This page serves to chronicle the major events from ALFA's history, the major events from FR history which our DM team has ruled have happened as chronicled in FR, and those major events from FR history which happened in living and recent memory of the characters in play. This information is reasonably in character for characters of average intelligence, as even the distant or scholarly events-- such as the birth of deities, the silence of deities, or invasions of countries-- generate chatter in distant lands. The cut between the Forgotten Realms and the ALFA timeline happens in 1375 DR.
1379 DR: The Year of the Lost Keep
(This Year)
* Nothing border-crossing yet.
1378 DR: The Year of the Cauldron
(Last Year)
* An army of giants marches on eastern Luruar, leaving
the settlements of Auvandell, Sundabar, and Citadel
Felbarr largely isolated for the year. The
coordinated forces of the Knights in Silver and the
dwarves of Felbarr eventually sees the giants routed.
* The cult of Memnon musters in Calimport, building an impressive fleet of ships that they threatened the Sword Coast with, until their leader has a terrible
vision and abandons the quest. The fleet falls apart shortly after, without having launched any ships.
1377 DR: The Year of Haunting
(Two Years Ago)
* Baldur's Gate and Amn come to be curious about an
unusually large number of missing caravans and each
blames the other for them all. The resulting
hostility brews into a brief war, in which Nashkel is
occupied by a Baldurian expeditionary force. It is
withdrawn shortly after.
* Srinshee arrives in Myth Drannor to present the
Ruler's Blade to Ilsevele Miritar, granting
significant credibility to the reformed court of
Cormanthor.
1376 DR: The Year of the Bent Blade
(Three Years Ago)
* Baldur's Gate is rocked by a pervasive plague of
vampires, which claims many lives. Two heroes of
the region-- Lemuel Odgenstorm and Ragnus
Ironlung-- were slain in the campaign to liberate the
city from the undead.
* The Dean at the Lady's College in Silverymoon
presents a challenge to the students of the school,
which results in the deaths of many promising young
wizards. The stunt reveals lore of Occidian, but
the dean dies before being able to reward the victors
of the challenge.
* The Zhentarim are finally defeated and the war
between Zhentil keep and Cormanthor ends in
victory for the elves.
1375 DR: The Year of Risen Elfkin
(Four Years Ago)
* Orcs launch repeated raids on the countryside
through the western lands in The Silver Marches,
lead by the orc "Blue Tusk," claiming lives and
trade. They are sourced from the Dungeon of the
Ruins, where they lost to a few whose names would
become more common in coming times: Lemuel
Ogdenstorm, Rathalan Whitsword, Sylvaine de
Rochelle, Laniara, Madeleine Bourgeois, Sywyn
Ste'fend, and Garlus Ironbeard.
* A massive rebellion ousts the Zhent occupation of
Shadowdale, ending with the degenerated WEave
therein being healed by Sylune Silverhand, one of
the seven sisters, sacraficing herself.
1374 DR: The Year of Lightning Storms
(Five Years Ago)
* Daemonfey make sporradic attacks all across Faerûn,
focusing on established elven cities. Eventually,
Evermeet becomes agitated enough to form an army
lead by Seiveril Miritar and his daughter Ilsevele,
and they begin a march toward Myth Drannor to
stop the attacks at their source.
* Sharran cultists use a curious and ill-defined form
of magic to steal the Black Diadem from Elminster,
and then launch attacks across Cormyr and the
Dales in efforts to destroy wide swaths of the
Weave. They are successful in Shadowdale.
1373 DR: The Year of Rogue Dragons
(Six Years Ago)
* Dragons make devastating attacks on Tangled Trees,
Highmoon, and Trenahess, doing unspeakable damage
to them all. Dragon attacks are more common
throughout the year, though none claim quite so
many lives. It was revealed to be the doing of a lich
later in the year, when his phylactery was destroyed
and dragons returned to normal.
* Sephris Dwendon, Chosen of Oghma, is slain as part
to a plot that brings the knowledge of the creation
of Shades back to circulation, though the
knowledge remains in isolated esoteric circles.
1372 DR: The Year of Wild Magic
(Seven Years Ago)
* Bane is reborn, tearing his way out of the body of
his son Iyatchu Xvim. He quickly rises to power and
his chosen, Fzoul Chembryl, uses his post as leader
of the Zhentarim to spread the faith.
* Tilverton is attacked by Shades, and is destroyed
utterly. Trade that moves between the Dales and the
Dragonmere is stymied.
* Lolth falls silent for some months, responding to
no attempts to contact her and granting no
blessings to her followers.
1371 DR: The Year of the Unstrung Harp
(Eight Years Ago)
* Everska is beseiged by the phaerimm, and their
ravenous appetite for magical energies leaves the
mythal there permanently damaged.
* The Goblin Wars are fought in Cormyr, and king
Azoun IV and Nalavarauthatoryl slay one another
in its climatic battle.
* The Tower of the Sun on Evermeet is destroyed in a
raid, and a significant portion of the wizards on the
island are killed in the conflict.
* The Confederacy of the Silver Marches, also known
as Luruar, is formed and Lady Alustriel, one of the
Seven Sisters, is elected High Lady.
* The Northlander kings swear fealty to Queen Alicia
Kendrick, giving birth to the Moonshae Isles as a
nation.
1370 DR: The Year of the Tankard
(Nine Years Ago)
* The infamous "Shaking Plague" strikes Scardale and
parts of Sembia, leaving countless dead.
* Obould Many-Arrows and his army of orcs, goblins,
and Frost Giants attack Mithral Hall in the Silver
Marches.
* Waukeen begins granting spells to her clergy again,
after a decade of silence. It is rumored that
mortals freed her from a divine prison.
1369 DR: The Year of the Gauntlet
(Ten Years Ago)
* Powerful Bhaalspawn who distinguished themselves
from their failed bretheren, wage wars across wide
regions and make attempts on one another's lives.
The ultimate plan of Bhaal, to have this conflict
lead to his revival, fails, and the Lord of Murder
remains a dead power.
* Thay begins another in its series of invasions of
Algarond. Szass Tam animates horded of undead to
be the vanguard of the attacks. It, like those
before it, eventually ends without significant gains.
* Iyachtu Xvim frees himself from prison beneath
Zhentil Keep, and rises as the god of Strife and
Tyrrany.
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