Template:Valashar dates/doc

This template is used after any date given in an article that is related to the short-lived kingdom of Valashar.

Background
The chronology around the founding of Valashar, Ashar's March, the war with Cormyr, the forging of Ilbratha, and associated events is rather confused, with various sources giving no less than three different dates, twenty to forty years apart.

That is, Lands of Intrigue places these events over 321–336 DR; Empires of the Shining Sea and Sea of Fallen Stars choose 361–376 DR. The Grand History of the Realms uses a mixture of both dating schemes and also introduces 356 DR as another key date.

These errors have been attributed by author Steven E. Schend as confusion between Cormyr Reckoning and Dale Reckoning in his works, and by George Krashos as a missed editorial deadline for the fix in the Grand History, and Brian R. James says the 356 date in Grand History is an unexplained error, all as discussed here.

This wiki adopts the agreed 361–376 DR date, which is supported by all associated lore.

Usage

 * Add the template directly after any date regarding Valashar.
 * Add
 * ===Notes===
 * at the bottom of the page, usually before the references.
 * at the bottom of the page, usually before the references.


 * Notes, references and the like should go together under the heading
 * ==Appendix==

Example
For an example, see Valashar (kingdom).