Editing Timeline (section)

==Great Migrations (c.485 CY to -1 CY)==

Downfall of the Suloise Imperium and Baklunish Empire, beginning with the outbreak of war in -485 CY. Both empires destroy each other in the [[Twin Cataclysms]]. Suloise, Baklunish, and Oeridian refugees settle the Flanaess. The Empire of Vecna collapses. The Free City of Greyhawk is founded.

===[[-485 CY]]===

* '''Beginning of the Baklunish-Suloise Wars.''' (Guide p.9)
* In spring, Sulose Emperor [[Ad-Zol]] sends 9,000 troops across the Haut Range to punish Baklunish raiders. His forces are met by an army sent Bakluni Padishah [[Ramif]]. They fight on the [[Fields of Padyr]] and all but annihilate each other over three days. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.2)

===[[-466 CY]]===

* '''First employment of humanoid mercenaries.''' Baklunish and Suloise forces hire orcs and other humanoids. (Guide p.9)
* Humanoid mercenaries tend to pillage northward and eastward, forcing many Oeridians from their ancestral lands. (Folio p.5)
* Around this year or next, a council of Oeridian hetmen heed the advice of their shamans and abandon their lands to the Baklunish, migrating eastward into the Flanaess through a pass between the [[Barrier Peaks]] and [[Yatil Mountains]]. (The Adventure Begins p.55)

===[[-458 CY]]===

* [[Oeridian]] migrations move into the [[Tuflik Valley]], into what would later become [[Ket]]. (The Adventure Begins p.55)
* '''Oerid migrations east at peak point.''' (Guide p.9)

===[[-447 CY]]===

* '''Suloise migrations begin.''' (Guide p.9; The Scarlet Brotherhood p.2)
* [[Zellif Ad-Zol]], son of Emperor Ad-Zol, flees into the Flanaess, accompanied by thousands of loyal followers. The emperor sends the houses of [[Schnai]], [[Cruskii]] and [[Fruztii]] to bring him back, but they are never heard of again. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.2,3)

===[[-446 CY]]===

* Suloise commoners and some minor noble houses flee across the [[Harsh Pass]] and into the Flanaess to avoid war and rival noble houses. The population of Suloise cities decreases. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.2)

===[[-445 CY]]===

* [[Zellif Ad-Zol]]'s followers claim the [[Tilvanot Peninsula]], defeating or enslaving the local humanoid and Flan tribes. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.3)

===[[-425 CY]]===

* '''The [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] is founded''' in the last years of the Bakluni-Suel wars to combat what its members saw as the dilution of Suel virtues and superiority. Its express purpose is the "purification" of Suel blood and behavior, with the concomitant and inevitable rule. (Fate of Istus p.110; The Scarlet Brotherhood p.2,17)
* The city of [[Tamoachan]] is abandoned. After two seasons of poor crops, the city's priests come into conflict. The resulting magical battle lasts one day, during which the population flees and never returns. The city is hidden by the jungle within a decade. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.63)
* The archmage [[Keraptis]] presumed dead by this point. (Dragon #241 p.78)

===[[-422 CY]]===

* By this date, only five of the eight [[Orbs of Dragonkind]] remain in Suloise hands. The Orb of Wyrmkin, Orb of the Great Serpent, and Orb of the Eternal Grand Dragon are missing, with one rumored to have fallen into the hands of the Baklunish Empire. (Dragon #230 p.12)
* [[Kevelli Mauk]] receives a premonition of doom. He activates [[Lendor's Matrix]] and teleports himself, his ten most powerful students, their slaves, and the [[Tome of the Scarlet Sign]] across the [[Hellfurnaces]], less than an hour before the Suloise capital is destroyed. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.3)
* '''[[Twin Cataclysms]]'''. In the [[Suel Empire]], the Suel [[Mages of Power]] gather their magical energies and call down the '''Invoked Devastation'''. No Bakluni cities survive this blast of magical energy. In retaliation, Bakluni clerics and mages gathered at [[Tovag Baragu]], using the arcane powers of the Binders and drawing upon the energies of their holiest site, withstand these energies and counter strike with the '''Rain of Colorless Fire''' on the empire. The remains of this expenditure of energy are now called the Sea of Dust and the Dry Steppes. (Guide p.9)
* Surviving Baklunish migrate north to the shores of the Dramidj Ocean. (Player's Guide to Greyhawk p.9)
* [[Axe of the Dwarvish Lords]] is lost in the Invoked Devastation. (Dungeon Masters Guide (1e) p.156)
* The gods of the [[Paynims]] grant their most exalted high priest the [[Cup and Talisman of Al'Akbar]]. (AD&D 1e DMG p.157)
* [[Dhabiya]] in [[Zeif]] exists at this point as a small provincial village. (LGJ #5 p.16)
* The [[Sanserail]] is built. It is unfinished when the Invoked Devastation hits, and would ultimately never be completed. (LGJ #5 p.17)
* Human survivors of the Invoked Devastation flee to [[Mukhazin]], the most powerful orcish malik in the Satrapy of [[Ghayar]], where they are enslaved to orc masters. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===c. [[-420 CY]]===

