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==Age of Glory (c. -5515 CY to -483 CY)==

The era of dominance of the [[Suloise Imperium]], beginning at the year 1 [[Suloise Dating|SD]] by the Suloise calendar, or -5515 CY. The Baklunish Empire and kingdoms of the Flannae also flourish in this period.

===[[-5515 CY]]===

* '''The [[Suloise Dating]] calendar begins.''' -5515 CY is equivalent to 1 SD.
** ''The origin of the Suloise calendar is not canonically stated. Dates given in Dragon #241 p.47 suggests it could be the founding of the Suel Imperium (see [[Suloise Dating]]). In ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #1, writer Len Lakofka suggests that it is dated from the year when the Suloise archmage Obendar first bound the genie king Ali Ben Yala.''

===[[-4462 CY]]===

* '''The [[Olven Calendar]] dating system begins.''' -4462 CY is equivalent to 1 OC.
** ''The origin of the Olven Calendar is not canonically stated.  ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #1 suggests that it dates to the establishment of four elven kingdoms of [[Highfolk]], [[Celene]], Aliador, and Arrisa. OJ#1 incorrectly translates this date as -4463 CY due to not accounting for a lack of a Year 0 in the Common Year calendar.''

===c. [[-4416 CY]]===

* The [[Eight-House War]] takes place involving the Suel Imperium. It is believed to have caused the use of [[skulk]]s within the empire as assassins. (Dragon #241 p.47)

===c. [[-4358 CY]]===

* The Tiamat-worshipping [[Ur-Flan]] civilization of [[Caerdiralor]] rises on the Dragonshead Peninsula. They engage in a war of extermination with the dwarves and gnomes of the Headlands. ([http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20080429a Dominion of the Flannae])

===c. [[-4217 CY]]===

* [[Caerdiralor]]'s capital, [[Myrsyrna]], is devastated in a sudden catastrophe. The surviving elite flee across the Sea of Gearnat, landing on the coast of the grasslands that are now the Bright Desert. Unable to escape through the Abbor Alz and hunted by the native nomadic Flan horse tribes, the refugees are driven into hiding. ([http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20080429a Dominions of the Flannae])
** ''Dominions of the Flannae describes that Caerdiralor and its capital rose and fell "Forty centuries before the golden sun of the Aerdi rose in the east".''

===[[-2659 CY]]===

* '''The [[Baklunish Hegira]] calendar begins.''' -2659 CY is equivalent to 1 BH.
** ''The origin of the Baklunish calendar is not canonically stated.  [[Oerth Journal]] #1 suggests that the Baklunish calendar dates to the discovery of [[Tovag Baragu]], although it incorrectly converts this date as -2660 CY.''

===c. [[-2400 CY]]===

* Suloise emperor [[Inzhilem II]] of House [[Neheli-Arztin]], the fifth Mage of Power in Suloise history, wars with the [[Fiery Kings]], a group of red dragons and shadow dragons of the [[Crystalmist Mountains]]. (Dragon #230 p.9,10)
* By this date, abundant growth of kopura molluscs leads to the rise in kopru civilization and the establishment of numerous underwater city-states over the following centuries. Kopru society dominates the oceans. (Dragon #59 p.58)
* The Olman gods first discover Oerth and begin to influence the Olman people. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.42)
* Demon worshipping troglodytes rule the [[Amedio Jungle]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.62)
* Hero [[Azor'alq]], champion of the First Dynasty emperors, first venerated as a hero deity by Baklunish people. (LGJ #3 p.9)

===c. [[-2360 CY]]===

* Suloise emperor [[Inzhilem II]] secretly undertakes plans to create the Orbs of Dragonkind. After acquiring knowledge from the goddess [[Wee Jas]], he instructs the Imperial Congress to supply him with powerful mages capable of aiding him in their construction. (Dragon #230 p.11)

===[[-2354 CY]]===

* Civil war breaks out within the Suloise noble house of Neheli-Arztin, resulting in the dissolution of Arztin. Emperor [[Inzhilem II]] is slain, and succeeded by [[Ubrond Thrideen]] of House Neheli. (Dragon #230 p.11)

===[[-2350 CY]]===

* At some point after this year, the eight Orbs of Dragonkind are created. Due to the absence of the genius Inzhilem and interference by spies of the dragons, the orbs are cursed and less effective than intended. One is later stolen, and a renegade officer in the eastern provinces subsequently goes mad and declares himself King of the Fire Kings. (Dragon #230 p.11-12)

===[[-2150 CY]]===

* '''The [[Flan Tracking]] calendar begins.''' -2150 CY is equivalent to 1 FT.
** ''The origin of the Flan calendar is not canonically stated. ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #1 suggests that it dates to the founding of the first Flan city in the Lortmils.''

