon fires. [TSR9561]

-11659 DR
1. War between the nature-masters and the nature-benders until Ral's Vengeance of this age. In the end, the nature-benders are defeated along with their cleric allies. (7th World's Age - Island's Agitation (Y14), Dark Sun)

-11600 DR
1. The Ilythiiri destroy Syòrpiir by fire, separating them from their allied neighbors and burning their homes to the ground.

-11584 DR
1. Nature-masters of Ty'agi attempt to expand the lifeforce of the ocean and accidentally create the Brown Tide, which brings about the end of the Blue Age. (8th World's Age - Ral's Defiance (Y12), Dark Sun)

-11583 DR
1. Surviving nature-masters create the Pristine Tower to destroy the Brown Tide. This action changes the sun from blue to yellow, destroying the halfling civilization and bringing about The Rebirth. (8th World's Age - Freind's Reverence (Y13), Dark Sun)

-11584 DR
1. The new races of The Rebirth - humans, gnomes, dwarves, elves, and others - appear across the face of Athas. Great cities such as Tyr, Bodach, and Guistenal are founded to house the new races. Last use of "Island" and "Ocean" on the World's Age calendar. (8th World's Age - Island's Agitation (Y14), Dark Sun)

Dark Sun Era: THE GREEN AGE

-11522 DR
1. Ruler of the rhul-thraun, High Lord Rhan Thes-onel, leaves the Jagged Cliffs to locate any rhulisti remaining on Athas. He never returns. (8th World's Age - King's Slumber (Y74), Dark Sun)

-11519 DR
1. First use of psionic powers by the races of The Rebirth. (8th World's Age - Guthay's Agitation (Y77), Dark Sun)

-11518 DR
1. World's Age calendar renamed to King's Age calendar by rulers of various cities. Dates remain the same. (9th King's Age - Ral's Fury (Y1), Dark Sun)

-11500 DR
1. Thearnytaar and Eiellûr band together and declare war on Ilythiir, decrying their use of fire and wanton destruction far more than the power plays of the northern elves. They fight a holding action, preventing the Ilythiiri from advancing north.

-11474 DR
1. First reported sighting of the Messenger by a Tyrian astronomer. The comet appears every 45 years until the 190th King's Age - Enemy's Slumber when the cycle is mysteriously broken. (9th King's Age - Ral's Vengeance (Y45), Dark Sun)

-11450 DR
1. The Sable Wars: Thearnytaar and Eiellûr, with minimal allies from Keltormir and Shantel Othreier, invade Ilythiir, intent on destroying or reforming the dark elves before more realms fall. More than half their forces are decimated by the corrupt magics of the dark elves.

-11400 DR
1. Fall of Eiellûr as the Ilythiiri once again use fire to destroy their realm around them and isolate them from aid. They also were helped by traitor green elves, who thought their appeasement actions could help restore peace.

-11322 DR
1. Birth of Rajaat, the War-Bringer. (11th King's Age - Enemy's Fury (Y43), Dark Sun)

-11300 DR
1. End of the First Crown War: Miyeritar conquered by Aryvandaar.

-11200 DR
1. Thearnytaar falls to the savage and now-unrepentant dark elves, who use enslaved monsters and undead to occupy the thorn-and-bramble choked woods. Ilythiir now directly skirmishes with the major realm of Keltormir along its eastern and southern expanses.

c. -11000 DR
1. Dwarves from the great stronghold of Bhaerynden begin to establish the first holds of what will be Deep Shanatar in the southern Underdark (Present Day: Alimir Mountains, Lake of Steam). [TSR9561]

-10900 DR
1. The Third Crown War erupts as accords finally fail between Shantel Othreier and Aryvandaar.

-10700 DR
1. Battle of the Gods' Theatre. The Gods' Theater (Present Day: The Tunlands) on eastern Shantal Othreier is the site of one of the largest and costliest of all the Crown Wars' battles. Nearly 70,000 elves died at the hands of elven and orcish enemies, as an orc horde 100,000 strong fell upon the already-embattled elves. Aryvandaar won the day, and occupied the northern half of Shantel Othreier.

-10600 DR
1. Shantel Othreier conquered by the Vyshaantar Empire of Aryvandaar after the mysterious death of Coronal Ynloeth. Guerilla fighting and rebel mages arise in parts of Miyeritar and the newly conquered territories.

-10500 DR
1. The Dark Disaster. Miyeritar is engulfed in killing storms, which reduce this entire forest and realm into barren wastelands in three months. While no proof could ever be found, many believe the High Mages of Aryvandaar inflicted the Dark Disaster on Miyeritar.
2. Shock over the Dark Disaster established an uneasy four decades of peace, as nearly every elf of Faerûn shrank back in awe and horror from what havoc the Crown Wars wrought.

c. -10450 DR
1. The Fourth Crown War. Ilythiir's seething counter-attack to avenge Miyeritar sees their open use of the corrupt powers of Ghaunadar and other dark, evil gods for the first time.

-10300 DR
1. The elves of Keltormir, opposed on both sides by the Vyshaan of Aryvandaar and the dark elven clan Hune of Ilythiir, strategically withdraw from eastern Keltormir, holding their lines at Highlands' Edge.

-10270 DR
1. The Stone and Claw Campaigns. The withdrawal of Keltormir's forces to close and defend its own borders pitted the forces of Aryvandaar and Ilythiir against each other. They soon closed ranks and fought incessantly for two centuries. Battles raged across the giant-infested mountains and wemic-claimed plains north of Keltormir.

-10110 DR
1. In opposition to the corrupt dark elves of Ilythiir and their continued destruction of the forested elven homelands by fire (an elven enemy of long-standing), over 1,000 priests and High Mages in neutral Illefarn and other free areas spend decades in fervent prayer for salvation by Corellon Larethian and the Seldarine gods.

-10100 DR
1. Through enslaved dragons and other powers, the dark elves of Ilythiir engulf all of Shantal Othreier in flames, destroying over 70% of its trees over the course of 50 years.

-10000 DR
1. Descent of the Drow: Corellon's magic, as directed through his priests and High Mages, transforms the dark elves, whether the corrupt Ilythiiri or others, into the drow. Whether by magic or by the weaknesses that banish them from the sunlit lands, all drow retreat within two month's passing into the Underdark.
2. Elves are summoned by the Seldarine to the site that becomes Elven Court one month after the Descent of the Drow, to settle differences and restore peace among the elves.

-9900 DR
1. Aryvandaar's covert persecution of High Mages and priests begins, as they attempt to destroy or control any who might somehow force their descent as they did the drow. While not destroyed utterly, Illefarn & its colony in the Llewyrrwood is annexed by Arvynandaar as its nobility of priests and High Mages died under the persecution of the increasingly crazed Coronal Giilvas Vyshaan. Many elves of both lands flee to the remnants of Shantel Othreier.

-9800 DR
1. The Vyshantaar Empire's forces occupy all elven realms (save Keltormir) from the High Forest of Aryvandaar to the sweltering southern forests of ilythiir. They begin the colonization and settlement of Evermeet.
2. A large force of Llewyrr elves escapes the oppressive mainland and resettle in isolation and safety among the mountains of the Moonshae Islands. Their new land becomes Synnoria, after the elfqueen who led the Llewyr to this island sanctuary.

c. -9600 DR
1. Rise of the first drow civilizations in the Underdark beneath southern Faerûn. Their constant harassment of the Vyshantaar forces over the next five centuries help prevent their annexing Keltormir or any other lands.

-9200 DR
1. The Fifth Crown War: The First Proclamation of Elven Court leads to the revolt of the nobles of Aryvandaar and the last Crown War begins. The Elven Court, the Seldarine priesthoods, and the long-hidden High Mages restore pockets of resistance and freedom across the entire Vyshantaar Empire, fragmenting the armies and nobles to limit their coordination.

-9000 DR
1. The Fifth Crown War ends with the utter defeat of the Vyshaan and the dissolution of Aryvandaar. Much of the High Forest is abandoned for an age, leaving the forest open so the gods might restore its peace.
2. The Wandering Years of elven colonization begin. Many elves begin migrating back to Elven Court in its eastern forest. Illefarn and Keltormir are the sole remaining civilizations to emerge intact from the Crown Wars.
3. Drow overwhelm the dwarves of Bhaerynden and take their rift-city for their own.

[Era: The Rise of Civilization/The Founding Time] -9000 to -3859 DR
This era signals the rise of all the humanoid civilizations, as the many dragons and giants were long overthrown and the elven wars no longer loomed over everyone as a threat. The elven realms of Evereska and Evermeet grow by colonization along with other realms, from the human Unther or Coramshan to the dwarven realms of High Shanatar or Oghrann.

-8800 DR
1. One tale, "Inferno," tells of a great drought lasting two summers. After an attack by a flight of red dragons on the center of the great elven forest of Keltormir, the dragon fire sparked a forest fire that raged out of control. This fire extinguished four entire clans of elves, eleven giant settlements, at least four green dragons, and thousands of miles of woodlands. The once-unified elves of Keltormir splintered into a number of separate clans.

-8600 DR
1. Evereska founded in secret by surviving clans of the former Shantel Othreier, Miyeritar, Orishaar, and Eiellûr as an elven safehaven in the woods east of Aryvandaar.

-8500 DR
1. Keltormir's Fall. Due to fire-sundered and otherwise ravaged homelands, Keltormir dissolves into three separate forests: The Wyrmwood, Darthiir Wood (Present Day: Forest of Mir), and the Forest of Tethir.

-8100 DR
1. Eight dwarf deep realms unite and form the great empire of Shanatar. The empire is ruled from the Wyrmskull Throne in Alatorin's Brightaxe Hall. Within 150 years, trade is underway with surface elves. [TSR9561]

-8000 DR
1. Founding of Semberholme.

Dragonlance Era: THE AGE OF DREAMS (9000 to 1018 PC)

c. -8000 to -7500 DR
1. Choosing Homes. Ogres, first to awaken, claim Krynn's lofty mountains. Elves withdrew to the forest to live in quiet harmony. But to humans fall the plains. Exposed to the savage winds and rains, these folk grow savage as well. (c. 9000-8500 PC, Dragonlance)

-7950 DR
1. The dwarves and elves established trade agreements between Shanatar and the elves of Tethir, Darthiir Wood, and Wyrmwood. [TSR1159a]

-7943 DR
1. The thri-kreen of Athas, a previously thought unintelligent race, migrate from the Crimson Savanna to the Tyr Region. Though short-lived and alien in appearance, the thri-kreen possess great wisdom and insight. The king of Tyr welcomes them with open arms. The thri-kreen give no reason for the migration. (55th King's Age - Ral's Reverence (Y34), Dark Sun)

-7800 DR
1. A large force of Djen arrive in the areas around present-day Calimport. Whether they came from the Elemental Plane of air or another location is unknown. The power of the djinn, led by the great noble djinni Calim, could not be denied. Within a few short months, they build their first city. Within a year, the Calim Empire has begun. [TSR1159a][TSR9561]

-7790 DR
1. Calimport falls before a flight of dragons. Calim begins a campaign against the dragons of the Marching Mountains and succeeds in either eradicating them or driving them north from the peaks. [TSR9561]

c. -7700s DR
1. Rogue genies abandon the Empire of Calim the Great Djinni and settle the lands and waters of the southwestern sea. [TSR11393]

c. -7700 DR
1. The Chosen of Reorx. Reorx, seeing that elves lack drive and ogres lack creativity, gathers a group of humans together in a northern land, where they may remain safe from war, to learn his craft and assist him in his heavy labors. The marvels they wrought have never been equaled. (c. 8700 PC, Dragonlance)

-7690 DR
1. The djinni noble Calim reaches an accord with the elves and dwarves and the borders of his empire are fixed. [TSR9561]

-7687 DR
1. Ajhuu, a greater marid, breaks away and establishes a realm within Calim's land while the noble djinni is away. On Calim's return, the Steam Clashes begin between them. [TSR9561]

-7684 DR
1. The Shattering. With this event, the Steam Clashes end and Ajhuu and his rebels are destroyed. [TSR9561]

-7500 DR
1. Dwarves establish the realm of Sarphil.

c. -7500 to -5000 DR
1. Birth of Civilization. Ogres enslave humans to build their mighty empire of cold stone. The elves watch as civilization grows. (c. 8500 to 5000 PC, Dragonlance)

-7125 DR
1. Mareet, ruler of Saragar, is visited by a time-traveler from the future. He tells the king of appending doom to Athas before disappearing. Obsessed with the warning, Mareet orders his two most powerful psions to breach the time stream and determine the nature of the warning. They are later joined by a third psion. (66th King's Age - Wind's Defiance (Y5), Dark Sun)

-7105 DR
1. The psions breach the time barrier and learn of the impending Cleansing Wars, Rajaat, and defiling magic. Mareet wants to warn all of Athas, but the psions disagree and take control of their leader. The three use their formidable powers to shield Saragar from the rest of the world. The Mind Lords are born. (66th King's Age - Desert's Slumber (Y25), Dark Sun)

-6800 DR
1. A horde of efreet called the Army of Fire, led by the Great Pasha Memnon, magically arrive near the location the its current namesake city. The short-lived nation of Memnonnar is established. [TSR1159a][TSR9561]

c. -6500 DR
1. A group of elves, mainly immigrants from Syorpiir, settle the great forest now known as the Chondalwood and name their home Nikerymath. [TSR9561]

-6500 to -6100 DR
1. Era of Skyfire. Memnon and Calim bring their forces to bear one against the other in 22 cataclysmic battles over the next four centuries. [TSR9561]

-6400 DR
1. The elves meet the dwarves of Sarphil on the battlefields of the Vast, and forge a tenuous alliance since the elves saved the dwarves from death at the orc's hands.

-6160 DR
1. Ruler of Urik persecutes the kreen and orders the death of all their kind in the city. Many kreen across the land leave the cities to live in the wild. Migrations of kreen from the west comes to a halt. (78th King's Age - Friend's Slumber (Y46), Dark Sun)

-6100 DR
1. Era of Skyfire ends at the Battle of Teshyllal Fields as elf High Magic binds Memnon and Calim in eternal struggle. Where cities and forests were, the Calim Desert now dominates the landscape. [TSR1159a][TSR9561]

-6060 DR
The last djinni despots are ousted by humans in alliance with the dwarves of Shanatar. These lands become the human nation of Coramshan. [TSR9561]

-5960 DR
1. King Adiir Velm led 5,000 dwarves out of Deep Shanatar to the plains of old Memnonnar. High Shanatar is founded. [TSR1159a]

-5933 DR
1. Rajaat arrives at the base of the Jagged Cliffs where he conducts experiments with the powers of life for the next 200 years. (81st King's Age - Silt's Agitation (Y42), Dark Sun)

c. -5800 DR
1. The nation of Jhaamdath is founded with a few settlements north of the great forest Nikerymath. [TSR9561][TSR11393]

Dark Sun Era: THE TIME OF MAGIC

-5725 DR
1. After nearly two centuries of experiments, Rajaat discovers the basics of magic, but is nearly killed in the process. After recovering, he leaves the Jagged Cliffs and travels to the Pristine Tower to refine the magic process, creating defiling and preserving magic. (84th King's Age - King's Defiance (Y19), Dark Sun)

-5447 DR
1. An unknown disaster befalls the city of Celik, which casts it into ruins. Survivors blame the ordeal on the reckless use of psionics. (87th King's Age - Ral's Slumber (Y67), Dark Sun)

-5350 DR
1. Battle at Karlyn's Vale. The dwarves of Shanatar slaughter over 5,000 giants, destroying the last major giant tribe of the South. [TSR1159a]

-5311 to -4971 DR
1. Heresy of Igraine. A human slave, Eadamm, disobeys masters and rescues ogre daughter of governor Igraine from collapsed mine. Going against ogre tradition, Igraine spares Eadamm's life. When other ogres learn of Igraine's heresy, he is forced to flee. Eadamm and his fellow slaves cover Igraine's escape, then lead revolts throughout the land. Igraine's and his family live on; they become known as the Irda. (6320 to 5980 PC, Dragonlance)

-5300 DR
1. First Kingdom of Mir is born. First Age of Calimshan begins, though the nation is not yet named Calimshan. [TSR9561]

-5215 DR
1. Oghrann established as the first colony from Shanatar; few dwarves remain in this realm, and most continue north.

-5000 DR
1. The Twelve Nights of Fire. Elven city of Uvaeren is destroyed by a falling star whose impact opens a 100-mile-long and 30-mile-wide clearing in Cormanthor's treeline.

c. -5000 to -4000 DR
1. Decline of Ogres. As ogres embrace cruelty, humans rise up to slay their masters. The ogre civilization falls, and barbarism reigns. (c. 6000 to 5000 PC, Dragonlance)

c. -4500 DR
1. The Seven Citadels' War. Skirmishes break out between the elite forces of Siluvanede and the fledgling forces of Eaerlann (with support from Sharrven). These conflicts, which last for the next 200 years, are sometimes collectively referred to as the Sixth Crown War.

-4420 DR
1. Establishment of Besilmer, a rare surface realm of dwarves emulating High Shanatar.

-4400 DR
1.The Dark Slaughter. Drow and duergar attack and destroy Elven Court and Sarphil beginning at the start of the year on Midwinter Night. Within days, Elven Court is in ruins and Sarphil is occupied by the drow and duergar.

-4100 DR
1. Rise of the dwarven realm of Ammarindar.

-4000 DR
1. Semberholme, Jhyrennstar, and Elven Court form the elven nation of Cormanthyr.

c. -4000 to -2000 DR
1. Elves Ascendant. Elves seek to build their own civilization in the enchanted woods near the southern ridge of the Khalkist Mountains. They create an island on which they will one day build their capital, Silvanost. (c. 5000 to 3000 PC, Dragonlance)

[Era: The Rise of the Empire/Era of Netheril] -3859 to -339 DR
The major powers in Faerûn include Netheril for the humans, Delzoun for the dwarves, and Cormanthyr, Illefarn, and Eaerlann for the elves.

-3983 DR
1. The birth of the city of Cormanthor begins here, with the Summoning of the Rule Tower.

c. -3900 DR
1. Creation of Delzoun, Shield Kingdom of Dwarves. [TSR9562]

-3859 DR
1. Birth of Nether. The founding of the human nation of Netheril. (1 NY)

-3533 DR
1. The nether scrolls are uncovered by the Netherese in the ruins of Aryvandaar; the humans soon abandon the magic taught by the elves for greater power. (326 NY)

c. -3500 DR
1. Menzoberranzan, city of drow, is founded under the High Forest.
2. Elves of the North begin aiding in the escapes of gnomish slaves from their Netherese captors, helping them move south and east across the Realms.

