His son Malev rejected the throne, secretly auctioning it off to his cousin Zelcor. Crockport falls, and Chendl, Furyondys capital, is placed under siege. * 254 CY Ferrond province breaks from The Great Kingdom, becomes the independent Kingdom of Furyondy. In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom (also known as the Order of Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom) is the most fabled chivalric order in the Flanaess. the Iron League). (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. Provinces began calving off the empire like icebergs into the sea, beginning with Ferrond in 254 CY. * 474 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir turned into vampire in order to permanently extend his war against goblinkind. **, * 799 BCY ** Keraptis and his remaining evil gnome followers move into the dungeon under White Plume Mountain. * 568 CY ** Stelfast Holren hired to kill a unicorn, transformed into a centaur, charged with guarding the infant Maura. * 1 million BCY Queen of Chaos wars on Wind Dukes of Elemental Air. [3] It continued to grow over the next century under the rule of the Overkings of House Rax, notably the ambitious Erhart I and Toran I. 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. ** The Great Kingdom of Aerdy, commonly referred to as the Great Kingdom, was a major nation-state which dominated the south-eastern Flanaess from 1 CY until 586 CY. * circa 8000s BCY Torhoon human peoples overthrow yuan-ti empire. ** The different human races are dealt with in some depth - due to the great war that left the huge areas on the original map of Oerth. ** A Brief History of Greyhawk . In this era, magic is not a lost art, but apparently a fading one. * 557 CY ** Stelfast Holren becomes a professional hunter/guide for various nobles and merchants traveling through the Ardi Forest in The Great Kingdom. * 576 CY ** Autumn (week before Brewfest): Rose, Ehrendil, Norah and Sariel arrive in the City of Greyhawk. JavaScript is currently disabled. The ill-fated expedition of Sormod of Perrenland to find Eru-Tovar, north of Blackmoor. (From the Ashes 7), At the same time, the Great Kingdom attacks on a broad front against the Theocracy of the Pale, Almor and Nyrond. **, * 557 CY ** Stelfast Holren becomes a professional hunter/guide for various nobles and merchants traveling through the Ardi Forest in The Great Kingdom. The faith of Hextor became the most prominent in the realm, and it laid claim to the See of Medegia, wresting it from the Zilchans who had held it for nearly two centuries after they had supplanted the Pelor. Greyhawk Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. Assassination of nearly all of the House of Rax. The priesthood of Hextor officially deposes Ivid V as Overking. The World of Greyhawk, The City of Greyhawk, The Temple of Elemental Evil (T1-4), Rary the Traitor (WGR3), The Marklands (WGR4), Vale of the Mage (WG12), Vecna Lives . Subsequent rulers were weak and ineffectual, leading princes to act increasingly independently of the Overking and even fight amongst each other. The war was disastrous for the Great Kingdom, and in 584 CY, North Province declared independence. They patiently watch for lizards, then catch them with a swift dart toward the ground. In 213 CY, an Age of Great Sorrow, proclaimed by Selvor the Younger in 198 CY, was confirmed . ** After years of political maneuvering and scheming, Ivid finally brought far-flung provinces together in an attempt to launch a great war to reestablish the former glory of the empire of the Aerdi. When the struggle between the Baklunish and Suloise empires threatened to engulf central Oerik, it was proclaimed that the destiny of the Aerdi and other Oeridians lay far to the east. Coming into conflict with the Ur-Flan and Suel peoples in the region, they discovered a pressing need to unify the scatterned Oeridian tribes under a single leader. He is corrupted by it. **, * 568 CY ** Stelfast Holren hired to kill a unicorn, transformed into a centaur, charged with guarding the infant Maura. (Players Guide to Greyhawk 9), Outer dependencies of Aerdy gain sovereignty. He took the new title of Overking, which would be used by all subsequent rulers. Soon after, Furyondys northern border collapses under an assault from Iuz-allied humanoids attacking from the Vesve Forest. * 397 CY The mage Tasha becomes an apprentice to Zagig Yragerne. * circa 5500s BCY Founding of the Suel Empire. **, * 1243 BCY ** About 100 gnomes return to The Valley to share new magical knowledge for weapons and defenses against raiders. * 576 CY ** Autumn (week before Brewfest): Rose, Ehrendil, Norah