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Unaproachable East Timeline
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The History of the Unapproachable East Compiled by Brian R. James
-9800 DR
Yuirwood settled by small numbers of green elves, Sy-Tel'Quessir, in the aftermath of the Elven Crown Wars.
-6950 DR
Star elves begin to gather in the Yuirwood, leaving the other elven nations.
-6600 DR
Yuireshanyaar is founded by the star and green elves.
-5000 DR
First human tribesfolk settle in Rashemen.
-1967 DR
First Mulhorand-Unther war. Rashemi, Raumviran, Sossrim, and Nar tribesfolk are employed as mercenaries by both sides.
-1250 DR
Unther battles Yuireshanyaar for control of the southern Aglarondan coast. The Yuir are driven back into the woods.
-1087 DR
The wizard Thayd leads a rebellion of mages against Mulhorand and Unther, seizing the northern provinces of both empires as his own territory.
-1081 DR
Thayd and his conspirators are defeated. He is executed but prophesies that Mulhorand and Unther will decline.
-1076 DR to -1069 DR
The Orcgate Wars: Yuireshanyaar pressed hard by orcs. The Orcgate Wars opens in the southern portion of the Plateau of Thay. Hundreds of thousands of orcs inundate the northern territories of both Mulhorand and Unther.
-1076 DR
The Orcgate opens on the plateau of Thay. Mulhorand and Unther ally against the threat. Rashemen is overrun by orcs.
-1069 DR
The Orcgate is destroyed; many orcs flee into the Sunrise Mountains.
-970 DR
The Nentyarch of Tharos builds his capital at Dun-Tharos and forges the Crown of Narfell. He begins a campaign to conquer the various petty Nar realms and unit them beneath his rule.
-946 DR
The Nentyarch's armies destroy Shandaular, capital of Ashanath; all Nar kingdoms are united. (Great Dale)
-900 DR to -600 DR
Rise of Narfell and Raumathar: Star elves of Yuireshanyaar, foreseeing disaster, begin construction of the extraplanar refuge of Sildëyuir. (
-900 DR
The Raumvirans establish the realm of Raumathar, with its capital at Winterkeep.
-699 DR (Year of Moon Blades Crashing)
The star elves abandon Yuireshanyaar for Sildëyuir. Many green elves choose to remain in the Yuirwood.
-255 DR (Year of Furious Waves)
Jhaamdath destroyed; some survivors settle in Altumbel.
-160 DR (Year of the Stone Giant)
Narfell and Raumathar destroy each other with terrible magic.
Dun-Tharos and Val-Murthag are ruined.
Rashemen is ravaged by demons and destructive spells.
-148 DR (Year of the Black Marble)
Rashemen falls under the rule of the demon lord Eltab.
-108 DR (Year of the Wand)
A secretive order of Witches surfaces in Rashemen. Of Raumviran ancestry, they are sworn to preserve the lore and learning of the Empire of Raumathar.
-100 DR to 250 DR
Humans settle the Wizards' Reach: Jhaamdathan settlements dot Altumbel's islands, and Chessentans colonize a broad stretch of coastline from Delthuntle to Laothkund.
-75 DR (Year of Leather Shields)
Aided by the Raumviran Witches, Yvengi defeats Eltab and frees Rashemen from demonic rule. The Witches demand the right to name the Iron Lord of Rashemen.
-45 DR (Year of the Raging Brook)
The god-kings of Mulhorand desired Rashemen as a new province. They sent a massive army through the Gorge of Gauros, but were soon turned back by berserkers and nature spirits summoned by the witches.
Errata: The sourcebook Unapproachable East incorrectly dates this event at -75 DR.
163 DR (Year of the Screeching Vole)
Altumbel is "founded" by the Untherite empire, but is inhabited only by itinerate pirates and the odd hermit or two looking to escape from more populated domains.
189 DR (Year of the Cowled Defender)
Breg the Strong, a mighty berserker, launches a rebellion against the Witches when they refuse to name him Iron Lord on the death of the previous lord. Berserkers loyal to Bregg cut down dozens of hathrans in the first hours of his revolt.
194 DR (Year of Coiled Smoke)
Bregg's rebellion is finally crushed. The hathrans take to wearing masks as a consequence of Bregg's war.
306 DR (Year of the Fanged Horde)
A mighty host of orcs descends on Rashemen from the Sunrise Mountains but is driven off.
400 DR (Year of the Blue Shield)
Escalant is founded on the Wizards' Reach by Chessentans.
482 DR (Year of the Blighted Vine)
Delthuntle and Laothkund rebel from Unther, forming the League of Samathar.
