The Orcgate Wars

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At a Glance

A series of conflicts which took place in eastern Faerûn beginning in -1076 DR and ending in -1069 DR. Narfell, Raumathar, Thay, and Chessenta had not yet been founded, but the nations now known as the First Empires of Mulhorand and Unther were shaken and subsequently entered a period of decline which lasted until about -150 DR.

In the aftermath of this event, orcs were exterminated across the lands of Mulhorand and Unther. Even today, the only place in the Old Empires where they can survive in any numbers is within the Akanapeaks. In the cities of Mulhorand and Unther, orcs are attacked on sight.

Sources

  • Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting [11836] pages 109, 263, 267, 268
  • Old Empires [FR10/9274] pages 3, 5, 8, 18, 23, 24, 33, 34, 44, 86
  • Xaeyruudh: starting with “Man Versus Orc” this account was written for the Xaeyruudh campaign

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Plague

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At a Glance

A brief history of plague in the Realms.

  • c. -30400 DR: Wasting Plague among aearee in present-day Orsraun Mountains (Grand History of the Realms p8)
  • c. -4770 DR: Plague of Terror in Calimport (Grand History p26)
  • c. -4770 DR: Sunset Plague in Calimport (Grand History p26)
  • c. -4370 DR: unnamed plague in Imaskar (Grand History p18,26)
  • c. -990 DR: series of plagues in Schamedar and Calimport (Grand History p39)
  • -391 DR: Ivory Plague in Shou Lung (Grand History p46)
  • -375 DR: Empire Plague in the southern Shining Coast (Grand History p47); Lhesper is founded two years later by people who fled the plague in Lapaliiya (Serpent Kingdoms p132)
  • -33 DR: unnamed plague initiated by the church of Talona ends the realm of Asram (Grand History p59)
  • 3 DR: Loaraven “The Poxed” of Impiltur dies of plague (Grand History p78)
  • 6 DR: unnamed plague in Impiltur prompts a farmer named Ondeth to flee west and found a settlement west of Marsember which he calls Suzara’s City (Grand History p59)
  • 75 DR: unnamed plague(s) decimate Chessenta, the Vilhon Reach, and the Shaar (Grand History p61); Kergaard Twinblade, ruler of Westgate, dies of plague; a priest of Ilmater is crowned for his effort to eradicate a plague that “nearly destroyed” the city (Grand History p85)
  • 157 DR: unnamed plague in Impiltur slays the wife of Inrath III and disfigures her first son Inrath IV (Grand History p78)
  • 236 DR: Year of the Plague Clouds
  • 303-341 DR: The Purplethroat Plague
  • 320 DR: The Infernal Death in Calimshan (Grand History p69)
  • c. 375 DR: The Prayerbane Plague in Impiltur; Darthorn III drowns himself after the death of his wife and son (Grand History p79)
  • 472 DR: The Panicked Plague decimates the town of Mussum: 75% of the citizens are slain in a single night; the circumstances are so dramatic that Mussum is never resettled (Grand History p88)
  • 507 DR: The Year of the Rotting Pox
  • 617 DR: unnamed plague fells Reinhar IV of Dambrath (Grand History p78)
  • 796 DR: Lower Tathtar falls to an unnamed plague (Grand History p103)
  • 849-890 DR: unnamed plague slays Pendernath and Thartryn III of Westgate, and all royal heirs (Grand History p86)
  • 886-924 DR: unnamed plague slays Beldred II of Impiltur, and most of his family; Princess Aliia, the sole surviving heir, is deemed too young to rule; the throne of Impiltur is offered to whoever will marry her (Grand History p79, 111)
  • 902 DR: unnamed plague devastates Chondath following the Rotting War (Grand History p109)
  • 1150 DR: unnamed plague sweeps the Sword Coast (Grand History p121)
  • 1204 DR: unnamed plague slays Erdhinn II of Amn (Grand History p75)
  • 1253 DR: unnamed plague grips the northern Inner Sea lands (Grand History p126)
  • 1317-1323 DR: The Plague of Dragons begins in the Vilhon Reach and decimates Chessenta and Unther – Ilione, Mage-Queen of Aglarond, dies of plague
  • 1345 DR: The Coast Plague in Amn (Grand History p139)
  • 1351 DR: unnamed plague spreads in Baldur’s Gate, following the discovery of Larloch’s lair (Grand History p140)
  • 1368 DR: unnamed plague attacks the treants in the Forest of Lethyr (Grand History p149)
  • 1370 DR: The Shaking Plague in Scardale (Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands) and “far southern and eastern lands” (Grand History p150)
  • 1372 DR: The Wailing Death in Neverwinter (Grand History p152)
  • 1372 DR: The Pox decimates the human population of Hlondeth (Grand History p154)
  • 1374 DR: The Blush breaks out in Logfell, near the Qurth Forest (Grand History p156)
  • 1385 DR: The Spellplague (Grand History p159)
  • 1502 DR: The Year of the Pox Plague

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The First Empire of Unther

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At a Glance

A period of prosperity and expansion in Unther, circa -1500 to -1000 DR.

