−17600 DR in environment
- Circa: Elven high mages use High Magic to create Evermeet but cause the First Sundering. The magic stretches both backward and forward in time. The continent of Faerûn is split apart, hundreds of cities are destroyed in floods, and thousands of elves are killed.[1][2]
- Ongoing seismic activity leads to a thousand years of earthquakes, maelstoms and other deadly oceanic phenomena, making travel and colonization of the waters exceptionally difficult.[3]
−17600 DR in deities
- Circa: Angharradh blessed the new island of Evermeet with natural life, and Corellon wards it against Lolth, Malar and other deities the Seldarine oppose.[2]
- Circa: Corellon grants the Tree of Souls to the elves of Evermeet.[2]
Deaths in −17600 DR
- The vast majority of the sea creatures in the Black Sea are killed during the First Sundering.[3]
Miscellaneous
- Circa: Elliandreth of Orishaar writes a prophecy of the Second Sundering.[4][5]
Appendix
References
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brian R. James (December 2007). “Grand History of the Realms: The Moonshaes”. Dragon #362 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 22. Archived from the original on 2009-06-01.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (August 6, 2013). The Companions. (Wizards of the Coast), p. iv. ISBN 0-7869-6371-9.
- ↑ Paul S. Kemp (October 1, 2013). The Godborn (Hardcover ed.). (Wizards of the Coast), p. v. ISBN 0786963735.