===c. [[-2004 CY]]===

* '''The Flan people spread across the Flanaess.''' (Dungeon #145 p.49)
* The Flan warlord Exag discovers the ruined city in the [[Mounds of Dawn]] built by the [[Crafters]], where his tribe makes a stand against pursuing lizardfolk. A grandmother named [[Prizin'ha]] sacrifices herself at an ancient pyramid to summon earth elementals. Within a few generations, the city's new inhabitants begin a cult to the Crafters and name the city [[Exag]]. (Dungeon #145 p.49)

===c. [[-1910 CY]]===

* [[Touv]] and [[Olman]] tribes inhabit [[Hepmonaland]] using rudimentary farming methods. Over the next 400 years, the Olman develop bronze and stone work and begin to build large cities, and eventually come into conflict with the Touv. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.36)

===c. [[-1700 CY]]===

* Fall of troglodyte empire in the Amedio Jungle. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.62)

===c. [[-1600 CY]]===

* The d'kana, a species of intelligent gorillas, comes to power in the Amedio Jungle. Their civilization allows for the rise of the evil [[kech]] and the [[beastmen]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.62)
* Suloise Imperium destroys the evil [[Pyremius]]-worshiping gnomish creators of the [[jermlaine]]. (Dragon #241 p.49)

===c. [[-1510 CY]]===

* By this date, four [[Olman]] city-states have risen in [[Hepmonaland]]. The northernmost state, [[Xuxulieto]], is destroyed by its two neighbors. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.36)
* Touv in the south Hepmonaland form permanent settlements. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.36)

===[[-1408 CY]]===

* '''The [[Touv Calendar]] begins.''' Touv believe it was created by the god [[Katay]]. -1408 CY is equivalent to 1 TC. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.38,40)
* The first Touv king, [[Onatal]], is crowned in [[Kundanol]]. Onatal unifies the Touv tribes and proclaims himself King of the Cities, founding the [[Kingdom of Kunda]] and eventually warring with the Olman. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.36,38)

===[[-1405 CY]]===

* [[Kyuss]], a Flan priest exiled from [[Sulm]] before its destruction, is still a living human by this date. He later takes his followers south and founds the jungle city of [[Kuluth-Mar]]. With assistance from the spellweaver lich [[Mak'ar]], Kyuss later attempts to ascend to godhood, but becomes trapped in the monolith used in his ascension. (Dungeon #130 p.60,81; LGJ #3)

===c. [[-1400 CY]]===

* The Flan kingdom of [[Sulm]] conquers its neigbor states [[Ronhas]], [[Durha]], [[Rhuga]], and [[Truun]]. After three decades of warfare, Sulm defeats its primary rival, the Sun Kingdom of [[Itar]]. Sulm reaches its zenith. (Polyhedron #157 p.22)
* Flan deity [[Vathris]], patron of Itar, is killed when he is struck through the chest with a poisonous barbed longspear. (Dragon #319 p.61; [https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20080429a Dominions of the Flannae])
** ''Dragon #319 dates this event as over 1,000 years ago. Polyhedron #157 and WGR3 Rary the Traitor date this closer to just over 2,000 years ago.''
* The Kopru are at the height of their civilization when a sudden, unexplained disease causes their ''kopura'' food source to diminish. Kopru civilization begins to collapse. (Dragon #354 p.59)
* The wizard [[Keraptis]] establishes himself as the "protector" of the Flan city of [[Tostenhca]]. (Return to White Plume Mountain p.3)

===[[-1250 CY]]===

* [[Iyapo]] declared an official city-state. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.50)

===c. [[-1219 CY]]===

* Suloise Imperial Congress approves creation of the [[derro]]. (Dragon #241 p.40)

===c. [[-1200 CY]]===

* The [[Olman]] arrive in the [[Amedio Jungle]]. The [[d'kana]] have largely withdrawn from the region by this point. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.62)

===c. [[-1100 CY]]===

* The high-priests of [[Alocotla]] and [[Xapatlapo]] make a pact with the god [[Tlaloc]], creating the yuan-ti. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.47)
* [[Xagy]] and [[Joramy]] create [[Queen Ehlissa's Marvelous Nightingale]]. It never escapes comnfinement during Queen [[Ehlissa]]'s centuries-long reign. (1e DMG p.160)

===c. [[-1000 CY]]===

* The wizard [[Keraptis]] is ousted by the people [[Tostenhca]], who rebel after he demands payment of one third of all the city's newborn children. He and his followers flee and travel for almost 300 years, during which he discovers the weapons Whelm, Wave, and Blackrazor. (Return to White Plume Mountain p.3)
* The [[Olman]] migrate into the [[Amedio Jungle]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.47)
* [[Flannae]] tribes live in the region which would later be known as the [[Pomarj]], worshiping powers of the earth who they believe sleep beneath the [[Drachensgrabs] hills. (LGG p.87; Slavers p.120)