-3462 DR
1. Congenio Ioun, Netherese arcanist, creates Congenio's Pebbles, later known as Ioun Stones.

-3458 DR
1. The Netherese establish trade with the dwarvish kingdom of Delzoun.

-3432 DR
1. Realmspace: Sages have yet to adequately describe the sudden appearance of the Tears of Selune. All accounts indicate that they simply appeared out of nowhere. Two theories have been posted: that they are a byproduct of a battle between two deities, or that they are the remains of a small planet that was somehow destroyed near Toril and Luna. (233 OC, Spelljammer)

-3315 DR
1. Ioulaum, Netherese arcanist, is born.

-3200 DR
1. The First Age of Calimshan ends and the Second Age begins. [TSR9561]

-3095 DR
1. Half of the nether scrolls are stolen by elves of Cormanthyr and secreted away by the High Elves of that realm. (764 NY)

-3014 DR
1. Ioulaum creates the mythallar. (845 NY)

"As you can see, this man elected to travel in our newly installed Wondorous Device for the Preservation of Life Indefinitely While Traveling--Well, anyway, as you'll see in a moment, he's quite alive and still fresh as a . . . oops!"

-Zephrambo Smudge, gnome engineer

c. -3000 DR
1. Trade relations open between the surface elves of Cormanthyr and the sea elves of Arselmalyr at Myth Nantar. [TSR11393]
2. House Silvanos Rises The elf leader Silvanos convens the first Council of High Ones. Balif becomes Silvanos' lieutenant. The elves prepare for war against the dragons. (c. 4000 PC, Dragonlance)
3. Reorx Angered Distressed at the pride and haughtiness of the humans who serve him, Reorx curses his Chosen by reshaping them into a short folk who forever burn to tinker. Many consider this the birth of the gnomes. (c. 4000 PC, Dragonlance)

-2919 DR
1. The Ironstar Kingdom of dwarves begins.

-2670 DR
1. The feral halfling scout Too'lane discovers the Last Tree atop a mountain in the Forest Ridge. This ancient artifact's location is kept secret by the halflings. (123rd King's Age - Wind's Fury (Y71), Dark Sun)

-2637 DR
1. Mezro, in Chult, is founded by Ubtao.

c. -2600 DR
1. 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. [TSR9561]

-2600 DR
1. Work begins on the Twisted Tower.

-2550 DR
1. Ulutiu dies, and the necklace of Ulutiu begins to freeze the ocean, give birth to the Great Glacier. Year 0 of the Ulutiun calendar. (0 UC)

-2549 DR
1. Despite repeated attacks and attempts to stop them, the drow complete the Twisted Tower this year and build up their presence here.

-2532 DR
1. After three eons of study, Rajaat emerges from the Pristine Tower to teach magic to the Rebirth races. He teaches preserving magic openly, and defiling magic in secret to those of "questionable" character. For the next 1,500 years Rajaat studies how magic interacts with the Rebirth races, and decides that humans have the most potential of all to suit his needs. (125th King's Age - Guthay's Reverence (Y55), Dark Sun)

c -2500 DR
1. (~) Zariel Overthrown. Bel, and ambitious general under the command of the Dark Eight, gathers enough armies of Avernus to knock Zariel, Lord of the First, out of power and take the seat himself. [TSR2630][TSR11431]

c. -2500 to -2350 DR
1. First Dragon War. The dragons fight fiercely, refusing to leave the elves' chosen land. The gods of magic send three mages to give the elves five magical dragon stones. The mages lure the dragons to the stones, capturing their spirits within, while the dragons' bodies turn into stony mountains. The victorious elves ride their war griffins north to a seemingly bottomless pit in the Khalkists, where they drop the dragon stones. The gods of magic are exiled from Krynn for interfering in the affairs of mortals. (c. 3500 to 3350 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Graystone Forged. The exiled gods of magic approach the trickster god, Hiddukel, asking him to help them return to the world. He convinces the nature goddess, Chislev, to ask Reorx to make the Graystone for the exiles as a remembrance of their lost world. Reorx sets this magical gem on the moon Lunitari, and the gods of magic secretly fill it with their essences. (c. 3500 to 3350 PC, Dragonlance)

-2488 DR
1. The Empire of Raurin is destroyed. The Imaskari vanish.

-2475 DR
1. The Great Glacier continues to grow, expanding south to cover the lands that will eventually be known as Vassa and Damara. (75 UC)

-2387 DR
1. Netheril releases all of its gnomish slaves. (1472 NY)

-2381 DR
1. Realmspace: Three beholder colony ships crash in the Alimir Mountains (Toril). The beholders overwhelm the eastern garrisons of Calimshan, but are soon pushed back into the mountains. [TSR9561]

c. -2350 DR
1. Building of Silvanesti. At the second Council of High Ones, elves again pledge allegiance to Silvanos. The Kingdom of Silvanesti is decreed, and all elf families receive lands. (c. 3350 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Graystone Released. The gods of magic have Hiddukel, with Reorx's help, trick one of his Chosen, Milgas Kadwar, into climbing up to Lunitari using a device called a skyhook ladder and stealing the Graystone from its hiding place there. However, little Milgas fumbles, dropping the stone from the sky onto Krynn. With it, the gods of magic reenter the world. (c. 3350 PC, Dragonlance)

c. -2300 DR
1. Earliest human-built boats sail the southern Alamber coasts as Raurinese refugees flee north and along the seacoasts. [TSR11393]

-2207 DR
1. Chronomancer is born. Golden Age of Netheril begins. (1652 NY)

-2135 DR
1. Re founds Skuld. Mulhorand Empire begins. [TSR11393]

c. -2100 DR
1. Magic Returns. The marauding Graystone releases wild magic into the world; Reorx commands a group of his Chosen to follow and reclaim it. When the populace, terrified by the gem's chaotic effects, threatens to kill all the Chosen for bringing the stone to Krynn, the Graygem transforms this group of Chosen into Scions: silver-bearded, golden-eyed wielders of wild magic. (c. 3100 PC, Dragonlance)

c. -2100 to -1900 DR
1. Kal-Thax Built. The Scions urge the rest of Reorx's Chosen to leave their secluded northern home. In great barges, they all flee south toward Ansalon. Upon making landfall at Nordmaar, the Scions are fed to the raging waters. The thirteen Scions allowed to live are shoved onto one of the remaining barges and told to set sail, never to return. Still fearful of Graygem retribution, the Chosen hide in limestone caves. Later, dwarves call this site their first kingdom: Kal-Thax. Eventually their craft fails them in this new home, and Reorx sends visions instructing the Chosen to recover the hated gem. (c. 3100 - 2900 PC, Dragonlance)

-2087 DR
1. Enlil founds Alamber. Unther Empire begins. [TSR11393]

-2042 to -2041 DR
1. Graystone of Gargath. A human ruler named Gargath captures the Graystone using two godgems from Zivilyn, the Tree of Life. He recruits humans, ogres, and other mercenaries to defend his trapped prize. Buoyed by their vision, the Chosen contact Gargath and demand the stone's return. Elves and other curious creatures, fascinated by wild magic, help them lay siege to the human's tower. The war machines of the Chosen eventually dislodge the god-gems, releasing the graystone. (3051 - 3050 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Metamorphosis. The mysterious light of the Graygem touches all present at the tower, altering their forms to reflect their true natures. Stubborn Ogres become bullheaded minotaurs, and so, too, are born the dwarves, kender, goblins, and other races. None participating in the siege escape unchanged. The stone then escapes to wander the land. Some Chosen pursue it all the way to Sancrist Isle, where many of them settle, finally giving up the case. (3051 - 3050 PC, Dragonlance)

-1967 to -1961 DR
1. First Mulhorand/Unther War. At the conclusion of the war, Mulhorand and Unther agree on common border; peace between these nations to the present day.

c. -1900 to -1700 DR
1. Thorin Delved. To escape the Graystone's chaos, the dwarves make homes underground and become miners. Leaving Kal-Thax, the Calnar thane travels south to the Khalkist Mountains, where they delve their new home: Thorin, or "New Hope.". (c. 2900 to 2700 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Scion Land. The remaining thirteen Scions make landfall on Ansalon once more and take separate paths across the continent, tutoring folk touched by the Graygem in the ways of wild magic. (c. 2900 to 2700 PC, Dragonlance)

-1900 DR
1. The building of Citadel Felbarr, the surface garrison to protect Delzoun against the orcs.
2. The Second Age of Calimshan ends and the Third Age begins. The Calimshan Empire consists of Calimshan, Tethyr, Iltkazar, and Mir, and spreads as far north as the Snowflake Mountains. [TSR9561]

-1899 DR
1. The Netherese arcanist Chever is driven insane after repeated contact with other-planar beings. He dies when he leaps into a sphere of annihilation.

-1838 DR
1. The Raor Dynasty of Calimshan is destroyed by the great red wyrm Ylveraasahlisar the Rose Dragon, who then rules the nation. [TSR9561]

-1831 DR
1. Rajaat begins a jihad against the preservers of Athas for the next thousand years. Preservers across the land go into hiding while fighting a losing battle against the followers of Rajaat. (134th King's Age - King's Agitation (Y63), Dark Sun)

c. -1750 DR
1. Balif Dies. The Kender hero Balif, a close friend of the elf lord Silvanos, dies. Balif, who may have been present at Castle Gargath during the gem's escape, built the first kingdom of kender in Balifor. (c. 2750 PC, Dragonlance)

-1726 DR
1. The Rose Dragon of Calimshan is slain. [TSR9561]

-1708 DR
1. The worship of a "great sun god" arises in Calimshan. [TSR9561]

-1701 DR
1. Dragon Stones Discovered. While delving in Thorin, Calnar dwarves discover the five magical dragon stones. Hating magic, they return the stones to the surface. (2710 PC, Dragonlance)

c. -1700s DR
1. Netherese begin to explore the Inner Sea and establish the three subsea colonies of Deep Netheril. [TSR11393]

c. -1700 DR
1. Minotaur Kingdom. An expeditionary force of minotaurs founds Mithandrus, land of the bull. (c. 2700 PC, Dragonlance)

-1681 to -1636 DR
1. Second Dragon War. Once minions of Takhisis recover the dragon stones, they release the imprisoned spirits of the five dragons and reunite them with their stony forms. Thus awakened, the Evil dragons strike at the Silvanesti with armies of bakali, or lizard people. Three wild-talent elf mages and a Scion order the ground to swallow the dragons. Though the beasts fell, thousands die as magic runs wild. The three mages, hiding in a tower, call upon the gods of magic in fear. These three deities take the tower into the Beyond, where it becomes the Lost Citadel. (2690 to 2645 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Contellation. The gods of magic seize the five runestones they had given to the elves centuries earlier and hurl them into the sky, so the dark dragons can never again awaken. There, the stones become the five eyes of the Dark Queen's five-headed constellation. (2690 to 2645 PC, Dragonlance)

-1657 DR
1. The floating Netherese city of Sunrest falls from the sky and is destroyed when ill-planned spell research on an improved version of the meteor swarm spell called Sunrest Sunshock fails. There are no survivors.

-1636 to -1541 DR
1. Magic Defends Itself. The gods of magic help Ansalon's wild mages escape the wrath of the populace by offering them seclusion in the wilderness. For a century, they train them to perfect the discipline of magic. Meanwhile, the three mages of the Lost Citadel create laws to govern three Orders of Magic. Returning to Krynn, they guide other mages to build five bastions of magic--the Towers of High Sorcery. (2645 to 2550 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Thorin Closed. Ashamed for causing the Second Dragon War, dwarves seal their mountain city, shutting their doors to the world. (2645 to 2550 PC, Dragonlance)

-1621 DR
1. The Netherese arcanish/fighter General Matick is born. Matick becomes one of Netheril's greatest military leaders. He is a xenophobe, hating elves and halflings especially. He is credited for creating the popular 1st-level mage spell magic missile.

c. -1600 DR
1. The Rise of Ergoth. Barbarian chieftain Ackal Ergot unites the Khalkist human tribes into a grand kingdom named Ergoth. He begins absorbing plains tribes as well, destroying those who will not yield. Ergoth's borders spread from the southern Kharolis Mountains to the northern shore, but expansion ceases with the death of Ackal Ergot. (c. 2600 PC, Dragonlance)
2. Hylo Founded. The second Kender nation is founded when a kender clan becomes trapped in the first floating citadel (created as a prototype for the Towers of High Sorcery), which crashes against the Sentinel Mountains. (c. 2600 PC, Dragonlance)

-1600 DR
1. Destruction of Deep Netheril. [TSR11393]

-1591 DR
1. Netherese Arcanist, General Matick, creates the spell General Matick's missile, later known as magic missile. (2268 NY)

-1570 DR
1. Zazesspur, a simple fishing town, becomes a fortified city and the seat of the emir of Tethyr's rule. [TSR9561]

-1507 DR
1. The Lady Polaris, Netherese arcanist, is born.

-1506 DR
1. Death of Silvanos. Silvanos dies and is buried in a crystal tomb. His son Sithel takes command and orders the construction of a tower, the Palace of Quinari, in his memory. (2515 PC, Dragonlance)

-1471 DR
1. The Netherese enclave of Shade is established. This community is continually shrouded in twilight due to a spell similar to darkness. The arcanists of Shade are famous for their planar research.

-1428 DR
1. The beholders of the Alimirs swarm out of the mountains and conquer every city in Calimshan and Iltkazar. [TSR9561]

-1402 DR
1. The Drakhon priest-princes lead the nation of Calimshan to freedom from the beholders. They free the cities and the nation as a whole, though beholders still hold sway in some border areas. [TSR9561]

c. -1400 DR
1. First crude ships cross the Inner Sea as Unther expands across and along the Alamber. [TSR11393]

-1399 DR
1. By this year, the beholders in Calimshan's border regions are crushed; all formerly held regions answer to the pasha in Calimport once again. [TSR9561]

-1375 DR
1. The Barbarian Schism ends when the Rengarth barbarians have driven off all the Angardt. The barbarians are definitely two separate tribes from this point forward.

-1354 DR
1. Unified armies of Rystall Wood and Cormanthyr infiltrate and rout the majority of the drow forces around and under the lands of Rystall, Uvaeren's ruins, and the Old Skull, the granite crag within the hills that lie in the clearings among the three forests. However, they cannot penetrate the Twisted Tower, allowing many drow to escape.

-1250 DR
1. Unther battles against the Elves of the Yuirwood and the Dwarves of the Great Rift. Mulhorand, for the most part, ignores them.
2. Ascendency of Nung Fu, a simple peasant, who was invested with the Emblems of Authority by the semi-legendary Nine Travelers. (Y0, Kara Tur)

-1205 DR
1. End of the Golden Age of Netheril. Beginning of the Age of Discovery.

-1183 to -1131 DR
1. Kinslayer War. On his way to sign a peace accord, Sithel is accidentally slain by humans hunting on Silvanesti's western border. Sithas ascends to the throne and declares war on Ergoth, naming twin brother Kith-Kanan his general. Kith-Kanan enrages Sithas by marrying a human. After almost forty years of exhausting battle, the lines become blurred --shifting alliances now force elves to fight elves and men to fight their human brothers. Kith-Kanan's bride, the oracle Suzine, slays herself rather than be used against her husband. As though inspired by the death of this innocent, a tempest of wind and fire wreaks havoc with both sides. Cities fall, and tens of thousands die. The opposing forces negotiate a truce, acknowledging in words unspoken that a divine hand has judged both elves and men. (2192 to 2140 PC, Dragonlance) [Novels: The Elven Nation Trilogy]

c. -1150 DR
1. The Imperial Navy of Calimshan begins to take control of the Shining Sea and the Lake of Steam. It rules the waves within a century. [TSR9561]

c. -1150 to -1000 DR
1. Thorbardin Delved. Hylar dwarves join with Daewar, Daergar, and Theiwar and build a new kingdom. Priding itself on remaining more open to the world than Thorin, Thorbardin (or "Best New Hope"), exploits trade opportunities with Ergoth. Thorin, in decline after its isolation and a failed human invasion, becomes known as Thoradin: "Lost Hope" (c. 2150 to 2000 PC, Dragonlance) [Novels: The Elven Nation Trilogy]

-1131 to -1091 DR
1. Elf Lands Sundered. Kith-Kanan's western elves, ashamed of the bloodshed, sue for social change and declare their independence. Sithas grants land to Kith and his Wildrunner followers, who have by now become heavily interbred with humans. (2140 to 2100 PC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Elven Nation Trilogy]

-1119 to -1064 DR
1. War of the Mountain. Disputes between Thorbardin and declining Ergoth over borders and mineral rights result in warfare. (2128 to 2073 PC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Dwarven Nation Trilogy]

-1114 DR
1. Realmspace: The magic of spelljamming is discovered by the Netherese humans (Toril). (2745 NY)

-1088 DR
1. Annual trade begins at the future site of Waterdeep, between the ships from the South and Northern human tribes. (-2120 NR) [TSR1109a]

Dark Sun Era: THE CLEANSING WARS

-1087 DR
1. Rajaat sends all but a few of his students away. Using the power of the Pristine Tower and the mysterious Dark Lens, Rajaat creates his Champions. Each Champion is ordered to eliminate one specific race from the face of Athas in an effort to bring about the return of the Blue Age. (144th King's Age - Priest's Contemplation (Y37), Dark Sun)

-1075 DR
1. The Orcgate Wars begin in what is now known as Thay.

-1071 DR
1. Orc god Gruumsh kills Mulhorand deity Re; first known deicide.

-1069 DR
1. Orcs in Thay are defeated; many flee north and west

-1064 DR
1. Swordsheath Scroll. Kith-Kanan engineers the signing of a peace treaty between the elves, dwarves, and Ergoth. An enchanted forest between dwarves and humans, renamed Qualinesti, goes to Kith-Kanan and his western elves. (2073 PC, Dragonlance) [Novels: The Elven Nation Trilogy & The Dwarven Nation Trilogy]
2. Realmspace: Yeoman's Loft opens trade with spelljammers. The Skyward Realms, as the space mariners of Yeoman's Loft called Realmspace, was believed to be the next great frontier for raw materials, such as mined ores, spellcraft, and "discovered" magical items. The Yeoman's Loft explorers, however, were also responsible for racial "experiments," basically vivisecting anything they ran across. This gave the Netherese, the only humans to have ventured into Realmspace up until 2795, a very bad name and a horrid reputation--akin to the fear generated when an illithid spelljamming ship was seen. (2795 NY)

-1050 DR
1. Set murders Osiris.

-1048 DR
1. Osiris resurrected by Isis. Horus-Re battles Set.

