The Age of Great Sorrows is thought to represent the beginning of the decline of the Great Kingdom, although the Empire would last for many centuries, it began losing holding and influence during this time . * circa 7000s BCY Peak of the Torhoon Empire on the continent of Melavi (Hepmonaland). * 394 CY ** Elven Queen Eldrell liberates a 4,500-year-old Suel elemental prison under the Hellfurnaces mountains. 584-586 CY: The Greyhawk Wars. This period was called the Age of Great Sorrow. * 1 million BCY Queen of Chaos wars on Wind Dukes of Elemental Air. **, * 1283 BCY ** Gnomes from The Valley come under tutelage from Keraptis at Tostenhca. Perranders, Velunians, Furyondians, and Tenhas each establish independence in a series of minor but bloody wars. * 3400s BCY High and wood elves establish nations in the Flanaess (Highfolk, Celene, Aliador, and Arrisa). Archibold III of Nyrond abdicates, leaving the throne to his son Lynwerd. ** This period of degeneration culminated in the Turmoil Between Crowns, when the last Rax heir, Nalif, died in 437 CY at the hands of assassins from House Naelax. (2003 OR), 478 CY Iggwilv is overthrown and imprisoned. There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Greyhawk. 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. Invasion of northern barbarians into North Province prevents the Great Kingdom from retributive action against Nyrond. (3015 OR), 582 CY Rise of Vatun (Iuz) in the North; Fall of Tenh; Beginning of the Greyhawk Wars. 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. A brief hysteria occurred among the superstitious Aerdi. * 557 CY ** Stelfast Holren becomes a professional hunter/guide for various nobles and merchants traveling through the Ardi Forest in The Great Kingdom. HRONOLOGICAL. **, * 452 CY ** Jaran Krimeah, now known as The Black One, arrives in The Valley and champions its elven, gnome and human peoples. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Non-Suel tribes the Oerid and Bakluni peoples to the north gradually subjugated and enslaved. House Cranden rose to prominence over the next century. CY = Common Year (counting years since first Imperial reign in Aerdy) Zelcor ignored the warning, and simply disbanded the Royal Astrologers and banished them to Rel Astra. (2094 OR), 561 CY The Wizard Murq captures and kills many of the children of the nobility of Greyhawk. * 422 BCY Invoked Devastation wipes out Balunish Empire, Rain of Colorless Fire wipes out Suel Empire. * 524 CY ** Norah Brithel and Ehrendil Stone become friends working together in The Valley. (1084 OR), 450 CY Myro is destroyed by a joint force from Nyrond, Furyondy and the Shield Lands. ** (3005 OR), 572 CY The Dawnbreaker Clan of Rauxes fails to overthrow Ivid. She conquers Perrenland. The first appearance of Mayaheines avatar on Oerth. A summary of historical events, by Common Year Reckoning. [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. 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. With the conquest of Nyrond, Aerdy nearly doubled in size, declaring itself the Great Kingdom of Aerdy and beginning the nation's imperial era. The war ended in 446 CY when Ivid I was crowned Overking, due in large part to the death of all other viable contenders. One in Zelradton administered South Province (awarded to House Cranden), and a counterpart in Eastfair controlled North Province (awarded to House Naelax). **, * 260 CY ** Tysiln San born in the Vault of the Drow. * late 10,000s BCY Drow civilization begins in the underdark. [3], The last decade of the rule of Overking Nalif was marred by internal schisms. You can help Greyhawk Wiki by expanding it. (2015 OR), 494 CY Ivid I dies, Ivid II ascends the Malachite Throne. As each sovereign passed, he was replaced with a more dimwitted and less competent successor, until the outer dependencies of Aerdy declared their independence. **, * 1000 BCY ** Records show the weapons Blackrazor, Wave and Whelm all in possession of Keraptis at this time. The Viceroyalty of Nyrond, which eventually included Urnst, was ruled from Rel Mord by a junior branch of House Rax. 