===c. [[-913 CY]]===

* Due to civil unrest, Sulm's emperor [[Shattados]] turns to [[Tharizdun]] for power, receiving the cursed [[Scorpion Crown]]. The crown turns Shattados into a gigantic scorpion, and his people into manscorpions and dune stalkers. Its use begins transforming the grasslands of Sulm into the Bright Desert. (Polyhedron #157 p.22; Rary the Traitor p.15,22; Dominions of the Flannae)

===[[-905 CY]]===

* [[Kyuss]] briefly escapes his prison, attempting to bring about the Age of Worms. Kyuss’s forces, led by [[Dragotha]], are defeated near Rift Canyon by the Order of the Storm, but not before Dragotha manages to slay their ally, the silver dragon Lashonna. (DNG#132.83-84)

===c. [[-903 CY]]===

* Sulm's transformation into the [[Bright Desert]] complete. ("Dominions of the Flannae")
* Most of the undersea city-states of the kopru are destroyed by war, strife and slave uprising. (Dragon #354)

===[[-804 CY]]===

* '''The [[Olman Lunar]] calendar begins.''' -804 CY is equivalent to 1 OL.
* The Olman of the Amedio declare themselves the true Olman nation. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.64)

===[[-800 CY]]===

* By this year, all Olman colonies in the Amedio Jungle have declared independence after learning that the Hepmonaland Olman empire has fallen. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.62)

===[[-720 CY]]===

* The Touv construct the fortification [[Anatal]] at the base of the [[Kyalo Hills]]. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.47)

===c. [[-700 CY]]===

* The archwizard [[Keraptis]] rises to power. (Dragon #241 p.77)
* [[Keraptis]] discovers White Plume Mountain, where he discovers the blade [[Frostrazor]]. He lays waste to Tostenhca. (Return to White Plume Mountain p.3)
* Keraptis battles and defeats the elder druid [[Aegwareth]] for control of White Plume Mountain. (Return to White Plume Mountain p.3,56)
* [[Thingizzard]], Witch of the Fens, already lives in White Plume Mountain by this date. Keraptis refuses to fight her, and she will continue to guard the bogs for at least the next 1,300 years. (Return to White Plume Mountain p.15)
* Flan tribes still dominate the Flanaess. (Dragon #241 p.77)
* [[Olman]] princes claim the [[Isle of Dread]], establishing the grand city-state of [[Thanaclan]]. (Dungeon #142 p.35)
* In the waters below the city of Thanaclan, aboleths of [[Golismorga]] take affront at the human invasion, sending a constant stream of enslaved skum to attack the city. The Olman craft [[Tlaloc's Tear]], and carry it to Golismorga, invoking the rain god's power to all the water from the city. The aboleths abandon the city. (Dungeon #142 p.35; Dungeon #144 p.30)

===[[-676 CY]]===

* [[Society of the Serpent]] founded, though it falsely claims to be thousands of years older. It is a secret society of mages, originally of Suloise origin. (Dragon #256 p.45-46)

===[[-644 CY]]===

* '''The [[Oeridian Record]] calendar begins.''' -644 CY is equivalent to 1 OR.
* Oeridians unite in a single confederation to defend against the Baklunish. (The Adventure Begins p.55)
* [[Great Migrations]] begin. (LGG p.23)

===c. [[-622 CY]]===

* Events described in the [[Vecna's Ineffable Variorum]] date back to around this year. (Dragon #225 p.50)

===c. [[-610 CY]]===

* The tribes of the Amedio develop the blowgun. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.65)

===[[-594 CY]]===

* '''[[Lyzandred]] born.''' (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad p.2)

===[[-554 CY]]===

* Lyzandred discovers a portal to a demiplane closely aligned with [[Oerth]] and uses it to store powerful magic items. He begins to go slightly mad and soon locks himself away in the plane for Oerth's safety. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad p.2)

===[[-534 CY]]===

* Lyzandred, trapped in his private demiplane, finally succumbs to death and rises as a lich. (Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad p.2)

===c. [[-516 CY]]===

* The land later known as the [[Pomarj]] is first settled by [[Oeridian]] tribes. They come into conflict with indigenous trolls, goblins, and barbarians. (Dragon #167 p.11)

===[[-490 CY]]===

* Emperor [[Tloqasikukuatl]] of the Amedio Olman empire assassinated by priests of [[Zotzilaha]]. The empire collapses into civil war as rival cities claim the title of emperor and band together to sack the capital of [[Chetanicatla]]. The city is overrun by gibbering mouthers. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.65)

===[[-486 CY]]===

* Baklunish and Suloise raiders pillage each other's settlements across the Haut Range. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.2)