* Small numbers of Suloise, unwelcome elsewhere, settle in what would become the [[Pomarj]]. Its poor soil and terrain make it inhospitable. (LGG p.87)
* A band of Suloise massacre Flan tribesmen in what is now the [[Twisted Forest]]. Flan gods curse them to form pillars of stone, never to leave the hills. (Greyhawk Adventures p.96)

===[[-413 CY]]===

* Suel city of [[Zar]] founded in Hepmonaland. (TSB p.55)

===[[-412 CY]]===

* The wizard [[Slerotin]] finds Suloise survivors of the Rain of Colorless Fire living in a primitive state in the [[Crystalmists]]. He opens a tunnel through the mountains into the Flanaess leading to what would become the [[Yeomanry]]. Seventeen tribes ultimately make it through the tunnel. (Dragon #241 p.44)

===[[-411 CY]]===

* Death of [[Kevelli Mauk]], Founder of the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]]. He is succeeded by [[Reshek Nes]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.4)
* By this date, the [[Isles of Woe]] have sunk beneath the Nyr Dyv. (Slavers p.17)

===c. [[-405 CY]]===

* By this date, the lich-king Vecna still rules his empire on Oerth. (Dragon #348 p.19)

===c. [[-403 CY]]===

* The first Baklunish settlers come to [[Exag]]. The first major exodus of Exag natives occurs. (Dungeon #145 p.49)

===[[-402 CY]]===

* [[Lerga]] settled by Suel nobles led by Duke [[Medajar]], a priest of [[Llerg]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.52)

===[[-400 CY]]===

* [[Rudd]] born. (Dragon #165 p.59)

===c. [[-400 CY]]===

* [[Oeridian]] and [[Suloise]] settlers arrive in the [[Flanaess]]. (Slavers p.120)
* [[Volte]] the blue dragon of the Bright Desert is born. (WGR4 Rary the Traitor p.23)
** ''Volte is stated to be 1,000 years old in WGR4, set after the end of the Greyhawk Wars, so suggested to be set around 584-585 CY. Assuming Volte is exactly 1,000 years old rather than approximately so, this would suggest a probably date of birth -417 or -416 CY, shortly after the Twin Cataclysms.''
* Baron [[Erkin]] founds the Kingdom of [[Drachensgrab]]. (Slavers p.120)
* [[Savage Tide]] washes over the [[Isle of Dread]], destroying the Olman city-state of [[Thanaclan]]. (Dungeon #142 p.35)

===[[-396 CY]]===

* [[Sharba]] founded by Suel lost in the Hepmonaland jungle, based on the ruins of an Olman city. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.52)

===c. [[-392 CY]]===

* In the first century of the Kingdom of Keoland, diplomacy by the Oeridian settlers allows the demihumans of the Sheldomar Valley hills to come together in peace, forming the [[Good Hills Union]]. (LGJ #1 p.19)

===c. [[-385 CY]]===

* Naer's Well, the oldest Suloise settlement along the Wild Coast, is founded as a cluster of farmsteads. It later becomes known as [[Narwell]]. It would later be joined by Safe Town, eventually known as [[Safeton]]. (The Adventure Begins p.56)

===[[-368 CY]]===

* City of [[Gradsul]] founded in what would later become Keoland. (LGG p.64)

