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Temporum Tel`Quessir [Volume 1]
The History of the Elven People on Abeir-Toril
-25,000 DR to -4,000 DR
Compiled into XML by Brian R. James

Prehistory
¸ Survivors of the Kingdom of Tintageer (Kingdom of Faerie) summon the power of elvish High Magic and escape from Faerie to Toril. Their new home, a large forested continent, they call Faerûn, the One Land. [Novel: Evermeet: Island of Elves]

c. -24000 DR
h The Sundering. Hundreds of High Magi gathered in the heartland of Faerûn at the Gathering Place. Ignoring the lesson learned from the destruction of Tintageer centuries earlier, the High Magi cast a spell designed to create a glorious elven homeland. As the Day of Birthing dawned, the spell reached its apex. Faerûn, the one land, is sundered apart by the unbridled force of the spell. As a result, hundred of cities are washed away, thousands of elves lie dead, and the face of Abeir-Toril is changed forever. The name Faerûn, no longer the one land, was given to largest continent. Evermeet, Island of Elves, is created. The Tree of Souls is given to the elves. [Novel: Evermeet: Island of Elves]

-23900 DR
¸ The forest community of Sharlarion, survived the Sundering nearly complete. These fortunate elves increased their number and spread into the surrounding forest, hills, and lowlands. Soon the elvish kingdom of Aryvandaar (Present Day: High Forest) was established. [TSR1165] [Novel: Evermeet: Island of Elves]

-23600 DR
¸ Establishment of the first elvish settlements of Shantel Othreier. (Present Day: Green Fields) [TSR1165]

-23200 DR
¸ Establishment of the first elvish settlements of Shantel Othreier. (Present Day: Shaar & Forest of Amtar) [TSR1165]

-23100 DR
¸ Establishment of the first evlish settlements of Syòrpiir. (Present Day: Ankhwood and Chondalwood) [TSR1165]

-22900 DR
¸ Establishment of the first elvish settlements of Illefarn. (Present Day: Ardeep & Kryptgarden Forests and parts of Dessarin valley) [TSR1165]

-22500 DR
¸ Establishment of the elvish settlements of Orishaar. (Present Day: Duskwood & the Shaar) [TSR1165]

-21400 DR
¸ Establishment of the elvish settlements of Thearnytaar. (Present Day: Thornwood) [TSR1165]

-21000 DR
¸ Establishment of the elvish settlements of Eiellûr. (Present Day: Winterwood) [TSR1165]

c. -20000 DR
¸ First skirmishes between Orishaar and Ilythiir begin, and continue off and on for 7 millennia. [TSR1165]

c. -20000 DR
¸ Orishaar and the southern dark elf nation of Ilythiir begin skirmishes that continue on and off for the next seven millennia. [TSR9561]

-18800 DR
¸ Establishment of the first elvish settlements of Miyeritar (Present Day: High Moor, Misty Forest), by green and dark elves due to political differences with the gold elves of Aryvandaar. [TSR1165]

-17800 DR
¸ Establishment of the great elvish settlements of Keltormir (Present Day: Forest of Tethyr which spanned all of Tethyr, Amn, Erlkazar, and Calimshan) by moon and green elves, seeking peace and simple lives away from the strife of the other elven realms. [TSR1165]

-17500 DR
¸ The independent sylvan elf realms of Thearnytaar, Eiellûr, and Syòrpiir open discussions of unifying the elves of the Satyrwwod. (Present Day: Thornwood-Chondalwood) [TSR1165]

-17100 DR to -16800 DR
¸ War of Three Leaves. The unification of the Satyrwood is thwarted by dark elven Ilythiiri spies and assassins, killing their leaders and framing opposing heirs, driving the three realms to a multifront war. Ilythiir's influence is not discovered for centuries. [TSR1165]

c. -17000 DR
¸ Elves emigrate from Eillûr, Syorpiir, and Thearnytar to the Inner Sea for the next seven millennia. [TSR11393]

-16800 DR
¸ Thearnytaar, Eiellûr, and Syòrpiir remain separate realms after peace is restored, though each of the three continues skirmishes among themselves and with Ilythiir for centuries. [TSR1165]

-15300 DR
¸ The elvish Vyshaan clan rises to power in Aryvandaar under Coronal Ivósaar Vyshann. [TSR1165]

