Timeline
|
| Year |
Event |
| -8350 |
|
Imaskari tribes settle a vast, fertile plain in the area that will later become the Raurin Desert. |
| -8123 |
|
Imaskari artificers create the first permanent extradimensional space. Their fascination with such magic soon transforms Imaskari city design. |
| -7975 |
|
Inupras, the Imperial City of Imaskar, is founded. The first Imaskari emperor, Umyatin, assumes the title of lord artificer. |
| -6422 |
|
Imaskari city of Solon is founded. |
| -4370 |
|
A suspicious plague decimates Imaskari cities. |
| -4366 |
|
Imaskari artificers open twin portals to another world and magically abduct thousands of humans to serve as slaves. The artificers then erect a planar barrier to prevent contact between the slaves and their deities. Over time, the slaves intermarry with the Imaskari, and their descendants become a race in their own right that is later called the Mulan. |
| -3891 |
|
Under orders from Lord Artificer Omanond, Imaskari artificers create the Imaskarcana - seven items in which the empire's immense magical lore is recorded for all eternity. |
| -3234 |
|
Imaskari outpost known as Metos is founded in the Methwood. |
| -2489 |
|
deities of the Imaskari slaves bypass the planar barrier by sending physical manifestations and incarnations of themselves to Toril via the Astral Plane. Their first divine minions are anointed, and the Imaskari slaves revolt against their masters. |
| -2488 |
|
Horus slays Lord Artificer Yuvaraj, Emperor of Imaskar. Inupras falls, marking the end of the Imaskar Empire. The devastation wrought in the empire's fall turns the site into the Raurin Desert. |
| -2487 |
|
Imaskari's former slaves migrate westward to the shores of the Alamber Sea. Imaskari refugees flee to the Underdark, taking the Third Imaskarcana with them. |
| -2481 |
|
Ilphemon, an Imaskari lord, founds the hidden city of Deep Imaskar in the Earthroot area of the Underdark. |
| -2135 |
|
Some of the Imaskari's former slaves found the city of Skuld, which soon becomes the capital of a new nation called Mulhorand. |
| -2087 |
|
Other former slaves of Imaskar build a city called Unthalass, which becomes the capital of a new nation called Unther. |
| -1967 |
|
first Mulhorand-Unther war begins. |
| -1961 |
|
leaders of Mulhorand and Unther agree on a common border - the River of Swords. |
| -1500 |
|
Mulhorandi expansion results in the settlement of the Priador and annexation of Murghôm, the Plains of Purple Dust, and the Raurin Desert. Untheric expansion results in the settlement of the Wizards' Reach and much of the Eastern Shaar |
| -1482 |
|
Mulhorand conquers the eastern realm of Semphâr. |
| -1250 |
|
Untheric expansion north from the Wizards' Reach meets with resistance from the star elves of Yuirwood. Similar expansion near the Great Rift generates conflict with the gold dwarves. |
| -1124 |
|
Mulhorandi outpost of Semkhrun is founded in Semphâr. |
| -1081 |
|
Mulhorandi wizard Thayd and his co-conspirators rebel against the, empire and are defeated. Thayd is executed. |
| -1075 |
|
Orcgate Wars begin in the region that is now Thay. Renegade Mulhorandi wizards employ Imaskari portal magic to open planar gates to an orc world. Mulhorand hires Nar, Raumathari, Rashemi, and Sossrim mercenaries to fight the orc invaders. |
| -1071 |
|
orc god Gruumsh kills the Mulhorandi deity Ra in the first known deicide. The Untheric gods Inanna, Girru, Ki, Marduk, Nanna-Sin, Nergal, and Utu are also slain by orc deities. |
| -1069 |
|
Orcgate is destroyed, and the invading orcs are defeated in the Priador. |
| -1050 |
|
Set murders Osiris. |
| -1048 |
|
Isis resurrects Osiris. Horus-Re battles Set and becomes chief of the Mulhorandi pantheon. The First Mulhorand Empire ends. |
| -970 |
|
Nentyareh of Tharos builds his capital at DunTharos and forges the Crown of Narfell. He begins conquering the surrounding Nar kingdoms and uniting them under his rule. |
| -946 |
|
nentyarch's armies destroy Shandaular, the capital of Ashanath. All the Nar kingdoms are united into an empire called Narfell. |
| -900 |
|
Nar and Raumathari Empires rise to prominence. The Raumvirans establish Winterkeep. |
| -734 |
|
Gilgeam becomes god-king of Unther. The First Untheric Empire comes to an end. |
| -623 |
Year of Clipped Wings |
Narfell's attempt to invade Mulhorand and Unther by sea fails. |
| -425 |
Year of Ancestral Voices |
Paladins of Osiris destroy the Mulhorandi city of Sekras. |
| -160 |
Year of Stone Giant |
Narfell and Raumathar begin their final war - a decade-long cataclysm that involves the summoning of demon lords and an avatar of Kossuth. A secret Raumathari sisterhood is formed to preserve Raumathar's lore. |
| -135 |
Year of Old Beginnings |
Mulhorandi found Kensten (modern Bezantur) on the coast of Wizards' Reach. |
| -82 |
Year of Witches |
A clandestine order of masked witches emerges near Lake Tirulag and makes itself known to the folk of Rashemen. |
| -75 |
Year of Leather Shields |
An alliance of witches and barbarians overthrows the demon lord Eltab and forms the nation of Rashemen. |
| 108 |
Year of Mortified Monk |
Alamber River floods, devastating Unthalass. |
| 202 |
Year of Fanged Gauntlet |
Arkaiuns from Eltabranar invade Mulhorand and Unther and continue to raid cities and towns in both realms for the next two years. |
| 482 |
Year of Blighted Vine |
northern cities of Delthuntle and Laothkund declare independence from Unther. |
| 504 |
Year of Eclipsed Heart |
Teth and Nethra declare independence from Unther. Unther begins a military campaign to reclaim its rebel cities. |
| 625 |
Year of Torrents |
city of Escalant secedes from Unther. |
| 643 |
Year of Nesting Harpy |
Mulhorandi wizard Nezram leaves his tower by the shores of Lake Azulduth to explore other worlds. |
| 677 |
Year of Resonant Silence |
Gilgeam sends a naval armada to Aglarond to crush the rebellious cities of the Wizards' Reach. Terrible storms force the Untheric fleet to turn back. |
| 679 |
Year of Scarlet Sash |
Unther recognizes the sovereignty of the Wizards' Reach cities, and the Second Untheric Empire ends. |
| 722 |
Year of Last Hunt |
Great Druid of Leth claims the ancient title of nentyarch and raises a tree-fortress over the tainted ruins of Dun-Tharos. |
| 731 |
Year of Visions |
A second flood devastates Unthalass. Gilgeam claims the mountain stronghold of the slain brown dragon Vulpomyscan and renames it the Citadel of Black Ash. |
| 823 |
Year of Floating Petals |
Mourktar secedes from Unther. |
| 922 |
Year of Spouting Fish |
Red Wizards wrest the Priador from Mulhorand at the battle of Thazalhar and found the nation of Thay. Delhumide, the Mulhorandi imperial city, is razed by Red Wizards. The Second Mulhorandi Empire ends. |
| 929 |
Year of Flashing Eyes |
Several Chessentan cities form an alliance under the leadership of the warlord Tchazzar and secede from Unther. |
| 976 |
Year of Slaying Spells |
A Mulhorandi invasion of Thay is repelled. |
| 1018 |
Year of Dracorage |
King Tehazzar of Chessenta dies in battle against sahuagin. His body is never found, so his people assume that he has ascended to godhood. |
| 1030 |
Year of Warlords |
Zulkirs are established as the ruling body of Thay. |
| 1098 |
Year of Rose |
A Thayan invasion of Mulhorand fails. |
| 1117 |
Year of Twelverule |
Chessenta breaks up into squabbling city-states. |
| 1183 |
Year of Grisly Ghosts |
Paladins of Osiris level the city of Sekras and clear Sebek's followers from the River of Swords. |
| 1248 |
Year of Cockatrice |
Rehorusteb II becomes Pharaoh of Mulhorand. |
| 1280 |
Year of Manticore |
Thay launches an invasion of Mulhorand and nearly overruns Sultim. |
| 1301 |
Year of Trumpet |
A cult of Tiamat becomes active in Unther. |
| 1317 |
Year of Wandering Wyrm |
Dragon Plague of the Inner Sea takes a huge toll in Unther. |
| 1320 |
Year of Watching Cold |
Akonhorus II becomes Pharaoh of Mulhorand. |
| 1322 |
Year of Lurking Death |
Alasklerbanbastos, the Great Bone Wyrm, emerges from the Riders to the Sky aid begins a summer-long reign of terror in Chessenta. |
| 1324 |
Year of Grimoire |
Dragon Plague ends in Unther. |
| 1357 |
Year of Prince |
Horustep III takes the throne of Mulhorand at age 11. |
| 1358 |
Year of Shadows |
Tiamat slays Gilgeam, and Unthalass is heavily damaged during their battle. Assuran (Hoar) slays Ramman, bringing the Untheric pantheon to an end. Riots erupt throughout Unther, and the empire falls into chaos. Ao dissolves the Imaskari planar barrier, and the incarnations of Mulhorandi deities leave Toril to rejoin their divine essences. |
| 1359 |
Year of Serpent |
high priests of Gilgeam flee with Unther's military elite to the Citadel of Black Ash. Tuigan forces raze Citadel Rashemar. |
| 1360 |
Year of Turret |
A volcanic eruption created by magic buries the Sempbari city of Solon under magma. |
| 1365 |
Year of Sword |
Alasklerbanbastos and the young chromatic wyrms who follow him seize control of Threskel, Thamor, Mordulkin, Mount Thulbane, and the Watcher's Cape. |
| 1369 |
Year of Gauntlet |
island known as the Ship of the Gods explodes. Tidal waves swamp the Alaor and Bezantur, causing much destruction. Mulhorand briefly seizes the Alaor. |
| 1370 |
Year of Tankard |
Thay retakes the Alaor and rebuilds its shipyards and settlements with the aid of epic-magic. |
| 1371 |
Year of Unstrung Harp |
Mulhorand invades Unther, beginning the Third Mulhorand Empire. The Rotting Man's army overruns Dun-Tharos, driving the nentyarch into exile at Yeshelmaar. |
| 1372 |
Year of Wild Magic |
Deep Imaskar ends millennia of isolation by sending explorers into the outside world. Volcanic eruptions in the Smoking Mountains bury the Citadel of Black Ash under lava. |