** * 436 CY ** Jaran Krimeah released from prison, goes into exile from The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. The neighboring . * 903 BCY Empire of Sulm destroyed, lands become The Bright Desert. * 453 CY ** Jaran Krimeah renamed The Exalted One; The Valley becomes known henceforth as The Valley of the Mage. ** "The Library of Last Resort.". You can help Greyhawk Wiki by expanding it. (Guide 9), The Savant-Sage completes the Guide to the World of Greyhawk. He killed all 123 of his brothers and sisters before bribing Ivid IV's favorite concubine to pour acid into his ear. ** **, * 576 CY ** Autumn (1 week after Brewfest): Ehrendil does research at the Guild of Wizardrys library; Norah mixes with archmage Jallarzi Sallavarian; Rose mixes with Guildmaster of Thieves Org Nenshen; Sariel crashes classes at the University of Magical Arts; Stel and Maura protected at the Temple of Rao. (From the Ashes 7), Ket allies with Iuz, and promptly attacks Bissel. * 315 CY Future city of Greyhawk established as a trading post. * 1099 BCY Flan uprising ends rule of Keraptis, mage goes into wandering exile with his gnome followers. . Events of The Temple of Elemental Evil. Manshen, the first Rax overking, divided these marklands in 100 CY, forming two vast provinces around the Nyr Dyv, one in the east and one in the west. Otiluke, Tenser murdered again, and Bigby severely injured. **, * 524 CY ** Norah Brithel and Ehrendil Stone become friends working together in The Valley. 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. 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. He is corrupted by it. * 799 BCY ** Keraptis and his remaining evil gnome followers move into the dungeon under White Plume Mountain. This world eventually grew to encompass a nearby city and then some neighboring states, but since Gygax, and eventually his co-DM Rob Kuntz were making up the story as they went, there was no need for an elaborate historical background. We think you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. The Age of Great Sorrow: 213 CY to 247 CY Overking Zelcor House Rax-Nyrond Zelcor I was on the throne in 223 CY 247 CY to 297 CY Overking Toran II House Rax-Nyrond Toran II displaced the priesthood of Pholtus from Medegia in 252 CY. (3004 OR), 571 CY Irongate joins the Golden League and drives Ivids forces under the Herzog back to the South Province. **, RECENT HISTORY (past decade or so, all player characters have their own various adventures to earn experience) * 572 CY First reports of The Scarlet Brotherhood, a Suel-supremacy movement. * 781 BCY ** Mountain inhabitants of Tostenhca all die, said to be due from a curse placed by Keraptis using his Null Enigma device. * 422 BCY Invoked Devastation wipes out Balunish Empire, Rain of Colorless Fire wipes out Suel Empire. The second adventure path after Paizo learned the ropes after Shackled City, Age of Worms has the most classic feel, flow and theme of any adventure path. Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland. Lord Holmer, leader of the Knights of Holy Shielding is captured and taken to Dorakaa. The war was disastrous for the Great Kingdom, and in 584 CY, North Province declared independence. Available online. The neighboring free city of Hardby and the Wild Coast break off from the Domain of Greyhawks influence, causing an economic decline. He took the new title of Overking, which would be used by all subsequent rulers. Age of Great Sorrow commences. The leader of the Fists, Sevvord Redbeard, soon allies himself with Iuz. Years of civil war ensued, and only the intercession of dispassionate houses such as Garasteth and Darmen brought about the final compromise. The settled lands were divided among individual Aerdi noble families, notably the houses of Garasteth, Cranden, Darmen, Rax, and Naelax. [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. The Index is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, and his work as continued and updated by Eric Johnson, Richard DiIoia, Jason "PupickDad" Jacobson, a French fan group, and numerous other fans over the years. In 213 CY, an Age of Great Sorrow, proclaimed by Selvor the Younger in 198 CY, was confirmed . The