The symbol of Lathander, the Morninglord, often thought to be the cause of the Dawn Cataclysm.
The Dawn Cataclysm was an attempt by the god Lathander to reshape the pantheon of deities more in his own image. It is unknown when this event occurred but Lathander failed, resulting in the destruction of several deities and "powerful outsiders".[1]
A Historical Puzzle
The precise chronology of the Dawn Cataclysm in mortal terms is murky, and no historian of the Realms was able to date it definitively. Did it happen before or after the first of the Magisters was ordained by Mystra? Was the Dawn Cataclysm, as some claim, an event that climaxed in the Year of the Hangman's Noose, 161 DR, when the last of Tyche's chosen died in the coils of Moander? Was it the culmination, in part, of the battle between Savras and Azuth? No mortal could say for sure.[2]
Timeline
- -339 DR
- The Fall of Netheril. The transformation of Mystryl to Mystra.[3]
- -255 DR
- Jhaamdath falls.[4]
- 136 DR
- Shornthal Imynster becomes Magister.[5]
- 171 DR
- Moander is sealed away in Yûlash.[6]
- 261 DR
- The founding of Myth Drannor.[7]
- 714 DR
- The fall of Myth Drannor.[8]
- 760 DR
- Rhyester writes the Sermon of the Eclipse.[9]
Appendix
References
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (January 2000). Secrets of the Magister. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 30. ISBN 978-0786914302.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka (1998). Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves. (TSR, Inc), p. 36. ISBN 0-7069-0761-4.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka (1998). Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves. (TSR, Inc), p. 37. ISBN 0-7069-0761-4.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
Further reading
- Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 978-0786903849.
- Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (1996). Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-7869-0446-1.
- Ed Greenwood (January 2000). Secrets of the Magister. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 30–90. ISBN 978-0786914302.