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| | The following publications take place in 584 CY: |
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| * Early this year, Turrosh Mak unites the tribes of the [[Pomarj]] and sacks [[Eldredd]] and [[Badwall]]. ([http://archive.wizards.ncom/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20071106a Safeton])
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| * Turrosh Mak of the Pomarj attacks the Wild Coast and Ulek. Pomarj forces are stopped at the '''Battle of the Pass of Celene''' by a coalition of humanoid warriors. ([[From the Ashes]], p.7, LGG p.152; [[Slavers]], p.122-124)
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| * Reza, a tiger owned by [[Griffith Adarian]], dies in her sleep. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.12)
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| * In Coldeven, [[Safeton]] signs signs a Pact of Association with the [[Free City of Greyhawk]]. ([http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20071106a Safeton])
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| * Fearing invasion of the city of [[Fax]] by Turrosh Mak, forty members of the Crescent League hijack a ship and flee to Onnwal. This act destroys the Crescent League's reputation across the Flanaess. (Dragon #256 p.47)
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| * In Spring, lizardmen from the [[Mistmarsh]] are particularly active, raiding the Plain of Greyhawk. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.18)
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| * [[Fax]] falls. ([http://archive.wizards.ncom/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20071106a Safeton])
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| * '''Night of Terror.''' All half-orcs, orcs and hobgoblins in [[Safeton]] and [[Narwell]] killed in a single night. (Player's Guide p.61; [http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20071106a Safeton]; From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.50)
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| * Twenty-seven of the thirty lords of the [[Sea Princes]] assassinated in a single night by the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]]. The remaining lords surrender. (LGG p.101)
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| * Most of the Order of the Golden Sun are recalled to Onnwal, where they are ambushed and slaughtered by the Scarlet Brotherhood. Only six splintered members ultimately survive. (Dragon #293 p.93)
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| * The thieves' guild of [[Scant]] suddenly flee the city. (LGG p.80)
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| * '''Night of the Scarlet Knives.''' On the night of Wealsun 18, spies of the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] capture Scant, landing an army by sea the next day. [[Onnwal]] falls to the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]]. (LGG p.80; [http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20051101a Scant - A City Enslaved])
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| * [[Lordship of the Isles]] declares loyalty to the Scarlet Brotherhood. (Player's Guide p.7)
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| * A fleet from the [[Lordship of the Isles]], led by the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]], attempts to invade [[Gradsul]], but is repelled. They move on to harry the ships of [[Irongate]]. (LGG p. 66,72)
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| * [[Leastisle]] is sacked by marauders, throwing the isle into anarchy. (LGG p.99,100)
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| * The [[Iron League]] enters into alliance negotiations with Nyrond, even weathering the defection of the Lordship of the Isles to the Scarlet Brotherhood. ([[From the Ashes]], p.7)
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| * Ket allies with Iuz, and promptly attacks Bissel. ([[From the Ashes]], p.7)
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| * [[Fratern Milblinnis]], an anti-magic secret society, is established. (Dragon #256 p.48)
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| * Renewed giant and evil humanoid raids hit the Grand Duchy of Geoff, Sterich, and the Yeomanry. Geoff and Sterich are conquered by the invaders. Dwarves and humans flee to the [[Good Hills]]. ([[From the Ashes]], p.7; LGG p.49,107,145)
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| * Nonhumans despoil the [[Loftwood]] by setting fires. (LGG p.141)
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| * Giants and nonhumans overrun the [[Oytwood]]. (LGG p.141)
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| * Ivid's imperial campaigns. [[Pontylver]] razed. ([http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20040914a Rumours and Whispers of the Flanaess])
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| * '''The Battle of Innspa''' marks the peak of the Aerdy invasion of Nyrond. Ivid V foolishly insists on personally commanding his armies, resulting in crushing defeat. Ivid executes his generals and nobles, raising them as undead servitors. Ivid is subsequently assassinated by the nobility, and the priesthood of Hextor raise him as undead. He begins mass executions. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.8)
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| * The North Province secedes from the Great Kingdom. ([[From the Ashes]], Atlas p.8; LGG p.24)
