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  THE HIGH HISTORY 
  OF IMPILTUR 
   
   
   
   
  Introduction: This timeline compiles, adds to and completes the history of the kingdom 
  of Impiltur from the time of the elves until the Spellplague. The timeline entries provided 
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  into various events throughout the history of Impiltur. 
   
   
  by GEORGE KRASHOS 
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  The High History of Impiltur 
   
   
  The history of Impiltur and its four great dynasties spans more than an age. Born in the 
  shadow of the demon-tainted realm of Narfell, the kingdom owes its roots to the continual 
  human diaspora that was a feature of the Chondathan race. The melding of Chondathan 
  and Nar cultures that followed secured the solid foundation that would see our kingdom 
  dominate the Easting Reach and nurture the founding of such kingdoms as Milvarn, 
  Velprin, Aglarond and Damara.  
   
  Beset by a myriad of foes, most notably the dark legacy of fiends left behind after the fall of 
  Narfell, the men and women of Impiltur have braved and tamed this land, and in so 
  doing have endured Talona’s dire regard, the depredations of the orcs and the scourge of the 
  hobgoblins. 
   
  Now with the crowning of a new king, Impiltur must wake from its somnolence and 
  prepare itself to once again seize the mantle of greatness that many had considered lost to it 
  forever. A golden age looms on the horizon, for as surely as the sun rises of a morn, so too 
  must Impiltur’s glorious history be made and remade anew as the seasons turn and heroes 
  stand tall. 
   
  Relamphras, Royal Sage of Impiltur 
  The Regency Annals 
  Year of the Lightning Storms (1374 DR) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  - The Foehammer has blessed us on this day of blades, and while we have bathed in 
  scarlet, we now bask in glory. Our lands increase and the bards sing of our deeds. 
  Verily this is a day of triumph for the line of Inrath! 
   
  - Verily sire. But this day is not yet done and as the Moonmaiden relents, will be swiftly 
  followed by another. 
   
  King Meldath “the Magnificent” conversing with Duke Harnaeth Durlarven 
  Year of the Thousand Enemies (443 DR) 
   
   
   
   
   
  
  The High History of Impiltur 
   
  -9750 
  The Riildath (Modern: Rawlinswood and Forest of Lethyr) is settled by moon and gold 
  elves of Shantel Othreier fleeing the persecution of the Vyshaan of Aryvandaar. 
  Establishment of the first settlements of Lethyr.1 
  -6850 
  The moon elves of the Yuirwood travel to the forest of Saerdath (Modern: Grey Forest), 
  and establish the realm of Larlotha.2 
  -2550 
  Ulutiu, a minor sea deity, exiles himself to the Astral Plane. His ice necklace sinks 
  causing the formation of the Great Glacier.3 
  -2497 
  Dwarves of Dareth led by Ulnorn Emberaxe trek south seeking to reclaim the lost 
  delves of Sarphil. 
  -2488 
  Ulnorn establishes the dwarven realm of Felimar in the mountain range they name 
  Thorordmorn (Modern: Earthspur Mountains). 
  -2475 
  The Great Glacier continues to grow, expanding south to cover the lands that will 
  eventually be known as Vaasa and Damara.4 
  -2465 
  The elves of Lethyr use High Magic to stop the spread of the Great Glacier southward 
  and to regulate temperatures, thereby preserving their forest lands.5 
  -2460 
  The Nar human tribes and the hobgoblins of the northern mountains and tundra, 
  pushed south by the expansion of the Great Glacier, come into conflict with each other 
  and the elves of Lethyr.6 
  -2457 
  The Nar defeat the hobgoblins in battle and force them west and south into the 
  uninhabited lands of Caerthiilor where the hobgoblins establish the realm of 
  Haekrukkha. The Nar humans settle the plains on the northern fringes of the Riildath. 
  c. -2440 
  The hobgoblins of Haekrukkha raid the forests of Larlotha for the first time, beginning 
  over a century of skirmishes, attacks and invasions between the two realms. 
  -2336 
  The dwarves of Felimar begin construction of the great underground city of Halrunedar 
  (Modern: Earthfast). 
  -2305 
  The city of Halrunedar is completed this year. 
  -2287 
  In response to forest fires lit by the hobgoblins of Haekrukkha, the elves of Larlotha 
  begin their final, genocidal war against the humanoids. 
  -2284 
  The dwarves of Felimar ally with the moon elves of Larlotha against the hobgoblins. 
  -2281 
  The hobgoblins of Haekrukkha are defeated and their realm is shattered by the 
  combined forces of the dwarves and moon elves. The elves of Larlotha, led by their 
  warrior-queen Eldratha, suffer grievously in the final battles losing almost a whole 
  generation of young elves in the fighting. The few surviving hobgoblins flee to the 
  sanctuary of the Giantspire Mountains. 
  -1335 
  The moon elves of Larlotha begin a Retreat to Cormanthyr with the marriage of their 
  ruler and queen Ildranna “Starflowers” to Coronal Miirphys of that realm. Within fifty 
  winters only small pockets of elves reside within the Saerdath.7 
  -1068 
  The Scattering of the Tusks: Defeated by the forces of Mulhorand, the surviving gray 
  orcs summoned during the Orcgate Wars flee northward into surrounding lands, 
  coming into conflict with the elves of Lethyr. Felling trees and dying by the thousands 
  under a storm of elvish arrows, the orcs construct crude boats and cross the Easting 
  Reach. 
  -1050 
  Fall of Felimar to a great horde of orcs led by their fearsome four-armed chieftain 
  Namrane. Halrunedar survives the onslaught and many fleeing dwarves seek the 
  sanctuary of its gates. 
  -744 
  The orc shaman Vas “the Redeye” unites the orcs and establishes the realm of Vastar 
  (Modern: The Vast). 
  -722 
  The orcs of Vastar overwhelm the elven city of Yrlaphon. The survivors are lead to 
  safety by Lady Oluevaera Estelda after Lord Rhalffros Ilnatar is slain in the fighting.8 
  -255 
  Year of Furious Waves 
   
  Jhaamdath is destroyed by elven High Magic and a tide of migration commences to the 
  lands of the Inner Sea.9 
  -160 
  Year of the Stone Giant 
   
  The Great Conflagration: Narfell and Raumathar begin their final war – a decade-long 
  cataclysm that involves the summoning of demon lords and an avatar of Kossuth. At its 
  conclusion, both nations lie in ruins.10 
  -156 
  Year of the Flickering Sun 
   
  Construction begins on Dun-Orthass (Modern: Citadel of Conjurers) at the command 
  of Nentyarch Rheligaun of Narfell. 
  
  -153 
  Year of the Starry Shroud 
   
  Dun-Orthass is completed in the early days of this year and the demon lord Eltab is 
  summoned there along with a host of demonic servitors.11 
  -150 
  Year of Recompense 
   
  End of the Great Conflagration with the destruction of both Narfell and Raumathar.12 
  -135 
  Year of Old Beginnings 
   
  Impil Mirandor, a refugee from the former lands of Jhaamdath, establishes a settlement 
  known as Impil’s Tor atop an abandoned delve of Felimar at the site of present-day 
  Lyrabar.13 
  -133 
  Year of Silent Screams 
   
  Impil rescues the Nar clan chief Mauthok from a rampaging vrock whilst out hunting, 
  forging the first ties of friendship between the native Nar clansmen and the Chondathan 
  settlers. 
  -121 
  Year of Ample Rewards 
   
  Impil dies of natural causes and is succeeded as ruler of Impil’s Tor by his son Ornrath. 
  The Nar clan chief Mauthok and his three brothers attend the funeral and reaffirm their 
  ties with the Mirandors. 
  -118 
  Year of Elven Delights 
  The now thriving settlement of Impil’s Tor is re-named Lyrabar by Ornrath Mirandor, 
  harking back to its dwarven roots and encouraging tentative trade ties with the 
  xenophobic dwarves of the surrounding mountains.14 
  -93 
   
  Year of Forgotten Smiles 
   
   
  The Nar warrior Nurith establishes the holding of Arnafel (Modern: Hlammach). 
  -88 
   
  Year of Hostile Hails 
  Ornrath dies from shaking fever and is succeeded by his son Inrath as ruler of Lyrabar. 
  The Nar clan leaders of the surrounding region travel to Lyrabar and pay their respects. 
  -86 
   
  Year of Goodfields 
  Nar folk begin to settle permanently in numbers in and around Lyrabar, leaving their 
  clans and pledging fealty to Inrath. 
  -75 
   
  Year of Leather Shields 
  The two Nar clan leaders Herglaun Orbil and Carndoon Durlarven come to Lyrabar and 
  swear oaths of fealty to Inrath and his house. 
  -74 
  Year of Splendor 
   
  Inrath Mirandor establishes the kingdom of Impiltur and crowns himself king, 
  beginning the Mirandor dynasty of Impiltur.15 
  -72 
   
  Year of Enchanted Hearts 
   
   
  The settlement of Chessagol (Modern: Tsurlagol) is founded.16 
  -65 
   
  Year of Monstrous Appetites 
   
   
  Fisherfolk found the settlement of Elnar (Modern: Dilpur) and name it for their leader. 
  -53 
   
  Year of Happy Children 
  King Inrath becomes the first human to walk the halls of Halrunedar, as he establishes a 
  trade agreement with Ironlord Dorn mac Emmath. Human traders come to call the 
  dwarven city Earthfast, which in time lends its name to the mountain chain where the 
  dwarven city is located. 
  -47 
   
  Year of the Angry Centaur 
  King Inrath is slain in battle against marauding hill giants and is succeeded by his son 
  who is crowned King Inrath II.17 
  -22 
   
  Year of Broached Gates 
  King Inrath II recruits the Stonesword mercenary company led by Garyann Obarskyr 
  out of Dathtar (Modern: Telpir) and conquers Arnafel, re-naming it Hlammach to 
  commemorate the deeds of one of his warriors who saves his life in battle. 
  -18 
   
  Year of Honor’s Price 
  King Inrath II is slain in a border clash with raiders from Chessagol. He is succeeded by 
  his eldest son who is crowned King Varanth I.18 
  -9 
   
  Year of Fell Traitors 
   
   
  King Varanth leads an army west and takes the settlement of Chessagol after a siege. 
  -3 
   
  Year of Ruins 
  King Varanth is captured and ritually sacrificed to the demon prince Orcus by Nar 
  clansmen on the northern fringes of the realm, bordering the Earthfast Mountains. He is 
  succeeded by his eldest son who is crowned King Tamarth I.19 
   
  
  -75 DR: Oathbound 
   
  There are few surviving examples of the Nar oral tradition of recording historical events through poems 
  known as “sesta”. A court scribe recorded the sesta known to modern sages as “The Two Chieftains” at 
  the execution of the Nar shaman Hauthok during the reign of King Tamarth. Consigned to the pyre, 
  Hauthok recited this part of the sesta over and over till he expired, all the while steadfastly gazing at an 
  increasingly fearful Tamarth. 
   