and Sariel arrive in the City of Greyhawk. Ascendant campaigns can view previous versions of their pages, see what has changed (and who did it), and even restore old versions. Greyhawk, Hardby, [Great Kingdom] 9577 [58] ** North Province declared independence from the Great Kingdom in 584 CY, dragging itself out of the Greyhawk Wars, and the empire shattered within weeks into many pieces. * 405 CY ** Tysiln San given refuge among a community of halflings in northern Keoland for 50 years before resuming her wandering. * 551 CY Discovery of gold and treasure under Castle Greyhawk sparks local economic boom. . [3], By 100 CY, the Great Kingdom stretched the entire breadth of the Flanaess, from the Solnor Ocean to the Fals Gap, and as far north as Perrenland and the north and northeast of the Vesve Forest, and from Sunndi to the Griff-Corusk mountains. **, * 452 CY ** Jaran Krimeah, now known as The Black One, arrives in The Valley and champions its elven, gnome and human peoples. (3013 OR), 580 CY Magnificent Talking Goat Party formed in Greyhawk; The Declaimers of Stroun predict the downfall of Tenh. The war ended in 446 CY when Ivid I was crowned Overking, due in large part to the death of all other viable contenders. **, * 575 CY ** Autumn: Ehrendil Stone captured by Slave Lord agents near the city of Gryrax, sold and transported to duergar occupying the dungeons below White Plume Mountain. A summary of historical events, by Common Year Reckoning. (3015 OR), 582 CY Rise of Vatun (Iuz) in the North; Fall of Tenh; Beginning of the Greyhawk Wars. A brief hysteria occurred among the superstitious Aerdi. 213 CY Age of Great Sorrow. **, * 4400s BCY ** Suel mages begin magically binding genies as slave labor. * circa 13,000s BCY ** Faction of isolationist elves settle in The Valley section of the Barrier Peaks. * 1423 BCY Vecna born into an untouchable caste among the Flan people. **, * 556 CY ** Bahkgarr the bullywug born in the Mistmarsh. **, * 503 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir acquires the magical warhammer Whelm. The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (adventure), The Hidden Shrine of Tamochan (adventure), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. **, * 574 CY ** Winter: An unending winter storm forms above the northern Archbarony of Blackmoor. (3014 OR), 581 CY Vecna (after apparently destroying of the Circle of Eight) is himself thrown into out of the Prime Material planes at Tovag Baragu. The neighboring free city of Hardby and the Wild Coast break off from the Domain of Greyhawks influence, causing an economic decline. But another age is prophesied: An age of darkness, of decay, and of . * 575 CY ** Winter: Wizardry Guild of Greyhawk sponsors its first expedition to storm-locked Blackmoor. Perhaps the proudest, most warlike, and powerful of these tribes were the Aerdi, their name meaning sky people in the old tongue. The Royal Astrologers proclaimed it as a great portent, confirming the sign of a coming Age of Great Sorrow prophesied by Selvor the Younger fifteen years earlier. Nasran founded the See of Medegia and granted it to the faith of Palor. Nature: The Common Years deal with the Rise and Fall of the Oeridian Kingdom of the East, styled The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. This reckoning will most likely continue to be used as long as the fragments of this large kingdom continue to vie for power, and as long as the powers which have been revealed in this age continue their struggles. * 198 CY The Star Cairns, a Suel magical site southeast of the City of Greyhawk, hit by meteor summoned by the lich Lyzandred. The Age of Great Sorrow(decline of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy). * 3400s BCY High and wood elves establish nations in the Flanaess (Highfolk, Celene, Aliador, and Arrisa). This ended the Hateful Wars. Years of civil war ensued, and only the intercession of dispassionate houses such as Garasteth and Darmen brought about the final compromise. Age of Great Sorrow commences. Humanoid invasions become common. * 571 CY Iuz conquers lands of the Horned Society. rasgon. * 406 CY ** Jaran Krimeah born to the House Rax within the city of Rauxes in the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. (899 OR) 272 CY Padin the Vain uses the Hand of Vecna to start the Insurrection of the Yaheetes, a Flanae enclave in the North Province. ** For a full article on the topic with citations, please see Age of Great Sorrow at Greyhawkonline.com. (From the Ashes 6), Keoland, Gran March, the Ulek States and the Yeomanry enter into the Treaty of Niole Dra, a