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| * The Scarlet Brotherhood begins campaign of assassinations in Iron League states with an aim to destabilize their governments. Cobb Darg of the Free City of [[Irongate]] orders the execution of every known Scarlet Brotherhood agent within the city. ([[From the Ashes]], p.9)
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| * [[Iuz]] designates the [[Free City of Rookroost]], [[Free City-State of Stoink]] and one other as regional capitals of the Bandit Kingdoms. (LGG p.29-30)
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| * In [[Goodmonth]], [[Ket]]ite cavalry attack [[Bissel]], which falls by mid-Harvester. (LGG p.33)
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| * '''The Day of Dust.''' On [[Goodmonth]] 17, Ivid razes [[Chathold]] and [[Almor]] in a magical cataclysm. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20161101184059/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20040217a Bonewood and Chathold])
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| * On Harvester 1, Tenser writes a letter to Mordenkainen shortly before his death. It is never sent. (Return of the Eight p.32)
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| * In the month of Harvester, '''the [[Pact of Greyhawk]] is signed''', ending what would retroactively be known as the [[Greyhawk Wars]]. The treaty fixes national borders. ([[From the Ashes]], p.9; LGG p.16)
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| * On the same day, Rary instigates a massive magical battle within the Great Hall and attempts to assassinate the other members of the [[Circle of Eight]], killing only [[Otiluke]] and [[Tenser]] before fleeing into the Bright Desert to form his own kingdom. ([[From the Ashes]], p.9; LGG p.16,38)
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| * Rary's older brother, the legendary scholar [[Arkalan Sammal]] of [[Ket]], disavows his brother. He succumbs to alcoholism. (LGJ #5 p.8)
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| * Tenser returned to life, but leaves the Circle of Eight. [[Warnes Starcoat]], [[Alhamazad the Wise]] and [[Theodain Eraison]] join the Circle of Eight. (LGG p.156)
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| * The town of [[Cantona]], where magic is unreliable, is conquered by orcs. Half of its inhabitants manage to flee north; others are enslaved or eaten. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.58)
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| * Cairn Hills Treaty. [[Cairn Hills]] ceded from the [[Duchy of Urnst]] to the [[Free City of Greyhawk]]. (LGG p.144; [http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20070522a The Griffon's Nest])
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| * [[Exalted Dweomercraft]], a tome of Aerdy and drow magic, disappears from the Valley of the Mage. (Dragon #241 p.76)
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| * During the feast of Brewfest, a cleric of Iuz commits a heinous massacre at [[Steelbone Meadows]] in [[Wormhall]], the [[Bandit Kingdoms]]. Five thousand men are killed as they sleep following drunken celebrations upon receiving word of the Pact of Greyhawk. (LGG p.31)
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| ** ''Dragon Annual 4 p.21 provides a contradictory date of Ready'reat 13 for this event, around six weeks after Brewfest. It is recorded as the Day of Treachery.''
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| * Ranger Knight [[Lynwood Terfalen]] returns from the Gnarley Woods after three years of captivity. The rangers subsequently nickname dryads as "Lynwood's wives". (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.46)
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| [[Category:Years]] | | * [[Wars]] (1991) |
| | * WGQ1 [[Patriots of Ulek]] (1992) (according to The Adventure Begins p.4) |
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| | ==Notes== |
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| | An enormous number of dateable events occur in 584 CY, especially as the last year of the [[Greyhawk Wars]]. |
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| | [[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] p.50 dates the giant invasion of Geoff and Sterich to 584 CY, several months after Gran March sent military support across the Lorridges to help Furyondy defend against Iuz. The invasion of Bissel by Ket in Goodmonth 584 CY (LGG p.33) took place weeks after the invasion, or at least weeks after Commandant Petros received reports of the invasion, dating the giant invasion to [[summer]] of 584. However, [[Against the Giants: the Liberation of Geoff]] gives a date of [[583 CY]] for much of the invasion, including the conquest of the Geoffite capital [[Gorna]]. |
Events
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{{#section-h:World of Greyhawk Timeline|c. 584 CY}}
Publications
The following publications take place in 584 CY:
Notes
An enormous number of dateable events occur in 584 CY, especially as the last year of the Greyhawk Wars.
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer p.50 dates the giant invasion of Geoff and Sterich to 584 CY, several months after Gran March sent military support across the Lorridges to help Furyondy defend against Iuz. The invasion of Bissel by Ket in Goodmonth 584 CY (LGG p.33) took place weeks after the invasion, or at least weeks after Commandant Petros received reports of the invasion, dating the giant invasion to summer of 584. However, Against the Giants: the Liberation of Geoff gives a date of 583 CY for much of the invasion, including the conquest of the Geoffite capital Gorna.