| -990 |
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- Intermittant plagues over the next century ravage the populations of Shamedar and Calimport. The first plague, which strikes this year, kills nearly half of Calimport's slaves and forces the syl-pasha and his family to remain trapped in their palace for nearly two years until the disease subsides. The warlords and sorcerers of Jhaamdath's Twelve Cities of Swords are suspected of creating the plagues, but nothing is ever proven.
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| -986 |
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- Lured by abundant caribou, an Iulutian faction moves to Angalpuk and becomes the first of the nomadic Angulutians.
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| -982 |
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- The green dragon Venominhandar, called Venom for short, settles in the Emerald Vale of Cormanthor. Soon thereafter, the Vale becomes twisted and tangled by means of the green dragon's magic, rendering it fit only for the dragon.
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| -963 |
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- Several Iulutian settlements unite to wage war on their Angulutian neighbors. Start of the Keryjek Wars (named for the mountain range in which most of the fighting occurred).
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| -930 |
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- Ilgostrogue Sstar leads nearly a quarter of Delzoun's dwarves westward to re-found and restore the legendary delves and mines of lost Gharraghaur at the site of present-day Mirabar.
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| -928 |
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- The dwarves of Clan Sstar abandon their dwellings in present-day Mirabar and forge on westward. Ilgostrogue dies when they reach the coast and his son and successor Beerkanstrogue founds the city of Ironmaster.
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| -913 |
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- The Keryjek Wars end with a treaty between the Iulutian and Angulutians. The first koatulit is held, becoming a yearly event thereafter.
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| -901 |
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- Attempt at relations between Iulutiuns and Innugaakalikurit. Beginning of a long and cordial relationship between the Innugaakalikurit and the Iulutians.
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| c. -900 |
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- Rise of Narfell and Raumathar.
- Start of the Fourth Age of Calimshan.
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| c. -870 |
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- After some decades of increased travel and colonization, Calimshan opens full, regular trade with Chult and the Tashalar.
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| -833 |
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- The elves begin their great exodus to the island of Evermeet, leaving their ruins for others to explore and inhabit.
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| -819 |
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- A Dukar allegedly assassinates the sea-elf Coronal Lynsal, and his paranoid daughter, Vaeqiis (soon to be known as Vaeqiis the Dark) begins sanctions and crackdowns against the Dukar Orders and all mages.
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| c. -800 |
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- Netherese arcanists establish the Sargauth Enclave in Undermountain.
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| -800 |
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- Start of the Twelfth Rysar of Rystall Wood.
- Synnorha Durothil becomes a baelnorn to guard the Library of the Durothils, far beneath the petrified roots of its original villa.
- Rise of the Purple Order of Pamas. A small band of forty Dukars abandon their normal colors and allegiances to form the Pamasi order, dedicated to a harassing war against the undersea empire of Aryselmalyr and its increasingly draconian tactics against wizardry. The two score Dukars seek to embarass Coronal Vaeqiis II and raise awareness of the problems among the common folk, not just the wizardry orders.
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| -791 |
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- The Fifth Rysar of Cormanthyr convenes under the rule of Tannivh Irithyl.
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| -790 |
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- The Night Wars begin between the drow and many surface powers of southern Faerun. The primary military foe of the drow is Calimshan.
- From this date until -530DR, the garrisons and towns of eastern Tethyr and Iltkazar come under attack by drow forces.
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| -789 |
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- The Second Shalarin Passing. Below the Hmur Plateau, the wildgate opens again and more shalarin emigrate to Serôs (the Inner Sea). Initially, many of the new shalarin come to Es'krin, though some move farther east and look for a home of their own.
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| -788 |
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- Start of the Fifth Serôs War. Aryselmalyr's paranoid concerns about the second arrival of shalarin bring them to mobilize troops around Es'krin and the northern Hmur Plateau. Objections from other allied or neutral states are ignored or responded to with force, bringing war to Serôs again.
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| -780 |
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- The Kraken Gambit. Coronal Vaeqiis II desperatedly allies with two kraken to shatter the Four Arcana of Humbar, the peaceful markoth magocracy. The few survivors of this offensive dive into deeper waters, away from Aryselmalyr's persecution.
