[5], In 586 CY, Herzog Grenell of North Province declared his holdings the Great Kingdom of Northern Aerdy, and took the title of Overking. The Bandit Kingdoms fall to Iuz in the same offensive. * 576 CY ** Autumn (week before Brewfest): Rose, Ehrendil, Norah and Sariel arrive in the City of Greyhawk. **, * 566 CY ** Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower begins combat training under Lord Tethrin of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene. 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. * 344 BCY Vecna is betrayed by Kas the Bloody-Handed; his empire falls. HRONOLOGICAL. It was heavily influential, originating the Common language, Common Year calendar, and the gold/silver/copper coinage standard used throughout the Flanaess. (Guide 9) 247 Sir Kargoth's castle, Fharlanst, destroyed by the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. (2054 OR), 522 CY King Belvor II is crowned in Furyondy. ** ** * 315 CY Future city of Greyhawk established as a trading post. A summary of historical events, by Common Year Reckoning. In the year 1 OR (-644 CY), conflict between the Baklunish Empire and the Suel Imperium threatened to engulf the regions inhabited by the Oeridians tribes. The County of Urnst gains independence from Nyrond at the Council of Rel Mord. (1065 OR), 435 CY An unnamed agent of an evil deity bestows the Hand of Vecna, on Myro. 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. ", Q: "In Dragon 315, Jim Ward talks about the origins of the Greyhawk setting, and is quoted as having said: 'He [Gygax] had the whole world mapped out'. ** The chronology given below, however, includes five other calendars which were once used and are sometimes referred to in ancient writings. AGE OF AERDY (rise of The Great Kingdom) [8], 375 The Age of Worms(the Waiting Age, a time of death, decay and writhing doom that lurks in the shadows of every tomorrow). The Age of Great Sorrow(decline of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy). * 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. **, * 337 CY ** Elven Queen Eldrell Yeni Surinen of the Divine House of Larethian appears in the Duchy of Ulek. (2048 OR), 516 CY First Sighting of the Velunese Lights. (2015 OR), 494 CY Ivid I dies, Ivid II ascends the Malachite Throne. [4][6], The resulting lasted nine years, ending in 446 CY with the crowning of Ivid I and the granting of greater autonomy to the provinces of Medegia, Rel Astra, Almor, North Province,[citation needed] Bone March,[citation needed] and Ahlissa. ** * 455 CY ** Tysiln San captured in the Valley of the Mage, becomes lover/First Protector to the Exalted One/Black One. 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JavaScript is currently disabled. **, * 459 CY ** The Mightyhammers of Clan Dankil adapt drow trap techniques to create the Assassins Run in the Valley of the Mage. JavaScript is currently disabled. * 1283 BCY ** Gnomes from The Valley come under tutelage from Keraptis at Tostenhca. **, * 1000 BCY ** Records show the weapons Blackrazor, Wave and Whelm all in possession of Keraptis at this time. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. * 498 BCY The lich Vecna founds an empire through the central Flanaess. His fatuous son Malev was uninterested in the office and proceeded to secretly auction it off to the highest bidder among his relatives. [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. (2099 OR), 566 CY Alliance of Drow with Giants in the West of the Flanaess. * 576 CY ** Spring: Sariel Galanodel arrives on Oerth, explores Keoland and the Ulek nations. ** Greyhawk Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. House Rax was unable to present a strong contender for Nalif's heir, leading to agreement among the major noble houses that it was time for change. (From the Ashes 6), The Duchy of Tenh is conquered by the Fists/Northern Barbarian armies. The war ended in 446 CY when Ivid I was crowned Overking, due in large part to the death of all other viable contenders. (428 OR), -113 CY The Great Disembarkment; the Aqua-Oeridians sail eastward. Events of The Temple of Elemental Evil. [7], Ivid IV's two eldest sons competed with each other for several years for the right of successsion, with the younger son eventually victorious. * 1538 BCY Break with Suel, founding of the Baklunish Empire. (2054 OR), 520 CY Hradji Beartooths discovery of Skrellingshald. Assassination of nearly all of the House of Rax. The Royal Minting House of Nyrond moves from Rel Mord to Womtham. ** = Moment of significance from player characters campaign backstories. (745 OR), 107 CY The Overking of Aerdy constructs Castle Millennium at Seawolf Point. (2040 OR), 506 CY Jurnre falls at the height of The Hateful