Editing Timeline (section)

===[[587 CY]]===

* In winter, [[Tang the Horrific]] summons a war council of [[Wolf Nomads]] to attack [[Iuz]], seeking to recapture the tribe's ancient burial graves. The nomads immediately agree to the plan. (The Adventure Begins p.22)
* In Fireseek and Coldeven, the three survivors of Ahlissa's oligarchy meet with Aerdy noble Prince [[Xavenar]] and smaller princes to negotiate a political union. [[North Kingdom]] refuses to join. (The Adventure Begins p.25-26)
* In Growfest, King [[Lynwerd I]] declares the lands as far as the [[Harp River]] a protectorate of Nyrond, raising tensions with the [[United Kingdom of Ahlissa]]. (The Adventure Begins p.27)
* In Growfest, the [[United Kingdom of Ahlissa]] is officially founded. Its ruler is Overking [[Xavener I]]. Imperial Council of Kalstrand formed to constrain the Overking's power. (LGG p.16,24; [http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20050920a Kalstrand - City of Gold])
* In Growfest, at the formal royal investiture ceremony at [[Zelradton]], Graf [[Reydrich]] unexpectedly appears. Thought to have been assassinated the previous year, Reydrich demands to be restored to power. Xavaner makes him Prince Reydrich of Ahlissa and official court archmage. (The Adventure Begins p.26)
* Ahlissa conquers [[Idee]]. (LGG p.16)
* Marquis [[Karn Serrand]] is given the [[Marchland of Chathold]]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20161101184059/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20040217a Bonewood and Chathold])
* In late spring, Tang the Horrific leads the Relentles Horde of the Wolf Nomads aginst the Lands of Iuz. While they do not capture any territory, they are able to recover the bodies and burial treasures of their tribal cairns, returning home two days later. (The Adventure Begins p.22)
* Great Northern Crusade continues. Lady Katarina lands forces at [[Scragholme Isle]] and crosses the [[Veng River]] to march on [[Critwall]]. By luck, the Wolf Nomad raid a few days earlier distract Iuz's forces from the attack on Critwall. (The Adventure Begins p.21-22)
* Beygraf [[Zoltan]] of [[Ket]] is assassinated. His successor, [[Nadaid]], spends the next two years pursuing peace. (LGG p.33; The Adventure Begins p.36)
* [[Grandwood]] declared a Marchland. (The Adventure Begins p.29)
* Count [[Hustin]], heir to [[Owen I]] of Geoff, disappears. Divinations would later reveal that he is still alive. (LGG p.49)
* Two barons of the [[Sea Barons]] are killed and replaced with agents of the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]]. (LGG p.100)
* A cockatrice den is discovered in the [[Cairn Hills]]. (The Adventure Begins, Map Book p.3)
* [[Admundfort]] proclaimed regional capital of the [[Shield Lands]]. (LGG p.103)
* [[Knights of Holy Shielding]] return to liberate the [[Shield Lands]]. Critwall and Scragholme Island are captured. (LGG p.159)
* In Harvester, Viscount [[Wilfrick]] of Verbobonc dies. He is succeeded by his son, Sir [[Fenward Lefthanded]]. His unfavorable policies and ill-chosen words lead the gnomes of the [[Kron Hills]] to declare independence, and he is later killed by his own captain of the guard after forged papers falsely implicate the Viscount as a member of the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]]. He is replaced by [[Langard]] of the Gnarley Border. (LGG p.132,133; The Adventure Begins p.36-37)
* On Freeday, Harvester 28, the second public election for the [[Public Council of Greyhawk]] is held. Rioting throughout the Free City kills 12 and injures over a hundred. The Directing Oligarchy narrowly votes to appease the public by offering low-rent farmland and new manorial villages for the city's refugee population following the Greyhawk Wars. (The Adventure Begins p.65)
* In Patchwall, Keoland liberates the cities of the [[Sterich]] heartlands. King [[Kimbertos Skotti|Skotti]] grants the [[Viscounty of Nume Eor]] to his cousin [[Richart Jorgos]] of [[House Lizhal]]. (LGG p.108)
* [[Delgath the Undying]], an undead cleric of [[Nerull]], former prince of [[House Torquann]] and governor of the city of [[Rinloru]], holds the city against superior forces using an undead army raised from the city's former inhabitants. The siege continues for several years and Delgath poses the most serious threat to [[North Kingdom]]. (LGG p.74; The Adventure Begins p.23)