mutual-defense pact and military alliance. [2] 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. Nominally set in Greyhawk, Age of Worms brings that venerable setting to life in a fun, action packed way, with lots of interesting and . * 4400s BCY ** Suel mages begin magically binding genies as slave labor. * 466 BCY Baklunish and Suloise empires turn to goblin, orc and ogre tribes for mercenaries. This move centralized power in the capital at Rauxes, which initially posed challenges to the Overking due to the difficulty of governing such a large realm. The County of Urnst gains independence from Nyrond at the Council of Rel Mord. (2060 OR), 537 CY King Belvor III of Furyondy dies in his sleep. (Guide 9) 247 Sir Kargoth's castle, Fharlanst, destroyed by the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. However, the houses had no agreement as to who would succeed Nalif. Theocracy of the Pale founded by religious refugees of Pholtus from the Great Kingdom. (535 OR), 1 CY Crowning Nasron, of the House of Cramden, as the Overking of Aerdy. Buffoons and incompetents sat upon the Malachite Throne, and their mismanagement split apart the Celestial Houses. THE GREAT MIGRATIONS (human peoples driven east due to empire wars) Centuries past, when Greyhawk city was still a burgeoning riverbank trading post, Zagig was already a powerful magician. * 347 CY ** Magical experiment kills Tysiln Sans mage mentor, prompting her to travel the surface world alone. ** * circa 6000s BCY Torhoon Empire falls; Olman people escape to southern Flanaess. * 307 CY ** Entire San family murdered by Lolth priestesses, only Tysiln escapes the Vault of the Drow with help from a mage; both flee to the surface world. (965 OR), 350 CY The formation of the Bandit Kingdoms complete. AGE OF GREAT SORROW (decline of The Great Kingdom) Queen Yolande of Celene declares neutrality of her realm, and imposes a strict isolationism. JavaScript is currently disabled. The Malachite Throne soon became known as the Fiend-Seeing Throne, and it was widely believed (with good reason) that the Ivid overkings consorted with evil outsiders. AGE OF THRALLS (demon-worshipping inhumans use humans as slaves/food) [5], In 586 CY, Herzog Grenell of North Province declared his holdings the Great Kingdom of Northern Aerdy, and took the title of Overking. * 913 BCY Shattados, last King of Sulm, receives the Scorpion Crown from the chaos god Tharizdun. Manshen divided the western marklands into the Viceroyalty of Nyrond, ruled by a junior branch of House Rax from Rel Mord, and and the Viceroyalty of Ferrond, ruled from Dyvers. . **, * 576 CY ** Spring: Valley of the Mages First Protector Tysiln San sends Norah Brithel on a quest to find the missing Ehrendil Stone. (916 CY), 290 CY Vecna II builds rises in the Bone March Area and builds Tyrus. ** Rauxes fell victim to a vast magical conflict that left the city in ruins and submerged in a region of distorted magical force with unpredictable effects, the final fate of Ivid V, the rivals for the Malachite Throne, and Rauxess citizens remains unknown. Events of The Temple of Elemental Evil. THE GREYHAWK WARS In 582 CY, the god Vatun appeared to his subjects among the barbarian tribes of the Thillonrian Peninsula. **, * 455 CY ** Tysiln San captured in the Valley of the Mage, becomes lover/First Protector to the Exalted One/Black One. . (1025 OR), 393 CY Zagig Yragerne founds the Guild of Wizardry in Greyhawk. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10), 450 * Stelfast Holren, centaur ranger/warlock, and Maura (Rusty Ward), Previously,Bahkgarr the bullywug (Rusty Ward). (3000 OR), 567 CY The Beggars War in Greyhawk Beggars Union defeated by Thieves Guild. [7][8] The son ascended to the throne in 556 CY, taking the name Ivid V.[5], By the sixth century CY, however, the Great Kingdom had shrunk to a fraction of its size, limited to the lands east of the Harp River and Teesar Torrent, and north of the Iron Hills and Thelly River. * 564 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower discovers good cleric Evangelor Umpirt is secretly working with the Slave Lords. * 572 CY First reports of The Scarlet Brotherhood, a Suel-supremacy movement. This article is a stub. ** (645 OR), 75 CY Tenmeris and his Queen, Yalranda rule Aerdy. "White Dwarf Interview: Gary Gygax - the man who made it all possible". (From the Ashes 9). * 213 CY Eclipse during an Aerdy coronation signals the Age of Great Sorrow. The Malachite Throne destroys them to a person. (522 OR), -110 CY Battle of a Fortnights length. [1], In 428 OR (-217 CY),[2] Lord Mikar of House Garasteth was crowned the