-1014 DR
1. Realmspace: Netheril abandons spelljamming magic and technology as too costly and expensive; Netherese ships were attacked on sight. (2845 NY)

c. -1000 DR
1. The war between factions of the drow and the dwarves causes the world's fire to flow into the Underdark and separate members of each race from Faerûn. These fragments become the ancestors of the dwarves and the Ancient Ones of Maztica.

-990 DR
1. Calimport succumbs to a year-long plague that kills nearly 60% of the city's population and isolates many within the city in their homes. [TSR9561]

-943 DR
1. The Cats' Plague slays many mysteriously and turns their eyes into cats' eyes in death. This magical plague kills nearly 90% of the people of Schamedar, Manshaka, and the outlying areas. [TSR9561]

-909 DR
1. The Netherese arcanist Candlemas is born.

c. -900 DR
1. Rise of Narfell and Raumathar. [TSR11393]

-900 DR
1. The Third Age of Calimshan ends. The Fourth Age begins with an eight year-old pasha upon the throne. [TSR9561]

-859 DR
1. Lady Polaris decides to retire from adventuring and takes us residence in the enclave she creates, the city of Delia.

-836 DR
1. Realmspace: A spelljammer vessel crashes near Westwendt Village. Eyewitnesses report beholder-like shapes within the flames of the downed vessel. The crash starts a forest fire that burns thousands of acres of woodland.

-833 DR
1. The elves begin their great exodus to the island of Evermeet.

-819 DR
1. Kobold Cleansing. Sacha of Arala, 1st Champion of Rajaat eliminates the last of the kobolds from the face of Athas. (147th King's Age - King's Slumber (Y74), Dark Sun)

-812 DR
1. The Trollflame Wars end with 12,000 trolls dead, and the town of Conifera heavily damaged.

-790 DR
1. The Night Wars begin. Drow begin attacking the outlying reaches of the Calimshan Empire. [TSR9561]

-766 DR
1. Knights of Solamnia. During his Quest of Honor, Vinas Solamnus receives a vision from Kiri-Jolith, Habbakuk, and Paladine. In response, he founds an Order of Knights to fight for good. His Crown, Sword, and Rose Knights become the guardians of the world. (1775 PC, Dragonlance) [Novel: Vinas Solamnus]

-760 DR
1. Year of the Great Flood of the Great Glacier. Hundreds of Ulutians drown as their villages are washed away.

c. -750s DR
1. Drow attacks on Cormanthyr and Tystal Wood begin again in earnest, but only as slash-and-run raids by drow seeking magic, slaves, or destruction. The impregnable Twisted Tower expands twice in the next decades.

-734 DR
1. Gilgeam becomes king of Unther. Year 1 in Untheric calendar.

-712 DR
1. The Srinshee, of Myth Drannor, dies; she becomes a baelnorn.

c. -700 DR
1. Rise of Vastar, the orc kingdom of the Dragon Reach. [TSR11393]
2. (~) The famous Lost Sage, Augathra the Mad travels the world. The naming of years, known as the Roll of Years, are drawn from her predictions. In later years, Alaundo of Candlekeep added his prophecies to the Roll of Years. >{FR campaing setting lists this date at c. -400 DR - "BRJ"}

-697 DR [Year of Furious Giants]
1. The drow erupt from beneath the cities of Calimport, Manshaka, and Almraiven, establishing footholds in the cities as well as the outlying wilderness areas that they hold for several decades. [TSR9589]

-696 DR [Year of Great Rains]
1. Birth of Karsus, the Netherese arcanist who would later strip the goddess Mystryl of her power, by casting the only known 12th level spell, and cause the Fall of Netheril. (3163 NY)

-680 DR [Year of Creeping Thieves]
1. Calimshan begins to colonize the coast of the Lake of Steam beyond the Alimir peninsula. [TSR9589]

-670 DR [Year of Unfurled Sails]
1. Enslaved humans of Tethyr and Calimshan begin to escape their captivity from this until -370 DR. [TSR9561]

-664 DR [Year of Turning Tides]
1. Second half of the nether scrolls are stolen. (3195 NY)
2. The Enslaving of Keltar: The drow nearly destroy this town over the course of a 37-hour battle. Calimport's army arrives after the drow conquer the city and have shipped more than 50% of the surviving population into the Underdark as slaves. While the Calishites free the town and force the drow back to the Underdark, over 3,000 Keltarns are never seen again. [TSR9589]

-650 DR [Year of Flames Rising]
1. Due to drow attacks on Calimshan, the dwarves and humans around the Omlarandin Mountains and the Kuldin Peaks become independent of Calimshan's control. [TSR9561]

-599 DR [Year of Hasty Messengers]
1. The Spider Plagues ravage Calimshan. [TSR9561]

-530 DR [Year of Meager Means]
1. The Night Wars between the drow and Calimshan end. [TSR9561]

-461 DR [Year of Bold Pioneers]
1. Anauroch, the Wasting Desert, begins growing as the phaerimm begin draining all life out of the land. [TSR9562]

-446 DR [Year of Treasured Moments]
1. Calimshan's dominance of the Lake of Steam and the Shining Sea comes to an end with the near total destruction of the Calishite Armada in Calimport's harbor. The resulting fires destroy over 70% of the city once winds carry sparks and flames to the wooden domes of many buildings. [TSR9589]

-394 DR [Year of Clouded Vision]
1. Shou mariner, Cham Ko Hag, discovers Wa. He is brought before the Emperor Tsuba of Wa. Upon leaving he promises to return with gifts from the King of Western Lands (Shou Lung). (Y856, Kara-Tur)

-387 DR [Year of Shattered Walls]
1. Zazesspur is sacked and burned by a surprise attack. This marks the first known collaboration among the native Tethyrians against their oppressors. First Age of Tethyr begins. [TSR1159a]

-375 DR [Year of Clutching Dusk]
1. The first major plague in Faerûn's history struck the southern Shining Coast, when over 30% of the population of Coramshan's cities died in a five-year epidemic. [TSR1159a]

-372 DR [Year of Owls' Watching]
1. Ascalhorn founded by elves of Eaerlann. [TSR9562]

c. -370s DR
1. Work begins on citadel Adbar, since the Narrow Sea's destruction leaves Delzoun's eastern front exposed.

-354 DR [Year of Many Moons]
1. The first recorded clash between sharn and phaerimm occurs this year.

c. -350 DR
1. Saldrinar of the Seven Spells defeats Kisonraathiisar the topaz dragon and establishes Westgate on the battle site with himself as its first human king. [TSR11393]

-339 DR [Year of the Sundered Webs]
1. Fall of Netheril. Karsus causes the Fall of Netheril; all enclaves fall to earth and are destroyed. (3520 NY) [Novel: Dangerous Games]
2. The Netherese enclave of Shade is pulled into a misty, shadow-filled dimension at a time roughly corresponded with the fall of the other enclaves.
3. Mystryl sacrifices herself, and is replaced by Mystra, the new goddess of magic, who forever strips 10th-level & greater magic from humanity.
4. Anauria, Asram, and Hlondath (the survivor states) arise out of the rubble of Netheril, saved by Mystra.
5. Realmspace: The massive spelljammer docking structure constructed at Yeoman's Loft explodes when Mystryl sacrificed herself. Four spelljammer vessels that were currently docked likewise suffered a similar fate, their helms detonating. Thousands died as the massive structure collapsed into the city.

[Era: Cormanthor's Prime/The Glory of Myth Drannor] -339 to 700 DR
After the fall of Netheril, magic and the Weave had become corrupted. Elves found themselves in competition for territory with many more fecund races, and troubles dogged the Tel'Quessir at all turns, but the great empire of Cormanthyr grew out of this age. Rather than stand alone, the elves chose to join with the good races against the orcs and other dangers, leading to the greatest era of cooperation among the races ever seen on Toril. This era sees the opening of Cormanthyr to the other races and the rise of Myth Drannor.

-333 DR [Year of Humbling Havens]
1. Elves of Eaerlann allow Netherese refugees to settle in Ascalhorn. [TSR9562]

-331 DR [Year of Shadows Fleeting]
1. The elf armies of Cormanthyr and Rystal Wood finally break the greater defenses of the Twisted Tower and destroy all remaining drow slavers within the tower. The Tower is left in the hands of good dark elf allies, and it is a great temple to Eilistraee within a century.

c. 300 DR
1. Westgate ruled by King Glaurauth. [TSR11393]

-288 DR [Year of Eight Lightnings]
1. Calimshan grants independence to Tethyr and its people. [TSR9561]

-276 DR [Year of Overflowing Casks]
1. Jhaamdath builds the largest navy on the Inner Sea, beginning in this year. [TSR11393]

-272 DR [Year of Songstones]
1. Citadel Adbar is completed this year.

-265 DR [Year of Burgeoning Victory]
1. Goblin Cleansing. Daskinor Goblin Death, 14th Champion of Rajaat exterminates the last goblin from the face of Athas. (155th King's Age - Ral's Defiance (Y12), Dark Sun)

-255 DR [Year of Furious Waves]
1. Fall of the southern country of Jhaamdath to a tidal wave summoned by the elves of Nikerymath. [TSR11393]

c. -250s DR
1. Emigration of the across the Inner Sea from ruined Jhaamdath to what will become Thesk, Impiltur, and the Vast. [TSR11393]

-247 DR [Year of the Striking Lance]
1.Procession of Justice. Tyr, god of war and justice, bursts forth from a gate near modern-day Alaghôn in Turmish, leading a force of 200 archons across the Vilhon Reach. [TSR88643 p.80]

-212 DR [Year of High Thrones]
1. This year marks the second Calishite surrender of Tethyr to local clans and the birth of Founding Year, Year 0, the start of the Calendar of Tethyreckoning. This dating system is little-used outside of the official court records of Tethyr. [TSR1159a]

-210 DR [Year of Holy Hands]
1. Anauria gains its independence from Asram and Hlondath.
2. Pixie Cleansing. Wyan of Bodach, 12th Champion of Rajaat obliterates the last pixie from the face of Athas. (155th King's Age - Ral's Slumber (Y67), Dark Sun)

c. -200s DR
1. Sea and land migrations continue into the future dalelands and Sembia. [TSR11393]

c. -200 DR
1. (~) Halruaa settled by fleeing Netherese wizards.
2. The humans who are to become the first of the Dalesmen cross the Dragon Reach to reach the southern reaches of Cormanthor.
3. Candlekeep founded; calendar of Harptos begun.

-200 DR [Year of Stonerising]
1. The Fourth Age of Calimshan ends. The Fifth Age begins with the end of Calimshan's military rule, the start of a decentralization of power, and an upsurge among the mercantile and religious powers. [TSR9561]

-198 DR [Year of the Beast]
1. Orc Cleansing. Uyness of Waverly (later known as Abalach-Re), 5th Champion of Rajaat slaughters the last of the orcs from the face of Athas. (156th King's Age - Friend's Contemplation (Y2), Dark Sun)

-170 DR to -166 DR
1. The Eye Tyrant Wars. Beholders march troops into Calimshan, Tethyr, and Mir. After four long years of constant fighting, the human nations celebrate victory. [TSR1159a]

c. -150 DR
1. The Great Conflagration. Narfell and Raumathar destroyed in one final battle. Monsters and minor powers summoned in the last battle invade the Shining South after the battle ends.

-137 DR [Year of Blooded Sunsets]
1. The Chultian city of Mezro is sacked.

-135 DR [Year of Old Beginnings]
1. Refounding of former Raumathan city of Kensten. [TSR11393]

-133 DR [Year of Silent Screams]
1. Great sea storms erupt along the Sword Coast. A huge tidal wave envelops the city of Velen in Tethyr, decimating its population. [TSR9561]

-99 DR [Year of Silver Sharks]
1. Fall of Delzoun to encroaching phaerimm and other dangers; surface Citadels survive.

-88 DR [Year of Hostile Hails]
{TSR1159a (p.27) mentions the worship of Bane and Myrkul in Tethyr this year - "BRJ"}

-87 DR [Year of Dashed Dreams]
1. Tarkhadale, and early northern Dale allied with Asram and Hlondath, falls to an orc horde.

-75 DR [Year of the Leather Shields]
1. The nation of Rashemen is founded.
2. The realm of Teshar is founded in the cleared lands between Rystall Wood and Cormanthor.

-74 DR [Year of Splendor]
1. Marsember founded. [TSR11393]

-52 DR [Year of the Choking Spores]
1. The Flower Plague spreads through several of Calimshan's cities.

-51 to - 9 DR
1. Third Dragon War. After conquering many small kingdoms, dozens of mature dragons, along with bakali ground troops, turn toward Solamnia and Palanthas. For a while, the mighty forces seem evenly matched. Mages of the Three Robes, including the Black-Robed Fistandantilus, gather at the Tower of Palanthas to defend all the Towers of High Sorcery and to aid the human war efforts. On the Night of the Eye (when all three moons are in high sanction), they create five Dragon Orbs, which they imbue with a shadow spirit that calls the dragons to their doom. (1060 to 1018 PC, Dragonlance)

-37 DR [Year of Patriots]
1. Alaghon settled. [TSR11393]

-29 DR [Year of the Corpulent Mount]
1. Starmantle founded. [TSR11393]

-22 DR [Year of the Broached Gates]
1. The one true prophet of the Realms, Alaundo, is born.

Dragonlance Era: THE AGE OF MIGHT (1018 PC to 0 AC)

-9 DR [Year of Fell Traitors]
1. Huma Dragonbane. The young Solamnic Knight Huma Dragonbane falls in love with the elf healer Gwyneth--really the silver dragon, Heart. Paladine guides them to the first dragonlances, forged with the Hammer of Kharas (although it has not yet been given that name), and their victories rally the other good dragons. At last, Takhisis herself falls to a lance and swears to depart with her dragons, if only someone would remove the lance. Sadly, Huma and Gwyneth die in the battle, leaving Huma's stalwart minotaur companion, Kaz, to free her of the lance. The Dark Queen fulfills her oath: She sends her dragon children to sleep beneath the ground, then she herself departs for the Abyss, concluding the Third Dragon War. (1018 PC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Legend of Huma]

1 DR [Year of Sunrise]
1. The Standing Stone is raised by the elves of Cormanthyr and the Dalesmen, starting the Dalereckoning calendar.

4 DR [Year of the Slaked Blade]
1. Ioulaum is reportedly slain in a spell battle with a cabal of alhoon (illithiliches).

5 DR [Year of the Clutched Emerald]
1.The syl-pasha establishes gates between various sites in Calimport and his new imperial capital rising at Shoonach. [TSR9589]

6 DR [Year of Firestars]
1. Ondeth Obarskyr and his family settle in the forest of Cormyr. [Novel: Cormyr: A Novel]

c. 10 DR
1. Suzail settled. [TSR11393]

10 DR [Year of Dreams]
1. The Netheril region is renamed Anauroch after the greatest of its two survivor states.

20 DR [Year of the Fallen Fury]
1. The human Calendar of Harptos adopts the elven holiday of Cinnaelos 'Cor ("The Day of Corellon's Peace") and renames it Shieldmeet, celebrating it every four years since.

25 DR [Year of Many Runes]
1. Church of Deneir founded.

26 DR [Year of Opening Doors]
1. The human realm of Cormyr founded by the Obarskyrs; the Elder Kings begin their reign. (1 CR) [Novel: Cormyr, A Novel]
2. Cormyr Reckoning calendar begun.

27 DR [Year of Shadowed Blades]
1. Start of the Sixth Age of Calimshan, also known as the Age of Shoon. [TSR1159a]

37 DR [Year of Dark Venom]
1. The Vengeance Waves. Five tidal waves strike Calimshan, damaging each of the five port cities of the nation. [TSR9561]

52 DR [Year of the Thundering Horde]
1. Permanent farms established at the future site of Waterdeep by local tribes. (-980 NR) [TSR1109a]

75 DR [Year of Clinging Death]
1. Plague racks the civilized Realms (Lands of Intrigue, Empires of the Shining Sea, Vilhon Reach).

76 DR [Year of Windsong]
1. Alaundo the Seer, a year after arriving at Candlekeep, dies of the plague.

100 [Year of the Greybeards]
1. The city of Athkatla is founded in Amn. [TSR1159b]
2. Amnreckoning calendar is established (little used except in official documents).

111 DR [Year of Fallen Guards]
1. Anauria is destroyed by an orc horde, though it ensures the mutual destruction of the horde, and orc numbers are reduced for centuries in this area. [WTC11836, p.269]
{2nd-Edition FR campaign set is incorrect. It marks this date as c. 200 and lists Anauria as being destroyed by goblins - "BRJ"}

112 DR [Year of the Tusk]
1. Cormyrean cartographers create the first recognized map of Cormyr, Cormanthor, and the Dalelands.

132 DR [Year of Thirteen Prides Lost]
1. Turmish officially founded. [TSR11393]

141 DR [Year of the Impenetrable Mystery]
1. Ogre Cleansing. Kalak, 2nd Champion of Rajaat kills the last of the ogres of Athas. (160th King's Age - Guthay's Defiance (Y33), Dark Sun)

142 DR [Year of the Prowling Naga]
1. Citadel Adbar is built by the dwarven King of Delzoun, Adbarruns.
2. Gnome Cleansing. Gallard (later known as Nibenay), 6th Champion of Rajaat massacres the last of Athas' gnomes. (160th King's Age - Ral's Reverence (Y34), Dark Sun)
3. Keltis, Lizard Man Executioner arrives at Saragar despite the powers of the Mind Lords. The Mind Lord's cleverness hides the entire population of lizard men from the Champion, and he soon leaves the Last Sea.

144 DR [Year of the Fear and Flame]
1. Chondath officially founded. [TSR11393]

148 DR [Year of Blue Ice]
1. Drow construct the original Crystal Labyrinth in Undermountain as a training area for their young.

163 DR [Year of the Screeching Vole]
1. Elmwwod established on the shores of the River Lis and the Dragon Sea.
2. The city of Crimmor is founded in Amn. [TSR1159b]
3. The Ring of Winter is last reported used on Faerûn in this year, when a village and a Cormyrean lord's estates are destroyed in massive icestorm during high summer.
4. Altumbel founded. [TSR11393]

168 DR [Year of Scattered Stars]
1. Halaster's Hold, the wizards' tower and fortified ramparts, is built. (-864 NR) [TSR1109a]

171 DR [Year of Unkind Weapons]
1. The elves of Cormanthyr complete a two-year-long siege and running battle to destroy the sole surviving temple of Moander in the northern forest (at the site of modern Yülash). The elves raze the temple after slaying all of Moander's priests. The Coronal and sixteen of Cormanthyr's High Mages cast the binding High Magic that banishes the Jawed God from the Realms until it is freed by a nonborn child.

