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History of the Trackless Sea

The Founding Time

-9000 DR to -3000 DR

  • -6200 DR to -6100 DR
    First Era of Skyfire
    Era beginning/end

    The Genie lords Calim and Memnon war over the area that is now Calimshan. The war ends when both are sealed in the Calimemnon Crystal. Both the Calim Empire and Memnonnar are torn apart in the aftermath.

Age of Humanity

-3000 DR to 1358 DR

  • -2 DR
    Tethyr becomes Client State
    Military action

    King Amahl II of Tethyr swears fealty to Syl-Pasha Akkabar Shoon of Calimshan after 18 months of war.

  • -1 DR
    Akkabar the Younger Murdered
    Life, Death

    Akkabar the Younger, eldest grandson and proclaimed heir of Syl-Pasha Shoon and father of King Amahl II of Tethyr, is murdered in a tavern brawl in Memnon.

  • 15 DR


    King Amahl II Dies

    King Amahl II of Tethyr dies and is succeeded by his only son, Amahl Shoon III, great-great-grandson of Syl-Pasha Akkabar Shoon the Elder.

  • 27 DR


    Shoon Imperium Begins
    Era beginning/end

    The Syl-Pasha dies under mysterious circumstances while enchanting magical items deep beneath the Imperial Mount of Shoonach. King Amahl III suceeds his great-great-grandfather as ruler of Calimshan and Tethyr. After establishing a puppet regime on Tethyr's throne, he crowns himself Qysar ("emperor") Amahl Shoon III of the Shoon Imperium, which he rules from Shoonach.

  • 100 DR


    Athkatla Founded
    Construction beginning/end

    The city of Athkatla is founded by the Shoon Imperium, in what will later become Amn.

  • 133 DR


    Trade Way Construction Begins
    Construction beginning/end

    The Shoon Imperium begins construction of the Trade Way, stretching from Calimport all the way to Waterdeep.

  • 450 DR


    Fall of the Shoon Imperium / Seventh Age of Calimshan
    Military action

    The Shoon Empire begins to fall apart after King Strohm I of Tethyr sacks the capital, Shoonach, and kills the last Shoon, Emperor Amahl VII. This once again frees Tethyr as an independent nation and sets events in motion that lead to the creation of Amn.   Slave Soldiers in the employ of the nobility known as Mameluks seize control of Calimshan.

  • 460 DR


    Amn Founded
    Founding

    The Amin Emirate of the fallen Shoon Imperium establishes itself as its own country, called Amn, consisting of the lands surrounding the city states of Athkatla, Crimmor, and Murann.

  • 864 DR


    The Twisted Rune
    Founding

    Rysellan the Dark founds the Twisted Rune.

    Location
    Calimport
  • 1018 DR - Year of the Dracorage
    Eighth Age of Calimshan Begins
    Era beginning/end

    The rule of the slave-king Mamluks dissolves following the Rage of Dragons, ushering in an age of chaos and strife for Calimshan.

  • 1295 DR


    Ubtao abandons Omu
    Religious event

    Disgusted with what the Omuans have built with his gifts, Ubtao turns his back on Omu, severing the ability for their priests to perform miracles and inciting a slave uprising.

  • 1299 DR


    The Nine Gods appear to Omuans
    Religious event

  • 1325 DR


    The Lords' Alliance Established
    Founding

    The Lord's Alliance is established in Waterdeep, with membership coming from most of the cities and settlements in the Sword Coast North.  It is founded to oppose the Mercantile aggression of Amn and to benefit from increasing trade flowing from the Heartlands.

  • 1327 DR

    2 Marpenoth - Leaffall (October)

    Aethylwyle is born
    Life, Birth

  • 1347 DR


    The Witch-King Zhengyi Creates Castle Perilous
    Construction beginning/end

  • 1347 DR

    12 Eleint - The Fading (September)
    1347 DR

    22 Eleint - The Fading (September)

    The Ten Black Days of Eleint
    Revolution

    Commoners rise up and slaughter many Tethyrian nobles, including the royal family, ending the Lion's Dynasty and beginning the Tethyrian Interregnum, where Tethyr has no clear ruler

Era of Upheaval

1358 DR to 1488 DR

  • 1358 DR


    The Time of Troubles
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    The Gods Bane and Myrkul steal the Tablets of Fate, and Ao relegates the entire pantheon to walk the lands of Faerun as punishment.  Many changes to the pantheon occur as various of these avatars are killed and replaced with different gods.