first Grand Prince of Aerdy. One in Zelradton administered South Province (awarded to House Cranden), and a counterpart in Eastfair controlled North Province (awarded to House Naelax). The Bandit Kingdoms fall to Iuz in the same offensive. (From the Ashes 7), Turrosh Mak of the Pomarj attacks the Wild Coast and Ulek. (Guide 9), The Savant-Sage completes the Guide to the World of Greyhawk. * 575 CY ** Winter: Wizardry Guild of Greyhawk sponsors its first expedition to storm-locked Blackmoor. * 574 CY ** Winter: An unending winter storm forms above the northern Archbarony of Blackmoor. The needs and intrigues of the Celestial Houses would soon become subordinate to the politics of the Malachite Throne. Age of Great Sorrow. * 509 CY Mordenkainen born. In 583 CY, during the Greyhawk Wars (582-584 CY), Ivid managed to unify the Great Kingdom's provinces long enough to wage war on Nyrond, Almor, and the Iron League, in an effort to restore the Great Kingdom to its historic greatness. During Zelcors coronation in Rauxes later that year, an ominous sign appeared in the sky, a complete eclipse of the noontime sun above the capital. Two successor nations, the United Kingdom of Ahlissa and the North Kingdom of Aerdy, now vie for control of the region. Aerdy almost doubled in size and thereafter became known as the Great Kingdom, now a true empire. Clonses restore them, but Tenser does not re-join the Circle. * 459 CY ** The Mightyhammers of Clan Dankil adapt drow trap techniques to create the Assassins Run in the Valley of the Mage. (2014 OR), 480 CY City of Elredd founded by a Wolf Nomad warrior on the site of earlier camp settlements. A total solar eclipse occured during Zelcor's coronation, taken by the Royal Astrologers as a confirmation of Selvor's prophecy. The Free City of Greyhawk achieves its first period of greatness under the rulership of Zagig Yragerne. . (1084 OR), 450 CY Myro is destroyed by a joint force from Nyrond, Furyondy and the Shield Lands. The Great Kingdom reached its height over the next century under House Rax, with ambitious rulers such as the lines of Erhart and Toran. . Age of Great Sorrow View source This page may be a Stub or not include some information. (2097 OR), 565 CY Defeat of the Slave Lords. **, RECENT HISTORY (past decade or so, all player characters have their own various adventures to earn experience) AGE OF GREAT SORROW (decline of The Great Kingdom) 363 years ago Eclipse during an Aerdy coronation signals the Age of Great Sorrow. **, * 436 CY ** Jaran Krimeah released from prison, goes into exile from The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. Third Great Age of Mages (Greyhawk on Oerth, Glantri on Mystara, Second Sundering on Toril). 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."[4]. The Scarlet Brotherhood invades the Hold of the Sea Princes. (1020 OR), 390 CY The Malachite Throne overthrows Vecna II. Zelcor ignored the warning, and simply disbanded the Royal Astrologers and banished them to Rel Astra. **, * 1400 BCY ** Drow forces push Suel wizards out of their underground dungeons below the Hellfurnaces mountains. https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Great_Kingdom&oldid=70393, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, The arms of the Great Kingdom, as depicted in the, SEE North Kingdom {Great Kingdom of Northern Aerdy}, War Captain's Companion Boxed Set: Book 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 25, 36, 45, 46, 48, 52, 54, 55, 60, IBC, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, IC, 8-14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28-30, 35, 37, 40, 47, 53-56, 69, 78, 79, World of Greyhawk Boxed Set: Glossography, City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions, 2-11, 17, 19-28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36-39, 42, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 58, 61, 63, 70, 79, 84, 89, 15, 40, 42, 43, 47-49, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79-81, 81, 93, 95, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 13, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32, 2-5, 8, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28-44, 45, 46, 58, 69, 70, 72, 77, 88, 106, 116, 123, 128, 153, 156, 161, Back Cover, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e, 9, 10, 12, 21, 22, 33, 36, 42, 59, 60, 64, 73, 84, 87, 89, 92, 93, 94, 105, 112, IC, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 34, 35, 36, 41, 44, 46, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 99, 100, 103, 104, 106, 110, 111, 113, 123, 124, 125, 139, 141, 148, 150, 151, 156, 158, 172, 2, 