Portal:History

The World of Greyhawk Timeline is a list of fictional historical events that either explain the history leading up to the present state of the World of Greyhawk/ Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, or that enumerate further developments described in campaign products published by either TSR Inc. or Wizards of the Coast.

Development of the original timeline

The original campaign setting of Greyhawk was a home campaign world invented by Gary Gygax in 1972 while playtesting the game that would become Dungeons & Dragons. In the beginning, the entire "world" consisted of a single dungeon underneath an abandoned castle. This world eventually grew to encompass a nearby city and then some neighboring states, but since Gygax, and eventually his co-DM Rob Kuntz were making up the story as they went, there was no need for an elaborate historical background. Although Gygax referred to Greyhawk in many of his columns, magazine articles and D&D adventures, the overall world remained his personal home campaign for several years.

In 1979, Gygax made the decision to publish the world of Greyhawk, but in order to do so, he made substantial changes to his home campaign world. Rather than using his own map, which was simply a map of the United States overwritten with his cities, towns and regions, he sketched out a new world called Oerth, then concentrated on one corner of one continent, a place called the Flanaess. In order to quickly explain the current state of the world, and the motivations of various states and important characters, Gygax delineated twenty-one historical events that bracketed a thousand years of "pre-history" leading up to the "present" time of 576 CY (Greyhawk/Common Year Reckoning). Gygax resisted the urge to fully outline a detailed timeline in order to give players as much leeway as possible when designing their own home campaigns: "The history is given briefly, and most states are only outlined generally so as to allow as much personal input as possible from DMs who decide to acquire and use it."

For the next few years, Gygax was the arbiter of all events that occurred in Greyhawk until he was ousted from TSR in 1985. TSR took over creation of new events for his world, and a re-visioning of the campaign in 1992 resulted in an extension of the end of the timeline from 576 CY to 585 CY. In 1996, Wizards of the Coast bought TSR, and several years later, again reset the campaign, resulting in a further extension of the timeline to 591 CY. From 1985 to 2003, newly published material added more "backstory" to the Greyhawk history, subsequently adding many items to Gygax's original timeline.

Historical Ages

The following terms are sometimes used to describe eras in the history of eastern Oerik: Sages divide history into five eras.

The Age before Ages

Constituting the early history of the multiverse, when the forces of Law battled primal Chaos. These three eras together are called the Age before Ages.

In the First Age, the multiverse came into being and beings of law and chaos, good and evil warred for millions of years.
In the Second Age, the Material Plane was formed and the first gods came into being.
In the Third Age, the aquatic aboleth race was created by divine accident, the aboleth went on to master magic and create many creatures including the first humanoids. This Age culminated in a massive battle between Law and Chaos, crippling the ancient powers.

The Age before Ages concluded at the Battle of Pesh, a colossal battle between law and chaos. On the side of Law were the Wind Dukes of Aaqa, an air elemental race whose empire spanned many worlds, while Chaos included demons and evil elder elementals led by an obyrith called the Queen of Chaos. The result was a stalemate: the Wind Dukes destroyed or banished the most powerful demons, but lost too many of their number to continue the battle of law against chaos.

In the following Age, humans and other species became numerous and human civilization began. This is the current era, and is predicted to end one day with the Age of Worms, where all life will be destroyed.

Age of Mortals

The first mortal was created by accident when Piscaethces, a massive Far Realm creature perhaps related to the Sleeping Ones, brushed against the prime material plane, creating the first monstrous aquatic aboleth. As they have perfect genetic memory, all aboleths remember this event.

Over millions of years the aboleths came to dominate the material plane, learning the first magic and creating creatures – the oozes, at first, and later the first humanoids, which they created as slaves. Precisely who created what race is unclear, but the gods found that mortal faith increased their power. In exchange, they freed the humanoids from aboleth control.

The mortals were also valuable to the primordial creatures for their souls, which the baernaloths used to build into the evil yugoloths, and the obyriths to create the first demons, the first demon, Demogorgon, was forged from the primal fears of the first mortal souls. The Demons grew numerous, and overthrew most of the obyriths before turning against Asmodeus’ devils, whose numbers included deities’ servants turned traitor for the promise of power.

Age of Men

Distinct from the Age of Mortals by the ascension of the Races of Men (in this context, being all humankind and demihumans), rather than just the birth of the races.

With the primordials weakened and the gods reinforced by exponentially increasing numbers of mortal worshippers, the era of humanoids and their chosen deities began.

In the millennia after the Battle of Pesh, humans and the other races created civilization and learned the use of magic. The demons and devils continue to fight each other in what has become termed the Blood War, although few are ancient enough to remember why it started. The Wind Dukes never recovered their losses.

Age of Worms

Also called the Waiting Age: a time of death, decay, and writhing doom that lurks in the shadows of every tomorrow. Doomsayers speak of the end times, an era of destruction known as the Age of Worms. Servants of mad cults work to hurry this along. Neither the deities nor the remaining primordial evils want this to happen any time soon, since both benefit from the continuing growth of the human race.

Other Known "Ages"

The Epoch of Magic

Presumably including all of known history prior to 576 CY (uncertain end date, definitively before 998CY).

The Age of Glory

Period of Suel dominance. Ended with the Rain of Colorless Fire ca. −422 CY

The Age of Great Sorrow

Decline of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy).

Elder Age

Time when secrets of immortality were known.

The Greyhawk timeline

c. -14,010 Sometime before this point in time the city that will one day be called Exag is abandoned by the race of Crafters. (DNG#145 "Exag, City of Clay" p. 49)

c. -14,000 Valley elves present in the Valley of the Mage.

c -13000 The founding of the kopru city-state Shotho'Kopur. The kopru calendar begins. (DRA#354)

c.-7411 CY The Torhoon empire extant in Hepmonaland. (DNG#77)

c.-7408 CY The Doomgrinder is created. (The Doomgrinder 2)

-6416 CY The first of a group of traveling Grey Elves, exploring the South Central portion of Oarth meet with tribal leaders of the Se-Ul (People of Ul). They strike up a friendship and the elves began tutoring the humans in mathematics, language, art and non-clerical magic.

The Se-Ul proved apt students and soon were constructing cities and delighted the elves both with their creativity and their productivity. The cities of the Se-Ul were patterned similar to those of the Grey Elves set mountain fastness, but these occupied the plains and river deltas of the southlands.

-6233 CY A group of beautiful dark skinned humans called Kersi from over the southern sea from a large island continent they called AnaKeri arrived on the southern portion of the Flanaess in large wooden platformed outriggers.

-6067 CY The Se-Ul began systematized trading with the tribes to the north and east. The Baklun in the northern plains and the Flan who dwelt just west of the mountains were among these. Sea trade routes to AnaKeri are developed. The 10 cities of the Se-Ul develop into separate city states, but all are ruled by a single council of lords under the watchful eye of the Grey Elves.