line of Ivid, comprising four more overkings, ruled the Great Kingdom for almost another century and half. The Brithel family are robotics experts, rivals to the famed Kwalish who lived just north of The Valley. ** JavaScript is currently disabled. ** [1], In 198 CY, Selvor the Younger prophecied an Age of Great Sorrow. (2040 OR), 506 CY Jurnre falls at the height of The Hateful Wars. * 4400s BCY ** Suel mages begin magically binding genies as slave labor. **, * 1400 BCY ** Drow forces push Suel wizards out of their underground dungeons below the Hellfurnaces mountains. ** * 576 CY ** Spring: Valley of the Mages First Protector Tysiln San sends Norah Brithel on a quest to find the missing Ehrendil Stone. For a full article on the topic with citations, please see Age of Great Sorrow at Greyhawkonline.com. He ruled into old age before declaring that his last surviving offspring would claim the throne. Lyzandred, trapped in his private demiplane, finally succumbs to death and becomes a lich. * 576 CY ** Autumn (Brewfest): Stelfast Holdren and Maura arrive in the City of Greyhawk, are almost kidnapped by Evangelor Umpirt and other Slave Lords; Rose, Ehrendil, Norah, Sariel save the centaur and his young ward. (1025 OR), 393 CY Zagig Yragerne founds the Guild of Wizardry in Greyhawk. 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. **, * 540 CY ** Stelfast Holren born near Errantkeep under the prosperous dominion of House Naelax, a noble family in The Great Kingdom. (3003 OR), 570 CY Iuz freed from captivity and returns north. ** One in Zelradton administered South Province (awarded to House Cranden), and a counterpart in Eastfair controlled North Province (awarded to House Naelax). Non-Suel tribes the Oerid and Bakluni peoples to the north gradually subjugated and enslaved. (2046 OR), 513 CY Rise of Horned Society; humanoids take Pomarj. ** The Great Kingdom reached its height over the next century under House Rax, with ambitious rulers such as the lines of Erhart and Toran. * 496 CY Greyhawks lansgraf government model is officially replaced by an oligarchy. * 557 CY ** Stelfast Holren becomes a professional hunter/guide for various nobles and merchants traveling through the Ardi Forest in The Great Kingdom. [4] Numerous smaller contenders. (1005 OR), 371 CY Founder of Bandit Kingdom City of Rookroost assassinated. Ivid is subsequently assassinated by remaining generals, and risen as an undead animus by priests of Hextor.) In 446 CY, the herzog granted an audience to representatives of Irongate, who went to Zelradton to air their grievances. The army includes the seagoing Hardby Marines of Woolly Bay, in their six war-galleys, and the Mountaineer Militiaof the Abbor-Alz, with a score of griffon-riding "skymen"attached. You should check them out. As each sovereign passed, he was replaced with a more dimwitted and less competent successor, until the outer dependencies of Aerdy declared their independence. This article is a stub. **, * 435 CY ** Jaran Krimeah proclaimed Mage of The Great Kingdom, stages a failed coup and is imprisoned. A total solar eclipse occured during Zelcor's coronation, taken by the Royal Astrologers as a confirmation of Selvor's prophecy. The Age of Great Sorrow(decline of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy). The Roll of Years A summary of historical events follows. Ivid IV is assassinated by his son, Ivid V. (2090 OR) (The following years from 557-583 CY are called The Times of Struggle by historians. Search US census records for Greyhawk; Passenger Lists. AGE OF MEN **, * 456 BCY ** Vampire Ctenmiir cast out of dwarven society for preying on his own people for blood. (2048 OR), 516 CY First Sighting of the Velunese Lights. * 1283 BCY ** Gnomes from The Valley come under tutelage from Keraptis at Tostenhca. * 406 CY ** Jaran Krimeah born to the House Rax within the city of Rauxes in the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. AGE OF GREAT SORROW (decline of The Great Kingdom) **, * 1243 BCY ** About 100 gnomes return to The Valley to share new magical knowledge for weapons and defenses against raiders. -217 CY Founding of the Kingdom of Aerdy. (Guide 9) 247 Sir Kargoth's castle, Fharlanst, destroyed