Forgotten Realms: The Library

Forgotten Realms chronology, -499 - -400

All dates are in Dalereckoning, and year names are given where appropriate.

-499Year of Misplaced Trust
-498Year of Bloodied Tears
-497Year of Shining Beacons
-496Year of Hidden Ways
-495Year of Rising Fears
-494Year of Glowing Rainndrops
-493Year of Deadly Cost
-492Year of Broken Spirit
-491Year of Flowering Mint
-490Year of Three Griffons
-489Year of Endless Song
-488Year of Impossible Tasks
-487Year of Free Will
-486Year of Ringing Music
-485Year of Masks
-484Year of Driving Rain
-483Year of Closed Gates
-482Year of Warring Clans
-481Year of Wilting Vines
-480Year of Tested Faiths
-479Year of Enchanted Voyages
-478Year of Lost Children
-477Year of Legacy
-476Year of Tirades
-475Year of Glowing Embers
  • The phaerimm discover the nation of Netheril and begin plotting its downfall.
-474Year of Everlasting Slime
  • The port of Cimbar is founded by Unther.
-473Year of Renewed Faith
-472Year of Wizard's Woe
-471Year of Scorned Prophets
  • Alea Dahast is born.
  • Sudryl Aeravansel is born.
-470Year of Perdition's Flames
  • "Trial by Ordeal" (Realms of Shadow Story I)
  • The Shadow Wars of Cormanthyr and Rystall Wood against the Twisted Tower begin.
-469Year of Imparted Riches
-468Year of Grace
-467Year of Emerald Groves
-466Year of Clashing Swords
-465Year of Lasting Myth
-464Year of Merry Wives
-463Year of Parting Waters
-462Year of Arcane Prisms
-461Year of Bold Pioneers
  • "First Flight" (Realms of the Dragons Story II)
  • The phaerimm begin to cast the magic drain spells that create Anauroch by draining all the life out of their areas of effect.
-460Year of Silver Warhammers
-459Year of Sparkling Spires
-458Year of Sea Monsters
-457Year of Hostile Badgers
-456Year of Rough Hands
-455Year of Rebellious Streets
-454Year of Pounding Drums
-453Year of Fiends Rising
-452Year of Gathered Shields
-451Year of Graceful Surrender
c. -450
  • Around this time a Keltaran agricultural slave named Ankar leads an uprising and an army of escaped slaves to the safety of the Purple Hills.
  • Large-scale Netherese migration into the Savage Frontier begins, as the effects of lifedrain dweomers cast by the phaerimm become apparent.
-450Year of Dwarves' Descent
-449Year of Dawning Magic
-448Year of Lost Souls
-447Year of Queries
-446Year of Treasured Moments
  • Calimshan's dominance of the Lake of Steam and the Shining Sea comes to an end with the near total destruction of the Calishite Armada in Calimport's harbor. The resulting fires destroy over 70% of the city once winds carry sparks and flames to the wooden domes of many buildings.
-445Year of Heroic Vindication
-444Year of Favors Withheld
-443Year of Clamoring
-442Year of Kings Arising
-441Year of Paths Unwalked
-440Year of Scarecrows
-439Year of Chilling Laughter
-438Year of Dripping Daggers
-437Year of Forgotten Passages
-436Year of Joyous Tears
-435Year of Passion's Fire
-434Year of Snowy Beards
-433Year of Words Regretted
-432Year of Dryads Calling
-431Year of Crowded Walks
-430Year of Choking Cords
-429Year of Fluttering Wings
-428Year of Broken Vows
-427Year of Breaking Storms
-426Year of Drying Wells
-425Year of Ancestral Voices
  • Illusk is re-founded as a magocracy by Netherese settlers. The ruling group of arcanists names itself the Grand Cabal, and names Fynran "the Flamelord" as its High Arcanist, and ruler of Illusk.
-424Year of Bold Faces
-423Year of Forsaken Love
-422Year of Four Shadows
-421Year of Mortal Consequences
-420Year of Manacles
-419Year of Yellow Musk
-418Year of Cowardly Choices
-417Year of Harbor's Lights
-416Year of Howling Gibbets
-415Year of the Lost Way
-414Year of the Saint's Perdition
-413Year of Seasons Unsettled
-412Year of Weary Kings
-411Year of Crimson Marpenoth
-410Year of the Silver Cestus
-409Year of Sailing Winds
-408Year of Sleeping Dragons
  • Karsus discovers heavy magic. In one of his first experiments with heavy magic, Karsus nearly causes his enclave to fall. He removes the heavy magic he created, pushing it over the side of the enclave.
  • The heavy magic falls to the ground, where it slays the renegade arcanist Wulgreth, turning him into a lich when the heavy magic absorbs his life energies.
-407Year of Captive Pride
-406Year of the Insurrection
-405Year of Lost Chances
-404Year of Lashing Whips
-403Year of the Lich's Tears
-402Year of the Zardazil
-401Year of Kyrie Arcanaon
c. -400
-400Year of the Gilded Sky
  • By this time, only a few elven outposts remain on the Dragon's Neck Peninsula.
  • Gorandal Agayous becomes prelate of the temple of Corellon in Semberholme.
  • The domain of the green wyrm Venom, the Tangled Vale, reaches its greatest extent.

A. Jason Antokas, George Krashos, Olaf Krusche, Jan Stephan Lundquist

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