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 * The army of Mulsparkh defeats Tethyr's in the Battle of Nightflames, and Crown Prince Rythan of Tethyr is slain. Calimshan's forces then wipe out Mulsparkh.
 * Manshoon plots with Fzoul Chembryl to take control of the council of Zhentil Keep. Elminster, in disguise as a beholder, manages to stop him.
 * Months after his failed attempt to take over the council by force, Manshoon devises a spell that causes the Darkways—the secret portals linking sixteen prominent nobles' homes in Zhentil Keep to certain mansions in Sembia—to painfully kill those who attempt to pass through them. He is again foiled by Elminster, who corrupts Manshoon's spell to be a minor nuisance rather than an excruciating death.


 * Hyarmon Hussilthar is named Huhrong of Rashemen.


 * Tanalasta Obarskyr, first daughter of King Azoun IV of Cormyr, is born.


 * Foril Obarskyr, son of Prince Azoun IV of Cormyr, is assassinated by the Fire Knives.
 * Prince Rythan of Tethyr is killed in the Battle of Nightflames.


 * Following the Battle of Nightflames, Yuzas Nur yn Yusuf el Tiagar steals and hides the Sword of Starlight, a Tethyrian sword of state.


 * Short Stories
 * Realms of Infamy
 * "So High a Price"