  • 1358 DR


    Zellix'Phor is cast out of Oryndoll
    Life, Failure / Mishap

    The avatar of Ilsensine manifests in Oryndoll and discovers the perversions of Zellix'Phor, casting it out along with its followers.

  • 1360 DR


    Rayalan leaves the Colony of Zellix'Phor
    Disbandment

  • 1362 DR


    Saltmarsh is Founded
    Founding

    In the midst of the Tethyrian Interregnum, Ezekiel Oweland secures the rights and holdings to found the village of Saltmarsh.

  • 1363 DR


    Mezro reappears
    Diplomatic action

    The magical wall that surrounded Mezro for 500 years is lowered after a solid victory against the Batiri goblin tribe. After that time, travelers were once again welcomed in the city, and it saw a surge in growth.  Ras Nsi, furious at the other barae for putting his beloved city in danger, gathers an army of undead to retake the city, but is defeated.

  • 1364 DR


    Ralayan joins the Twisted Rune
    Life, Organisation Association

    Rayalan is sponsored for membership in the Twisted Rune by Priamon "Frostrune" Raskek

  • 1365 DR


    Ubtao abandons Chult
    Religious event

    Ubtao stops manifesting as an avatar on Chult and leaves his children to find their own way.

  • 1368 DR


    Zellix'Phor obtains the Tome of All Stories
    Life, Achievement/ Win

  • 1369 DR

    30 Midsummer

    Rhindaun Dynasty Begins
    Political event

    Following the Reclamation Wars, Mercenary Leader and Noble Zaranda Star Rhindaun is chosen as Queen with the support of the surviving heir, Haedrak - whom she marries as King-Consort, ending the Tethyrian Interregnum.

  • 1369 DR

    Highharvesttide

    Halaster's Highharvestide
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Twisted Rune kidnap Halaster Blackcloak to obtain the secrets of Gate construction. Portals from the undermountain allow all manner of creatures to escape, causing widespread destruction.

  • 1371 DR


    Orcus kills Maanzecorian
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The Demon Lord Orcus kills the Ilithid God Maanzecorian, Zellix'Phor loses access to Clerical powers.  It turns to Tharizdun instead.

  • 1372 DR


    Zellix'Phor Imprisoned
    Life, Failure / Mishap

    Zellix'Phor is captured by the Githyanki and imprisoned in the Astral Plane using the Orrery of the Wanderer.

  • 1373 DR


    The Last Rage of Dragons
    Disaster / Destruction

    Sammaster, ex-chosen of Mystra, Lich, founder of the Cult of the Dragon, author of Tome of the Dragon, and inventor of the method to create a Dracolich, transforms the Dracorage Mythal into his personal Phylactory, precipitating a Rage of Dragons that lasts an entire year. Sammaster and his Phylactory are destroyed within the year.

  • 1374 DR


    Priamon Rakesk dies
    Life, Death

    Priamon "Frostrune" Rakesk of the Twisted Rune is captured by Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun and handed over to Halaster Blackcloak along with his phylactery and is destroyed.

  • 1383 DR


    Ras Nsi attacks Mezro
    Military action

    Disgusted at the leadership of King Osaw I and in the vulnerability of Mezro since it reappeared, Ras Nsi raises an undead army and marches on Mezro to reclaim it for himself. His attack is defeated.

  • 1385 DR

    29 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    The Spellplague Begins
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Spellplague was a disaster that struck Realmspace on 29th Tarsakh, the Year of Blue Fire, 1385 DR, and was caused by Midnight’s assassination at the hands of Cyric and Shar. With the goddess’s death, the Weave, the universal structure of arcane forces, convulsed. It continued for a decade, leading to the Wailing Years, during which arcane magic ceased to function and the planet of Toril was transformed.   During this time, magic was unreliable, and most non-artifact magical items failed or behaved erratically. Cyric was found guilty of the murder of Mystra by Lathander, Sune, and Tyr, and is Imprisoned. Asmodeus ascends to godhood. Lathander transformed back into Amaunator. Significant changes were made to the alignment and existence of various planes. The Shadar-Kai are created. Chult becomes an Island and becomes populated with Dinosaurs.