3-7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 24, 25, 37, 44, 45, 59, 7, 140, 141, 227, 241, 257, 259, 264, 278, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15-20, 23-26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 39, 40, 55, 56-61, 68, 70, 73, 74, 85, 92, 94, 97, 100, 102, 110, 113, 115, 117, 119, 128, Navigators, Royal Guild of (Great Kingdom), North Kingdom {Great Kingdom of Northern Aerdy}, 6, 11, 21, 24, 35, 36, 37, 54, 58, 72, 73, 75, 89, 91, 93, 96, 105, 139, 146, 147, 148, 151, 153, 158, This page was last edited 10:54, 13 April 2023 by Greyhawk Wiki user. House Naelax replaces House Rax on Malachite Throne. [citation needed][5], Regrettably, the Turmoil Between Crowns also resulted in the destruction of the Royal Guild of Navigators, the august body responsible for developing a more accurate method of navigating the oceans and seas of Oerth, by creating a system of longitude and latitude. You can help Greyhawk Wiki by expanding it. Not to mention "times before now"! * 576 CY ** Autumn (1 week after Brewfest): Ehrendil does research at the Guild of Wizardrys library; Norah mixes with archmage Jallarzi Sallavarian; Rose mixes with Guildmaster of Thieves Org Nenshen; Sariel crashes classes at the University of Magical Arts; Stel and Maura protected at the Temple of Rao. upgrade now The plague known as the Red Death sweeps across the Flanaess. Age of Great Sorrow commences. AGE OF AERDY (rise of The Great Kingdom) [5], In 586 CY, reports began to spread that Ivid V had died, disappeared, or been deposed. ** The herzog (great prince) of North Province, Ivid I, then laid claim to the throne. * 576 CY ** Autumn (Brewfest): Stelfast Holdren and Maura arrive in the City of Greyhawk, are almost kidnapped by Evangelor Umpirt and other Slave Lords; Rose, Ehrendil, Norah, Sariel save the centaur and his young ward. * 1000 BCY ** Records show the weapons Blackrazor, Wave and Whelm all in possession of Keraptis at this time. By 100 CY, there were four such viceroys. AGE OF GLORY (rise of human empires, magic and conquest) [4] Numerous smaller contenders. An time period that started 213 CY when the rulers of the Great Kingdom started to fall. **, * 576 CY ** Summer: Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower, Norah Brithel, Sariel Galanodel kidnapped by Slave Lords, sold to duergar at White Plume Mountain. * 575 CY Reports of massive raiding by giants across the western kindgoms. * 1 CY Empire of Aerdy (aka The Great Kingdom) proclaimed. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) **, * 456 BCY ** Vampire Ctenmiir cast out of dwarven society for preying on his own people for blood. * circa 7000s BCY Peak of the Torhoon Empire on the continent of Melavi (Hepmonaland). But Gnomes and Halflings are pretty much left out. Manshen, the first Rax overking, divided these marklands in 100 CY, forming two vast provinces around the Nyr Dyv, one in the east and one in the west. (2040 OR), 506 CY Jurnre falls at the height of The Hateful Wars. Nasran was by all accounts a wise and dutiful ruler, and few openly begrudged him his claim. T-1-4, A series of regional conflicts erupts into the continent-wide battle that eventually becomes the. First they conquered the Flans crumbling kingdom of Ahlissa in the southwest, then swept north to contend with other Oeridian tribes who had settled the Flanaess behind them. ** Holian, Gary; Mona, Erik; Reynolds, Sean K.; Weining, Frederick (2000), All events in Gygax's original timeline had six different dates due to the six different calendar systems used by the great civilizations of Gygax's world. **, * 724 BYC ** Ctenmiir born to dwarven Clan Ironfist under the Yatil Mountains. ** Despite the new moniker, power in the new empire would not become truly centralized until 1 CY, when Grand Prince Nasran I declared universal peace throughout the land and took the title of Overking of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. * 1283 BCY ** Gnomes from The Valley come under tutelage from Keraptis at Tostenhca. (From the Ashes 8), The North Province secedes from the Great Kingdom. * 337 CY ** Elven Queen Eldrell Yeni Surinen of the Divine House of Larethian appears in the Duchy of Ulek. (2051 OR), 519 CY Founding of Azak-Zil (Pureheart) by the dwarven clan Highgate. The Royal Astrologers proclaimed it as a great portent, confirming the sign of a coming Age of Great Sorrow prophesied by Selvor the Younger fifteen years earlier. (3001 OR), 569 CY Battle of Emridy Meadows Horde of Elemental Evil Scattered. [3], The last decade of the rule of Overking Nalif was marred by internal schisms. The viceroyalty of Ferrond led the way, becoming the kingdom of Furyondy. Duke Eyeh II of Tenh begins an aggressive campaign to clear the Troll Fens. 