584 CY

Events

In this year

• Early this year, Cranzer marches an army to the tower of Hellstone and demands the surrender of the mage who lived within. The tower explodes as soon as Cranzer's army enters, and the wizard mysteriously disappears. (Iuz the Evil p.53)
• Reza, a tiger owned by Griffith Adarian, dies in her sleep. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.12)
• In Spring, lizardmen from the Mistmarsh are particularly active, raiding the Plain of Greyhawk. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.18)
• Leastisle is sacked by marauders, throwing the isle into anarchy. (LGG p.99,100)
• In Goodmonth, Nyrondese sage Elraniel Tesmarien leaves Midmeadow and takes up residence in the Free City of Greyhawk, where he becomes a tutor at the Grey College. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.80)
• The Scarlet Brotherhood arrives in the Amedio Jungle. The Matreyus expedition brings back detailed notes. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.63)
• Fratern Milblinnis, an anti-magic secret society, is established. (Dragon #256 p.48)
• Bladestorm, cleric of Trithereon, emerges from the Welkwood to offer her services to the Headhunters. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.78)
• Embassy Circle building completed in the Free City of Greyhawk. (TAB p.84)
• Elskan Saramade replaces Aaron Strachan as Furyondian ambassador to Greyhawk. (TAB p.84)
• The City of Greyhawk grants titles of petty nobility to ten individuals, largely for tax purposes. (TAB p.72)
• Iuz designates the Free City of Rookroost, Free City-State of Stoink and Riftcrag as regional capitals of the Bandit Kingdoms. (LGG p.29-30, 59)
• On Harvester 1, Tenser writes a letter to Mordenkainen shortly before his death. It is never sent. (Return of the Eight p.32)
• Exalted Dweomercraft, a tome of Aerdy and drow magic, disappears from the Valley of the Mage. (Dragon #241 p.76)
• In Patchwall, chieftain Skannar Hendricks of the Reyhu fights alongside wood elves of the Fellreev against Fleischriver. They form a rough alliance. (Iuz the Evil p.56)
• Ranger Knight Lynwood Terfalen returns from the Gnarley Woods after three years of captivity. The rangers subsequently nickname dryads as "Lynwood's wives". (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.46)
• Day of Treachery. Bernal, a cleric of Iuz, commits a heinous massacre at the Battle of Steelbone Meadows in the Bandit Kingdoms. Five thousand men are killed as they sleep at a gathering celebrating the Pact of Greyhawk, and planning events for after winter. (Iuz the Evil p.49)
  • The date of this event is disputed. Dragon Annual 1999 p.21 dates it to Ready'reat 13, while LGG p.31 The date is disputed. Dragon Annual 1999 p.21 dates it to Ready'reat 13, while LGG p.31 suggests around six weeks earlier in Brewfest.

Greyhawk Wars

• In Readying, the half-orc Turrosh Mak of the Nedla tribe becomes its chief, secretly supported by the Scarlet Brotherhood. He unites the tribes of the Pomarj. He attacks the Wild Coast, sacking Eldredd, Badwall, and Fax before invading the Principality of Ulek. (Safeton; Wars, Adventurer's Book p.15-18)
• Battle of Celene Pass. Pomarj forces are stopped by a scouting party of dwarven warriors calling themselves the League of Right, who establish hasty earthworks and fortifications. Commander Rourk Splinterstone and 30 of 200 soldiers survive long enough for reinforcements to arrive. Splinterstone is awarded a small barony and the survivors are awarded a lifelong pension. (From the Ashes p..7; LGG p.152; Slavers p.122-124; Wars, Adventurer's Book p.18)
• Queen Yolande of Celene closes her realm to outsiders. (Wars, Adventurer's Book p.19)
• In Coldeven, Safeton and Narwell, the last remaining unconquered cities of the Wild Coast, sign sign a Pact of Association with the Free City of Greyhawk. (Safeton; From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.50)
• Fearing invasion of the city of Fax by Turrosh Mak, forty members of the Crescent League hijack a ship and flee to Onnwal. This act destroys the Crescent League's reputation across the Flanaess. (Dragon #256 p.47)
• Fax falls. (Safeton)
• In spring, Commandant Osson's ride comes to an end. Trapped in Medegia, he makes an impossible dash for freedom toward the Hestmark Highlands, but most of the unit's officers are killed in an ambush while crossing the Flanmi River. The survivors flee into the hills. Osson is never seen again. (Wars, Adventurer's Book p.19)
• The Gran March sends troops across the Lorridges to aid Furyondy against Iuz, fulfilling obligations under the Treaty of Niole Dra. (LGG p.50)
• Overking Ivid orders Medegia crushed for their impunity. His army spends substantial time plundering and sacking every town and city. (Wars, Adventurer's Book p.19)
• Night of Terror. On 1 Growfest, all half-orcs, orcs and hobgoblins in Safeton and Narwell are killed in a single night. (Player's Guide p.61; Safeton; From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.50; Slavers p.123)
• Twenty-seven of the thirty lords of the Sea Princes assassinated in a single night by the Scarlet Brotherhood. The remaining lords surrender. (LGG p.101)
• Most of the Order of the Golden Sun are recalled to Onnwal, where they are ambushed and slaughtered by the Scarlet Brotherhood. Only six members ultimately survive. (Dragon #293 p.93)
• The thieves' guild of Scant suddenly flee the city. (LGG p.80)
• Night of the Scarlet Knives. On the night of Wealsun 18, spies of the Scarlet Brotherhood capture Scant, landing an army by sea the next day. Onnwal falls to the Scarlet Brotherhood. Szek Eward Destron is slain. (LGG p.80; Scant - A City Enslaved; LGJ #15)
• Jian Destron inherits the position of Szek of Onnwal. The Scarlet Brotherhood attempts to sink his ship, but he is able to escape thanks to a sudden fog, for which credit would later be claimed by Rary the Traitor. He establishes a court-in-exile in the port of Nessermouth in Nyrond. (LGJ #15)
• Lordship of the Isles officially declares loyalty to the Scarlet Brotherhood. (Player's Guide p.7)
• A fleet from the Lordship of the Isles, led by the Scarlet Brotherhood, attempts to invade Gradsul, but is repelled. They move on to harry the ships of Irongate. (LGG p.66,72)
• Invasion of Geoff and Sterich by giants. In summer, renewed giant and evil humanoid raids hit the Grand Duchy of Geoff, Sterich, and the Yeomanry. Keoland offers support to the Earl of Sterich, but demands fealty in exchange. The negotiations delay the deployment of Keoish reinforcements, and Geoff and Sterich are conquered by the invaders. Dwarves and humans flee to the Good Hills. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.7; LGG p.49,107,145; Wars, Adventurer's Book p.20)
• Nonhumans despoil the Loftwood by setting fires. (LGG p.141)
• Giants and nonhumans overrun the Oytwood in Geoff. (LGG p.141)
• Giants and ogres attack the Yeomanry, but armed peasants successfully repel the invaders. (Wars, Adventurer's Book p.20)
• The Gran March sends reinforcements relieve Geoff and Sterich from the giants. (LGG p.50)
• In Goodmonth, weeks after the invasion of Geoff, Ket allies with Iuz, and promptly launches a cavalry attack against Bissel. Bissel is forced to surrender by mid-Harvester. (LGG p.33,50; From the Ashes, Atlas p.7; Wars, Adventurer's Book p.20)
• Ambassadors visit the isolated Valley of the Mage seeking assistance to fight the giants. Talks are interrupted by an invasion of giants and humanoids. (LGG p.127; TAB p.35)
• In early summer, Pontylver is razed. (Rumours and Whispers of the Flanaess; Ivid p.106)
• The Battle of Innspa marks the peak of the Aerdy invasion of Nyrond. Ivid V foolishly insists on personally commanding his armies, resulting in crushing defeat. Ivid executes his generals and nobles, raising them as undead servitors. Ivid is subsequently assassinated by the nobility, and the priesthood of Hextor raise him as undead. He begins mass executions. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.8)
• The North Province secedes from the Great Kingdom. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.8; LGG p.24)
• The Scarlet Brotherhood begins campaign of assassinations in Iron League states with an aim to destabilize their governments. Cobb Darg of the Free City of Irongate orders the execution of every known Scarlet Brotherhood agent within the city. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.9)
• In Goodmonth, Iuz turns his forces to the attack of Almor. (Wars, Adventurer's Book p.19)
• The Day of Dust. On Goodmonth 17, Ivid razes Chathold and Almor in a magical cataclysm. (Bonewood and Chathold; Ivid p.145)
• Furyondy breaks the siege of Chendl and drives Iuz northwards in autumn. (Iuz the Evil p.4)
• The town of Cantona, where magic is unreliable, is conquered by orcs. Half of its inhabitants manage to flee north; others are enslaved or eaten. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.58)
• Pact of Greyhawk. In the month of Harvester, the Great Council assembles to draft the treaty and affects a truce, bringing an end to what would retroactively be known as the Greyhawk Wars. The treaty fixes national borders. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.9; LGG p.16)
• Day of Great Signing. On the day the treaty was to be signed, Rary instigates a massive magical battle within the Great Hall and attempts to assassinate the other members of the Circle of Eight, killing only Otiluke and Tenser before fleeing into the Bright Desert to form his own kingdom. (From the Ashes, Atlas p.9; LGG p.16,38)
• Rary's older brother, the legendary scholar Arkalan Sammal of Ket, disavows his brother. He succumbs to alcoholism. (LGJ #5 p.8)
• The orc Quij takes part in the sacking of the castle of the slain archmage Tenser. (TAB p.98)
• Cairn Hills Treaty. Cairn Hills ceded from the Duchy of Urnst to the Free City of Greyhawk. (LGG p.144; The Griffon's Nest)
• Despite the Pact of Greyhawk, some fighting continues, mainly in the Pomarj, Ratik, and the Lost Lands. (Iuz the Evil p.49; From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.50)
• In Patchwall, orcs loot and pillage Castle Sulafrait. (From the Ashes, Campaign Book p.50)

Publications

The following publications take place in 584 CY:

• Wars (1991)
• WGQ1 Patriots of Ulek (1992) (according to The Adventure Begins p.4)

Notes

An enormous number of dateable events occur in 584 CY, especially as the last year of the Greyhawk Wars.

Living Greyhawk Gazetteer p.50 dates the giant invasion of Geoff and Sterich to 584 CY, several months after Gran March sent military support across the Lorridges to help Furyondy defend against Iuz. The invasion of Bissel by Ket in Goodmonth 584 CY (LGG p.33) took place weeks after the invasion, or at least weeks after Commandant Petros received reports of the invasion, dating the giant invasion to summer of 584. However, Against the Giants: the Liberation of Geoff gives a date of 583 CY for much of the invasion, including the conquest of the Geoffite capital Gorna.