447 CY

Events

• South Province rebels against the Great Kingdom. The Glaives Cohort capture Szek Trevellyn's palace in Scant, winning Onnwal's independence from the Great Kingdom. (Dragon #293 p.93; Scant - A City Enslaved)
• Civil war continues in Irongate and South Province. (LGG p.57)
• Late this year, Herzog Damalinor declares war on the rebel states. He raises a huge force of privateers comprised largely of vassals and landless princes of his family, offering to grant them recaptured land. (LGG p.57)
• The Battle of a Thousand Banners takes place. A siege of Irongate is fails due to the city's unmatched defenses. An army of humans, elves and dwarves successfully defeats the attackers before hunting down fleeing enemies. (LGG p.57)
• Inspired by the defense of Irongate, the Lordship of the Isles, Onnwall, Idee, and Sunndi join Irongate in declaring indepdendence from the Great Kingdom. (LGG p.57,71)
• Late this year, the Iron League is formed as an alliance of Irongate, Onnwal, and Idee. The Iron League allies itself with Nyrond. (LGG p.24,57-58)
  • This appears to contradict From the Ashes, Atlas p.46, which says that Irongate "was an eager founding member of the Iron League in 446 CY". Living Greyhawk Gazetteer rather asserts that the rebellion was merely instigated in 446 CY, and the alliance was not formalized until late 447 CY.

Notes

Living Greyhawk Gazetteer p.57 describes "the formation of the Iron League by Irongate, Onnwal, and Idee in late 447 CY", and describes the events leading up to this in detail, such that it the date of 447 CY is unambiguous in the text.

This concurs with the date in in the Folio, p.5 (Chronological Table of Events), p.11 (Irongate) and p.13 (Onnwal). However, the table in the Folio has incorrect date conversion for 447 CY in all other calendars. The 1983 box set corrects this by adjusting the date in the table to 446 CY, but leaves the 447 date in p.27 (Irongate) and p.30 (Onnwal). Both works are clear that the execution of emissaries occurred in 446 CY, with Iron League the following year.

From the Ashes, Atlas p.46 (Irongate, Free City of), describes Irongate as "an eager founding member of the Iron League in 446 CY", and gives a date of 446 CY for the formation of the Iron League in its "A Brief Historical Timeline for the Flanaess". LGG would later re-establish the 447 date as correct.