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History of The Known World

First Age

  • 1 First Age


    The Four create the lands and the sea
    Era beginning/end

  • Some Time Before
    Leviathans populate the seas

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  • Some Time Before
    Leviathans crawl out of the seas as dragons

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  • Some Time Before
    The Tabaxi are the first to climb down from the trees.

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  • Some Time Before
    Creation of Humans

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    Human
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  • Some Time Before
    Creation of Dwarves

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    Dwarf
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  • Some Time Before
    Creation of Gnomes

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    Gnome
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  • Some Time Before
    Creation of Halflings

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    Halfling
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Second Age

  • 1 Second Age


    Dragons invent written language
    Scientific achievement

  • 593 Second Age


    The Tabaxi move north, settling in the High Cliffs

  • 614 Second Age

    2624 Second Age


    The Tabaxi form regional clans

    Location
    Tabax
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    Tabaxi
  • 660 Second Age

    740 Second Age


    The Tabaxi move south, reaching the southern shore of Shamal and discovering sea travel

  • 675 Second Age


    Tabaxi settle Janub

  • 1098 Second Age


    Leviathans found Darkwater

    Location
    Darkwater
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    Leviathan
  • Some Time Before
    The Dragon King Rises

  • 1205 Second Age

    1212 Second Age


    Dragon King raises an army

  • 1209 Second Age


    Dragon King founds the Bottomless Cavern and commands Dragonkind to spread
    Founding
    More reading
    Dragon
  • 1225 Second Age


    The Dragon King founds the Holy Dragon Empire
    Location
    Endless Mountain
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  • 1313 Second Age


    Gradrid the Gray One is born in the sulfer
  • 1403 Second Age


    Halflings found the first Druidic Order

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    Halfling
  • 1420 Second Age


    The Gray One raises an army of monsters
  • 1425 Second Age


    The Gray One creates Goblins
  • 1446 Second Age


    The Dragon King sends his army against the Gray One across the Immolated Plains
    Military action
  • 1552 Second Age


    Elves enter Cloud Forest

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  • 1834 Second Age


    Dragon army defeats and enslaves the Dwarves

  • 2018 Second Age


    Falgrick leads the dwarves to Crack Derbull

  • 2023 Second Age


    The Dragon King defeats the Gray One
  • 2082 Second Age

    3669 Second Age


    The Dwarves learn to craft magical weapons

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    Dwarf
  • 2092 Second Age


    Flagrick forges the Dragonhammer and gathers an army
    Location
    Crack Derbull
  • 2107 Second Age


    Goblins found Nilbog
    Founding

    Location
    Nilbog
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    Goblin
  • 2112 Second Age


    The Elves open a gate to another world

    Location
    Cloud Forest
  • 2255 Second Age


    The Dwarves master siege weapons

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    Dwarf
  • 2321 Second Age


    The elves master magic

    Location
    Cloud Forest
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    Elf
  • 3002 Second Age


    Humans found Crescent City

  • 3045 Second Age


    Halflings found Mulgewind City

  • 3117 Second Age


    Abhash Yaktashif is founded
    Founding

  • 3303 Second Age


    Inkidu is born in Grundgrot

  • 3324 Second Age


    Inkidu founds the first order of Rangers
  • 3397 Second Age


    Inkidu forms an alliance with the Tabaxi
    Location
    Tabax
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    Tabaxi
  • 3425 Second Age


    Inkidu visits the Dwarves
    Location
    Crack Derbull
  • 3453 Second Age


    Inkidu forms an alliance with the Elves
  • 4997 Second Age


    Steve rises among the Humans

  • 5023 Second Age


    Jin Long emerges from the sea
  • 5051 Second Age


    Leviathans create the Kuo-Toa

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  • 5134 Second Age


    Steve returns from his odyssey with knowledge of the elves
  • 5266 Second Age


    Crescent City fortifies

    Location
    Crescent City
  • 5287 Second Age


    The Gray One rises again
  • 5397 Second Age


    Leviathans organize the Clearwater Guild
  • 5402 Second Age


    Gradrid pledges fealty to the Dragon King
  • 5521 Second Age


    Mt. Nilboblin erupts, nearly annihilating the Goblins
    Geological / environmental event

    Mistah Bob Golina, Xander Burp and associates travel back in time to this day in Nilbog. A dragon sized fish-hole follows them, spewing out The Dragon King and The Gray One, already locked in battle.   Abduz Nurog erupts out of Mistah Bob's mystical weapon. Unwillingly, Abduz Nurog turns into a volcanic monster. The entire adventuring party, and Mayor Boblin disappear inside the crater that opens at the foot of the new mountain.   Mayor Boblin and the adventuring paty from the future lay dormant for 100 years.

  • 5600 Second Age


    Inkidu founds the Monster Defense League
  • 5614 Second Age


    Jin Long discovers the Undersea Orchard is gone
  • 5622 Second Age


    The First Meeting

    Steve meets Boblin for the first time.

