589 CY

Events

In this year

• Thornward Division. Negotiations conclude between Ket and Bissel, in which Bissel's capital of Thornward becomes a neutral city governed in common by Ket, Bissel, Veluna, and the Gran March. Ket withdraws its armies and gains control of all Bisselite lands north of the Bramblewood Gap. (LGG p.33)
• Signing of the Solnor Compact, a defensive alliance between Rel Astra, Ountsy and Roland. (TAB p.29)
• Sunndi declines to join the new Kingdom of Ahlissa. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.7)
• In Growfest, Sunndi declares independence from the Great Kingdom and its successor states. Its leader is Count Hazendel, who takes the title Olvenking Hazendel the Defender. (LGG p.111; TAB p.29)
• In spring, Furyondy disbands many army units. Belvor IV is criticized for not capturing more territory from Iuz. (TAB p.21)
• On 1 Planting, King Belvor IV declares a permanent state of war between Furyondy and Iuz. (TAB p.21)
• Orcs and goblins attack Safeton before its walls are completed. Governor Turin Deathstalker is prepared, and a successful counterattack destroys the invaders in what is now known as Orcslayer Field. (Slavers p.46; Safeton)
• An elven ship from the Lendore Isles is spotted in the Densac Gulf. (TAB p.29)
• The lighthouse in Dyvers is renovated with continual light spells, thereafter casting its light for 30 miles on a clear night. (Slavers p.11)
• Mother Arinohal of the Scarlet Brotherhood appointed Mother of Purity for a second term. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.19)
• The Scarlet Brotherhood fortifies three ports in Hepmonaland to maintain the blockade of the Tilva Strait. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.7)
• The summer is exceptionally hot. (LGG p.102)
• In Wealsun, Lady Xenia Sallavarian collapses of heatstroke. Divinations suggest the likelihood of magical attack. Her marriage to King Lynwerd is called off, much to the despair of the king and his people. (LGG p.78,79; TAB p.31)
• Mordenkainen shaves his head. (LGJ #0 p.9)
• An ancient temple is discovered in the Hellfurnaces near the Sea of Dust. For reasons unknown to outsiders, it triggers a schism within the Scarlet Brotherhood of the Hold of the Sea Princes. (LGG p.102)
• In summer, internal conflict within the Scarlet Botherhood in the Hold of the Sea Princes escalates into assassinations and a brief armed revolt by the Black Brotherhood. The unusually hot summer and weakening of the leadership results in a slave rebellion, resulting in civil war. The Brotherhood ultimately loses control of the Hold except for Port Toli, the capital of Monmurg, and the islands Flotsom, Jetsom, Fairwind, and Sybarate. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.7; TAB p.32,63; LGG p.16,98,102; The Duchy of Berghof)
• Reynard, bandit chief of the Earldom of the Tangles, is captured and executed. (LGG p.30)
• Chief Strongbow assassinated. (LGG p.38)
• Loftin Graystand, mayor of Highfolk, resigns. His successor is Tavin Ersteader. (LGG p.53)
• An ancient temple is discovered in the Hellfurnaces. (LGG p.101)
• An assassination attempt on the life of Carmen Halmaster, wool merchant and member of the Greyhawk thieves' guild, leaves him with a tremor. (LGJ #2 p.9)
• A jeweler is killed in the Free City of Greyhawk during a bungled robbery. Bodmi Hollardel is suspected of involvement, and resigns as head of the Jewelers and Gemcutters' Guild. His daughter Gerda Hollardel assumes the role. (LGJ #5 p.4; TAB p.64)
• Stimrin Cannasay becomes Representative of the Union of Merchants and Traders in the Free City of Greyhawk, Laup Cobrun. (TAB p.64)
• Former Greyhawk Thieves' Guild member Carmen Halmaster is poisoned in an assassination attempt. (TAB p.115)
• Marius Lindon elected Freeholder of the Yeomanry League. (LGG p.135)

Around this year

• The herbalist shop Weaves and Leaves opens in the Duchy of Geoff. (Liberation of Geoff p.67)
  • The sole source gives a date of "two years ago, in 591 CY". This is incorrect, as Against the Giants is set in 591 CY. It must either have opened in 591 CY, or two years ago as of 591 CY (i.e. 589 CY).