   
   
   
  You know of the old blades 
   
   
   
  who in the dawn days came  
   
   
   
  to the cliffs to find a liege. 
   
   
   
  Herglaun, the son of Gathar, 
   
   
   
  had taken countless heads 
   
   
   
  and his beard was goldwoven. 
   
   
   
  Carndoon the irontongued, 
   
   
   
  was graybent but hale. 
   
   
   
  Long had they searched. 
   
   
   
   
  The tower white reached up 
   
   
   
  to the sky and had stout bones. 
   
   
   
  Inrath was the lord fair and 
   
   
   
  he gazed out for leagues 
   
   
   
  and was content at his hearth. 
   
   
   
  The seas had brought him  
   
   
   
  to the forests of the Annar, 
   
   
   
  and he had unfurled the lion. 
   
   
   
  His sight was keen. 
   
   
   
   
  Wisdom saw the old blades 
   
   
   
  forged anew in oaths of 
   
   
   
  service and ties of blood. 
   
   
   
  Inrath embraced his new 
   
   
   
  brothers and raised them up. 
   
   
   
  The Annar stood beside him 
   
   
   
  and the people sang songs 
   
   
   
  of great joy in celebration. 
   
   
   
  Three swords now one. 
   
   
  -2 
   
  Year of Gruesome Streams 
  King Tamarth leads a campaign against the rebellious northern hold of Arglaun, burning 
  its settlements and putting all of its population to the sword. 
  -1 
   
  Year of Shattered Relics 
  King Tamarth executes Lord Felran of House Briarmoon, a noble family known to have 
  embraced Nar ways and culture, accusing him of treason. The noble families of 
  Briarmoon, Darthrane and Gilgauntlet openly revolt against the Crown. 
  0 
   
  Year of the Rising Flame 
  The rebel nobles are defeated at the Battle of Cardan’s Ravine and King Tamarth 
  executes all surviving males on the battlefield and then sells their women and children 
  into slavery. 
  1 
   
  Year of Sunrise 
  Emendarna Gilgauntlet, last surviving scion of her house, assassinates King Tamarth 
  and then escapes west and disappears into the Grey Forest. Tamarth’s brother Loaraven 
  succeeds him as king of Impiltur.20 
  
  2 
   
  Year of the Smiling Hag 
  A virulent disease that causes his body to erupt with boils and pustules strikes down 
  King Loaraven, causing him terrible disfigurement and great pain. Blaming a “Nar 
  Curse” he continues Tamarth’s abuses against the Nar population of the kingdom. 
  3 
   
  Year of the Faded Flower 
  King Loaraven dies due to the lingering effects of plague and his youngest brother 
  Belrath usurps the vacant throne. Civil war breaks out when his older brother and the 
  kingdom’s rightful ruler Fendarn returns from fighting off an orc incursion from 
  Vastar.21 
  8 
   
  Year of Spellspheres 
  Fendarn defeats and personally slays his brother Belrath at the Battle of Three Bridges 
  and is crowned king of Impiltur. 
  10 
   
  Year of Dreams 
  King Fendarn unifies his fractured realm by elevating the Nar clans of Phaelith, 
  Durlarven and Orbil to the nobility. As the three oldest and wealthiest families of Nar 
  stock in the kingdom, they act swiftly to defuse racial tensions between the Nar and the 
  Chondathans. 
  14 
   
  Year of the Unknown Beloved 
  Queen Marlbara dies as a result of illness. By year’s end King Fendarn has married 
  Tirnil, sister of the head of the newly ennobled House Phaelith. 
  31 
   
  Year of the Garrulous Gargoyle 
  King Fendarn survives a bout of heartstop and whilst incapacitated appoints his 
  brother-in-law Lord Loranth Phaelith as King’s Sceptre (regent). Lord Phaelith comes to 
  be known to all as “the Thronelord”. 
  36 
   
  Year of Consuming Ice 
  King Fendarn suffers yet another bout of heartstop and again appoints Lord Loranth to 
  the office of King’s Sceptre, despite the protestations of his eldest son Delrath, who 
  considers himself ready to rule. 
  43 
   
  Year of Frostbrands 
  King Fendarn dies of heartstop and is succeeded by Delrath. The newly crowned king 
  seeks to “retire” his uncle Lord Phaelith to his estates and within a tenday is assassinated 
  along with his consort Queen Narasha while riding through Lyrabar. His twin brother 
  Delrorn succeeds him.22 
  47 
   
  Year of the Crystal Orb 
  After refusing to marry his son Crown Prince Telrorn to Lord Phaelith’s granddaughter, 
  King Delrorn and his heir are assassinated en-route to the king’s summer estate on the 
  eastern fringes of the Grey Forest. Their deaths are attributed to “bandits” and the 
  king’s stepbrother Torlorn, the blood-nephew of “the Thronelord”, is crowned king.23 
  55 
   
  Year of the Caustic Blood 
  King Torlorn travels to Cormyr to attend the coronation of King Imlon. He appoints 
  his younger brother Morlorn as King’s Sceptre in his absence much to the chagrin of his 
  uncle Lord Phaelith. By year’s end the two are in conflict as their respective agents and 
  supporters secretly agitate for the removal of the other. 
  56 
   
  Year of the Laughing Nightmare 
  Lord Phaelith openly revolts against the Crown asserting that a teenage boy named 
  Inrath is the son of Delrath and rightful ruler of Impiltur. Disaffected nobles and 
  outlying areas rally to the boy “king” and the kingdom once more plunges into civil war. 
  58 
   
  Year of the Dazzling Dolphins 
  Led by Prince Morlorn and the Obarskyr mercenary company, the forces of King 
  Torlorn defeat the army of “the Thronelord” at the Battle of Greenvale. Lord Phaelith 
  and the purported “King Inrath” are slain in battle and their bodies paraded through the 
  streets of Lyrabar to confirm their deaths. 
  68 
   
  Year of the Echoing Chasm 
  King Torlorn dies as a result of a jousting accident. His son and sole heir Varanth is 
  crowned king.24 
  72 
  Year of the Climber’s Rest 
   
  Prince Morlorn, uncle to the reigning King Varanth II poisons his nephew and seizes 
  the throne with the aid of the Obarskyr mercenary family. Queen Ilithra and the heir to 
  the throne Crown Prince Baranth, take refuge in the Grey Forest.25 
   
   
   
  
  75 
  Year of Clinging Death 
   
  Several clans of moon elves from Rilithar in the Sword Coast North arrive in the Grey 
  Forest via a portal and establish the realm of Vedrymmell. They ally with the fugitive 
  Crown Prince Baranth who in turn recognises their sovereignty over the woodlands 
  enshrined in the Silver Arrow Pact.26 
  77 
  Year of the Quivering Mountains 
   
  With the aid of the moon elves of Vedrymmell, Crown Prince Baranth defeats the 
  treasonous Morlorn, “the Usurper King”, at the Battle of Ilithra’s Smile and is crowned 
  king of Impiltur. The Obarskyrs are exiled from the realm.27 
  85 
  Year of the Orb Obsidious 
   
  With the aid of the elves of Vedrymmell, the first comprehensive magical wards around 
  the Citadel of Conjurers are established. 
  90 
  Year of the Moor Birds 
   
  Elnar agrees to become part of the realm of Impiltur due to a culmination of 
  circumstances, including several poor growing and fishing seasons and an upsurge in 
  pirate activity. 
  116 
  Year of the Mortal Promise 
   
  The Bonescourge Plague strikes the realm causing the death of Crown Prince Inrath’s 
  wife Princess Farah Croam of Westgate and the crippling of his eldest son and 
  namesake.28 
  124 
  Year of the Biting Frost 
   
  King Baranth dies of windchill fever and is succeeded by his eldest son who is crowned 
  King Inrath III.29 
   
   
  77 DR: Broken and Banished 
   
  The newly enthroned King Baranth of Impiltur penned the following letter in his own hand to King 
  Rhiiman “the Glorious” of Cormyr in the Year of the Quivering Mountains. It remains encased in 
  ‘dragon glass’ (magically enspelled glass of exceptional hardness) in the Royal Archives at Suzail. It is 
  said that for centuries the Mage Royal Baerauble would make Obarskyr younglings read this missive 
  when their royal arrogance got the better of them. 
   
  My brother Rhiiman, I send you word in time of trial and with the blood of my people 
  fresh-spilled. My usurping uncle’s head adorns the gates of the palace royal in Lyrabar. It 
  is not a solitary adornment. With it are the heads of your first cousins Erendar and 
  Mardast. They died a traitor’s death under the axe of my Firstsword. Your uncle Vaerom 
  and his remaining sons Randeth, Thaerind and Hadlon have fled the realm. They are 
  declared broken and banished. It is said that your kin flee to the Dragon Kingdom where 
  they will find succor and sanction for their deeds.   
   
  The line of Impil Mirandor rules this realm. I am rightful king of Impiltur and will suffer 
  no menace to me and mine. As the gods are my witness, I will bestow fire and steel upon 
  any who seek to trammel my right to rule, for I have sworn solemn oaths to defend my 
  kingdom against any who would gainsay me. But having taken counsel, I am urged to 
  show restraint. To that end, I seek a pact with you my brother. This pact is founded on 
  the mutual understanding and regard that one king must have for another. I will 
  foreswear my vengeance against the Obarskyrs and be content in their exile from my 
  lands on condition that I receive assurance that Cormyr will not support them in 
  fomenting rebellion across the seas. 
   
