1370 DR


 * War erupts in southern Amn as Sythillis and his armies ally with the church of Cyric, seeking Maztican gold.
 * War erupts in the Silver Marches as Obould Many-Arrows and his army of orcs, goblins, and frost giants Shallows attack Mithral Hall.
 * The Battle of Shallows: the village of Shallows is destroyed by the Many-Arrows horde.
 * At the same time, Proffit and his army of trolls attack, conquer, and destroy Nesmé.
 * Mintar and the Church of Bane conquer the Tethyrian town of Kzelter.
 * Three statues created from living beings transmuted by Vendes Baenre revert to living form, attacking their Gracklstugh owners before dissolving into water.
 * The navy of Ravens Bluff is destroyed in a surprise pirate attack. That same night, the city is attacked by a monstrous mercenary army led by Myrkyssa Jelan. Traitors in the government and the abduction of the Lord Mayor ensure chaos reigns for six months. If not for the large number of adventurers in the city at the time, Raven’'s Bluff would surely have fallen.
 * Sea zombies and the ghosts of pirates attack Telflamm but are turned back by the Church of Tempus.
 * The Royal Navy of the Moonshae Isles sinks twenty Nelanther pirate ships in Firedrake Bay at the cost of only six of their own vessels.


 * Mirtul 3–11: Fzoul Chembryl summons the Tyrantfog, slaying many Cyricists across the Heartlands and empowering Iyachtu Xvim with the power of many Banite relics and holy sites.
 * Nightal 24: After more than a decade of isolation from her followers, the goddess Waukeen is freed from her prison by a band of adventurers and resumes her place in the heavens. This date becomes another of the many holy days for the church of Waukeen.
 * Tiamat begins channeling some of her divine power through the sphere of annihilation known as Entropy, already worshiped in Luthcheq. The cultists begin receiving divine spells from her and smaller spheres break off from the larger one, which the cultists can control. Tiamat also grants the cultists the service of some of her abishai.
 * Lolth's avatar steps through a portal deep in Undermountain to reclaim her long-lost Flame Sword hidden there by Halaster Blackcloak. The lone adventurer known only as the Khelbenite defeats the avatar with the artifact being destroyed in the ensuing explosion of divine energy.


 * Duggan McKnuckles, Bokkum, and Stokkum are killed in an attack on their caravan by orcs and frost giants near the Spine of the World, on their way to Shallows.
 * The Lord of Zhentil Keep, Orgauth, is slain by the fallen paladin Scyllua Darkhope as the final step to her becoming a blackguard mere months after Orgauth himself caused her to fall from grace.
 * Dagna Waybeard, dwarven general from Mithral Hall, is killed by trolls when he tries to protect refugees from destroyed Nesmé.
 * Dagnabbit, the son of dwarven general Dagna Waybeard, the lead military commander of Mithral Hall's armed forces, dies during the Battle of Shallows.
 * The insane priest of Kelemvor, Vraer of Scornubel, dies challenging the White Fate colony of beholders for their territory southeast of Llorkh.
 * Asborn Moonstar ventures into the Undermountain in search of a crystal rose and perishes in the pursuit.
 * Undead necromancer Ghoulmaster sends resurrected members of the Cassalanter to attack citizens of Waterdeep before being slain by the Khelbenite.
 * Horazak, the devil-blooded orc slaver is slain in his Undermountain fortress.


 * The Shaking Plague strikes Scardale, destroying much of the Sembian garrison.


 * Large numbers of fey, of many varieties, migrate from Faerie to Myrloch Vale and Winterglen Forest on Gwynneth.


 * The Church of Dugmaren establishes a temple called the Athenaeum of Philosophy in Silverymoon to ensure a dwarven contribution to the collected knowledge of the new nation of Luruar.
 * The Tower of Swift Death, a temple of Bhaal just outside Tyraturos in Thay, officially switches to the worship of Cyric, twelve years after the death of their god.
 * The Emerald Enclave seizes control of the Whamite Isles.
 * The Shadow Thieves under the leadership of Grandmaster Xabash return to Waterdeep and ally with the drow forces of Matron Azurna to bring down the City of Splendors. The same year the Shadow Thieves' were driven out from their stronghold in Undermountain.
 * Clangeddin's Hearth attempts to take over their (Clan Melairkyn) ancestral ground in the Undermountain only to be slaughtered by Matron Azurna's drown and their corpses reanimated as lich's Morik Stormhand's playthings.
 * Alturiak: An abandoned barge washes up in Skullport on the River Sargauth and is impounded by the Skullport Island Registry. They aution off the most unusual piece of cargo, a white dragon egg, to the owners of Hired Horrors. Concerns arise in the town that the mysterious egg's parents might come looking for it.


 * Marpenoth 24: Nouméa Drathchuld relinquishes her role as Magister in favor of becoming one of Mystra's Chosen. Azuth offers the position to Talatha Vaerovree.
 * Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun is put on trial in Berdusk by the High Harpers and found guilty. He retreats to Waterdeep and forms the Moonstars.
 * Queen Zaranda and King Haedrak III of Tethyr have triplets: Sybille, Coram, and Rhindaun.
 * Eskylla, one of the drow priestesses of Matron Azurna, abandoned her faith in favor of worshiping Eilistraee, and joins Sabrae Tellendon's temple.
 * The Guildmaster of the Shadow Thieves in Waterdeep, Georges, leaves the guild in order to commit his life to his lover Meryth Phaulkon, helping the dissolving of the guild's operations in Undermountain.
 * The wedding of Devana Melshimber and Rivven Melshimber takes place with the bride's sister, Tryola Perrentine captured and enslaved by Horazak.


 * Riatavin and Trailstone secede from Amn to Tethyr.
 * Ninety percent of the population of the Untheric city of Shussel vanish overnight in "the Vanishing". The city is taken by Mulhorandi military forces who use its port as a supply and troop route in their war against Unther.


 * The Knights of the Crescent Moon, heroes of the Eye Tyrant Wars who voluntarily interred themselves in based on a prophecy given by the Oracle of the Deepwash, awaken and begin their new lives in Iltkazar.
 * Clan Ghalmrin, a group of shield dwarves from the Starspire Mountains with a direct blood link to the royalty of Shanatar reclaim the Wyrmskull Throne. Unfortunately, they lack the numbers to rule effectively and decide to offer the throne to any dwarf who can prove their worthiness to sit on it.
 * This year is known as the Year of the Deep War in the Black Chronology.
 * The tomb of First Vizera Zahyra Ithal is discovered in the Starspire Mountains.
 * The two volume Encyclopedia Serôsica, written by an anonymous author known only as A Mariner, is published.
 * The first volume of the five-volume Historia Tethyra, written by King Haedrak III of Tethyr, is published.
 * A tribe of kobolds under the command of King Grotchek starts raiding the streets of Waterdeep attracting the attention of Khelben Arunsun who sends his trusted adventurer to stop the assailants.
 * Respectable citizens of Waterdeep become designed by a small army of spectators who were assigned to "guard" powerful magical items, such as Piergeiron the Paladinson's sword and Khelben Arunsun's staff. The swarm is sent by Halaster Blackcloak's apprentice Ibbalar Thrul.
 * The Black Wand of Myrkul recovered from the dead god's abandoned temple in the Underdark and entrusted to Khelben Arunsun to be destroyed.


 * Accessory


 * Calimport
 * Cloak & Dagger ends.
 * Empires of the Shining Sea
 * Lands of Intrigue (boxed set)
 * The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (boxed set)
 * Skullport


 * Adventures


 * Hellgate Keep


 * Novels


 * Beyond the High Road
 * City of Ravens
 * Sea of Swords ends.
 * Temple Hill begins.
 * The Magehound
 * The Jewel of Turmish
 * The Sea Devil's Eye ends.
 * The Thousand Orcs
 * The Lone Drow
 * The Two Swords begins.
 * The Lost Library of Cormanthyr ends.
 * The Yellow Silk begins.


 * Short Stories


 * Realms of the Dragons II
 * A Tall Tale
 * The Best of the Realms II
 * Living Forever
 * Realms of War
 * Bones and Stones
 * Changing Tides ends
 * 11 Hammer: Chase the Dark
 * Weasel's Run ends.
 * The Halls of Stormweather
 * Night School
 * Resurrection
 * Skin Deep
 * Song of Chaos
 * The Price
 * Thirty Days


 * Video Games


 * Descent to Undermountain