1244 DR


 * Illusk is overrun by orcs of the Bloody Tusks tribe at the end of a nine-year-long siege. The orcs then base themselves out of the ruins, from which they raid neighboring settlements.
 * After being under siege for nearly a year, Shogun Matasuuri Shogoro gathers allies from southern Wa and is able to break the siege at Tomo. He strengthens his position during the rest of the summer and prepares to strike.


 * Prince Elphras of Impiltur constructs a castle near the Great Barrow. Soon after, the castle is abandoned for reasons unknown and the prince disappears.