History of the Forgotten Realms

1340 DR (Year of the Lion)

¸ Battle of the River Rising in Featherdale between the forces of Sembia and the Cult of the Dragon. [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

¸ Tyranthraxus, The Possessing Spirit, claims the Pool of Radiance. From the corrupted body of a bronze dragon, Tyranthraxus assumes control of the Ruins of Phlan, and rules from beneath Valjevo Castle until he is defeated by adventurers. [TSR9552 p.103] [TSR9238]

Errata: [TSR9474 p.32] incorrectly dates this event at 1347 DR

¨ Novel: Pool of Radiance

³ Software: Pool of Radiance

¸ The Lord of Murder, Bhaal, corrupts one of the Earthmother's Moonwells of the Moonshae Isles. From this Darkwell, Kazgaroth the Beast attempted to destroy the Earthmother and ruin the Moonshaes.

¨ Novel: Darkwalker on Moonshae

1346 DR (Year of the Bloodbird)

¸ Bhaal's avatar, the "Ravager", is banished from Moonshae Islands. Tristan Kendrick becomes high king of Moonshaes. [TSR1085a]

¨ Novel: Black Wizards

¨ Novel: Darkwell

1348 DR (Year of the Spur)

¸ Khelben gives Pendent of Ashaba to Knights of Myth Drannor. Doust Sulwood chosen to be lord of Shadowdale. [TSR1085a]

¸ The evil god Bane, in an attempt to increase his own power, tries to draw a group of Moonsea cities into the nether regions. The Heroes of Phlan, whom vanquished Tyranthraxus a decade earlier, foil the plot and the cities are returned. The Warhammer of Tyr is stolen by Bane. [TSR9474 p.32]

¨ Novel: Pools of Darkness

¸ Barbarians of The Ride destroy a large Zhentarim caravan en route to Glister. [WTC11836] [TSR1120] [TSR1085a]

¸ Mulmaster's fleet is destroyed in a large navel battle with ships of Zhentil Keep. [TSR9474 p.54] [TSR1120] [TSR1085a]

1355 DR (Year of the Harp)

¸ Zhentil Keep attacks its Moonsea allies and takes Citadel of the Raven as its own. [WTC11836] [TSR1120] [TSR1085a] [TSR9474 p.13]

¸ Civil war breaks out in Yûlash. Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to Yûlash. [WTC11836] [TSR1120] [TSR1085a] [TSR9474 p.18]

1356 DR (Year of the Worm)

¸ Artemis Entreri is successful in capturing Regis and returns the halfling to Calimport. Drizzt and friends destroy Pook's guild and thwart Artemis (again). Regis stays in Calimport to run Pook's guild. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: The Halfling's Gem

¸ Bruenor Battlehammer slays the shadow dragon Shimmergloom, drives out its servant duergar, and proclaims himself the Eighth King of Mithril Hall. [885670000 p.6] [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Streams of Silver

¸ Selfaril of Mulmaster and the tharchioness of Thay, known as the First Princess of Thay, exhange gifts. [TSR1085a]

¸ Shandril Shessair, barmaid from Highmoon, awakens her latent power of spellfire. Her powers are soon made known to evil organizations intent of gaining control of spellfire for themselves. As she and her husband Narm are chased around the Realms, Shandril destroys four dracoliches and inflicts heavy casualties to the Zhentarim, the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay. At one point she even manages to slay Lord Manshoon himself (temporarily) and destroy a great deal of the Citadel of the Raven.

¨ Novel: Spellfire

¨ Novel: Crown of Fire

¨ Novel: Hand of Fire

¸ Artemis Entreri, disguised as Regis, arrives at Mithral Hall. Artemis and Drizzt fight. Artemis is defeated and is left to die.

¨ Novel: The Legacy

¸ Artemis is rescued by Jarlaxle of the Bregan D'aerthe band of drow mercenaries and taken to Menzoberranazan. Drizzt and Cattie Brie enter Menzoberranzan. Artemis joins the two when escaping the drow city.

¨ Novel: Starless Night

¸ Moander, god of corruption, is accidentally woken from a magical slumber deep beneath the ruins of Yûlash. He causes much devastation before being banished. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Azure Bonds

1358 DR (Year of Shadows)

¸ Giogi Wyvernspur and Flattery Wyvernspur battle for control of the legendary family heirloom.

¨ Novel: The Wyvern's Spur

¸ The Time of Troubles: Gods walk Toril. Dead magic and wild magic areas appear. Destruction of Bane, Bhaal, Gilgeam, Ibrandul, Myrkul, and other deities. Ascendancy of Cyric and Midnight (Mystra). [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Shadowdale

¨ Novel: Tantras

¨ Novel: Waterdeep

¸ A large force of malaugrym enter the Realms hoping to take advantage of the Time of Troubles and eliminate Elminster and infiltrate Realmsian society in preparations for their killing and replacing many important personages in Faerûn. Most malaugrym were defeated but several escaped.

¨ Novel: Shadows of Doom

¨ Novel: Cloak of Shadows

¨ Novel: All Shadows Fled

¸ Moander returns to the Forgotten Vale and takes control of the settlement of Saurials, but is driven back into the Planes by Alias and friends. Finder Wyvernspur, The Nameless Bard, destroys Moander and becomes a demi-power.

¨ Novel: Song of the Saurials

1359 DR

¸ The Horde: Yamun Khahan, unites the tribes of the Horse Barbarians and becomes Emperor of the Tuigan. Not content to be emperor of the steppe, Yamun's vast armies breech the Dragonwall and invade Shou-Lung. After months of fierce fighting, a truce is declared and Yamun turns his attention to the west. [TSR1055] [WTC11836] [176650000]

¨ Novel: Horselords

¸ The Horde: The Tuigan Horde invades Thay. Although a small scouting force of Tuigans was defeated by Thayan magic, General Batu Min Ho proved a far worthier foe. Thousands of gnolls and the vaunted Griffon Legion are defeated at the mouth of Shar's Pass. Zulkir Szass Tam arranges a truce with the Tuigans and builds a great portal to transport them north to Rashemen. [176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1121 p.6]

¨ Novel: Dragonwall

¸ The Horde: Soon after arriving in Rashemen via a Thayan portal, the Tuigans besiege and destroy Citadel Rashemar, with the main force moving across the High Country to attack forces rallied by the Witches at the Lake of Tears. Pinned by the Thayan army south of Lake Mulsantir, the largest force of Rashemi berserkers is unable to support the Witches, who can only delay the immense horde. [176650000]

¨ Novel: Dragonwall

¸ Myrmeen Lhal, Lady of Arabel, confronts and exposes The Night Parade in Calimport.

¨ Novel: The Night Parade

1360 DR (Year of the Turret)

¸ The Horde: Winter snows hold the Thayan army in place, allowing the berserkers to move north again and attack the unsuspecting Tuigans in their camps. The Battle of the Lake of Tears forces the Horde to fall back. The Red Wizards part the waters of Ashane to allow the Tuigans to retreat. The Rashemi do not pursue. [176650000]

¨ Novel: Dragonwall

¨ Novel: Windwalker

¸ The Horde: Having been defeated in Rashemen the previous winter, Yhamun Khahan turns his attention west, along the Golden Way. People of many nations rally to the cry of the Council of Thesk. Their combined forces defeat the Tuigans at Phsant. King Azoun IV defeats Yamun Khahan in individual combat. [176650000]

¨ Novel: Crusade

¸ Through the efforts of a Harper hero named Lander and the witch Ruha, the Harpers manage to put a good dent into the Zhentarim caravan operations in the Anauroch desert.

¨ Novel: The Parched Sea

1361 DR (Year of Maidens)

¸ Cordell and the Golden Legion discover The New World, Maztica. The native city of Ulatos is taken over by Amnian forces, and Helmsport is founded. [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

¨ Novel: Ironhelm

¨ Novel: Viperhand

¸ The Harper Assassin plagues the North. Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade discover that the assassin is really the gold elf Kymil Nimesin. Danilo becomes a Harper.

¨ Novel: Elfshadow

¸ The First Banedeath: The First Banedeath begins as a holy war in Zhentil Keep. The Banedeath was an inquisition launched by Cyric through his agent Xeno Mirrormane. Xeno led the followers of Cyric through the dark, twisted streets of Zhentil Keep in an attempt to cleanse the city of all Banite worship. The Banites were given two choices: worship Cyric or explain to him in person why he was not worthy of worship. [WTC11836] [TSR1120 p. 21] [TSR1085a] [TSR9474 p.12]

1362 DR (Year of the Helm)

¸ Helmsport is declared capital of New Amn. The clergy of Helm in the South declare that the year marks the beginning of blessed works for the faithful. [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

¨ Novel: Feathered Dragon

¸ Maligor, Zulkir of Alteration, of the Red Wizards of Thay attempts to wrest control of the nation from the Council of Zulkirs. His plan might have worked was it not for the intervention of Harper agents and the lich, Szass Tam, Zulkir of Necromancy.

¨ Novel: Red Magic

¸ The Edificant Library is destroyed. Construction of its replacement, the cathedral Sprit Soaring begins.

