1146 DR


 * The necromancer Akhlaur opens a portal to the Elemental Plane of Water, releasing magic-absorbing creatures known as larakens into the swamp where his tower sits.


 * The First Prior of Sunrise Spire, a monastery dedicated to Lathander on the north bank of the River Chionthar several days upstream from Baldur's Gate, is blasted to ashes at his altar when he challenges Lathander himself after a crisis of faith.