Breif History of Neverwinter

With the fall of Netheril, Iliyanbruen was weakened by the orc invasions known as the Orc Marches, which paved the way for human settlers from Ruathym to spread to the North. One of the first settlements founded by them, in the Year of the Hoar Frost, 87 DR, was Eigersstor, a small settlement built around Castle Never, that eventually grew in importance. Unknowingly to the founders, the city was built above the caves that housed the Source Stone. Some believe Eigersstor was founded by Lord Halueth Never himself.   A century later, in the Year of the Twisted Tree, 187 DR, the now large settlement was renamed Neverwinter, a direct translation of its Illuskan name to the Chondathan language.

To put an end to the orc threat, a group of wizards known as the Covenant founded the School of Wizardry in Neverwinter, in the Year of the Unfurled Flag, 457 DR. The wizards then rallied the human nations of the North against the orcs, and were able to stem the tide for a time. However, victory against the orcs that could have ended the threat for good was stolen from the human host when, in the Year of the Telltale Candle, 955 DR, the Red Wizards of Thay transported the orc horde to lands farther south.   That event, known as the Orcgates Affair, triggered a long feud between the Covenant and Thay that erupted in Neverwinter over a century later. Red Wizards slew Aganazzar of the Covenant and destroyed the School of Wizardry in the Year of the Disastrous Bauble, 1081 DR, starting a wizardwar of titanic proportions. For the next twenty years, the Red Wizards and members of the Covenant battled each other throughout the North and Thay. The conflict ended when the leaders of the Covenant either left Faerûn or went underground.

  The loss of the Covenant proved deadly when the largest orc horde in history swept down from northern lands to attack settlements as far south as Waterdeep. After a long and gruesome campaign, humanity eventually won the war in the Year of the Trumpet, 1301 DR, when the allied armies of Waterdeep, Neverwinter and Port Llast retook the city of Luskan, that was in power of the orcs, crushing the horde at last. But the North had paid a heavy toll and recovery was slow.   Without the orc horde threatening its existence, Neverwinter became a center of civilization, peace and culture and was widely viewed as a marvel by visitors.