-14700 DR
¸ Aryvandaar's rulers begin attempts to diplomatically and peacefully annex Miyeritar into their realm and under their control. [TSR1165]

-13900 DR
¸ Miyeritar becomes the center of elven Art and High Magic on Faerûn. [TSR1165]

-13200 DR
¸ Skirmishing and trade interference starts between Aryvandaar and Miyeritar. [TSR1165]

-12000 DR
¸ Rise of the Vyshaantar Empire. After centuries of fruitless diplomacy, the impatient, grasping rulers of Aryvandaar attack Miyeritar and begins putting political pressure on Shantel Othreier to join them or suffer the same fate. [TSR1165]

-11800 DR
¸ Miyeritar militarily occupied and annexed by Aryvandaar, though a number of clans and strongholds resist and continue to fight. Many elves of Illefarn, despite its officially-neutral stance, provide secret safehavens for Miyeritari refugees. [TSR1165]

-11700 DR
¸ Dragons set the southern expanse of Shantel Othreier aflame, separating the soon-to-be-called Wyrmwood from its greater body. Tethir, kin of Keltormir (soon to be called "the Dragonslayer"), single-handedly slays two ancient red wyrms of the Ridge and saves many elves of his own Keltormir and Shantel Othreier. Tethir's stand earned the elves the respect of the dragons, who had previously dismissed them as ignorant, two-footed cattle. [TSR1165]

-11700 DR
¸ The Second Crown War flares up in answer to the aggressions of Aryvandaar. Ilythiir rises up and viciously strikes out at any who support the gold elves of the north. Its nearest neighbor of Orishaar, as a major trade partner with Aryvandaar, falls swiftly in a brutal surprise attack. [TSR1165]

-11600 DR
¸ The Ilythiiri destroy Syòrpiir by fire, separating them from their allied neighbors and burning their homes to the ground. [TSR1165]

-11500 DR
¸ Thearnytaar and Eiellûr band together and declare war on Ilythiir, decrying their use of fire and wanton destruction far more than the power plays of the northern elves. They fight a holding action, preventing the Ilythiiri from advancing north. [TSR1165]

-11450 DR
¸ The Sable Wars. Thearnytaar and Eiellûr, with minimal allies from Keltormir and Shantel Othreier, invade Ilythiir, intent on destroying or reforming the dark elves before more realms fall. More than half their forces are decimated by the corrupt magics of the dark elves. [TSR1165]

-11400 DR
¸ Fall of Eiellûr as the Ilythiiri once again use fire to destroy their realm around them and isolate them from aid. They also were helped by traitor green elves, who thought their appeasement actions could help restore peace. [TSR1165]

-11300 DR
¸ End of the First Crown War: Miyeritar conquered by Aryvandaar. [TSR1165]

-11200 DR
¸ Thearnytaar falls to the savage and now-unrepentant dark elves, who use enslaved monsters and and undead to occupy the thorn-and-bramble choked woods. Ilythiir now directly skirmishes with the major realm of Keltormir along its eastern and southern expanses. [TSR1165]

c. -11000 DR
¸ Dwarves establish the first holds of Deep Shanatar in the southern Underdark (Present Day: Almraiven Mountains, Lake of Steam). [TSR1165]

-10900 DR
¸ The Third Crown War erupts as accords finally fail between Shantel Othreier and Aryvandaar. [TSR1165]

-10700 DR
¸ Battle of the God's Theatre. The Gods' Theater (Present Day: The Tunlands) on eastern Shantal Othreier is the site of one of the largest and costliest of all the Crown Wars' battles. Nearly 70,000 elves died at the hands of elven and orcish enemies, as an orc horde 100,000 strong fell upon the already-embattled elves. Aryvandaar won the day, and occupied the northern half of Shantel Othreier. [TSR1165]

-10600 DR
¸ Shantel Othreier conquered by the Vyshaantar Empire of Aryvandaar after the mysterious death of Coronal Ynloeth. Guerilla fighting and rebel mages arise in parts of Miyeritar and the newly conquered territories. [TSR1165]

-10500 DR
¸ The Dark Disaster. Miyeritar is engulphed in killing storms, which reduce this entire forest and realm into barren wastelands in three months. While no proof could ever be found, many believe the High Mages of Aryvandaar inflicted the Dark Disaster on Miyeritar. [TSR1165]