Source

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The First Empire of Mulhorand

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A period of prosperity and expansion in Mulhorand, circa -1500 to -1000 DR.

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An Obarskyr Timeline

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At a Glance

A timeline of the Obarskyr family line.


The Year of Open Eyes (-7 DR)

Faerlthann is born, the first son of Ondeth Obarskyr.

The Year of Opening Doors (26 DR)

Faerlthann is crowned King, at the age of 33.

The Year of Shadowed Blades (27 DR)

Imlon is born, first son of Faerlthann.

The Year of the Crushed Monument (30 DR)

Embrus is born, second son of Faerlthann.

The Year of Slowing Sands (33 DR)

Eskruis is born, third son of Faerlthann.

The Year of Scaled Lightning (35 DR)

Rhiiman is born, fourth son of Faerlthann.

The Year of the Vow Manifest (44 DR)

Bryndar is born, son of Imlon.

The Year of the Caustic Blood (55 DR)

Faerlthann dies, at the age of 62 after ruling for 29 years.
Imlon is crowned King, at the age of 28.

The Year of Lamplit Nights (57 DR)

Imlon dies, at the age of 30 after ruling for 2 years.
Bryndar is crowned King, at the age of 13.

The Year of the Boisterous Orc (64 DR)

Bryndar dies without heirs, at the age of 20 after ruling for 7 years.
Eskruis crowned King, at the age of 31.

The Year of the Spellbound Heir (66 DR)

Eskruis dies without heirs, at the age of 33 after ruling for 2 years.
Rhiiman is crowned King, at the age of 31.
Kaspler is born, first son of Embrus.

The Year of the Mournful Dance (70 DR)

Imbre is born, second son of Embrus.

The Year of the Whispering Woods (79 DR)

Rhiiman dies without heirs, at the age of 44 after ruling for 13 years.
Embrus is crowned King, at the age of 49.

The Year of the Monotonous Speech (84 DR)

Embrus dies, at the age of 54 after ruling for 5 years.
Kaspler is crowned King, at the age of 18.

The Year of the Moor Birds (90 DR)

Kaspler dies without heirs, at the age of 24 after ruling for 6 years.
Imbre is crowned King, at the age of 20.

The Year of the Quiet Valley (93 DR)

Sacrast is born, illegitimate-but-officially-adopted son of Imbre.

The Year of the Multitudes (94 DR)

Imbre dies, at the age of 24 after ruling for 4 years.
Sacrast is crowned King, at the age of 1. The Regency of the Four Barons rules for the first 16 years of his reign.

The Year of the False Ghost (109 DR)

Daravvan is born, first son of Sacrast.

The Year of the Quirt (110 DR)

Sacrast takes the throne. The Regency of the Four Barons ends.
Dorglor is born, second son of Sacrast.

The Year of the Tusk (112 DR)

Embrold is born, third son of Sacrast.

The Year of the Icy Axe (123 DR)

Sacrast dies, at the age of 30 after ruling for 13 years.
Daravvan is crowned King, at the age of 14.

The Year of the Biting Frost (124 DR)

Daravvan dies, at the age of 15.
Dorglor is crowned King, at the age of 14.

The Year of the Defiant Stone (127 DR)

Irbruin is born, illegitimate son of Dorglor.

The Year of the Impassable Chasm (134 DR)

Dorglor commits suicide, at the age of 24 after ruling for 10 years.
Embrold is crowned King, at the age of 22. Embrold never marries, but adopts Irbruin as his heir.

The Year of the Pirates’ Port (145 DR)

Embrold dies, at the age of 33 after ruling for 11 years.
Irbruin is crowned King, at the age of 18.

The Year of the Risen Towers (146 DR)

Faerlthind is born, first son of Irbruin.

The Year of the Iron Colossus (147 DR)

Moriann is born, second son of Irbruin.

The Year of the Deep Wellspring (167 DR)

Tharyann is born, tenth child and third son of Irbruin.

The Year of the Weary Warrior (169 DR)

Irbruin and Faerlthind are slain.
Moriann is crowned King, at the age of 22.

The Year of the Cold Enchanter (199 DR)

Boldovar is born, second son of Tharyann.

The Year of the Student (201 DR)

Moriann dies without heirs, at the age of 54 after ruling for 32 years.
Both of his sons were slain in battle against goblins of Hlundadim.
Tharyann is crowned King, at the age of 34.