177 DR [Year of the Troublesome Vixen]
1. The First Sorcerer orders the defiler Qwith to explore the workings of the Inner Planes as a possible means of power. (160th King's Age - Desert's Reverence (Y69), Dark Sun)

179 DR [Year of the Engraved Locket]
1. The great cities of Ebe, Waverly, and Arala are swallowed by the expanding Silt Sea, though later it recedes from Waverly. The nearby city of Bodach is spared, but becomes surrounded by silt. (160th King's Age - Wind's Fury (Y71), Dark Sun)

181 DR [Year of the Sinking Islands]
1. The warlord Irikos, the left hand of Rajaat, sacks the city of Bodach, but is killed at the conclusion of the battle. His sword (a creation of Rajaat's), the Silencer, is lost for 2,000 years. (160th King's Age - Mountain's Vengeance (Y73), Dark Sun)

186 DR [Year of Vestigial Wings]
1. The Dead Lands are born. Infuriated at her lack of progress, Rajaat turns research of the Inner Planes over to Qwith's subordinates. Shortly after, an accident of unknown origins opens a gate to the Inner Planes, and obsidian flows across the land for hundreds of miles in each direction until the gate is closed by the Seventh Tree. Thousands die in the disaster. Those killed by obsidian rise as undead through a mysterious power from the Inner Plane. Rajaat's servants arise as the rulers of this land, becoming powerful thinking undead wizards and psions. (161st King's Age - Ral's Fury (Y1), Dark Sun)

199 DR [Year of the Cold Enchanter]
1. Hlondath instigates the Crown Against the Scepter Wars, intent on raiding Cormanthyr for magic. The skirmishes happen once every three years or so, and are more annoying than damaging, but they bleed away forces that could fight the drow of the Twisted Tower.

c. 200 DR
1. (~) Birth of the Athar. Amidst the ruins of the Shattered Temple in Sigil, Dunn and Ciro form the Athar Faction. [TRS2611]

212 DR [Year of Awakening Magic]
1. Elminster Aumar, the legendary Sage of Shadowdale, and prince of Athalantar is born. [TSR9552 p.114] [Novel: Elminster, The Making of a Mage]
2. The port of Murann is established in Amn. [TSR1159b]

216 DR [Year of the Battle Horns]
1. King Uthgrael of Athalantar dies; his sons, the "Warring Princes," begin open battle for the throne.

223 DR [Year of Dark Dreams]
1. Ihundyl, the Mad Mage, is exiled from the Calishite city of Volothamp for his monstrous experiments and his inability to control creatures he summoned from the Abyss. [TSR1159b]

224 DR [Year of the Flaming Forest]
1. Several Tethyrian garrisons in the Tejarn Hills are destroyed by Ihundyl the Mad Mage. [TSR1159b]

227 DR [Year of the Raised Banner]
1. The halfling realm of Meiritin is founded on the eastern shores of what is now known as Lake Esmel. [TSR9561][TSR1159b]
2. Necromancy is born. All life across the obsidian plain is obliterated except for the Seventh Tree, which becomes immune to defiling magic. Soon after, the undead defiler Gretch discovers necromantic magic to replace the loss of defiling magic. (161st King's Age - Silt's Agitation (Y42), Dark Sun)

231 DR [Year of the Mist Dragon]
1.Ihundyl the Mad Mage conquers Meiritin's largest settlement and declares himself ruler of the Calishar Emirates. Mild unrest farther south near Shoonach delays a military response from the Shoon Empire. [TSR1159b]

238 DR [Year of Many Mushrooms]
1. A wandering apprentice, Elminster, and his tutor, Myrjala Dark-Eyes, destroy Ihundyl the Mad Mage. [TSR1159b]

240 DR [Year of the Chosen]
1. Elminster hunts down and kills the magelords of Athalantar. [TSR9552 p.114] [Novel: Elminster, The Making of a Mage]

253 DR [Year of Somber Smiles]
1. The panther Guenhwyvar is transformed into the unique figurine of wondrous power by Andres Beltgarden, a human settler of Cormanthyr. The figurine is granted to the young bladesinger Josidiah Starym.
2. The twelfth Emperor Chin of the Kao Dynasty, faced with defeat in Wa, declares "The Unleashing of Shackles." Wa is recognized as an independent state, and the tattered remains of the Shour Lung Regiment of the Grey Blossom are withdrawn from Wa. (Y1503, Kara-Tur)

257 DR [Year of the Speaking Mountain]
1. Mount Ugruth, a volcano in the Vilhon Reach near Hlondeth, erupts, covering the area with ash for nearly the whole year. [TSR11393]

261 DR [Year of Soaring Stars]
1. Cormanthor becomes the unified city of Myth Drannor with the raising of the mythal.
2. Elven and human mages devise spells needed to sail the skies in this year, and new skyships are seen in Faerûn -- the first such craft outside of Halruua since the fall of Netheril.

275 DR [Year of the Wrath Sword]
1. Lizard Men Cleansing. Keltis (later known as Oronis), 10th Champion of Rajaat believes he exterminates the last of the lizard men. In reality, several tribes survive, protected by the Mind Lords. (162nd King's Age - Friend's Reverence (Y13), Dark Sun)

285 DR [Year of Wasted Pride]
1. The slave-nation of Nimpeth is founded and becomes the first Vilhon city-state to withstand the armies of Chondath. [TSR11393]

292 DR [Year of Frostfires]
1. Gnomes walk the sylvan glades of Myth Drannor for the first time since escaped gnome slaves passed through Cormanthor in Netheril's time.

300 DR [Year of the Late Sun]
1. Minsorran, the "Lands of Balance", a short-lived conclave of different religious orders (to Selûne, Lathander, Shar, and Mystra) is settled around Lake Weng (in Amn). It was one of the first attempts at theocratic rule in western Faerûn and one of few attempts at a pantheonic theocracy outside of Mulhorand. [TSR1159b p.17]

307 DR [Year of Sundered Sails]
1. The Seven, Halaster's apprentices, abandon the surface Hold and enter the dark ways of Undermountain. The tower and surface holdings fall into decay and ruin.. (-725 NR) [TSR1109a]

308 DR [Year of Promise]
1. The Crown Against the Sceptar Wars end as Cormanthyr makes it clear the Hlondathans are to cease or be destroyed by the elves. Until this year, little loss of life occurred during the war, though the Hlondathans were sorely outmatched in weapons and skills.

322 DR [Year of Seven Scales]
1. Wemic Cleansing. Tectuktitlay, 9th Champion of Rajaat destroys the last wemics on Athas. (162nd King's Age - Wind's Slumber (Y60), Dark Sun)

329 DR [Year of the Closed Scroll]
1. Hlondath's grain fields are consumed by the expansion of Anauroch, and the city-state is abandoned, its folk migrating east beyond the Moonsea or south into the Dales and beyond. Once Hlondath itself is overrun by the desert, Anauroch ceases its spread, much to the relief of those in Cormanthyr.

336 DR [Year of the Whipped Cur]

348 DR [Year of the Dagger]
1. Creation of Northkeep in the Dragon Sea.

367 DR [Year of Shying Eyes]
1. The city of Phlan settles on the north shores of the Dragon Sea.

376 DR [Year of the Leaping Hare]
1. Ashar, King of Valashar, extends the borders of the Shoon Imperium to the High Moor by summer. Crown Prince Azoun I of Cormyr leads his army against Ashar, driving Shoonite forces back. [TSR9561 p.44]
{TSR1159a p.30 lists this battle as occurring in 336 DR - "BRJ"}
2. King Azoun of Cormyr mounts a bold campaign that swiftly crushed King Ashar's (Shoon) armies on the Fields of the Dead. [TSR1159a p.30]
{TSR9561 p.44 lists this battle as occurring in 376 DR, however, The Novel Cormyr: A Novel confirms that Azoun I is a Prince in 376DR, not a King. - "BRJ"}

c. 380s DR
1. Chondathan traders help establish Chondathan and Chancelgaunt. [TSR11393]

391 DR [Year of the Azure Cockatrice]
1. Myron of Yorum is replaced as Troll Scorcher by Manu of Deche, later known as Hamanu of Urik. He is given the sword, the Scorcher, created by Rajaat to complete his task. (163rd King's Age - King's Vengeance (Y52), Dark Sun)

c. 400s DR
1. Chondath occupies its northern settlements and defends them against orcs. [TSR11393]

c. 400 DR
1. (~) Jander Sunstar is born on Evermeet, island home of the elves. [Novel: Vampire of the Mists p.98]

400 DR [Year of the Blue Shield]
1. Northkeep is sunk beneath the waves of the Dragon Sea by a horde of dragons and over 40,000 humanoids. The city of Phlan is leveled.

418 DR [Year of the Eagle's Flight]
1. Troll Cleansing. Hamanu, new 4th Champion of Rajaat, kills Windreaver, the last troll of Athas and king of his people. (164th King's Age - Friend's Contemplation (Y2), Dark Sun)

Dark Sun Era: THE AGE OF THE SORCERER-KINGS

419 DR [Year of the Hale Blacksmith]
1. Rkard, the last dwarven king of Kemalok, is slain by Borys of Ebe in mortal combat. Borys himself is gravely injured. The Champion's attendants spirit him from the battlefield leaving his sword, the Scourge, still buried in the dwarf's chest. (164th King's Age - Desert's Vengeance (Y3), Dark Sun)
2. Rajaat Falls. Hamanu tells Borys of Rajaat's true plans for Athas. Becoming aware that Rjaat intends to wipe out all races except the halflings, Borys leads the Champions in a rebellions against their master, from which they emerge victorious. Rajaat's halfling servants are banished to the Black. Despite their power, the children of Rajaat cannot destroy his mortal remains. Instead Rajaat's essence is placed in the Hollow, and his physical remains are placed in the Black Sphere. Gallard hides the Black Sphere in a location known only to him and Borys. Sacha and Wyan, who remained loyal to Rajaat, attempt to release Rajaat from the Black Sphere before it is hidden away. Their plan is discovered and they are beheaded by Borys. (164th King's Age - Desert's Vengeance (Y3), Dark Sun)
3. Birth of Sorcerer-kings. Through the use of the Dark Lens, Borys rewards the remaining Champions by beginning their transformation into sorcerer-kings. This process links each of them to living vortices, which allows them to grant their followers clerical/templar spells. (164th King's Age - Desert's Vengeance (Y3), Dark Sun)
4. The Dragon of Athas. The Champions realize that Rajaat's prison will not hold. Even segmented, Rajaat's power is supreme and he would one day be free. Hence, the Champions once again used the Dark Lens to transform Borys into the Dragon, whose power would keep Rajaat imprisoned for all time. Borys' transformation causes him to become temporarily insane, beginning a century of rampages across the land. (164th King's Age - Desert's Vengeance (Y3), Dark Sun)
5. Two dwarven knights named Jor'orsh and Sa'ram steal the Dark Lens. (164th King's Age - Desert's Vengeance (Y3), Dark Sun)
6. The remaining sorcerer-kings each claim a city of Athas and barricade it from the rampaging Dragon. (164th King's Age - Desert's Vengeance (Y3), Dark Sun)

c. 450s DR
1. Many corrupt wizards and officials from the Shoon Empire flee to the Inner Sea lands, settling everywhere. [TSR11393]
2. Many ships sunk by vengeful folk, resulting in hoards of treasure sinking into the Inner Sea. [TSR11393]

450 DR [Year of the Corrie Fist]
1. Shoon Empire collapses. Start of the Seventh Age of Calimshan. [TSR9561]

459 DR [Year of the Blodded Dagger]
1. The River Rauvin bridge grows into Silver Village. [TSR9562]

472 DR [Year of Full Cellars]
1. Irrigation of the farms starts and extensive building begins around Waterdeep Harbor. (-560 NR) [TSR1109a]

473 DR [Year of the Crowned Knave]
1. Lead by Abalach-Re of Raam, the sorcerer-kings attack Guistenal and kill Dregoth, Ravager of Giants, just before he is to become a 30th-leve Dragon. The battle destroys the city, the land, and most of its population. Afterwards, Hamanu throws the Scorcher into the Silt Sea. (164th King's Age - Friend's Fury (Y57), Dark Sun)
2. With the aid of his high templar Mon Adderath, Dregoth is returned to life as an undead dragon king. The surviving populace is gathered soon after, and construction of New Guistenal begins. (164th King's Age - Friend's Fury (Y57), Dark Sun)

482 DR [Year of the Blighted Vine]
1. Delthuntle and Laothkund independent in this year. [TSR11393]

498 DR [Year of the Unstrung Bow]
1. Borys emerges from his insanity and learns Rajaat's prison is on the verge of collapse. Soon after he collects a levy of 1,000 slaves from each sorcerer-king, using their lifeforce to reseal the First Sorcerer's prison on a yearly basis. (165th King's Age - Wind's Defiance (Y5), Dark Sun)

504 DR [Year of the Eclipsed Heart]
1. Teth and Nethra independent in this year. [TSR11393]

533 DR [Year of the Shattered Manacles]
1. The Mameluk slave warriors overthrow the rulers of Calimport and other major cities of the region and establish a free country without slaves. [TSR9589]

535 DR [Year of the Upright Man]
1. Milvarn founded with the settlement of Milvarune by Aubayreer the Mage-King. [TSR11393]

574 DR [Year of the Gored Griffon]
1. Silver Village expands and becomes Silverymoon. [TSR9562]

c. 600 DR
1. Open sea travel becomes common with development of better ships to sail farther from the coasts. Trade lanes established within twenty-five years. [TSR11393]
2. (~) The elf Jander Sunstar becomes a vampire and slave to his master, Cassiar. [Novel: Vampire of the Mists p.98]

600 DR [Year of Fire and Frost]
1. A freak blizzard buries the Lake Weng (in Amn) area in snow for months. When the passes were cleared, the four holy cities of Minsorran were deserted, with no evidence of slaughter or plague to explain their people's disappearance. (They were eaten by a white dragon.) [TSR1159b p.17]

611 DR [Year of the Normiir]
1. Amlaruil Moonflower is born on Evermeet.

640 DR [Year of the Fanged Beast]
1. First mining and trading encampments at site that will become Zhentil Keep. [TSR1120a]
2. (~) Realmspace: Princess Amlaruil spots the Spelljammer over the Evermeet coast. [Novel: The Radiant Dragon p122,123]

642 DR [Year of the Sifting Sands]
1. Nytholops takes the throne as Mage King of Milvarn. [TSR11393]

647 DR [Year of the Wayward Heart]
1. The Nation of Barovia is founded on an unknown world by the ancestors of Strahd von Zarovich. (1 BY, Ravenloft)

659 DR [Year of the Hunting Ghosts]
1. Known as the Year of Mage's Dawning in Silverymoon, 30 wizards from Myth Drannor and 20 wizards from elsewhere in the Realms migrate to the Gem of the North, and begin establishing its role as a sister city to Myth Drannor and a center of magical and mundane learning. [TSR9558]

661 DR [Year of the Bloody Tusk]
1. Height of Myth Drannor's peace and prosperity. [TSR9558]
2. Ogres from the Cloud Peaks and Small Teeth sack the towns of Imnescar and Trademeet (in Amn). [TSR1159b]
{TSR1159b incorrectly lists this year as [Year of the Tusk] which is 112DR - "BRJ"}

667 DR [Year of Austere Ceremonies]
1. By early summer, the Council of Twelve now rules over Myth Drannor, crafting a new form of representative government. The city is without a Coronal for the first time in its existence. [TSR9558]

668 DR [Year of the Telling Tome]
1. Wizards begin mysteriously disappearing this year from Myth Drannor and all of Cormanthyr; the only clue is that all the visible gates throughout the city crackle ominously and flash blue lightning within their boundaries. (In truth, Halaster Blackcloak of Undermountain is abducting wizards at random and banishing them to the Underhalls.) [TSR9558]

671 DR [Year of the Shrouded Slayer]
1. Travelers frequently pass between Ascalhorn and Silverymoon, and trade opens up with the dwarves. [TSR9562]

679 DR [Year of the Scarlet Sash]
1. End of second Untheric Empire as Unther is forced to recognize the independence of the North Coast cities on the southern fringes of the Yuirwood (Delthuntle to Laothkund). [TSR9558][TSR11393]

[Era: The Age of Humanity] 700 to 1358 DR
With the elven and dwarven empires in decline, this era marks a dramatic increase in human expansion on Toril. The High God Ao, opened Realmspace to races from other worlds. With these immigrants, came their faith in new gods. This era started and concluded on two prominent events involving the Faerûnian pantheon of gods, The Dawn Cataclysm and The Time of Troubles.

c. 700 DR
1. (~) The Dawn Cataclysm: Amaunator is reborn as Lathander, and attempts to gain control of Faerûnian Pantheon. The Gods War. Tyche is corrupted by Moander. Selune splits Tyche into Tymora and Beshaba. [WTC11836, p.264]
2. (~) Jergal relinquishes throne. Bane, Myrkul, and Bhaal ascend to godhood.
3. (~) Jander Sunstar slays his vampire master Cassiar, and journeys to Waterdeep in search of a cure. [Novel: Vampire of the Mists p.187,188]

703 DR [Year of the Shambling Ice]
1. In an attempt to increase her power, Sielba, Queen of Yaramuke attacks Urik. Hamanu easily defeats her army and personally slays the sorcerer-queen. On the heels of victory, Urik's army sacks Yaramuke and burns the city to the ground. To appease the Dragon's wrath for killing a sorcerer-queen, Hamanu presents Borys with a levy of Yaramuke's riches, which pleases the beast and spares Urik.. (167th King's Age - Ral's Agitation (Y56), Dark Sun)

710 DR [Year of the Toppled Throne]
1. Full summoning of the Army of Darkness begins north of the Dragon's Sea, and they march by year's end.
2. The tanar'ri balor Chare'en arrives in Toril to join the Army of Darkness. [Novel: The Glass Prison p.234]

711 DR [Year of Despairing Elves]
1. Late in the autumn of this year, the Army of Darkness overruns the mining and trading encampments on the western Moonsea (the site that will become Zhentil Keep). By early winter, the first incursions into Cormanthor have begun. [TSR9558]
2. The Weeping War begins on the Feast of the Moon with the Northern Massacres campaign as the Army of Darkness engages many elf patrols and destroys many elf villages and clan enclaves. [TSR9558]

712 DR [Year of the Lost Lance]
1. The Weeping War continues through the year, resulting in the deaths of many heroes and the collective Harpers at Twilight. There are four major campaigns this year, and Myth Drannor nearly falls prey to the Army of Darkness. [TSR9558]