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. * 496 CY Greyhawks lansgraf government model is officially replaced by an oligarchy. * 435 CY ** Jaran Krimeah proclaimed Mage of The Great Kingdom, stages a failed coup and is imprisoned. Cuthbert expends huge amounts of energy to simulate the death of the Circle, and after contributing immense aid to a party in overthrowing Vecna, is himself greatly weakened. * 498 CY Greyhawk officially becomes a Free City after severing ties with The Great Kingdom. [citation needed], Ivid I soon gained a reputation as a tyrant. ** * 1283 BCY ** Gnomes from The Valley come under tutelage from Keraptis at Tostenhca. **, * 455 CY ** Tysiln San captured in the Valley of the Mage, becomes lover/First Protector to the Exalted One/Black One. (935 OR), 310 CY Beginning of the Formation of the Shield Lands. (From the Ashes 6). The Malachite Throne destroys them to a person. * 421 CY Zagig Yragerne disappears from public life. Events of The Temple of Elemental Evil. ** * 436 CY ** Jaran Krimeah released from prison, goes into exile from The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. The priesthood of Hextor officially deposes Ivid V as Overking. Herzog of the South Province leads forces to a minor victory over the Golden League (Nyrond, Almor and * 453 CY ** Jaran Krimeah renamed The Exalted One; The Valley becomes known henceforth as The Valley of the Mage. 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. * 572 CY First reports of The Scarlet Brotherhood, a Suel-supremacy movement. 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. * 576 CY ** Autumn: Theft of magical items spark rumors in the City of Greyhawk that the wizard Keraptis has returned to White Plume Mountain. An time period that started 213 CY when the rulers of the Great Kingdom started to fall. (From the Ashes 6), Nyrond moves against the Hold of Stonefist, striking first in the Phostwood, but staying close to the borders of the kingdom. ** (3000 OR), 567 CY The Beggars War in Greyhawk Beggars Union defeated by Thieves Guild. 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 now-restored Circle of Eight brokers peace, except that Rary turns traitor, plots to murder everyone, and flees into the Bright Desert. * 485 BCY Start of the Baklunish-Suloise Wars, prompting eastward migrations into the Flanaess. Otiluke, Tenser murdered again, and Bigby severely injured. * 727 BCY Plagues sweep human empires in western Oerik, 40% of population dies. [5] The herzog of North Province, the charismatic and ambitious Ivid of Naelax, made a claim to the throne, which was supported by most (but not all) of House Naelax. Aerdy nearly doubled in size, and was thereafter known as the Great Kingdom, though its ruler still held the old nationial title and office of Grand Prince. * 393 CY Zagig Yragerne founds the Guild of Wizardry in Greyhawk. They oversaw a fractured Great Kingdom, but they did so with iron fists and villainous glee. [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. ** (Guide 9), The Savant-Sage completes the Guide to the World of Greyhawk. Nasran founded the See of Medegia and granted it to the faith of Palor. House Naelax began to rise in the late 300s CY, using humanoid mercenaries and aligning itself with the church of Hextor. [1], The dominant tribe among the Oeridians was the Aerdi, whose name meant "sky people". Accounting for the lack of a year zero in the Common Year calendar, 428 OR should be -217 CY. ** (2099 OR), 566 CY Alliance of Drow with Giants in the West of the Flanaess. 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. Mass executions follow, ordered by Ivid V. (unbeknownst to much of the Flanaess, Ivid murders loyal generals and turns them into undead servants. (3004 OR), 571 CY Irongate joins the Golden League and drives Ivids forces under the Herzog back to the South Province. OERTH TIMELINE (World of Greyhawk) . * 528 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower born in Orchid Brook at the Lortmil foothills in the County of Ulek. (From the Ashes 9), On the same day, Rary instigates a massive magical battle within the Great Hall and attempts to assassinate the other members of the Circle of Eight, killing only Otiluke and Tenser before fleeing into the Bright Desert to form his own kingdom. The war was disastrous for the Great Kingdom, and in 584 CY, North Province declared independence. Greyhawk, especially its Thieves Guild, also pledge support against Iuz. Celene forces under the command of Triserron, Yolandes consort, best Keoish forces in a number of short engagements. * 576 CY ** Spring: Valley of the Mages First Protector Tysiln San sends Norah Brithel on a quest to find the missing Ehrendil Stone. **, * 540 CY ** Stelfast Holren born near Errantkeep under the prosperous dominion of House Naelax, a noble family in The Great Kingdom. Age of Great Sorrow View source This page may be a Stub or not include some information. It was the prudence of House Cranden that solidified the realms power structure over the next century. * 503 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir acquires the magical warhammer Whelm. Age of Great Sorrow. Many noble and good Aerdi were expatriated by these secessions, leaving the heart of the kingdom to opportunists. 