The Year of the Dancing Lights (218 DR)

Gantharla is born, daughter of Boldovar.

The Year of the Melting Manscorpion (221 DR)

Iltharl is born, son of Boldovar.

The Year of the Shattered Skulls (225 DR)

Thargreve ‘the Lesser’ is born, son of Tharyann’s daughter Erthava.

The Year of Many Mushrooms (238 DR)

Tharyann dies, at the age of 71 after ruling for 37 years.
Boldovar is crowned King, at the age of 39; he is believed to have strangled his older brother Dorglor (II).

The Year of the Hunting Horn (242 DR)

Boldovar is declared dead, but secreted away by Baerauble.
Iltharl is crowned King, at the age of 21.
Holordrym is born, first son of Thargreve.

The Year of the Elfsands (244 DR)

Roderin is born, illegitimate son of Gantharla.

The Year of the Dun Dragon (245 DR)

Irltharl abdicates the throne after ruling for 3 years.
Gantharla is crowned Queen, at the age of 27.

The Year of the Sepulchre (246 DR)

Besmra is born, daughter of Thargreve.
Boldovar dies, at the age of 47, and succumbs to the Ghazneth curse.

The Year of the Magedirge (259 DR)

Belereve is born, son of Holordrym.

The Year of Sunless Stones (260 DR)

Thargram is born, second son of Holordrym.

The Year of Soaring Stars (261 DR)

Gantharla dies, at the age of 43 after ruling for 16 years; she never married, and her illegitimate son is her heir.
Roderin is crowned King, at the age of 17, with the support of the Silver families and Baerauble.

The Year of the Vanishing Cat (264 DR)

Torst is born, son of Besmra.

The Year of the Unspoken Name (266 DR)

Gordroun and Keldroun are born, second and third sons of Besmra.

The Year of Bane’s Shadow (267 DR)

Roderin dies, at the age of 23 after ruling for 6 years.
Thargreve is crowned King, at the age of 42.

The Year of the Cruel Storms (268 DR)

Thargreve dies, at the age of 43 after ruling for 1 year.
Holordrym is crowned King, at the age of 26.

The Year of the Weeping Kingdom (272 DR)

Holordrym dies, at the age of 30 after ruling for 4 years.
Belereve is crowned King, at the age of 13.

The Year of the Vested Vigil (274 DR)

Belereve is slain by his sister Rasthaele, at the age of 15 after ruling for 2 years.
Thargram is crowned King, at the age of 14.

The Year of the Burnished Blade (276 DR)

Thargram dies, at the age of 16 after ruling for 2 years.
Besmra is crowned King, at the age of 30.

The Year of the Watchful Hermit (282 DR)

Berost is born, first son of Keldroun.

The Year of Fallen Flagons (284 DR)

Gorann is born, second son of Keldroun.

The Year of the Jolly Mongrels (286 DR)

Besmra dies, at the age of 40 after ruling for 10 years.
Torst is crowned King, at the age of 22.
Silbran is born.

The Year of the Xorn’s Yearning (288 DR)

Ulbaeram is born, third son of Keldroun.

The Year of the Waking Dreams (289 DR)

Torst is slain by his stepbrother Belorth and stepfather Kurrurdan.
Gordroun slays Belorth and Kurrurdan, and then dies fighting lizardfolk in Marsember; he is crowned King posthumously and added to the lineage by Keldroun.
Keldroun is crowned King, at the age of 23.

The Year of the Wrathful Revenant (295 DR)

Keldroun is slain by nobles.
Berost is crowned King, at the age of 13.

The Year of the Scarred Wagon (298 DR)

Iltharl dies, at the age of 77.

The Year of the Vaasan Knot (299 DR)

Rathdar Orlenthar is born.

The Year of Argent Cape (301 DR)

Berost dies, at the age of 19 after ruling for 6 years.
Gorann is crowned King, at the age of 17.

The Year of the Deep Bay (302 DR)

Edrae is born, son of Gorann.

The Year of the Crimson Tiara (303 DR)

Gorann is slain by his sister Gorauna and the Purplethroat Plague.
Edrae is crowned King, at the age of 1.

The Year of the Questing Raven (304 DR)

Belmuth is born, first illegitimate son of Ulbaeram.

The Year of the Barrows (305 DR)

Edrae is slain by his mother Jalanthra; the work of Gorauna.
Ulbaeram is crowned King, at the age of 17.
Ortolar is born, second illegitimate son of Ulbaeram.

The Year of the Fanged Horde (306 DR)

Raerboth is born, son of Ulbaeram and Silbran.

The Year of Promise (308 DR)

Ulbaeram slain by Askran the Pretender, husband of Gorauna.
Silbran, wife of Ulbaeram, takes the crown as Regent, to protect Ulbaeram’s heir.

