1. Timelines

History of the World

The Emergence (TE) -1,000,000 — -2,500

  • Creation of the Universe

    <1,000,000,000 BFA

  • Emergence of the Cosmic Forge, where all the planets and stars were crafted

    1,000,000 BFA

  • Formation of Iozaria

    ~100,000 BFA
    • Gods walk on the Material Plane, interacting with the world and its inhabitants.
    • Birth of twin gods Tiamat and Bahamut
    • The first Aboleths came to be
    • Creation of the fey. 

  • Creation of Humans, Elves and Gnomes

    ~20,000 BFA

  • Emergence of the Drow

    ~18,000 BFA

  • Dwarves comes into being, created by Eysus

    ~18,000 BFA

  • Adea gifts mortal beings with magic

    ~15,000 BFA

  • Creation of Metallic dragons by Bahamut

    ~15000 BFA

  • Metallic dragons corrupted into Chromatic Dragons by Tiamat

    ~12000 BFA

  • First birth of Dragonborns

    ~9000 BFA

  • Founding of the first dwarven kingdom of Krunbar

    3200 BFA

Age of Discovery (AoD) -2,500 — -19

  • First birth of Half-Orcs

    ~2500 BFA

  • Birth of Shal'zar Khalazza

    1654 BFA

  • City of Tempervale is founded

    ~1300 BFA

  • The Drow attack the Dwarven kingdom of Krunbar, to take it for themselves

    1174 BFA

  • Creation of the Warforged

    1160 - 1158 BFA

    The Dwarves experiment with soul stones and artificial bodies in an attempt to make an army to fight the Drow. The project is successful, but as each Warforged requires a soul to function, the dwarves abandon the project. Most Warforged gets put into stasis

  • Dwarven kingdom of Krunbar falls to the Drow, is abandoned

    1154 BFA

  • Formation of Khuzunzan by dwarves searching for a new home

    890 BFA
    • Encounter of the Beholder Gygax under the mountain, defeated by a group of brave dwarven warriors.
    • The Forgers of Khuzunzan is founded to preserve the dwarven art of blacksmithing

  • First birth of Dragonborns

    ~200 BFA

  • Guzur is founded as the dwarves has carved a path through the mountain pass. In many ways they are considered twin cities

    183 BFA

The Betrayal (TB) -19 — 0

  • Vuthul's Betrayal

    19 BFA

  • Death of Roshan, goddess of the sun

    15 BFA
    • Caused the world to fall into near darkness.
    • Massive famine due to lack of farming. Coastal cities and dwarven cities managed to stay afloat.
    • Major loss of life.

  • Drow Invasion of the overworld

    14 BFA

  • Defeat of Vuthul and his followers. Loss of his followers caused him to lose power, the other gods manages to imprison him.

    5 BFA

  • Ilene takes the mantle as Goddess of Sun and Moon, restoring light to the world.

    5 BFA

  • Key divided and hidden, creation of the temples

    5 BFA

  • Worship of Vuthul forbidden, knowledge about him kept secret

  • The gods retreat to the other planes, separating most of them from the material plane forever

    3 BFA

  • The drow are nearly exterminated and forced into hiding

    1 BFA

First Age (FA) 0 — 683

Second Age (SA) 684 — 1,726

  • Formation of the Institute of Edhellond

    490 SA

  • Birth of Syele Bouchard

    992 SA

  • War for the Throne

    1013 - 1043 SA

  • Formation of Moroxia, ending of the Second Age

    1043 SA

Third Age (TA) > 1,727

  • Formation of The Forgeblades

    2 TA

  • Formation of The Veiled Protectors

    54 TA

  • Founding of Phandelver

    139 TA

  • Invasion of Moroxia by the Thax'ning Tribes

    349 TA

  • Phandelver is sacked and destroyed

    351 TA

    Loss of the Forge of Spells

  • Thax'ning tribes are forced back, formation of The Northern Fort

    353 TA

  • Birth of Torin

    417 TA
    • Began conquest for Moroxia (421 TA)
    • Became a vampire (442 TA)
    • Driven into hiding same year
    • Killed by Ethalyn Stakes (853 TA)

  • Triston Bouchard is born

    759 TA
    • Has several sons and daughters, who all die either in tragic accidents or by stillbirth.
    • Satine Bouchard is born (831 TA)

  • Murzol the Usurper becomes the new chieftain of the Thax'ning tribes

    844 TA

  • The events of the Race for the Key

    853-854 TA

    A group of adventurers discovered and eventually used an artifact to destroy the evil god Vuthul.