¨ Novel: The Chaos Curse

1363 DR (Year of the Wyvern)

¸ The ancient city of Mezro reappears. The Ring of Winter is discovered within by Harper agent Artus Cimber. [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

¨ Novel: The Ring of Winter

¸ Lord Cutter arrives in Iriaebor with Zhentish forces and begins her rule.

Errata: The Candlekeep Monks incorrectly date this event as occuring in 1357 DR

¨ Novel: Crypt of the Shadowking

¸ Caledan Caldorien is corrupted by evil and becomes a Shadowking; immediately releasing three shadevari on the Realms. Fortunately the shadevari were destroyed and Caledan emerged from the king's corpse, just barely alive.

Errata: The Candlekeep Monks incorrectly date this event as occuring in 1360 DR

¨ Novel: Curse of the Shadowmage

¸ The demon Errtu is banished from the Realms (again) and the barbarian Wulfgar is released from his imprisonment.

¨ Novel: Passage to Dawn

¸ Drizzt and companions head toward Caradoon in hopes that the priest Cadderly can destroy The Crystal Shard once and for all.

¨ Novel: The Silent Blade

¸ Events in Waterdeep involve Khelben Arunsun, the Harpers, a green dragon, the Knights of the Shield, and the ancient power of the elfsong.

¨ Novel: Elfsong

1365 DR (Year of the Sword)

¸ The god Talos acts to supplant the worship of the Earthmother of the Moonshaes with the gods of Faerûn. The legendary "Elf-Eater" is destroyed. Alicia Kendrick becomes high queen of the Moonshaes.

¨ Novel: Prophet of Moonshae

¨ Novel: The Coral Kingdom

¨ Novel: The Druid Queen

¸ Alias and Dragonbait defeat Victor Dhostar (The Faceless) and the Night Masks of Westgate. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Masquerades

¸ Pryce Covington discovers his old friend murdered, then is mistaken for the great mage Darlington Blade. Pryce soon finds he is both investigator and murder suspect. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Murder in Halruaa

1368 DR (Year of the Banner)

¸ The Second Banedeath: The Church of Cyric launches inquisitions in Yûlash, Darkhold, Teshwave, Zhentil Keep, and the Citadel of the Raven to cleanse the Zhent holdings of non-Cyricist priests. [WTC11836] [TSR11627 p. 9] [TSR1120 p. 23]

¨ Novel: Prince of Lies

¸ Fall of Zhentil Keep: In the last three days of the year, Fzoul Chembryl reads aloud from the True Life of Cyric, revealing the dark god's betrayal of his faithful at Zhentil Keep. Xeno Mirrormane, High Priest of Cyric, is struck by powerful divine fire from Mask. The flames devour Xeno, then proceeded to do likewise to the temple of Cyric. Fzoul subsequently flees the falling city to Teshwave as Cyric-summoned giants, dragons, and other monsters sack much of Zhentil Keep. [WTC11836] [TSR11627 p. 9] [TSR1120 p. 25]

¨ Novel: Prince of Lies

¸ Atreus, a disfigured merchant, and his Ogre companion Yago, travel through the Utter East and into the Yehimal Mountains in search of the fabled land of Langdarma and a cure. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Faces of Deception

¸ Baylee Arnvold discovers the Lost Library of Cormanthyr [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: The Lost Library of Cormanthyr

¸ Walinda, priestess of Bane, attempts to restore the dead god Bane to life by retrieving the Hand of Bane, a lost artifact of evil. Ultimately, her plans are thwarted by Joel, the Rebel Bard, and the Hand of Bane is destroyed. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Finder's Bane

¸ Iyactu Xvim, godson of Bane, attempts to deceive Lathander into rejoining Tymora and Beshaba back into Tyche. The kender Emilio Haversack is gated to Sigil. He joins Joel, the Rebel Bard, and his companions to thwart Xvim's plans. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Tymora's Luck

¸ Sarevok, spawn of Bhaal, plots with the Iron Throne to start a war between Amn and Baldur's Gate. Scar of the Flaming Fists and Grand Duke Eltan of Baldur's Gate are slain. Another spawn of Bhaal, Abdel Adrian, confronts Sarevok--slaying him. [WTC11836]

Errata: Baldur's Gate, the computer game from Interplay, Game Manual p.68 incorrectly lists the game year as 1373 DR

¨ Novel: Baldur's Gate

³ Software: Baldur's Gate

1369 DR (Year of the Gauntlet)

¸ Iyactu Xvim, the demipower and son of Bane, frees himself from his prison under the ruins of Zhentil Keep, his acolytes raising his status to a lesser god. [WTC11836] [TSR11627 p. 9]

