589 CY

Events

• Sunndi declares independence from the Great Kingdom and its successor states. Its leader is Count Hazendel. (LGG p.111)
• Civil war breaks out in the Hold of the Sea Princes, ultimately leading to its collapse. (LGG p.16,98)
• The Scarlet Brotherhood controls 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Orcs and goblins attack Safeton before its walls are completed. Governor Turin Deathstalker is prepared, and a successful counterattack destroys the invaders in what is now known as Orcslayer Field. (Safeton)
• The summer is exceptionally hot. (LGG p.102)
• In Wealsun, Lady Xenia Sallavarian collapses of heatstroke. Her marriage to King Lynwerd is called off. (LGG p.78,79)
• Mordenkainen shaves his head. (LGJ #00 p.9)
• Reynard, bandit chief of the Earldom of the Tangles, is captured and executed. (LGG p.30)
• Chief Strongbow assassinated. (LGG p.38)
• Loftin Graystand, mayor of Highfolk, resigns. His successor is Tavin Ersteader. (LGG p.53)
• An ancient temple is discovered in the Hellfurnaces. (LGG p.101)
• Scarlet Brotherhood suffers a schism among its leadership as Herdsmen turn on each other. Rebels take advantage to overthrow the occupiers. (LGG p.101; The Duchy of Berghof)
• An assassination attempt on the life of Carmen Halmaster, wool merchant and member of the Greyhawk thieves' guild, leaves him with a tremor. (LGJ #02, p.9)
• A jeweler is killed in the Free City of Greyhawk during a bungled robbery. Bodmi Hollardel is suspected of involvement, and resigns as head of the Jewelers and Gemcutters' Guild. His daughter Gerda Hollardel assumes the role. (LGJ #5 p.4)