-5775 CY The Gray Elves depart from the Se-Ul. News of a fierce war between the Grey Elves and their dark kindred in the East spreads, much like the fire which mysteriously begins to belch from the mountains in the East. The Mountains, once the place of the Grey Elven cities, are renamed The Mountains of Fire, and the Mountains of Hell, although the Barrier Peaks and Crystalmists remain calm.

-5739 CY Relations between the Se-Ul city states, deteriorate. The last council of the cities is held. Each city arms itself against the other.

-5710 CY After many years of fighting, one city state, ReAtryniBa, slowly brings the others under control. It’s Lord, Anainyer, slowly begins to re-establish the trade which has been damaged by years of war.

-5703 CY Anainyer defeats, BiTharOl, the last Se-Ul city to hold out against him. He proclaims himself “The First Protector of the Se-Ul.” He renames ReAtryniBa, Suela, the city of the Suloise.

-5531 CY After a series of strong “First Protectors” and the development of the interior lands, First Protector Alianor-b-Hurn turns his eyes outward, and desires more control of the trade goods. He first attacks the settlements of the Kersi to the south, and proclaims their lands forfeit to the Suel peoples. He then begins planning “The great invasion” of AnaKeri.

-5518 CY Alianor with a large naval force attempts to invade AnaKeri. As the massive armada approaches, the outriggers of the AnaKeri are no match for the mighty warships of the Suel. The Clerics of the AnaKeri awaiting certain doom, call on their deities for protection, and they are heard. The deities encircle the island continent with a maelstrom of wind and wild seas and the invading fleet is totally destroyed. Few straggling ships return, the only survivors to tell the tale. The wall of wind and water remains cutting the peoples AnaKeri off from others entirely.

-5515 CY During the years of the turmoil following the destruction of the Se-Ul fleet, Obendar, a mighty Suloise mage, rediscovers lost grey elven magics and creates the Great Binders and imprisons the genie king Ali Ben Yala. He then forces each of the genie princes of the North to swear obedience “as long as your king remains imprisoned.” He then crafts nine magical items to bind the king and his eight princes. The use of genii to empower the Se-Ul is considered to be the beginning of the Times of the Se-Ul and the year of Ali Ben Yala’s imprisonment is reckoned the first year of the Se-Ul.

-5442 CY The Genii Princes are forced to perform magic for the Suel magi.

-5424 CY The Suel appoint a Regency of three men to rule in place of the First Protector. This triumvirate divides the Suel realm into three districts and rules in an amazingly efficient manner. The building of ships for anything other than coastal or river travel is banned. No ship is allowed to sail beyond the sight of the Se-Ul lands.

-5166 CY The seventh Regency is appointed. Two of the Regents, immediately turn on the third and destroy him in the First Regent War, claiming that he is possessed by evil beings.

-5046 CY The tenth Regency is appointed. The great, great, great, great grandson of Alianor, Arinanin, approaches the Regency and demands that he be restored as First Protector. His request is denied and he is imprisoned.

-5026 CY Tilorop-b-Nan, the great, great grandson of the Regent deposed in the First Regent War, frees Arinanin-b-Korin from prison. He tells him that his family has secretly been worshipping a seldom whispered name, one called Tharizdun.

-5010 CY Arinanin and Tilorop mount a campaign against the Regency, but are defeated in the Second Regent War. Arinanin is destroyed, but Tilorop uses arcane energy to transform him into the first lich on Oerth.

-5007 CY Blight Wyndom Pryce travels from the future (589 CY) and attempts to destroy Tilorop. Blight is killed by Tilorop in the battle but the legend of the great bull of heaven does much to foster the worship of Hieroneous.

-5003 CY Tilorop and Arinanin mount an attack in the Third Regents War and overthrow the Regency Council. Tilorop is appointed Priest Regent and the lich, Arinanin, proclaims himself Chief Regent of the Se-Ul. The Time of Darkness begins.

-4666 CY The last of the Grey Elven cities in the mountains now known as the Crystalmist is discovered and destroyed by a concerted effort on the part of the Drow/Suloise and Giantkind. The defense of the city is so great however, that drowkind and giantkind are also nigh exterminated. The Suloise army which aided in the destruction of the elven city is destroyed to a man, and no word of them can be obtained. The remnants of the grey elves flee eastward to the interior of the eastern portion of the continent.

-4616 CY The chief houses of the Se-Ul rise up in unison and overthrow the Priest Regent, and drive Arinanin into the North. The priesthood of Tharizdun is likewise driven out. They flee northeastwards, and establish a temple somewhere in Southern Yatils. The Council of Noble Families is formed to rule the Se-Ul.

-4463 CY The four “Elven Realms of the East” are established, and a calendar is used for the first time among the elves to count their own days. Highfolk is established in the Northwest to guard the northern ways, Celene the Central Kingdom, Aliador in the Griff Mountains, and Arrisa in the Southeast Aerdi Sea (in what is now called the Spindrift Isles).

-4414 CY Elonzir-b-nar, the Prince of the house of Rhola (worshippers of Jascar and other Suloise deities of weal) is proclaimed the First Emperor of the Suel Empire.

-4403 CY The Wind Dukes of Aaqa, meet a gathered force of evil humanoids and drow on the Plains of Pesh (in what is now Keoland). This is the last recorded great battle between Elves and their drow cousins. The Dukes shatter the dark elven armies.

-4403 CY to -2253 CY Between these times the realms flourish, the battles with humanoids are frequent, but the might of each of the realms is unchallenged. This is known as “The Time of Flowering” and much of the best of Elvendom came to pass in these days. The 12 Gray Elven cities were built, including Erieadan, the High Seat of Elvendom and The City of Summer Stars. Many mighty magics, and songs and items of beauty were crafted. The history of this time is largely hidden from humans, however, because there were few (if any) humans in the East at this time. Elves rarely speak of it today. Among the few known personages to have lived during this time were Queen Ehlissa and the Elven Minstrel Ye’Cind.

c -4358 The Tiamat-worshipping Ur-Flan civilization of Caerdiralor rises on the Dragonshead Peninsula. They engage in a war of extermination with the dwarves and gnomes of the Headlands. [1]

c -4217 Caerdiralor's capital, Myrsyrna is devastated in a sudden catastrophe. The surviving elite flee across the Sea of Gearnat, landing on the coast of the grasslands that are now the Bright Desert. Unable to escape through the Abbor Alz and hunted by the native nomadic Flan horse tribes, the refugees are driven into hiding. [2]

-3756 CY Many nomad families of the northern plains first encounter the Suloise Empire. They began to rely on trade with the empire. Herd animals, horses, cloth, and pottery are exchanged for superior weapons and adornments of “civilization.”

-3712 CY Ollizin-b-Zabor, of the neutral house of Belzim takes the throne when the Prince of Rhola abdicates in his favor.

-3519 CY Discovery of the art of Lesser Binding by the mages of Suel. This magic enabled the Suel to create items such as Rings of Genie Summoning.