  • 5622 Second Age


    Boblin dies for the first time
  • 5746 Second Age


    Dragonborn hatch in the Barren Waste
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    Dragonborn
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  • 5752 Second Age


    Ificrastos grants sentience to the Forest Folk
    Location
    Ixipus Forest
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  • 5899 Second Age


    The Tabaxi invent airships

    Location
    Tabax
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    Tabaxi
  • 6487 Second Age


    Gnomes form the Order of Invention
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    Gnome
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  • 6638 Second Age


    Ificrastos rides a lion out of Ixipus Forest

    Location
    Ixipus Forest
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    Ificrastos
  • 7002 Second Age

    15 Smarch
    7009 Second Age

    12 Masinaleaga

    Zreg carves the Book of Abduz Nurog
    Cultural event
  • 7736 Second Age


    The gnomes create the Clockwork Beast
  • 7772 Second Age


    The Clockwork Beast crosses the sea
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  • 7796 Second Age


    The Clockwork Beast begins to create the Clockwork Collective
  • 7899 Second Age


    Jin Long sets off to sea
  • 7899 Second Age


    Jin Long populates the forest with the Tieflings
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    Tiefling
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  • 7920 Second Age


    Tieflings establish city of Neverpoint, found The Mute
    Founding
    Location
    Neverpoint
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    Tiefling
  • 8000 Second Age


    The Dragon Wars

  • 8724 Second Age


    Half-Elves emerge
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    Half-Elf
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  • 8732 Second Age


    Ryo emerges to lead the elves
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  • 8745 Second Age


    Ryo founds the High Elves
    Political event
    Location
    Elvis
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  • 8747 Second Age


    Ryo creates the Imperial High Elf Order
    Political event
    Location
    Elvis
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  • 8750 Second Age

    8800 Second Age


    The High Elves raise an army and embark on a campaign of Imperial Expansion
    Military action
  • 8752 Second Age


    Some elves pledge fealty to the Leviathans, creating Aquatic Elves
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  • 8770 Second Age

    8775 Second Age


    The High Elf army kidnaps and enslaves Tieflings from the forest east of Neverpoint
    Military action
    Location
    Neverpoint
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  • 8775 Second Age


    The Mute prepare to travel to Cloud Forest
    Location
    Cloud Forest
  • 8775 Second Age


    The Speaker returns to Neverpoint and raises army
    Location
    Neverpoint
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  • 8775 Second Age


    Omunu Foals breaks vow and instead vows to free elves
  • 8776 Second Age


    The Speaker's army arrives at Elvis
    Location
    Elvis
  • 8776 Second Age


    The Mute form an alliance with the High Elves

    The Mute pledge to aid the High Elves in their kidnappings in exchange for magical training.

  • 8777 Second Age


    The Speaker's Army is repelled at Elvis; he escapes
    Location
    Elvis
  • 8778 Second Age


    Endor founded by Common Elves and friends of the Speaker
    Founding
    Location
    Endor
  • 9731 Second Age


    The Clockwork Steamshovel leads a revolt against the Clockwork Beast
    Location
    Great Mine
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  • 9755 Second Age


    The Clockwork Steamshovel creates Mimics
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    Mimic
  • 9794 Second Age


    The Clockwork Collective and the Leviathans form an alliance
  • 9814 Second Age

    9817 Second Age


    The High Elves lead military strikes against the humans, dwarves, Tabaxi, and Clockwork Collective
  • 9972 Second Age

    9997 Second Age


    The Tabaxi found Tahqiq
    Founding

    Location
    Tahqiq
  • 10002 Second Age


    The Forest War

    Location
    Ixipus Forest
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    Forest War
  • 10002 Second Age


    Goblins invent gunpowder

    Location
    Nilbog
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    Goblin
  • 10008 Second Age


    The Goblins hire the Dwarves to fortify Nilbog

    Location
    Nilbog
  • 10010 Second Age


    Nilbog invents teleportation defense

    Location
    Nilbog
    More reading
    Goblin
  • 10011 Second Age


    Dwarves learn gunpowder and master firearms

    While fortifying Nilbog, the Dwarves learn the production and use of gunpowder from the Goblins. In exchange for this knowledge, the Dwarves forge a magic scepter for the Goblins.

    Location
    Nilbog

Third Age

  • 1 Third Age


    The Clockwork Beast vanishes
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  • 1 Third Age


    The Battle for the Good Moon
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    A small battle and series of adventures set in motion by Mygar, the Moon Mystic, during the first weeks of the 3rd age.

  • 25 Third Age


    Gnomes move to Tahqiq

    A group of gnomes move to Tahqiq and set about the task of making gnomekind the world masters of languages.

    Location
    Tahqiq
  • 38 Third Age


    The Marshall rises among the humans
  • 41 Third Age

    46 Third Age


    The Marshall raises an army
  • 50 Third Age


    The Leviathans vanish
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  • 73 Third Age


    Blue Wing arrives in Athua
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  • 74 Third Age


    Blue Wing settles Bird Islands

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  • 75 Third Age


    Aarakocra found S'Qraw

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  • 75 Third Age


    Blue Wing brings the Aarakorca to Athua
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    Aarakocra
  • 109 Third Age


    Curtin Call
    Gathering / Conference