-10500 DR
¸ Shock over the Dark Disaster established an uneasy four decades of peace, as nearly every elf of Faerûn shrank back in awe and horror from what havoc the Crown Wars wrought. [TSR1165]

c. -10450 DR
¸ The Fourth Crown War. Ilythiir's seething counter-attack to avenge Miyeritar sees their open use of the corrupt powers of Ghaunadar and other dark, evil gods for the first time. [TSR1165]

-10300 DR
¸ The elves of Keltormir, opposed on both sides by the Vyshaan of Aryvandaar and the dark elven clan Hune of Ilythiir, strategically withdraw from eastern Keltormir, holding their lines at Highlands' Edge. [TSR1165]

-10270 DR
¸ The Stone and Claw Campaigns. The withdrawal of Keltormir's forces to close and defend its own borders pitted the forces of Aryvandaar and Ilythiir against each other. They soon closed ranks and fought incessantly for two centuries. Battles raged across the giant-infested mountains and wemic-claimed plains north of Keltormir. [TSR1165]

-10110 DR
¸ In opposition to the corrupt dark elves of Ilythiir and their continued destruction of the forested elven homelands by fire (an elven enemy of long-standing), over 1,000 priests and High Mages in neutral Illefarn and other free areas spend decades in fervent prayer for salvation by Corellon Larethian and the Seldarine gods. [TSR1165]

-10100 DR
¸ Through enslaved dragons and other powers, the dark elves of Ilythiir engulf all of Shantal Othreier in flames, destroying over 70% of its trees over the course of 50 years. [TSR1165]

-10000 DR
¸ Descent of the Drow. Corellon's magic, as directed through his priests and High Mages, transforms the dark elves, whether the corrupt Ilythiiri or others, into the drow. Whether by magic or by the weaknesses that banish them from the sunlit lans, all drow retreat within two month's passing into the Underdark. [TSR1165]

-10000 DR
¸ Elves are summoned by the Seldarine to the site that becomes Elven Court one month after the Descent of the Drow, to settle differences and restore peace among the elves. [TSR1165]

-9900 DR
¸ Aryvandaar's covert persecution of High Mages and priests begins, as they attempt to destroy or control any who might somehow force their descent as they did the drow. While not destroyed utterly, Illefarn & its colony in the Llewyrrwood is annexed by Arvynandaar as its nobility of priests and High Mages died under the persecution of the increasingly-crazed Coronal Giilvas Vyshaan. Many elves of both lands flee to the remnants of Shantel Othreier. [TSR1165]

-9800 DR
¸ The Vyshantaar Empire's forces occupy all elven realms (save Keltormir) from the High Forest of Aryvandaar to the sweltering southern forests of ilythiir. They begin the colonization and settlement of Evermeet. [TSR1165]

-9800 DR
¸ A large force of Llewyrr elves escapes the oppressive mainland and resettle in isolation and safety among the mountains of the Moonshae Islands. Their new land becomes Synnoria, after the elfqueen who led the Llewyr to this island sanctuary. [TSR1165]

c. -9600 DR
¸ Rise of the first drow civilizations in the Underdark beneath southern Faerûn. Their constant harassment of the Vyshantaar forces over the next five centuries help prevent their annexing Keltormir or any other lands. [TSR1165]

-9200 DR
¸ The Fifth Crown War. The First Proclamation of Elven Court leads to the revolt of the nobles of Aryvandaar and the last Crown War begins. The Elven Court, the Seldarine priesthoods, and the long-hidden High Mages restore pockets of resistance and freedom across the entire Vyshantaar Empire, fragmenting the armies and nobles to limit their coordination. [TSR1165]

-9000 DR
¸ The Fifth Crown War ends with the utter defeat of the Vyshaan and the dissolution of Aryvandaar. Much of the High Forest is abandoned for an age, leaving the forest open so the gods might restore its peace. [TSR1165]

-9000 DR
¸ The Wandering Years of elven colonization begin. Many elves begin migrating back to Elven Court in its eastern forest. Illefarn and Keltormir are the sole remaining civilizations to emerge intact from the Crown Wars. [TSR1165]

-9000 DR
¸ Drow overwhelm the dwarves of Bhaerynden and take their fift-city for their own. [TSR1165]