Wars. Greyhawk Gothic Font by Darlene . Note: This date is incorrectly translated in LGG p.23 as -216 CY. In 446 CY, the herzog granted an audience to representatives of Irongate, who went to Zelradton to air their grievances. ** (Demigod Zagyg appears.) ** He is corrupted by it. You can help Greyhawk Wiki by expanding it. The Great Kingdom survived attack by the Golden League in 579-580 CY and civil unrest following the Red Death plague of 581 CY. In 428 OR (-216 CY), the scion of House Garasteth, Lord Mikar, became the first grand prince (equal to a king). * 260 CY ** Tysiln San born in the Vault of the Drow. **, * 550 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower leaves home, uses false names as a wandering charlatan in Keoland and Ulek nations. Almor is conquered in short order. ** Sea Barons defeat Duxchaners in The Battle of Medegia. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 6). Nyrond declared independence in 356 CY during the reign of Overking Portillan, whose attempts to reconquer the territory were blocked by an attack on the Great Kingdom's heartlands by Flan barbarians. The line of Ivid, comprising four more overkings, ruled the Great Kingdom for almost another century and half. (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. (2097 OR), 565 CY Defeat of the Slave Lords. His son Malev rejected the throne, secretly auctioning it off to his cousin Zelcor. ** [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. The recalcitrant herzog of South Province was quickly deposed and replaced by a prince from House Naelax, who sought immediately to bring the southern insurgents back into line. 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. [6][7] From 1985 to 2003, newly published material added more "backstory" to the Greyhawk history, subsequently adding many items to Gygax's original timeline. Aerdy almost doubled in size and thereafter became known as the Great Kingdom, now a true empire. * 406 CY ** Jaran Krimeah born to the House Rax within the city of Rauxes in the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. Gray Hawk Name Meaning. [1], In 535 OR (-110 CY), during the reign Grand Prince Almor II, House Rax defeated its western rival Nyrond in the Battle of a Fortnight's Length. [citation needed], Ivid I soon gained a reputation as a tyrant. ** Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Available online. * Stelfast Holren, centaur ranger/warlock, and Maura (Rusty Ward), Previously,Bahkgarr the bullywug (Rusty Ward). 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 . The Malachite Throne destroys them to a person. (3003 OR), 570 CY Iuz freed from captivity and returns north. (3005 OR), 572 CY The Dawnbreaker Clan of Rauxes fails to overthrow Ivid. * 203 CY Betrayal by Knight Protector of the Great Kingdom Sir Kargoth in a pact with Demogorgon, leads to creation of death knights in Aerdy. Ancient legend predicted that the return of Vatun, who had vanished centuries ago, would signal the birth of a barbarian empire in the north. **, * 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. 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. [1], This began an era of decline for the Great Kingdom, with successive Overkings being increasingly decadent and incompetent, leading to the gradual collapse of the Great Kingdom. ** * 453 BCY Oeridian refugees settle the city of Exag (modern Perrenland). * circa 9000s BCY Drow city of Erelhei-Cinlu built in the underdark. **, * 781 BCY ** Mountain inhabitants of Tostenhca all die, said to be due from a curse placed by Keraptis using his Null Enigma device. Not to mention "times before now"! (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10) **, * 524 CY ** Norah Brithel and Ehrendil Stone become friends working together in The Valley. (1001 OR), 360 CY Battle of Molvar and Battle of Lopolla end Keolandish expansion to the North. (1096 OR), 465 CY Volte, a blue dragon terrorizing Geoff and Sterich, is defeated by a group of adventurers aided by Schemley, a Greyhawk dragon. The chronology given below, however, includes five other calendars, which were once used and are sometimes referred to in ancient writings. Third Great Age of Mages (Greyhawk on Oerth, Glantri on Mystara, Second Sundering on Toril). However, with the death in the spring of 213 CY of the Overking Jiranen, a sovereign who had reigned many years, succession became a matter of intrigue. 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. * 198 CY The Star Cairns, a Suel magical site southeast of the City of Greyhawk, hit by meteor summoned by the lich Lyzandred. (3007 OR), 575 CY Appointment of the Peoples Constables in Greyhawk City. * 479 CY Iuz becomes a political threat in the north-central Flanaess. ** By 100 CY, there were four such viceroys. (From the Ashes 8), The North Province secedes from the Great Kingdom. (858 OR) 254 CY Kingdom of Furyondy declared with crowning of Thrommel I. Veluna and Tenh follow in declaring independence. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. ** "White Dwarf Interview: Gary Gygax - the man who made it all possible". This page may be a Stub or not include some information. Share. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! (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. AGE OF THRALLS (demon-worshipping inhumans use humans as slaves/food) In the year 645 OR (1 CY), Grand Prince Nasran declared universal peace in the empire, taking the new title of overking. ** The first appearance of Mayaheines avatar on Oerth. **, * 91 CY ** Keraptis leaves White Plume Mountain; his fate after this time is unknown but his gnomes remain behind. [4] Numerous smaller contenders. 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. But Gnomes and Halflings are pretty much left out. (3009 OR), 576 CY Guide to the World of Greyhawk completed by Pluffet Smedger the Elder. ** (2046 OR), 513 CY Rise of Horned Society; humanoids take Pomarj. (843 OR), 200 CY City of Leukish began as a trading post. **, * 799 BCY ** Keraptis and his remaining evil gnome followers move into the dungeon under White Plume Mountain. For a full article on the topic with citations, please see Great Kingdom at Greyhawkonline.com. * 576 CY ** Summer: Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower, Norah Brithel, Sariel Galanodel kidnapped by Slave Lords, sold to duergar at White Plume Mountain. Strange monsters seen roaming in the Barrier Peaks mountains. The Viceroyalty of Nyrond, which eventually included Urnst, was ruled from Rel Mord by a junior branch of House Rax. * circa 6000s BCY Torhoon Empire falls; Olman people escape to southern Flanaess. (Guide 9) Note: Conflicts with 361 CY. (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. Years of civil war ensued, and only the intercession of dispassionate houses such as Garasteth and Darmen brought about the final compromise. 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. (845 OR), 254 CY Kingdom of Furyondy declared with crowning of Thrommel I. Veluna and Tenh follow in declaring independence. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Greyhawk census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. ** = Moment of significance from player characters campaign backstories. University of Rauxes sacked. * 576 CY ** Autumn: Rose, Ehrendil, Norah, Sariel, Bahkgarr the bullywug and others escape White Plume Mountain with Blackrazor, Whelm and Wave. (2084 OR), 555 CY The Frutzii are conquered by the Schnai. AGE OF GREAT SORROW (decline of The Great Kingdom) * 213 CY Eclipse during an Aerdy coronation signals the Age of Great Sorrow. Lyzandred, trapped in his private demiplane, finally succumbs to death and becomes a lich. * 503 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir acquires the magical warhammer Whelm. (From the Ashes 6). **, * 503 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir acquires the magical warhammer Whelm. A brief hysteria occurred among the superstitious Aerdi. 584-586 CY: The Greyhawk Wars. (, Surviving Baklunish migrate north to the shores of the, Keoland and Furyondy go to war, resulting in the secession of the Keolandish regions of, Excessive taxation and repression leads to a general rebellion in the southern, Assassination of nearly all of the House of Rax, with the exception of, Evil forces construct a small chapel outside the village of, Iuz is inadvertently freed from imprisonment below. Provinces began calving off the empire like icebergs into the sea, beginning with Ferrond in 254 CY. * 254 CY Ferrond province breaks from The Great Kingdom, becomes the independent Kingdom of Furyondy. Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. **, * 260 CY ** Tysiln San born in the Vault of the Drow. In order to quickly explain the current state of the world, and the motivations of various states and important characters, Gygax delineated twenty-one historical events that bracketed a thousand years of "pre-history" leading up to the "present" time of 576 CY (Common Year Reckoning). **, * 453 CY ** Jaran Krimeah renamed The Exalted One; The Valley becomes known henceforth as The Valley of the Mage. (Oerths second sun in the sky may or may not disappear during this time.). * 456 BCY ** Vampire Ctenmiir cast out of dwarven society for preying on his own people for blood. 