-2660 CY A band of northern nomads, under the leadership of the Holy Man, El-Baklun-bar-Gash discover or build a strange circle of stone (it is not clear which), and name it Tovrag Baragu, in Bakluni, “The Naval of the Earth.” The Bakluni count the completion of this place as the beginning of the Bakluni calendar.

-2852 CY Succession to the throne of Argent var-Mengar, of the House of Neheli, worshippers of Lydia

-2692 CY The holy man, El-Baklun-bar-Gash, a prophet of Istus, has a vision of a holy monument near the lake of Udrukankar. He travels the area and gathers a group of supporters.

-2659 CY Northern nomadic families which hold this as their most holy site, began to call themselves Bakluni or “The Men of Baklun.” The family Yamir, which dwells closest to the site, forsakes wandering to become it’s protector.

-2328 CY Assassination of Argent var-Mengar XXI by unknown collaborators. The throne falls to the House of Zolax, worshippers of Beltar.

-2313 to -2312 CY Zofar ad-Zol proclaims that there is inherent evil in the binding of Genies and commands that all of the Great Binders be turned over to him for destruction and release of the genies. Zofar collects five of the Binders, in addition to the Binder of the King. Houses Fruztii, Cruski, and Schnai violently oppose this move, causing the Suloise War of Revolution

-2281 CY Zelfed ad-Zol, the son of Zofar, brings the war to an end but does not gain the remaining Binders.

-2269 CY The first recorded “Slavery Raid” occurs. Suloise forces capture an entire family of Bakluni and take them into the Suel Empire in servitude.

The years of Conquest and Prosperity begin. No major foe opposes the might of the empire of the Suloise, although they do not push eastward, because of some fear of the Elven hosts. Magic is rigorously pursued. Old Grey Elven texts are discovered and studied. The might and haughtiness of the Elves is copied in manner in the courts. But their wisdom is not… Slavery becomes common and widespread in the Suloise lands, this continues for many centuries. The Flanae in the southeast (just west of the Hellfurnaces), the Oerid to the east, the Kersi (the long distant descendants of those who first sailed from AnaKeri) to the south, and the Baklun to the north, and several unnamed small tribes to the west all fall under the grip of the Suloise fist. The entire of the western half of Oerik, is controlled by the Suel. But the drow and darker forces, and a fear of other elves, halt the eastern expansion. The Oerid are the most oppressed of all Suel subjects. It is believed that Suel priests have foreseen greatness in these people which rivals that of the Suloise

-2266 CY The Flanane, under the protection of Beory, Pelor and Rao flee their lands in mass, making a perilous crossing of the Hellfurnaces. They move North into the lands of Eastern Oerik, later called the Flanaess, as the first human inhabitants of the area. Initially, they are well received by the demi-humans dwelling there.

-2253 CY The Flan move into Eastern Oerik. They are welcomed by the Highfolk, but the other kingdoms, remembering the disaster of the helping of the Suel, close their Realms to humans.

-2150 CY The founding of the first Flannae City in the Lortmil mountains, Haradaragh, in eastern Oerik, this is counted as year 1 of the Flan calendar.

-2064 CY “The Great Betrayal.” After treating with seven nomadic merchant clans at a merchant gathering, the Suloise Odiafer, attacked the merchants, attempting to take their goods and enslave them. The families drew their trains together and fought to the last person instead of surrendering.

-2055 CY Suloise armies march into the northern plains and claim overlordship. The nomads are generally defeated when they resist. The first Suloise fortresses in the north are constructed. For the next 600 years the Bakluni are subjugated to the Suel.

c. -2004 The Flan people spread across the Flanaess. In what is now northwestern Perrenland, a Flan tribe led by a powerful warlord named Exag, fleeing a horde of hostile lizardfolk, stumble upon a city that was built by the Crafters. An old woman in the tribe, Prizin'ha, wins the day by sacrificing herself at the top of one of the Crafter pyramids, summoning an army of earth elementals that defeat the lizardfolk. The city is renamed after Exag. (DNG#145 "Exag, City of Clay" p. 49)

-1990 CY The Flan wizard, Galap-Dreidel builds Inverness to protect his “Soul Gem.”

-1932 CY The first reports of strange cities to the south worshipping strange gods are reported by the Flannae. These people (according to Flan sources) call themselves Almeks (Olmec in the Common tongue). c -1910 Under the tutoring of the semi-divine Vathris, the six tribes of the region that will one day be the Bright Desert form six kingdoms – Durha, Itar, Sulm, Ronhass, Rhugha, and Truun. The Sulm, influenced by the remnants of the refugee dark priests of Caerdiralor, begin conquering their neighbors and rises as a power. ("Places of Mystery: Dominions of the Flannae" - [3], DNG#98 "Into the Bright Desert", Rary the Traitor, Blight on Bright Sands Sourcebook, LGJ#03 "Blood of Heroes" p.15)   -1900 CY The Kingdom of Sulm comes to prominence.

-1747 CY One of the small tribes of Flan, the Ur-Flannae, located just west of Aliador send servants as hostage to the Gray elven kingdom, in return for land rights. The 7th High King, Galitholian Glitterhelm, is especially taken by the sharp mind of a young man of promise, named Vecna. Vecna, inspired by the glories of elven splendors, began to study magic. He discovered in the libraries a book from the Suel entitled “The Fate of Tilorop.” He secretly begins to worship Tharizdun.

-1733 CY Galitholian receives a warning from the mages and priests of Arrisa, his reply is “I am the High King of Elvendom, you would do well to remember that!”

-1716 CY Vecna asks Galitholian’s permission to visit his homeland. This permission is granted.

-1711 CY Vecna erects a black tower in the middle of the Nyr Dyv. He claims chieftanship of his tribe, the Ur-Flanae and slays the former chieftain in combat by use of magic.

-1710 CY to -1683 CY Vecna shielded his presence from the Elves by use of magic. He studies “The Fate of Tilrop” and is driven by an insatiable lust to live as long as the elves. His established towns on the model of the Gray Elves, and began to experiment with his Ur- Flannae for the “Ultimate Solution to Death.” Several undead are created.

-1671 CY Vecna perfects the technique required for Lichdom. He transforms himself. He goes north to the plains and brings forth many humanoids to his banner. He corrupts and twists his people, and, through his breeding program, now has a host that far outnumbers the elves to the East.

-1669 CY to -1645 CY Vecna marches against Galitholian, bringing back his slaughtered soldiers as an undead hoard. Slowly his alliance of humanoids, undead, and Flannae drive the Gray Elves back to their mountain fastness.

-1655 CY Vecna forges the sword which he later passes to Kas.

-1642 CY to -1563 CY Gilthonial’s forces are driven in a lightning strike from the plains west of the Griff’s. Vecna’s forces sweep the central plains east of Nyr Dyv and North, they hold the plains to the feet of the Griff’s.

