Post by kalbaern on Jan 12, 2010 14:21:22 GMT -5
A Roll of Years with the events most pertinent to our PW.
Preface: Many of the historical notes will focus on elves. It's not that other races don't count or haven't contributed to the evolution of Faerun, it's that in this area, elves had played the most significant roles in shaping the present environment.
-24000 DR The Sundering: Hundreds of High Magi gathered in the heartland of Faerûn at the Gathering Place. Ignoring the lesson learned from the destruction of Tintageer centuries earlier, the High Magi cast a spell designed to create a glorious elven homeland. As the Day of Birthing dawned, the spell reached its apex. Faerûn, the one land, is sundered apart by the unbridled force of the spell. As a result, hundred of cities are washed away, thousands of elves lie dead, and the face of Abeir-Toril is changed forever. The name Faerûn, no longer the One Land, is given to largest continent. The Tree of Souls is given to the elves.
-23900 DR: The forest community of Sharlarion, survived the Sundering nearly complete. These fortunate elves increased their number and spread into the surrounding forest, hills, and lowlands. Soon the elvish kingdom of Aryvandaar (Present Day: High Forest) was established.
-22900 DR: The elven kingdom of Illefarn (Present Day: Ardeep & Kryptgarden Forests and parts of Dessarin valley) is founded, and wood elves join their moon elf cousins in Ardeep.
-22500 DR: Establishment of the elvish settlements of Orishaar. (Present Day: Duskwood & the Shaar)
-21400 DR: Establishment of the elvish settlements of Thearnytaar. (Present Day: Thornwood)
-21000 DR: Establishment of the elvish settlements of Eiellûr. (Present Day: Winterwood)
-20000 DR: Orishaar and the southern dark elf nation of Ilythiir begin skirmishes that continue on and off for the next seven millennia.
-18800 DR: Establishment of the first elvish settlements of Miyeritar (Present Day: High Moor, Misty Forest), by green and dark elves due to political differences with the gold elves of Aryvandaar.
-17800 DR: Establishment of the great elvish settlements of Keltormir (Present Day: Forest of Tethyr which spanned all of Tethyr, Amn, Erlkazar, and Calimshan) by moon and green elves, seeking peace and simple lives away from the strife of the other elven realms.
-17600 DR: The echoes of the Sundering millennia past ripple forward through the mists of time. Surrounded by vast expanses of water the island of Evermeet, thought to be a piece of Arvandor and a bridge between worlds, breaks the surface of the Trackless Sea. Blessed by the goddess Angharradh, verdant forests and wildlife soon flourish across the island. Corellon Larethian wards Evermeet against Lloth, Malar, and the other powers of the anti-Seldarine.
-17500 DR: The independent sylvan elf realms of Thearnytaar, Eiellûr, and Syòrpiir open discussions of unifying the elves of the Satyrwwod. (Present Day: Thornwood-Chondalwood)
-17100 DR to -16800 DR: War of Three Leaves: The unification of the Satyrwood is thwarted by dark elven Ilythiiri spies and assassins, killing their leaders and framing opposing heirs, driving the three realms to a multifront war. Ilythiir's influence is not discovered for centuries.
-17000 DR: Elves emigrate from Eillûr, Syorpiir, and Thearnytar to the Inner Sea for the next seven millennia.
-16800 DR: Thearnytaar, Eiellûr, and Syòrpiir remain separate realms after peace is restored, though each of the three continues skirmishes among themselves and with Ilythiir for centuries.
-15300 DR: The elvish Vyshaan clan rises to power in Aryvandaar under Coronal Ivósaar Vyshann. *The present day High Forest
-14700 DR: Aryvandaar's rulers begin attempts to diplomatically and peacefully annex Miyeritar into their realm and under their control. *What is now the High Moors
-13900 DR: Miyeritar becomes the center of elven Art and High Magic on Faerûn.
-13200 DR: Skirmishing and trade interference starts between Aryvandaar and Miyeritar.
-12000 DR: 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.
-11800 DR: 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: 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.
-11700 DR: 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.
-11600 DR: The Ilythiiri destroy Syòrpiir by fire, separating them from their allied neighbors and burning their homes to the ground.
-11500 DR: 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.
-11450 DR 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: 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.
-11300 DR: End of the First Crown War: Miyeritar conquered by Aryvandaar.
-11200 DR: Thearnytaar falls to the savage and now-unrepentant dark elves, who use enslaved monsters and 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.
-10900 DR: The Third Crown War erupts as accords finally fail between Shantel Othreier and Aryvandaar.
-10700 DR Battle of the God's 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.
-10500 DR The Dark Disaster: Miyeritar is engulphed 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. *The present day High Moors is a bleak and dismal place still. The killing storms may have wiped out all life, but the remains of the past are there yet to be found.
-10500 DR: 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.
-10450 DR 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.
-10110 DR: 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: 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 Descent of the Drow: Corellon's magic, as directed through his priests and High Mages, (110 years of devoute prayer) 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 lans, all drow retreat within two month's passing into the Underdark. *Few realise that nearly a quarter if not more of the present day drow had light skinned ancestors. Though "dark elves" were the majority of those cursed, those of other elven clans that had allied with them were also subjected to the same curse.
-10000 DR: 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: Aryvandaar annexes Illefarn and Neverwinter Wood, its colony in the Llewyrrwood. Elves of both lands flee to the remnants of Shantel Othreier.
-9900 DR: 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.
-9800 DR: 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.
-9800 DR: 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.
-9600 DR: Drow harassment of the Vyshantaar forces over the next five centuries help prevent their annexing Keltormir or any other lands.
-9200 DR 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: 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.
-9000 DR: Illefarn and Keltormir are the sole remaining civilizations to emerge intact from the Crown Wars. The Wandering Years of elven colonization begin. Many elves begin migrating back to Elven Court in its eastern forest.
-9000 DR: The drow empire of Telantiwar invades and rules supreme in the dwarf-carved halls of fallen Bhaerynden.
-8600 DR: Evereska founded in secret by surviving clans of Eiellûr, Miyeritar, and Orishaar as an elven haven in the woods east of Aryvandaar.
-8400 DR: Founding of Siluvanede in the northwestern reaches of the High Forest.
-7600 DR: Founding of Sharrven in the southern reaches of the High Forest, due to overcrowding in Evereska and elitism of Siluvanedenn elves. *Due north of the town of Secomber in the present day.
-4500 DR to -4300 DR Seven Citadels' War: These skirmishes between the elite forces of Siluvanede and the fledgling forces of Eaerlann are sometimes collectively referred to as the Sixth Crown War.
-4300 DR: The Seven Citadels' War ends, and Eaerlann forcibly annexes Siluvanede. Upon discovering the deceit of the fey'ri, untainted Siluvanedenn high mages place the city of Myth Adofhaer in magical stasis, effectively fleeing to the far future to escape association with the fey'ri houses. Most of the surviving fey'ri warriors are imprisoned in Nar Kerymhoarth (the Nameless Dungeon), but some avoid capture and eventually spawn long-lived houses of daemonfey that successfully conceal their nature.
-4070 DR: Shevarash the Black Archer dies but undergoes Apotheosis to become the Night Hunter and Arrow Bringer. This green elf demigod of the Seldarine is still a hunter and vengeful destroyer of drow, but now hunts Lolth and Vhaerun directly (though he no longer considers Eilistraee and her worshipers to be among his prey).
-3830 DR: Elves of Eaerlann open dialogues with Netheril. Humans begin to learn magic from the Eaerlanni elves during the following decade.
-3533 DR: The nether scrolls are discovered amid the ruins of Aryvandaar. The Netherese abandon the magic they learned from the Eaerlanni in favor of the scrolls' greater power.
-3520 DR: 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.
-3419 DR: The Netherese approach the dwarves of Delzoun at Ascore to conduct trade. After three years of deliberation, they set up a trade route known as the Lowroad through the safest and most heavily patrolled sections of the Underdark.
-3095 DR: One set of the Nether Scrolls is stolen by elves of Cormanthyr and secreted away by the High Mages of that realm.
-2770 DR The Slaughter of Sharrven: The fey'ri who survived the fall of Siluvanede covertly unleash monster hordes in the southern High Forest. The creatures destroy Sharrven before aid can arrive. *Remnants of these still wander the woods in the present day.
-2770 DR: King Connar IV of Ammarindar armies vanquish the monster hordes ravaging the southern High Forest, including the red wyrm Rithaerosurffel, the Bane of Sharrven. *Ammarindar was a dwarven kingdom that covered almost the entire Graypeaks.
-2103 DR: A horde of orcs from the Spine of the World, led by giants and their ogre generals, crushes the human civilization of Illusk despite aid from Netherese arcanists.
-1088 DR: First record of trading at the future site of Waterdeep.
-1071 DR: The orc god Gruumsh kills the Mulhorandi deity Ra in the first known deicide. *Corellon was his first "attempt" of course, this was just his first success.
-372 DR (Year of Owl's Watching): The elves of Eaerlann found Ascalhorn. *Will later be known as Hellgate Keep.
-339 DR (Year of Sundered Webs) - Fall of Netheril: Karsus casts Karsus's avatar the only 12th-level spell known to exist. Karsus momentarily steals the powers of the goddess Mystryl but is unable to control the influx of power. The Weave fails and Netheril's floating cities plummet to the ground across Faerûn. *At the site of the present day ruined city of Karsus in the Souteastern High Forest.
-111 DR (Year of Terrible Anger): The elves of Iliyanbruen, Rilithar, and Eaerlann unite to shatter the strength of the orcs and halt their rampage into the High Forest and Dessarin Valley.
-The Orc Marches- Orc hordes from the Spine of the World and the Ice Mountains ravage Illusk and Gauntlgrym in a series of attacks known as the Orc Marches.
-100 DR (Year of the Black Unicorn): The dwarven realm of Delzoun, the Northkingdom, falls to encroaching phaerimm and other dangers. The dwarves' surface citadels survive the attack and remain in dwarf hands.
1 DR (Year of Sunrise): The Standing Stone is raised by the elves of Cormanthyr and the Dalefolk.
10 DR (Year of Dreams): The Netheril region becomes known as the Great Desert of Anauroch.
20 DR (Year of the Fallen Fury): 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.
241 DR (Year of the Hippogriff's Folly): In late autumn, the former and sole-surviving Prince of Athalantar Elminster Aumar enters the city of Cormanthor both to serve Mystra's will and return the kiira of House Alastrarra.
244 DR (Year of the Elfsands): Evereska's existance is discovered by nonelves, though the secret is kept for centuries by the human tribes of the Greycloak Hills.
324 DR (Year of Freedom's Friends): The Harpers at Twilight are formed in secret deep in Elven Court woods by Dathlue Mistwinter, the Lady Steel, whose family crest (a silver harp between the horns of a crescent moon, encircled by stars on a black field) becomes the badge of the Harpers. Among the early members were elf, human, and half-elf warriors, rangers, druids, thieves, and mages (including Ruehar Oakstaff, Ioelena Audark, Lyari Pholont "the Shadesilk," and Elminster)
574 DR (Year of the Gored Griffon): Silverymoon rises to become a small trading post town.
590 DR (Year of the Turning Leaf): Elf and human wizards from Ascalhorn, Eaerlann, Evereska, Silverymoon, and Myth Drannor raise a wizard mythal over the Eaerlanni city of Glaurachyndaar, thereby establishing Myth Glaurach.
627 DR (Year of the Bloodcrystals): Ecamane Truesilver and his nine apprentices arrive in Silverymoon. Claiming five goddesses (Eldath, Mielikki, Lurue, Mystra, and Sehanine) drew them here, the mages create a school of magic patterned on elven teachings.
659 DR (Year of the Hunting Ghosts): 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.
714 DR (Year of Doom): Fall of Myth Drannor: The final campaigns of the elves and allies against the Army of Darkness see the reestablishment of Elven Court as a seat of elven power in Cormanthyr while Myth Drannor falls under siege by the Army of Darkness. With the slaughter of the army and cavalry, little can be done against the Siege of Shadow, which descends on Myth Drannor on the 21st day of Kythorn.
720 DR (Year of the Dawn Rose): The Gathering of the Gods at the Dancing Place signals the refounding of the Harpers at the request of some elves from Elven Court. In attendance are all 15 of the Harpers at Twilight who survived the previous decade, including Lady Alais Dree, Elminster Aumar, Khelben Arunsun (once the Nameless Chosen), and Meil "Darkhunter" Araeln.
882 DR (Year of the Curse): Demons and devils battle in the elven citadel Ascalhorn, later known as Hellgate Keep.
- Triumphant demons stream forth from Ascalhorn, bringing about the fall of Eaerlann. Dwarves allow human refugees to settle in the surface strongholds of Citadel Sundbarr.
- The dwarven realm of Ammarindar is overrun by lingering horrors unleashed by the Netherese of Ascalhorn.
900 DR (Year of the Thirsty Sword): The Vault of Sages is built in Silverymoon.
902 DR (Year of the Queen's Tears): The Cult of the Dragon creates the first dracoliches.
974 DR (Year of the Haunting Harpy): Castle Waterdeep is completed and Laroun, Waterdeep's first female War Lord, takes residence therein.
1090 DR (Year of Slaughter): Battle of the Bones: A horde of 200,000 goblins and orcs arises from the High Moors due to extreme drought and attempt an invasion of the North. The Battle of the Bones marks the spot of the great battle that destroys the horde.
- Followers of Malar mount the Great Hunt.
1261 DR (Year of Bright Dreams): Manshoon claims his seat on the Zhent council. He then founds the secret organization of the Zhentarim.
1290 DR (Year of the Whelm): Dragonspear Castle falls. *Located on the far west end of the High Moors.
1306 DR (Year of Thunder) - The Thunder Blessing: The great dwarven god Moradin bestows a new blessing upon his people. Miraculously the birthrate of the dwarven race begins to soar. The new dwarven generation is commonly refered to as the thunder children. Nearly a fifth of dwarven births after the Thunder Blessing result in identicle or fraternal twins.
1308 DR (Year of the Catacombs): Dungeon exploring comes into vogue.
1335 DR (Year of the Snow Winds): The Evereska Charter claims the Greycloak Hills for the elves.
1344 DR (Year of Moonfall): Retreat of the elves from Cormanthor begins.
1345 DR (Year of Saddle): Plagues claim many among the Sword Coast port cities south of Baldur's Gate.
1350 DR (Year of Morningstar): Elminster retires to Shadowdale.
1353 DR (Year of Arch): Retreat of the elves from Cormanthor begins.
1355 DR (Year of Harp): Zhentil Keep takes Citadel of the Raven as its own. Retreat of elves from Cormanthor reaches its peak. Yülash falls in civil war. Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to Yülash.
1356 DR (Year of Worm): Lashan of Scardale attempts to take over the Dalelands and fails. Cormyr seizes Tilverton. Flight of dragons over the Dales and Moonsea. Death of Syluné of Shadowdale. Mithral Hall reclaimed.
1358 DR (Year of Shadows): Time of Troubles: Gods walk Toril. Destruction of Bane, Bhaal, Gilgeam, Ibrandul, Myrkul, and other deities. Ascendancy of Cyric and Mystra. Dead magic and wild magic areas appear..
1360 DR (Year of Turret): Tuigan horde invades Faerûn. Crusade against the Tuigan. King Azoun IV kills Yamun Khahan.
1361 DR (Year of Maidens): First Banedeath begins as a holy war in Zhentil Keep. Orthodox Banite worship driven underground in that city by clerics of Cyric. Explorers from Amn discover Maztica.
1367 DR (Year of Shield): Tethyr's Reclamation Wars begin.
1368 DR (Year of Banner): Cyricists begin the Second Banedeath. Zhentil Keep is destroyed. Hellgate Keep is destroyed.
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Preface: Many of the historical notes will focus on elves. It's not that other races don't count or haven't contributed to the evolution of Faerun, it's that in this area, elves had played the most significant roles in shaping the present environment.
-24000 DR The Sundering: Hundreds of High Magi gathered in the heartland of Faerûn at the Gathering Place. Ignoring the lesson learned from the destruction of Tintageer centuries earlier, the High Magi cast a spell designed to create a glorious elven homeland. As the Day of Birthing dawned, the spell reached its apex. Faerûn, the one land, is sundered apart by the unbridled force of the spell. As a result, hundred of cities are washed away, thousands of elves lie dead, and the face of Abeir-Toril is changed forever. The name Faerûn, no longer the One Land, is given to largest continent. The Tree of Souls is given to the elves.
-23900 DR: The forest community of Sharlarion, survived the Sundering nearly complete. These fortunate elves increased their number and spread into the surrounding forest, hills, and lowlands. Soon the elvish kingdom of Aryvandaar (Present Day: High Forest) was established.
-22900 DR: The elven kingdom of Illefarn (Present Day: Ardeep & Kryptgarden Forests and parts of Dessarin valley) is founded, and wood elves join their moon elf cousins in Ardeep.
-22500 DR: Establishment of the elvish settlements of Orishaar. (Present Day: Duskwood & the Shaar)
-21400 DR: Establishment of the elvish settlements of Thearnytaar. (Present Day: Thornwood)
-21000 DR: Establishment of the elvish settlements of Eiellûr. (Present Day: Winterwood)
-20000 DR: Orishaar and the southern dark elf nation of Ilythiir begin skirmishes that continue on and off for the next seven millennia.
-18800 DR: Establishment of the first elvish settlements of Miyeritar (Present Day: High Moor, Misty Forest), by green and dark elves due to political differences with the gold elves of Aryvandaar.
-17800 DR: Establishment of the great elvish settlements of Keltormir (Present Day: Forest of Tethyr which spanned all of Tethyr, Amn, Erlkazar, and Calimshan) by moon and green elves, seeking peace and simple lives away from the strife of the other elven realms.
-17600 DR: The echoes of the Sundering millennia past ripple forward through the mists of time. Surrounded by vast expanses of water the island of Evermeet, thought to be a piece of Arvandor and a bridge between worlds, breaks the surface of the Trackless Sea. Blessed by the goddess Angharradh, verdant forests and wildlife soon flourish across the island. Corellon Larethian wards Evermeet against Lloth, Malar, and the other powers of the anti-Seldarine.
-17500 DR: The independent sylvan elf realms of Thearnytaar, Eiellûr, and Syòrpiir open discussions of unifying the elves of the Satyrwwod. (Present Day: Thornwood-Chondalwood)
-17100 DR to -16800 DR: War of Three Leaves: The unification of the Satyrwood is thwarted by dark elven Ilythiiri spies and assassins, killing their leaders and framing opposing heirs, driving the three realms to a multifront war. Ilythiir's influence is not discovered for centuries.
-17000 DR: Elves emigrate from Eillûr, Syorpiir, and Thearnytar to the Inner Sea for the next seven millennia.
-16800 DR: Thearnytaar, Eiellûr, and Syòrpiir remain separate realms after peace is restored, though each of the three continues skirmishes among themselves and with Ilythiir for centuries.
-15300 DR: The elvish Vyshaan clan rises to power in Aryvandaar under Coronal Ivósaar Vyshann. *The present day High Forest
-14700 DR: Aryvandaar's rulers begin attempts to diplomatically and peacefully annex Miyeritar into their realm and under their control. *What is now the High Moors
-13900 DR: Miyeritar becomes the center of elven Art and High Magic on Faerûn.
-13200 DR: Skirmishing and trade interference starts between Aryvandaar and Miyeritar.
-12000 DR: 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.
-11800 DR: 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: 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.
-11700 DR: 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.
-11600 DR: The Ilythiiri destroy Syòrpiir by fire, separating them from their allied neighbors and burning their homes to the ground.
-11500 DR: 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.
-11450 DR 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: 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.
-11300 DR: End of the First Crown War: Miyeritar conquered by Aryvandaar.
-11200 DR: Thearnytaar falls to the savage and now-unrepentant dark elves, who use enslaved monsters and 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.
-10900 DR: The Third Crown War erupts as accords finally fail between Shantel Othreier and Aryvandaar.
-10700 DR Battle of the God's 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.
-10500 DR The Dark Disaster: Miyeritar is engulphed 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. *The present day High Moors is a bleak and dismal place still. The killing storms may have wiped out all life, but the remains of the past are there yet to be found.
-10500 DR: 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.
-10450 DR 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.
-10110 DR: 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: 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 Descent of the Drow: Corellon's magic, as directed through his priests and High Mages, (110 years of devoute prayer) 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 lans, all drow retreat within two month's passing into the Underdark. *Few realise that nearly a quarter if not more of the present day drow had light skinned ancestors. Though "dark elves" were the majority of those cursed, those of other elven clans that had allied with them were also subjected to the same curse.
-10000 DR: 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: Aryvandaar annexes Illefarn and Neverwinter Wood, its colony in the Llewyrrwood. Elves of both lands flee to the remnants of Shantel Othreier.
-9900 DR: 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.
-9800 DR: 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.
-9800 DR: 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.
-9600 DR: Drow harassment of the Vyshantaar forces over the next five centuries help prevent their annexing Keltormir or any other lands.
-9200 DR 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: 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.
-9000 DR: Illefarn and Keltormir are the sole remaining civilizations to emerge intact from the Crown Wars. The Wandering Years of elven colonization begin. Many elves begin migrating back to Elven Court in its eastern forest.
-9000 DR: The drow empire of Telantiwar invades and rules supreme in the dwarf-carved halls of fallen Bhaerynden.
-8600 DR: Evereska founded in secret by surviving clans of Eiellûr, Miyeritar, and Orishaar as an elven haven in the woods east of Aryvandaar.
-8400 DR: Founding of Siluvanede in the northwestern reaches of the High Forest.
-7600 DR: Founding of Sharrven in the southern reaches of the High Forest, due to overcrowding in Evereska and elitism of Siluvanedenn elves. *Due north of the town of Secomber in the present day.
-4500 DR to -4300 DR Seven Citadels' War: These skirmishes between the elite forces of Siluvanede and the fledgling forces of Eaerlann are sometimes collectively referred to as the Sixth Crown War.
-4300 DR: The Seven Citadels' War ends, and Eaerlann forcibly annexes Siluvanede. Upon discovering the deceit of the fey'ri, untainted Siluvanedenn high mages place the city of Myth Adofhaer in magical stasis, effectively fleeing to the far future to escape association with the fey'ri houses. Most of the surviving fey'ri warriors are imprisoned in Nar Kerymhoarth (the Nameless Dungeon), but some avoid capture and eventually spawn long-lived houses of daemonfey that successfully conceal their nature.
-4070 DR: Shevarash the Black Archer dies but undergoes Apotheosis to become the Night Hunter and Arrow Bringer. This green elf demigod of the Seldarine is still a hunter and vengeful destroyer of drow, but now hunts Lolth and Vhaerun directly (though he no longer considers Eilistraee and her worshipers to be among his prey).
-3830 DR: Elves of Eaerlann open dialogues with Netheril. Humans begin to learn magic from the Eaerlanni elves during the following decade.
-3533 DR: The nether scrolls are discovered amid the ruins of Aryvandaar. The Netherese abandon the magic they learned from the Eaerlanni in favor of the scrolls' greater power.
-3520 DR: 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.
-3419 DR: The Netherese approach the dwarves of Delzoun at Ascore to conduct trade. After three years of deliberation, they set up a trade route known as the Lowroad through the safest and most heavily patrolled sections of the Underdark.
-3095 DR: One set of the Nether Scrolls is stolen by elves of Cormanthyr and secreted away by the High Mages of that realm.
-2770 DR The Slaughter of Sharrven: The fey'ri who survived the fall of Siluvanede covertly unleash monster hordes in the southern High Forest. The creatures destroy Sharrven before aid can arrive. *Remnants of these still wander the woods in the present day.
-2770 DR: King Connar IV of Ammarindar armies vanquish the monster hordes ravaging the southern High Forest, including the red wyrm Rithaerosurffel, the Bane of Sharrven. *Ammarindar was a dwarven kingdom that covered almost the entire Graypeaks.
-2103 DR: A horde of orcs from the Spine of the World, led by giants and their ogre generals, crushes the human civilization of Illusk despite aid from Netherese arcanists.
-1088 DR: First record of trading at the future site of Waterdeep.
-1071 DR: The orc god Gruumsh kills the Mulhorandi deity Ra in the first known deicide. *Corellon was his first "attempt" of course, this was just his first success.
-372 DR (Year of Owl's Watching): The elves of Eaerlann found Ascalhorn. *Will later be known as Hellgate Keep.
-339 DR (Year of Sundered Webs) - Fall of Netheril: Karsus casts Karsus's avatar the only 12th-level spell known to exist. Karsus momentarily steals the powers of the goddess Mystryl but is unable to control the influx of power. The Weave fails and Netheril's floating cities plummet to the ground across Faerûn. *At the site of the present day ruined city of Karsus in the Souteastern High Forest.
-111 DR (Year of Terrible Anger): The elves of Iliyanbruen, Rilithar, and Eaerlann unite to shatter the strength of the orcs and halt their rampage into the High Forest and Dessarin Valley.
-The Orc Marches- Orc hordes from the Spine of the World and the Ice Mountains ravage Illusk and Gauntlgrym in a series of attacks known as the Orc Marches.
-100 DR (Year of the Black Unicorn): The dwarven realm of Delzoun, the Northkingdom, falls to encroaching phaerimm and other dangers. The dwarves' surface citadels survive the attack and remain in dwarf hands.
1 DR (Year of Sunrise): The Standing Stone is raised by the elves of Cormanthyr and the Dalefolk.
10 DR (Year of Dreams): The Netheril region becomes known as the Great Desert of Anauroch.
20 DR (Year of the Fallen Fury): 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.
241 DR (Year of the Hippogriff's Folly): In late autumn, the former and sole-surviving Prince of Athalantar Elminster Aumar enters the city of Cormanthor both to serve Mystra's will and return the kiira of House Alastrarra.
244 DR (Year of the Elfsands): Evereska's existance is discovered by nonelves, though the secret is kept for centuries by the human tribes of the Greycloak Hills.
324 DR (Year of Freedom's Friends): The Harpers at Twilight are formed in secret deep in Elven Court woods by Dathlue Mistwinter, the Lady Steel, whose family crest (a silver harp between the horns of a crescent moon, encircled by stars on a black field) becomes the badge of the Harpers. Among the early members were elf, human, and half-elf warriors, rangers, druids, thieves, and mages (including Ruehar Oakstaff, Ioelena Audark, Lyari Pholont "the Shadesilk," and Elminster)
574 DR (Year of the Gored Griffon): Silverymoon rises to become a small trading post town.
590 DR (Year of the Turning Leaf): Elf and human wizards from Ascalhorn, Eaerlann, Evereska, Silverymoon, and Myth Drannor raise a wizard mythal over the Eaerlanni city of Glaurachyndaar, thereby establishing Myth Glaurach.
627 DR (Year of the Bloodcrystals): Ecamane Truesilver and his nine apprentices arrive in Silverymoon. Claiming five goddesses (Eldath, Mielikki, Lurue, Mystra, and Sehanine) drew them here, the mages create a school of magic patterned on elven teachings.
659 DR (Year of the Hunting Ghosts): 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.
714 DR (Year of Doom): Fall of Myth Drannor: The final campaigns of the elves and allies against the Army of Darkness see the reestablishment of Elven Court as a seat of elven power in Cormanthyr while Myth Drannor falls under siege by the Army of Darkness. With the slaughter of the army and cavalry, little can be done against the Siege of Shadow, which descends on Myth Drannor on the 21st day of Kythorn.
720 DR (Year of the Dawn Rose): The Gathering of the Gods at the Dancing Place signals the refounding of the Harpers at the request of some elves from Elven Court. In attendance are all 15 of the Harpers at Twilight who survived the previous decade, including Lady Alais Dree, Elminster Aumar, Khelben Arunsun (once the Nameless Chosen), and Meil "Darkhunter" Araeln.
882 DR (Year of the Curse): Demons and devils battle in the elven citadel Ascalhorn, later known as Hellgate Keep.
- Triumphant demons stream forth from Ascalhorn, bringing about the fall of Eaerlann. Dwarves allow human refugees to settle in the surface strongholds of Citadel Sundbarr.
- The dwarven realm of Ammarindar is overrun by lingering horrors unleashed by the Netherese of Ascalhorn.
900 DR (Year of the Thirsty Sword): The Vault of Sages is built in Silverymoon.
902 DR (Year of the Queen's Tears): The Cult of the Dragon creates the first dracoliches.
974 DR (Year of the Haunting Harpy): Castle Waterdeep is completed and Laroun, Waterdeep's first female War Lord, takes residence therein.
1090 DR (Year of Slaughter): Battle of the Bones: A horde of 200,000 goblins and orcs arises from the High Moors due to extreme drought and attempt an invasion of the North. The Battle of the Bones marks the spot of the great battle that destroys the horde.
- Followers of Malar mount the Great Hunt.
1261 DR (Year of Bright Dreams): Manshoon claims his seat on the Zhent council. He then founds the secret organization of the Zhentarim.
1290 DR (Year of the Whelm): Dragonspear Castle falls. *Located on the far west end of the High Moors.
1306 DR (Year of Thunder) - The Thunder Blessing: The great dwarven god Moradin bestows a new blessing upon his people. Miraculously the birthrate of the dwarven race begins to soar. The new dwarven generation is commonly refered to as the thunder children. Nearly a fifth of dwarven births after the Thunder Blessing result in identicle or fraternal twins.
1308 DR (Year of the Catacombs): Dungeon exploring comes into vogue.
1335 DR (Year of the Snow Winds): The Evereska Charter claims the Greycloak Hills for the elves.
1344 DR (Year of Moonfall): Retreat of the elves from Cormanthor begins.
1345 DR (Year of Saddle): Plagues claim many among the Sword Coast port cities south of Baldur's Gate.
1350 DR (Year of Morningstar): Elminster retires to Shadowdale.
1353 DR (Year of Arch): Retreat of the elves from Cormanthor begins.
1355 DR (Year of Harp): Zhentil Keep takes Citadel of the Raven as its own. Retreat of elves from Cormanthor reaches its peak. Yülash falls in civil war. Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to Yülash.
1356 DR (Year of Worm): Lashan of Scardale attempts to take over the Dalelands and fails. Cormyr seizes Tilverton. Flight of dragons over the Dales and Moonsea. Death of Syluné of Shadowdale. Mithral Hall reclaimed.
1358 DR (Year of Shadows): Time of Troubles: Gods walk Toril. Destruction of Bane, Bhaal, Gilgeam, Ibrandul, Myrkul, and other deities. Ascendancy of Cyric and Mystra. Dead magic and wild magic areas appear..
1360 DR (Year of Turret): Tuigan horde invades Faerûn. Crusade against the Tuigan. King Azoun IV kills Yamun Khahan.
1361 DR (Year of Maidens): First Banedeath begins as a holy war in Zhentil Keep. Orthodox Banite worship driven underground in that city by clerics of Cyric. Explorers from Amn discover Maztica.
1367 DR (Year of Shield): Tethyr's Reclamation Wars begin.
1368 DR (Year of Banner): Cyricists begin the Second Banedeath. Zhentil Keep is destroyed. Hellgate Keep is destroyed.
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