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. Lord Sandor the Headstrong of Polvar (in Ket) pursues the goblin horde of Urgush. Otiluke, Tenser murdered again, and Bigby severely injured. **, * 557 CY ** Stelfast Holren becomes a professional hunter/guide for various nobles and merchants traveling through the Ardi Forest in The Great Kingdom. (752 OR), 113 CY Alisedrans report of The Hanging Glacier. YEAR EVENT LOCATION SOURCE(C.Y. As each sovereign passed, he was replaced with a more dimwitted and less competent successor, until the outer dependencies of Aerdy declared their independence. (2032 OR), 498 CY County of Urnst becomes Palatinate under Duchy of Urnst; Greyhawk becomes free city. Population: 2,618,200Human 79% (Os), Elf 9% (sylvan 90%, high 10%), Halfling 5% (stout), Dwarf 3%, Gnome 2%, Half-elf 1%, Half-orc 1% Languages: Common, Nyrondese, Old Oeridian, Elven, Halfling Alignments: LG, LN*, NG, CG, N Religions: Heironeous*, Beory, Rao, Pelor, Zilchus, Norebo, Pholtus, Ralishaz, Boccob, Delleb, Celestian **, * 474 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir turned into vampire in order to permanently extend his war against goblinkind. ** Contents (From the Ashes 7), The Battle of Innspa marks the peak of the Aerdy invasion of Nyrond. They named this ocean the Solnor, meaning "the birthplace of the sun", and settled along its shores. In this era, magic is not a lost art, but apparently a fading one. They pushed south the Suel, crushed the old Flan kingdom of Ahlissa to the southwest, and conquered rival Oeridian tribes to the north who had settled there after them. The empires borders had by now reached all the way to the Fals Gap and the mountainous Quaglands. You should check them out. (2045 OR), 511 CY The Battle of Dour Pentress. no risk refund guarantee His primary contender to the throne was the herzog of South Province, Galssonan of Cranden. The Great Kingdom saw a brief, violent resurgence during the reign of Ivid V, who assumed the Malachite Throne in 556 CY. * Ehrendil Stone, half-elemental/half-elf druid (James Hallett) [3], The last decade of the rule of Overking Nalif was marred by internal schisms. * 724 BYC ** Ctenmiir born to dwarven Clan Ironfist under the Yatil Mountains. **, * 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. (During the following 1,200 years, Suel develops ever-greater magics. * 509 CY Mordenkainen born. * 1 CY Empire of Aerdy (aka The Great Kingdom) proclaimed. 213 CY. An time period that started 213 CY when the rulers of the Great Kingdom started to fall. Centuries past, when Greyhawk city was still a burgeoning riverbank trading post, Zagig was already a powerful magician. [1] In the beginning, the entire "world" consisted of a single dungeon underneath an abandoned castle. **, * 452 CY ** Jaran Krimeah, now known as The Black One, arrives in The Valley and champions its elven, gnome and human peoples. * 474 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir turned into vampire in order to permanently extend his war against goblinkind. One in Zelradton administered South Province (awarded to House Cranden), and a counterpart in Eastfair controlled North Province (awarded to House Naelax). But another age is prophesied: An age of darkness, of decay, and of . The ill-fated expedition of Sormod of Perrenland to find Eru-Tovar, north of Blackmoor. (Guide 9), The City of Greyhawk nationalizes the Cairn Hills smelting trade. . 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]. Mass executions follow, ordered by Ivid V. (unbeknownst to much of the Flanaess, Ivid murders loyal generals and turns them into undead servants. by 100 CY, during the reign of Overking Manshen of Rax, there were four viceroys, with House Cranden ruling South Province from Zelradton, and House Naelax controlling North Province from Eastfair. Perhaps the proudest, most warlike, and powerful of these tribes were the Aerdi, their name meaning sky people in the old tongue. (645 OR), 75 CY Tenmeris and his Queen, Yalranda rule Aerdy. 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. **, * 4400s BCY ** Suel mages begin magically binding genies as slave labor. (858 OR) 254 CY Kingdom of Furyondy declared with crowning of Thrommel I. Veluna and Tenh follow in declaring independence. * 1208 BCY ** Magical warhammer Whelm created by dwarven Clan Dankil at a dwarfhold under the Barrier Peaks. (1085 CY), 453 CY King Tavish III of Keoland dies, Tavish IV ascends to throne; end of Keoish Emperialism. The neighboring free city of Hardby and the Wild Coast break off from the Domain of Greyhawks influence, causing an economic decline. [citation needed]. (1016 OR), 375 CY Zagig Yragerne begins construction of Greyhawk Castle. * 576 CY ** Spring: Valley of the Mages First Protector Tysiln San sends Norah Brithel on a quest to find the missing Ehrendil Stone. 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