  My herald Lord Delrath Tarrik will bring me your response. If his head returns to 
  Impiltur then I will know it is red war again. I have wrested a throne from the grasping 
  of my own blood. This lion fears no dragons. 
   
   
  
  131 
  Year of the Cockatrice’s Stare 
   
  King Inrath III marries the much younger Lady Malarna Cairnstorm, who is crowned 
  queen. 
  157 
  Year of the Resounding Call 
   
  King Inrath III dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his eldest son who is crowned 
  King Inrath IV.30 
  158 
  Year of the Imploring Widow 
   
  Encouraged by his conniving mother, the king’s stepbrother Prince Doraven instigates a 
  palace revolt that leads to King Inrath IV fleeing Lyrabar with a handful of loyal 
  retainers including his nephew Ellarath.31 
  159 
  Year of the Lost Profit 
   
  The ill-fated King Inrath IV is slain by assassins loyal to Doraven, who crowns himself 
  king of Impiltur. The sorely wounded Prince Ellarath flees into the Grey Forest where 
  he is harboured by the elves of Vedrymmell and falls in love with the half-elf Kylarna, 
  marrying her later in the year.32 
  162 
  Year of the Great Dwarven Gate 
   
  Aided by King Irbruin of Cormyr, Prince Pendarn, second-son of Inrath III and father 
  of Ellarath, lands in Impiltur with an armed host and with the aid of the elves of 
  Vedrymmell defeats Doraven at the Battle of Traitors’ Heads, claiming the throne for 
  himself.33 
  178 
  Year of the Jealous Spouse 
   
  Ellarath, known as “the Faerie King” is crowned king of Impiltur on the death of his 
  father.34 In the wake of his coronation, he and Queen Kylarna visit the court of 
  Vedrymmell and are slain by the moon elf noble Relavar Mornthael, an obsessed 
  admirer of the queen. The clan archmage Taredd transforms Relavar into a human by 
  use of the Akh`Faen`Tel`Quess High Magic ritual and places a geas on him compelling 
  him to assume Ellarath’s guise and rule as king of Impiltur for a time, so as to redress 
  the shame brought upon their house. The death of Queen Kylarna is explained away as a 
  tragic accident. 
  196 
  Year of Yearning Elves 
   
  Taredd releases Relavar Mornthael from his punishment, and the discovery of a suitably 
  aged dead clone of King Ellarath in the royal chambers sees the crowning of his eldest 
  son Baranth as king of Impiltur.35 
  198 
  Year of the Almond Eyes 
   
  King Baranth II is found dead in his royal chambers, apparently of natural causes, but 
  with many suspecting treachery. His conniving brother Imindarth succeeds him but 
  unexpectedly dies of drunken asphyxia on his coronation night and is in turn succeeded 
  by his younger brother Tharaun.36 
  235 
  Year of Drawn Knives 
   
  After a failed assassination attempt, King Tharaun quells a short-lived revolt in 
  Chessagol as it once again seeks to assert its independence. 
  269 
  Year of the Wild Roses 
   
  Death of King Tharaun to natural causes after the longest reign of any Impilturian 
  monarch. His son Darthorn succeeds him.37 
  271 
  Year of the Port Stormed 
   
  King Darthorn succumbs to the Blacknail Plague and is succeeded by his son Toaven as 
  king of Impiltur.38 
  273 
  Year of the Delighted Dwarves 
   
  King Toaven brokers trade ties between fledgling Myth Drannor and the dwarves of 
  Earthfast, greatly enriching his kingdom in doing so. 
  311 
  Year of the Lupine Embrace 
   
  King Toaven dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his son Tarth.39 
  343 
  Year of Fraying Binds 
   
  King Tarth dies as a result of a fall from a horse and is succeeded by his son Darthorn, 
  who is crowned King Darthorn II.40 
  352 
  Year of the Dancing Piper 
   
  King Dathorn II leads the fleet of Impiltur to a crushing victory over a pirate flotilla out 
  of Altumbel at the Battle of Splintered Prows.41 
  369 
  Year of the Maiden’s Fury 
   
  King Darthorn II dies of heartstop and is succeeded by his son and namesake who is 
  crowned King Darthorn III.42 
   
  
  374 
  Year of the Thoughtful Man 
   
  Impiltur is ravaged by the Prayerbane Plague, which causes the death of Queen Shardra 
  and Crown Prince Thoraven. In despair, King Darthorn III suicides by drowning and is 
  succeeded by his second son Auminath who is crowned king.43 
  385 
  Year of the Lady’s Gaze 
   
  Chessagol rebels and secedes from Impiltur, led by the Shieldlords, an adventuring 
  company out of Northkeep. 
  397 
  Year of the Swallowing Mists 
   
  King Auminath dies in his sleep and is succeeded by his son Larath, who takes the name 
  Auminath in memory of his father.44 
  406 
  Year of the Catoblepas 
   
  King Auminath II dies without issue and is succeeded by his brother Forlath.45 
  411 
  Year of the Wavering Shadow 
   
  King Forlath is slain by four brothers of the Thornspar noble family after it is 
  discovered that the king has dishonoured their sister. His nephew Meldath succeeds him 
  and exiles the youths in question, but takes no further reprisals against the Thornspars.46 
  412 
  Year of the Burning Blazes 
   
  King Meldath leads a military expedition into the Uplands, raising the ire of local 
  inhabitants known as Hillers, who join to form a bandit army that raids into the lands of 
  Impiltur proper.  
  414 
  Year of Omen Stars 
   
  The Hillers are defeated at the Battle of Black Arrows and settlement of the Uplands 
  begins in earnest. 
  415 
  Year of the Fiend’s Kiss 
   
  King Meldath I defeats an army of minor demons and their human servitors led by the 
  glabrezu Varkaloth "the Render” and founds the settlement of Oloth (Modern: Sarshel) 
  at the site of his victory. 
  416 
  Year of the Striped Moon 
   
  Nobles of House Dorntower attempt to put a bastard child of Forlath on the throne 
  and overthrow King Meldath. The rebellion is swiftly crushed and House Dorntower is 
  exiled from the realm. 
  419 
  Year of the Hale Blacksmiths 
   
  Impiltur clashes with the hobgoblins of the Giantspires for the first time. 
  422 
  Year of the Murderous Mire 
   
  King Meldath defeats an army of hobgoblins at the Battle of Erath’s Storm on the banks 
  of the River Dunthelar (Modern: Great Imphras River). 
  425 
  Year of the Argent Shafts 
   
  King Meldath leads a swift, naval assault on the lands of Altumbel, annexing that region 
  and adding it to the lands of Impiltur. 
  429 
  Year of the Cat’s Eye 
   
  King Meldath marches west and overthrows the Shieldlords, reclaiming the city of 
  Chessagol for the kingdom. 
  431 
  Year of the Hearth 
   
  Tensions between Proeskampalar and Impiltur result in military clashes between the two 
  realms through most of this year. 
  438 
  Year of the Bitter Root 
   
  King Meldath raises an army and defeats the armed host of Proeskampalar, laying siege 
  to that city. 
  440 
  Year of the Festering Heart 
   
  With the aid of mercenary sailors out of Altumbel, King Meldath destroys the 
  Proeskampalan fleet at the Battle of Blood and Salt, and the city surrenders to him a 
  season later. 
  443 
  Year of the Thousand Enemies 
   
  Seeking to open up lucrative overland trade routes with the Moonsea and Myth 
  Drannor, King Meldath marches an army north from Proeskampalar into Vastar, but 
  after initial successes is defeated in battle and badly wounded. Impiltur struggles to hold 
  the mountain passes against the pursuing orcs. 
  445 
  Year of the Beardless Dwarf 
   
  King Meldath succumbs to his wounds and is succeeded by his first son and namesake, 
  who is crowned King Meldath II.47 
   
   
  
  447 
  Year of the Awakening Treant 
   
  Proeskampalar and Chessagol rebel once again, slaying the Impilturian soldiery stationed 
  in their cities and closing their gates to King Meldath II. Weakened by the unceasing 
  battles with the orcs, he is no position to campaign against the rebels and retreats east to 
  defensive lines along the fringes of the Grey Forest. 
  448 
  Year of the Haughty Friend 
   
  King Meldath II is slain in a riding “accident” engineered by his scheming brother who 
  succeeds him and is crowned King Tharaun II.48 
  471 
  Year of the Sundered Tower 
   
  The death of Queen Larathae sees King Tharaun II follow soon after. His son and sole 
  heir Sharaun succeeds him.49 
  512 
   
  Year of the Wyvernfall 
  The orc chieftain Ulbror leads the Blackfang Horde out of Vastar and into the uplands 
  of Impiltur by means of countless, small mountain trails over the Earthspurs. King 
  Sharaun of Impiltur leads a vanguard north but is defeated and he and his sons are slain 
  in battle. The dead king’s son-in-law Duke Harandil Durlarven arrives with the main 
  army, which routs the orcs at the Battle of Bloody Reeds. He is crowned king of 
  Impiltur on the battlefield and establishes the Durlarven dynasty.50 
  525 
   
  Year of the Cracked Bell 
  An increase in hobgoblin raids into the Uplands leads to the construction of a chain of 
  forts dotted throughout the region. 
  528 
   
  Year of the Burning Sky 
  King Harandil leads a military expedition north of the River Dunthelar and routs a 
  hobgoblin army at the Battle of Firewinds. 
   
   
  512 DR: A Bloody Field 
   
  The following account is from the memoirs of Orn (Sir) Neldraun Relindar, heir to his house, and later 
  in life, Swordward to King Harandil. The original manuscript is kept in magical stasis due to its age in 
  the library of Thorngrove House, ancestral seat of the Relindars near Lyrabar and is an acknowledged 
  royal heirloom of Impiltur. 
   
  When we came upon the battlefield where the king had fallen, Lord Durlarven personally 
  commanded that I remain behind with the Lord Berestone, Helven of the Morninglord 
  and what healers could be spared. We began our task of tragedy and tears and scoured 
  the field for signs of the king and the royal regalia. Bralgath found the naked and 
  mutilated bodies of the princes Emernath and Telrorn. Of the king and Crown Prince 
  Suldorn there was no sign, but late in the day the king’s signet ring was found on a 
  severed orc hand, confirming our worst fears. Our tireless search failed to find the Lion 
  Crown or the king’s sword Faernthar, given to King Ellarath “the Faerie King” by the 
  elves centuries before. As the day wore on, the parade of dead friends and comrades 
  became unceasing and there were too many to give proper account. We came upon the 
  corpse of the Mage Royal Morlas, pierced through with a score of arrows, the bodies of 
  his apprentices dead around him and the ground blackened and burnt, still singing with 
  unleashed magic. On a small hillock we found the Firstaxe Nemel, surrounded by a 
  rampart of slain orcs. The tuskers had done him honor and left him where he had fallen, 
  still in his golden armor and clutching the sword Arasarl. Fallen were the archpriest 
  Torinn of Tempus; the twins Garand and Hormur found back to back; Baraun the Stout 
  smiling up at the heavens; Kellegor “the Oldhelm” my first teacher of the blade; and 
  most tragic of all, Arlianna of Belgates, the swordmaid of my heart. As I crouched at her 
  side, struck dumb in my grief, good Berestone laid a hand on my shoulder and gave me 
  words of wisdom that I will keep to the end of my days, “It is enough that you loved her. 
  Live your days with the joy that she knew it.” 
   
   
  
  537 
   
  Year of the Basilisk 
  King Harandil dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his son and namesake, who is 
  crowned King Harandil II of Impiltur.51 
  543 
   
  Year of the Lyre 
  Lord Uthmere Dunblade of Dilpur founds the settlement of Uthmere on the western 
  fringes of the Great Dale. King Harandil II, who sees this endeavour as an opportunity 
  to expand his realm, supports him.52 
  562 
   
  Year of the Waking Feyr 
  King Harandil II dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his eldest son Thorodil.53 
  564 
   
  Year of the Brandished Axe 
  King Thorodil leads an army north to deal with hobgoblin raiders from the Giantspires, 
  defeating their shaman chieftain Grolag “the Blackmane”. 
  572 
   
  Year of Writhing Darkness 
  The orcish realm of Vastar falls into chaos with the death of Ologh “the Overking” at 
  the claws of Iyrauroth the black wyrm.54 
  576 
   
  Year of the Sunless Passage 
  King Thorodil orders the “Grand Muster”, a huge military inventory and catalogue.55 
  580 
   
  Year of Loose Coins 
  The orc chieftain Grimmerfang claims the throne of Vastar after defeating (and 
  ceremonially spitting, cooking and eating) the last of his rivals, ending the warring 
  among the orcs for a time. Orc raids into surrounding regions increase.56 
  588 
   
  Year of Dragons Dawning 
  King Thorodil is slain in battle against orc raiders and is succeeded by his son Bellodar 
  who is crowned King Bellodar I of Impiltur.57 
  600 
   
  Year of Fire and Frost 
  A Flight of Dragons assails the lands of the Moonsea, reaching even to Impiltur and the 
  environs of the Easting Reach. 
  602 
   
  Year of the Glimmering Sea 
  Dwarven clans of House Starforge leave their holds in the mountains north of the 
  Moonsea after being assailed by dragons and travel west and south into the Earthspur 
  Mountains, coming into conflict with the orcs of Vastar. 
  604 
   
  Year of the Immured Imp 
  King Bellodar annexes the city-state of Chessagol, once again bringing it under the 
  hegemony of Impiltur. 
  605 
   
  Year of Many Serpents 
  A delegation of dwarves led by the High Old One Turbaern, travels to Myth Drannor 
  and recruits the wizards Beldossan the Short and Alerathla “Rubytresses” Ilnatar along 
  with a host of apprentice mages from the Irithlium to enchant a thousand “orcslayer” 
  blades for House Starforge.58 
  606 
   
  Year of the Kindly Lich 
  King Bellodar defeats hobgoblin raiders at the Battle of Stone Lances. The hobgoblins 
  are pursued back over the River Dunthelar, and the river defences are strengthened. 
  609 
   
  Year of Old Bones 
  The Great March: King Bellodar raises an army and after crossing the Easting Reach at 
  Uthmere, marches east through the Auldgloam Forest. The settlements of Phandarel, 
  Kelgrove Gard and Aerdar are conquered as King Bellodar and his army reaches the 
  shores of Ashanath. At year’s end, he sends an expedition across the lake under the 
  command of Duke Halthos Orbil but it does not return. 
  610 
   
  Year of the Spellfire 
  King Bellodar’s expedition marches back to Impiltur, unwittingly having roused some of 
  the slumbering legacies of ancient Narfell. He leaves behind a garrison at Uthmere led 
  by Duke Tarrendril Tarrik. 
  The gathered clans of House Starforge, led by their lord Tuir “Stonebeard”, conquer the 
  lands of the Vast, overcoming Grimmerfang and his orcs and founding Roldilar, the 
  Realm of Glimmering Swords.59 
  611 
   
  Year of the Normiir 
  Duke Tarrendril Tarrik accidentally releases the demon Soneillon, “the Queen of 
  Whispers” from a demon cyst and becomes her thrall. He returns to Impiltur and turns 
  his family toward demon worship. 
  The dwarves of Roldilar begin construction on the city of Sarbreen, City of the Hammer 
  (Modern: Raven’s Bluff).60 
   
  
  613 
   
  Year of the Glaring Eye 
  Duke Tarrendril Tarrik braves the terrors of the Citadel of Conjurers seeking to retrieve 
  and use the powerful Narfelli artifact known as the shiftglass of Orthass to free the demon 
  lord Eltab. He fails in his efforts but this task is passed down to later generations of the 
  Tarrik line. 
  616 
   
  Year of the Ensorcelled Kings 
  The Boldenbar and Shattershields dwarven clans of Roldilar finish construction of the 
  city of Sarbreen.61 
  626 
   
  Year of the Eagle and the Falcon 
  Nobles of House Orbil attempt to seize the throne of Impiltur and assassinate King 
  Bellodar. Their rebellion is savagely put down and they are declared outlaw and 
  consigned to exile. King Bellodar II is crowned king of Impiltur.62 
  635 
   
  Year of the Soldier’s Forfeit 
  King Bellodar II marches on Chessagol but a huge dowry and the simpering regard of 
  King Lamoth tempers his aggression and his heir is promised to and eventually marries 
  Princess Elthia of that city-state.63 
  642 
   
  Year of the Sifting Sands 
  King Bellodar III is crowned king of Impiltur after the death of his father and 
  namesake.64 
  644 
   
  Year of the Gleaming Gates 
  King Bellodar III establishes the King’s Code, the realm’s first complete and coherent 
  system of laws. 
  649 
   
  Year of the Bloody Crown 
  The dwarven realm of Roldilar falls to the orcs in the Battle of Deepfires and Sarbreen is 
  abandoned. A number of dwarven clans flee south to Earthfast and the Deep Realms, 
  while other craftsmen and non-combatants migrate to Myth Drannor. Humans remain 
  in the Vast and fight the orcs to retain their new homes.65 
  c. 650 
   
  Human settlers move into the lands of the Vast following the fall of the Roldilar.66 
  661 
   
  Year of the Bloody Tusk 
  The forces of Impiltur led by Duke Hlintar Shimmercrag defeat an orc horde southeast 
  of present-day Calaunt, giving burgeoning human settlements in the Vast the 
  opportunity to thrive. 
  664 
   
  Year of the Falling Petals 
  Elnar is re-named Dilpur by proclamation of King Bellodar III to honour the passing of 
  its most famous inhabitant, the sage and loremaster Alathas Dilpur. 
  673 
   
  Year of the Covenant 
  King Bellodar III dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his eldest son Morus.67 
  675 
   
  Year of the Bloodfeud 
  King Morus sinks into madness and turns on his brother Amarkos, unjustly accusing 
  him of plotting against the throne. Amarkos slays his crazed brother in a wild sword 
  fight when attacked at Court and takes the throne of Impiltur.68 
  684 
   
  Year of Sundered Crypts 
  Duke Errendil Tarrik succeeds in retrieving the shiftglass of Orthass from the Citadel of 
  Conjurers and is beckoned to far off Thaymount by the will of Eltab and the influence 
  of Soneillon. His efforts to free Eltab only partially succeed, with the demon’s 
  consciousness and portion of his demonic power transferring into Errendil’s breathing 
  mortal husk for the demon lord to control. 
  685 
   
  Year of the Wraithwinds 
  King Amarkos is killed whilst rafting through the treacherous rapids of the Earthfast 
  Mountains. His son Forvar succeeds him as king of Impiltur.69 
  688 
   
  Year of the Zephyr 
  The Eltab-possessed Duke Errendil sires the half-fiend Agrosh, sacrificing his bride, the 
  unwitting Lady Varlora Shimmercrag in the process. 
  697 
   
  Year of the Triton’s Horn 
  King Forvar dies of heartstop and is succeeded by his brother Kelvar who is crowned 
  King Amarkos II of Impiltur.70 
  699 
   
  Year of the Rampaging Raaserpents 
  King Amarkos II and a host of mounted archers slay the great red wyrm Malagarthaul 
  “Flaming Claws” outside of Lyrabar, but the king is sorely wounded losing an eye and a 
  leg to the rampaging wyrm.71 
   
   
  
  708 
   
  Year of Bound Evils 
  King Amarkos II dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Forvar, who is crowned King 
  Forvar II.72 
  724 
   
  Year of the Prisoner Unfettered 
  The possessed Duke Errendil Tarrik succeeds in summoning the balor Ndulu, tasking 
  him with freeing as many demons as he can from the demon cysts scattered throughout 
  the environs of the Great Dale and whelming a fiend army. 
  725 
   
  Year of the Shorn Beard 
  Duke Errendil’s mortal husk fails, burned out by Eltab’s demonic essence, causing 
  Eltab’s consciousness to return once again to his prison deep beneath the Thaymount. 
  726 
   
  Year of the Dowager Lady 
  In the waning days of this year Impiltur is attacked and overrun by the Scaled Horde, an 
  army of demons, half-fiends and tieflings from the Auldgloam Forest. King Forvar II of 
  Impiltur is slain, bringing an end to the Durlarven dynasty. Agrosh “the Scaled” Tarrik, 
  seizes the throne and the majority of the kingdom’s population flees west to Chessagol 
  or south to Altumbel.73 
  727 
   
  Year of the Purloined Throne 
  The elven realm of Vedrymmell falls to the Scaled Horde when the few High Mages of 
  that realm unsuccessfully attempt to raise a mythal with disastrous consequences. The 
  demons ravage the elven woodlands but are themselves greatly reduced in number by 
  desperate elven warriors who hold off the fiends long enough for the survivors to flee 
  via portal to other elven realms.74 
  728 
   
  Year of the Sleeping Princess 
  The hobgoblins of the Giantspires ravage the Uplands, burning and eradicating the 
  human settlements found there. Marching south they clash with demons of the Scaled 
  Horde and after a month of skirmishing and slaying, retreat back north. 
  729 
   
  Year of the Twisted Horn 
  The Triad Crusade: An army dedicated to Tyr, Torm and Ilmater led by the paladin 
  Sarshel Elethlim travels by sea to ravaged Impiltur and brings the Scaled Horde to 
  battle.75 
  The paladin Belthar Garshin slays Agrosh, the self-styled king of Impiltur, at the Battle 
  of Horned Heads, leaving the throne vacant once again.76 
  731 
   
  Year of Visions 
  End of the Fiend Wars and the Triad Crusade with Sarshel entering the Citadel of 
  Conjurers and shattering the Crown of Narfell, defeating the balor Ndulu and the Scaled 
  Horde.77 
  732 
   
  Year of the Proud Father 
  Sarshel Elethlim is crowned king of Impiltur, donning the newly reformed and 
  consecrated Crown of Narfell. He establishes the Elethlim dynasty.78 
  734 
   
  Year of the Splendid Stag 
  King Sarshel of Impiltur dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his son Halanter.79 
  735 
   
  Year of the Prophet’s Child 
  Oloth is re-named Sarshel by proclamation of King Halanter to honour the passing of 
  his father the former king, who breathed his last there the year previously. 
  736 
   
  Year of the Gleeful Noise 
  King Halanter defeats orc raiders out of the Earthfasts and then proceeds to launch an 
  expedition into Vastar, burning a number of orcish tribal encampments and greatly 
  diminishing orcish strength for a time. In gratitude the dwarves of Earthfast agree to the 
  Twinforge Treaty, a pact of mutual security. 
  743 
   
  Year of the Snowy Addax 
  King Halanter sponsors the re-settlement of the Uplands installing a handful of Marcher 
  Lords to rebuild and fortify the ruined forts of the region, first established in the reign 
  of King Meldath. 
  765 
   
  Year of the Cowl 
   
   
  King Halanter dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his son Erynd.80 
  786 
   
  Year of the Moaning Gorge 
  The three Paladin Princes of Impiltur defeat the returned balor Ndulu and an army of 
  fiends at the Citadel of Conjurors, at the cost of the lives of Crown Prince Essys and 
  Prince Araln. Nord, the youngest of the three, is named Crown Prince of the kingdom.81 
   
   
   
  
  732 DR: The Shattered Crown 
   
  The famed Oghmanyte wandering priest, Maeranth of Nargard, a now-ruined settlement west of present-
  day Sarshel, was slain by the Zulkir Izarnal Kerthoon in the failed Thayan assault on the House of 
  Many Tomes during the Year of the Lazy Scribe (1079 DR). He exists to this day as a silent 
  phantom, known to most folk as the “Silent Watcher”, ceaselessly roaming the environs of Impiltur. By 
  the will of the Binder, the touch of the “Silent Watcher” imparts new, random memories to those who 
  steel themselves to its cold embrace, and the clergy of the Wise God richly reward those who share those 
  memories with them. 
   
  Sarshel stood before the fiery demon, his hand tightening on Dornavver as it almost pulled 
  him forward, willing him to strike. 
   
   
  “I know you Ndulu!” Sarshel shouted, “And I shall send you back to the fire that 
  spawned you.” 
   
  In reply, Ndulu’s whip flashed forth, its passage assaulting the paladin with heat and 
  menace. Sarshel raised his shield, the hooked thongs tearing at it hungrily, while he leapt 
  high to bring his sword down on the demon’s horned visage. Ndulu shifted at the last 
  minute so the blade only clipped his wing, scoring a deep furrow that erupted with black 
  ichor. Bellowing in pain Ndulu fixed Sarshel with his gaze, willing his opponent to 
  submit, but the paladin shrugged off the balor’s sorcery and brought his blade up once 
  again. 
   
   
  “You withstand me, mortal,” Ndulu spat harshly, his voice a soul-emptying 
  promise of death, “There are none left alive that have done so.” 
   
   
  Sarshel stood unmoved, assessing his foe, and looking for a weakness. By all that 
  was holy, his blow should have sent the balor howling back to the Abyss, but the demon 
  stood before him unscathed. He glanced behind the demon and saw a gleaming circlet 
  resting upon a basalt plinth. On a whim, Sarshel circled left toward the crown and Ndulu 
  moved abruptly, his whip lashing out to bar the paladin’s passage. Moving back a few 
  steps, Sarshel saw the demon visibly relax and deduced that the crown was an artifact of 
  power. 
   
   
  “Your reign is ended, Ndulu,” the paladin stated in measured tones. “The blessed 
  Triad has seen fit to cleanse this land of your evil. You cannot hope to prevail in this 
  reckoning.” 
   
   
  “Hope is the preserve of mortals. I only know strength and I have not yet 
  decided whether to make you my slave or whether to simply drink your blood for 
  pleasure,” Ndulu snarled.  
   
   
  “This land has sampled enough of your pleasures, foul one,” said Sarshel grimly, 
  “It falls on me to seek redress.” 
   
   
  With a yell, Sarshel feinted right and then charged left, knocking aside the 
  demon’s sword, and coming up to the plinth. Focusing the power of the Just God, 
  Sarshel brought Dornavver down in a ringing blow that shattered the crown into golden 
  shards. A breath later, Sarshel felt a lick of searing flame as Ndulu’s lash cruelly scourged 
  his backplate. Sarshel spun to see Ndulu’s whip of fire retreating as the balor was 
  inexorably drawn toward a spinning scarlet vortex that gave fleeting glimpses of the 
  horrors of the Abyss beyond.  
   
   
  Ndulu struggled with all his might, his claws gouging deep into the stone floor of 
  the chamber, but he could not resist the pull of the summoning magic. As he entered the 
  vortex fully, the demon’s crimson eyes locked with those of the steadfast Sarshel. 
   
   
   
  The demon’s voice, festering with ill will and dark promise, flared suddenly in the 
  paladin’s mind and hissed, “I will have my vengeance on you and your blood, Sarshel 
  Elethlim.” Then the voice and the demon were gone and all that was left was silence. 
  
  788  
   
  Year of the True Believer 
  King Erynd dies and is succeeded by his sole remaining son Nord. The new king begins 
  a campaign known as the “Harrowing of Nord” to ferret out and hunt down all fiends 
  and fiend-worshippers throughout the kingdom.82 
  c. 800 
  Settlers from Impiltur settle the eastern shores of the Easting Reach in numbers over 
  the next fifty years, pushing inland south of the Forest of Lethyr.83 
  803 
  Year of the Reaching Hand 
   
  The paladin Melethos gives the sword Ellendrin, the Weeping Blade, to King Nord.84 
  806 
  Year of the Warrior’s Rest 
   
  The Harrowing of Nord ends with the defeat of the cambion brothers Corfax and 
  Hyaral and their tiefling family at the Fanged Redoubt in the Earthspurs.85 
  811 
  Year of Many Tears 
   
  King Nord dies and is succeeded by his son Halanter, who is crowned King Halanter 
  II.86 
  826 
  Year of Wolfpacks 
   
  King Halanter II creates the office of War Captain bestowing it on three younger sons 
  of the Heltharn, Wintersun and Suncairn noble families and charging them with raising 
  three Swords (armies) of the realm and defending it from all foes. 
  834 
  Year of the Leaping Lion 
   
  The Three Swords Striking: The War Captains coordinate a grand campaign that crosses 
  the Dunlethar River and assaults the hobgoblin tribes in the forest fringes and 
  Giantspire foothills. The hobgoblins are slain in droves and the few survivors take 
  refuge in the deepest caves, vowing to have their revenge in generations to come. 
  842 
  Year of the Maverick 
   
  Crown Prince Beldred travels to the royal courts of Westgate, Cormyr and Tethyr and 
  by year’s end is betrothed to Princess Jarlea Ilistar of Westgate, niece of the ruling King 
  Pendernath. 
  843 
  Year of Amber 
   
  Crown Prince Beldred is married to Princess Jarlea of Westgate.  
  844 
  Year of the Midnight Sun 
   
  King Halanter II dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his son Beldred.87 
  846 
  Year of the Steadfast Dwarf 
   
  King Beldred lays claim to the throne of Velprin upon the death of his uncle, King 
  Samar. The Velprin court upholds his cousin Tholeam’s claim however and Beldred’s 
  dream of an “empire across the Reach” is unfulfilled. 
  850 
  Year of the Empty Throne 
   
  King Beldred leads “the Scouring”, a yearlong campaign into the western parts of the 
  Rawlinswood that slays and drives forth pockets of demons that survived the Fiend 
  Wars and the Battle of Moaning Gorge.88 
  852 
  Year of the False Smile 
   
  After a series of bandit and pirate raids against the realm’s western border, King Beldred 
  rides to war against Chessagol. 
  853 
  Year of the Hungry Box 
   
  King Beldred defeats the army of Chessagol at the Battle of Red Steeds and lays siege to 
  their city. 
  855 
  Year of Cornerstones 
   
  The siege of Chessagol is lifted after that city-state agrees to pay annual tribute to King 
  Beldred and grants Impiltur generous trade concessions. 
  856 
  Year of Thorns 
   
  King Beldred begins a grand tour of foreign realms, travelling to Cormyr and then by 
  portal to far-off Tethyr to the court of Queen Sybille the Great. 
  857 
  Year of Forgotten Fame 
   
  King Beldred travels with Queen Sybille to Silverymoon, meets with the newly 
  appointed High Lady Mage Elue Dualen and then travels on to Ascalhorn where he 
  befriends the archmage Soargar and invites him to take up the post of Mage Royal of 
  Impiltur. 
  858 
  Year of the Saffron Orb 
   
  King Beldred leads an armed host into the Uplands to put down a revolt of riverfolk led 
  by the cambion Artras “the Reed-Spawned”, defeating him at the Battle of Rendrith’s 
  Sacrifice. 
   
   
  
  859 
  Year of the Sea Crossing 
   
  King Beldred travels by sea to the city-states of the Vilhon Reach, unwittingly coming to 
  the attention of Soneillon, “the Queen of Whispers”, rekindling her hatred of Impiltur 
  and the Elethlims. 
  861 
  Year of the Exploding Orl 
   
  King Beldred returns to Impiltur and sends his heir and namesake to the court of Tethyr 
  in the hope of a dynastic union between the two kingdoms. 
  863 
  Year of the Wondrous Sea 
   
  King Beldred attends the wedding of his son to Princess Andreane of Tethyr, only 
  daughter of Queen Sybille, but dies unexpectedly of natural causes. His son returns to 
  Impiltur with his young bride and is crowned King Beldred II. 
  870 
  Year of the Hooded Tracker 
   
  Princess Cyriana, eldest child of King Beldred II, is born.89 
  877 
  Year of the Scratching Claw 
   
  The wanderer Talonar priest Garath Harnmettle, known to all as the “Plague Prophet”, 
  is slain by a fear-crazed mob east of Lyrabar. With his dying breath, he curses the land 
  and beseeches his goddess to bestow her “gifts” upon Impiltur and the Elethlims. 
  883 
  Year of the Giant’s Oath 
   
  The Crow Plague: Death of Queen Andreane and Princess Laneesa as the church of 
  Talona unleashes a series of plagues on the lands of the Easting Reach. 
  885 
  Year of the Thistle 
   
  Queen Sybille of Tethyr and her childless son Rising Prince Strohm die in a shipwreck. 
  As first granddaughter and next blood relative, Princess Cyriana travels to Tethyr with 
  her three younger sisters Nelintra and the twins Atann and Alisande and is crowned 
  queen.90 
  886 
  Year of the Fell Firebreak 
   
  The Bloodpox Plague: The death of Crown Prince Halanter and Princess Melindil sees 
  King Beldred II sacrifice himself in a great ritual to Ilmater that cleanses away the 
  devastating disease that is laying waste to his kingdom. With his daughters half a world 
  away in Tethyr, Beldred’s adolescent nephew Erynd is crowned king and his sister 
  Shaneesa appointed regent. 
  887 
  Year of Fell Pearls 
   
  The Ebontongue Flux: The death of young King Erynd II to disease sees Shaneesa 
  crowned queen, as there are no living male heirs of the Elethlim line.91 
   
   
  886 DR: The Tears of Ilmater 
   
  The following excerpt is taken from Martyrs of the Broken God: A Study in Sacrifice written by 
  Brother Unril of Keltar and published in the Year of the Immortals (1037 DR). 
   
  With his fast ended, King Beldred gathered the Ilmatari priesthood at the holy fastness at 
  Narlath and commenced the great ritual to bring salvation to his kingdom. Leading the 
  prayers to the One Who Endures, Beldred sought to rid his kingdom of the vile 
  pestilence that had taken his family and devastated his people. For a day and a night 
  Beldred and the Adorned gathered around him, chanted and prayed without respite, 
  calling on their deity to bless the land with the Tears of the Crying God. 
   
  On the third day, with an awe-inspiring ebon tapestry of clouds formed above the 
  kingdom, the heavens opened and the rain swept down in a torrent, washing away the 
  foul graspings of Talona and cleansing Impiltur of the horrors of her Bloodpox Plague. 
  The clearing skies saw King Beldred standing alone in the Circle of Aralthar, the clergy of 
  Ilmater gazing upon him in silent reverence tinged with admiration and sorrow. He had 
  led the ritual to the Broken God and through his personal sacrifice succored his people 
  from utter ruin. As he sank slowly to his knees, the names of his dead children on his 
  lips, Beldred succumbed to the virulence that he had drawn into himself so that his 
  beloved subjects might live. 
  
  888 
  Year of the Twelve Teeth 
   
  The sorcerer Clymph, a renegade from Impiltur, raises the demon-built tower that bears 
  his name.92 
  889 
  Year of the Shining Shield 
   
  Armsmen of Impiltur destroy the Russet Circle, a cabal of Talonar clergy located in the 
  Grey Forest who have been spreading disease throughout the kingdom. The survivors 
  flee west and north into the Vast. 
  890 
  Year of the Burning Tree 
   
  The sorcerer Clymph builds Tower Threespires but is slain shortly thereafter by demons 
  in his own keep.93 
  891 
  Year of the Leaning Keep 
   
  Birth of Peverel to Queen Shaneesa’s sister Coranna and her husband Lord Barander 
  Crownsilver. He is anointed king at birth and Shaneesa becomes Queen-Regent of the 
  realm.94 
  893 
  Year of the Risen Sword 
   
  An army of Nar horsemen led by the chieftain Galush threatens Impiltur but is defeated 
  at the Battle of Twelvepikes on the banks of the Soleine River.95 
  907 
  Year of Waiting 
   
  King Peverel reaches the age of 16 and is formally crowned king of Impiltur.96 
  917 
  Year of the Winding Road 
   
  Windyn Balindre, a merchant of Impiltur, pioneers the route of the Golden Way to 
  Kara-Tur.97 
  920 
  Year of Great Riches 
   
  Balindre returns from Kara-Tur laden with silks and spices. He organises the Royal 
  Company of Shou-Lung, obtaining a charter from King Peverel, and establishes a 
  caravan stop and trading settlement at the site of present-day Telflamm.98 
  922 
  Year of the Spouting Fish 
   
  Tortoiscab Plague: Soneillon “the Queen of Whispers” returns to Impiltur in the wake 
  of the Rotting War and with the unwitting assistance of vengeful priests of Talona 
  unleashes a deadly disease on the realm.99 
  924 
  Year of the Cracked Turtle 
   
  King Peverel and his two male heirs die as a result of the plague. His sole remaining 
  issue, the Princess Aliia, is deemed too young to rule by the senior nobles at court and a 
  new king is sought by way of royal marriage.100 
  926 
  Year of the Fearless Peasant 
   
  Princess Aliia dies at sea whilst en-route to wed her betrothed, Prince Rhiigard of 
  Cormyr, bringing the Elethlim dynasty to an end. Impiltur fractures into a seething 
  cauldron of rival city-states as powerful nobles under the fell influence of Soneillon war 
  against each other to gain the vacant throne. Beginning of the Kingless Years.101 
   
  Telflamm established as an independent city-state by Windyn Balindre, following the 
  disintegration of Impiltur.102 
  934 
  Year of Fell Wizardry 
   
  The archmage Soargar casts a great warding spell that banishes the demon Soneillon 
  from the lands of Impiltur. Civil unrest subsides and the lands of Impiltur are free of 
  war for the first time in a decade.103 
  946 
  Year of the Blazing Call 
   
  At the urging of Greatlord Arpalon Eirlthaun of Hlammach, the first Sword Council is 
  held, bringing together local rulers and notables to discuss and seek to address regional 
  issues. These meetings continue every five years thereafter. 
  953 
  Year of the Guiding Crow 
   
  Soneillon establishes control over the shamans and chieftains of the hobgoblins of the 
  Giantspires and begins to unify them under the banner of Ugruck “Sharpteeth”. 
  968 
  Year of the Wandering Gnome 
   
  Gnomes of Clan Goldburrow establish the Vault of Seven Mysteries, a hidden temple to 
  the gnomish deity Baravar, beneath the Hill of Tombs in western Impiltur.104 
  975 
  Year of the Bent Coin 
   
  Telflamm annexes Nyth and Culmaster and is proclaimed a royal city-state by Farlin 
  Balindre, grandson of the famed Windyn Balindre, who names himself Grand Prince.105 
  980 
  Year of the Orator 
   
  Balag, blood of Ugruck, is anointed as the “Axe of Maglubiyet”, unifying all of the 
  hobgoblins of the Giantspires under the control of Soneillon. 
   
  
  999 
  Year of the Gaping Sky 
   
  Gorthas slays Balag in personal combat and is proclaimed “Axe of Maglubiyet”. 
  1033 
  Year of the Dreamforging 
   
  Gorthas is slain in raids against the Nar horsemen. The chieftain Malgrim is anointed as 
  “Axe of Maglubiyet”. 
  1038 
  Year of Spreading Spring 
   
  The retreat of the Great Glacier leaves the lands of Narfell, Vaasa and Damara fully free 
  of ice. Large-scale immigration begins to these lands.106 
  1040 
  Year of the Lion’s Heart 
   
  The retreat of the Great Glacier causes a greatly increased birthrate among the 
  hobgoblins of the Giantspires as they expand their food sources. 
  1046 
  Year of the Twilight Campaign 
   
  The rulers of Dilpur and Sarshel connive to have War Captain Embrar Heltharn of 
  Lyrabar assassinated at the time of the Sword Council, plunging the lands of Impiltur 
  into brief war before Greatlord Araln Eirlthaun of Hlammach brokers peace between 
  the city-states. 
  1077 
  Year of the Friendly Jackal 
   
  The twins Turgut and Turgur slay and eat the venerable Malgrim and are both anointed 
  as the “Axes of Maglubiyet”. 
  1091 
  Year of Watery Graves 
   
  Turgut and Turgur disappear whilst exploring the deeper caves of the Giantspires. The 
  chieftain Aradrul is anointed as “Axe of Maglubiyet”. 
  1095 
  Year of the Dawndance 
   
  War Captain Imphras Heltharn unites the city-states of Impiltur and leads them to 
  victory over a hobgoblin horde from the Giantspire Mountains, personally slaying 
  Aradrul in the final clash east of Lyrabar.107 
   
   
  1095 DR: Soargar’s Legacy 
   
  The following is an excerpt from the book From Arrow to Quill: A Life’s Journey in the Art of 
  Sagecraft by the sage Amphyr the Venerable, published posthumously in the Year of the Bone Helm 
  (1191 DR). Amphyr was a bowman in the glorious defeat of the hobgoblin horde that led to the re-
  founding of Impiltur under the aegis of the Heltharn Dynasty. His is one of the few firsthand accounts of 
  Imphras the Great’s entry into the tower of the Archmage Soargar and what he discovered there following 
  that great battle. 
   
  As our eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the corridor and the chamber within 
  emerged slowly from the mist. We saw golden coffers, statues, and magic - everywhere 
  the glow of magic. For a moment - an eternity it seemed to the rest of us - Lord Imphras 
  appeared to be struck dumb with amazement, and when the Archmage Velgarbrin, 
  unable to stand the suspense any longer and trailing at the rear of the group, inquired 
  anxiously, “What do you see?” it was all he could do to get out the words, “I see 
  wondrous things.” As we entered the chamber the loremaster Malither paced and turned 
  slowly, pointing to and naming the treasures he recognized. Turning to a rack of swords 
  he lightly touched each gleaming blade, and quietly recited, “Palreth … Jhauraq “the 
  Paragon Blade” … Ashram … Caercailyss “the Elftear”… Felithlil …” and then his 
  voice trailed off in sheer wonderment. Barolth turned to his lord and breathlessly said, 
  “This is a trove fit for an emperor!” which prompted Imphras to walk up to a shadowed 
  alcove where a shining crown rested on a velvet cushion.  “Or a king,” said Imphras 
  quietly as he took up the Crown of Narfell and placed it upon his head. After a breath, 
  with no prompting, all of us went down on one knee and bowed our heads to the 
  revealed majesty of our new ruler. A king had been restored to the realm and loyal 
  Soargar had finally delivered his legacy to the kingdom he had loved so dearly. 
   
   
  
  1097 
  Year of the Gleaming Crown 
   
  Imphras the Great is crowned king of re-founded Impiltur and marries the wizard 
  Sambral Mindosel. He establishes the Heltharn dynasty.108 
  1098 
  Year of the Rose 
   
  Impiltur and Thesk establish the Blackblade Treaty, a pact of mutual defence and trade 
  ties. 
  1100 
  Year of the Bloodrose 
   
  The Warsword of Impiltur is formally established as the kingdom’s standing army. 
  1110 
  Year of the Bloody Fields 
   
  Thay marches on Phent, but the combined forces of Impiltur and Thesk led by Imphras 
  the Great defeat the Red Wizards’ army.109 
  1122 
  Year of the Rose Pearls 
   
  Imbrar is crowned king of Impiltur upon the death of his father Imphras.110 
   
  Princess Ilmara founds the fortress-city of Ilmwatch to guard against the return of the 
  hobgoblins.111 
  1123 
  Year of the Shattered Chains 
   
  King Imbrar proclaims that the River Dunthelar is to be henceforth known as the Great 
  Imphras River in honour of his father. 
  1127 
  Year of the Luminar Procession 
   
  King Imbrar leads an army into the Giantspire Mountains to eradicate the hobgoblin 
  menace to the realm. Neither he nor his men are seen again and his sister Ilmara is 
  crowned queen.112 
  1130 
  Year of the Howling Moon 
   
  Queen Ilmara establishes the Warwands, appointing her aunt Mhilra as its head. 
  1164 
  Year of Long Shadows 
   
  Rise of piracy in the Inner Sea as Immurk the Invincible begins his reign of terror. 
  Aglarond and Impiltur begin building warships to defend their merchant fleets and hunt 
  the pirates in their own lairs.113 
  1167 
  Year of the Parchment Heretical 
   
  Queen Ilmara marries Rilaun of Sarshel, a young warrior half her age.114 
  1169 
  Year of the Earth Shaking 
   
  Imphras II is declared king of Impiltur at birth and his father Rilaun takes up arms to 
  seize the throne. He is defeated and Ilmara rules as Queen-Regent.115 
  1177 
  Year of the Majesty 
   
  Princess Delile Balindre renounces her loyalty to the throne of Impiltur and declares 
  Telflamm an independent city-state.116 
  1185 
  Year of the Immoral Imp 
   
  Imphras II is crowned king of Impiltur upon reaching age sixteen.117 
  1187 
  Year of the Arcane Guise 
   
  The Red Wizard Sarros returns from an expedition to the Giantspire Mountains, north 
  of Impiltur, and presents many treasures to his master Elzarr of the Crimson Eye, the 
  Zulkir of Divination.118 
  1208 
  Year of the Gamine 
   
  Crown Prince Talryn attempts to have his senile father declared unfit to rule and have 
  himself crowned king. His conniving younger brother Lashilmbrar and other 
  unscrupulous nobles at court succeed in forcing Talryn to flee into exile and thwart his 
  efforts. He takes refuge with the pirates of the Inner Sea.119 
  1209 
  Year of the Blazing Banners 
   
  Impiltur and Aglarond contribute warships to an allied fleet that defeats a great pirate 
  flotilla led by Urdogen the Red near the Dragonisle.120 
  1212 
  Year of Ocean’s Wrath 
   
  Talryn returns to Impiltur upon hearing the news of the death of his father Imphras II. 
  The king’s death however is a ruse engineered by Prince Lashilmbrar who succeeds 
  Talryn as Crown Prince when his brother is executed for treason and has his name 
  stricken from the royal records.121 
  1225 
  Year of the Winged Worm 
   
  The death of Imphras II sees Lashilmbrar crowned king of Impiltur.122 
  1233 
  Year of Many Monsters 
   
  King Lashilmbrar convenes the Coin Conclave, which formalises the system of trade 
  guilds or “laern” in the major cities of Impiltur. 
   
   
  
  1295 DR: The Loyal Regent 
   
  The man was old, nearing his hundredth winter, and he felt Myrkul's caress with every 
  painful breath he drew. Shifting uncomfortably, he gazed out of the window at the four 
  ships moored in the harbour below. They all flew the blazon of his realm proudly, but in 
  truth it was a defiant, hollow image. The crossed sword and wand on a dun field was 
  now a blazon without meaning, for the realm of Impiltur had fallen on dark times as war 
  and rebellion raged throughout the kingdom. 
  "A kingdom with a useless old, graybeard as regent," said the old man ruefully to 
  the tapestry-laden wall before him. The voice, when it came, made him start and with an 
  effort, rise out of his chair. 
  "Not so useless, good Kuskur. You judge yourself harshly for one who has been 
  betrayed and blinded by love." 
  Kuskur looked down from craggy brows at the slight, raven-tressed woman who 
  had silently entered the room. Regaining his composure, he slowly bent on one knee, his 
  left arm tucked behind his back, his right hand moving with a flourish in the fashion of 
  Inner Sea courtiers since the raising of the Standing Stone. 
  "My fondest greetings, your royal highness. It gives me great pleasure to see you 
  again. I thank you for this audience and Impiltur thanks you for the courtesies you have 
  extended to …" Kuskur began hoarsely, but halted in confusion as he felt sharp knuckles 
  rap the top of his head. 
  "Oh, have end with the flowery phrases, Kuskur. You were never so formal with 
  my mother Thara and I want you to be at ease in my presence. Queen of Aglarond I may 
  be, but I am also the “Little Illi" you used to allow a sip of sunfire liqueur when her 
  mother wasn't looking! Up with you and let us sit and talk." 
  Kuskur gave the queen of Aglarond a measured glance as he resumed his seat. 
  Queen Ilione had grown into a strong and confident woman and more importantly, a 
  loyal and steadfast friend of Impiltur. It was that friendship that had brought Kuskur, 
  young King Rilimbrar, and a scattering of loyal nobles, courtiers and royal guards to 
  Velprintalar. 
  "I have spoken at length with King Rilimbrar and he has apprised me of what has 
  befallen his kingdom. He is young and although of a different temper to his father, he is 
  a proud scion of the Heltharn line,” Ilione announced. “He seeks aid to win back his 
  throne." 
  "Your royal highness …" Kuskur started, but was once more forced into silence, 
  this time by the queen's upraised palm. 
  "I cannot give Impiltur what it seeks. Your kingdom will not be reclaimed by 
  Aglarondan swords," Ilione stated flatly. "We shall provide you with sanctuary but I fear 
  that this will be far short of what you seek or need." 
   
  Kuskur closed his eyes, the disappointment making his mouth twist in a grimace 
  that he only mastered with visible effort. The sea voyage from Lyrabar had been 
  sufficiently long to allow him to face his demons and give him the courage to sacrifice all 
  that he had to return his nephew to the throne. 
   
  "Your response is not surprising, your royal highness, and it is one that I understand 
  and respect. A usurper of my blood sits on Impiltur's throne, and the blame for that rests 
  with me. To absolve myself, I seek a boon from the Queen of Aglarond. For the 
  affection your mother bore me, I beseech you to grant it," Kuskur stated quietly. 
   
  "If it is within my power to grant, noble Kuskur, it shall be as you ask," replied 
  Queen Ilione as she raised a finger to wipe away the sudden and surprising tear that ran 
  down the old man’s cheek. Kuskur looked deep into her eyes and said in a choked 
  whisper, "I understand that you have an apprentice. Fetch her to me." 
  
