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 * In Tethyr, Crown Prince Alemander V and General Sharboneth start a fire that consumes Castle Tethyr, killing both of them as well as King Alemander IV and the rest of the royal family. In the Ten Black Days of Eleint, from the 13th to the 22nd of Eleint, Tethyr is wracked with hysteria. Nobles are slain and many castles and temples destroyed, while hundreds of innocent folk with any connection to the royal family are murdered. The Tethyrian civil war begins.
 * An evil creature appears in the Bloodstone Mines in Damara, killing hundreds of miners and bringing its bloodstone mining operation, responsible for almost half of Damara's bloodstone revenue, to a halt.
 * A Zhentish army allied with an orc horde wipes out Hulburg on the Moonsea. The city of Hulburg is no more. The only people that remain are a few in outlying areas.


 * Zhengyi the Witch-King rises in the realm of Vaasa, creating Castle Perilous in just one night.
 * Drizzt Do'Urden arrives in Icewind Dale.


 * Circa: Erratic but brilliant Halruaan wizard Random Riellor creates a version of the read southern magic spell usable by northern mages.


 * Alemander IV dies in Tethyr, ending the Lions' Dynasty and House Tethyr.
 * King Virdin Bloodfeathers of Damara is slain in battle with the armies of Zhengyi.


 * The Wolf Winter strikes Damara, in which an early frost destroys the harvest, leading to starvation, and lycanthropic dire wolves invade from the north.
 * The construction of the Acropolis of Thanatos is completed. A thousand drow faithful of Kiaransalee congregate at the isolated temple.
 * A Merchant's Musings, a book written by Holdryn Nalaster, a merchant of Suzail, is published.


 * Novels
 * Sojourn ends.
 * The Devil You Know Bryseis Kakistos story, part two.