-1557 CY Celene fields an army to assist Galitholian. Although they meet with initial success, Vecna calls on the powers of Tharizdun and unleashes a magical burning force which causes the Bright desert. Many perish and the elven host is thrown into a panic. They retreat to Celene, but Vecna does not advance. His eyes are fixed to the east.

-1545 CY The Bakluni, under one of their wandering chieftains, Ali-ben-Onar, unite in an effort to throw off the Suloise yoke. During the War of Seven Score Nights one of the Binders is captured. The war ceases when the Bakluni threaten to use this item. The Suloise cede a large portion of “their” Northern territories to the Bakluni.

-1540 CY “The First Victory” The Bakluni claim a large portion of the northern lands as their own by treaty with the Suel. The family Amirs and Sultans gather and elect Ali-ben-Onar, by proclamation, as “Caliph of All the Families of the Baklun”.

-1539 CY The Suel and Bakluni come to an uneasy peace. The House of Zolax plots to fight the Bakluni influences (in Bakluni lands, and on other groups such as the Oeridians) wherever found. The first of the Grey Elven mountain cities falls to Vecna’s armies. This is the beginning of the 400 Year War.

-1516 CY The leader of House Fruztii, Abelbar ben Usby, seeks to wrest control of the Binder from the Bakluni. Instead, he loses the Binder which his family has controlled for Millennia to the Bakluni, but he keeps this loss secret.

“The Fruztii War” The Bakluni defeat the Suloise noble army of the House Fruztii, and tighten their grip on the north.

-1510 CY The construction of Istustan commences as the central city of the Bakluni people. Several other towns develop as nomadic families clans began to build permanent headquarters in their traditional homelands. Upon Ali’s death, his nephew, Mohinid-ben-Saphir, is proclaimed “Caliph of the Baklun.”

-1428 CY Leery of the “mages” in the south, a group of worshippers of Xan Yae, began developing “mental disciplines” in conjunction with their clerical powers. (4080 SD/-1428 CY)

-1405 CY Kyuss comes to prominence, ruling the jungle city of Kuluth-Mar. With assistance from a spell weaver lich, named Ma’Kar, Kyuss attempts to ascend to godhood, but becomes trapped in the monolith used in his ascension. (DNG#130.60)

c -1400 The Kingdom of Sulm begins to decline. A sudden, unexplained disease causes the koprus' kopura food source to diminish. (DRA#354)   -1399 CY The Emperor Zeeckar attempts to strengthen his realm. He attempts to annihilate the Houses Ulmar and Opell in what he calls The War of Purity. These western houses have long intermarried with tribes to the west, and Zeeckar uses this as an excuse to tighten his grip on the empire. Both Houses ultimately flee the empire by traveling west over the Vast Ocean, where they pass out of memory.

-1279 CY Al Akbar, a mighty priest and prophet, creates his cup and star.

-1221 CY Gilthonial’s armies slowly give way before Vecna, no aid reaches Gilthonial. Vecna’s armies destroy all but 5 Grey Elven cities in the Griff Mts.

-1166 CY The first monastery of Zuoken is erected. Mental and physical disciplines are studied rigorously.

-1148 CY Gilthonial left his capitol with the host of that city. He marched against Vecna and drove him from the mountains. But once in the plains, Vecna revealed a new weapon, a black sword forged of material from the stars. Vecna met Gilthonial in single combat and slew him. The army of Vecna then destroyed the elven host, and marched into the mountains. They inhabited and defaced the elven cities, remaking them in the image of Vecna. Four cities, however, were never found. The capital, Erieadan, the height of Gray elven architecture and power, was destroyed to a stone. So ended the Elven Kingdom of Aliador, the seat of the High King.

-1147 CY Kas becomes Vecna’s chief lieutenant. Vecna gives Kas his fabled sword.

-1145 CY The City of Summer Stars defends itself from Vecna’s incursions. But the city is abandoned after Prince Darnakurian turns to darkness. Queen Sharafere and the remnant of her people head to the islands in the south.

-1142 CY Because of the energies he expended in the attack upon the City of Summer Stars, Vecna is weakened. Kas, aspiring to Vecna’s position, is able to vanquish Vecna. Vecna’s body is destroyed, except for his hand and eye. Kas dies in this battle as well. Some of Vecna’s followers found a “Cult of Vecna”. Vecna’s empire collapses.

Vecna’s body is destroyed. Despite this, the three remaining hidden Gray Elven cities of Aliador do not reveal themselves.

After this several small Flannae kingdoms arise, but none match the might of the Ur-Flannae under Vecna, several northern Flan fearing the both the wrath of the elves and the brutality of another lich-king flee their cities and turn back to a tribal systems of government. One exception to this general dissolution is the area under an able Theign named Tenh. He manages to keep his people from scattering, although incursions by roaming monsters and undead into this area are frequent.

-1138 CY Envoys from Celene are sent to contact the three hidden cities of Aliador, they do not return. This is the beginning of “The Sleeping Years” The Elven Realms do not communicate with outsiders and rarely with each other.

-1105 CY The decay of the Suloise Empire into crime and corruption cannot be denied as Emperor Zinkman ad-Zol declares himself a God. He uses the power of the Binders to enforce his claim.

-1082 CY The “god” Zinkman is not accepted by the Oeridian tribes to the north and west of the empire. Zinkman attacks the surprised Oeridian tribes destroying three of the thirteen that exist. The Oeridians are forced to bow to Zinkman. The Aerdy (the chief of the tribe of that name) refuses, and challenges Zinkman in a duel to the death. Zinkman accepts, but finds that he is battling none other than St. Cuthbert, himself. Cuthbert reduces Zinkman to a babbling, drooling idiot. Cuthbert does not take the Binders from the houses of Suel, but divides them among the ruling houses.

-1079 CY The House Schnai, after a short struggle, takes the throne of the Empire. Ovrung the First manages to restore the kingdom to a shadow of it’s former self.

-1034 CY Founding of the Flannae Kingdom of Sulm in the Bright Desert Region

c -913 Shattados, last King of Sulm, receives the Scorpion Crown from Tharizdun. The crown turns Shattados into a gigantic scorpion, and his people into manscorpions and dune stalkers. Its use begins transforming the grasslands of Sulm into the Bright Desert. (WGR3.15,22; POLY#157.22; "Dominions of the Flannae")

-905 CY Kyuss briefly escapes his prison, attempting to bring about the Age of Worms. Kyuss’s forces, led by Dragotha, are defeated near Rift Canyon by the Order of the Storm, but not before Dragotha manages to slay their ally, the silver dragon Lashonna. (DNG#132.83-84)

c -903 Sulm's transformation into the Bright Desert complete. ("Dominions of the Flannae")

Most of the undersea city-states of the kopru are destroyed by war and strife. (DRA#354)

-882 CY High Priest Arnd of Tdon forges the first chain link mail shirt to honor the anniversary of the victory of Cuthbert over Zinkman. The shirt is called The Invulnerable Coat of Arnd.