  1244 
  Year of the Defiant Keep 
   
  Lord Elphras, brother to the reigning King Lashilmbrar, travels to the Great Dale and 
  raises a castle near the Great Barrow; the castle is mysteriously abandoned soon 
  thereafter, and he is not heard of again.123 
  1253 
  Year of Beckoning Death 
   
  Plague racks the northern Inner Sea coast from Cormyr to the Great Dale.124 
  1275 
  Year of the Blade 
   
  King Lashilmbrar commissions a band of hireswords known as the Gauntlet of Doom 
  to explore Redfang Peak in the southern Giantspire Mountains.125 
  1280 
  Year of the Manticore 
   
  Rilimbrar, younger son of King Lashilmbrar and Queen Thelmara, is born.126 
  1294 
  Year of the Deep Moon 
   
  The treasonous Prince Thaum of Telflamm engineers the assassination of King 
  Lashilmbrar, Queen Thelmara and Crown Prince Imphras. His father Kuskur, brother 
  to Lashilmbrar, is appointed regent until Rilimbrar comes of age and can be formally 
  crowned king of the realm.127 
  1295 
  Year of the Ormserpent 
   
  Thaum gathers a mercenary army and sails across the Easting Reach to sack Sarshel and 
  march on Filur, seizing the throne of Impiltur. Prince-Regent Kuskur and King 
  Rilimbrar flee to Aglarond where they seek the aid of Queen Ilione. Her apprentice, 
  known to all as the Simbul, travels to Impiltur and slays Thaum. Thaum’s son Imphras 
  declares himself King Imphras IV.128 
  1296 
  Year of the Black Hound 
   
  King Rilimbrar is restored to the throne of Impiltur and Prince-Regent Kuskur elects to 
  go into self-imposed exile in Aglarond. Thaum’s son Imphras is placed under house 
  arrest.129 
  1297 
  Year of the Singing Skull 
   
  King Rilimbrar marries Ilbritha Eirlthaun.130 
  1317 
  Year of the Wandering Wyrm 
   
  The Great Plague of the Inner Sea, also known as the Dragon Plague, begins ravaging 
  the coastal lands of Impiltur, Thesk and the Aglarondan peninsula.131 
  1323 
  Year of Dreamwebs 
   
  The Dragon Plague is declared over.132 
  1336 
  Year of the Highmantle 
   
  King Rilimbrar has his daughter Princess Sambryl wed her second cousin Imphras, 
  though the marriage is never consummated. Imphras IV, though considered a traitor 
  and confined to the royal tower at Filur, is officially recognised as Crown Prince of the 
  realm.133 
  1338 
  Year of the Wanderer 
   
  King Rilimbrar, Queen Ilbritha, and Crown Prince Imphras die in a mysterious fire in 
  Filur. The infant Prince Soarimbrar the Younger is crowned king and Sambryl is 
  appointed Queen-Regent. The royal court is moved to Lyrabar.134 
  1340 
  Year of the Lion 
   
  Queen-Regent Sambryl decrees a new merchant guild or “laern” for the Uplands region 
  of the realm. 
  1351 
  Year of the Crown 
   
  King Soarimbrar the Younger and his entire retinue are slain at the hands of unknown 
  assassins. His infant nephew Imphras V succeeds him and Sambryl remains Queen-
  Regent.135 
  1363 
  Year of the Wyvern 
   
  King Imphras V dies of a wasting sickness before he can properly claim the throne of 
  Impiltur. His younger brother Imbrar II succeeds him and as before, Sambryl remains 
  Queen-Regent of the realm.136 
  1364 
  Year of the Wave 
   
  Lord Uthrain of Uthmere is killed in a hunting accident and succeeded by his son 
  Uthlain. Adventurers soon discover that servants of the Shadowmasters of Telflamm, 
  who seek to destabilize Uthmere, have perpetrated the death.137 
  1374 
  Year of Lightning Storms 
   
  King Imbrar II comes of age, takes up the Crown of Narfell and is formally crowned king 
  of Impiltur. The Lords of Imphras II are dissolved and the former Queen-Regent 
  Sambryl retires to Filur. 
   
  
  1385 
  Year of Blue Fire 
   
  The Spellplague engulfs Impiltur bringing ruin and devastation to the kingdom as the 
  Art goes awry. King Imbrar II and much of the Heltharn ruling family die in the tumult, 
  and power devolves to a hastily formed Grand Council comprised of various nobles and 
  merchants of the realm. 
   
                                                  
   
  1  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.16. 
  2  
  Elminster in Myth Drannor hardcover, p.118; Rand’s Travelogue FR web column. 
  3  
  Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.268; FR14 The Great Glacier, p.5. 
  4  
  FR14 The Great Glacier, p.5. 
  5  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.31. 
  6  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.31. 
  7  
  Cormanthyr, p.34. 
  8  
  Cormanthyr, pgs.35 & 122; Lost Empires of Faerûn, p.126. 
  9  
  Unapproachable East, p.104; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.268; Races of Faerûn, 
   
  p.85; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.5. 
  10  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.57. 
  11  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.57; Champions of Ruin, p.131. 
  12  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.57. 
  13  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.57. 
  14  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.57; Races of Faerûn, p.89. 
  15  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.58. 
  16  
  Races of Faerûn, p.89. 
  17  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  18  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  19  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  20  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  21  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  22  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  23  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  24  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  25  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  26  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.61. 
  27  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.61 & 78. 
  28  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  29  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  30  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  31  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  32  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  33  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  34  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  35  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  36  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  37  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  38  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  39  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  40  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  41  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.78. 
  42  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  43  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  44  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  45  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  46  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  47  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  48  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  49  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  50  
  Grand History of the Realms, 89; Cormanthyr, p.40. 
  51  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  52  
  Unapproachable East, p.122. 
  
                                                                                                                                         
  53  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  54  
  Cormanthyr, p.41; The City of Raven’s Bluff, p.144. 
  55  
  Dragon#277, p.87. 
  56  
  Cormanthyr, p.41; The City of Raven’s Bluff, p.144. 
  57  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  58  
  Dragon#277, p.89. 
  59  
  Lost Empires of Faerûn, p.128; Cormanthyr, p.42; The City of Ravens Bluff, p.144. 
  60  
  The City of Raven’s Bluff, p.2. 
  61  
  The City of Raven’s Bluff, p.2. 
  62  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.93; Dragon#277, p.87. 
  63  
  Dragon#277, p.88. 
  64  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79; Dragon#277, p.88. 
  65  
  Lost Empires of Faerûn, p.128; Races of Faerûn, p.89; Cormanthyr, p.42; The City of Ravens 
   
  Bluff, pgs.3 & 144. 
  66  
  Races of Faerûn, p.89. 
  67  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  68  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  69  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  70  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  71  
  Dragon#277, p.89. 
  72  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  73  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.101; Races of Faerûn, p.89. 
  74  
  Cormanthyr, p.127. 
  75  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.101; Races of Faerûn, p.89. 
  76  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.101. 
  77  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.101; Races of Faerûn, p.89. 
  78  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.101. 
  79  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.80; Dragon#277, p.90. 
  80  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  81  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.103; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.24; Dragon#277, p.87. 
  82  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79 & 103. 
  83  
  Unapproachable East, p.178. 
  84  
  Dragon#277, p.87. 
  85  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.103. 
  86  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  87  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  88  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.105. 
  89  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.84; Lands of Intrigue – Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue, p.29. 
  90  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.84; Lands of Intrigue – Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue, p.29; Lands 
  of Intrigue – Tethyr, p.31. Note that this last source incorrectly asserts that Queen Cyriana had a 
  brother named Atann. This reference has been amended and corrected here to conform with the 
  line of Tethyrian monarchs set out in Lands of Intrigue – Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue and 
  Grand History of the Realms. 
  91  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  92  
  Unapproachable East, p.122. 
  93  
  Unapproachable East, p.122. 
  94  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  95  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.109. 
  96  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.79. 
  97  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.109; Unapproachable East, p.178. 
  98  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.111; Unapproachable East, p.178. 
  99  
  Champions of Ruin, p.136. 
  100  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.111; Races of Faerûn, p.89; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.17; 
  Dragon#277, p.86. 
  101  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.111; Races of Faerûn, p.89; Champions of Ruin, p.136; Sea of 
  Fallen Stars, p.17; Dragon#277, p.86. Note that this last reference incorrectly dates this event as 
  924 DR. 
  102  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.111; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6. 
  103  
  Champions of Ruin, p.136. 
  104  
  Demihuman Deities, p.142. 
  
                                                                                                                                         
  105  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.113; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.270; Sea of 
  Fallen Stars, p.6; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  106  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.116; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.270; Races of 
  Faerûn, pgs.89 & 109. 
  107  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.118; Unapproachable East, p.122. Note that this source 
  incorrectly states that the kingdom of Impiltur is re-founded in this year; Forgotten Realms 
  Campaign Setting (III), p.270; Races of Faerûn, p.89; 
   
  Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6. 
  108  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 118; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.270; 
  Races of Faerûn, p.89; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  109  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.119; Unapproachable East, p.163. 
  110  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 119; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  111  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.119; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  112  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 119; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, pgs.4 & 6; 
  Dragon#277, p.86. 
  113  
  Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.270; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6. 
  114  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.123; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.6. 
  115  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 123; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, pgs.4 & 6. 
  116  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.123; Unapproachable East, p.179. 
  117  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 123. 
  118  
  Dragon#277, p.87. 
  119  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.125; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6; Pirates of the Fallen Stars, p.12. 
  Note that these last two sources dates this event as 1182 DR but this ‘error’ can be attributed to a 
  Cormyr Reckoning to Dale Reckoning mistake. 
  120  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.125; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.270; Sea of 
  Fallen Stars, p.6. 
  121  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.125; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6; Pirates of the Fallen Stars, p.12. See 
  endnote 119 regarding the dating of this event. 
  122  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 125; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  123  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.126; Unapproachable East, p.122. 
  124  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.126; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.6. 
  125  
  Dragon#277, p.89. 
  126  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.128. 
  127  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 132; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  128  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.132. 
  129  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.132. 
  130  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.132. 
  131  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.134; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (III), p.271; Sea of 
  Fallen Stars, p.7; FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  132  
  Sea of Fallen Stars, p.7. 
  133  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.137. 
  134  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 139; Races of Faerûn, p.89; Sea of Fallen Stars, p.7; FR6 
  Dreams of the Red Wizards, p.4. 
  135  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 140. 
  136  
  Grand History of the Realms, pgs.80 & 146. 
  137  
  Grand History of the Realms, p.147; Unapproachable East, p.122. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Dungeons & Dragons [multi]/Kingdom of Impiltur/The High History of Impiltur.pdf