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| -777 |
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- End of the Fifth Serôs War. With the deaths of Vaeqiis and her two kraken allies (whom many suspect controlled her for quite some time, despite Vaeqiis' beliefs), the Fifth War ends. The many casualties are the Arcana of Humbar and the shalarin kingdom of Es'krin. Aryselmalyr's new ruler (approved by the four Grand Dukars as well as the sea elven nobility) is the Coronal Pravis Orlson, who restores the peace missed for over six centuries.
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| -763 |
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| -760 |
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- Year of the Great Flood of the Great Glacier. Hundreds of Ulutians drown when their villages are washed away.
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| c. -750s |
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- Drow attacks on Cormanthyr and Rystal Wood begin again in earnest, but only as slash-and-run raids by drow seeking magic, slaves, or destruction. The impregnable Twisted Tower expands twice in the next decades.
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| -741 |
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- Tulan el Akada yi Calimport creates the aranea, a lycanthropic arachnid race with the ability to disguise themselves as drow or giant spiders. Tulan's magical controls make the aranea the most effective soldiers in Calimshan's war against the drow.
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| -736 |
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- Tulan el Akada's 40 most loyal aranea remain in Calimport and take up residence in hidden byways beneath the city and among caverns in the upper regions of the Underdark (former scouting posts of Shanatar). They begin fortifying the defenses of Calimport against the drow and making a home for themselves in the dark areas where few wish to tread.
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| -734 |
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- Enlil decides to leave Toril, Gilgeam, son of Enlil, becomes King of Unther.
- Year 1 in Untheric calendar.
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| -733 |
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- Tulan el Akada releases over 100 aranea into the Forest of Mir both to propagate and to fight the drow that had taken up residence within.
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| -722 |
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- Elves of Yrlaphon suffer drow attacks in winter, and the orc hordes of summer overwhelm them, causing the fall of the city.
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| -712 |
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- The Srinshee dies, becoming a baelnorn.
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| c. -700 |
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- "Netheril Trilogy" ("Sword Play", "Dangerous Games", "Mortal Consequences")
- The dwarven realm of Delzoun is at its height.
- Rise of Vastar, the orcish kingdom in the Vast.
- Something dark and evil takes up residence or is trapped in the ancient ruins of Ascore.
- The dwarf Melair strikes a rich vein of Mithril, thus beginning the mining of the Underhalls of Clan Melairkyn.
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| -700 | Year of Twelve Gods |
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- The Vastar of the orcs in the Vast.
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| -699 | Year of Moon Blades Clashing |
| -698 | Year of Plentiful Herds |
| -697 | Year of Furious Giants |
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- Drow erupt from beneath the cities of Calimport, Manshaka, and Almraiven, establishing footholds in the cities as well as the outlying wilderness areas that they hold for several decades.
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| -696 | Year of Great Rains |
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- End of the Netherese Age of Discovery. Beginning of the Shadowed Age. (3163 NY)
- Birth of Karsus, the Netherese human who later becomes known as the "child-who-would-be-a-god", "the Unmaker of the Weave", and "the ape who would fly" by the elves.
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| -695 | Year of Kings Clashing |
| -694 | Year of Embattled Ground |
| -693 | Year of Keening Whales |
| -692 | Year of the Shadowed Traveler |
| -691 | Year of Stolen Fire |
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- Attacks by the drow in Calimport destroy the Caleph's Palace with all the ruling family within it, bringing the Vihad dynasty to a close. The qayadin (general) of the sadimmin takes control as Syl-Pasha Akim el Ehjoliq.
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| -690 | Year of Fragile Beginnings |
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- The deep gnome community of Blingdenstone is founded in the Underdark region of the North.
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| -689 | Year of Final Fates |
| -688 | Year of Fettered Talons |
| -687 | Year of Eternal Summer |
| -686 | Year of Fireshadows |
| -685 | Year of the Ill-Timed Truth |
| -684 | Year of Exacted Oaths |
| -683 | Year of Fleeting Courage |
| -682 | Year of Humble Heroes |
| -681 | Year of Nightmares |
| c. -680 |
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- Calimshan begins colonizing the coast of the Lake of Steam beyond the Alimir Peninsula. The original plans were to colonize the area as conquerers, but many are settled as places for refugees fleeing Calimshan proper and the irregular but terrifying Night Wars against the drow.
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| -680 | Year of Creeping Thieves |
| -679 | Year of Ebon Scrimshaw |
| -678 | Year of Hot Springs |
| -677 | Year of Fervent Glances |
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- First drow incursions against the Melairkyn dwarves of Undermountain.
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| -676 | Year of Frenzied Tempests |
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- Dumathoin's temple is built on the Lost Level of Undermountain by the Melairkyn dwarves.
- The Temples Plague flares up in Calimport, Almraiven, and the Tashalar cities. Infectious by touch, it is unwittingly spread by priests, giving it its name.
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| -675 | Year of Cresting Waves |
| -674 | Year of Dwarves Beseiged |
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- Ioulaum perfects the spell Ioulaum's Longevity.
- Karsus creates a mythallar and becomes an archwizard.
- The enclave of Karsus is founded.
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| -673 | Year of Hidden Wisdom |
| -672 | Year of Giant Shoulders |
| -671 | Year of Crawling Carrion |
| -670 | Year of Unfurled Sails |
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- With eastern Tethyr embroiled in strife and resistance, many human natives of Tethyr escape captivity between now and -370DR, and flee northwards.
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| -669 | Year of Summer Frosts |
| -668 | Year of Eagles Striking |
| -667 | Year of Harrowing Legends |
| -666 | Year of Hordling Armies |
| -665 | Year of Crumbling Ruins |
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- A powerful earthquake rocks the northwestern Nether Mountains, causing much of the lost city fo Tzindylspar to collapse. The City of Rubies vanishes into myth.
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| -664 | Year of Turning Tides |
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- The remaining Nether Scrolls are stolen en route to the Netherese city of Karsus. A witch-hunt begins, ending seven years later at the expense of 125 lives.
- The Enslaving of Keltar: The drow nearly destroy this town over the course of a 37-hour battle, given their magical superiority and a globe of darkness that they use to surround the city. Calimport's army arrives after the drow conquer the city and have shipped more than 50% of the surviving population into the Underdark as slaves. While the Calishites free the town and force the drow back into the Underdark, over 3,000 Keltarns are never seen again.
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| -663 | Year of Encroaching Weeds |
| -662 | Year of Ravens |
| -661 | Year of Heavy Fogs |
| -660 | Year of the Guarding Icon |
| -659 | Year of Slaying Arrows |
| -658 | Year of Friends Rejoicing |
| -657 | Year of Dancing Drakes |
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- The search for the stolen Nether Scrolls ends.
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| -656 | Year of Cool Breezes |
| -655 | Year of Troubled Nights |
| -654 | Year of Drifting Sands |
| -653 | Year of Reverent Threnody |
| -652 | Year of Joyful Colors |
| -651 | Year of Stirred Hearts |
| -650 | Year of Flames Rising |
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- Due to drow attacks on Calimshan, the dwarves and humans around the Omlarandin Mountains and the Kuldin Peaks (the lands of Old Iltkazar) become independent of Calimshan's control.
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| -649 | Year of Falling Copper |
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- The Calishite army surrounds Calimport as wizards and priests set it magically aflame, the light and fires driving the drow that claimed more than 25% of the city onto the waiting spears of the sadimmin or deeper beneath the city. Once again, the syl-pasha is forced to destroy his capital to save his empire.
- Large parts of Calimport are purposefully destroyed to bury the drow temples and partially subterranean villas, but some remain relatively intact though buried. Those same wizards who burned the city help rebuild it and seal off all areas between Calimport and the Underdark with stone and new buildings. Despite their diligence, the drow reopen those passages within a decade and reestablish their hold on Calimport Below, now nicely protected by the city above.
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| -648 | Year of Tribes Reunited |
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- The Demiplane of Shadow is discovered.
- Shadow, the first arcanist to theorize the existence of demi-planes, publishes (with the help of Karsus) "Shadows: Palpable Cohesion of Formless Corporeality".
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| -647 | Year of Craven Hungers |
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- The Demiplane of Imprisonment is discovered.
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| -646 | Year of False Hopes |
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|
| -645 | Year of Eternal Amber |
| -644 | Year of Vacant Wharves |
| -643 | Year of Melodious Minstrels |
| -642 | Year of Requiem |
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| -641 | Year of Mountain Snows |
| -640 | Year of Flashing Daggers |
| -639 | Year of Cruel Rocks |
| -638 | Year of Nimble Fingers |
| -637 | Year of Velvet Tongues |
| -636 | Year of Unending Sorrow |
| -635 | Year of Surrounding Darkness |
| -634 | Year of Dwindling Darkness |
| -633 | Year of Eleven Lords |
| -632 | Year of Brazen Hetaera |
| -631 | Year of Mirthful Gnomes |
| c. -630 |
|
- The city of Kensten (present-day Bezantur) is founded by the Raumathar Empire as a southern outpost.
|
| -630 | Year of Orphaned Princes |
|
- The dwarven clans Battlehammer and Ironshield depart Delzoun and establish Mithral Hall, and Settlestone in the mountains east of the Lurkwood. Gandalug Battlehammer is crowned First King of Mithral Hall. The former hold of Gharraghaur known as Andalbruin is also settled by Clan Ironshield dwarves during this time.
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| -629 | Year of Dreaded Comings |
| -628 | Year of Empty Crowns |
|
- The dwarves of Clan Ironshield abandon the settlement of Andalbruin for the higher, more defensible Settlestone.
|
| -627 | Year of Blinding Lightning |
| -626 | Year of Oaths Forsaken |
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- A group of outcast Netherese wizards known as the Selskar Order build a school of wizardry in the ruins of Andalbruin.
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| -625 | Year of Molten Fury |
| -624 | Year of Bountiful Harvests |
| -623 | Year of Clipped Wings |
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- Narfell attempts invasion of Mulhorand and Unther by sea. The two southern nations defeat the Narfell fleet. Neither Narfell nor Raumathar attempts to invade the Old Empires again.
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| -622 | Year of the Drowning Darkness |
| -621 | Year of the Blessed Rulers |
| -620 | Year of Noble Souls |
|
- After more than 60 years of negotiations, Calimshan's syl-pasha strikes some confidential trade agreements with the Matron mother of Guallidurth, the closest drow city, in exchange for the withdrawal of her forces from beneath Calimport and the other Calishite cities. The withdrawal takes another 90 years, as not all forces answer to the Matron Mother of Guallidurth, and a House rebellion within that city also adds fuel to the Night Wars.
|
| -619 | Year of Bright Water |
| -618 | Year of Mired Wagons |
| -617 | Year of Black Teardrops |
| -616 | Year of Newfound Spells |
| -615 | Year of Billowing Dust |
| -614 | Year of Maleficient Counsel |
| -613 | Year of Stampeding Hordes |
| -612 | Year of Sudden Mourning |
|
- The Coronal's seventh son, Eltargrim, is born in Semberholme.
- Duathamper is relocated underground to protect it from airborne foes, in particular the green dragon Venom.
|
| -611 | Year of Power Usurped |
| -610 | Year of Reluctant Passion |
| -609 | Year of Six Cats |
| -608 | Year of Turned Knives |
| -607 | Year of No Wars |
| -606 | Year of Valor |
| -605 | Year of Lingering Nightfall |
| -604 | Year of Jade |
| -603 | Year of Held Breaths |
| -602 | Year of Joys Ephemeral |
| -601 | Year of Humble Beginnings |
| -600 | Year of Moonlit Unicorns |
| -599 | Year of Hasty Messengers |
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- The Spiders Plague strikes Calimshan; those affected are covered with sores filled with spider's eggs, and the victims are then consumed by the hatching spiders.
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| -598 | Year of Quiet Thunder |
|
- Innugaakalikurit and Frost Giants argue over a great catapult. The dwarven thieves are enslaved by the giants; their descendants remain that way today.
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| -597 | Year of Frequent Betrayals |
| -596 | Year of Dancing Ladies |
| -595 | Year of the Clever Ettin |
| -594 | Year of Valiant Blades |
| -593 | Year of Summoned Heroes |
| -592 | Year of Deep Questions |
| -591 | Year of Echoing Prayers |
| -590 | Year of Masking Shadows |
| -589 | Year of Neverending Storms |
| -588 | Year of Smiling Infants |
| -587 | Year of Homecoming |
| -586 | Year of Grand Offerings |
| -585 | Year of the Rumbling Earth |
|
- The troll warlord Harska Thaug gathers a horde of trolls and orcs and leads it south from the Spine of the World to assault the elven realm of Rilithar. The horde lays waste to all in its path and attacks the Tower of the Star, the school of wizardry constructed by the Selskar Order. They summon the slaad lord Bazim-Gorag, "the Firebringer", who decimates the horde causing it to flee back north to the Spine of the World.
|
| -584 | Year of Pyramids |
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- Harska Thaug gathers another horde which overruns and pillages the Tower of the Star, bringing an end to the Selskar Order.
|
| -583 | Year of Lingering Mists |
| -582 | Year of Glittering Coins |
|
- The horde of Harska Thaug assaults the elven realm of Rilithar on the eastern slopes of the Sword Mountains. The elves give battle and shatter the horde but not before their largest settlements are overrun and laid waste. The elves of Rilithar begin to rebuild, their strength greatly weakened.
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| -581 | Year of Toil Unending |
| -580 | Year of Melodies |
| -579 | Year of Jewels Glittering |
| -578 | Year of Haste |
| -577 | Year of Neverending Carnage |
| -576 | Year of Licentious Behavior |
| -575 | Year of Spectacular Art |
| -574 | Year of Hanged Martyrs |
| -573 | Year of Full Depths |
| -572 | Year of Fateful Handshakes |
| -571 | Year of Meager Portions |
| -570 | Year of Raised Cups |
| -569 | Year of Silken Sabres |
| -568 | Year of Iron Golems |
| -567 | Year of the High Harvest |
| -566 | Year of Greed Regretted |
| -565 | Year of Dweomers |
| -564 | Year of Fearful Looks |
| -563 | Year of Earnest Gallantry |
| -562 | Year of Dust |
| -561 | Year of Unknown Fates |
| -560 | Year of Dreams Attained |
| -559 | Year of Hidden Passions |
| -558 | Year of Fading Tides |
| -557 | Year of Life's Bounty |
| -556 | Year of Small Gifts |
| -555 | Year of Furtive Magics |
| -554 | Year of Dwindling Light |
| -553 | Year of Plentiful Wine |
| -552 | Year of Voices Resounding |
| -551 | Year of Kindred Spirits |
| -550 | Year of Glistening Dust |
| -549 | Year of Clammy Tentacles |
| -548 | Year of Venemous Scribes |
| -547 | Year of Toppled Trees |
| -546 | Year of Erstwhile Travelers |
| -545 | Year of Deep Waters |
| -544 | Year of Leaping Fish |
| -543 | Year of Merry Jesters |
| -542 | Year of Peaceful Dawns |
| -541 | Year of Benevolent Lords |
| -540 | Year of Stallions |
| -539 | Year of Harkened Mounts |
| -538 | Year of Twilight Celebrations |
| -537 | Year of Lights Lurking |
| -536 | Year of Mirrored Spirits |
| -535 | Year of Glistening Dew |
| -534 | Year of Long Strides |
| -533 | Year of Runes Abundant |
| -532 | Year of Flowing Gold |
| -531 | Year of Deeds Undreamed |
| -530 | Year of Meager Means |
|
- The Night Wars draw to a close in Calimshan, and the drow never again gain more than a remote toehold in the surface lands. In all, more than 75,000 humans and other beings are captured and enslaved by the drow during these conflicts. More than 150,000 others die fighting the dark elves, though nearly as many drow and duergar die during the wars as well.
|
| -529 | Year of Imps Amuck |
| -528 | Year of Wailing |
| -527 | Year of Hideous Troops |
| -526 | Year of Returning Wonders |
| -525 | Year of Golden Chains |
| -524 | Year of Felled Timber |
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- Belkram's Fall/The Shaft is discovered in Undermountain by the drow of House Tanor'Thal.
|
| -523 | Year of Calling Wonders |
| -522 | Year of Vengeful Scions |
| -521 | Year of Untethered Yokes |
| -520 | Year of Vast Diversions |
| -519 | Year of Lasting Hate |
| -518 | Year of Defenses Forsaken |
| -517 | Year of Foiled Pursuits |
| -516 | Year of Winds Westward |
| -515 | Year of Masks Divine |
| -514 | Year of Remembered Friendships |
| -513 | Year of Great Misunderstandings |
| -512 | Year of Freedom Granted |
| -511 | Year of Dangerous Icicles |
| -510 | Year of Stirring Beauty |
| -509 | Year of Harrowing Confrontations |
| -508 | Year of Rattling Chains |
| -507 | Year of Frozen Breaths |
| -506 | Year of Deafening Thunder |
| -505 | Year of Burnings |
| -504 | Year of Whispering Winds |
| -503 | Year of Taut Cloths |
| -502 | Year of Nothingness |
| -501 | Year of Light Laughter |
| c. -500 |
|
- The magical Blades of Dragon's Tongue are stolen by the Prophet of Tiamat, Ochir Naal.
- Citadel Sundbarr is built at the present-day site of Sundabar by dwarves of Delzoun.
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| -500 | Year of Running Unicorns |