-808 CY Claiming that an adherence to a mental regimen will help bring defeat to the Suloise, a Master of the Zuoken monastery of Ramala, leaves his monastery and travels eastward to find the lands of the gray elves to study their magic. He does not return.

-806 CY The minor temples of Tharizdun, hidden in the mountains immediately west of the Vesve starts practicing a heretofore unknown discipline which combines physical regimen with mental powers. It is rumored that these disciplines were torn from the mind of a captured Bakluni priest.

-728 CY Plague breaks out in the Bakluni Lands. This is the first year of those known as “The Plague Years”

The monastic practices of the followers of Zuoken spread and as a result the Plague losses are not nearly as great as what is found in the south. However, many Bakluni blame the Suel and began to speak of cleansing the South The empire slips into stagnation. Numerous plagues sweep through the Suel Empire, some magical and some mundane. The population falls by over 40%. Many towns are completely emptied, and the border defenses are greatly weakened. This is the first year of those known as “The Plague Years”.

-648 CY High Priestess Johydee tricks evil deities into making her Mask.

-645 CY After repeated attempts by both the Suel and Bakluni to regain control of the Oeridian tribes, Johydee breaks the Oeridians away from the control of the Suel. The tribes swear the Oath of Unity. This oath places allows for the common defense of Oeridian tribes under one War Leader, the First War Leader (styled Herzog) is Chenil of Aerdy.

-627 CY The population begins to recover, but the Bakluni peace begins to break down. Raids become frequent.

Under Hali-ben-Usif, the first organized raid of the Baklun into Suel occurs. (4889 SD/-627 CY) During the next hundred years, the Baklun prosper as the Suloise fall into confusion and strife between Noble Families. The Baklun courts grow wealthy and prosperous, the northern Oeridian lands fall under Baklun sway.

-604 CY The first of the Succession Wars. The Schnai are removed from the throne.

c -594 Lyzandred born in a small town in the ancient Baklunish lands, probably relatively close to the Suel borderlands. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad 2)

-563 CY A temple to Tharizdun is located near the Realm of the Highfolk, it is cleared, but a mystic force keeps it from being destroyed.

-555 Lyzandred discovers a portal to a demiplane closely aligned to Oerth and transforms it into a storehouse of magical objects best kept from evil hands. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad 2)

-535 CY Lyzandred, trapped in his private demiplane, finally succumbs to death and becomes a lich. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad 2)

-505 CY The last of the Succession Wars. After 500 years with the succession falling to nine different Houses, the House Zolax regains control of the Imperium. Missionary monks from the hidden Temple of Tharizdun return to the Suloise Empire and begin winning converts.

-504 CY The Bakluni withdraw there ambassador from the Suloise Empire when Zunid-ad-Zol, the Prince of House Zolax is crowned Emperor of the Suel Peoples.

-503 CY The Bakluni withdraw their ambassador from the Suloise Empire when Zunid-ad-Zol, the Prince of House Zolax is crowned Emperor of the Suel Peoples.

-485 CY The beginning of “The Great War.” Caliph Haran-ben-Ramif sends an army into the Salhaut pass where nine thousand Bakluni are slaughtered.

Zunid promises to destroy the Bakluni entirely, even if the majority of mages of his own house die in the process.

The Holy Prophetess Devrah of Istus forsees that the lands of the Suel will be washed “pure as the desert.”

-484 CY Beginning of the Baklunish-Suloise Wars. (Guide 9)

-466 CY Both Bakluni and Suloise began to go east of the mountains, recruiting Humanoids as mercenaries in their battles for the first time.

-465 CY First employment of humanoid mercenaries. (Guide 9)

-458 CY Heeding their prophets, many Oeridians began moving eastward, coming into contact and conflict with the Flanae.

Migrations of Oerid tribesmen. Elves close their Realms to humans

-457 CY Oerid migrations east of peak point. (Guide 9)

-449 CY Arish-ben-Alif, a wandering prophet, warns of the destruction of the Baklun People. He is declared an outlaw by the High Priestess of Istus, Aphra. The Caliph Namesh-bin-Jamish orders the arrest of Arish, but he escapes.

-448 CY The Year of the Prophets. Seven different prophets foretell of the destruction of the Suel Empire within 30 years. The emperor has all seven drawn and quartered, even though one of the prophets is a High Priest of Beltar.

-447 CY Zellifar-ad-Zol, son of the emperor, mage/high priest of Beltar, breaks with his father and takes over 8,000 Suloise loyal to himself, and flees the kingdom, eastward. The ferocity and magical might of the movement scatters the Oeridians in it’s path, causing the remainder of the Oeridian to migrate, who in turn attack the beleaguered Flannae. One of the High Mages, Slerotin (called “the Last High Mage” by the rebellious Zolite Suel who settle in the south of the Flanaess, and the continent of Hepmon), causes a huge tunnel to be bored into the Crystalmists, through which the Zolite Suel flee. He then seals the tunnel closed at both ends, trapping one lesser branch of the family, the Lerara, inside. The Zolites continue eastward.

-446 CY The emperor sends commands that the Houses Schnai, Cruskii and Fruztii move bring his son, and the “Unloyal” back to face justice.

Suloise migrations begin.

-445 CY Arish wanders the western edges of the Baklun realms and convinces a full six families of the oncoming disaster. They move east into the Northern parts of the Flanaess. The Zolite scatter the Flanae before them, and move south to the Tilvanot Peninsula. Zellifar carries with him two of the lesser Binders and the imprisoned Genie King. It is during this time (5080 SD) that Uhas of the Neheli and his followers split from the Zolites and slaughtered a group of Flan in the Suehenna Hills (Drachensgrabs) and were turned by an unnamed Flan deity into The Twisted Forest. The three pursuing houses, unable to find the magical tunnel, turn north, where they are met by regrouped Oeridians and fearful Flanae who harry and drive these Suel Houses south. Many are lost and remain in the Amedio Jungle. They eventually move back east and march toward what is now the Rift Canyon.

-443 CY The First Division occurs. One of Zellifar’s minions, the High Priest Pellipardus, slips away from the Zolites and takes his minor family to the Ratik area, in the North. Pellipardus takes one of the Binders with him. Zellifar does not pursue, fearing that this will take his attention away from the Three Houses of Pursuit: the Schnai, the Fruztii, and the Cruskii.