  • 1385 DR

    1 Mirtul - The Melting (May)

    The Second Era of Skyfire Begins
    Disaster / Destruction

    As the Spellplague rages across Faerun, it unravels the High Elf magic of the Calimemnon Crystal, freeing the Genie Lords Calim and Memnon. Genasi who had been living as humans flock to the banner of their lords, and most humans in Calimshan are enslaved. Almraiven remains the sole bastion of human liberty in the region.

  • 1386 DR


    Supposed Destruction of Mezro
    Geological / environmental event

    The Holy City of Ubtao - Mezro - is apparently destroyed during the Spellplague. All of its inhabitants are killed, and only the cursed ruins of the city remain.   In reality, the Barae forsaw the coming destruction and transposed the entire city into a pocket dimension to save it. They left behind false ruins with hints of where they had gone in order to lure adherents of Ubtao and fool their enemies.

    Location
    Mezro
  • 1390 DR


    Tomb of the Nine Gods begins construction
    Construction beginning/end

    Ralayan the Occultacle entered Omu and slew all nine trickster gods. He then enslaved the Omuans and forced them to carve out a tomb for their defeated gods. When the tomb was complete, Ralayan murdered the Omuans and sealed them in the tomb with their false gods.

  • 1395 DR


    The Spellplague Ends
    Disaster / Destruction

    Most of the effects of the Spellplague end, except in a few areas known as Plaguelands.

  • 1397 DR


    Sybille II becomes Queen of Tethyr
    Political event

    Following the death of her mother, Queen Zaranda Star Rhindaun, Her Royal Highness Sybille Zaranda Rhinda Chenowyn Alisande Rhindaun becomes Queen of Tethyr and second of her Dynasty.

  • 1397 DR


    Tomb of the Nine Gods is complete
    Construction beginning/end

    Having completed the construction of the Tomb, Ralayan leaves, content that the dungeon would store the souls of dead adventurers in the Soulmonger at the heart of the dungeon. Withers was raised as an undead to manage the tomb in his absence. The jungle reclaimed Omu, and it fell into ruin.

  • 1422 DR


    Zaranda Rhindaun II becomes Queen
    Political event

    Following the death of Queen Sybille II, her daughter becomes Queen Zaranda Rhindaun II.

  • 1422 DR


    Zaranda Rhindaun II becomes Queen
    Political event

  • 1442 DR

    15 Flamerule - Summertide (July)

    The Pact of Elturel
    Celestial / Cosmic

    Naja Bellandi signs an infernal Pact with Zariel, receiving the companion to free Elturel from undead in exchange for the city and her soul at the end of 50 years.

  • 1445 DR


    Cyriana Rhindaun II becomes Queen
    Political event

    Following the death of her Aunt, Tethyr crowns Queen Cyriana Rhindaun II.

  • 1450 DR


    Skyfire Ends/Genasi War Begins
    Political event

    The scorching desert of the Skyfire Wastes are frozen over for months while Auril sents her vassals to battle the genies and efreet of Calimshan. Calim and Memnon are sent back to their home planes by unknown means. Their lieutenants and foot soldiers remain in Calimshan, and continue a bloody war based on little more than opposing philosophies

  • 1456 DR

    Greengrass

    Seftali is Born
    Life, Birth

  • 1463 DR

    17 Uktar - The Rotting (November)

    Wind on Water is Born
    Life, Birth

  • 1465 DR


    Anais Rhindaun becomes Queen
    Political event

    Following the death of her mother, Tethyr crowns Queen Anais Rhindaun.

  • 1469 DR


    The Children's Massacre
    Criminal Activity

    All nieces and nephews of Queen Anais of Tethyr are slain in a politically motivated attack, except for her niece Ysabel Linden, who becomes the sole heir to the throne.  Ysabel's mother, Evonne, half-sister to the queen had tried to take the throne earlier in the year, and died in a separate attack at the same time.

  • 1471 DR

    11 Mirtul - The Melting (May)

    Queeg is born
    Life, Birth

  • 1474 DR

    1 Eleint - The Fading (September)

    Zemiyah is born
    Life, Birth

  • 1476 DR


    Zemiyah is Abducted by Yuan-Ti
    Life, Trauma/ Loss

    Zemiyah is abducted by Yuan-Ti and transformed into a Yuan-Ti Pureblood. Her parents are killed or enslaved.