by the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. The lands within his rule were known as the the Kingdom of Aerdy, and their capital in Rel Astra. * 556 CY ** Bahkgarr the bullywug born in the Mistmarsh. * 551 CY Discovery of gold and treasure under Castle Greyhawk sparks local economic boom. **, * 405 CY ** Tysiln San given refuge among a community of halflings in northern Keoland for 50 years before resuming her wandering. The World of Greyhawk, The City of Greyhawk, The Temple of Elemental Evil (T1-4), Rary the Traitor (WGR3), The Marklands (WGR4), Vale of the Mage (WG12), Vecna Lives . . Duke Eyeh II of Tenh begins an aggressive campaign to clear the Troll Fens. ** = Moment of significance from player characters campaign backstories. (3016 OR), 583 CY Destruction of Shield Lands; Ossians Raid, fall of Medegia; Rise of the Pomarj; Fall of Geoff and Sterich, Conquest of Bissel; Usurpation of the Lordship of the Isles, Fall of the Sea Princes. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! [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. Celene achieves full independence, Yolande elevated to queen of Celene. ** * 498 CY Greyhawk officially becomes a Free City after severing ties with The Great Kingdom. (858 OR) 254 CY Kingdom of Furyondy declared with crowning of Thrommel I. Veluna and Tenh follow in declaring independence. Realms of Ulek and Celene effected. [1], This began an era of decline for the Great Kingdom, with successive Overkings being increasingly decadent and incompetent, leading to the gradual collapse of the Great Kingdom. 584-586 CY: The Greyhawk Wars. * 576 CY ** Autumn (Brewfest): Stelfast Holdren and Maura arrive in the City of Greyhawk, are almost kidnapped by Evangelor Umpirt and other Slave Lords; Rose, Ehrendil, Norah, Sariel save the centaur and his young ward. THE GREYHAWK WARS In 582 CY, the god Vatun appeared to his subjects among the barbarian tribes of the Thillonrian Peninsula. 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. * early 10,000s BCY Elven deity Corellon transforms rebel elves into the drow, casts down Lolth. (1085 CY), 453 CY King Tavish III of Keoland dies, Tavish IV ascends to throne; end of Keoish Emperialism. * Stelfast Holren, centaur ranger/warlock, and Maura (Rusty Ward), Previously,Bahkgarr the bullywug (Rusty Ward). Note: conflicts with 461 CY. **, * 574 CY ** Winter: An unending winter storm forms above the northern Archbarony of Blackmoor. The first appearance of Mayaheines avatar on Oerth. ** (From the Ashes 6), Before a planned assault on Ratik, the Northern Barbarians mutiny, refusing to fight any further for a god they have lost faith in. Queen Yolande of Celene declares neutrality of her realm, and imposes a strict isolationism. (2013 OR), 479 CY Might of Iuz grows, humanoid invasions become common. It was nominated for deletion on Wikipedia. * 223 BCY Oeridians found the Kingdom of Aerdy in eastern Flanaess. (2099 OR), 566 CY Alliance of Drow with Giants in the West of the Flanaess. * 523 BCY Baklunish wizard Lyzandred becomes a lich. 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. (522 OR), -110 CY Battle of a Fortnights length. It's like having a rewind button for your campaign. * 473 BCY Vecna writes the Codex of the Infinite Planes. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! * 466 BCY Baklunish and Suloise empires turn to goblin, orc and ogre tribes for mercenaries. Zelcor ignored the warning, and simply disbanded the Royal Astrologers and banished them to Rel Astra. The Greyhawk Militia's strength is focused in the south, facing endless raids by orcs and goblinoids from the conquered Wild Coast. You should check them out. These were largely tracts settled by individual noble houses of the Aerdi, such as the mystic Garasteth, the noble Cranden, the mercantile Darmen, the calculating Rax, and the militaristic Naelax. * 276 CY Remaining gnome followers of Keraptis now gone from White Plume Mountain. (2000 OR), 468 CY The Witch-Queen Iggwilvs power grows in the Yatils. c. -14,010 The survivor of the resulting bloodbath was declared Ivid IV. Age of Great Sorrow commences. Two successor nations, the United Kingdom of Ahlissa and the North Kingdom of Aerdy, now vie for control of the region. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk). The viceroys had near total autonomy within their realms to efficiently deal with local problems, answering only to the Malachite Throne. (3007 OR), 575 CY Appointment of the Peoples Constables in Greyhawk City. Ivid II quickly fell into dementia and was in turn assassinated by his own son, Ivid III, in 497 CY. * 1400 BCY ** Drow forces push Suel wizards out of their underground dungeons below the Hellfurnaces mountains. Greyhawk, especially its Thieves Guild, also pledge support against Iuz. Manshen divided the western marklands into the Viceroyalty of Nyrond, ruled by a junior branch of House Rax from Rel Mord, and and the Viceroyalty of Ferrond, ruled from Dyvers. (965 OR), 350 CY The formation of the Bandit Kingdoms complete. 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. (843 OR), 200 CY City of Leukish began as a trading post. Despite the new moniker, power in the new empire would not become truly centralized until 1 CY, when Grand Prince Nasran I declared universal peace throughout the land and took the title of Overking of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. All give a sense to the events of centuries past. They patiently watch for lizards, then catch them with a swift dart toward the ground. The Age of Worms(the Waiting Age, a time of death, decay and writhing doom that lurks in the shadows of every tomorrow). Nasran founded the See of Medegia and granted it to the faith of Palor. The Scarlet Brotherhood invades the Hold of the Sea Princes. **, * 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. Strange monsters seen roaming in the Barrier Peaks mountains. (720 OR), 100 CY Foundation of Viceroyalty of Furyondy. * 576 CY ** START OF D&D5e 2020 CAMPAIGN ** The Great Kingdom was quickly becoming too vast to effectively control from Rauxes, so the overkings appointed viceroys to rule the major provinces. **, * 436 CY ** Jaran Krimeah released from prison, goes into exile from The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. Celene expels Keoish royal garissons from within its borders. ** 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. 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. * 575 CY Reports of massive raiding by giants across the western kindgoms. His forces are stopped at the Battle of the Pass of Celene by a coalition of humanoid warriors. Several noble houses resorted to in-fighting or settling old scores with rival houses. Provinces began calving off the empire like icebergs into the sea, beginning with Ferrond in 254 CY. (Guide 9) Note: Conflicts with 361 CY. Wilson, Steve. Holian, Gary; Mona, Erik; Reynolds, Sean K.; Weining, Frederick (2000), All events in Gygax's original timeline had six different dates due to the six different calendar systems used by the great civilizations of Gygax's world. **, * 1473 BCY ** Keraptis the mage becomes protector of northern Flan people in Tostenhca in the Griff Mountains. . The Great Kingdom arose from the Kingdom of Aerdy in -110 CY, when the Aerdi forces of Grand Prince Almor II defeated the Nyrondese in the Battle of a Fortnights Length. (1070 OR), 437 CY Turmoil Between the Crowns. (3014 OR), 581 CY Vecna (after apparently destroying of the Circle of Eight) is himself thrown into out of the Prime Material planes at Tovag Baragu. ** (2054 OR), 522 CY King Belvor II is crowned in Furyondy. (CY), which system commenced when the Overking of Aerdy declared universal peace through the whole of the Great Kingdom. * 91 CY ** Keraptis leaves White Plume Mountain; his fate after this time is unknown but his gnomes remain behind. **, * 566 CY ** Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower begins combat training under Lord Tethrin of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene. (From the Ashes 8), The Scarlet Brotherhood begins campaign of assassinations in Iron League states with an aim to destabilize their governments. **, * 347 CY ** Magical experiment kills Tysiln Sans mage mentor, prompting her to travel the surface world alone. 