**, * 557 CY ** Stelfast Holren becomes a professional hunter/guide for various nobles and merchants traveling through the Ardi Forest in The Great Kingdom. The viceroys had near total autonomy within their realms to efficiently deal with local problems, answering only to the Malachite Throne. The Greyhawk Militia's strength is focused in the south, facing endless raids by orcs and goblinoids from the conquered Wild Coast. ** [citation needed]. * 572 CY First reports of The Scarlet Brotherhood, a Suel-supremacy movement. [1], In 198 CY, Selvor the Younger prophecied an Age of Great Sorrow. Greyhawk Gothic Font by Darlene . (2084 OR), 555 CY The Frutzii are conquered by the Schnai. * 576 CY ** Autumn: Theft of magical items spark rumors in the City of Greyhawk that the wizard Keraptis has returned to White Plume Mountain. * 576 CY ** Autumn (2 weeks after Brewfest): Oligarchs of Greyhawk sponsor a second magical expedition to Blackmoor. Greyhawk's "lansgraf" government model is officially replaced by an oligarchy. * 260 CY ** Tysiln San born in the Vault of the Drow. MYTHIC PAST The Great Kingdom survived attack by the Golden League in 579-580 CY and civil unrest following the Red Death plague of 581 CY. Celene forces under the command of Triserron, Yolandes consort, best Keoish forces in a number of short engagements. [4], In 437 CY, Overking Nalif of House Rax was assassinated by House Naelax. THE GREYHAWK WARS In 582 CY, the god Vatun appeared to his subjects among the barbarian tribes of the Thillonrian Peninsula. 213 CY Age of Great Sorrow. * 566 CY ** Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower begins combat training under Lord Tethrin of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene. (2054 OR), 520 CY Hradji Beartooths discovery of Skrellingshald. Lyzandred, trapped in his private demiplane, finally succumbs to death and becomes a lich. Contents * 503 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir acquires the magical warhammer Whelm. * 473 BCY Vecna writes the Codex of the Infinite Planes. * 550 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower leaves home, uses false names as a wandering charlatan in Keoland and Ulek nations. The chronology given below, however, includes five other calendars which were once used and are sometimes referred to in ancient writings. . * 436 CY ** Jaran Krimeah released from prison, goes into exile from The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. Invasion of northern barbarians into North Province prevents the Great Kingdom from retributive action against Nyrond. **, * 91 CY ** Keraptis leaves White Plume Mountain; his fate after this time is unknown but his gnomes remain behind. Adventure Pitch/Synopsis: Since the beginning, humanity has measured time in Ages. Malev did not care who took the throne, and it came as some surprise when his cousin Zelcor reportedly met his price. * 3400s BCY High and wood elves establish nations in the Flanaess (Highfolk, Celene, Aliador, and Arrisa). **, * 453 CY ** Jaran Krimeah renamed The Exalted One; The Valley becomes known henceforth as The Valley of the Mage. . (LGG, 39-40). ** * 393 CY Zagig Yragerne founds the Guild of Wizardry in Greyhawk. ** **, * 576 CY ** Summer: Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower, Norah Brithel, Sariel Galanodel kidnapped by Slave Lords, sold to duergar at White Plume Mountain. Livingstone, Ian (August/September 1979). upgrade now Celene expels Keoish royal garissons from within its borders. Duke Eyeh II of Tenh begins an aggressive campaign to clear the Troll Fens. **, * 1000 BCY ** Records show the weapons Blackrazor, Wave and Whelm all in possession of Keraptis at this time. 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. * 466 BCY Baklunish and Suloise empires turn to goblin, orc and ogre tribes for mercenaries. Age of Great Sorrow commences. 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. [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. Does this mean you have material about the rest of Oerth hidden in your basement?" Perranders, Velunians, Furyondians, and Tenhas each establish independence in a series of minor but bloody wars. [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. (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. ** BCY = Before Common Year (before The Great Kingdom proclamation) Celene achieves full independence, Yolande elevated to queen of Celene. Zelcor ignored the warning, and simply disbanded the Royal Astrologers and banished them to Rel Astra. ** **, * 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. The Brithel family are robotics experts, rivals to the famed Kwalish who lived just north of The Valley. ** With the conquest of Nyrond, Aerdy nearly doubled in size, declaring itself the Great Kingdom of Aerdy and beginning the nation's imperial era. A brief hysteria occurred among the superstitious Aerdi. * 198 CY The Star Cairns, a Suel magical site southeast of the City of Greyhawk, hit by meteor summoned by the lich Lyzandred. 