-442 CY Zellifar parleys with the Houses of Pursuit. His Arch Mage, Slerotin, unleashes a Mass Enfeeblement on their house mages, and a Mass Suggestion upon the other members of the Houses. Slerotin is blasted by magical energies upon the casting of these mighty spells, leaving the Rift Canyon as the only physical remains of this energy. The remnants of the Three Pursuing Houses (Schnai, Fruztii, Cruskii) are devastated and blasted by magic. Their mages minds are wiped of all magic, and the people are confused and terrified. In mass they flee, pell mell, northeastward, except one family. One small branch of the Schnai, the Hepmona, led by the priestess Jaguanara, moves south. They catch a lagging branch of Pellipardus’ followers led by the two brothers, Lendore, a mighty mage, and Tilvan, a priestly follower of Tharizdun, and practitioner of the mental and physical disciplines, and drive them southward. This is called The Second Division. Tilvan takes his followers and hides in the Vast Swamp, and later moves south to establish a monastery on the peninsula which will later bear his name. Lendore takes his followers and moves to the largest island of the Spindrift chain and meets with the elves. By pact, they allow him and his family to remain on the island, so that he and his descendants should hold it “until the Elven realms have need of it.” Jaguarana, and her followers continue madly, blindly, to the south, crossing the ocean in rough canoes to chase Lendore…She and her followers eventually find a large jungled land and take control of its northern reaches. -430 CY Arish returns to the court and attempts to convince Talna-bin-Namesh to move eastward with the Baklun peoples. Arish is put to death by drowning. -425 CY The Baklun army begins advancing into the Northern Provinces of the Suel Empire. The Suloise weakened by strife and the sending of the Houses of Pursuit, continually fall back before the Bakluni assault. -424 CY The Scarlet Brotherhood was founded in the last years of the Bakluni-Suel wars to combat what its members saw as the dilution of Suel virtues and superiority; its express purpose was the "purification" of Suel blood and behavior, with the concomitant and inevitable rule. -423 CY Zellifar parleys with the Houses of Pursuit. His Archmage, Slerotin, unleashes a Mass-Enfeeblement on their house mages, and a Mass Suggestion upon the other members of the Houses. Slerotin is blasted by magical energies upon the casting of these mighty spells, leaving the Rift Canyon as the only physical remains of this energy. The remnants of the Three Pursuing Houses (Schnai, Fruztii, Cruskii) are devastated and blasted by magic. Their mages minds are wiped of all magic, and the people are confused and terrified. In mass they flee northeastward, except one family. One small branch of the Schnai, the Hepmona, led by the priestess Jaguarana, moves south. They catch a lagging branch of Pellipardus' followers led by the two brothers, Lendore, a mighty mage, and Tilvan, a priestly follower of Tharizdun, and practitioner of the mental and physical disciplines, and drive them southward. This is called The Second Division. Tilvan takes his followers and hides in the Vast Swamp, and later moves south to establish a monastery on the peninsula, which will later bear his name. Lendore takes his followers and moves to the largest island of the Spindrift chain and meets with the elves. By pact, they allow him and his family to remain on the island, so that he and his descendants should hold it "until the Elven realms have need of it." Jaguarana, and her followers continue madly and blindly, to the south, crossing the ocean in rough canoes to chase Lendore...She and her followers eventually find a large jungle land and take control of its northern reaches. -422 CY In the Suel Empire, the Suel mages gather their magical energies and cast the Invoked Devastation. No Bakluni cities survive this blast of magical energy. But Bakluni clerics and mages gathered at Tovrag Baragu, using the arcane powers of the Binders, and drawing upon the energies of their holiest site, withstand these energies and counter struck with the Rain of Colorless Fire. The remains of this expenditure of energy are now called the Sea of Dust, and the Dry Steppes. Axe of the Dwarvish Lords is lost; Legend relates that the greatest dwarf who ever lived, the first Dwarven King, forged this weapon in volcanic fires with the aid of a patron god. It passed from dwarven monarch to dwarven monarch until it was lost in the Invoked Devastation centuries gone. Rumors persist of the appearance of the Axe from time to time in various places, but it supposedly bears a curse. 421 Suloise Mages of Power call down the Invoked Devastation upon the Baklunish. In retaliation, Baklunish spellcasters bring down the Rain of Colorless Fire upon the Suloise Imperium, transforming the empire in the Sea of Dust. (Guide 9) Surviving Baklunish migrate north to the shores of the Dramidj Ocean. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 9) -421 CY In the Suel Empire proper, the Suel mages gather their magical energies and cast the Invoked Devastation. No Bakluni cities survive this blast of magical energy. But Bakluni clerics and mages gathered at Tovag Baragu, using the arcane powers of the Binders, and drawing upon the energies of their holiest site, withstand these energies and counterstruck with the Rain of Colorless Fire. The remains of this expenditure of energy are now called the Sea of Dust, and the Dry Steppes. The destruction of Bakluni Caliphate occurs. However, the family Yamir, and six families who moved east with Arish, remain. Surviving Baklunish migrate north to the shores of the Dramidj Ocean. (Player’s Guide to Greyhawk 9) -419 CY Zellifar enters the Griff Mountains alone. None know where he goes or what he does there. -417 CY The Three Houses of Pursuit move into the Thillonrian Peninsula. They remember and turn to deities which were basic and strong, Kord and Llerg, forgetting others in the face of the strong magics of Slerotin. Wizardly magic is almost entirely forgotten, all magic is feared and only priests, and skalds used it without fear. Witches are not uncommon, but are forced away from “normal” men. The skalds and priests develop a runic alphabet that carry mystic powers. -416 CY Zellifar, last scion of emperors, teleports from the Griff Mountains back to the remains of the Suloise Empire. He is destroyed by the lingering magics and final throws of conflict in the area. Thus ends the Suloise Empire, mightiest and longest lived of Empires on Oerth, and it’s reckoning (although the Scarlet Brotherhood still uses it to keep records). Nature: The Suloise Empire is vastly different things at different times. Compared to it, the Roman Empire was a short lived thing and the Chinese dynasties were only half as old. In it’s early stages, it was comprised of wandering related tribes who developed city states. These city states were similar technologically to the Mesopotamian states on Earth. Then, with the arrival of elves they became more like the Greek polis. And then developed into an empire which structurally was like the Senate driven Rome, and finally into aristocratic families and princes among which the Imperial rule passed. The Romanesque flavor of the Empire, was modified by the influence of the haughty grey elves. The elves introduced the magic which drove the quest for power and magic which dominated the whole of the Suel history. This additional element gives the Suloise an almost Melibonian oddness. A sense of haughtiness, of right to power, and of non-concern for others that is still not found in any other culture on Oerth. Even the structured Gray Elves had a sense of wisdom and compassion that was totally foreign to the thoughts of many of the Suloise rulers. The modern Suel (except those living beneath the Sea of Dust, those trapped beneath the Crystalmist, those in the Scarlet Brotherhood and perhaps those who fled west across the Vast Ocean) have lost this haughtiness…it is instead it is replaced by a bravura, and a wildness which is equally dangerous when roused. The savages of the Amedio, of Hepmonaland, and the Barbarians in the Northeastern Flanaess exemplify of this. The crowning of the first Overking of Rauxes, and the establishment of the Aerdian Empire, will not occur for another 416 years. -406 CY Four of the six Baklun Families of the East elect to return to their homelands. The Ketti stop just east of the Tusman Hills, the other families, Tusmii, Zeifa, and Ekberri continue into back to traditional Bakluni lands. The two families which remain in the North of the Flanaess, become estranged from the families in the West. Because of the barren state of the Dry Steppes, Geshtai becomes almost as important a deity as Istus. Xan Yae and Zuoken also retain their worshippers. The seeds of the modern Bakluni states are sown. -395 CY Baron Lum establishes the first Oeridian kingdom in the Flanaess. He, aided by his very able general Leuk-O, uses two very powerful items to defeat all who oppose him. -352 CY Tuerny the Merciless establishes his Oeridian realm in the Flanaess. -334 CY The first recorded appearance of Baba Yaga’s Hut -330 CY The Isles of Woe, a small Aerdian enclave ruled by Wizard Priests (led by Yagrax), sink into the Nyr Dyv -321 Migratory Suloise barbarians reach the Thillonrian Peninsula. (Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, 44) -315 CY The City of Jurnre is built -217 CY Founding of the Kingdom of Aerdy. For the next 100 years Aerdy absorbs other Oeridian states to the west.

