1355 DR in conflicts
- Zhentil Keep betrays its allies in the Citadel of the Raven, murdering non-Zhent elements in the midst of a Zhent-sponsored orc attack. They take the Citadel and leave few survivors.[1][2]
- Divinations reveal Zhent treachery before the Citadel is actually taken. Melvaunt sends its army to the Citadel ostensibly to relieve the garrison from the orc attack but actually to prevent Zhentil Keep from attacking the eastern Moonsea cities.[3] The Zhentilar outmaneuver the relief army and rush to attack the relatively undefended Melvaunt. Melvaunt manages to hire an army of mercenaries from Hillsfar and deploy them by boat against the Zhents while they are still a day's march from the city.[4]
- Yulash falls in civil war and Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to the town.[5]
- Zhentarim forces enslave the village of Snowmantle.[6]
1355 DR in politics
- Helm Dwarf-friend ascends as the sixth Ruling Master of Sundabar.[5]
- Amril Zoar, a son of the exiled family of Zoar, kills two of Waterdeep's secret lords and seriously injures Open Lord Piergeiron. Amril is captured, but Storm Silverhand of the Harpers intercedes to spare him from execution.[5]
- Lord Chancellor Rather of Melvaunt declares the Treaty of the Ride void. Zhent troops are no longer welcome on Melvauntian soil and Melvauntian ships are no longer at Zhentil Keep's disposal.[4]
1355 DR in environment
- Great Fires rage across the Shining Plains within the Vilhon Reach. Followers of Talos take responsibility over these destructive acts of nature.[7]
1355 DR in organizations
- The Knights of the North are founded after the Zhentarim take hold of the Citadel of the Raven.[8]
- The Promenade of the Dark Maiden is built northeast of Skullport.[9]
1355 DR in people
- Vangerdahast sends Shaerl Rowanmantle to Shadowdale. Shaerl Rowanmantle and Mourngrym wed.[5]
- The play Windbag of Waterdeep, by Tholdomor "the Wise" Rammarask, is first performed.[10]
- The book Lines I've Lived By is written by Mirt of Waterdeep.[11]
- Ashemmi reveals that she is love with Sememmon, the Lord of Darkhold, and that she is an undercover Harper agent. Sememmon's feelings are mutual and he protects her.[12]
- The elven retreat out of Cormanthor peaks.[5]
- Elminster and Storm Silverhand travel to a magefair.[13]
- In Waterdeep, Shadowdusk Hold, the ancestral villa of House Shadowdusk is razed. The three sisters Arandraya, Maelweene, and Yarlithra are killed in the fire. It is commonly believed the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors was behind it.[14]
Miscellaneous
- This year is known as the Year of Retreat in the Black Chronology.[15][16]
- A group of forty elves arrive in Velden, Tethyr. They purchase a recently completed ship for four times its worth and set sail towards the west by highsun.[17]
- Dwalimar Omen, an agent of Zalathorm, departs Halruaa in the Realms Master, a special skyship equipped with the Astrolabe of Nimbral, to collect dangerous artifacts across Faerûn.[5]
- This year was a "Time of the Gifted", when a select number of young Abbalayar from Ul'sahab were sent out into the rest of Faerûn to spread their prophecies and find mates, returning twenty years later.[18]
- A Merchant's Musings, a book written by Donstable Hroun, the Master Merchant of Tsurlagol in the Vast, is published.[19]
- Memoirs of an Illithid-Human Crossbreed, a book written by Naneetha Shinalstar, War Mage of Saelmur, is published.[19]
1355 DR in publications
- Short Stories
- Dragon #255
- Dark Legacy[20]
- Realms of Valor
- Elminster at the Magefair[13]
Appendix
References
- ↑ Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Campaign Book”. In Julia Martin ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 19. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Campaign Book”. In Julia Martin ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 20. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood (December 1992). “The Everwinking Eye: A Visit to Melvaunt”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #78 (TSR, Inc.), p. 25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Adventure Book”. In David Wise ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 3. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Jim Butler (1996). The Vilhon Reach (Dungeon Master's Guide). (TSR, Inc), p. 17. ISBN 0-7869-0400-3.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid, Sean K. Reynolds (Nov. 2005). Champions of Valor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 93. ISBN 0-7869-3697-5.
- ↑ Joseph C. Wolf (1999). Skullport. (TSR, Inc), p. 17. ISBN 0-7869-1348-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (May 2005). Elminster's Daughter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 1. ISBN 978-0786937684.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (September 2002). Hand of Fire. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1, p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-2760-7.
- ↑ George Krashos (July 2007). “Volo's Guide: Renegades of Darkhold”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #357 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 73.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 James Lowder (August 1993). “Novel Ideas”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #196 (TSR, Inc.), p. 65.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins (November 2018). Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 277. ISBN 978-0-7869-6626-4.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, James Wyatt (March 2007). Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7869-4119-3.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book One: Tethyr”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Steven E. Schend (2000-11-29). The Candlekeep Collection. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved on 2017-09-25.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Steven E. Schend (2000). Presenting...Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2003-06-21. Retrieved on 2015-08-12.