  • 1476 DR

    2 Marpenoth - Leaffall (October)

    Queeg leaves the Snout of Omgar
    Life, Relocation

  • 1479 DR


    Vajra Safahr becomes Blackstaff
    Life, Achievement/ Win

  • 1479 DR

    12 Mirtul - The Melting (May)

    Keledek arrives in Saltmarsh
    Life, Relocation

    Keledek the Unspoken arrives on a ship from Calimshan and takes up residence in Saltmarsh. The aloof wizard interacts very little with the Saltmarsh community.

  • 1480 DR

    18 Hammer - Deepwinter (January)

    Zemiyah Rescued
    Life, Relationship change

    A group of adventurers eradicate the Yuan-Ti colony in the Hool Marshes. Zemiyah is adopted by Keledek the Unspoken

  • 1480 DR

    Greengrass

    Wind on Water Leaves Chult
    Life, Relocation

  • 1482 DR

    1488 DR


    The Second Sundering
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The Second Sundering, also known as the Sundering of Toril and Abeir, was a great catastrophic event in the history of the worlds of Abeir and Toril, that took place during the decade of the 1480s DR. It changed the relationship between mortals and gods, rearranged the multiverse, and ended the lingering effects of the Spellplague.

  • 1482 DR


    Bhaal Resurrected
    Life, Supernatural

    Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward, Marshall of the Flaming Fist and Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate fights the sole other remaining Bhaalspawn. With only one remaining living Bhaalspawn in existence, Bhaal's plan is complete and the survivor of the battle transforms into the avatar of Bhaal. Bhaal joins the other members of The Dead Three (Bane and Myrkul) as Quasi-Divines, as none of them have the intent to follow Lord Ao's rule about interference with Mortals.

  • 1483 DR


    Port Nyanzaru gains independence
    Revolution

    Through political maneuverings, Amn loses control of Port Nyanzaru and it is taken over by a council of Merchant Princes.

  • 1486 DR

    21 Greengrass
    1486 DR

    21 Greengrass

    The Assault on the Doomvault
    Military action

    The Heroes of Daggerford, with the support of Syranna Sylvanne and the Harpers assault the Doomvault of Thay. They gain access to the Phylactery Vault of Kazit Gul, and destroy the phylacteries of Szass Tam and his most loyal Liches, striking a deathblow to Szass Tam's grip on power in the Thayan civil war.

    More reading
    The Doomvault
  • 1487 DR


    Abeir and Toril Separate
    Geological / environmental event

    Abeir begins to re-separate from Toril in the spring, heralding volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and changing the geography of Faerun. The process is completed by the fall.

  • 1487 DR


    Evermeet, Lantan, and Nimbral Reappear
    Discovery, Exploration

    The Islands of Lantan, Evermeet, and Nimbral which disappeared during the Spellplague reappear on Toril.

Present Age

1488 DR and beyond

  • 1489 DR


    The Glorious Revolution
    Revolution

    A prophet and chosen of Ilmater leads the human population of Calimshan to revolution, after which he disappears. War hero Javad el Volahrn is elected syl-pasha after which he grants amnesty to Genasi collaborators and outlaws slavery. A new golden age begins in Calimshan.

    Location
    Calimport
    More reading
    Calimshan
  • 1489 DR

    29 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    Death of the Blue
    Life, Death

    The Dracolich Sapphiraktar the Blue, Runemaster of the Twisted Rune, is killed by the Monster Squad and the Sapphire Sentinel.

  • 1490 DR

    1 Flamerule - Summertide (July)
    1490 DR

    11 Eleint - The Fading (September)

    The Journey to Dead Man's Isle
    Expedition

    The Calm Delilah leaves Saltmarsh for Dead Man's Isle. After a successful expedition, if not a costly one, 1st Mate Lavina Wisp leads a mutiny which results in the loss of of the ship and the marooning of the survivors on Spiteful Shores. Over the course of the final seven days, the survivors are killed one by one by the cursed ghost of Lavina Wisp.

