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===[[581 CY]]===

* Early this year, the [[Fellowship of the Torch]] meet up again in the [[Free City of Greyhawk]] after [[Grimmri Fischer]] obtains a treasure map to a tomb in the [[Cairn Hills].  They discover the [[Torch of Anazander]] which gives the group their name. (The City of Greyhawk, FFF p.71)
* Early this year, [[Schnius Balint]] of Greyhawk joins the city's militia. He quickly rises through the ranks, eventually becoming Commander of the Cairns Hills Force. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.85)
* [[Jallarzi Sallavarian]] invited to join the [[Circle of Eight]] to replace [[Bucknard]]. (LGJ #0 p.6)
* '''Assassination of the Circle of Eight.''' [[Halmadar the Cruel]] escapes his prison. Using both the [[Hand and Eye of Vecna]], and under Vecna's control, he slays the entire [[Circle of Eight]]. Vecna attempts to become a greater deity, but is banished at [[Tovag Baragu]] by adventurers. Senior Vecna cultist [[Diraq Malcinex]], the Heart of Vecna, is slain. (WGA4 [[Vecna Lives!]]; LGG p.15;  LGJ #0 p.6)
* The summer of this year is particularly hot. (The City of Greyhawk, FFF p.76)
* [[Adri Forest]] burned by 300 warriors of the [[Great Kingdom]]. The druid [[Griffith Adarian]] conjures the last ki-rin living in the Flanaess to defend the forest. (The City of Greyhawk, FFF p.76)
* A great magical battle rages for two days at [[Stankaster Tower]]. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.30)
* In the Bandit Kingdoms, the [[Grand Clans of Grosskopf]] absorbs the [[Fellands]] by intermarriage. (LGG p.26)
* [[Sheroyl Kubiak]] joins [[Wasim Qharallah]]'s [[Golden Scimitar]] mercenary group at [[Sefmur]], capital of [[Tusmit]]. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.74)
* The Directing Oligarchy of Greyhawk creates a council representatives from the eight city quarters, following calls for great public involvement in the city's government. (The Adventure Begins p.65)
* The [[Red Death]] plague sweeps the [[Flanaess]]. (LGG p.24)
* Castle at [[Hommlet]] completed. (LGG p.132)
* [[The Falcon]], an evil cleric, attacks the temple of St. Cuthbert in the Free City of Greyhawk, resulting in increased fortification of the temple. (The Adventure Begins p.89)
* [[The Falcon]] is finally brought to justice. (The Adventure Begins p.83)
* A distant relative of Duke [[Karll]] of [[Duchy of Urnst]] disappears during an expedition to the ruins of the [[Vale of the Lamia]]. (The Adventure Begins, Adventure Maps p.4)
* "Farmer Giles' squash" incident. In Needfest in the City of Greyhawk, the prize-winning vegetable at Guild Day contest is found to have been magically enlarged. (The Adventure Begins p.46)
* [[Turrosh Mak]] becomes leader of the Pomarj. (LGG p.99)
* The Scarlet Brotherhood begins enslavement of the [[Hepmonaland]] [[Olman]] and [[Touv]] peoples. They begin recruiting Hepmonaland Suel as mercenaries. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.5)
* Foreign mercenaries infiltrate the Scarlet Brotherhood's headquarters [[Hesuel Ilshar]] and smash the [[Weeping Hexagram]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.5,86)
* By this year, almost all of the [[Shield Lands]] has fallen to the Horned Society, goblinoids and Bandit Kingdoms troops. Only [[Critwall]] remains. (LGG p.104)