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Netheril Timeline

By Bobby Nichols

Netheril
Years
Dale
Reckoning
0 -3859 Alliance of Fenwick, Gers, Gilan, Gustaf, Moran, Nauseef, and Janick into Seventon.  Soon renamed Netheril.
Beginning of the First Age.

14

-3845

Earlanni elves approach Netheril

132

-3727

Netheril scouts begin search for dwarves

204

-3655

Orc horde emerges from the Spine of the World and begins to move towards Netheril

326

-3533

Discovery of the nether scrolls. End of the First Age, Beginning of the Nether Age.

364

-3495

Birth of Congenio Ioun

397

-3462

Creation of Congenio's pebbles (ioun stones)

451

-3408

Congenio Ion changes the name of Congenio's pebbles changed to Ioun stones

401

-3458

Netherese scouts meet with the dwarves of Delzoun

544

-3315

Birth of Ioulaum

714

-3145

Ioulaum leads the Netherese against the orcs in the Rampart Peaks.

                

Ioulaum also starts the Excursion into Extinction, slaughtering over 140,000 orcs.

764

-3095

One set of the nether scrolls are stolen

845

-3014

Ioulaum creates the mythallar

848

-3011

Ioulaum creates the first magic item to use the mythallar

866

-2993

Ioulaum creates the first floating city -- Ioulaum's Enclave

1048

-2811

There are now a total of 13 flying cities

1101

-2758

End of the Mythallar Era.  Beginning of the Silver Age

                

The Mines of Dekanter are discovered

1319

-2540

Death of Congenio Ioun

1491

-2368

The Caravan Wars start.  3,000 owlbears are killed.

                

Old Owl Well is founded.

1652

-2207

End of the Silver Age.  Beginning of the Golden Age.

                

Birth of the Chronomancer

1756

-2103

Chronomancer goes to aid the Illusk nation against orc hordes

1764

-2095

Death of the Chronomancer from a war wound that never healed.

1963

-1896

24 scrolls of the remaining nether scrolls are stolen and destroyed

2201

-1658

The Mines of Dekanter begin to fail.  They are soon abandoned

2202

-1657

Sunrest falls from the sky and destroyed. There are no survivors.

2477

-1382

The Barbarbain Schism occurs as the Angardt tribe begins to learn magic.

2654

-1205

End of the Golden Age.  Beginning of the Age of Discovery.

Discovery of the chardalyns.

c.2745

-1114

Spelljamming is discovered.

2795

-1064

A illithid spelljammer is sited in the Skyward Realms (Realmspace)

c.2845

-1014

Netheril deserts spelljamming as too costly and expensive.

c.2855

-1004

Oberon, a Netherese arcanist interested in spelljamming, dies

3163

-696

End of the Age of Discovery.  Beginning of the Shadowed Age

                

Birth of Karsus

3185

-674

Ioulaum perfects the spell Ioulaum's longevity

                

Karsus creates a mythallar and becomes an archwizard.

3195

-664

The remaining nether scrolls are stolen on route to Karsus

3202

-657

The search for the stolen nether scrolls ends

c.3211

-648

Shadow published (with the help of Karsus) "Shadows: The Palpable Cohesion of Formless Corporeality."

                

Demiplane of Shadow discovered.

c.3212

-647

Demiplane of Imprisonment is discovered.

3348

-511

Olostin attacks the city of Unity

3381

-478

Olostin is destoryed by an unknown arcanist.

3398

-461

The Phaerimm begin to cast magic drain spells

c.3451

-408

Karsus discovers heavy magic

3505

-354

Illusk is refound after an arcanist rebuild the city with magic, losing his life in the process.

c.3505

-354

The sharn begin to attack the phaerimm. This give the Netherese some respite.

3520

-339

Iolaum disappears.

                

Karsus casts the 12th level spell Karsus Avatar and all magic ceases for a time, returning much changed.

                

Anauria, Asram, and Hlondath arrise out of the rubble of Netheril, saved by Mystra

3533

-326

The lich Wulgreth destorys a city built near Karsus's stony dead form in retribution

3826

-33

Asram is destroyed by plague. There are no survivors.

3970

111

Anauria is destoryed by an orc horde

4058

199

Crown Against the Scepter Wars begin.  Hlondath and Cormanthyr posture and compare magic might.

4167

308

Crown Against the Scepter Wars ends.  Myth Drannor and Cormanthyr are the clear winner.  Little loss of life occured during war.

4188

329

Anauroch destroys Hlondath's fields and the city is abandoned.

                

Anauroch ceases its spread.


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