1235 DR


 * The armies of Amn, while battling with humanoid forces, capture many orcs and force them to work at labor camps in Purskul.
 * Largest orc horde in history masses in the North and besieges countless settlements. It is known as the Black Horde and defeats the Syl-Pasha and Eldrith the Betrayer. Waterdeepis spared the destruction visited on its neighbors when Ahghairon and his generals introduce griffons as flying steeds for the army.
 * A Harper army led by Alustriel and Storm Silverhand destroys the besieging orcs at the Battle of Tumbleskulls with the unlooked-for aid of the archmage Tulrun of the Tent ..


 * Warlord Khallos Shieldsunder seizes control of Silverymoon while it is besieged by the orcs of the Black Horde and has his rule usurped in turn by the mage Shallos Ethenfrost.


 * Alustriel slays the self-proclaimed High Mage Shallos Ethenfrost in spellbattle. Alustriel is unanimously chosen by the people of Silverymoon to rule as High Lady Mage.