| -99 | Year of Silver Sharks |
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- Court Vizera Zahyra Bardson-Ithal of Tethyr dies. Her successor to Court Vizera is Princess Rhynda.
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| -98 | Year of Hearts Pledged |
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- Garynor (-159 to -75), 1st son of Nishan, King of Tethyr.
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| -97 | Year of Amulets |
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- Lady Symrustar Auglamyr is born.
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| -96 | Year of Eyes Afire |
| -95 | Year of Wan Shadows |
| -94 | Year of Many Bats |
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- The 16-year old Akkabar el Shoon arrives in Tethyr and becomes a pupil of the Vizera Princess Rhynda on his reputation as a prodigy in Art.
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| -93 | Year of Forgotten Smiles |
| -92 | Year of Honor Broken |
| -91 | Year of Old Crowns |
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- Ithmong is besieged for a month by a combined force of goblins and ogres.
- A temple of Labelas Enoreth is founded in Semberholme.
- The Moonshadows are established as a frontier scouting/fighting force by the army of Cormanthyr.
- King Gen dies in his sleep, leaving the throne of Westgate to his eldest child and only son. The reign of King Lemere I, known as the Merchant King for his unceasing efforts to promote trade, is notable for the rapid increase in commercial activity between Westgate and southern realms such as Tethyr and Calimshan.
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| -90 | Year of the Moonlit Mare |
| -89 | Year of Battered Blades |
| -88 | Year of Hostile Hails |
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- Akkabar el Shoon leaves the tutelage of Princess Rhynda of Tethyr and begins his movement among Calishite society and business, selling his powerful magical abilities to the highest bidders. Within four months, Akkabar is a near-permanent fixture within Calimport society and his political savvy is only outmatched by his magic.
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| -87 | Year of Dashed Dreams |
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- Tarkhadale, an early northern Dale allied with Asram and Hlondath, falls to an orc horde.
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| -86 | Year of Goodfields |
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- By this time, a large enclave of pirates dominated the seacoasts of Tethyr, operating out of the ruins of Velen and the northwestern part of the peninsula.
- In response to the pirate threat, Tethyr re-occupies the fortress of Zazessovertan.
- The moon elves of clan Tsornyl establish the settlement of Tsornyl.
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| -85 | Year of Smoke and Lightning |
| -84 | Year of Sloth |
| -83 | Year of Bitter Fruit |
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- By this time, waves and storms have washed away the seacoast around Ithalyr (the Tethyrian Royal Palace), turning it into an island accessible only by stone bridges.
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| -82 | Year of Witches |
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- An Illuskan tribe known as the Rus, led by their chieftain Yvengi, stumbles across a portal in the Whalebones which takes them to the land of Rashemen, far to the east. They join with the native Rashemi population and within seven years lead a successful revolt against the tyrannical rule of the demon Eltab, with the unlooked for aid of the Witches of Rashemen.
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| -81 | Year of Untaken Paths |
| -80 | Year of Tempered Blades |
| -79 | Year of Scarce Steel |
| -78 | Year of the Gleaming |
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- Akkabar el Shoon marries the fifth daughter of the Syl-Pasha of Calimshan on Midsummer. As a wedding gift, Akkabar becomes the Syl-Vizar (and ruler) of Memnon.
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| -77 | Year of Flaming Stones |
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- By Midwinter, the deaths of nearly all members of the royal family of Calimshan places Akkabar el Shoon on the Caleph's Throne, as he had planned.
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| -76 | Year of Lasting Scars |
| -75 | Year of Leather Shields (NOTE: Lands of Intrigue gives the name of this year as Year of the Fallen Guards) |
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- Chapter 4 of "Cormyr: A Novel"
- The nation of Rashemen is officially founded.
- King Garynor Ithal of Tethyr dies suddenly.
- Rhynda (-159 to -45), twin sister of Garynor, becomes Regent Princess of Tethyr. She arranges a marriage between the daughter of Syl-Pasha Akkabar el Shoon of Calimshan and her own son, the future King Nishan II to ensure the stability of both realms despite objecting nobles on both sides.
- The realm of Teshar is founded in the cleared lands between Rystall Wood and Cormanthor.
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| -74 | Year of Splendor |
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- Marsember is founded for the first time, and Westgate cedes its status as the northernmost port in the western Inner Sea region. Trade across the Neck and into the Lake of Dragons begins to slowly increase.
- Late in the year, King Lemere I of Westgate dies of a wasting disease carried into the city by trade emissaries from the newly founded port of Marsember. The throne of Westgate passes to his only child, Crown Prince Lemere II. Within a year, the newly crowned monarch concludes a whirlwind courtship of Lady Lharida of Tethyr, the eldest child of Rhynnel Ithal, the head of Clan Ithal.
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| -73 | Year of Swift Courtships |
| -72 | Year of Enchanted Hearts |
| -71 | Year of Lurking Shadows |
| -70 | Year of Burnished Bronze |
| -69 | Year of No Regrets |
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- The Third Shalarin Passing. For once, the shalarin arrive to a peaceful Serôs, and quickly establish two more shalarin kingdoms within thirty years: Es'daan and Es'purr.
- Founding of the Timesong Calendar in the lands of Serôs.
- An Illuskan tribe of Ruathym travels through a portal to the Council Hills in the Eastern Shaar. Over time, they mingle and join with Nar refugees who have also used a portal to flee the fall of fabled Shandaular, capital of Ashanath in the lands west of Rashemen. This joined people eventually establish the realm of Dambrath in the Shining South.
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| -68 | Year of Discordant Destinies |
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- "Weasel's Run" begins (Realms of War Story II)
- The Dawnmaid, the newly built flagship of the Westgate royal navy, is scuttled in the harbor by merrow from the aquatic kingdom of Khuur. King Lemere II and much of his court either drown or fall prey to the sea ogres' talons, as the attack is launched during royal ball held aboard the ship to commemorate its christening.
- The crown of Westgate passes to the only son of King Lemere II, the four-year-old Crown Prince Ryndarth. The Boy King survives the tumultuous early years of his reign thanks to the wise regency of his mother, Queen Regent Lharida Ithal-Soleilon.
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| -67 | Year of Festivals |
| -66 | Year of Hunger |
| -65 | Year of Monstrous Appetites |
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| -64 | Year of Gleaming Frost |
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- Nishan II (-79 to -6), 2nd grandnephew of Garynor, King of Tethyr.
- The elven realm of Rystall Wood falls in its Twelfth Rysar to giants and orcs. The survivors either remain in Yrlaancel or migrate to Cormanthyr.
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| -63 | Year of Quicksilver |
| -62 | Year of Strong Winds |
| -61 | Year of Thwarted Gambits |
| -60 | Year of Vain Questing |
| -59 | Year of Whims |
| -58 | Year of the Smiling Prophet |
| -57 | Year of False Sentiments |
| -56 | Year of Neglected Tasks |
| -55 | Year of Traitorous Thoughts |
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- Queen Regent Lharida of Westgate consumes a virulent poison concealed within her supper during a state dinner with representatives from Tethyr's royal court and dies immediately. Her only son, King Ryndarth I, takes up the mantle of leadership. Much of the Boy King's reign is consumed with his fruitless hunt for his mother's killer or killers. Diplomatic relations with Tethyr collapse during his reign, although mercantile activity between the two realms continues to flourish.
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| -54 | Year of Tomes |
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- The pirates of Velen establish themselves in the isles of the Nelanther.
- The gold elf clan of Aluianti, tired of political strife in Cormanthor, settle in the village of Aluianti.
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| -53 | Year of Happy Children |
| -52 | Year of the Choking Spores |
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- The Flower Plague spreads through several of Calimshan's cities.
- First permanent farms in the Waterdeep area.
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| -51 | Year of the Cluttered Desk |
| -50 | Year of the Phandar |
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- Tavaray is founded at the mouth of the River Delimbiyr by Northmen settlers. This is the first permanent Northmen settlement in the North since ancient Illusk, and leads to the establishment of a series of coastal settlements during the next several decades.
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| -49 | Year of the Irreverent Jest |
| -48 | Year of the Emblazoned Dirk |
| -47 | Year of the Angry Centaur |
| -46 | Year of Pranks and Mischief |
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- Birth of Endeir "The Falcon" Falconhand, a retainer of the Rayburton family and ancestor of Florin Falconhand (-46 to 44DR).
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| -45 | Year of the Raging Brook |
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- Mulhorand attacks Rashemen through the Gorge of Gauros, and is repulsed.
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| -44 | Year of Giant's Rage |
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- King Nishan II of Tethyr launches a major attack against the pirates of the Nelanther. The pirates are defeated at the Channel Battle.
- The first Black Alaric, founder of the Nelanther pirates, dies in battle.
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| -43 | Year of the Open Sphere |
| -42 | Year of the Shattered Goblet |
| -41 | Year of the Sphinx's Riddles |
| -40 | Year of the Forge's Eldritch Sparks |
| -39 | Year of the Fraudulent Truth |
| -38 | Year of the Insidious Smile |
| -37 | Year of Patriots |
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- The first recorded settlement of Alaghon.
- Clan Karlag of Tethyr makes peace with the elves after 50 years of skirmishes, feuds, and royal disfavor.
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| -36 | Year of the Abyssal Choir |
| -35 | Year of the Biting Shards |
| -34 | Year of the Maedar |
| -33 | Year of the Harpist's Delight (NOTE: Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves gives the name of this year as the Year of Slowing Sands) |
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- Talona fights the goddess Kipyutto and kills her. During the conflict, each goddess unleashes a series of virulent plagues upon Asram, hoping to draw power from the peoples' prayers.
- Asram falls victim to the plagues, from which there are no survivors.
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| -32 | Year of the Grinning Skull |
| -31 | Year of the Crimson Embrace |
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- Ochir Naal, the Prophet of Tiamat, is killed.
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| -30 | Year of the Dying Fear |
| -29 | Year of the Corpulent Mount |
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- Starmantle is founded, beginning a mercantile rivalry with Westgate that lasts for centuries. Despite the efforts of the rulers of both cities to crush their trade adversaries, the ensuing competition actually makes both ports wealthier by increasing the overall volume of trade passing through the Dragon Coast region.
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| -28 | Year of the Laconic Prince |
| -27 | Year of the Masquerade |
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- King Ryndarth I of Westgate dies suddenly, as his heart stops one night while he is asleep. His eldest son, Crown Prince Ryndarth II, is apparently crowned king and rules Westgate unchallenged for nearly a year. Before the year ends, however, an army of Mulan mercenaries, led by Great Lord Ashtukzu of Unther, deposes King Ryndarth II. The Untheric noble reveals that his predecessor was actually a doppleganger who had secretly slain both King Ryndarth I and the Crown Prince and then assumed the identity of the latter. Best known for initiating the tradition of Masquerade Balls in Westgate, the doppleganger monarch is known posthumously as the Masque King.
- As monarch, King Ashtukzu I ignores Gilgeam's orders to make Westgate a vassal state swearing fealty to Unther's god-king, choosing instead to preserve the city-state's traditional independence. Despite Ashtukzu's rebellion against Gilgeam's planned westward extension of Unther's influence, the first king of the Mulan dynasty is instrumental in improving Westgate's trading ties with ports on the eastern Inner Sea.
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| -26 | Year of the Five Mountains |
| -25 | Year of Lost Librams |
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- Expansionist policies grip Tethyr's eastern clans.
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| -24 | Year of the Drenched Robe |
| -23 | Year of the Commander's Tent |
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- The clans Rivarrow, Ithal, and Bardson unite to clear the eastern end of Tethyr of ogres. They divide the newly-gained territory between them.
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| -22 | Year of the Broached Gates |
| -21 | Year of Sorrow and Pain |
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- Braerindra becomes the Watchnorn of Castle Cormanthor.
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| -20 | Year of Peace |
| -19 | Year of Mazes |
| -18 | Year of Honor's Price |
| -17 | Year of Eldath's Heart |
| -16 | Year of the Poisoned Pens |
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- The Plague of Scholars strikes cities across southern Faerun, as far north as Baldur's Gate; lethargy and and heavy sleep leads to coma and death, as some unknown agency poisons vast amounts of ink and quills used by scribes, scholars, and business folk.
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- Illusk begins to expand southward and eastward, seeking to build a grand empire to rival lost Netheril.
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| -15 | Year of the Embrace |
| -14 | Year of the Cloaker |
| -13 | Year of the Bard's Challenge |
| -12 | Year of Laughing Lovers |
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- Illusk openly battles with the elves of Iliyanbruen for the first time as the elves of that realm seek to halt that realm's expansion southward.
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| -11 | Year of Frightening Turmoil |
| -10 | Year of Burning Glades |
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- The use of fire by Illuskani forces south of the River Mirar, to scour the forests clear of green and moon elf settlements rouses the elves of Iliyanbruen. Led by Lord Halueth Never, the elves defeat the forces of Illusk at the Battle of Bloody Oaks. The conflict between Illusk and Iliyanbruen is reduced to ceaseless skirmishing and minor clashes.
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| -9 | Year of Fell Traitors |
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- Clan Fyrson of Tethyr goes outlaw and joins the pirates of the Nelanther.
- The Circle of Flames, a wizard's cabal, forms in the city of Cormanthor. The group consists mainly of retired or current Akh'Faer wizards and their apprentices.
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| -8 | Year of Wraths |
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- Great Lord Thunn, nephew of King Ashtukzu I, arrives in Westgate from Unther on a trade mission from Unthalass. Within a tenday of his arrival, Thunn's uncle dies suddenly, several hours after naming Thunn as his heir to the throne. King Thunn's reign is marked by incessant civil strife as Westgate's populace fiercely resists the usurper king's efforts to impose the authority of Gilgeam on this distant port city.
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| -7 | Year of Open Eyes |
| -6 | Year of Scarlet Scourges |
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- During Tethyrian King Nishal II's birthday celebrations, Ithalyr falls under seige by pirates and the outlawed Clan Fyrson. More than two-thirds of the pirate fleet is sunk, but Ithalyr burns and most of the nobility are slain.
- End of the Ithal Dynasty in Tethyr and beginning of the Shoon Dynasty (the Shoon Traitorum).
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| -5 | Year of Feuds |
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- Amahl I (-60 to -2), Calishite brother of Queen Arhymeria Ithal, becomes King of Tethyr. He establishes a new court and palace within the walls of Fort Karlag, which was soon given its original name of Zazesspur.
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| -4 | Year of Pacts |
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- The elves of Iliyanbruen and the humans of Illusk make peace and declare that the River Mirar is to be the boundary between the two realms.
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| -3 | Year of Ruins |
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- King Amahl I of Tethyr dies from poisoning at a banquet.
- Amahl II (-37 to 15), nephew of Amahl I, King of Tethyr. Amahl II immediately sets about scourging the Ithal lands, as Clan Ithal was dangerous to the new regime for its' once-close blood ties to the fallen Ithal Dynasty.
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| -2 | Year of Gruesome Streams |
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- After 18 months of war, Ithmong is sacked and burnt by Shoon forces. Nearly all of Clan Ithal is killed as traitors.
- King Amahl II of Tethyr swears fealty to Syl-Pasha Shoon of Calimshan at Greengrass upon his victory, marking the true start of the Shoon Imperium with Akkabar's rule over both Calimshan and Tethyr.
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| -1 | Year of Shattered Relics |
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- Zazessovertan's garrison is withdrawn by King Amahl II of Tethyr, leaving it abandoned.
- The ruins of Ithmong's walls and buildings are moved south piece by piece to build a new capital at Shoonach. Former Clan Ithal supporters are enslaved and made to haul stone ten miles south to the new city for the next ten years.
- Akkabar the Younger, eldest grandson of the syl-pasha of Calimshan, dies in a tavern brawl in Memnon that is later revealed to be a revenge assassination by vengeful Tethyrian clansmen. As the father of King Amahl II of Tethyr and the proclaimed heir of Syl-Pasha Shoon, his death brings much suffering to Tethyr.
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| 0 | Year of the Rising Flame |
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- The treants of Semberholme complete their migration to the south of Lake Sember.
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