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. ** This tale begins more than twelve centuries ago, when Oeridian tribes wandering the vast central plains of Oerik beyond the Flanaess in the Far West were driven to the east by a series of raging conflicts that culminated in the infamous Twin Cataclysms of prehistory. ** The Royal Minting House of Nyrond moves from Rel Mord to Womtham. * 781 BCY ** Mountain inhabitants of Tostenhca all die, said to be due from a curse placed by Keraptis using his Null Enigma device. AGE OF MEN **, * 347 CY ** Magical experiment kills Tysiln Sans mage mentor, prompting her to travel the surface world alone. **, * 724 BYC ** Ctenmiir born to dwarven Clan Ironfist under the Yatil Mountains. ** ** 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. [1], In 213 CY, Overking Jiranen died after the end of a long reign. It was nominated for deletion on Wikipedia. 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. ** [1][3], Subsequent Rax Overkings were poor leaders. Gray Hawk Name Meaning. They named that vast ocean the Solnor (literally, the birthplace of the sun), and along its shores they founded a series of small states. Irongate, Idee and Onnwal rebelled and founded the Iron League in 447 CY, joined in 448 CY by the Lordship of the Isles and in 445 CY by the County of Sunndi, and allied with Nyrond. * 473 BCY Vecna writes the Codex of the Infinite Planes. . The Great Kingdom shattered into smaller provinces soon thereafter. An time period that started 213 CY when the rulers of the Great Kingdom started to fall. (2060 OR), 537 CY King Belvor III of Furyondy dies in his sleep. Might of Iuz grows. When Yalranda died at the age of 40, her son Manshen broke with tradition to take the name of House Rax-Nyrond. ** = Moment of significance from player characters campaign backstories. * 513 CY Orcs and goblins driven from Suss Forest and conquer the Pomarj. His son Malev rejected the throne, secretly auctioning it off to his cousin Zelcor. 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. * 91 CY ** Keraptis leaves White Plume Mountain; his fate after this time is unknown but his gnomes remain behind. ** Ferrond declared independence in 254 CY, followed by Veluna, Tenh, and Perrenland. * 913 BCY Shattados, last King of Sulm, receives the Scorpion Crown from the chaos god Tharizdun. Age of Great Sorrow commences. **, * 503 BYC ** Dwarven hero Ctemiir acquires the magical warhammer Whelm. The offer turned out to be a ruse, and the ambassadors were imprisoned, tortured, and executed for Overking Ivids enjoyment. * 479 CY Iuz becomes a political threat in the north-central Flanaess. The ultimate fate of Ivid V was unknown, but with certainty the rule of the Overkings of Rauxes had come to an end. So proceeded an inexorable decline that began as the rulers of House Rax became progressively neglectful, decadent, or dimwitted. The County of Urnst gains independence from Nyrond at the Council of Rel Mord. (858 OR) 254 CY Kingdom of Furyondy declared with crowning of Thrommel I. Veluna and Tenh follow in declaring independence. (From the Ashes 6), Armies of Iuz conquer the Horned Society, creating a mass slaughter in the capital of Molag. * 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. (1065 OR), 435 CY An unnamed agent of an evil deity bestows the Hand of Vecna, on Myro. ** Greyhawk is not like FR - a lot of things were left up to DMs to make up. ** ** [5] In 1996, Wizards of the Coast bought TSR, and several years later, again reset the campaign, resulting in a further extension of the timeline to 591 CY. A total solar eclipse occured during Zelcor's coronation, taken by the Royal Astrologers as a confirmation of Selvor's prophecy. YEAR EVENT LOCATION SOURCE(C.Y. You should check them out. [citation needed]. The Bandit Kingdoms fall to Iuz in the same offensive. ** Age of Great Sorrow commences . * 576 CY ** Autumn (2 weeks after Brewfest): Oligarchs of Greyhawk sponsor a second magical expedition to Blackmoor. Crockport falls, and Chendl, Furyondys capital, is placed under siege. Lord Sandor the Headstrong of Polvar (in Ket) pursues the goblin horde of Urgush. He rules for 100 years with the aid of the Eye of Vecna. The whole of the south arose again in violent rebellion, and one year later formed the Iron League and allied with Nyrond. In the year 645 OR (1 CY), Grand Prince Nasran declared universal peace in the empire, taking the new title of overking. Unaccepted by locals, they take to barge life on rivers and lakes. BCY = Before Common Year (before The Great Kingdom proclamation) Adventure Pitch/Synopsis: Since the beginning, humanity has measured time in Ages. * 337 CY ** Elven Queen Eldrell Yeni Surinen of the Divine House of Larethian appears in the Duchy of Ulek. . [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. (1072 OR), 440 CY Warrior-Priests of Wintershiven found the Church Militant (of Pholtus). [1], In 428 OR (-217 CY),[2] Lord Mikar of House Garasteth was crowned the first Grand Prince of Aerdy. . **, * 528 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower born in Orchid Brook at the Lortmil foothills in the County of Ulek. * circa 13,000s BCY Kopru (serpent-like amphibians) start undersea empire on Oerth. ** Greyhawk member, 1997-1999. TSR took over creation of new events for his world, and a re-visioning of the campaign in 1992 resulted in an extension of the end of the timeline from 576 CY to 585 CY. 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 . (1025 OR), 393 CY Zagig Yragerne founds the Guild of Wizardry in Greyhawk. (2091 OR), 560 CY Formation of the Circle of Eight. AGE OF AERDY (rise of The Great Kingdom) 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. This essentially brought an end to the Great Kingdom. (2041 OR), 510 CY Last of the Euroz and Jebli driven from the Lortmil Mountains. * 3400s BCY Tiamat-worshipping empire of Caerdiralor rises and falls (near modern Onnwal). 5 out of 5 rating for Age of Worms Adventure Path. **, * 1473 BCY ** Keraptis the mage becomes protector of northern Flan people in Tostenhca in the Griff Mountains. At its greatest extent, the Great Kingdom stretched from the isles of the Sea Barons in the east to the Viceroyalty of Ferrond in the west; and from Sunndi in the south to Ratik in the north. (3006 OR), 573 CY Scarlet Brotherhood first reported; Prince of Furyondy and Provost of Veluna kidnapped; The Cult of the Reptile God Rises in Orlane. (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. Realms of Ulek and Celene effected. But another age is prophesied: An age of darkness, of decay, and of . Provinces began calving off the empire like icebergs into the sea, beginning with Ferrond in 254 CY. * 213 CY Eclipse during an Aerdy coronation signals the Age of Great Sorrow. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. Duke Eyeh II of Tenh begins an aggressive campaign to clear the Troll Fens. In 583 CY, Ivid launched an attack upon Nyrond, Almor, and the Iron League states, but the conflict served only to bring ruin to the heartlands of the Great Kingdom and destruction to many tens of thousands of citizens. * 456 BCY ** Vampire Ctenmiir cast out of dwarven society for preying on his own people for blood. The plague known as the Red Death sweeps across the Flanaess. THE GREAT MIGRATIONS (human peoples driven east due to empire wars) The war is sparked when Iuz, masquerading as a god named Vatun, incites the Northern Barbarians into war against Stonefist, conquering it quickly. (2046 OR), 513 CY Rise of Horned Society; humanoids take Pomarj. After the accidental freeing, good-aligned troops raze Robilars estate, driving the fighter into exile. Zagig built for himself an enormous castle complex . Age of Great Sorrow starts due to the Aerdi overkings started caring more for local prestige and wealth instead of foreign affairs with distans lands. Rather than using his own map, which was simply a map of the United States overwritten with his cities, towns and regions, he sketched out a new world called Oerth,[3] then concentrated on one corner of one continent, a place called the Flanaess. (645 OR), 75 CY Tenmeris and his Queen, Yalranda rule Aerdy. 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. (1035 OR), 416 CY The paladin, Myro, conquers one of the bandit kingdoms and declares himself king (1041 OR), 430 CY Vlek Col Vlekzed establishes the Hold of Stonefist. * Sariel Galanodel, elven wizard (Cecilia Baader) Two successor nations, the United Kingdom of Ahlissa and the North Kingdom of Aerdy, now vie for control of the region. * 198 CY The Star Cairns, a Suel magical site southeast of the City of Greyhawk, hit by meteor summoned by the lich Lyzandred. 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). * 344 BCY Vecna is betrayed by Kas the Bloody-Handed; his empire falls. **. "The Library of Last Resort.". 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