  • 1491 DR

    1 Hammer - Deepwinter (January)

    The Year of the Scarlet Witch Begins
    Era beginning/end

  • 1491 DR

    1 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Zellix'Phor Escapes
    Disaster / Destruction

    The temporal bubble destroyed by Zemiyah and Seftali in 1489 pops, creating the beginnings of the Maelstrom and destroying the Astral Prison containing Zellix'Phor.

  • 1491 DR

    1 Eleasis - Highsun (August)
    1491 DR

    2 Eleint - The Fading (September)

    The Search for the Calm Deliliah
    Expedition

    Anders Solmor hires your party and the Persistent Imperial to find the Calm Delilah and secure an emerald idol from her wreck. Along the way, the Persistent Imperial encounters Captain Callous of the Red Fin and defeats him, as well as the remains of a strange metallic ship. After being attacked by the ghost of Lavina Wisp and becoming marooned on Spiteful Shores, the party discovers how to break the curse of the Calm Delilah and escape the island in the reconstituted ship.

  • 1491 DR

    3 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    The Spelljammer
    Discovery, Exploration

    The party discovers a strange, alien wreckage of a ship made entirely of metal.

  • 1491 DR

    22 Eleint - The Fading (September)
    1491 DR

    20 Marpenoth - Leaffall (October)

    The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
    Expedition

    The Monster Squad investigates a mysterious haunted mansion several miles outside of Saltmarsh. They discover it to be a front for a smuggling operation, and are hired by the Saltmarsh City Council to disband the sea side of the operation as well. The monster squad infiltrates The Sea Ghost killing most of the crew, and discovers that this ship has been smuggling large amounts of weapons to a hitherto unknown lizardfolk colony just outside Saltmarsh. The news of this sparks panic and rioting in Saltmarsh as its citizens fear imminent attack.

  • 1491 DR

    30 Marpenoth - Leaffall (October)

    The Sailskimmer Race
    Sporting Event / Competition

    Zemiyah is hired by Mr Porter to fix a Sailskimmer race. She and several other Monster Squad members successfully manage to have The Flying Fireboat, a sailskimmer crewed by strange aquatic-looking Hobgoblins, arrive well ahead of everyone else. Surprisingly, the boat appears to not appear at all with no trace of the "Hobgoblins" at all, leaving the Monster Squad to win the race. Despite this, Mr. Porter seems very happy with Zemiyah's performance.

  • 1491 DR

    1 Uktar - The Rotting (November)
    1491 DR

    6 Uktar - The Rotting (November)

    The Hunt for Shredder
    Life, Death

    The Monster Squad hunts the notorious bandit Shredder who has been looting and murdering merchants on the road to Seaton. They pose as a merchant wagon and summarily execute the bandit and his Dire Wolves, earning a reward and some respect from Eliander Fireborn

  • 1491 DR

    16 Uktar - The Rotting (November)
    1491 DR

    26 Uktar - The Rotting (November)

    Danger at Dunwater
    Expedition

    The Monster Squad is charged by the Salt Marsh City Council to located the Dunwater Lizardfolk Lair, who have been buying smuggled weapons in vast quantities, to determine their strength and whether they intend to raid Saltmarsh. They instead form an alliance with the Lizardfolk and other sea races against the Sahuagin.

  • 1491 DR

    21 Uktar - The Rotting (November)
    1491 DR

    23 Uktar - The Rotting (November)

    The Death of the Young Black Tyrant
    Life, Death

    The Monster Squad kills a Black Dragon living in the swamps around the Dunwater river, and finds and raids its lair.

  • 1491 DR

    25 Uktar - The Rotting (November)

    The Night of Blood and Water
    Military action

    After the dinner celebrating the alliance against the Sahuagin, the sea elf ambassador from Myth Tarkir - Skirrtl - attempts to assassinate Queen Othokent of the Lizardfolk. She is saved by the Monster Squad, who also fight off Sahuagin attacks against the Lavinia's Folly, anchored nearby, by strange Sahuagin attackers, who have modified and mutated bodies. Skirrtl is discovered to not be a sea elf at all, but a Malenti spy. While being interrogated, both Skirrtl and another captured Sahuagin fall over dead with blood flowing from their ears through unknown means.

  • 1491 DR

    Feast of the Moon

    The Herald
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    The Ibn Eboru arrives in Saltmarsh, heralding the opening of the planar rift known as the maelstrom to the west, and a threat against all of Toril.

  • 1491 DR

    Feast of the Moon

    Ralayan finds an Atropal
    Discovery, Exploration

    Ralayan finds an Atropal in the Negative Energy Plane and begins a plan to use it to defeat Zellix'Phor.

  • 1492 DR

    1 Hammer - Deepwinter (January)

    The Year of Three Ships Sailing Begins
    Era beginning/end

  • 1492 DR

    5 Alturiak - The Claw of Winter (February)

    The Restoration of Neverember
    Political event

    A group of adventurers in Waterdeep find the Stone of Golorr and reveal the continued existence of Manshoon. They give the stone to the scion of the house of Neverember, who uses it to find his father's stolen wealth and uses it to restore honor to the family.

  • 1492 DR

    7 Alturiak - The Claw of Winter (February)

    The Death Curse
    Disaster / Destruction

    Ralayan activates the Death Curse to feed his Atropal, preventing resurrection from working and causing all those who have been previously resurrected to wither and die.

  • 1492 DR

    19 Alturiak - The Claw of Winter (February)
    1492 DR

    27 Alturiak - The Claw of Winter (February)

    Voyage to Chult
    Miscellaneous

    The Lavinia's Folly makes the journey from Saltmarsh to Port Nyanzaru

  • 1492 DR

    30 Alturiak - The Claw of Winter (February)

    Recovery of Xahuani
    Life, Wealth

    Wind on Water recovers an heirloom of his people, the sentient long bow which he names Xahuani.

  • 1492 DR

    2 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    Expedition for the Soulmonger Begins
    Expedition

    The Monster Squad leave Port Nyanzaru to find and end the Death Curse created by the Necromantic artifact known as the Soulmonger.

  • 1492 DR

    6 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    Discovery of Camp Righteous
    Discovery, Exploration

    The Monster Squad find the ruins of the Order of the Gauntlet camp known as Camp Righteous and explore a temple to Man and Crocodile.

  • 1492 DR

    12 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    Discovery of the Heart of Ubtao
    Discovery, Exploration

    The monster squad arrive at the Heart of Ubtao and retrieve two lobsters (only one of whom survive) for the Aldani shaman Koura, and meet the lich Valinda Shadowmantle, a leading member of the Red Wizards of Thay.  Valindra places a Geas upon Queeg, who cleverly draws attention to the fact that something is wrong and has the spell broken by Seftali.

  • 1492 DR

    14 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    End of the Aldani Curse
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    The monster squad escort the Aldani shaman Koura to the lobster sanctuary, where she transfers her life essence to revive the dead lobster, and releases it back into the waters of the Aldani basin.  This breaks the curse on the Aldani people and returns them to a near-human state.

  • 1492 DR

    20 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    Expedition to the Grippli Village
    Expedition

    A group of adventurers heads into the Hool marsh to investigate why the nearby Grippli have stopped sending greatly needed supplies to Saltmarsh. They find that a group of Yuan-Ti have displaced the Grippli from their village and that these Yuan-Ti seem to be working with a mysterious "magitek" infused armored person, also seen the night that the Dunwater Lizardfolk were attacked.

  • 1492 DR

    24 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    The Lost Guides
    Life, Death

    The monster squad is attacked in night in the jungles of Chult.  The tortle guide Kwilgok is decapitated by a horrific long-limbed creature and the mysterious Eku (Ekuverieli) is presumed lost fighting a Nalfeshnee named Hydralox.

  • 1492 DR

    28 Ches - The Claw of Sunsets (March)

    Omu Discovered
    Discovery, Exploration

    The Monster Squad re-discovers the forbidden city of Omu.

  • 1492 DR

    1 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    Tomb of the Nine Gods Opened
    Discovery, Exploration

    After finding the remains of the Iron Field and Company of the Yellow Banner camps, the Monster Squad solves the remaining Omuan puzzle shrines and opens the Tomb of the Nine Gods.

  • 1492 DR

    2 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    The Destruction of the Soulmonger
    Extinction

    The Monster Squad destroys the Soulmonger by breaking its supports and casting it into a pool of lava, and kills the Atropal feeding off the souls it had gathered. While countless souls have been devoured, lost forever, countless more have been saved, ending the death curse and preventing the ascension of the Atropal to Godhood.