-8800 DR
¸ One tale, "Inferno," tells of a great drought lasting two summers. After an attack by a flight of red dragons on the center of the great elven forest of Keltormir, the dragon fire sparked a forest fire that raged out of control. This fire extinguished four entire clans of elves, eleven giant settlements, at least four green dragons, and thousands of miles of woodlands. The once-unified elves of Keltormir splintered into a number of separate clans. [TSR1165]

-8600 DR
¸ Evereska founded in secret by surviving clans of the former Shantel Othreier, Miyeritar, Orishaar, and Eiellûr as an elven safehaven in the woods east of Aryvandaar. [TSR1165]

-8500 DR
¸ Keltormir's Fall. Due to fire-sundered and otherwise ravaged homelands, Keltormir dissolves into three separate forests: The Wyrmwood, Darthiir Wood (Present Day: Forest of Mir), and the Forest of Tethir. [TSR1165]

-8400 DR
¸ End of the First Rysar of Rystall Wood. Year of Founding for Jhyrennstar. The Coronal is crowned and the First Rysar starts. [TSR1165]

-8400 DR
¸ Founding of Siluvanede in the northwestern reaches of the High Forest. [TSR1165]

-8200 DR
¸ Founding of Uvaeren and its First Rysar begins with the crowning of its first Coronal. [TSR1165]

-8130 DR
¸ Yrlaancel, the city of peace, is built within Rystall Wood. [TSR1165]

-8000 DR
¸ Founding of Semberholme. [TSR1165]

-7950 DR
¸ Full trade exists between the dwarves of Deep Shanatar and the elves of Darthiir, Tethir, and the dwindling remnants of Shantel Othreier. [TSR1165]

-7700 DR
¸ Start of the Seconds Rysar of Uvaeren. [TSR1165]

-7600 DR
¸ The Second Rysar of Jhyrennstar begins under the Coronal Hoccar. [TSR1165]

-7600 DR
¸ Founding of Sharrven in the southern reaches of the High Forest, due to overcrowding in Evereska and elitism of Siluvanedenn elves. [TSR1165]

-7500 DR
¸ The Second Rysar of Rystall Wood gives way to the Third Coronal. [TSR1165]

-7400 DR
¸ Ilodhar falls under an orc horde this year. [TSR1165]

-7400 DR
¸ The Third Rysar of Uvaeren begins after the sudden death of the Coronal while hunting. The new Coronal is more militarily disposed, and begins proactively attacking orcs and giants in the mountains. [TSR1165]

-6900 DR
¸ Coronal Kiyuigh dies on his 100th foray into the mountains. The Fourth Rysar of Uvaeren starts with the new Coronal, the blind Great Scholar Eltaor, who restores Uvaeren's reputation as a learned realm. [TSR1165]

-6800 DR
¸ The Third Rysar ends in Rystall Wood, and the Fourth Rysar starts at the crowning of Naevys Caersaelk, the first female Coronal of the realms of Arcorar. [TSR1165]

-6500 DR
¸ Coronal Hoccar dies, ending the Second Rysar of Jhyrennstar; the Third Rysar begins with his niece, the Coronal Haalija. [TSR1165]

-6400 DR
¸ The elves meet the dwarves of Sarphil on the battlefields of the Vast, and forge a tenuous alliance since the elves saved the dwarves from death at the orcs' hands. [TSR1165]

-6300 DR
¸ The Coronal Eltaor dies by palimpsest. The Fifth Rysar sees the election of the young, vibrant Coronal Intevar. [TSR1165]

-6200 DR
¸ The Fourth Rysar of Rystall Wood gives way to the Fifth Rysar under the Coronal Esyae, daughter of Naevys. [TSR1165]

-6000 DR
¸ The Fourth Rysar of Jhyrennstar starts here. [TSR1165]

-5700 DR
¸ Tales of Intevar's Librarium in Uvaeren spread throughout all elven lands, as this allegedly contains the collective knowledge of the elves. [TSR1165]

-5660 DR
¸ Intevar's Librarium and some strongholds in Uvaeren are attacked by greedy elven wizards seeking knowledge of High Magic, to no avail. However, Intevar dies of a poisoned wound, ending the Fifth Rysar. The newest Coronal of the Sixth Rysar is his apprentice and young wife, the Lady Mnuvae. [TSR1165]