===[[-366 CY]]===

* Flan first spot the Aerdi tribes on the western shores of the [[Nyr Dyv]]. Panic and unrest among the Flan is speculated to have caused the downfall of the kingdom of [[Veralos]]. (Dragon #293 p.90)

===[[-358 CY]]===

* City of [[Niole Dra]] established by this date. (LGG p.64)

===c. [[-358 CY]]===

* '''Empire of Vecna falls.''' A great internal upheaval within the Empire of Vecna causes its collapse. Oeridian settlers move into the Empire's former territory in the northern Sheldomar Valley. (LGG p.64)
** ''The exact date of Vecna's fall is uncertain. Dragon #348's "Core Beliefs: Vecna" have him rule around 1,000 years ago, i.e. c. -405 CY, and rule from what would become northern Keoland. The collapse of the capital domain of his empire is consistent with the assumption that Vecna was killed at this time.''

===[[-350 CY]]===

* Suloise reach the northern shore of [[Matreyus Lake]], where they discover the ruins of the Olman city of [[Elatalhuihle]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.63)

===c. [[-345 CY]]===

* A few Suloise settle the western shores of the [[Woolly Bay]]. The elves of the [[Gnarley Forest]], [[Welkwood]] and [[Celene]] drive them to the poor land on the isolated coast. Most Suloise instead move further east, later settling [[Urnst]]. (The Adventure Begins p.55)

===[[-342 CY]]===

* '''[[Kingdom of Keoland]] founded.''' Great Council of Niole Dra formed from the Suel noble houses and Oeridian tribes of Keogh. [[Nyhan I]] of House [[Neheli]] the first king. (LGG p.64; The Adventure Begins p.55; LGJ #1)

===[[-321 CY]]===

* Migratory Suloise barbarians reach the Thillonrian Peninsula. (Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, p.44)

===c. [[-315 CY]]===

* City of [[Jurnre]] founded. It is one of the oldest surviving cities in the Flanaess. (Fate of Istus p.25)
* [[Tuerny]] the Merciless already born by this year. (Return of the Eight p.9)
* By this year, [[Free City of Greyhawk|Greyhawk]] is already known by this name. Originally a small log trading post, it is named for small gray hawks native to the region. (The Adventure Begins p.56)
* [[Gorna]], capital of [[Geoff]], established around this year by natives with the help of the sylvan elves and forests. Geoff also founded by this year, established by migrating Suel and Oeridians and Flan tribes. (LGG p.48)
* Demihumans have holdings in the [[Cairn Hills]], but have yet to establish their major settlements such as [[Grossettgrottell]] and [[Greysmere]]. (The Adventure Begins p.55)

===[[-314 CY]]===

* [[Nyhan I]] of Keoland succeeded by [[Malv I|Malv the Defender]] of House [[Rhola]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-307 CY]]===

* '''Sultan's Truce.''' [[Zeif]] founded. [[Ozef]] the Warrior becomes the first Sultan of Zeif. (LGJ #5 p.20,21)

===[[-295 CY]]===

* [[Lorgyr I|Lorgyr the Seer]] of House Neheli becomes king of Keoland. (LGJ #1)

===[[-294 CY]]===

* [[Marut]] the Mournful becomes Sultan of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===[[-279 CY]]===

* [[Nyhan II|Nyhan the Forlorn]] of House Neheli becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)
* Founding of [[Hardby]]. Suloise wizard [[Ena Norbe]] sets sail from Safe Town and claims an inlet east of the mouth of the [[Selintan River]] as her own. Ena Norbe establishes [[Norbe Harbor]], later named Hard Bay after bad weather in winter and plague in spring. (The Adventure Begins p.56; Slavers p.32)

===[[-272 CY]]===

* [[Mandros I|Mandros the Oeridian]] of Sedenna becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===c. [[-267 CY]]===

* Tuerny, human archmage and conqueror, creates the Iron Flask of Tuerny the Merciless by this date. He later captures [[Graz'zt]] in the flask. (Return of the Eight p.9,56)

===[[-258 CY]]===

* [[Tembel]] the Lamented becomes Sultan of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===c. [[-258 CY]]===

* The Yeomanry rises up against the tyrant [[Asberdies]]. He is overthrown, and the Yeomanry develop their own system of government. (LGG p.135)

===[[-252 CY]]===

* A priest of [[Meyanok]] infiltrates the inner circle of the prince of the Kunda city-state of [[Jolan]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.50)

===[[-250 CY]]===

* After two years of manipulation, the prince of [[Jolan]] declares his city-state independent of [[Kunda]]. [[Ichamamna]] and [[Byanbo]] subsequently declare independence. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.50)

===[[-245 CY]]===

* Tilvanot Pensinsula erupts into a brief civil war as three Suloise noble houses attempt to break away from the Scarlet Brotherhood's influence. The defeated nobles are tortured and executed, and their generals killed by Brotherhood monks using the Quivering Palm. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.4)

===[[-243 CY]]===

* The government council of the Suloise [[Kingdom of Shar]] is dissolved. The Scarlet Brotherhood becomes the new government in the Tilvanot Peninsula. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.4)

===[[-242 CY]]===

* Keoland expands to its current borders. (LGG p.65)

===[[-240 CY]]===

* The Kingdom of Kunda fragments. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.47)

===[[-236 CY]]===

* [[Luschan I]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-230 CY]]===

* [[Sterich]] founded by [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===c. [[-222 CY]]===

* '''Hand of Vecna first appears in the Flanaess.''' 136 years after the fall of Vecna, the first recorded appearance of his hand is made when clan leader [[Paddin the Vain]] uses the Hand of Vecna to start the [[Insurrection of the Yaheetes]]. The Aerdi later crush the insurrection. (Book of Artifacts p.35; AD&D 2e revised DMG p.126)
** ''LGG p.64 suggests Vecna's empire fell c. [[-358 CY]], which would give a date around -222 CY for the Hand's appearance, possibly up to a number of years later. Book of Artifacts has the insurrection put down by the "Emperor of the Malachite Throne", which may suggest the much later Great Kingdom of Aerdy (est. [[-110 CY]]) or office of Overking (est. [[1 CY]]). However, the original Kingdom of Aerdy was founded around this year, and they would spend the following decades in conquest, giving casus belli for an insurrection of a local Flan or Oeridian tribe. (LGG p.23)''

===[[-219 CY]]===

* [[Jehef]] the Splendid becomes Sultan of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===[[-217 CY]]===

* '''Founding of the [[Kingdom of Aerdy]]''', the year 428 OR by the Oeridian calendar. For the next 100 years Aerdy absorbs other Oeridian states to the west. (Guide p.9; LGG p.23,80,93)
** ''Note: This date is incorrectly calculated as -216 CY by the ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. The date of 428 OR is given in the 1983 Greyhawk box set, and a conversion of -217 CY is correct when accounting for the lack of a year zero in the Common Year calendar.''

===c. [[-210 CY]]===

* By this year, the cursed sword [[Druniazth]] appears in the hands of Baron [[Lum]]. He loses it in a battle against [[Ur-Flan]] sorcerers in what would become the [[Bonewood]]. He spends the rest of his life trying to recover it, and the search drives him mad. (LGJ #10 p.96)

===c. [[-206 CY]]===

* Sultan [[Jehef Peh'reen]] possesses the [[Jacinth of Inestimable Beauty]]. It later passes to Ket and Keoland, where it disappears. (AD&D 1e DMG p.158)
* [[Uruzary Corps]] established in Zeif by Sultan Jehef. (LGJ #5 p.21)

===c. [[-195 CY]]===

* The Kingdom of Aerdy conquers the Flan kingdom of Ahlissa. (LGG p.80)
** ''This event takes place during the fifth century OR, which occurs from -244 CY to -145 CY.''