  • 1492 DR

    5 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    Mezro Revealed
    Discovery, Exploration

    The Church of Entropy discover a hidden path in the supposed ruins of Mezro which open a portal to the true Mezro, hidden on a demi-plane.  Artus Cimber and the Monster Squad destroy one of the statues activating this portal just before they are able to cross over and create havoc, but also cutting off Artus from Mezro and his wife.

  • 1492 DR

    11 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)
    1492 DR

    12 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    Murder on the Primewater Pleasure
    Life, Death

    A cruise on the Primewater Pleasure goes awry when Skerrin Wavechaser and Wellgar Brinehanded are murdered aboard.  Can we find the culprit before the ship returns to Saltmarsh?

  • 1492 DR

    12 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)
    1492 DR

    21 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    Voyage to Calimshan
    Miscellaneous

    The Lavinia's Folly makes the journey from Port Nyanzaru to Calimport

  • 1492 DR

    23 Tarsakh - The Claw of Storms (April)

    Sands of Time
    Life, Relocation

    Zemiyah accidentally releases a powerful Dao which she found in the Tomb of the Nine Gods.  The Dao curses her with the Sands of Time, which fill her body and cause her to begin rapidly aging.  With the assistance of a powerful elven (undead?) spellcaster named Pharos and a village of Earthsoul Genasi, Zemiyah is cured, but she and the rest of the Monster Squad are sent in time to 1/1/1489.   That parallel timeline is tracked in Time Ripping

    Location
    Calimport
  • 1492 DR

    10 Mirtul - The Melting (May)
    1492 DR

    18 Mirtul - The Melting (May)

    Salvage Operation
    Military action

    An expedition to recover critical magical items for the fight against the Sahuagin leads to a ship adrift and its crew missing.

  • 1492 DR

    23 Mirtul - The Melting (May)

    Returning
    Life, Relocation

    The Monster Squad will return to their native timeline.

  • 1492 DR

    2 Kythorn - The Time of Flowers (June)

    The Final Enemy
    Military action

    The Dunwater Alliance assaults and crushes the Sahuagin Threat, killing the Mind Flayer Thiliossk in the process. In doing so they discover that the Sahuagin are a pawn of some bigger threat, Zellix'Phor - a name they have heard before - and that the city states of the sword coast are in peril.

  • 1492 DR

    5 Kythorn - The Time of Flowers (June)

    The Restoration of Saltmarsh
    Construction beginning/end

    Count Gerold Gallum has arrived in Saltmarsh, to personally take control over the town council and the rebuilding efforts. He brings an entourage of supplies and craftsmen who over the coming weeks build several improvements to Saltmarsh, including the beginnings of the Count's new estate. Trade blossoms anew, and people begin flocking to Saltmarsh in droves, growing the small town into a bustling city.

  • 1492 DR

    14 Flamerule - Summertide (July)

    Travel to Wallen's Tidebreakers
    Life, Relocation

  • 1492 DR

    15 Flamerule - Summertide (July)

    The Fall of Elturel
    Disaster / Destruction

    Elturel, the Capital city of Elturgard, is pulled into Avernus as the 50 years of the pact expires.

  • 1492 DR

    19 Flamerule - Summertide (July)
    1498 DR

    8 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Lavinia's Folly gets a Reflective Hull
    Construction beginning/end

    The Lavinia's Folly is refitted with a Reflective Hull

  • 1492 DR

    19 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Liara Portyr becomes Grand Duke and Marshall
    Political event

    Liara Portyr announces she has taken over command of The Flaming Fists and is joining the Council of Four after the death of Duke Ulder Ravengard.

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    19 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Arrival in Baldur's Gate
    Life, Relocation

    The Lavinia's Folly makes port in Baldur's Gate.

  • 1492 DR

    20 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Assault on Baldur's Gate
    Military action

    Baldur's Gate is attacked by the Black Armada.  The assault is led by a well known pirate named Wulfgar, who attacked along side a number of sea monstrosities.  The aim of this attack was apparently to kidnap the mage Lorroakan who resides in Ramazith's Tower.

  • 1492 DR

    22 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Assault on Neverwinter
    Military action

    Neverwinter is attacked by ghost ships flying the flag of The Black Armada, captained by Bartholomew Blackdagger.  The ships sailed up Neverwinter River and stormed the House of Knowledge before sailing off.

