596 CY

Events

• Hand of Vecna resurfaces in the central Flanaess, in the possession of a Vecnan priest named Darl Quethos. He attempts to find the Eye of Vecna. (Dungeon #132 p.60)
• Savage Tide Adventure Path begins - Sasserine colonizes Farshore on the Isle of Dread.^{[citation needed]}
• Turrosh Mak of the Pomarj attacks Narwell with 6,000 orcs, gnolls and ogres. Narwell is razed, and refugees flee to Blackwall Keep. Fighting continues for months, and the orcs continue northward to the Gnarley Forest. (Narwell; Blackwall Keep)
• Monsters from the Hanging Glacier of Alisedran attack the Schnai barbarians, part of a regular 20 year cycle. (Rumors and Whispers of the Flanaess)

Publications

The following publications are set in the year 596 CY:

• Dungeon #130 to #141, including the following adventure modules:
  • The Spire of Long Shadows (Dungeon #130; Age of Worms)
  • The Prince of Redhand (Dungeon #131; Age of Worms)
  • The Hateful Legacy (Dungeon #131)
  • The Library of Last Resort (Dungeon #132; Age of Worms)
  • Kings of the Rift (Dungeon #133; Age of Worms)
  • Ill-Made Graves (Dungeon #133)
  • Into the Wormcrawl Fissure (Dungeon #134; Age of Worms)
  • Dawn of a New Age (Dungeon #135; Age of Worms)
  • Funeral Procession (Dungeon #135)
  • The Coming Storm (Dungeon #136)
  • There Is No Honor (Dungeon #139; Savage Tide)
  • The Greater Halls (Dungeon #139)
  • The Bullywug Gambit (Dungeon #140; Savage Tide)
  • Heart of Hellfire Mountain (Dungeon #140)
  • The Sea Wyvern's Wake (Dungeon #141; Savage Tide)

Living Greyhawk

The 596 campaign year began on August 1, 2006 and ended on December 31, 2006.

Notes

Living Greyhawk products published in 2006 are considered to take place in the year 596 CY. This rule was also respected by Dragon and Dungeon magazine. In a Paizo forum thread titled Appropriate Year for Greyhawk SCAP?, editor Erik Mona asserted that the rule applies in general to all Greyhawk adventure modules:

"There is an easy formula you can use to determine when any "Greyhawk" adventure takes place within the framework of the campaign timeline. Take a look at the last digit of the real-world year in which the adventure was published. Put a 5 and a 9 in front of it to determine the corresponding Greyhawk Common Year."