1044 DR


 * Aencar the Mantled King dies. The Dalelands is split up into independent, though allied, communities.


 * Two of the concubines of the thirteenth Emperor Chin of the La Dynasty give birth within hours of each other. Otherwise childless and without heir, factions begin gathering over the succession. Southern courtiers ally with the infant Shin Gisen, while the bureaucracy and army support the “twin” Shin Lu.


 * Aencar Burlisk is killed by a dracolich summoned by evil mages, one of whom was Alacanther of Arrabar.