713 DR [Year of the Firedrake]
1. The Weeping War rages on.
2. After more than 200 years, the Twisted Tower falls once again to the dark elves, marking the refounding of the Lands Under Shadow in western Cormanthor. [TSR9558]

714 DR [Year of Doom]
1. The final campaigns of the elves and allies against the Army of Darkness see the reestablishment of Elven Court as the seat of elf power in Cormanthyr while Myth Drannor falls under siege by the Army of Darkness. [TSR9558]

719 DR [Year of the Lost Lord]
1. Lurskas becomes Milvarn's new Mage King. [TSR11393]

720 DR [Year of the Dawn Rose]
1. The Gathering of the Gods at the Dancing Place signals the refounding of the Harpers at the request of some elves from Elven Court. [TSR9558]
2. The sylvan community of Elventree is founded as a site for the elves of Elven Court to continue interaction with their allied races (since Elven Court now is prohibited to the presence of non-elves) and as a trading site. [TSR9558]
3. Myth Lharast is overrun by evil lycanthrope hordes; "lightning bolts from the moon" blast Myth Lharast out of existence. [TSR1159b]

722 DR [Year of the Last Hunt]
1. Borys uses the booty gained from Yaramuke to build Ur Draxa, which becomes the greatest city on all of Athas. At the center of the city Borys places the Black Sphere for him and his city to protect. (167th King's Age - Silt's Defiance (Y75), Dark Sun)

723 DR [Year of the Underdark Afire]
1. The sorcerer-kings call for a jihad against the druids of Athas. For the next three centuries the blood of druids across the land stains the sands red in what would be known as the Eradication. (167th King's Age - Enemy's Reverence (Y76), Dark Sun)

729 DR [Year of the Twisted Horn]
1. World Righteousness. Claiming to be the moral compass of the world, the nation of Istar installs a Kingpriest. (280 PC, Dragonlance)

747 DR [Year Stagnate Water]
1. Flostren's Hold (later named Zhentil Keep) built. It survives several orc and ogre attacks. [TSR1120a]

c 750 DR
1. (~) The Great Upheaval. Nearly fifty factions fight for control of Sigil and war threatens to destroy the city. At the conclusion of the war, The Lady of Pain allows only fifteen factions to remain in the city. Over 17,000 died. (Planescape) [TRS2629][TRS2611]

751 DR [Year of Good Tidings]
1. Zhentar comes to Flostren's Hold and becomes Lord. [TSR1120a]

752 DR [Year of High Treachery]
1. Thieves steal Aubayreer's Workbook from the royal libraries of Milvarune. [TSR11393]

753 DR [Year of Strife]
1. Lord Zhentar is slain by sorcerous agent of Sembians. Flostren's Hold renamed Zhentil Keep to honor memory of Zhentar. The Dark Shrine, temple to Bane, is founded by High Priest Brest, as prophesied. [TSR1120a]

755 DR [Year of the Enigma]
1. Tregas Spellseer begins construction on Castle Spellseer in Amn, a few miles south of Tethyr Road. [TSR9544 p.5][TSR1159b]

756 DR [Year of the Learning Post]
1. First fisherfolk settle in Milvarn and the areas that will become Aglarond. [TSR11393]

760 DR [Year of Drifting Stars]
1. Amn conquers the former land of Cortryn, bringing its borders almost to their current state. [TSR1159b]
2. After years of study, Dregoth finally deciphers halfling records found in the caverns beneath Guistenal. The end result is the creation of the first generation dray, which Dregoth deems a failure and banishes to Kragmorta. (168th King's Age - Desert's Fury (Y36), Dark Sun)

778 DR [Year of Awaiting Webs]
1. A young Alustriel defends herself from Irlar, a priest of Bane. As a result, she is welcomed into the Harpers. The goddess Tyche is still a whole entity at this time. [Novel: Elminster in Hell p.182]

779 DR [Year of the Crying Sphinx]
1. Folk begin emigrating from Ascalhorn due to the abuses of the town archwizards. [TSR9562]

792 DR [Year of the Crimson Thorn]
1. The thri-kreen prophet Ka'Cha begins the first of several journeys across the Tablelands to spread the word of peace and enlightenment to the thri-kreen, as well as other races. (168th King's Age - Friend's Defiance (Y68), Dark Sun)

795 DR [Year of the Firehawk]
1. Construction of Castle Spellseer is completed. [TSR9544 p.5]

796 DR [Year of the Gray Mists]
1. Merrydale becomes Daggerdale following Vampire infestation. [Novel: Vampire of the Mists]

798 DR [Year of the Holy Aspergill]
1. Overking crowned in Rauxes; frontiers of Great Kingdom reach Greyhawk City. (1 CY, Greyhawk)

c. 800 DR
1. Sammaster First-Speaker, founder of the Cult of the Dragon, is born, though the location and exact date of his birth are lost to time.
2. Drow influence in the Abasha valley at its height.

801 DR [Year of the Star Rose]
1. After several more failures, Dregoth succeeds in his experiments, and the second generation of dray are created in his own image. (168th King's Age - Guthay's Agitation (Y77), Dark Sun)

834 DR [Year of the Leaping Lion]
1. Castle Greatstead (Grimstead) built on the borders of Shadowdale.

836 DR [Year of Twelve Bells]
1. The necromancer Kartak Spellseer "the All-Seeing" is tried and convicted of a string of murders. Kartak escapes and disappears into the Kuldin Peaks. [TSR9544 p.3]

838 DR [Year of the Unfettered Genie]
1. Tregas Spellseer II changes the family name to 'Spulzeer' to distance the family from the Spellseer reputation. [TSR9544 p.6]

856 DR [Year of Thorns]
1. Kartak Spellseer becomes a lich. [TSR9544 p.6]

863 DR [Year of the Wondrous Sea]
1. The Chultan city of Mezro disappears.

864 DR [Year of the Broken Branch]
1. Castle Grimstead destroyed by drow.
2. Rysellan the Dark founds the Twisted Rune. One of the Rune's earliest lairs lies deep beneath Calimport in what was once an ancient drow temple. [TSR9589]

882 DR [Year of the Curse]
1. Ascalhorn becomes Hellgate Keep. [TSR9562]
2. Ammarindar and Eaerlann fall. [TSR9562]
3. Nimoar's Hold built at Waterdeep Bay. The city walls expand around the Hold and the city's perimeter. (-150 NR) [TSR1109a]

884 DR [Year of the Singing Arrows]
1. The elves destroy a large mercenary force in Sembia.

889 DR [Year of the Shining Shield]
1. Dregoth, Ravager of Giants, discovers the planar gate. After a decade of research, he uses the device to travel the Outer Planes for the next 19 centuries. (170th King's Age - Guthay's Slumber (Y11), Dark Sun)

891 DR [Year of the Leaning Keep]
1. Manifest Virtue. The Kingpriest declares Evil an affront to both gods and mortals. Those guilty of offenses on his list of Evil acts--the Proclamation of Manifest Virtue--face confiscation of their lands and property, slavery, execution, or the gladiatorial arena. Priests of Istar begin losing their clerical magic as they drift away from the teachings of their gods and become merely the Kingpriest's enforcement squad. (118 PC, Dragonlance)

896 DR [Year of the Empty Hand]
1. Extensive poverty and famine from here to 900 DR.

900 DR [Year of the Thirsty Sword]
1. Widespread war; strong leaders emerge.

902 DR [Year of the Queen's Tears]
1. Sammaster's researches into necromancy result in the first successful Cult dracolich, Shargrailar.
2. The Rotting War in Chondath splinters that country, and Sespech declares itself independent. Chondathan and Chancelgaunt also gain their independence from Chondath. [TSR11393]
[Novel: Realms of the Arcane "The Wispering Crown"]

906 DR [Year of the Plough]
1. Drow driven from the Twisted Tower. Shadowdale founded.

913 DR [Year of the Watching Raven]
1. Sembia founded under the Raven Banner. Chondathan and Chancelgaunt become Saerloon and Selgaunt. [TSR11393]

915 DR [Year of the Bats]
1. Extermination of Evil Races. The Kingpriest adds a clause to the Proclamation of Manifest Virtue, stating that certain races are inherently Evil and must be exterminated. Hunters work to eliminate these creatures and earn high bounties. (94 PC, Dragonlance)

916 DR [Year of the Sinhala]
1. Sammaster and an avatar of the Morninglord do battle. Sammaster's actions would the avatar slightly before the avatar obliterates Sammaster.

920 DR [Year of Great Riches]
1. The goddess Waukeen appears on Shieldmeet and establishes the Merchant's Peace at Trademeet. [TSR1159b]

922 DR [Year of the Spouting Fish]
1. Battle of Thazalhar in Thay. Red Wizards declares Thay independence from Mulhorand.

926 DR [Year of the Fearless Peasant]
1. City-state of Telflamm founded. [TSR11393]

929 DR [Year of Flashing Eyes]
1. Chessenta successfully rebels against Unther and gains independence. [TSR11393]

932 DR [Year of the Fireslaughter]
1. First Trollwar: After a number attacks on the city, Waterdeep forces clear the Evermoors of trolls, burning miles of land bare while slaying the everlasting ones. (-100 NR) [TSR1109a]
2. Thayan city of Kensten renamed Bezantur. [TSR11393]

934 DR [Year of Fell Wizardry]
1. Mulmaster is founded.
2. First Thayvian invasion of Rashemen

937 DR [Year of the Turning Wheel]
1. Thesk founded with the Alliance of the Cities of the Golden Way. Milvarune, former capital of Milvarn, becomes Thesk's "capital." Milvarn is largely dissolved at this time, though it still provides some defense for the fisherfolk south of the river Umber. Lurskas retains the title of High Mage of Milvarune and Mage-King of Milvarn until his death. [TSR11393]

938 DR [Year of the Unhanged Man]
1. After being nearly wiped from the face of Athas, the remaining druids of the land go into hiding for the next 1,000 years to a secret location in the Forest Ridge. (170th King's Age - Wind's Slumber (Y60), Dark Sun)

940 DR [Year of the Cold Claws]
1. Second Trollwar: This year sees the start of the continual troll raids and strife that last more than a decade; during this time, the name Waterdeep comes into common usage. (-92 NR) [TSR1109a]
2. Ashaba, first Lord of Shadowdale, merges with river.

945 DR [Year of the Foolish Bridegroom]
1. Strahd von Zarovich is born in Barovia. (299 BY, Ravenloft)

963 DR [Year of the Deadly Duo]
1. The construction of Castle Waterdeep begins around the site of Nimoar's Hold. (-69 NR) [TSR1109a]

966 DR [Year of the Squire]
1. The Tergs invade Barovia, conquering the ancestral lands of the Von Zarovich family. (320 BY, Ravenloft)

967 DR [Year of the Tearful Princess]
1. Strahd von Zarovich leads the armies of Barovia in battle against the Tergs in an attempt to reclaim his ancestral lands. (321 BY, Ravenloft)

974 DR [Year of the Haunting Harpy]
1. Castle Waterdeep is completed at High Harvestide. (-58 NR) [TSR1109a]

975 DR [Year of the Bent Coin]
1. Telflamm established as a royal city-state.
2. Daskinor Goblin Death slips into insanity following this year's levy, and builds an army to slay the Dragon upon his return the following year. Borys learns of the plot, and not needing the levy to maintain Rajaat's prison, never returns. (171st King's Age - Silt's Reverence (Y20), Dark Sun)
3. Keltis, Lizard Man Executioner, has an attack of conscience and denounces being a sorcerer-king. Over the next centuries he strives to become something more noble. Because of the actions of nearby Daskinor, Borys never returns to Kurn and both cities become isolated from the rest of Athas. (171st King's Age - Silt's Reverence (Y20), Dark Sun)

976 DR [Year of the Slaying Spells]
1. Mulhorandi invasion of Thay repelled.

979 DR [Year of the Marching Forest]
1. Tatyana Federovna born in village of Barovia. (333 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: Vampire of the Mists p.217]

990 DR [Year of the Muster]
1. A Siege on Sorcery. Urged on by the Kingpriest, the people of Ansalon lay siege to the five Towers of High Sorcery. The mages within the Ruins and Daltigoth, not willing to let the mobs unleash magic's fury, destroy the Towers. Fearful that rampant magic use might arise if all Towers are destroyed, the Kingpriest grants the mages safe exile if they leave the other Towers intact. A Black-Robed wizard lays a curse upon the Tower at Palanthas: Falling from the tower's top, he impales himself on the front gate, barring all from the Tower until the "Master of the Past and Present" should return. The Kingpriest claims the Tower of Istar for his abode. Only the Tower of Wayreth in Qualinesti remains in the hands of wizards. (19 PC, Dragonlance)

992 DR [Year of the Watching Helm]
1. Heralds of Faerûn Created. {FOR4 Code of the Harpers incorrectly lists this event as occuring in 996 DR - "BRJ"}

993 DR [Year of the Slain Mountain]
1. The defeated Tergs are driven from Barovia. Strahd claims the throne as his reward. (347 BY, Ravenloft)

997 DR [Year of the Fearful Harper]
1. Count Strahd von Zarovich makes a pact with Death, becoming a vampire, and the Demiplane of Dread is born. (351 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire]

1000 DR [Year of the Wailing Winds]
1. (~) The archmage Ultham creates the artifact The Magical Chessmen of Ultham-Urre in Chessenta.

1001 DR [Year of the Awakening]
1. Many ruins discovered and old magic and undead released.
2. The fiend Gargauth is discovered trapped in a pit in the nation of Peleveran (south of Chessenta).

1008 DR [Year of the Treacherous Path]
1. The Last Days. The Kingpriest tries to elevate himself to godhood and command the pantheon to do his bidding. Wrathful, the gods send thirteen omens to warn the doomed people, but no one heeds the signs. True priests disappear from Ansalon on the Night of Doom, called to the heavens by their gods. The Solamnic Knight Lord Soth, though given the chance to save Krynn from the Cataclysm, refuses. (1 PC, Dragonlance)

Dragonlance Era: THE AGE OF DESPAIR (0AC to 0SC)

1009 DR [Year of the Broken Spear]
1. First Cataclysm. The populace of Ansalon, failing to recognize the signs of disaster sent by the gods, seals its doom. From the heavens, a fiery mountain is launched upon the nation of Istar. The impact drags the entire realm to the depths of the new Blood Sea. Ergoth, torn from the mainland in the upheaval, becomes two great isles. Water floods into central Ansalon, forming the New Sea and shrinking the plains. Waters inundate most of Balifor, then recede, leaving only a desert waste. All creatures, Good and Evil, hide in mortal terror. (0 AC, Dragonlance)
2. Lord Soth becomes a Death Knight. (0 AC, Dragonlance)
2. Krynnspace: The Cataclysm is one of the most horrible, and best-documented disasters in the Radiant Triangle. Growing conflicts between the gods of Krynn, and various powerful individuals on the planet resulted in a series of magic storms that nearly ripped the planet apart. Spelljamming (what little there was) came to a very abrupt stop. Kyrnnish gnomes would return to space about a century later, but not in great numbers. (0 AC, Dragonlance)

1010 to 1310 DR
1. The Shadow Years. Famine and plague spread across the continent. Ansalon becomes a land of distrust and hatred. The Knights of Solamnia are widely persecuted for failing to save Krynn from the Cataclysm. Scholars of Solace and Haven begin the Seeker movement, which leads folk to adopt new gods and new political leadership: the Seeker Theocracy. (1 to 300 AC, Dragonlance)

1010 DR [Year of Three Signs]
1. Laborers finish the extensive harbor fortifications at Midsummer, and the Free City of Waterdeep is officially established. (-22 NR) [TSR1109a]
2. Age of Great Sorrow Commences (213 CY, Greyhawk)

1018 DR [Year of the Dracorage]
1. The fiend Gargauth is released, who summons a horde of abishai baatezu to take control of Peleveran.
2. Rage of Dragons in Faerûn and the Heartlands; Peleveran is destroyed.
3. A great Flight of Dragons assaults Zhentil Keep. The old Keep is destroyed, but the city is saved by its wizards and priests of Bane. The Cult of the Dragon is widely blamed for the devastation.
4. Death(?) of Tchazzar, unifier of Chessenta.
5. The Seventh Age of Calimshan ends and the Eighth Age begins. [TSR9561]

1019 DR [Year of the Sure Quarrel]
1. Assassin wars in the South; many satraps killed by crossbow-wielding thieves.

1020 DR [Year of Smoldering Spells]
1. Thay develops much of its unique fire magic.

1021 DR [Year of the Howling Axe]
1. Thay strikes against the Harpers; liches walk the Heartlands.
2. Harpers go underground.

1022 DR [Year of the Wandering Wyvern]
1. Refounding of the Harpers.

1028 DR [Year of the Wistful Nymph]
1. Firan Zal'honan, whom later becomes Azalin the lich, is born. (231 CY, Greyhawk) [Novel: King of the Dead]

1030 DR [Year of Warlords]
1. Establishment of Zulkirs as ruling body of Thay.
2. Aencar becomes warlord of Battledale.

1032 DR [Year of the Nightmaidens]
1. Ahghairon declares himself first Lord of Waterdeep. Northreckoning begins. (0 NR) [TSR1109a]

1038 DR [Year of Spreading Spring]
1. A rotational shift of Toril causes a slight but permanent change in the world's climatic patterns. Global temperatures rise, causing the Great Glacier to melt and recede; the lands of Vasa, Damara, and Narfell become free of ice. (3588 UC)
2. Large-scale immigration begins to lands freed of ice.
3. Aencar begins to unify the Dales, takes the title "Mantled King."

1043 DR [Year of the Dark Rider]
1. Firan Zal'honan accidentally causes his brother Irik's torturous death. Firan is apprenticed to Quantarius (246 CY, Greyhawk) [Novel: King of the Dead]

1044 DR [Year of Singing Shards]
1. Aencar the Mantled King dies.
2. Dales split up into independent, though allied, communities.

1048 DR [Year of the Chevalier]
2. The Dwarfgate War. The humans and hill dwarves of Xak Tsaroth flee south, seeking refuge in Thorbardin to avoid the ravage of barbarians and famine. The mountain dwarves--unable to feed their own citizens, let alone thousands of refugees--bar their gates. The evil mage Fistandantilus, from his fortress in Zhaman, rallies the refugees and launches an assault on Thorbardin. When, after weeks of devastating magical warfare, it seems that the wizard will fail, he looses four great spells that not only devastate his enemies but obliterate himself, his allies, and Zhaman as well. The Skullcap is formed from the melted mountain keep. (39 AC, Dragonlance)

"As best as I can tell, you have the fourth piece of the Wand of Seven Parts, which originated on Oerth. If I were you, I'd sell it before its curse takes effect. . . . Oh? I'm sorry to hear that."