===[[-193 CY]]===

* [[Malv II]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-171 CY]]===

* An Aerdi army defeats a small Flan tribe at the [[Battle of Chokestone]]. The general orders surviving Flan sacrificed to [[Erythnul]]. (Ivid the Undying p.53)

===[[-170 CY]]===

* Suloise city near the ruins of [[Elatalhuihle]] fails for unknown reasons. It remains cursed to this day. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.63)

===[[-161 CY]]===

* [[Gran March]] founded by [[Keoland]]. (LGG p.65; LGJ #1 p.11)

===[[-157 CY]]===

* [[Sanduchar I|Sanduchar the Navigator]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-142 CY]]===

* The [[Aerdi]] establish the court at [[Eastfair]], in 503 OR by the Oeridian calendar. (LGG p.73)

===[[-131 CY]]===

* [[Ismuyin]] the Wise becomes Sultana of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)
* [[Merchant's War]] in Zeif. (LGJ #5 p.21)

===[[-121 CY]]===

* [[Senestal I]] of House Neheli becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-110 CY]]===

* '''[[Battle of a Fortnight's Length]]'''. The Kingdom of Aerdy defeats [[Nyrond|Nyrondal]] cavalry squadrons to become the regional superpower. Aerdy thereafter becomes known as the [[Great Kingdom]]. (Guide p.9; LGG p.23,77,93)
** ''Note: This date is incorrectly calculated as -109 CY by the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. The date of 535 OR is given in the box set and The Adventure Begins, and a conversion of -110 CY is correct when accounting for the lack of a year zero in the Common Year calendar.''
* [[Tenh]] abandons its short-lived alliance with Nyrond and pledges fealty to the king of Aerdy. (LGG p.112)
* By this date, the mist dragons [[Fundamental Thought]] and [[Sincere Assertion]] have arrived in the [[Mist Kingdom]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.66)

===c. [[-110 CY]]===

* The winter deity [[Vatun]] is imprisoned by clerics of [[Telchur]]. (LGG p.185)

===[[-108 CY]]===

* [[Ur-Flan]] insurgents attempt to assassinate the king of the Great Kingdom. The attempt is foiled by local peasant militia, most of whom are slain. The king rewards the survivors by establishing them as the [[Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom]]. (LGG p.157)
** ''Note: This date is incorrectly calculated as -107 CY by the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. A conversion of 537 OR to {{Date|537|OR|CY}} is correct when accounting for the lack of a year zero in the Common Year calendar.''

===[[-107 CY]]===

* [[Lanchaster I]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-98 CY]]===

* [[Lanchaster II|Lanchaster the Wise]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-96 CY]]===

* Keoland annexes the [[Yeomanry]]. Its freeholders are given voice at the Council of Niole Dra. (LGG p.65,135)

===[[-88 CY]]===

* Cathedral of Delight built in [[Niole Dra]] by followers of [[Telchur]]. Its construction drives the church to bankruptcy, and they are forced to sell it to the church of Sotillon. (Dragon #265 p.50)

===[[-83 CY]]===

* [[Ayusen/efez]] the Serene becomes Sultan of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===[[-72 CY]]===

* [[Senestal II]] of House Neheli becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-63 CY]]===

* [[Lanchaster III]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-52 CY]]===

* [[Irmun]] the Beggar becomes Sultan of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===[[-47 CY]]===

* [[Great Kingdom]] captures [[Onnwal]] in the year 598 [[OR]]. (LGG p.80)
** ''Note: This date is incorrectly calculated as -46 CY by the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. The -47 CY is correct when accounting for the lack of a year zero in the Common Year calendar.''

===[[-46 CY]]===

* Eastern Fortification of Zeif. [[Lopolla]] founded. (LGJ #5 p.21)

===c. [[-46 CY]]===

* [[Hautna Masq]], the [[Greyhawk dragon]], born around this year. (Return of the Eight p.61)

===[[-45 CY]]===

* [[Order of the Golden Sun]] founded on the site of [[Azharadian]]'s death in Onnwal. (Dragon #293 p.92)

===[[-35 CY]]===

* [[Zeyim/efez]] becomes Sultan of [[Zeif]]. (LGJ #5 p.20)

===[[-19 CY]]===

* [[Luschan III]] of House Rhola becomes king of [[Keoland]]. (LGJ #1)

===[[-16 CY]]===

* Temple of [[Istus]] built in [[Wragby]]. (WGR4 The Marklands p.74)

===c. [[-10 CY]]===

* The mist dragons [[Fundamental Thought]] and [[Sincere Assertion]] raise their first clutch in the Mist Kingdom islands. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.66)
* Last contact between the Oeridians and the inhabitants of the [[Belching Vortex of Leuk-O]]. (LGJ #1 p.6)