-5590 DR
¸ Esyae dies in a High Magic ritual gone wrong, and her younger brother Mhaenal becomes the Sixth Coronal of Rystall Wood. [TSR1165]

-5000 DR
¸ The Twelve Nights of Fire (Midsummer). Uvaeren is destroyed by a falling star whose impact opens a 100-mile-long and 30-mile-wide clearing in Cormanthor's treeline. The Coronal and nearly all of its noble houses die instantly or during the conflagration. Few Uvaeranni escape to the safety of deeper Arcorar, aside from those few dozen away from the realm druing this disaster. [TSR1165]

-5000 DR
¸ Rystall Wood becomes a separate forest and realm after the Twelve Nights of Fire clear away the mountain and hill trees that attached it to Arcorar. While an independent forest now, its Coronal still convenes often with the leaders of Elven Court. [TSR1165]

-4970 DR
¸ Death of Coronal Mhaenal by monsters summoned into his bedchambers; the Sixth Rysar of Rystall Wood ends with the murder investigation lasting for 90 years. [TSR1165]

-4900 DR
¸ The Fifth Rysar of Jhyrennstar convenes under the warrior Coronal Khilseith. [TSR1165]

-4880 DR
¸ Three nobles are the plotters who slew the aged Mhaenal; the actual caster of the monster summons is executed, the others banished from Rystall Wood and Arcorar. The Seventh Rysar of Rystall Wood finally begins with the rise of Coronal Injros. [TSR1165]

c. -4700 DR
¸ Eaerlann rises among the ruins of Aryvandaar due to the efforts of youngling nobles from Sharrven. Their interests in restoring the elder realm while also allying with the dwarves of the North were matched in the interests of the Elders of Sharrven and Evereska to preventing the elves of Siluvanede from doing the same and repeating the mistakes of the past. [TSR1165]

c. -4500 DR to -4300 DR
¸ The Seven Citadels' War. Skirmishes break out between the elite forces of Siluvanede and the Fledgling forces of Eaerlann (with support from Sharrven). These conflicts, which last for the next 200 years, are sometimes collectively referred to as the Sixth Crown War. [TSR1165]

-4400 DR
¸ The Dark Court Slaughter. Drow and duergar attack and destroy Elven Court and Sarphil beginning at the start of the year on Midwinter Night. Within days, Elven Court is in ruins and Sarphil is occupied by the drow and duergar. The Dark Court Slaughter claims the lives of many clan leaders of Elven Court and both the Coronals of Rystall Wood and Jhyrennstar. [TSR1165]

-4400 DR
¸ The archer-guard Shevarash, in an anger-tinged prayer to Corellon, vows to become the Seldarine's hand against the drow to extract revenge for the loss of his family. The Black Archer never smiled again, as he sought to kill Lolth and all her followers. [TSR1165]

-4400 DR
¸ The Eighth Rysar of Rystall Wood (the child wizardess Enajharas) and the Sixth Rysar of Jhyrennstar (the prophet of Labelas, the aged Oacenth) begin with somber coronations and the call to arms against the drow, their now-revealed enemy. [TSR1165]

-4300 DR
¸ End of the Seven Citadels' War with the full forces of Sharrven brought to bear against the often-victorious Siluvanedenn. The gold elf realm is humbled by superior magics and elven dragonriders; hereafter, Siluvanede remains exclusive, but it is a vassal realm of Eaerlann. [TSR1165]

-4200 DR
¸ The impressionable Coronal Enajharas isolates Rhystall Wood from all dealings with Arcorar, as her nobles say conspiracies against them whirl among the elves of Jhyrennstar. [TSR1165]

-4070 DR
¸ Shevarash the Black Archer dies but undergoes Apotheosis to become the Night Hunter and Arrow Bringer. This green elf demigod of the Seldarine is still a hunter and vengeful destroyer of drow, but now hunts Lolth and Vhaerun directly (though he no longer considers Eilistraee and her worshipers to be among his prey). [TSR1165]
 

References
TSR1165 - Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves - Design By Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka
TSR9561 - Empires of the Shining Sea - Design By Steven E. Schend and Dale Donovan

Novels
Evermeet: Island of Elves - By Elaine Cunningham

 

 
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