-C. Bronwen Ellensdatter, Wizard-Arcanist

1051 DR [Year of the Dodged Search]
1. The Viceroyalty of Ferrond, wins its independence from the Great Kingdom, and becomes the Kingdom of Furyondy. (254 CY, Greyhawk)

1065 DR [Year of the Watching Wood]
1. Brindor is first king of Aglarond.

1072 DR [Year of the Shattered Goblet]
1. Jander Sunstar returns to the Waterdeep Asylum to 'feed' and encounters Anna for the first time. [Novel: Vampire of the Mists p.5]

1074 DR [Year of the Tightening Fist]
1. Zulkirs quell rebellions and rule in Thay.

1080 DR [Year of the Misguided Archer]
1. Firan Zal'honan returns to home kingdom of Knurl to rule. Firan's people call him Azal'Lan, or wizard king. (283 CY, Greyhawk) [Novel: King of the Dead]

1090 DR [Year of Slaughter]
1. The Battle of the Bones.
2. Followers of Malar mount the Great Hunt.

1095 DR [Year of the Dawndance]
1. The Skeletal Finger thieves' guild wreaks havoc across Tethyr and Amn from hideouts in Small Teeth. [TSR1159b]

1097 DR [Year of the Gleaming Crown]
1. Imphras crowned king of Impiltur.

1098 DR [Year of the Rose] [Campaign Hook: Ravenloft - Forgotten Realms]
1. Jander Sunstar enters The Mists and enters the Demiplane of Dread. (452 BY, Ravenloft) [TSR9552 p.36] [Novel: Vampire of the Mists]

1099 DR [Year of the Restless]
1. New trade routes forged.
2. First modern contact with Kara-Tur and Zakhara.

1104 DR [Year of the Dark Dawn]
1. Birth of Zulkir Szass Tam of Thay.

1110 DR [Year of the Bloody Fields]
1. As prophesied, many battles were fought this year.

1116 DR [Year of the Empty Scabbard]
1. The Heralds break from the Harpers.
2. The Vistana Madame Eva forges an alliance with Strahd von Zarovich. (470 BY, Ravenloft)

"Chessenta is a mosaic of a nation that was made by ten different artists, all of them blindfolded."

-Heptios, mage of Cimbar

1117 DR [Year of the Twelverule]
1. Chessenta breaks up into city-states through 1154 DR.
2. Nomads appear in north, outer dependencies of Aerdy gain sovereignty (320 CY, Greyhawk)

1150 DR [Year of the Scourge]
1. A virulent plague strikes Silverymoon, resulting in the death of nearly half its population. [TSR9562]
2. Plague throughout the Sword Coast.
3. Worship of Talona and Loviatar soars.
4. Khelben Arunsun the Elder arrives and settles in Waterdeep, building Arunsun Tower (later known as Blackstaff Tower). (118 NR) [TSR1109a]

1159 DR [Year of the Tattered Banners]
1. Zulkir Szass Tam of Thay becomes a lich after being seriously wounded in a failed invasion of Rashemen.

1161 DR [Year of the Quiet Earth]
1. Merith Strongbow, eldest of the Knights of Myth Drannor, born.

1164 DR [Year of Long Shadows]
1. Immursk, greatest of Inner Sea pirates, begins his piracy career.
2. Voonlar founded.

1179 DR [Year of the Stalking Satyr]
1. As a precursor to the Harpstar Wars, a group of maulagrym attack Arunsun Tower in Waterdeep. They are defeated and banished from Faerûn by Khelben, Elminster, and a number of mages of Waterdeep (including Hamiklar Wands, the father of Maskar). (147 NR) [TSR1109a]

1182 DR [Year of the Tomb]
1. Cities of Calishman recognize the rule of the pasha of Calimport.
2. The Malaugrym appear in Faerûn.
3. The Harpstar Wars begin.
4. Trade roads now link Amn and Tethyr to the Sword Coast cities of Baldur's Gate, Dragonspear Castle, and Ahghairon's city of Waterdeep. [TSR1159b]

1188 DR [Year of the Soft Fogs] [Campaign Hook: Ravenloft - Greyhawk]
1. Azalin the Lich enters Ravenloft (Barovia) and the service of Strahd. (542 BY, Ravenloft) (391 CY, Greyhawk) [Novel: King of the Dead]

1194 DR [Year of the Bloody Wave]
1. Battle of the Singing Sands: Aglarond beats Thay.

1197 DR [Year of the Sundered Shields]
1. Battle of Brokenheads: Aglarond beats Thay.

1201 DR [Year of Embers]
1. Death of Immursk the Pirate aboard his ship, while fighting a Sembian warship.
2. (~) Harkon Lukas, later a darklord of Ravenloft, is born in Cormyr.

1203 DR [Year of the Gold Sash]
1. After 13 years of guild wars and trade wars, Calimshan's regional rulers break away from the pasha of Calimport and establish independent city-states. [TSR9561]

1209 DR [Year of the Blazing Banners]
1. The (naval) Battle of the Fallen.
2. Destruction of Urdogen's pirates.

1216 DR [Year of Green Wings] [Campaign Hook: Ravenloft - Dark Sun]
1. In an effort to increase his power, Kalid-Ma attempts to further his dragon metamorphosis to a power near that of Borys of Ebe. The attempt is successful, but his mind is destroyed in the process. The dragon that was Kalid-Ma destroys his city of Kalidnay and begins to move into the rest of the Tyr region. The creature is later slain by the combined efforts of Borys of Ebe, Kalak of Tyr, and Hammanu of Urik. (174th King's Age - King's Contemplation (Y30), Dark Sun)
2. To earn the undying devotion of Kalid-Ma, his most loyal Templar Thakok-An sacrificed her family on top of the sorcerer-kings ziggurat while Kalid-Ma completed his dragon metamorphosis in the chamber below. Anguished cries rose from the city below, as the ziggurat cracked and a wave of powerful defiler magic swept outward from the ziggurat. The people of Kalidnay were completely drained of life force. That night, the city of Kalidnay reforms in Ravenloft, Thakok-An its only living occupant. (570 BY, Ravenloft) (174th King's Age - King's Contemplation (Y30), Dark Sun)
3. With the loss of Kalidnay, the levy to keep Rajaat imprisoned becomes a firm 1,000 slaves from the seven remaining sorcerer-kings.

1222 DR [Year of the Horn]
1. The Cult of the Dragon attacks the Harpers, who have fallen under the sway of the self-styled Harper King, the lich Thavverdasz. The subsequent arrivals of first Szass Tam and then Elminster result in a significant defeat for the Cult.
2. The Harpstar Wars end with the destruction of the Harper King.

1225 DR [Year of the Winged Worm]
1. Azalin abandons Strahd, and Darkon is formed. (579 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: King of the Dead]
2. The domain of Mordent is formed. (579 BY, Ravenloft)

1229 DR [Year of the Carrion Crow]
1. Manshoon of Zhentil Keep is born. [TSR1120a]
2. The monster Adam abducts Elise. (583 BY, Ravenloft)

1232 DR [Year of the Weeping Wives]
1. Destruction of Sessrendale by Arcendale.

1234 DR [Year of the Full Flagon]
1. Turmoil Between Crowns. (437 CY, Greyhawk)

1235 DR [Year of the Black Horde]
1. Waterdeep is besieged for nine months by the largest orc horde in recorded history. (193 NR) [TSR1109a]

1237 DR [Year of the Grotto]
1. Thesk and Aglarond enter into alliance.

1241 DR [Year of the Lost Lady]
1. A well-respected Tethyrian noblewoman is captured and slain by orcs. In her memory, orcs are wiped out throughout the South in a genocidal slaughter. Orcs call this the Year of Pushing Too Far.

1242 DR [Year of the Yellow Rose]
1. Monastery of the Yellow Rose founded in Damara.

1243 DR [Year of the Blue Dragon]
1. Rule of the venerable wyrm Anaglathos in Turmish.

1244 DR [Year of the Defiant Keep]
1. Founding of the Iron League. Bandit Kings sack Trigol. Rise of the Sea Princes. (447 CY, Greyhawk)

1245 DR [Year of Pain]
1. Loviatar worship gains great popularity; Most of the modern temples in the North are founded at this time.

1246 DR [Year of Burning Steel]
1. First recorded use of bombards by Lantan.

1247 DR [Year of the Purple Basilisk]
1. Anaglathos overthrown in Turmish by popular rebellion and slain by adventurers.

1248 DR [Year of the Cockatrice]
1. Verovan, last king of Westgate, dies.
2. Guilds are formed in Waterdeep.

1252 DR [Year of the Empty Goblet]
1. Vine-blight destroys grape crop; No wine!

1253 DR [Year of Beckoning Death]
1. Plague Year in Cormyr, Sembia and the Vast

1254 DR [Year of Silent Steel]
1. Rising power of thieves' guilds results in many assassinations.

1257 DR [Year of the Killing Wave]
1. Tidal wave strikes Calimshan.

1259 DR [Year of the Vigilant Fist]
1. The evil of Harkon Lukas is embraced as the domain of Kartakass is formed. (613 BY, Ravenloft)

1260 DR [Year of the Broken Blade]
1. Many peace treaties signed this year.
2. Halacar of Aglarond is poisoned; his sister, Ilione, tutor to the Simbul, takes the throne.

1261 DR [Year of Bright Dreams]
1. With Zhentil Keep under his thumb, Manshoon created the Zhentarim. The Black Network is Manshoon's tool for getting complete domination over the Dalelands and beyond. [TSR9552 p.47]

1262 DR [Year of the Black Wind]
1. Guilds wars in Waterdeep
2. Killing storm raised by a Calishite mage.

1263 DR [Year of the Tressym]
1. Fzoul Chembryl steps forward in Zhentil Keep to take up the reins of authority of the Dark Shrine of Bane. [TSR1120a]

1273 DR [Year of the Wagon]
1. Magisters founded in Waterdeep.
2. Joadath noted as being lord of Shadowdale.

1276 DR [Year of the Crumbling Keep]
1. Might of Iuz grows, humanoid invasions become common. (479 CY, Greyhawk)
2. The Sea of Sorrows appears to the west of the Core. (630 BY, Ravenloft)

1280 DR [Year of the Manticore]
1. Thay nearly conquers Mulhorand before being repulsed.
2. Old Skull Inn built in Shadowdale.

1281 DR [Year of the Cold Soul]
{ Icewind Dale, the computer game from Interplay, is set in 1281DR}

1288 DR [Year of the Roaring Horn]
1. Last ogre Tharkul falls.
2. Human kingdom of Thar established.

1290 DR [Year of the Whelm]
1. Dragonspear Castle falls.

1296 DR [Year of the Black Hound]
1. Egg Theft. Evil dragons raid the homes of good dragons and steal their eggs, which they hide beneath the Lords of Doom volcanic peaks in the Khalkist Mountains. (287 AC, Dragonlance)

1297 DR [Year of the Singing Skull]
1. First recorded mention of the dark elf, Drizzt Do'Urden. [Novels: The Dark Elf Trilogy]

1298 DR [Year of the Pointed Bone]
1. The Shadow Thieves, a group of thieves, bandits, and assassins centered in Amn, is nearly destroyed by one of the Lords of Waterdeep. The survivors go into hiding.

1300 DR [Year of the Starfall]
1. Thieves' guild destroyed in Waterdeep.
2. Joadath of Shadowdale dies. Aumry and Sylune become lord and lady of Shadowdale.

1302 DR [Year of the Broken Helm]
1. Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun is born. Durnan and Mirt the Merciless return from Undermountain and retire as rich men. (274 NR) [TSR1109a]
2. Iuz' plans for conquest are interrupted when he is magically imprisoned in Castle Greyhawk. (505 CY, Greyhawk)

1303 DR [Year of the Evening Sun]
1. Fall of the human kingdom of Thar.

1305 DR [Year of the Creeping Fang]
1. The Dragon's Oath. Takhisis wakes the good dragons and threatens to crush their eggs unless they stay out of her way. When the metallic wyrms agree, Takhisis promises to return their eggs once the war she plans has concluded. (296 AC, Dragonlance)

1306 DR [Year of Thunder]
1. Moonsea War: Mulmaster vanquished by alliances of other cities.
2. Vangerdahast of Cormyr founds the War Wizards.
3. Durnan establishes the Yawning Portal over the ruins of Halaster's Hold, controlling the access to the dungeons beneath the city. (274 NR) [TSR1109a]
4. Thunder Blessing. Moradin, Great God of the Dwarves, bestows a blessing upon his chosen people. Dwarvish birthrates are dramatically increased beginning this year.

1307 DR [Year of the Mace]
1. King Azoun IV is born.

1308 DR [Year of the Catacombs]
1. Dungeon exploring comes into vogue.
2. Lhesyn becomes the Open Lord of Waterdeep. Construction begins on Lhestyn's (later Piergeiron's) Palace.

1312 DR [Year of the Griffon]
1. Darkhold seized by the Black Network.
2. Teziir founded on the Dragonmere.
3. Red Sashes operating in Waterdeep.

1314 DR [Year of the Shadowtop]
1. Piergeiron becomes the Open Lord of Waterdeep. (282 NR) [TSR1109a]
2. Rhigaerd II, King of Cormyr, defeats the border raiders.

1317 DR [Year of the Wandering Wyrm]
1. Great Plague of the Inner Sea - also called Dragon Plague.

1319 DR [Year of the Fallen Throne]
1. The kingship of Sossal ends in bloodshed.

1320 DR [Year of the Watching Cold]
1. The Simbul becomes queen of Aglarond.

1321 DR [Year of Chains]
1. The Harpers reorganized. Twilight Hall founded in Berdusk.
2. King Zaor of Evermeet is murdered. [Novel: Evermeet: Island of Elves]

1322 DR [Year of Lurking Death]
1. Monstrous attacks at a 50-year high.
2. Khelben "Blackstaff" claims the long-vacant Arunsun Tower as his own. (290 NR) [TSR1109a]

1323 DR [Year of Dreamwebs]
1. Great Plague declared over.
2. Thayvian wizards attempt to control others through dreams; they are discovered and destroyed.

1324 DR [Year of the Grimoire]
1. Many old magical tomes were discovered this year, sparking a renewed interest in magic.

1325 DR [Year of the Great Harvests]
1. Beer and wine of this year are legendary.
2. [Novel: Escape From Undermountain]

1328 DR [Year of the Adder]
1. Drizzt Do'Urden flees from his homeland of Menzoberranzan into the Underdark. [Novels: The Dark Elf Trilogy]
2. Tristen Hiregaard of Vaasa has killed 9 women in 6 years. He is despondent and plans to commit suicide.
3. The Mists claim Tristan Hiregaard (with his alter-Ego Malken) and Nova Vassa is formed. (682 BY, Ravenloft)

1329 DR [Year of the Lost Helm]
1. The Nightmare Lands are formed, and Lamordia joins the Core. (683 BY, Ravenloft)

1333 DR [Year of the Striking Falcon]
1. Amnian Trade War.
2. Founding of the Council of Six and the unification of Amn.

1335 DR [Year of the Snow Winds]
1. Prince Haedrak (Lhaeo) of the House of Tethyr is born. The child is smuggled out of Tethyr.
2. The Evereska Charter claims the Greycloak Hills for the elves.
3. Rhigaerd II dies in the waning days of this year.

1336 DR [Year of the Highmantle]
1. Azoun IV takes the throne of Cormyr.

1337 DR [Year of the Wandering Maiden]
1. Charles Oliver O'Kane becomes mayor of Ravens Bluff.

1338 DR [Year of the Wanderer]
1. Wandering Wyvern built in Sevenecho.
2. Queen Sambryl takes throne of Impiltur.
3. Yamun Khahan of Clan Hoekun conquers the Commani tribe, beginning his rise to power. (Y2588, Kara-Tur)

1339 DR [Year of the Weeping Moon]
1. Aumry slain; Jyordhan becomes lord of Shadowdale

1340 DR [Year of the Lion]
1. Battle of the River Rising in Featherdale between Sembian and Cult of the Dragon forces; death of the wizard Mhzentul.
2. Bard/Mage Danilo Thann is born.
3. The last recorded appearance of the Possessing Spirit, Tyranthraxus, in conjunction with the legendary Pool of Radiance. [TSR9552 p.102] [Novel: The Pool of Radiance]
{Events in Pool of Radiance, the classic SSI Gold Box computer game, take place in 1340DR }

1344 DR [Year of Moonfall]
1. The High Council begins the Elvish Retreat.

1345 DR [Year of the Saddle]
1. Jyordhan slain by Khelben Arunsun of Waterdeep. Time of No Lords (until 1348) in Shadowdale.
2. The Lord of Murder, Bhaal, corrupts one of the Earthmother's Moonwells of the Moonshae Isles. From this Darkwell, Kazgaroth the Beast attempted to destroy the Earthmother and ruin the Moonshaes. [TSR9552 p.33,45] [Novels: Darkwalker on Moonshae]

1346 DR [Year of the Bloodbird]
1. [Novel: Black Wizards]
2. Bhaal avatar, the "Ravager", is banished from Moonshaes and back to the Outer Planes. [TSR9552 p.34] [Novels: Darkwell]
3. Tristan Kendrick becomes High King of Moonshae Isles. [Novels: Darkwell]
4. Selfaril becomes High Blade of Mulmaster.
5. The Friendly Arm Inn is built.
6. Naval Battle of Lisen Sands.
7. Cult of Tiamat summons the Dark Lady.
8. Azoun IV, King of Cormyr, charters the Knights of Myth Drannor. [TSR1120a]

1347 DR [Year of the Bright Blade]
1. Zhengyi the Witch-King rises in Vaasa.
2. Alemander IV dies in tethyr. "Ten Black Days of Eleint" -- Tethyrian civil war begins.
3. Drizzt Do'Urden arrives in Icewind Dale. [Novel: Soujourn]

1348 DR [Year of the Spur]
1. Khelben gives Pendant of Ashaba to Knights of Myth Drannor.
2. Doust Sulwood chosen to be lord of Shadowdale.
3. Fall of the Kingdom of Tethyr.
4. The halfling Regis steals Pasha Pook's magical ruby then flees Calimport to Ten Towns.

1350 DR [Year of the Morningstar]
1. Phlan disappears from the shores of the Moonsea, but is returned by the Heroes of Phlan that destroyed the Pool of Radiance ten years earlier. [Novels: Pools of Darkness]
2. The archmage Elminster retires to Shadowdale.
3. Lord Manshoon of Zhentil Keep forms an alliance with beholders.