¸ Fzoul Chembryl is temporarily possessed by Xvim, who sets Fzoul on the path to rule Xvim's church. Fzoul allies with the High Blade of Mulmaster in exchange for the whereabouts of the two Imperceptors of Bane in his city. Khelben and Fzoul meet in secret in Voonlar, where Khelben provides Fzoul with information about Lord Orgauth, and Fzoul vows to limit the Xvimlar's eastward expansion for 10,000 days. [WTC11836] [TSR11627 p. 9]

¸ The Reclamation Wars of Tethyr end with the coronation of Tethyr's Queen-Monarch Zaranda and King Haedrak III. [WTC11836]

¸ The Seven Sisters join together to fight drow, red wizards, treacherous merchants, and Halaster Blackcloak himself. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Silverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters

¸ Waterdeep's nobility war with each other behind the shadows. Danilo Thann joins forces with Arilyn Moonblade to uncover the source of the conflict. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: The Dream Spheres

¸ Denizens from under of the sea plague the Sword Coast, resulting in attacks on Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, Calimport, and other random ports on the Outer Sea. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: Rising Tide

¨ Novel: Under Fallen Stars

¨ Novel: The Sea Devil's Eye

¸ The cambion (half tanar'ri/half human) Vheod Runechild, escapes from the Abyss to Toril. Soon after he embarks on a quest to rid the dalelands of a powerful demon lord, the tanar'ri balor Chare'en. [WTC11836]

¨ Novel: The Glass Prison

1370 DR (Year of the Tankard)

¸ Manshoon is slain by Fzoul and the Zhentarim purged of Manshoon's supporters, giving Fzoul control over most of the organization. [WTC11836]

¸ The Manshoon Wars: Several clones of Manshoon awake at once and create havoc as each tries to claim the Zhent wizard's possessions and place. [WTC11836]

¸ Trade between the sea folk of the Sea of Fallen Stars and ports along the Inner Sea increases sharply in the aftermath of a great undersea war. [WTC11836]

1371 DR (Year of the Unstrung Harp)

¸ The Harpers divide into factions because of the departure of Khelben the Blackstaff, and these conflicts are only grudgingly held at bay by greater issues. [WTC11836, p.271]

¸ A red dragon leads an army of orcs and goblins and despoils much of Cormyr. The dragon and King Azoun IV slay each other in battle, leaving an infant heir on Cormyr's throne. [WTC11836, p.271]

¨ Novel: Death of the Dragon

¸ Evermeet, Island of Elves, is nearly destroyed by a sneak attack of rebel elves and drow. The twin spires of the Towers of the Sun and Moon are destroyed. Elvish High Magic is lost. The Tree of Souls is planted, and a new elven homeland is born. [WTC11836, p.271]

¨ Novel: Evermeet, Island of Elves

¸ The Trial of Cyric the Mad: Cyric is accused of innocence by reason of insanity, thereby failing in his divine duty to spread strife and discord. Cyric hears The True Life of Cyric and thus regains his sanity. A tribunal of greater deities find the Dark Sun guilty of his crimes, but allows him to keep his divine status.

Errata: WTC88643 and 886430000 incorrectly dates this event at 1369 DR. The novel, "Crucible, The Trial of Cyric the Mad" page 359, clearly reveals that these events take place three years after "Prince of Lies." It is undisputed that "Prince of Lies" takes places in 1368 DR. You do the math.

¨ Novel: Crucible, The Trial of Cyric the Mad

1372 DR (Year of Wild Magic)

¸ Kern Desanea, son of Tarn and Shal (Heroes of Phlan), recovers the Warhammer of Tyr. For assisting with Kern's quest, the legendary undead Paladin Miltiades is restored to life by Tyr

¨ Novel: Pool of Twilight

¸ On Midwinter night, the god Bane returns to Faerûn, bursting forth from the skin of Iyachtu Xvim. With his divinity restored Bane quickly gains the portfolio of fear, restoring him to a Greater Power [WTC11836, p.265]

¸ The ancient floating city of Shade appears over the Anauroch, as the archwizards of Netheril return to Faerûn. [WTC11836, p.271]

¨ Novel: The Summoning

¸ Tilverton suffers an attack of unknown origin in Mirtul. All that remains of the city is a dark, concave space filled with shadows and flitting regions of deeper darkness. [WTC11836, p.113]

¨ Novel: The Siege

¸ Evereska, one of the last remaining elven strongholds in Faerûn, is besieged by hordes of phaerimm and their thralls. [WTC11836, p.113]

¨ Novel: The Sorceror

1375/Year of Risen Elfkin
Warcrown Hall is slated to be completed in dwarven Felbarr.

References
WTC11836 - The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting - Design by Greenwood, Williams, Heinsoo, and Reynolds - 2001
TSR1085a - Running the Realms - Design by Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb - 1993

Brief history of the Forgotten Realms