  • 1492 DR

    23 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Assault on Waterdeep
    Military action

    Waterdeep is attacked by a swarm of Sahuagin in conjunction with a ship flying the flag of The Black Armada. The attacks seemed to focus on various homes and businesses in the Dock Ward, as well as a great deal of activity in the Harbor.

  • 1492 DR

    27 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Arrival at Candlekeep
    Population Migration / Travel

    The Monster Squad arrives at Candlekeep to meet with Sylvira Savikas and unlock the Infernal Puzzle Box that belonged to Thavius Kreeg.

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    28 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Zemiyah Dies
    Life, Death

    The Monster Squad becomes quarantined in the Firefly Cellar under Candlekeep after being cursed by Shimshime's Bedtime Rhyme. Zemiyah uses telekinesis to pull a large statue of a book down on Shimshime, sealing it away, but killing her as well.
      An attempt is made to reincarnate Zemiyah, and a new body is grown for her (an emerald Dragonborn), but her soul is prevented from returning to the body for some reason. The soul is revealed to be in the Nine Hells.

  • 1492 DR

    29 Eleasis - Highsun (August)
    1492 DR

    30 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Hellturel
    Celestial / Cosmic

    After discovering the pact between High Watcher Najandi and Archduke Zariel which has plunged Elturel into Avernus, the monster squad planeshifts there with the help of Sylvira and the mage Traxidor (who is permenantly polymorphed into an Otter).   They seal an abyssal portal there, stabilizing the situation, and head to the Avernian surface to find the Sword of Zariel and some way to save Elturel, as well as locate Zemiyah's soul coin.

  • 1492 DR

    30 Eleasis - Highsun (August)

    Discovery of Fort Knucklebones
    Discovery, Exploration

    The Monster Squad arrives at Fort Knucklebones - an Avernian outpost run by a Night Hag named Mad Maggie. Maggie moonlights in Zariel Lore, and is very interested to learn more of the Zariel mythos from a primary source - Lulu. She informs the characters that she can help restore Lulu's memories using her Dream Machine, if they can locate parts to repair it. They also trade Zemiyah's Wand of Fear to Maggie in exchange for the location of her soul coin, which is in the hands of a Warlord named Princeps Kovik, leader of The Eighth Remnant.

  • 1492 DR

    3 Eleint - The Fading (September)

    Reincarnation of Zemiyah
    Life, Identity

    The monster squad finds and destroys The Eighth Remnant. This warlord band was led by Princeps Kovik, the devil that Zemiyah pinned to the wall and killed during the adventure in the Tomb of the Nine Gods, and he bound her soul into a coin out of spite. Freeing her soul allows the druidic magic to work, and Zemiyah is reincarnated - however this comes with a cost. Zemiyah's new body is no longer a Yuan-Ti, but is instead that of an Emerald Dragonborn.

  • 1492 DR

    25 Marpenoth - Leaffall (October)

    The Dream Machine
    Construction beginning/end

    Having found the missing pieces to repair Mad Maggie's dream machine, the Monster Squad brings Lulu the Hollyphant back to Mad Maggie and learns the location of the Sword of Zariel.

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    7 Nightal - The Drawing Down (December)

    The Sword of Zariel
    Discovery, Exploration

    Queeg retrieves the Sword of Zariel, changing forever into an angelic form.

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    9 Nightal - The Drawing Down (December)

    Elturel Restored / Zariel Rises
    Celestial / Cosmic

    Queeg returns the Sword of Zariel - and a spark of her divine soul - to the Archduchess of Hell, and the Monster Squad convinces her to reject Asmodeus. Zariel abandons hell and assists in returning Elturel to its rightful place in Faerun.

  • 1492 DR

    23 Nightal - The Drawing Down (December)

    Return to Saltmarsh
    Population Migration / Travel

    The Monster Squad arrives back in Saltmarsh

  • 1492 DR

    24 Nightal - The Drawing Down (December)

    Brains in the Manor
    Life, Death

    Count Gerald Gallum is killed by Ralayan the Occultacle in Saltmarsh.  The Monster Squad fights a pack of werewolves, including a particularly large one, and runs some of them off.

  • 1492 DR

    24 Nightal - The Drawing Down (December)

    Seftali and Zemiyah tell the story of the Cinderglass Circus
    Cultural event