-216 Foundation of the Kingdom of Aerdy. (Guide 9)

-110 CY Battle of a Fortnight’s Length. The Kingdom of Aerdy defeats Nyrondal cavalry squadrons to become the regional superpower. Aerdy thereafter becomes known as the Great Kingdom. (Guide 9)

-67 CY Tzunk the Archmage disappears

1 CY Crowning of Overking in Rauxes. The Common Year is established as the system of reckoning by Grand Prince Nasran I of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy, when he declares universal peace throughout his the land, and takes the title of Overking. The Oeridian Reckoning Calendar (OR) is replaced by the Common Year Calendar (CY) throughout the Flanaess. At this stage the borders of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy extend all the way to the City of Greyhawk. (Guide 9)  

141 Kargoth of Mansbridge born. 185 The Battle of Kule, the first major offensive of the First Unhuman War. (Dragon Annual #1) 198 The lich Lyzandred uses a potent spell to pull a giant meteor into Oerth's atmosphere. The resulting fireball streaks across the Oljatt Sea, where it is noted by the astronomer Selvor the Younger (among others), who interprets it as an omen presaging "wealth, strife and a living death." The resulting impact in the eastern Abbor-Alz sends shockwaves far and wide, interrupting an experiment by a cadre of Suel wizards at the Star Cairns, in the Cairn Hills. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad 2) 201 The Shattering of Borka, in which a planet in Greyspace is destroyed by elves with the assistance from their deities, is witnessed by astrologers on Oerth. (Dragon Annual #1) 203 The Order of the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom is shaken by Sir Kargoth’s pact with Demogorgon, when he unleashes a demonic terror upon the Great Kingdom. The abomination is destroyed, but Kargoth sways thirteen other Knight Protectors to follow him. They become the first of the death knights. 209 The death knight Sir Farian of Lirtham is destroyed. 213 Age of Great Sorrow commences. (Guide 9) 247 Sir Kargoth's castle, Fharlanst, destroyed by the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. 254 The Viceroyalty of Ferrond declares independence from the Great Kingdom. 305 Zagig and his adventuring band delve the Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad. Zagig remains for a short time to learn at the lich's feet and gains inspiration that will aid him well in the later construction of his masterpiece, Castle Greyhawk. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad 2) 310 CY A tribal group from the far west of Oerik sweep through the southlands of the old Bakluni areas, they call themselves the Paynim. One of these clans, the Uli move into the area between the Ulsprue Mountains and the Barrier Peaks and establish Ull. 318 Zagig Yragerne, Murlynd, Keoghtom, and the rest of the Company of Seven explore the Flan ruins of Veralos. (Dragon #293.90) c. 320 Zagig Yragerne elected Mayor of the Free City of Greyhawk. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk) 320 Mixed Oerid-Baklunish nomads gradually move into and claim the steppeland east of the Yatil Mountains, pushing eastward as far as the Griffs. (Guide 9) Outer dependencies of Aerdy gain sovereignty. Perranders, Velunians, Furyondians, and Tenhas each establish independence in a series of minor but bloody wars. (Guide 9) Zagig Yragerne begins construction of Castle Greyhawk. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk) c. 355 Keolandish armies press into Ket and Veluna, but are later forced out. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) 356 Kingdom of Nyrond established when junior branch of Aerdy House Rax-Nyrond declares itself independent of Great Kingdom rule. (Guide 9, 10) Invasion of northern barbarians into North Province prevents the Great Kingdom from retributive action against Nyrond. Theocracy of the Pale and Urnst also secede from Great Kingdom. Kingdom of Keoland at peak. (Guide 9)36

