A Timeline of DC's Oerth

[David]

(Please note -- I am making NO attempt to be complete, merely to capture a few of the more important events in the last 1000 years. I also updated some of the pre-Great Kingdom events due to a math error.)

616 = The Apocalypse -- the Great Kingdom splinters, Iuz invades all his neighbors, human civilization nearly falls
612 = Slavers raid the Wooly Coast out of Pomarj, but are defeated and their capitol destroyed
612 = The Lich, Keraptis, captures Wave, Whelm, and Blackrazor, but they are recovered from his lair under White Plume Mountain
609 = Egg of Chaos uncovered and opened, hatching the Shards of Chaos in Farmingham, Furyondy
608 = Lolth, the Demon-Queen of Spiders and main deity of the Drow (accidentally) slain by a group of adventurers
600 = Illthid War errupts across the Flanese, Veluna attacks Furyondy, Hazem becomes Pope, Brain Pool under Neregan destroyed
598 = A group of heroes explores the ruins of Thracia in Ahlissa and ultimately travel to Olympus
598 = War in the Highlands begins after Irongate falls and the North Province is later betrayed by the Great Kingdom
597 = The FarSpear sails from Greyhawk to Seant to Kin'tosh across the Southern Sea and on to Kozakura (arriving in Nov of 598)
597 = Death=Adder attempts to capture the Cairn Hills region, but is defeated and destroyed
596 = Moorak begins his 14-month quest, traveling across the Flanese
596 = After Bart killed, a group of Klarrians travel to Asgard, Hel, and the base of the Yggdrasil to have him raised
596 = Staff of Law stolen from Dyvers and heroes sent to recover it (ultimately from Irongate in the Highlands NOT Furyondy)
596 = Furyondy torn apart by a civil war/rebellion against King Cedric by his sister Damelia, she ultimately triumphs and restores order
595 = The Fabulous Five help found the Order of the Knights of the Wild March
593 = The Fabulous Five counter-attack the giant invaders and their allies, battling these monsters for the next three years
592 = Staff of Law recovered from a series of caves controlled by a black priest after it was lost for decades
588 = After a few years of peace, the giants again attack the human lands, this time including the Hold of the Sea Princes and Bissel
584 = Giants begin invading the Yeomanry, Sterich, Geoff and Keoland -- heroes battle them for the next three years
583 = DC's DND Campaign begins (on Friday, November 18th, 1983)
573 = Scarlet Brotherhood first reported
570 = Iuz freed from his imprisonment
570 = Nerof Gasgal becomes mayor of Greyhawk
569 = Battle of Emridy Meadows -- Horde and Temple of Elemental Evil defeated/destroyed
563 = Bone March falls to gnolls and orcs
513 = Rise of the Horned Society and Orcs capture the Pomarj
505 = Iuz imprisoned by Zagig in Castle Greyhawk
498 = Greyhawk become a Free City
498 = Hateful Wars begin in Lortmils and Kron Hills -- dwarves and gnomes vs humanoids
479 = Iuz becomes mighty and his armies invade
479 = Perrenland falls to the witch, Iggwilv
447 = Founding of the Iron League, Rise of the Sea Princes, Bandit Kings sack Trigol
437 = Turmoil Between Crowns
421 = Disappearance of Zagig from the world of mortals
375 = Zagig Yragerne the Mad Archmage leads Greyhawk to greatness as its mayor
356 = Kingdom of Nyrond established, Kingdom of Keoland at its peak
320 = Outer dependancies of Aerdy gain sovereignty
261 = Overking of the Great Kingdom withdraws forces from Greyhawk
254 = Viceroyalty of Ferrond gains independence as the Kingdom of Furyondy
205 = Gynarch Jik Jonnosh establishes Hardby as independent city
1 = Overking crowned in Rauxes and the frontiers of the Great Kingdom extend to Greyhawk
-109 = Battle of a Fortnight's Length
-216 = Founding of the Kingdom of Aerdy
-314 = Greyhawk first established as Oerdian trading outpost
-341 = Foundation of the Kingdom of Keoland
-421 = Invoked Devastation and Rain of Colorless Fire
-446 = Suloise migrations begin
-457 = Oerdian migrations east at their peak
-464 = Oerdian migrations begin as these people leave their ancestral homeland
-465 = Humanoids first used as mercenaries in the wars of men
-484 = Beginning of the Baklunish-Suloise Wars
-644 = Oerdian tribes first unite into a single political entity
-2,150 = FLAN: creation of the world and all living things in it
-2,659 = BAKLUNISH: foundation of the Baklunish calendar and civilization
-4,462 = First HISTORICAL meeting of humans (Baklunish) and elves on Oerth
-5,515 = Establishment of the Suloise Empire
-10,000 = fall of the continents and civilizations of Morgan (Oerth) -- the "Atlantis myth"

[Admin]

Wow...my first adventures were around the 598 time frame....and here I was starting to feel like a veteran...lol

[aaronthecow]

So was does Vecna exist in your world as he does in the standard AD&D Grayhawk game? If so, is it know when he falls into this time period? Also, I remember hearing somewhere that the Great Kingdom is overun with evil and stuff. Is this true? and if so when did it happen? Thanks!

[David]

Vecna is the FIRST LICH in all of creation. There's actually very little info on him other than some very recent stuff. As a result, I created his history to fit him into my world with a consistent context. My Vecna comes from the ancient times of the Atlantean/Morganti/Tolmani/Altanean civilization nearly 10,000 years ago. Since that time, Vecna has become a demi-god of arcane secrets and forbidden knowledge (very apropo for the Morganti connection!). His worshipers are exactly like in the 2nd and 3rd Edition rules (including coming in various denominations like teeth, fingers, etc). He is NOT worshiped openly and pretty much unheard of on other worlds. That said, his cult is growing in power, in a very Valdomort-sort of way...

The Great Kingdom, the original kingdom of Aerdi, has fallen to evil and wickedness. The Overking of Rauxes is total corrupt and styled on a cross between the worst King of England and the rulers of Melniboné. During the Apocalypse is when the royal court was transformed into vampires of a sort (since even the gods had abandoned Oerth). Since then, there has been a mass exodus from the Great Kingdom's cities and general shunning of the nation by its neighbors and ranking members. Perhaps this would make an interesting adventure...*hint, hint*