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. ** = Moment of significance from player characters campaign backstories. * 474 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir turned into vampire in order to permanently extend his war against goblinkind. Geoff and Sterich are conquered by the invaders. (From the Ashes 7), Turrosh Mak of the Pomarj attacks the Wild Coast and Ulek. The Roll of Years A summary of historical events follows. **, * 564 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower discovers good cleric Evangelor Umpirt is secretly working with the Slave Lords. ** Naelax was opposed by House Cranden, much of House Garasteth, and the remains of House Rax. ** Age of Great Sorrow. House Cranden rose to prominence over the next century. 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. . He ruled into old age before declaring that his last surviving offspring would claim the throne. The settled lands were divided among individual Aerdi noble families, notably the houses of Garasteth, Cranden, Darmen, Rax, and Naelax. (752 OR), 113 CY Alisedrans report of The Hanging Glacier. But Gnomes and Halflings are pretty much left out. (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. The empires borders had by now reached all the way to the Fals Gap and the mountainous Quaglands. **, * 576 CY ** Spring: Valley of the Mages First Protector Tysiln San sends Norah Brithel on a quest to find the missing Ehrendil Stone. His fatuous son Malev was uninterested in the office and proceeded to secretly auction it off to the highest bidder among his relatives. After the withdrawal of Nyrond from the Great Kingdom, the slide became precipitous. The Great Kingdom arose from the Kingdom of Aerdy in -110 CY, when the Aerdi forces of Grand Prince Almor II defeated the Nyrondese in the Battle of a Fortnights Length. [5], In 586 CY, reports began to spread that Ivid V had died, disappeared, or been deposed. **, * 1400 BCY ** Drow forces push Suel wizards out of their underground dungeons below the Hellfurnaces mountains. There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Greyhawk. * 361 CY Zagig Yragerne buries a cache of extraplanar magic under the Land of Black Ice. Greyhawk, Hardby, [Great Kingdom] 9577 [58] You should check them out. Despite creeping insanity, he ably defended his realm from the combined forces of the Golden League (579-580) and civil unrest during the Red Death plague of 581. * 459 CY ** The Mightyhammers of Clan Dankil adapt drow trap techniques to create the Assassins Run in the Valley of the Mage. **, * 556 CY ** Bahkgarr the bullywug born in the Mistmarsh. * 421 CY Zagig Yragerne disappears from public life. * 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. The Free City of Greyhawk achieves its first period of greatness under the rulership of Zagig Yragerne. However, for ease of use, this timeline uses only the, It was nominated for deletion on Wikipedia, Magic and Memories: The Complete History of Dungeons and Dragons, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Lyzandred discovers a portal to a demiplane closely aligned to, Lyzandred, trapped in his private demiplane, finally succumbs to death and becomes a, First employment of humanoid mercenaries. These clans worshiped powers of the Oerth and sky, and they read signs and portents in the heavens. (2057 OR), 526 CY Dyvers becomes a Free City. [1][3], Subsequent Rax Overkings were poor leaders. ** House Naelax replaces House Rax on Malachite Throne. ** The County of Urnst gains independence from Nyrond at the Council of Rel Mord. [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. * Rose Flickflower, halfling paladin, wields Blackrazor (Lexi Greenberg) 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. ** Prince of Furyondy/Provost of Veluna kidnapped. (843 OR), 200 CY City of Leukish began as a trading post. ), * 2273 BCY Suel Empire stretches to the Dramidi Ocean, but stays west of the eastern mountain ranges. * 564 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower discovers good cleric Evangelor Umpirt is secretly working with the Slave Lords. 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