1351 DR [Year of the Crown]
1. Larloch's (Warlock's) Crypt discovered.
2. Plague in Baldur's Gate.
3. Draconians Created. Takhisis teaches a dark mage and an evil priest to create draconians by corrupting the stolen eggs of the good dragons in a foul rite. (342 AC, Dragonlance)

1352 DR [Year of the Dragon]
1. Gondegal, the Lost King of Arabel, attempts to build his own kingdom.
2. Barbarians of the Ride destroy Zhentarim force en route to Glister.
3. Yamun Khahan turns his armies on the caravans of the Golden Way. (Y2602, Kara-Tur)

1353 DR [Year of the Arch]
1. Randal Morn kills Malyk of Daggerdale, and frees much of Daggerdale (but not Dagger Falls) from the Zhentarim.
2. Doust Sulwood retires to Arabel. Mourngrym Amcathra becomes Lord of Shadowdale.

1354 DR [Year of the Bow]
1. Prosperous harvest in the Realms.
2. Mulmaster's "New Fleet" destroyed in battle with navy of Zhentil Keep
3. Maalthiir becomes ruler of Hillsfar.
4. House of the Lady (Tymora) established in Shadowdale.

1355 DR [Year of the Harp]
1. Zhentil Keep takes Citadel of the Raven as its own. [TSR9552 p. 125]
2. Retreat of elves from Cormanthor reaches its peak.
3. Yulash falls in civil war.
4. Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to Yulash.
5. Shaerl Rowanmantle sent by Vangerdahast to Shadowdale. Shaerl and Mourngrym wed.
6. Great fires rage across the Shining Plains.

1356 DR [Year of the Worm]
1. A great flight of dragons terrorizes the eastern heartlands. Sylune, the Witch of Shadowdale, dies slaying a great wyrm.
2. The Dragonspear Wars: Amn and Waterdeep are engaged in a series of battles against the baatezu of Dragonspear Castle.
3. Scardale attempts to take over the Dalelands and is crushed.
4. Cormyr seizes independent city of Tilverton.
5. Founding of the Iron Throne.
6. Drizzt Do'Urden and Wulfgar kill the white dragon Icingdeath. [TSR9552 p.11] [Novel: The Crystal Shard]
7. Bruenor Battlehammer rediscovers his clan's ancestral home, Mithral Hall. [Novel: Streams of Silver]
8. Artemis Entreri is successful in capturing Regis and returns the halfling to Calimport. Drizzt and friends destroy Pook's guild and thwart Artemis (again). Regis stays in Calimport to run Pook's guild. [Novel: The Halfling's Gem]

1357-1362 DR
1. War of the Lance. Takhisis sends her evil armies to conquer Ansalon. The Knights of Solamnia organize a defense. The good dragons enter the war. The Dark Temple in Neraka is destroyed. The former armies of the Dark Queen fragment and flee to the remote corners of Ansalon. The Heroes of the Lance return home triumphant. (348-353 AC, Dragonlance) [Novels: The Dragonlance Chronicles]

1357 DR [Year of the Prince]
1. Aumark Lithyl unifies Ruathym.
2. King Virdin of Damara killed in battle with Zhengyi.
3. Horustep III (age 11) takes the throne of Mulhorand.
4. Khelben "Blackstaff" shatters the Crown of Horns, freeing Laeral Silverhand from Myrkul's evil influence. (325 NR) [TSR1109a]
5. Shandril Shessair, barmaid from Highmoon, awakens her latent power of spellfire. Her powers are soon made known to evil organizations intent of gaining control of spellfire for themselves. As she and her husband Narm are chased around the Realms, Shandril destroys four dracoliches and inflicts heavy casualties to the Zhentarim, the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay. At one point she even manages to slay Lord Manshoon himself (temporarily) and destroy a great deal of the Citadel of the Raven. [TSR9552 p.100] [Novels: Spellfire, Crown of Fire, Hand of Fire]
6. Artemis Entreri, disguised as Regis, arrives at Mithral Hall. Artemis and Drizzt fight. Artemis is defeated and is left to die. [Novel: The Legacy]
7. Artemis is rescued by Jarlaxle of the Bregan D'aerthe band of drow mercenaries and taken to Menzoberranazan. Drizzt and Cattie Brie enter Menzoberranzan. Artemis joins the two when escaping the drow city. [Novel: Starless Night]
8. [Novel: Azure Bonds]
9. Present Day. Forgotten Realms 1st-Edition Campaign.

1358 DR [Year of Shadows] (0 PR)
1. Time of Troubles. The Faerûnian pantheon is thrown out of the Outer Planes by High God AO and forced to walk Faerûn as mortal avatars. Bane, Bhaal, Myrkul, Mystra, and Torm are ultimately destroyed (Torm is later resurrected). Cyric and Midnight ascend to godhood from Mount Waterdeep. Ao's voice is heard by residents of Waterdeep. Dead and Wild magic appear in the Realms. [Novels: The Avatar Trilogy]
2. A large force of malaugrym enter the Realms hoping to take advantage of the Time of Troubles and eliminate Elminster and infiltrate Realmsian society in preparations for their killing and replacing many important personages in Faerûn. Most malaugrym were defeated but several escaped. [TSR9552 p.100] [Novels: The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy]
3. The godswar consumes Bhaal-worshipping assassins and, as a result, the Shadow Thieves' decades-long dominance of the Calishite underworld ends. [TSR9561]
4. Mourgrym and Shaerl, of Shadowdale, have a son, Scotti.
5. Giogi Wyvernspur and Flattery Wyvernspur battle for control of the legendary family heirloom. [TSR9552 p.25] [Novel: The Wyvern's Spur]
6. Finder Wyvernspur, The Nameless Bard, destroys Moander and becomes a demi-power. [Novel: Song of the Saurials]
7. [Novel: Siege of Darkness]
8. This year marks the beginning of Present Reckoning (0 PR).
9. Time of Troubles. For three months in the summer, magical and natural chaos ensues, none are able to divine the cause. Then, suddenly, the chaos disappears, though it does leave its mark in the form of wild and dead magic zones scattered throughout the lands. Interestingly, during this period, the Temples are unable to contact the Immortals, and afterwards none are willing to discuss this amazing event. (Y2608, Kara-Tur)

[Era: The New Age] 1358 DR to Present
With the end of the Time of Troubles, and the power of gods resting firmly in the hands of their worshipers, a new era begins on Toril. I suspect this new unnamed era may be called The Age of Discovery (due to the discovery of Maztica and Zakhara, new contact with the Hordelands and Kara-Tur, and the resurrection of spelljamming technology) or perhaps The Age of Science (due to the invention of smokepowder and other wondrous new mechanical devices). Only time will tell.

1359 DR [Year of the Serpent] (1 PR)
1. Zhengyi, the Witch Queen, is destroyed.
2. Damara united by Gareth Dragonsbane.
3. Moander returns to the Forgotten Vale and takes control of the settlement of Saurials, but is driven back into the Planes by Alias and friends. [Novel: Song of the Saurials]
4. The Risen Cult of Bane surfaces in the Moonshaes.
5. Myrmeen Lhal, Lady of Arabel, confronts and exposes The Night Parade. [Novel: The Night Parade]
6. [Novel: Horselords]
7. The Tuigan Horde. The Tuigan breech the Dragonwall and invade Shou Lung. After a hard fought campaign a truce is declared, in exchange for the lives of the ministers of War and State. Yamun Khahan and The Horde depart from Shou Lung and head west toward Faerûn. (Y2609, Kara-Tur) [Novels: Dragonwall]

1360 DR [Year of the Turret] (2 PR)
1. The Tuigan Horde. Yamun Khahan, "Illustrious Emperor of All People", invades Faerûn. Sembia and the Dalelands join Cormyr's 'Crusade' against The Horde. Ultimately Azoun IV defeats Yamun Khahan in man-to-man combat and The Horde is dispersed. [Novel: Crusade]
2. Castle Trinity begins its campaign of conquest. [TSR9552 p.7] [Novel: Canticle]
3. Through the efforts of a Harper hero named Lander and the witch Ruha, the Harpers manage to put a good dent into the Zhentarim caravan operations in the Anauroch desert. [Novel: The Parched Sea]
4. Bone March falls to humanoids. (563 CY, Greyhawk)

1361 DR [Year of the Maidens] (3 PR)
1. The Banedeath--holy war in Zhentil Keep. Orthodox Banite worship driven underground in that city.
2. Cordell and the Golden Legion discover The New World, Maztica. The native city of Ulatos is taken over by Amnian forces, and Helmsport is founded as the capital of New Amn. [TSR1159b] [Novel: Ironhelm]
3. [Novel: Viperhand]
4. The Harper Assassin plagues the North. Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade discover that the assassin is really the gold elf Kymil Nimesin. Danilo becomes a Harper. [Novel: Elfshadow]
5. [Novel: Canticle]
6. [Novel: In Sylvan Shadows]
7. [Novel: Night Masks]
8. [Novel: The Fallen Fortress]
9. [Novel: Daughter of the Drow]
10. [Novel: Tangled Webs]

1362 DR [Year of the Helm] (4 PR)
1. Maligor, Zulkir of Alteration, of the Red Wizards of Thay attempts to wrest control of the nation from the Council of Zulkirs. His plan might have worked was it not for the intervention of Harper agents and the lich, Szass Tam, Zulkir of Necromancy. [TSR9552 p.44,56] [Novel: Red Magic]
2. New Amn officially becomes Amn's first colony-state in the New World. The clergy of Helm in the South declare that the year marks the beginning of blessed works for the faithful. [TSR1159b]
3. The Ring of Winter is discovered in Chult by Harper agent Artus Cimber. [Novel: The Ring of Winter]
4. The Edificant Library is destroyed. Construction of its replacement, the cathedral Sprit Soaring begins. [Novel: The Chaos Curse]
5. [Novel: Feathered Dragon]

1363 DR [Year of the Wyvern] (5 PR)
1. Lord Cutter arrives in Iriaebor with Zhentish forces and begins her rule. [TSR9552 p.15] [Novel: Crypt of the Shadowking]
{The Candlekeep Monks incorrectly list this event as occuring in 1357 DR - "BRJ"}
2. The Way Inn destroyed by hordes from Dragonspear.

1364 DR [Year of the Wave] (6 PR)
1. The Flaming Fist, a mercenary company, establishes Fort Flame just off the Bay of Balduran on the continent of Maztica. A second Amnian colony, Qoral, is established farther inland. [TSR1159b]
2. The Way Inn rebuilt.
3. Caledan Caldorien is corrupted by evil and becomes a Shadowking; immediately releasing three shadevari on the Realms. Fortunately the shadevari were destroyed and Caledan emerged from the king's corpse, just barely alive. [TSR9552 p.98] [Novel: Curse of the Shadowmage]
{The Candlekeep Monks incorrectly list this event as occuring in 1360 DR - "BRJ"}
4. The demon Errtu is banished from the Realms (again) and the barbarian Wulfgar is released from his imprisonment. [Novel: Passage to Dawn]
5. Drizzt and companions head toward Caradoon in hopes that the priest Cadderly can destroy The Crystal Shard once and for all. [Novel: The Silent Blade]
6. Events in Waterdeep involve Khelben Arunsun, the Harpers, a green dragon, the Knights of the Shield, and the ancient power of the elfsong. [TSR9552 p.112] [Novel: Elfsong]
7. [Novel: Silver Shadows]
8. [Novel: The Veiled Dragon]

1365 DR [Year of the Sword] (7 PR)
1. Trade is established between Sword Coast and the southern continent of Zakhara.
2. New Waterdeep is founded off the Gulf of Kultaka on the continent of Maztica. [TSR1159b]
3. [Novel: Prophet of Moonshae]
4. The god Talos acts to supplant the worship of the Earthmother of the Moonshaes with the gods of Faerûn. The legendary "Elf-Eater" is destroyed. [TSR9552 p.18,19] [Novels: The Coral Kingdom]
5. Alicia Kendrick becomes high queen of the Moonshaes. [Novels: The Druid Queen]
6. [Novel: The Spine of the World]
7. [Novel: Stormlight]

1366 DR [Year of the Staff] (8 PR) [Campaign Hook: Ravenloft - Dragonlance]
1. First Princess of Thay marries Selfaril of Mulmaster.
2. After two long years, the Flaming Fist mercenary company receives reinforcements at the embattled Fort Flame. New Waterdeep is warned by Cordell not to trade weapons with the Kultakans. [TSR1159b]
3. [Novel: The Ogre's Pact]
4. [Novel: The Giant Among Us]
5. [Novel: The Titan of Twilight]
6. [Novel: Servant of the Shard]
7. [Novel: War in Tethyr]
8. [Novel: Soldiers of Ice]
9. [Novel: King Pinch]
10. The Blue Lady's War. The Blue Lady Kitiara, one of the most powerful and ruthless Dragon Highlords, makes a pact with the death knight, Lord Soth. Together, they lead a dragonarmy from Sanction and, with a flying citadel, attack northern Solamnia. They besiege even Palanthas, but their effort fails. (357 AC, Dragonlance) [Novels: Dragonlance Legends]
11. Lord Soth enters Ravenloft searching for Kitiara's spirit. The domain of Sithicus is formed. (357 AC, Dragonlance) (720 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: Knight of the Black Rose]
12. Battle of Emridy Meadows. Horde of Elemental Evil scattered. (569 CY, Greyhawk)

1367 DR [Year of the Shield] (9 PR)
1. Alias and Dragonbait defeat Victor Dhostar (The Faceless) and the Night Masks of Westgate. [TSR9552 p.57] [Novel: Masquerades]
{The Candlekeep Monks incorrectly list this event as occuring in 1368 DR - "BRJ"}
2. Aeron Morieth becomes the Stormwalker of Maerchwood (Chessenta). [Novel: The Shadow Stone]
3. (~) Krynnspace: According the Krynnish records, during the spring of this year a renegade Squid ship crashed into Teldin Moore's farm on Krynn, destroying most of it. This marked the start of one of the biggest hunts in recent history, as "everyone" tried to get a hold of Teldin and his magical cloak, which turned out to be an ultimate helm. Teldin himself would eventually wander the known spheres for almost two years, searching for The Spelljammer. [Novels: The Cloakmaster Cycle]
4. Iuz escapes magical imprisonment beneath Greyhawk Castle and organizes northern barbarians under his control. (570 CY, Greyhawk)
5. Pryce Covington discovers his old friend murdered, then is mistaken for the great mage Darlington Blade. Pryce soon finds he is both investigator and murder suspect.
6. [Novel: Murder in Halruaa]
7. [Novel: Murder in Cormyr]
8. [Novel: Once Around the Realms]

1368 DR [Year of the Banner] (10 PR)
1. This year signals the opening of major trade routes to and from Maztica. [TSR1159b]
2. Lord Orgauth rallies the survivors and refugees of the Ruins of Zhentil Keep and declares himself Lord and Ruler. [TSR9552 p.51]
3. Iyactu Xvim, godson of Bane, rises as a lesser power. Fzoul Chembryl founds Xvim's new church and leads it as High Tyrannar from an underground temple beneath Zhentil Keep.
4. Prince Haedrak (Lhaeo of Shadowdale) returns to Tethyr.
5. Cyric created the Cyrinishad, a tome of great power that proclaimed him the One True Deity. Cyric unwisely read his own book, a mistake that cost him his sanity and let to the loss of Myrkul's former portfolio to Kelemvor. [TSR88643] [Novel: Prince of Lies]
6. Cyric unleashes his Inquisition on Zhentil Keep. The Keep is ultimately destroyed by an army of dragons, giants, and ogres as Cyric fights off an uprising of the damned in the City of the Dead. Kezef the Chaos Hound is released from imprisonment. [Novel: Prince of Lies]
7. Atreus, a disfigured merchant, and his Ogre companion Yago, travel through the Utter East and into the Yehimal Mountains in search of the fabled land of Langdarma and a cure. [Novel: Faces of Deception]
8. Baylee Arnvold discovers the Lost Library of Cormanthyr. [Novel: The Lost Library of Cormanthyr]
9. 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 thwarted by Joel, the Rebel Bard, and the Hand of Bane is destroyed. [Novel: Finder's Bane]
10. Iyactu Xvim, godson of Bane, attempts to deceive Lathander into rejoining Tymora and Beshaba back into Tyche. The kender Emilio Haversack is gated to Sigil. He joins Joel, the Rebel Bard, and his companions to thwart Xvim's plans. [Novel: Tymora's Luck]
11. Sarevok, spawn of 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--slaying him. [Novel: Baldur's Gate]
{ Baldur's Gate, the computer game from Interplay, Game Manual p.68 incorrectly lists the game year as 1373DR}
12. [Novel: Dream Spheres]
13. [Novel: Thornhold]
14. [Novel: The Nether Scroll]
15. [Novel: The Simbul's Gift]
16. [Novel: The Mage in the Iron Mask]
17. [Novel: The Council of Blades]
{The Candlekeep Monks claim the events of the novel Council of Blades occurs in 1217 DR. I find it hard to believe that smokepowder and cannons existed in 1217 DR! - "BRJ"}
18. (~) The Second Unhuman War begins. Elves and humanoids once again wage war across the Prime. [Novels:The Cloakmaster Cycle]
19. (~) Realmspace: Teldin Moore visits the planet Garden, then travels to Toril to consult the Elves of Evermeet. 20. The piper of Hamelyn attempts to rid Ste. Ronges of rats and perishes. (722 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: Tales of Ravenloft "Nocturne"]
21. Present Day. Forgotten Realms 2nd-Edition Campaign. (10 PR)

