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===[[Unknown past]]===

These events took place at some unknown time in the past. No fixed date is associated with them, and the order in which they took place is uncertain.

* The multiverse comes into being. From the primordial chaos arises the [[planes]]. (Guide to Hell p.2-3)
* Before the gods exist or any mortal empires rise, the chaotic [[obyrith]] demons come into being and rule the Abyss. (Dragon #359 p.44; Fiendish Codex I p.106)
* Io, the Ninefold Dragon, emerges from the First Void and sheds blood in the Shadow Void to inspire all creation. ([[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk]] p.91)
* The Elemental planes birth the Elemental Princes of Good. (Dragon #353 p.43)
* An obyrith called the [[Queen of Chaos]] begins conquering worlds of the material plane. On the world of [[Oerth]], in the '''[[Battle of Pesh]]''' in the shadow of [[White Plume Mountain]], the [[Wind Dukes of Aaqa]] use the [[Rod of Law]] to defeat the Queen's general, [[Miska the Wolf-Spider]]. The obyrith demons fall, and the tanar'ri demons come to rule the Abyss. (Dragon #357 p.70; Dungeon #124 p.16-17; Fiendish Codex I p.106)
** [[Oerth Journal]] ''#1 suggests a date of 60 [[Olven Calendar|OC]] or -4403 CY for this battle, though this date is not official.''
* The tanar'ri demons and baatezu devils begin the Blood War. (Dragon #357 p.70; Fiendish Codex I, p.106)
* According to legend, Oerth's [[Liga#Anti-Liga|second sun]] disappears thousands of years ago. (Greyspace p.26)
* An unknown civilization inhabits the Flanaess. The [[Sinking Isle]] is a remnant of that species. (Greyhawk Adventures p.93)
* The first Dwarven King crafts the [[Axe of the Dwarvish Lords]]. (AD&D 1e DMG p.156)
* The [[Flan]] tribesmen spread throughout the Flanaess. (C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness p.2)
* The Flan mountain city of [[Tostenhca]] (Skrellingshald) is built. (Greyhawk Adventures p.92)
* The [[Ur-Flannae]] send emissaries to the gray elves of the [[City of the Summer Stars]] in what is now the [[Coldwood]], seeking the elven magic from Queen [[Sharafere]]. When she refuses, the Ur-Flannae destroy the forest. Sharafere's son [[Darnakurian]] creates the evil sword [[Hunger]], but is controlled by its evil to slay his own people. (Ivid the Undying p.74)
* The Empire of [[Vecna]] is founded. (LGG p.64)
* The great wizard [[Galap-Dreidel]] inhabits the great fortress [[Inverness]] in the foothills of the [[Abbor-Alz]]. He hides the powerful [[Soul-Gem]] therein. (C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness p.2)
* [[Tzunk]], the High Wizard Priest of the [[Isles of Woe]], discovers the [[Codex of the Infinite Planes]] and uses it to raise an empire and conquer to the [[City of Brass]]. Upon his death, his body is cut into a hundred pieces to prevent his resurrection. The Isles of Woe later sink into the [[Nyr Dyv]]. (AD&D 1e DMG p.156; Book of Artifacts p.27; LGJ #2 p.19)
* Founding of the empire of [[Lum the Mad]]. (AD&D 1e DMG p.159)