504 DR (Year of the Eclipsed Heart)
Unther begins a campaign to retake the Wizards' Reach cities, fighting the League of Samathar.
543 DR (Year of the Lyre)
Uthmere is founded by Lord Uthmere of Dilpur.
595 DR (Year of the Coven)
The durthans, a secret sect within the wychlaran, attempt to overthrow the order and seize Rashemen. Strife between the hathrans and their dark sisters lasts for decades, but the durthans are eventually driven out.
625 DR (Year of the Torrents)
Escalant rebels from decrepit Unther, joining the League of Samathar.
677 DR (Year of Resonant Silence)
Gilgeam of Unther organizes an expedition to crush the rebellious Wizards' Reach. The Untheric fleet suffers terrible losses in a great storm and turns back without landing.
679 DR (Year of the Scarlet Sash)
Uther recognizes the League of Samathar. Unther never recovers from the long, costly campaign to retain the Wizards' Reach.
722 DR (Year of the Last Hunt)
The Great Druid of Leth takes the title of Nentyarch and raises a new druidic castle amid the overgrown ruins at Dun-Tharos.
756 DR (Year of the Leaning Post)
Human fisherfolk, mostly from Chessenta and the Wizards' Reach, begin to settle Aglarond's northern coasts in numbers.
Human settlements of Velprintalar, Corth, and Ingdal's Arm are founded.
766 DR (Year of the Yearning)
Alassra Shentrantra, known today only as the Simbul, is born.
773 DR (Year of the Auromvorax)
Velprintalar and other towns of the northern Aglarond coast unite as Velprin, a human kingdom with designs on the entire peninsula.
800 DR to 850 DR
Homesteaders from Impiltur settle the eastern shores of the Easting Reach and push inland south of the Forest of Lethyr.
823 DR (Year of the Floating Petals)
Mourktar breaks free of Unther.
870 DR to 880 DR
Woodsfolk and adventurers from Velprin meet the Yuir elves, who had avoided contact with their human neighbors for centuries.
888 DR (Year of the Twelve Teeth)
The sorcerer Clymph raises the demon-built tower that bears his name.
890 DR (Year of the Burning Tree)
Clymph builds Tower Threespires. Shortly thereafter, he is slain by demons in his own keep.
900 DR to 1050 DR
Human settlers and green elves mix in the Yuirwood, giving rise to a nation of half-elves, the Cha-Tel'Quessir.
917 DR (Year of the Winding Road)
Windyn Balindre, an Impilturan merchant, pioneers the route of the Golden Way to Kara-Tur.
920 DR (Year of Great Riches)
Balindre returns from Kara-Tur laden with silks and spices. He organizes the Royal Company of Shou-Lung, obtaining a charter from Lyrabar's ruler.
922 DR (Year of the Spouting Fish)
The wizards of Thay rebel against Mulhorandi rule and sack the provincial capital at Delhumide.
Battle of Thazalhar: Mulhorand responds to the sacking of Delhumide by sending an enormous but ineptly led army to crush the rebellion. Though grossly outnumbered, the Red Wizards smashed the god-kings' troops with the assistance of an enormously powerful, mysterious extradimensional creature.
925 DR (Year of the Enchanted Trail)
The Royal Company of Shou-Lung, organized by Windyn Balindre, founds a series of outposts along the route that will become the Golden Way.
926 DR (Year of the Fearless Peasant)
Windyn Balindre moves his company's operations from Lyrabar to the new settlement of Telflamm and claims the title Merchant Prince.
929 DR (Year of the Flashing Eyes)
Chessenta rebels against Unther.
934 DR (Year of Fell Wizardry)
The Red Wizards attempt to invade Rashemen through the Gorge of Gauros but are repelled.
Thayans arrive in Escalant demanding tribute from the city.
937 DR (Year of the Turning Wheel)
Thesk founded by the Alliance of the Cities of The Golden Way.
952 DR (Year of Rings Royal)
Phsant founded.
953 DR (Year of the Guiding Crow)
Tchazzar of Chessenta conquers the cities of the Wizards' Reach.
The League of Samathar breaks apart as the various cities fall to Tchazzar or make a separate peace with the warlord, becoming tributary states.
975 DR (Year of the Bent Coin)
Telflamm established as a royal city-state. Telflamm annexes Nyth and Culmaster.
976 DR (Year of the Slaying Spells)
Mulhorandi invasion of Thay repelled.
1018 DR (Year of the Dracorage)
Tchazzar, unifier of Chessenta, disappears battling sahuagin.
1021 DR (Year of the Howling Axe)
Thay strikes against the Harpers. Harpers go underground.
1030 DR (Year of Warlords)
Zulkirs established as rulers of Thay.
1033 DR (Year of the Dreamforging)
The half-elves of the Yuirwood take up arms to resist the humans of Velprin. Border clashes grow bitter.
1038 DR (Year of Spreading Spring)
The Great Glacier retreats from the lands of Damara, Vaasa, and upper Narfell; many folk from Impiltur and Thesk migrate north to the newly uncovered lands.
1058 DR (Year of the Spider's Daughter)
Indrila Demaz becomes Queen of Velprin. Under the influence of her High Council, she marshals an army to invade the Yuirwood.
1059 DR (Year of the Broken Pillar)
Indrila's army destroys a hastily mustered militia of half-elves and drives the Yuir deep into the forest. Brindor Olóssyne, the war leader of the Yuir, retreats and begins to build up his own forces.
1065 DR (Year of the Watching Wood)
Battle of Ingdal's Arm: The Yuir defeat Indrila's army to the last man. The half-elves dictate peace to the surviving settlements of Velprin, forging the new nation of Aglarond.
The half-elf Brindor is elected as the first king of Aglarond.
1074 DR (Year of the Tightening Fist)
The zulkirs crush the last opposition to their rule over Thay.
1082 DR (Year of the Prancing Korred)
Building of the fortress of Emmech, at the mouth of the Umber river.
1085 DR (Year of the Vacant Plain)
Aglarond builds the Giants Wall.
1086 DR (Year of the Seer's Fires)
Thay captures Nethjet and Nethentir of Thesk, extending the tharch of Lapendrar.
1095 DR (Year of the Dawndance)
The war-captain Imphras unites the major cities of the Easting Reach into the new nation of Impiltur.
1097 DR (Year of the Gleaming Crown)
Imphras is crowned King of the newly founded nation of Impiltur.
1104 DR (Year of the Dark Dawn)
Szass Tam, future Zulkir of Thay, is born.
1110 DR (Year of the Bloody Fields)
Thay marches on Phent, but the combined forces of Impiltur and the Theskian cities defeat the Red Wizards' army.
1117 DR (Year of the Twelverule)
Chessenta begins to break up into rival city-states.
The Wizards' Reach cities regain their independence from Chessenta.
1128 DR (Year of the Peryton)
Brindor passes away. His son Althon becomes King of Aglarond and rules long and well.
1132 DR (Year of the Talking Spiders)
Creation of Long Portage.
1142 DR (Year of the Sword's Oath)
Redsail the pirate retires to Aglarond.
1159 DR (Year of the Cloven Stones)
Zulkir Szass Tam becomes a lich.
1177 DR (Year of the Majesty)
Princess Delile Balindre renounces her loyalty to the throne of Impiltur and declares Telflamm an independent city-state.
1189 DR (Year of the Lynx)
Althon the Old dies; his son Elthond becomes king.
1194 DR (Year of the Bloody Wave)
Battle of the Singing Sands: Aglarond repels the first invasion of the Red Wizards of Thay.
Elthond perishes during the Battle of the Singing Sands. His younger brother Philaspur becomes king.
1197 DR (Year of the Sundered Shield)
Battle of Brokenheads: The Thayans attack Aglarond again and are driven back.
Philaspur dies at the Battle of Brokenheads. His daughters Thara and Ulae share the throne, becoming known as the Gray Sisters.
1201 DR (Year of Embers)
Yet another Thayan invasion of Aglarond.
1237 DR (Year of the Grotto)
Aglarond and Thesk ally.
Marriage of Thara of Aglarond to Elthar of Milvarune.
1244 DR (Year of the Defiant Keep)
Lord Elphras of Impiltur raises a castle near the Great Barrow; the castle is mysteriously abandoned soon thereafter, and he is not heard of again.
1257 DR (Year of the Killing Wave)
The Gray Sisters pass away within a few days of each other. Ulae's son Halacar takes the throne.
1260 DR (Year of the Broken Blade)
Battle of Lapendrar: Halacar of Aglarond launches an invasion of Thay, advancing along the Lapendrar. The Red Wizards destroy his army. (Aglarond)
1261 DR (Year of Bright Dreams)
Halacar of Aglarond dies of poisoning; his sister Ilione, an accomplished sorcerer, becomes queen.
Errata: The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting [WTC11836] incorrectly dates this event at 1260 DR.
1280 DR (Year of the Manticore)
The zulkirs of Thay launch an invasion of Mulhorand that ravages Murghôm and the northern districts of that land.
1320 DR (Year of the Watching Cold)
The Great Inner Sea Plague ravages the coast. The Thayans withdraw from the Wizards' Reach to escape the disease.
Ilione, the last member of Aglarond's royal line, dies of plague. She leaves no child but names her apprentice, the Simbul, as her heir.
1323 DR (Year of Dreamwebs)
The zulkir of enchantment leads an attempt to control the minds of influential people through their dreams. The efforts of the Red Wizards are eventually thwarted.
1334 DR (Year of the Blazing Brand)
Hyarmon Hussilthar becomes Huhong of Rashemen.
1338 DR (Year of the Wanderer)
The Windblown Goat is built near the old stone stone markers at Bezentil. Other folk follow, founding a small town at the site.
1339 DR (Year of the Weeping Moon)
Samas Kul becomes Master of the Guild of Foreign Trade, a minor post at the time.
1344 DR (Year of the Moonfall)
Samas Kul arranges the concession of a small Thayan Quarter in the city of Procampur, creating the first of the Thayan enclaves.
1351 DR (Year of the Crowns)
The Red Wizards obtain a concession in Telflamm. This grows into the largest of the Thayan enclaves, as it is a distribution center for Thayan goods throughout much of northern Faerûn.
1357 DR (Year of the Prince)
Salamander War: A Thayan army reinforced by fire elementals takes Escalant and Laothkund. Most of the Wizards' Reach is under Thayan control.
1359 DR (Year of the Serpent)
The Horde: The Tuigan Horde invades Thay. Although a small scouting force of Tuigans was defeated by Thayan magic, General Batu Min Ho proved a far worthier foe. Thousands of gnolls and the vaunted Griffon Legion are defeated at the mouth of Shar's Pass. Zulkir Szass Tam arranges a truce with the Tuigans and builds a great portal to transport them north to Rashemen.
Novel: Dragonwall
The Horde: Soon after arriving in Rashemen via a Thayan portal, the Tuigans besiege and destroy Citadel Rashemar, with the main force moving across the High Country to attack forces rallied by the Witches at the Lake of Tears. Pinned by the Thayan army south of Lake Mulsantir, the largest force of Rashemi berserkers is unable to support the Witches, who can only delay the immense horde.
¨ Novel: Dragonwall
Thousands of refugees stream across Lake Ashane fleeing the Tuigan Horde. A few of the more determined head toward Uthmere and settle along the Great Road. To this day, the people of the Great Dale refer to these people as "the newcomers".
1360 DR (Year of the Turret)
The Horde: Winter snows hold the Thayan army in place, allowing the berserkers to move north again and attack the unsuspecting Tuigans in their camps. The Battle of the Lake of Tears forces the Horde to fall back. The Red Wizards part the waters of Ashane to allow the Tuigans to retreat. The Rashemi do not pursue.
Novel: Dragonwall
Novel: Windwalker
The Horde: Having been defeated in Rashemen the previous winter, Yhamun Khahan turns his attention west, along the Golden Way. People of many nations rally to the cry of the Council of Thesk. Their combined forces defeat the Tuigans at Phsant. King Azoun IV defeats Yamun Khahan in individual combat.
Novel: Crusade
The ancient fang dragon Nartheling moves into the peak of Umbergoth.
1361 DR (Year of Maidens)
Tuigan bandits occupy Tammar. They terrorize merchants traveling the newly reopened Golden Way for months.
1362 DR (Year of the Helm)
The druids of the Rawlinswood cease appearing in public.
The Merchants' Council of Phsant takes action, sending to Tammar an army of one hundred of the best orc warriors the Zhentarim left behind. The Tuigan bandits cannot match the savagery of the orcs, and they are hunted down to the last man.
Thay attempts to invade Rashemen by moving forces through Thesk along the Golden Way, but they are overwhelmed by water elementals summoned by the Witches. The Thayans retreat after using magic to scorch the western shore to bare rock. The Witches spend a month repairing the damage.
Novel: Red Magic
1363 DR (Year of the Wyvern)
Tammar is rebuilt and restored to its former status. The surviving residents brave enough to return hail the orcs as heroes and welcome them into the community.
An unusually cold winter in Rashemen allows a large number of cold-loving creatures to move southward from the Icerim Mountains into the North Country and beyond.
1364 DR (Year of the Wave)
Lord Uthlain inherits his position from his father, Lord Uthrain. The elder lord is killed in a hunting accident initially blamed on the rangers of the Forest of Lethyr. A group of adventurers tracks down the real killers, servants of the Shadowmasters who hoped to destabilize Uthmere.
The Sharkjaws, a flotilla of pirate vessels under the corsair lord Evgruth the Red, descend on Telflamm and make the city their homeport. Evgruth extorts massive bribes from the merchants' council to spare Telflamm's own trade.
1365 DR (Year of the Sword)
The Thayan army marches on Emmerch. Aglarondan griffonriders spot a second Thayan force moving toward the Shyvar Pass. Forces from Glarondar meet the southern Thayan army and force them back, then come around through the Tannath Gap and take the Thayans at Emmech from behind. (Aglarond)
Thay invades Rashemen from the east, while Red Wizards melt glaciers in the Icerim Mountains, causing severe flooding in Immilmar, and Mulsantir. While the hathrans are distracted, the Thayans forces cross the foothills of the High Country but are driven back by angry elementals. (Rashemen)
1366 DR (Year of the Staff)
Evgruth and his pirate fleet are destroyed overnight in a bloody night of murders and arson. This becomes known as the "Night of Red Waters"
Thay invades Rashemen from the east, while Red Wizards melt glaciers in the Icerim Mountains, causing severe flooding in Immilmar, and Mulsantir. While the hathrans are distracted, the Thayans forces cross the foothills of the High Country but are driven back by angry elementals.
1367 DR (Year of the Shield)
The Simbul disappears for three months during the spring. Councilors begin to jockey for position, many hoping to be named the new ruler by acclamation. When the Simbul finally returns, she makes clear arrangements to notify the council in the event of her death.
Rashemi road builders complete the stretch from Mulsantir to Tinner.
1368 DR (Year of the Banner)
A strange plague sweeps through the Forest of Lethyr, destroying the minds of many treants and reducing them to mere trees.
The Red Wizards open an enclave in Phsant. The place is an instant hit with merchants up and down the Golden Way.
Thay causes chaos in Rashemen by igniting the western portion of the Ashenwood, driving its fell creatures eastward into civilized areas. During the confusion, gangs of cutthroats teleport to Mulsantir and Immilmar to slay important Rashemi but are cut down by berserkers.
Thay places enclaves in Cimbar, Phsant, Proskur, and Tsurlagol. The zulkirs ramp up the production of magic items for export.
1369 DR (Year of the Gauntlet)
Thay launches its latest invasion attempt against Aglarond in the winter. Szass Tam creates a vast army of undead to cross the frozen Umber Marshes. The animated corpses crash like waves against the Watchwall but fail to overcome the fortification.
Increased eastward trade inspires merchants from other countries to establish outposts in Rashemen. One group of settlers are shield dwarves. The local Rashemi welcome the dwarves after testing their ability to forge, fight, and drink.
1370 DR (Year of the Tankard)
Although the Red Wizards withdraw from the Umber Marshes, the battle is not over. As autumn falls, undead creatures trapped in the swamp claw their way out of the thickening muck. Without the leadership of the Thayans, they wander about aimlessly to this day, hurling themselves upon the Watchwall.
An adventuring party enters Clymph Tower with the aim of destroying its demons. They are never heard from again.
Thay attempts to invade Rashemen by crossing Lake Mulsantir on magically crafted boats, but a storm created by the hathrans dashes their vessels against the southern shore.
Thay sets up enclaves in Westgate and Selgaunt. Tharchion Dmitra Flass weds Selfaril, High Blade of Mulmaster.
1371 DR (Year of the Unstrung Harp)
The zulkirs of Thay, tired of the incessant battles with Aglarond, offer a truce. The Simbul accepts with reservations.
The druids of the Forest of Lethyr withdraw from public view.
Thydrim Yvarrg, Iron Lord of Rashemen, is slain by a Thayan assassin. The Witches opt to replace him with Volas Dyervolk.
Mulhorand launches an invasion of Unther; the Red Wizards begin to funnel gold and magic into Unther to oppose the Mulhorandi conquest.
1372 DR (Year of Wild Magic)
Brisk trade continues between Aglarond and Thay, despite Aglarond wariness of the Red Wizards.
Khalia, a Thayan emissary, approaches Mulsantir under the flag of peace and asks permission to create an enclave. She is refused but allowed to leave safely.
The return of Bane, the dread god of Tyrranny, puts the Realms on alert for any news of Banite activity.
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References
176650000 - Unapproachable East - Design by Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, and Sean K. Reynolds - 2003
WTC11836 - The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3rd-Edition) - Design By Ed Greenwood, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo, and Sean Reynolds - 2001
TSR9475 - The Seven Sisters - Design by Ed Greenwood - 1995
TSR1121 - Spellbound - Design by Anthony Pryor - 1995
TSR9235 - Dreams of the Red Wizards - Design by Steve Perrin - 1988
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