1369 DR [Year of the Gauntlet] (11 PR)
1. The royal wedding and coronation of Queen-Monarch Zaranda and Haedrak III (Lheo) of Tethyr. [TSR9561]
2. Destruction of Hellgate Keep. [TSR9562]
3. During Harvestide, Halaster Blackcloak, the Mad Mage of Undermountain, is kidnapped. All gates leading into Undermountain begin to pull those within 10 feet into the dungeon and gates leading out of Undermountain begin expelling any creature within 20 feet. Needless to say, this event causes quite a disruption through Faerûn. [TSR9538 "Stardock"]
4. The northern nation of The Silver Marches (also known as Luruar, or the "Moonlands"), 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 The Silver Marches.
5. The Seven Sisters join together to fight drow, red wizards, treacherous merchants, and Halaster Blackcloak himself. [Novel: Silverfall]
6. Waterdeep's nobility war with each other behind the shadows. Danilo Thann joins forces with Arilyn Moonblade to uncover the source of the conflict. [Novel: The Dream Spheres]
7. Threat from the Sea. Denizens from under of the sea plague the Sword Coast, resulting in attacks on Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, Calimport, and other random ports on the Outer Sea. [Novel: Rising Tide]
8. [Novel: Under Fallen Stars]
9. [Novel: The Sea Devil's Eye]
10. The cambion (half tanar'ri/half human) Vheod Runechild, escapes from the Abyss to Toril. Soon after he embarks on a quest to rid the dalelands of a powerful demon lord, the tanar'ri balor Chare'en. [Novel: The Glass Prison]
11. [Novel: Baldur's Gate II]
12. [Novel: Pool of Radiance II: Ruins of Myth Drannor]
13. [Novel: Star of Cursrah]
14. [Novel: The Shadow Stone]
15. [Novel: Cormyr- A Novel]
16. (~) The Battle of the Broken Sphere. The drama of The Cloakmaster, Telden Moore, ended very abruptly and very violently in the winter of this year. Over three-hundred ships fought each other near a fissure in the Broken Sphere, in the Trulian Ring. The prize? The Spelljammer itself, which was itself involved in the battle. Telden Moore had found the great ship, but everyone in the universe was trying to claim it. In the end, two thirds of the ships were destroyed, and the Spelljammer itself was reportedly destroyed. However, psionic and magical investigation found no wreckage of any kind. Also, the broken sphere began to re-close less than an hour after the Spelljammer vanished. [Novels: The Cloakmaster Cycle]

1370 DR [Year of the Tankard] (12 PR)
1. Waukeen is freed from her imprisonment by the Abyssal Lord Graz'zt and is restored to the Faerûnian pantheon. [TSR9574]
2. Queen Zaranda of Tethyr gives birth to triplets. [TSR9589]
3. [Novel: Beyond the High Road]
4. [Novel: City of Ravens]
5. [Novel: Halls of Stormweather]
6. [Novel: The Magehound]

1371 DR [Year of the Unstrung Harp] (13 PR)
1. The Trial of Cyric the Mad. Cyric is accused of innocence by reason of insanity, thereby failing in his divine duty to spread strife and discord. Cyric hears The True Life of Cyric and thus regains his sanity. A tribunal of greater deities find the Dark Sun guilty of his crimes, but allows him to keep his divine status. [Novel: Crucible, The Trial of Cyric the Mad]
{In the online article "Presenting . . . Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction", the Candlekeep Monks incorrectly report this event as occuring in 1369 DR. This incorrect date now appears again in the new Forgotten Realms sourcebook "Faiths and Pantheons." The novel, "Crucible, The Trial of Cyric the Mad" page 359, clearly reveals that these events take place three years after "Prince of Lies." It is undisputed that "Prince of Lies" takes places in 1368 DR. You do that math. - "BRJ"}
2. Evermeet, Island of Elves, is nearly destroyed by a sneak attack of rebel elves and drow. 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. [WTC11836, p.271] [Novel: Evermeet, Island of Elves]
3. The Harpers divide into factions because of the departure of Khelben the Blackstaff. [WTC11836, p.271]
4. Tilverton is formally absorbed into the nation of Cormyr. [WTC11836, p.113]
5. The Silver Marches is declared a new country. [WTC11836, p.271]
6. A 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, leaving King Azound V, an infant heir on Cormyr's throne. [WTC11836, p.271] [Novel: Death of the Dragon]

1372 DR [Year of the Wild Magic] (14 PR)
1. 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. [Novel: Pool of Twilight]
2. On Midwinter night, the god Bane returns to Faerûn, bursting forth from the skin of Iyachtu Xvim. With his divinity restored Bane quickly gains the portfolio of fear, restoring him to a Greater Power. [WTC11836, p.265]
3. The ancient floating city of Shade appears over the Anauroch, as the archwizards of Netheril return to Faerûn. [WTC11836, p.271] [Novel Series: Return of the Archwizards]
4. Tilverton suffers an attack of unknown origin in Mirtul. All that remains of the city is a dark, concave space filled with shadows and flitting regions of deeper darkness. [WTC11836, p.113]
[Novel Series: Return of the Archwizards]
5. Evereska, one of the last remaining elven strongholds in Faerûn, is besieged by hordes of phaerimm and their thralls. [WTC11836, p.113]
[Novel Series: Return of the Archwizards]
6. Present Day. Forgotten Realms 3rd-Edition Campaign. (14 PR)

[The Future] 1373 DR to Unkown
The following events are unknown to Myron X. Bognod III and the master of Candlekeep. They are included here for completeness and are for your eyes only.

1377 DR [Year of the Haunting] (19 PR)
1. Piergeiron Paladinson, Open Lord of Waterdeep, and Eidola of Neverwinter are set to wed. However, on the night of their wedding, mysterious shadow warriors from the Utter East disrupt the ceremony and kidnap Piergeiron's bride. The paladin Miltiades and the assassin Artemis Entreri travel far across the realms in search of the kidnapped bride. [Novel Series: The Double Diamond Triangle Saga]

1379 to 1381 DR
1. The Greyhawk Wars. On the very day the Greyhawk Wars ended, the Circle of Eight (A group of powerful archmages based in the City of Greyhawk) is tragically shattered. Rary, a member of the Circle, murders fellow members Otiluke and Tenser. (582-584 CY, Greyhawk)

1380 DR [Year of the Blazing Hand]
1. Doctor Rudolph van Richten vows to pursue and destroy evil. (734 BY, Ravenloft)

1381to 1386 DR
1. The Grand Conjunction. In 735, the Vistani seer Hyskosa prophesied the destruction of the Demiplane of Dread. Recognizing this chance to escape from his long imprisonment by the Mists, the lich lord Azalin was greatly fascinated by Hyskosa's words. Due to his interference, however, the fifth and sixth signs of the Conjunction occurred out of order. In the wake of this mishap, chaos swept through the Demiplane. The most fascinating feature of the "new" Ravenloft was the Shadow Rift. Looking much like a great chasm torn in the heart of the Core, the Rift is an area of swirling mists and darkness. (735 to 740 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: Lord of the Necropolis]

1383 DR [Year of the Vindicated Warrior]
1. Fistandantilus Reborn. The legendary necromancer Fistandantilus returns to Krynn to raise an army and destroy his enemies. Ultimately he fails and returns to eternal sleep. The kender Emilio Haversack enters Fistandantilus' time shift portal and is confronted by Fizban. (374 AC, Dragonlance) [Novel: Fistandantilus Reborn]

1388 DR [Year of the Tanarukka]
1. Present Day. Greyhawk campaign. (591 CY, Greyhawk)

Dragonlance Era: THE AGE OF MORTALS (0SC to Present)

1392 DR [Year of the Scroll]
1. The Summer of Chaos / The Second Cataclysm: Knight of Takhisis Steel Brightblade take the young White Robe mage Palin Majere to the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, hoping to open the Portal of the Abyss there to free the Dark Queen. Raistlin leave the Abyss with his nephew--but without his magic. The Dark Knights begin their attack on Ansalon, quickly capturing the High Clerist's Tower and Palanthas. Mount Nevermind erupts, due to gnomish attempt to use their war machines against the Knights of Takhisis. Suddenly, before the Knights can solidify their grip on Ansalon, signs of Chaos erupt throughout the land. A rift opens in the Turbidus Ocean, and from it spring flames, shadow-wights, and daemon warriors astride fire dragons. All the while, the ocean boils. Heroes united to attack Chaos, and his blood is captured in the Graygem, forcing Chaos to leave Krynn. However, he insists that all the other gods depart into the Beyond, too. The Age of Mortals begins. (383AC, 0 SC, Dragonlance) [Novel: Dragons of Summer Flame]

1394 DR [Year of Deaths Unmourned]
1. The Coming of the Great Dragons. The fierce red dragon Malystryx lands on Misty Isle east of Ansalon. Larger and more powerful than any dragon ever seen before, she promptly burns the island clear with her infernal breath. Word of her arrival from a long beyond the Courrain Ocean spreads across Ansalon, but most consider the story little more than rumor. (2 SC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Dawning of a New Age]

1395 DR [Year of Silent Death]
1. The Kender Flight. Moving west from the Misty Isle, Malystryx crosses the Dairly Plains and come upon Kendermore. For the first time, kender know fear as the terrible wyrm lays waste to all the lands on the Bay of Balifor. (3 SC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Dawning of a New Age]
2. The Grim Harvest begins as Azalin plots to escape Ravenloft. In an early test of the processes that Azalin hopes will make him a demilich, one of his agents is transformed into a terrible creature calling itself only Death. (749 BY, Ravenloft)

1396 DR [Year of the Secret]
1. The Dragon Purge Begins. Using a frightening arcane ritual, Malystryx begins to destroy the dragons of Ansalon, consuming their life energy and becoming more powerful with every victory. Khellendros the Blue, the famed Skie of the War of the Lance and the Blue Lady's War, seizes the Vingaard Mountains region, including Palanthas. (4 SC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Dawning of a New Age]
2. Vecna and Kas the Destroyer are drawn into Ravenloft. (750 BY, Ravenloft) (599 CY, Greyhawk)
3. The Nocturnal Sea and its islands appear to the east of the Core. (750 BY, Ravenloft)
4. Doctor Rudolph van Richten dies in a final battle with Madame Radanavich. (750 BY, Ravenloft)
5. The Grim Harvest culminates as Azalin disappears, and the realm of Darkon is transformed into Necropolis. The creature calling itself Death claims rulership of the new domain. (750 BY, Ravenloft) [Novel: Lord of the Necropolis]

1398 DR [Year of the Voyage]
1. Present Day. Ravenloft campaign. (752 BY, Ravenloft)

c 1400 DR
1. (~) Faction War. Increased tensions between the factions heat up and ultimately war spills into the streets of Sigil. Utimately The Lady of Pain steps in and the conflict is resolved. All factions are banished from Sigil; some disband entirely while others merely leave the city. (Planescape) [TRS2629]

1403 DR [Year of the Hidden Harp]
1. The Inn is Rebuilt. Caramon and Tika Majere oversee the reconstruction of the Inn of the Last Home. (11 SC, Dragonlance)

1412 DR [Year of the Dauntless Dwarves]
1. Shadow Sorcerer. A robed figure appears out of the Desolation, armed with new sorcerous abilities. (20 SC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Dawning of a New Age]

1422 DR [Year of the Advancing Shadows]
1. Dragon Purge Ends. Malystryx establishes the borders of the Dragon Realms and declares an end to the Purge, unwilling to allow more Great Dragons to challenge for land. (30 SC, Dragonlance) [Novel: The Dawning of a New Age]

1423 DR [Year of the Thundering Hosts]
1. Present Day. 5^th Age DragonLance campaign. (31 SC, Dragonlance)

1472 DR [Year of the Third Circle]
1. A powerful Druid named Tehnik creates the four artifacts known as the Hearts of the Drake, and dies in the process. (177th King's Age - Guthay's Reverence (Y55), Dark Sun)

1636 DR
1. Tarandas of Raam, a powerful psion and teacher throughout the Tyr Region, disappears without a trace. Her students insists she has ventured beyond her mastery of the Way into realms unseen by lesser beings. (179th King's Age - Silt's Defiance (Y75), Dark Sun)

1901 DR
1. With the aid of a wizard named Besteren, Oronis (formerly known as Keltis) develops the preserver metamorphosis spell to counter Rajaat's vile magic. The spell nearly kills him, but in the end Oronis emerges as Athas's first avangion. (183rd King's Age - Guthay's Fury (Y22), Dark Sun)

Dark Sun Era: THE AGE OF HEROISM

2419 DR
1. King Kalak killed by Rikus, Sadira, Neeva, Agis, and Tithian. (FY 1, Dark Sun)
2. Tithian I becomes king of Tyr. (FY 1, Dark Sun)
3. King Tithian's First Edict frees Tyr's slaves. (FY 1, Dark Sun)
[Novel: The Verdant Passage]

2420 DR
1. Tyr's Crimson Legion, ex-slaves commanded by Rikus, defend the city from Urik. (FY 2, Dark Sun)
2. Neeva marries the dwarf sun cleric, Caelum. (FY 2, Dark Sun)
3. Tithian secretly pays the Dragon's levy with captured slaves. (FY 2, Dark Sun)
[Novel: The Crimson Legion]

2421 DR
1. Sadira gains the power of a sun wizard at the Pristine Tower. (FY 3, Dark Sun)
2. Sadira drives off the Dragon, denying him Tyr's levy this year. (FY 3, Dark Sun)
3. Neeva gives birth to the mul, Rkard. (FY 3, Dark Sun)
[Novel: The Amber Enchantress]

2422 DR
1. The quest for the Dark Lens begins. (FY 4, Dark Sun)
2. Tithian pays the Dragon's levy secretly for the next five years with slaves captured in raids of nearby villages. (FY 4, Dark Sun)
3. The Order makes a play for power using the Psionatrix artifact. (FY 4, Dark Sun)

2424 DR
1. Lead by Queen Trinth, the Githyanki of the Astral Plane discover a way to safely breach the Gray and invade Athas from the Black Spine mountains. The githyanki's plans are foiled by a group of heroes that travel through the portal and kill the queen. With Trinth dead, the portal collapses. (FY 6, Dark Sun)

2425 DR
1. The Messenger, a brilliant comet that lights the sky every 45 years, did not appear as scheduled. (FY 7, Dark Sun)

2426 DR
1. The Dragon and Nibenay, both concerned about the missing Messenger, order their templars to discover what happened to the comet. So far, their efforts have been to no avail. (FY 8, Dark Sun)

2427 DR
1. Tithian locates the Dark Lens. (FY 9, Dark Sun)
2. Agis reluctantly helps Tithian recover the Dark Lens, then dies at Tithian's hands. (FY 9, Dark Sun)
[Novel: The Obsidian Oracle]

"The dragon is dead, but Athas still reeks of danger, death, and decay. Make no mistake. It's in the very air we breathe, choking us like the sand and silt. We've eliminated one horror, but, as surely as the crimson sun rises at dawn, three more will appear to take its place."

-Brakus of the Tyr Council of Advisers

2428 DR
1. Sadira kills Abalach-Re, sorcerer-queen of Raam. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
2. Borys, the Dragon of Tyr, is killed. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
3. Rajaat the Warbringer, First Sorcerer of Athas, escapes from the Hollow. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
4. Andropinis, sorcerer-king of Balic, is imprisoned in the Black. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
5. King Tectuktitlay of Draj is killed by Rajaat. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
6. Rkard uses his sun spell and the Dark Lens to put Rajaat back in his prison and to trap Tithian in the newly formed Cerulean Storm. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
7. The Great Earthquake strikes, opening a great rift to the west of the Tyr Region. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
8. Dregoth the undead dragon king begins a new and secret campaign against the Tyr Region. (FY 10, Dark Sun)
[Novel: The Cerulean Storm]

2429 DR
1. The Wanderer discovers the lost halflings, the rhul-thaun, of the Jagged Cliff.

2430 DR
1. After leaving the Jagged Cliffs, the Wanderer travels north and learns of the Last Sea. There he discovers the bizarre land of the Mind Lords.
2. The Coruscation begins. The Day of Light, prophesied by the dray when the blood of a thousand unbelievers runs in rivers at the feet of Dregoth. This sign is to bring about the coming of a new age where Dregoth is supreme.
3. Present Day. Dark Sun campaign. (FY 12, Dark Sun)

IV. Chronomancy Spells

Appendix I. Campaign Hooks

This timeline connects events from the histories of several D&D campaign worlds. The point in which these campaigns can be linked by a shared event is called a campaign hook. All campaign hooks in this timeline connect an event to the RAVENLOFT® campaign setting. For the purposes of this timeline, I assume that one year passing in the Domain of Dread equals one year passing in all other campaing settings (I have found no documentation to suggest that time passes differently between campaign settings).

Forgotten Realms / Ravenloft
In 1098 DR, Jander Sunstar, an elvish vampire, is drawn from Waterdeep through the mists to Barovia. The year is 452 in the Barovia calendar. Sources: Domains of Dread - p16, Villains' Lorebook - p16

Greyhawk / Ravenloft
In 391 CY, Firan Zal'honan (Azalin the Lich), enters Ravenloft from Oerth. The year is 542 in the Barovia calendar. Sources: Domains of Dread - p16, King of the Dead - ch18 [Realms Calculation: If 1098 DR = 452 Barovia then 542 Barovia = 1188 DR]

Dark Sun / Ravenloft
In year 570 in the Barovia calendar, the domain of Kalidnay is formed. On Athas, this event occurs during the 174th King's Age during King's Contemplation (Year 30) or -1203FY. Sources: Domains of Dread - p16, Timeline of Athas (online) [Realms Calculation: If 1098 DR = 452 Barovia then 570 Barovia = 1216 DR] [NOTE: The 174th King's Age reference is found in the Timeline of Athas , found online at the WOTC website]

Dragonlance / Ravenloft
In 357 AC, the death knight, Lord Soth, enters Barovia in the aftermath of The Blue Lady's War. The year is 720 in the Barovia calendar. Sources: Domains of Dread - p17, Dragonlance Fifth Age: Book Two - p22 [Realms Calculation: If 1098 DR = 452 Barovia then 720 Barovia = 1366 DR

Appendix II. References

[885780000] - Races of Faerûn - 2003 - ISBN 0-7869-2875-1
[WTC88643] - Faiths and Pantheons - 2002 - ISBN 0-7869-2759-3
[WTC11836] - Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting - 2001 - ISBN 0-7869-1836-5
[TSR11393] - Sea of Fallen Stars - 1999 - ISBN 0-7869-1393-2
[TSR9589] - Calimport - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-1238-3
[TSR9574] - For Duty & Deity - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-1234-0
[TSR9562] - Hellgate Keep - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-0786-X
[TSR9561] - Empires of the Shining Sea - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-1237-5
[TSR9558] - The Fall of Myth Drannor - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-1235-9
[TSR9552] - Villains' Lorebook - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-1236-7
[TSR9544] - Castle Spulzeer - 1997 - ISBN 0-7869-0669-3
[TSR1159a] - Lands of Intrigue, Book 1: Tethyr - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-0697-9
[TSR1159b] - Lands of Intrigue, Book 2: Amn - 1998 - ISBN 0-7869-0697-9
[TSR1120a] - Ruins of Zhentil Keep, Campaign Book - 1995 - ISBN 0-7869-0109-8
[TSR1109a] - City of Splendors, Campaign Guide - 1994 - ISBN 0-56076-368-1

I. Author's Notes

II. Myron X. Bognod III

III. A Temporal Chronology of the Primes [6th-Edition]

IV. Chronomancy Spells

Appendix I. Campaign Hooks

Appendix II. References