The Year of the Hero’s Lament (318 DR)

Meurthe is born, granddaughter of Gorauna.

The Year of the Bright Plumage (320 DR)

Silbran steps down from the Regency.
Raerboth is crowned King, at the age of 14.

The Year of Seven Scales (322 DR)

Aratha is born, grandniece of Gorauna.
Imbrus I is born, second son of Belmuth.

The Year of Freedom’s Friends (324 DR)

Sargrannon is born, first son of Belmuth.
Silbran dies.

The Year of the Silken Whisper (325 DR)

Baerildo is born, son of Raerboth.

The Year of Secret Slaughters (326 DR)

Raerboth is slain by Gorauna.
Baerildo is crowned King, at the age of 1.

The Year of the Sullen Grimalkin (327 DR)

Jasl is born, grandnephew of Gorauna.

The Year of the Ermine Cloak (328 DR)

Baerildo is slain by Gorauna.
Belmuth is crowned King, at the age of 24.

The Year of the Closed Scroll (329 DR)

Barander is born, grandnephew of Gorauna.
Kasplara is born, grandniece of Gorauna.

The Year of the Humbled Fiend (334 DR)

Belmuth dies of the Purplethroat Plague.
Sargrannon is crowned King, at the age of 10.
Artreth is born, first son of Ortolar.
Thargreve ‘the Greater’ is born, son of Meurthe and slayer of Gorauna.

The Year of the Whipped Cur (336 DR)

Sargrannon is slain at the age of 12, by Ortolar; Gorauna’s work.
Ortolar is crowned King, at the age of 31.
Zoumdan is born, second son of Ortolar.

The Year of the Chosen’s Blade (337 DR)

Ortolar is slain by Gorauna.
Imbrus I is crowned King, at the age of 15.

The Year of the Vanished Foe (339 DR)

Imbrus I is slain by Gorauna.
Artreth is crowned King, at the age of 5.
Rathdar Orlenthar takes the throne as Regent.
Imbrus II is born, son of Imbrus I.

The Year of the Uncrossed Bridge (340 DR)

Artreth dies of the Purplethroat Plague.
Zoumdan is crowned King, at the age of 4.
Zoumdan dies of the Purplethroat Plague.
Imbrus II is crowned King, at the age of 1.
Andilber is born, first son of Aratha.

The Year of the Black Wing (341 DR)

Imbrus II dies of the Purplethroat Plague.
Rathdar Orlenthar steps down from Regency (or dies).
Meurthe is crowned Queen, at the age of 23.
Anglond is born, second son of Aratha.

The Year of the Loom (344 DR)

Meurthe dies.
Kasplara is crowned King, at the age of 15.

The Year of Flying Daggers (345 DR)

Kasplara dies.
Jasl is crowned King, at the age of 18.
Jarissra is born, niece of Thargreve.

The Year of the Sage’s Fervor (347 DR)

Jasl dies.
Aratha is crowned King, at the age of 25.

The Year of the Dagger (348 DR)

Aratha dies.
Barander is crowned King, at the age of 19.

The Year of the Toad (349 DR)

Barander abdicates the throne.
Thargreve is crowned King, at the age of 15.

The Year of the Battle Talons (358 DR)

Azoun I is born, son and sole heir of Anglond.

The Year of the Dusty Shelf (360 DR)

Thargreve dies, at the age of 26 after ruling for 11 years.
Jarissra is crowned King, at the age of 15.

The Year of the Maiden’s Fancy (369 DR)

Jarissra abdicates the throne.
Andilber is crowned King, at the age of 29.

The Year of Sleeping Dangers (370 DR)

Andilber dies.
Anglond is crowned King, at the age of 29.

The Year of the Elder (372 DR)

Barander dies.

The Year of the Lady’s Gaze (385 DR)

Duar is born, son and sole heir of Azoun I.

The Year of the Half Moon (390 DR)

Jarissra dies.

The Year of the Azure Cockatrice (391 DR)

Anglond dies, at the age of 50 after ruling for 21 years.
Azoun I is crowned King, at the age of 33.

The Year of the Argent Shafts (425 DR)

Azoun I dies, at the age of 67 after ruling for 34 years.
Duar is crowned King, at the age of 40.

The Year of the Stallion Triumphant (434 DR)

Galaghard I is born, son and sole heir of Duar by his second wife.

The Year of the Dusty Library (469 DR)

Galaghard II is born.

The Year of the Winter Sphinx (480 DR)

Duar dies, at the age of 95 after ruling for 55 years.
Galaghard I is crowned King, at the age of 46.

The Year of the Elk (514 DR)

Galaghard I dies, at the age of 80 after ruling for 34 years. Actually, Galaghard II dies. Galaghard I fakes his own death, takes his son’s identity, and “Galaghard II” is crowned King (again), at the age of 80.

The Year of Trials Arcane (523 DR)

Draxius is born.

The Year of Waving Wheat (554 DR)

Galaghard II dies, at the age of 85 after ruling for 40 years. Actually, Draxius dies. Galaghard I fakes his own death again, takes Draxius’ identity, and “Draxius” is crowned King (again), at the age of 120.

The Year of the False Smile (852 DR)

Bryntarth I is born, son and sole heir of Draxius (Galaghard I).

The Year of the Opening Flower (873 DR)

Galaghard III is born, first son of Bryntarth I.

The Year of the Stricken Star (875 DR)

Draxius dies, at the age of 352 after ruling for 321 years. Actually, Galaghard I dies, at the age of 441.
Bryntarth I is crowned King, at the age of 23.

The Year of the Spitting Cat (895 DR)

Rhiigard/Rhigaerd is born.

The Year of the Calling Shrike (897 DR)

Bryntarth I dies, at the age of 45 after ruling for 22 years.
Galaghard III is crowned King, at the age of 24.

The Year of the Flying Steed (943 DR)

Bryntarth II is born, first son of Rhiigard.

The Year of the Guiding Crow (953 DR)

Galaghard III dies, at the age of 80 after ruling for 56 years.
Rhiigard is crowned King, at the age of 58.

The Year of the Marching Forest (979 DR)

Arangor is born, son and sole heir of Bryntarth II.

The Year of the Scythe (982 DR)

Rhiigard dies, at the age of 87 after ruling for 29 years.
Bryntarth II is crowned King, at the age of 39.

The Year of the Awakening (1001 DR)

Bryntarth II dies, at the age of 58 after ruling for 19 years.
Arangor is crowned King, at the age of 22.
Azoun II is born, first son of Arangor.

The Year of Falling Stars (1035 DR)

Proster is born, first son of Azoun II.

The Year of the Reaching Beacon (1042 DR)

Arangor dies, at the age of 63 after ruling for 41 years.
Azoun II is crowned King, at the age of 41.

The Year of the Laughing Dead (1056 DR)

Azoun II dies of wounds sustained while retaking Arabel, at the age of 55 after ruling for 14 years.
Proster is crowned King, at the age of 21.

The Year of the Aimless Mystic (1092 DR)

Baerovus is born, son and sole heir of Proster.

The Year of the Rose Pearls (1122 DR)

Proster dies, at the age of 87 after ruling for 66 years.
Baerovus is crowned King, at the age of 30.

The Year of Azure Blood (1126 DR)

Palaghard I is born, second son of Baerovus.

The Year of Long Shadows (1164 DR)

Baerovus dies, at the age of 72 after ruling for 42 years.
Palaghard I is crowned King, at the age of 38.
Pryntaler is born, son and sole heir of Palaghard I.

The Year of the Obsidian Heart (1165 DR)

Alvandira Crownsilver is born.

The Year of the Mesmer Pool (1186 DR)

Dhalmass is born, son and sole heir of Pryntaler.

The Year of the Arcane Guise (1187 DR)

Palaghard I dies, at the age of 61 after ruling for 23 years.
Pryntaler is crowned King, at the age of 23.

The Year of the Lean Purse (1198 DR)

Myrton Ammaeth is born.

The Year of the Private Tears (1204 DR)

Alvandira Crownsilver dies.

The Year of the Blazing Banners (1209 DR)

Jhalass Huntsilver is born.

The Year of the Armarel (1210 DR)

Pryntaler dies, at the age of 46 after ruling for 23 years.
Dhalmass is crowned King, at the age of 24.

The Year of the Night’s Peace (1213 DR)

Proster is born.

The Year of the Waking Wrath (1214 DR)

Palaghard II is born, second son of Dhalmass.

The Year of the Swimming Cats (1218 DR)

Elliira is born.

The Year of Prideful Tales (1219 DR)

Alendue Wyrvar is born.

The Year of the Toppled Tree (1220 DR)

Pelara is born.

The Year of the Horn (1222 DR)

Proster dies.

The Year of the Wall (1227 DR)

Dhalmass dies, at the age of 41 after ruling for 17 years.
Palaghard II is crowned King, at the age of 13.
Jhalass Huntsilver dies.

The Year of the Struck Gong (1236 DR)

Lhannas is born.

The Year of the Bloodied Sword (1239 DR)

Gaspar is born.

The Year of the Lost Lady (1241 DR)

Azoun III is born, second son of Palaghard II.
Sulaspra Delzuld is born.

The Year of Pain (1245 DR)

Elliira dies.

The Year of Burning Steel (1246 DR)

Salember is born, third son of Palaghard II.
Alendue Wyrvar dies.

The Year of the Wandering Winds (1251 DR)

Sulesta Halabarr is born.

The Year of the Wilted Flowers (1258 DR)

Lhannas dies.

The Year of Bright Dreams (1261 DR)

Palaghard II dies, at the age of 47 after ruling for 34 years.
Azoun III is crowned King, at the age of 20.

The Year of the Moat (1269 DR)

Rhigaerd II is born, son and sole heir of Azoun III.

The Year of the Shattered Wall (1271 DR)

Myrton Ammaeth dies.

The Year of the Shrieker (1272 DR)

Elduss is born.

The Year of the Purple Toad (1274 DR)

Sulesta Halabarr dies.

The Year of the Blade (1275 DR)

Azoun III dies, at the age of 34 after ruling for 14 years.
Salember takes the throne as Regent, at the age of 29.

The Year of the Crumbling Keep (1276 DR)

Sulaspra Delzuld dies.

The Year of the Beholder (1277 DR)

Gaspar dies.

The Year of the Manticore (1280 DR)

Tanaeth Rowanmantle is born.
Pelara dies.

The Year of the Rock (1286 DR)

Salember refuses to give up the Regency, and is slain by Jorunhast.
Rhigaerd II is crowned King, at the age of 17.
Tanalusta Truesilver is born.

The Year of the Black Hound (1296 DR)

Bhereu is born.

The Year of the Pointed Bone (1298 DR)

Thomdor is born.

The Year of the Broken Helm (1302 DR)

Sulesta is born.

The Year of the Mace (1307 DR)

Azoun IV is born, son and sole heir of Rhigaerd II.

The Year of the Fist (1311 DR)

Filfaeril Selazair is born.

The Year of the Wandering Wyrm (1317 DR)

Tanaeth Rowanmantle dies.

The Year of the Leaping Dolphin (1331 DR)

Elduss dies. Sulesta dies.

The Year of the Sword and Stars (1332 DR)

Foril is born, son of Azoun IV.
Tanalusta Truesilver dies.

The Year of the Blazing Brand (1334 DR)

Tanalasta is born, first daughter of Azoun IV.
Foril dies.

The Year of the Snow Winds (1335 DR)

Rhigaerd II dies, at the age of 66 after ruling for 49 years.
Azoun IV is crowned King, at the age of 28.
Alusair Nacacia is born, second daughter of Azoun IV.
Maethe Blacksilver is born.

The Year of the Unstrung Harp (1371 DR)

Azoun IV dies, at the age of 64 after ruling for 36 years.
Alusair Nacacia takes the throne as Regent.
Azoun V is born, son of Tanalasta and nephew of Alusair.


Sources

  • The Grand History of the Forgotten Realms pages 76-77
  • Cyclopedia of the Realms [1031a] page 34

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The Timeline of Mulhorand

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At a Glance

The following events in the history of Mulhorand, Unther, and Chessenta are significant.

MC DR Events
-353 -2488 By now, everyone has heard the nigh-unbelievable tales; Raurin, the imperial province of Imaskar, has been devoured in a cataclysm of fire and melting earth which left the Raurin Desert.
1 -2135 Re and his followers establish the city of Skuld and the nation of Mulhorand.
49 -2087 Enlil and his followers establish the city of Unthalass and the nation of Unther.
169 -1967 A territorial dispute erupts between Mulhorand and Unther.
175 -1961 Re and Enlil reach an agreement that the River of Swords will be the boundary between their lands. This agreement is honored for more than three thousand years.
c. 650 c. -1500 Mulhorand and Unther expand. This marks the beginning of the First Empires.
c. 900 c. -1250 Unther wars against both the elves of the Yuirwood and the dwarves of the Great Rift, seeking to colonize these areas. Mulhorand, in contrast, works to control lands to the east which were historically dominated by Imaskar.
1049 -1087 Thayd’s Rebellion.
1055 -1081 Thayd is captured and executed. He prophecies that the priests’ persecution of wizards in Mulhorand and Unther will cost the empires much of their power and glory. Of course, the priests don’t see things that way, and his prophecy is discredited and ignored for two thousand years.
1061 -1075 The Orcgate Wars begin. Hordes of orcs pour forth from the mountains, besieging the northern colonies. Estimates of the death toll climb into the tens of thousands within the first month.
1065 -1071 The climactic Battle of the Gods, where Re is apparently slain by an avatar of Gruumsh. However, Horus becomes Horus-Re, and the Mulhorandi armies rally.
1067 -1069 The Orcgate Wars end, as the avatars of the orc deities are defeated by the God-Kings of Mulhorand and Unther. The orcish armies are routed, and flee to the north. A “kill on sight” edict is enacted in Mulhorand and Unther, which prevents orcs from settling in those lands even to this day. The paladins of Osiris quietly stopped counting when they exceeded 100,000 dead, so no accurate record exists of how many lives were lost. Mulhorand is rocked to its core by the loss of Re. Unther is, if possible, even more disheartened; most of their pantheon was destroyed.
1086 -1050 Set defies the authority of Horus-Re, and reportedly kills Osiris. Osiris, if he fell, was quickly resurrected.
1088 -1048 Horus-Re publicly declares himself Pharaoh of Mulhorand and of the Gods. He exiles Set and condemns his church; from this day forward the worship of Set is punishable by death in Mulhorand.
c. 1250 c. -900 Narfell and Raumathar rise to power in the north.
1402 -734 Enlil passes leadership of the Untheric pantheon (and his church) to Gilgeam and vanishes from the Realms. Gilgeam immediately declares this to be Year 1 of the new Untheric Calendar. The Untheric Calendar is grudgingly recognized in Unther’s vassal states, but remains ignored by all other nations.
1513 -623 Narfell attempts an invasion of Mulhorand and Unther by sea. The northern armada is obliterated, and Narfell quickly turns its attention back to other interests.
1986 -150 Narfell and Raumathar achieve mutual destruction.
1988 -148 Predictably, a large number of demons and other creatures loosed in the final battle between the northern empires quickly leave the dead realms and enter the colonies of Mulhorand and Unther. The God-Kings defeat and banish as many of these creatures as they can find, determined to avoid another catastrophic loss of citizens.
2001 -135 Mulhorand and Unther expand again, and the Second Empires begin.
2136 1 The Standing Stone is raised in the lands northwest of the Inner Sea — this event is ignored by most of the South, but is included for reference.
2243 108 The first Great Flood of the River Alamber nearly destroys Unthalass.
2337 202 Barbarians invade southern Unther and Mulhorand.
2340 205 The armies of Mulhorand and Unther chase the fleeing barbarians back to their settlements and exterminate them.
2617 482 Delthuntle and Laothkund declare their independence from Unther.
2639 504 Teth and Nethra declare their independence, provoking Unther into a long and bloody campaign against its northern colonies.
2778 643 Nezram leaves his tower on the shores of Azulduth, and is not seen in the Realms for several centuries.
2814 679 Unther is forced to recognize the independence of all the Coaster Cities. This marks the end of the Second Untheric Empire.
2816 681 Nezram’s tower is destroyed by Chathuulandroth; Nezram’s descendants found Nezras.
2866 731 The second Great Flood of the River Alamber devastates Unthalass.
2958 823 Mourktar declares its independence from Unther.
3057 922 The Battle of Thazalhar. The Red Wizards achieve a coup in Mulhorand’s northern province, and declare themselves the sovereign nation of Thay. This marks the end of the Second Mulhorandi Empire.
3064 929 A small army of dissidents, led by Tchazzar, puts Unther’s northern province to the sword and founds the Alliance of Chessenta.
3111 976 Mulhorand‘s first (and so far, the only) invasion of Thay is defeated at the River Thazarim.
3153 1018 King Tchazzar disappears during an attack against sahuagin. His body is never found, and some of his followers form a cult based on the belief that Tchazzar is now divine.
3165 1030 A small cabal within the Red Wizards declares itself to be the head of that organization, and the rulers of Thay. Much strife ensues. The eight wizards call themselves the Zulkirs.
3209 1074 The Zulkirs eradicate the last known resistance to their rule.
3233 1098 Thay‘s first invasion of Mulhorand is defeated at Sultim.
3252 1117 Mordulkin defies the King of Cimbar, fracturing the Alliance of Chessenta.
3289 1154 The armies of Akanax and Soorenar lay siege to Cimbar. The King of Cimbar is forced to sign a pact placing severe limits on his authority. The lord of Akanax refuses to sign, on the grounds that he himself would be a better leader of the alliance. This, of course, ensures that the squabbling between the city-states will escalate and continue in perpetuity.
3296 1161 The Karanok family rises to power in Luthcheq.
3318 1183 Paladins of Osiris exorcise the fortress of Sekras and make the entire length of the River of Swords safe for human habitation. Werecrocodiles vanish, but quietly settle in the Adder River Delta.
3383 1248 Rehorusteb II becomes Pharaoh of Mulhorand.
3415 1280 Thay‘s second invasion of Mulhorand overwhelms Sultim. The city very nearly falls before reinforcements arrive from Skuld. The church of Anhur is blamed for the debacle.
3436 1301 The cult of Tiamat, long-forgotten, abruptly comes back into public awareness in Unther.
3446 1311 Rezim becomes Vizier of Mulhorand, and dramatically broadens the persecution of Anhurites. Chessentan mercenaries replace Anhurites as the guards of Mulhorand’s cities.
3452 1317 The Great Plague of the Inner Sea begins.
3455 1320 Baphoseti becomes the incarnation of Set, and quickly galvanizes that cult.
3458 1323 The Great Plague fades away. Chessenta is devastated, having lost up to 40% of its population in coastal cities and towns. Chondath and the Coaster Cities suffer similar losses. Unther has also suffered — Messemprar and Unthalass in particular, where up to 20% of the population perished. Mulhorand, in contrast, is unaffected. Murghôm, Semphar, the Shaar, and other lands further away from the Inner Sea, are also spared.
3459 1324 Luthcheq invades Mordulkin, seeking to take advantage of the plague’s ravages. Luthcheq loses the war, and most of its army. House Karanok blames wizard-spy-infiltrators who warned Mordulkin’s leaders of the attack, and begin persecuting wizards.
3481 1346 The Cult of Tiamat summons The Dark Lady.
3485 1350 The Cult of Set gains control of Sampranasz, and successfully suppresses news of the event, thus gaining a base of operations close to Skuld. Baphoseti forms the Fangs of Set.
3492 1357 Fire elementals destroy the eastern Coaster Cities. Rioting in Messemprar threatens to destroy that city.

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Timeline of the Great Glacier

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At a Glance

The following events in the nearly-4000-year history of the Great Glacier are noteworthy.


Events

UC DR Events
1 -2550 Ulutiu sinks into the sea, and the glacier begins to form.
75 -2476 The glacier encroaches into what will later be known as Damara and Vaasa.
276 -2275 A clan of shield dwarves from the Tortured Land is exiled to the glacier, and become the progenitors of the Innugaakalikurit.
902 -1649 Some human hunters from Sossal become lost in the glacier. They make their new home on the ice, and their descendants will be the first Ulutiuns.
1188 -1363 The Ulutiuns discover the Glacier of Ulutiu. Some of them believe Ulutiu to be a god, and devote themselves to his teachings; they declare themselves Nakulutiuns and move northward, founding the settlements of Nakvaligach. The remainder return to Alpuk, thereafter calling themselves Iulutiuns.
1364 -1187 One group of Iulutiuns settle the eastern portion of the glacier, taking up a nomadic life following the large herds of caribou. These are the first of the Angulutiuns, and they call their land Angalpuk.
1587 -964 The Keryjek Wars begin, sparked by Iulutiun settlements poaching caribou in Angalpuk.
1637 -914 The Keryjek Wars end with a treaty between Iulutiun and Angulutiun leaders. The first koatulit is held to commemmorate the treaty, and has been held every year since to facilitate peace.
1649 -902 Iulutiuns reach out to the Innugaakalikurit by inviting them to participate in the koatulit. The dwarves decline, but a cordial relationship begins.
1790 -761 An unusually warm summer results in extensive flooding around the Lugalpgotak and Nakalpgotak seas. Several villages are washed away, and hundreds of Ulutiuns drown.
1952 -599 A small group of Innugaakalikurit provoke the frost giants of Novularond by discovering and stealing a giant-built catapult. The elders of Gronne offer to arbitrate the dispute, eventually finding the dwarves guilty of theft; the thieves are given to the giants as slaves. Descendants of those dwarves remain enslaved by the giants to the present day.
2338 -213 Nakulutiuns inadvertently awaken a monster in the Olyniak Crevasse. They call it Ufloq.
3010 460 Treasure hunters from Sossal enter Angalpuk, bringing with them a strange disease which becomes a plague before the victims are isolated and exiled to the Ibelgrak Valley. The survivors remain exiled to this day, due to fears that the disease is merely dormant rather than extinguished.
3588 1038 A rotational shift of Toril causes temperatures to rise and the glacier to recede, uncovering the the lands of Vaasa and Damara.
3691 1141 A cabal of wizards from Vaasa construct a castle of ice at the base of Mount Okk, and use the castle as a base for developing new cold-based magic.
3698 1148 A massive earthquake rocks the Lugsaas Chain; the ice castle and its wizards are swallowed by a fissure and presumed dead.
3777 1227 Palus Frohm, an explorer from Vaasa, begins his twenty-year journey across the glacier. He writes Blood and Ice: Survival in the Great Glacier, which becomes popular among would-be adventurers in the north.
3836 1286 Work begins on the Shistak Pass.
3889 1339 Sharra Frohm, a descendant of Palus Frohm, enters the glacier intending to write volume two of Blood and Ice about the Nakvaligach region, which her ancestor was unable to fully explore. She entered the glacier, alone, 100 miles northeast of the Frozen Forest. She has not been heard from since.

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