597 CY

Events

• 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 p.4)
• Iuz attempts to invade the Free City, via the dungeons of Castle Greyhawk. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk p.4)
• Unbeknownst to most, Lord Robilar is returned to Oerth after an absence of 15 years. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk p.188,189)
• The Baklunish god Zuoken is released by adventurers, after being missing since 505 CY. (Events of Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk)
• The Free City of Greyhawk cedes the Cairn Hills to the Duchy of Urnst, allowing Greyhawk to move troops stationed there into the Wild Coast and Woolly Bay to counter the Orcish Empire of the Pomarj. (The Griffon's Nest)
• The buffer zone between the Domain of Greyhawk and Pomarj experiences a quiet period, with no raids for several months. (The Griffon's Nest)
• A damaged Fruztii ship sails into Ountsey, reporting the dead rising from the waves south of Atirr. (The Isle of Lost Souls)

Publications

The following publications are set in the year 597 CY:

• Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
• Dungeon #142 to #151, including the following Greyhawk adventure modules:
  • Here There Be Monsters (Dungeon #142; Savage Tide)
  • Tides of Dread (Dungeon #143; Savage Tide)
  • The Lightless Depths (Dungeon #144; Savage Tide)
  • City of Broken Idols (Dungeon #145; Savage Tide)
  • Vile Addiction (Dungeon #145)
  • Serpents of Scuttlecove (Dungeon #146; Savage Tide)
  • Spawn of Sehan (Dungeon #146)
  • Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones (Dungeon #147)
  • Into the Maw (Dungeon #147; Savage Tide)
  • In the Shadows of Spinecastle (Dungeon #148)
  • Wells of Darkness (Dungeon #148; Savage Tide)
  • Enemies of My Enemy (Dungeon #149; Savage Tide)
  • War of the Wielded (Dungeon #149)
  • Prince of Demons (Dungeon #150; Savage Tide)

Living Greyhawk

The 597 campaign year began on August 1, 2007 and ended on December 31, 2007.

Notes

Living Greyhawk products published in 2007 are considered to take place in the year 597 CY. This rule was alsos 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."