1479 DR


 * Chessenta defeats Threskel in a brief war and claims Threskel as a vassal kingdom.
 * Chessenta erupts into a brief civil war in which the Brotherhood of the Griffon, Akanul and Chessentan forces loyal to Shala Karanok defeat Tchazzar's forces.
 * A horde of orcs, hobgoblins, and ogres, bolstered by a group of Warlock Knights and controlled monsters, destroys the small mining town of Glister. Hoping to accomplish the same at Hulburg, they are narrowly defeated by an army half their size, consisting of human, dwarven, and undead warriors, at the Battle of Lendon's Dike.
 * The ruins of Tethgard are the site of a bloody battle between the trio of Elminster, Storm Silverhand, and the Simbul against a company of War Wizards and Purple Dragons seeking to take them into custody.
 * Treth Halonter and Relve Langral - former members of the Nine turned into blueflame ghosts by Myrkul - butcher their way through Suzail, hunting a noble at the command of Marlin Stormserpent, slaying dozens.
 * Manshoon, having covertly eliminated Elminster's contingency spells over a period of months, finally manages to destroy the Sage of Shadowdale.


 * 30 Hammer: Evonne Linden dies and guardianship of her daughter Ysabel Linden is given to Queen Anais.
 * 20 Marpenoth: Samark Dhanzscul, the sixth Blackstaff, is slain by Khondar "Ten-Rings" Naomal and his son, Centiv.
 * 12 Nightal: Khondar Naomal is slain while attempting to breach the defences of Ahgharion's Tower.
 * During the Battle of Luthcheq, Tchazzar is killed by Shala Karanok and Alasklerbanbastos' physical form is destroyed for the second time in the same year.
 * Halonya, the high priestess of the Cult of Tchazzar is killed by priests of Tiamat.
 * Pasha Marod el Arhapan, the ruler of Calimport, is killed by his son Cephas.
 * The ranger Mattias Farseer and his pet wyvern Trill are killed fighting a demon in the Plain of Stone Spiders.
 * The demon Murmur and his compatriot Kalkan are killed by the deva Demascus
 * Vraith, the leader of the Order of Blue Flame in Ormpetarr has her soul joined with the magical border of the Plaguewrought Land.
 * The rogue Duvan dies during experiments conducted by the Order of Blue Flame but is later resurrected by a high priestess of Kelemvor.
 * Slanya, a Kelemvoran monk dies preventing the Order of Blue Flame from completing the Ritual of the Border.
 * The exiled eladrin Caelynna is slain by the monk Kwan Shang-Li
 * Patrin, a dragonborn paladin of Bahamut is slain in a duel with a paladin of Torm
 * Flamerule: The Ancient Green dragon Skuthosiin is slain by dragonborn knights of Tymanther.
 * Flamerule: Tchazzar destroys the physical form of the ancient bone wyrm Alasklerbanbastos.
 * Flamerule: Nala, a priestess of Tiamat is slain in a battle at Ashhold.
 * Lord Khault, the leader of a cult in Tohrepur known as The Choir, is slain by the Half-elf Brindani.
 * The Half-elf hero Brindani	dies during a battle against Lord Khault and other members of The Choir.


 * 13 Mirtal: Tchazzar, the lost king of Chessenta, returns to his kingdom. Rescued by members of the Brotherhood of the Griffon
 * 11 Nightal: Vajra Safahr becomes the seventh Blackstaff, and announces it to Waterdeep at dawn. She chooses Laraelra Harsard as her heir.
 * The apprentice wizard Tennora Hedare and a Blue dragon in human form named Clytemorrenestrix foil a plot by Andareunarthex, a young Green dragon, to bypass the dragon wards and establish himself as a power in Waterdeep.
 * Elminster, though having had his body destroyed, survives as some sort of magical ash. With the aid of Storm Silverhand, he transfers his essence to Amarune Whitewave, a descendant of his who agrees to share her body while the Sage of Shadowdale trains her.
 * Mirt the Moneylender is released from his decades long imprisonment in a magic axe by Marlin Stormserpent.


 * 20 Nightal: Renaer Neverember, along with his friends Laraelra Harsard, Torlyn Wands, Osco Salisbuck, Meloon Wardragon, Eiruk Weskur, Harug Shieldsunder, Palek Lateriff, and with the support of the new Blackstaff, Vajra Safahr, revives the Moonstars for the betterment of Waterdeep.
 * The Cult of the Elder Elemental Eye re-emerges in Akanul but is destroyed in the same year by Demascus.
 * The Firestorm Cabal in Airspur is infiltrated by the Cult of the Elder Elemental Eye but survives when the cult is destroyed.
 * The Order of Blue Flame attempts to move the border of the Plaguewrought Land but is foiled by Duvan and Tyrangal.
 * The Brotherhood of the Griffon thwarts Tchazzar's plan to invade Tymanther and leads rebel forces to a victory over Tchazzar's army.
 * The Choir kidnaps a number of residents from Airspur and takes them to its shrine in Tohrepur. The Choir is later destroyed by Uthalion and friends.
 * Cormyr's top two war wizards, Ganrahast and Vainrence are placed into magical stasis by the death knight Targrael and entombed in the palace crypt.


 * Blackstaff Tower
 * Bury Elminster Deep begins
 * Circle of Skulls
 * City of the Dead
 * Corsair
 * Downshadow
 * Elminster Must Die
 * Key of Stars (final chapter).
 * Mistshore
 * Shadowrealm ends.
 * Swordmage ends.
 * Sword of the Gods
 * The Captive Flame
 * The Fanged Crown
 * The God Catcher
 * The Restless Shore
 * Whisper of Venom
 * Wrath of the Blue Lady


 * This is the year of the "present" in the fourth edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide.