590 CY

Events

In this year

• In Fireseek, rebels in Onnwal take Sornhill on the Storm Coast. (LGJ #1 p.30)
• Early this year, Forces from Keoland invade the Hold of Sea Princes and capture Westkeep. (LGG p.101)
• Forces of the Scarlet Brotherhood in Chiswell defect en masse. Herdsman Krevaradan quells an uprising in Port Toli. (LGJ #2 p.30)
• Greyhawk Mountaineers attack Cantona, retaliating for a goblin atack on Safeton the previous year. The Mountainers burn much of the town but the orcs manage to hold the town thanks to earthen fortifications. (Slavers p.53; Safeton)
• Bissel declares the trading town of Pellak its new capital. (LGG p.33)
• In Growfest, the Congress of Lords of Sunndi meets for the first time. Trade opened with Ahlissa. (LGG p.111; TAB p.29)
• Xavener I re-establishes the Windmarch trade routes. (LGG p.24)
• A caravel from Rel Astra avoids the blockade of the Tilva Strait by circumnavigating Hepmonaland. The Brotherhood responds by tightening the blockade along the coast. (The Scarlet Brotherhood p.7)
• Sea Barons' fleet returns from expedition across the Solnor. (TAB p.29)
• Military sweep in the Duchy of Urnst drives bandits into the hills around the dwarven hill fortress of Karakest. (TAB, Map Book p.3)
• The archmage Mordenkainen speaks at a conclave in the Free City of Greyhawk. He speculates on the Horned Society, about which little is now known. (LGG p.157)
• Stalman Klim returns to Earth Dragon's temple. (Slavers p.120,124)
• Bone March raided again via the Blemu Hills, but Knurl holds. (LGG p.37)
• Irongate declares support for the Onnwal freedom movement. (LGG p.58)
• Rakehell Chert retakes Osprem's Light near Sornhill. (LGJ #15)
• Sunndi raided by amphibious creatures from the Vast Swamp. (LGG p.111)
• Marquis Querchard of Sterich disappears in Istivin. He is suspected to have been imprisoned in Krelont Keep. His wife, Marchioness Resbin Drem Emondav, rules in his stead. (LGG p.108)
• Overking Xavener I expands the borders of the United Kingdom of Ahlissa. (TAB p.27)
• Innspa joins the Unite Kingdom of Ahlissa. Countess Karasin is given the title of Princess. (TAB p.27; Piecing Together the Splintered Sun)
• The administrative capital of the Adri Forest and Grandwood are moved to Innspa and Torrich respectively. Many inhabitants resent their annexation by Ahlissa. (TAB p.26)
• In fall, rumors claim that North Kingdom forces are spotted in the Marchland of Rauxes. (TAB p.27)
• Bigby survives an assassination by agents of Iuz. (Player's Guide p.22)
• Adventurers appear in Dark Gate in the Yeomanry with weapons made of a mysteriously black metal that disintegrates within days. (LGG p.135)
• The City of Loftwick in the Yeomanry attacked from the Jotens. It responds by reinforcing its defenses. (LGG p.136)
• Missing daughter of a Reyhu bandit reports seeing men who walk on air at Lake Aqal. (LGG p.147)
• A teenage girl goes missing while staying a night in the Whispering Cairn as a test of courage. (Dungeon #124 p.19-20)
• The Doomgrinder's top sail is observed to have rotated one degree since 584 CY. It is now one degree from vertical, believed to signal Oerth's destruction. (Doomgrinder)
• Tax census is carried out in of the City of Greyhawk. A similar census has been carried out every five years since at least 575 CY. (TAB p.68)
• Perrenlander Gustin Longpike, owner of the Blue Dragon Inn in the City of Greyhawk, is elected Guildmaster of the Guild of Ostlers and Brewers for the next four years. (TAB p.102)
• Alai Sventis takes over the Chapel of Olidammara in Greyhawk. (TAB p.119)
• A military sweep of the eastern Duchy of Urnst drives bandits into the hills at the dwarven fortress of Karakast.^{[citation needed]}
• Several miners disappear while looking for burial cairns south of Diamond Lake. (TAB, Map Book p.3)
• The Lendore Isles attack vessels of the Lordship of the Isles. Captain Jezerial Ipahi of the warship Moon's Vigil is responsible for sinking three ships. (LGG p.72; LGJ #3 p.27)
• Late this year, a longship of Suloise barbarians sailed into Marner in Ratik, hailing from the distant island of Fireland, seeking assistance. (TAB p.38)
• Late this year, an entire company of Rary's best soldiers disappears in a necropolis in the Bright Desert. An enraged Rary single-handedly slays an unrelated blue dragon to feel better about it. (LGG p.38)
• Late this year, King Lynwerd of Nyrond engages in urgent reforms. He restructures the kingdom's provinces and reduces the size of his court. Throughout the year he focuses on improving the nation's infrastructure. (LGG p.75,79; TAB p.31)
• Late this year, Irongate agrees to recognize Onnwal's government-in-exile in exchange for supplies. (LGG p.80)
• Late this year, six members of the revolutionary Dunfalcon Alliance are captured in the Free City of Greyhawk. (LGJ #5 p.4)

Around this year

• Gromond's Rope and Leather opens in Geoff. (Liberation of Geoff p.68)