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. These small principalities accomplished little under their loose confederation, as they were individually unable to take on the Ur-Flan and Suel, so they quickly gathered under a single banner. (From the Ashes 7), At the same time, the Great Kingdom attacks on a broad front against the Theocracy of the Pale, Almor and Nyrond. ** For a full article on the topic with citations, please see Great Kingdom at Greyhawkonline.com. (1096 OR), 465 CY Volte, a blue dragon terrorizing Geoff and Sterich, is defeated by a group of adventurers aided by Schemley, a Greyhawk dragon. * circa 3400s BCY Emperor bans binding, prompts a 30-year civil war between houses. Naelax was opposed by House Cranden, much of House Garasteth, and the remains of House Rax. (, Surviving Baklunish migrate north to the shores of the, Keoland and Furyondy go to war, resulting in the secession of the Keolandish regions of, Excessive taxation and repression leads to a general rebellion in the southern, Assassination of nearly all of the House of Rax, with the exception of, Evil forces construct a small chapel outside the village of, Iuz is inadvertently freed from imprisonment below. (2051 OR), 519 CY Founding of Azak-Zil (Pureheart) by the dwarven clan Highgate. Centuries past, when Greyhawk city was still a burgeoning riverbank trading post, Zagig was already a powerful magician. ** The Royal Astrologers proclaimed it as a great portent, confirming the sign of a coming Age of Great Sorrow prophesied by Selvor the Younger fifteen years earlier. The Royal Minting House of Nyrond moves from Rel Mord to Womtham. [6], The dispute resulted in a period of civil war lasting nine years, during which assassination of nobles and shifting of alliances were common. ** Both forces are lost to the poisons of Csipros Erd, the Geysers of Death located somewhere in the maze of valleys and hills north of the Barriear Peak region. (916 CY), 290 CY Vecna II builds rises in the Bone March Area and builds Tyrus. Third Great Age of Mages (Greyhawk on Oerth, Glantri on Mystara, Second Sundering on Toril). Geoff and Sterich are conquered by the invaders. OERTH TIMELINE (World of Greyhawk) . (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 6). Perhaps the proudest, most warlike, and powerful of these tribes were the Aerdi, their name meaning sky people in the old tongue. Overking Zelcor promptly abolished the astrologers' order for trying to recreate earlier hysteria and banished the members to Rel Astra. * 576 CY ** Spring: Sariel Galanodel arrives on Oerth, explores Keoland and the Ulek nations. BCY = Before Common Year (before The Great Kingdom proclamation) [1], In 428 OR (-217 CY),[2] Lord Mikar of House Garasteth was crowned the first Grand Prince of Aerdy. **, * 564 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower discovers good cleric Evangelor Umpirt is secretly working with the Slave Lords. Zagig built for himself an enormous castle complex . A viceroy in Dyvers administered the Viceroyalty of Ferrond, including its Northern Reaches (now Perrenland and lands north and northeast of the Vesve Forest). At its greatest extent, the Great Kingdom stretched from the city of Rel Astra on the Solnor coast to the Viceroyalty of Ferrond in the west; and from Sunndi in the south to Ratik in the north. Campaign Content Breakdown: 45% Combat/ 35% Narrative (RP) / 20% Exploration. (Demigod Zagyg appears.) The herzog (great prince) of North Province, Ivid I, then laid claim to the throne. By 100 CY, there were four such viceroys. 213 CY Age of Great Sorrow. (From the Ashes 6). But another age is prophesied: An age of darkness, of decay, and of . (From the Ashes 6), Armies of Iuz conquer the Horned Society, creating a mass slaughter in the capital of Molag. ** (2095 OR), 563 CY Bone March taken by humanoids. * 452 CY ** Jaran Krimeah, now known as The Black One, arrives in The Valley and champions its elven, gnome and human peoples. 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. University of Rauxes sacked. ** * 393 CY Zagig Yragerne founds the Guild of Wizardry in Greyhawk. The Great Kingdom survived attack by the Golden League in 579-580 CY and civil unrest following the Red Death plague of 581 CY. AGE OF AERDY (rise of The Great Kingdom) The end came swiftly in 586 CY, when rivals for the throne, perhaps including the fiendish Duke Szeffrin of Almor, attacked the capital after hearing news indicating Ivid V had died or been deposed. During the Age of Great Sorrow, some dwarves, such as those allied with what would become the Iron League, were happy to assit their human allies in throwing off Aerdi-imposed shackles, while others, who had profited greatly from trade with the honorable lords of Ratik and Bone March, assisted the other way. (3017 OR), 584 CY Destruction of Almor; Dissolution of the Great Kingdom; End of the Greyhawk Wars; Great day of Signing; Treachery of Rary; Breaking of the Circle of Eight; The Great Burn in Greyhawk; Formation of the Kingdom of the Bright Lands. [1], In 535 OR (-110 CY), during the reign Grand Prince Almor II, House Rax defeated its western rival Nyrond in the Battle of a Fortnight's Length. Age of Great Sorrow [ edit] In 198 CY, Selvor the Younger prophecied an Age of Great Sorrow. Humanoid invasions become common. (899 OR), 272 CY Padin the Vain uses the Hand of Vecna to start the Insurrection of the Yaheetes, a Flanae enclave in the North Province. * 576 CY ** Summer: Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower, Norah Brithel, Sariel Galanodel kidnapped by Slave Lords, sold to duergar at White Plume Mountain. Fall of the Onnwall and Idee; Halfling Blight in Elmshire; Night of Terror on the Wild Coast; Elves reclaim Lendore Isle. the Iron League). In 583 CY, during the Greyhawk Wars (582-584 CY), Ivid managed to unify the Great Kingdom's provinces long enough to wage war on Nyrond, Almor, and the Iron League, in an effort to restore the Great Kingdom to its historic greatness. (535 OR), 1 CY Crowning Nasron, of the House of Cramden, as the Overking of Aerdy. After years of political maneuvering and scheming, Ivid finally brought far-flung provinces together in an attempt to launch a great war to reestablish the former glory of the empire of the Aerdi. When Yalranda died at the age of 40, her son Manshen broke with tradition to take the name of House Rax-Nyrond. **, * 528 CY ** Ulanu Flickflower born in Orchid Brook at the Lortmil foothills in the County of Ulek. 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. (From the Ashes 9). The original campaign setting of Greyhawk was a home campaign world invented by Gary Gygax in 1972 while playtesting the game that would become Dungeons & Dragons. **, * 1208 BCY ** Magical warhammer Whelm created by dwarven Clan Dankil at a dwarfhold under the Barrier Peaks. 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. A brief hysteria occurred among the superstitious Aerdi. (From the Ashes 7), The Battle of Innspa marks the peak of the Aerdy invasion of Nyrond. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk 10), 450 * 3400s BCY High and wood elves establish nations in the Flanaess (Highfolk, Celene, Aliador, and Arrisa). The battle results in a decisive defeat of the Great Kingdoms armies. Leading into the Age of Great Sorrows, the order was rocked by the treachery of the notable knight Lord Kargoth and a group of 13 other influential knights who were seduced to his cause. * 575 CY ** Winter: Wizardry Guild of Greyhawk sponsors its first expedition to storm-locked Blackmoor. * 571 CY Iuz conquers lands of the Horned Society. All central authority gone, the provinces of Aerdy went their own ways. [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 priesthood of Hextor officially deposes Ivid V as Overking. * 321 CY The Relentless Horde invades the far north of the Flanaess. * 566 CY ** Rose (Ulanu) Flickflower begins combat training under Lord Tethrin of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene. ** CY = Common Year (counting years since first Imperial reign in Aerdy) [1], To solve this, he appointed largely autonomous viceroys to rule over each province. **, * 576 CY ** Autumn (2 weeks after Brewfest): Oligarchs of Greyhawk sponsor a second magical expedition to Blackmoor. Nature: The Common Years deal with the Rise and Fall of the Oeridian Kingdom of the East, styled The Great Kingdom of Aerdy. 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