1347 DR


 * 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.
 * Hulburg is decimated by an onslaught of Zhentish forces combined with a horde of orcs. The city of Hulburg is no more. Only a few people remain in the area, mostly in the outlying lands.


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


 * Alemander IV dies in Tethyr.


 * 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.

The novel, Sojourn, takes place.