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. The wiki page for the EGI has a list of sources, full product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index. (3017 OR), 584 CY Destruction of Almor; Dissolution of the Great Kingdom; End of the Greyhawk Wars; Great day of Signing; Treachery of Rary; Breaking of the Circle of Eight; The Great Burn in Greyhawk; Formation of the Kingdom of the Bright Lands. (From the Ashes 6; Greyhawk Wars Adventurers Book), The Shield Lands refuse an offer of alliance with Furyondy, and are soon overrun by Iuzs forces. We think you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. (858 OR) 254 CY Kingdom of Furyondy declared with crowning of Thrommel I. Veluna and Tenh follow in declaring independence. [1][3], Subsequent Rax Overkings were poor leaders. * 576 CY ** Spring: Sariel Galanodel arrives on Oerth, explores Keoland and the Ulek nations. (917 OR), 283 CY Thrommel III begins construction of Chendl. His adventurous exploits had taken him the length and breadth of Oerth and beyond -- his command of magic had grown to heroic proportions. 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. MYTHIC PAST The army includes the seagoing Hardby Marines of Woolly Bay, in their six war-galleys, and the Mountaineer Militiaof the Abbor-Alz, with a score of griffon-riding "skymen"attached. The Viceroyalty of Nyrond, which eventually included Urnst, was ruled from Rel Mord by a junior branch of House Rax. Leading into the Age of Great Sorrows, the order was rocked by the treachery of the notable knight Lord Kargoth and a group of 13 other influential knights who were seduced to his cause. He deposed the herzog of South Province and replaced it with a prince of his own House Naelax, who in turn sparked outrage when he imprisoned and tortured ambassadors from Irongate. He ruled into old age before declaring that his last surviving offspring would claim the throne. The Oeridians headed east through the Fals Gap and into the Flanaess, and migrated eastward until they reached the great ocean and could go no further. There is no question but that most reckoning is dated by Common Year (CY), the date which the Overking of Aerdy declared universal peace through the whole of the Great Kingdom. . (2095 OR), 563 CY Bone March taken by humanoids. https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Age_of_Great_Sorrow&oldid=55820, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, This page was last edited 07:41, 5 August 2021 by Greyhawk Wiki user. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk). The ultimate fate of Ivid V was unknown, but with certainty the rule of the Overkings of Rauxes had come to an end. Ivid IV is assassinated by his son, Ivid V. (2090 OR) (The following years from 557-583 CY are called The Times of Struggle by historians. The Index is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, and his work as continued and updated by Eric Johnson, Richard DiIoia, Jason "PupickDad" Jacobson, a French fan group, and numerous other fans over the years. [1], To solve this, he appointed largely autonomous viceroys to rule over each province. * 781 BCY ** Mountain inhabitants of Tostenhca all die, said to be due from a curse placed by Keraptis using his Null Enigma device. (2071 OR), 550 CY The Valley of the Mage is established. * 453 CY ** Norah Brithel born to mother Torgga Mightyhammer of Clan Dankil and father Oskar Brithel of Clan Fireforge in the Barrier Peaks foothills overlooking Little Bissel in the Valley of the Mage. Ivid II quickly fell into dementia and was in turn assassinated by his own son, Ivid III, in 497 CY. (DRA#354), Surviving Baklunish migrate north to the shores of the Dramidj Ocean. * 485 BCY Start of the Baklunish-Suloise Wars, prompting eastward migrations into the Flanaess. **, * 435 CY ** Jaran Krimeah proclaimed Mage of The Great Kingdom, stages a failed coup and is imprisoned. (From the Ashes 6), The Duchy of Tenh is conquered by the Fists/Northern Barbarian armies. * 540 CY ** Stelfast Holren born near Errantkeep under the prosperous dominion of House Naelax, a noble family in The Great Kingdom. (935 OR), 310 CY Beginning of the Formation of the Shield Lands. * 361 CY Zagig Yragerne buries a cache of extraplanar magic under the Land of Black Ice. [1], The Kingdom of Aerdy set about expanding throughout the Flanmi Basin, spending its early decades conquering the neighbouring Flan and Suel. 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