361 Princess Yolande of Bellmeadow chosen by the Grand Court of Enstad to lead Celene. (LGG, 39) Celene expels Keoish royal garrisons from within its borders. (LGG', 65) Celene forces under the command of Triserron, Yolande's consort, best Keoish forces in a number of short engagements. Celene achieves full independence, Yolande elevated to queen of Celene. (LGG, 39-40). Note: conflicts with 461 CY.   375 The Free City of Greyhawk achieves its first period of greatness under the rulership of Zagig Yragerne. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) 420-455 Halmadar the Cruel, a Shield Lands warlord, gains the Hand and Eye of Vecna, conquers the region near Delcombon, and lays siege to Critwall. Ultimately he is drugged by his followers and interred alive in the Kron Hills. 437 Turmoil Between Crowns. Scions of the Celestial House of Naelax destroy the House of Rax to assume the Malachite Throne and rulership of the Great Kingdom. (Guide 9, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) 438 Keoland and Furyondy go to war, resulting in the secession of the Keolandish regions of Gran March, Bissel and the Yeomanry. 446 Excessive taxation and repression leads to a general rebellion in the southern Great Kingdom. This event leads to the foundation of the Iron League. (Guide 9, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) Bandit Kings sack Trigol. (Guide 9) Rise of the Sea Princes. (Guide 9) Assassination of nearly all of the House of Rax. Ivid I who accedes to Malachite Throne. 450 The County of Urnst gains independence from Nyrond at the Council of Rel Mord. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 6) 455 Sunndi joins the Iron League. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) 461 Ulek and Celene sever formal ties with Keoland. The Ulek states gain full autonomy. Realms of Ulek and Celene effected. (Guide 9) Note: Conflicts with 361 CY. 479 Might of Iuz grows. Humanoid invasions become common. (Guide 9) c 495 The Cairn Hills town of Diamond Lake hosts an order of monks, preoccupied with astronomy, at the Diamond Lake Observatory. (Dungeon #124.40, 63) The City of Greyhawk nationalizes the Cairn Hills smelting trade. (Dungeon #124.62) c 496 First known outbreak of the Red Death plague in the Flanaess. (WG8) 498 County of Urnst becomes palatinate under the Duchy of Urnst. Greyhawk becomes a free city. (Guide 9) 505 Iuz imprisoned by Zagig Yragerne. 513 Rise of the Horned Society. (Guide 9) Humanoids take the Pomarj. (Guide 9) 546 The mountain dwarf Obmi is enslaved by the fire giant king Snurre Ironbelly of the Hellfurnaces. 551 Obmi is granted his freedom by king Snurre Ironbelly, and continues to serve as an advisor to the fire giant king. 560 Savage humanoids invade the Bone March. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 5) 563 Bone March falls to humanoids. (Guide 9) 565 The River of Blood murders are stopped after Robilar and Yrag confront Bluto Sans Pite. The two are ennobled soon after. 566 Evil forces construct a small chapel outside the village of Nulb, in the Viscounty of Verbobonc. The chapel grows to become the Temple of Elemental Evil. 569 Battle of Emridy Meadows. Defeat of the Horde of Elemental Evil. Temple of Elemental Evil sacked. Stalman Klim leaves Suderham. 569-573 CY Stalman Klim founds "The Nine" (the Slavelords). 570s Keoish coastal town of Saltmarsh threatened by sahuagin. (See events of U1-U3) 570 Iuz is inadvertently freed from imprisonment below Castle Greyhawk by Robilar and Riggby. After the accidental freeing, good-aligned troops raze Robilar's estate, driving the fighter into exile. 573 Scarlet Brotherhood first reported on the Tilvanot Peninsula. (Guide 9, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) Prince of Furyondy/Provost of Veluna kidnapped. (Guide 9)   576 CY The Red Death plague ravages the Flanaess. The Savant-Sage completes the Guide to the World of Greyhawk. (Guide 9) The plague known as the Red Death sweeps across the Flanaess.   581 CY Halmadar the Cruel escapes his prison; slays majority of Circle of Eight. See events of Vecna Lives!. Vecna’s ploy to become a greater god fails. Diraq Malcinex, Heart of Vecna, slain. See events of Vecna Lives!. 582 A series of regional conflicts erupts into the continent-wide battle that eventually becomes the Greyhawk Wars. The war is sparked when Iuz, masquerading as a god named Vatun, incites the Northern Barbarians into war against Stonefist, conquering it quickly. The leader of the Fists, Sevvord Redbeard, soon allies himself with Iuz. (From the Ashes 6) The Second Unhuman War reaches Greyspace. An invading fleet of scro Mantis ships link up with the Borka Retribution Fleet and battle with the elven Imperial Fleet based on Greela. (Dragon Annual #1, page 46) The Duchy of Tenh is conquered by the Fists/Northern Barbarian armies. (From the Ashes 6) Before a planned assault on Ratik, the Northern Barbarians mutiny, refusing to fight any further for a "god" they have lost faith in. (From the Ashes 6)   584 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 7) Keoland, Gran March, the Ulek States and the Yeomanry enter into the Treaty of Niole Dra, a mutual-defense pact and military alliance. (From the Ashes 7) Ket allies with Iuz, and promptly attacks Bissel. (From the Ashes 7) Turrosh Mak of the Pomarj attacks the Wild Coast and Ulek. His forces are stopped at the Battle of the Pass of Celene by a coalition of humanoid warriors. (From the Ashes 7) Renewed giant and evil humanoid raids hit the Grand Duchy of Geoff, Sterich, and the Yeomanry. Geoff and Sterich are conquered by the invaders. (From the Ashes 7) The Battle of Innspa marks the peak of the Aerdy invasion of Nyrond. The battle results in a decisive defeat of the Great Kingdom's armies. Mass executions follow, ordered by Ivid V. (unbeknownst to much of the Flanaess, Ivid murders loyal generals and turns them into undead servants. Ivid is subsequently assassinated by remaining generals and rises as an undead animus by priests of Hextor.) Mass killings of the Aerdy populace instigated by Ivid. (From the Ashes' 8) The North Province secedes from the Great Kingdom. (From the Ashes 8) 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 9) The Wars end with a Brotherhood-inspired general peace treaty, the Pact of Greyhawk in the month of Harvester. (From the Ashes 9) 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 9)   585 Prince Sewarndt attempts to seize the throne of Nyrond from his father, King Archibold III. The plot is foiled by Sewarndt's brother, Lynwerd.

586 The Great Kingdom comes to an effective end, as it splinters into two major states (The United Kingdom of Ahlissa and the North Kingdom of Aerdy) and numerous minor states. Ivid V, the Overking, rules Rauxes as essentially a no-man's land. The priesthood of Hextor officially deposes Ivid V as Overking. Archibold III of Nyrond abdicates, leaving the throne to his son Lynwerd. In Coldeven, Canon Hazen of Veluna causes the "Flight of Fiends" through use of the Crook of Rao. Most (but not all) evil-aligned outsiders are banished from the Flanaess.

589 CY Sunndi, the last surviving member of the Iron League, chooses not to become part of Ahlissa and becomes a kingdom. Hold of the Sea Princes collapses in a bloody civil war. The Scarlet Brotherhood of most of the Hold of Sea Princes. They control Flotsam, Jetsom, Fairwind, Port Toli and Monmurg but lose the rest of the territory to rebellious slaves, freeholders and humanoid mercenaries. Signing of the Solnor Compact, a defensive alliance between Rel Astra, Ountsy and Roland. Permanent state of war between Furyondy and Iuz declared by King Belvor IV.   590 CY Bissel declares the trading town of Pellak its new capitol. Forces from Keoland invade the Hold of Sea Princes and capture Westkeep. Xavener I expands United Kingdom of Ahlissa north into the old Great Kingdom and meets the southern expansion of Grenell I’s southern expansion of the Great Kingdom of Northern Aerdy. Sea Baron’s fleet returns from expedition across the Solnor. Military sweep in the Duchy of Urnst drives bandits into the hills around the dwarven hill fortress of Karakest. Stalman Klim returns to Earth Dragon's temple. First Rel Astran caravel since 586 cy arrives in Hardby. 591 CY The "yellow-sails" of the revived Slavers begin to terrorize the waters of the central Flanaess. Tyrem appointed the Father of Faith by the Scarlet Brotherhood.

596 CY Vecna escapes the Demiplane of Dread; fails in his attempt to become a greater power (events of Die Vecna Die!).

       Hand of Vecna resurfaces in the central Flanaess, in the possession of a Vecnan priest named Darl Quethos. (Dungeon #132)

593 CY Shackled City Adventure Path - Cauldron is afflicted by a kidnapping/slaver ring, eventually leading to a conflict with a demon lord.   595 CY Age of Worms Adventure Path - Diamond Lake has a Wind Duke tomb nearby. A prophecy leads to the release of Kyuss, god of decay and undeath.   596 CY Savage Tide Adventure Path - Sasserine colonizes Farshore on the Isle of Dread   597 CY Riggby the Patriarch dies in Verbobonc. His body is returned to the Free City of Greyhawk for his funeral. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk)

      Iuz attempts to invade the Free City, via the dungeons of Castle Greyhawk. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk)
      Although unbeknownst to most, Lord Robilar is returned to Oerth after an absence of 15 years. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk)