588 CY

Events

In this year

• On Needfest 4th, the confusion following Viscount Fenward of Verbobonc's death at the hand of the captain of his own guard is resolved when he is succeeded by Sir Langard of the Gnarley Border. Langard, the illegitimate half-elven son and only living relative of Fenward's father Wilfrick, begins to repair strained relationships with Furyondy, Veluna, and the gnomes of the Kron Hills. (TAB p.37)
• The town of Flen in Keoland's Good Hills is used as a staging post for the liberation of Sterich. (LGG p.145)
• In Coldeven, Sterich is liberated. (LGG p.66,108)
• The war to recover Geoff begins. (TAB p.35)
• Battle of Grabford takes place, allowing Furyondy to encircle and capture Crockport. Great Northern Crusade ends. (LGG p.46,47)
• Shield Lands re-establish government, establishing Lady Katarina as Knight Commander of the region. (LGG p.105)
• Knights of Dispatch lead a renewed attack on Geoff. The Oytwood is liberated. (LGG p.49,141)
• In the middle of this year, Iuz's magical control over Sevvord Redbeard ends. He enacts or makes public sweeping political changes, including taking the title of Rhelt ("king"), establishing a feudal power structure, and formally renaming the Hold of Stonefist to Stonehold. His forces retreat to the northern foothills of Tenh. (TAB p.22-23)
• War begins in Tenh. Theocrat Ogon Tillit sponsors an invasion of Tenh to oppose the threat of Iuz and gain territory. Tenh ultimately becomes a four-way conflict between Tenh repatriates, the Pale, Iuz, and Stonehold. (LGG p.16,82; TAB p.23)
• Theocrat Tillit wounded in battle in Tenh. His wounds fail to heal. (LGG p.82)
• Redspan liberated. (Realm of Dust)
• Greyhawk Beggarmaster Gaspar mysteriously disappears. Diarmid Hesperion disappears shortly after. Beggar's Union treasurer Simeon Hellwater elevates himself to Beggarmaster by framing Gaspar's replacement as an agent of the Scarlet Brotherhood. (TAB p.126; Dragon #301 p.89)
• The guildmaster of the Dockers' and Warfmen's Union in Greyhawk is murdered. He is succeded by his son, Screel Dorfman. (TAB p.77)
• Three great cranes are built at the docks in Hardby for loading and unloading goods. (Slavers p.34)
• Bonewood completes its transformation into a bonelike material. (LGG p.139)
• Algorthas the Seer presents his Last Testament. (LGJ #14)
• By the end of the year, Furyondy has recaptured all of its former holdings from Iuz, including a portion of the Shield Lands. (TAB p.21)

Around this year

• In the Free City of Greyhawk, the Guild of Leatherworkers, Tanners, Smiths and Stablers breaks up into smaller guilds. The Guild of Clothworkers is formed. (TAB p.115)
• The Night Dame purchases the extravagant Golden Phoenix Inn in the City of Greyhawk. (TAB p.91)