(today = 1166-1167)

403-427

• Fortress of Tanirith built by the Warlord Ptaraz the Mighty and Tanira Arkanoch (403);
• The Warlock Hashuur, commanding a large warparty of ogres, orcs and dogres, lays siege to Tanirith; Hashuur is slain in magical battle by Tanira; Hashuur's warparty is decimated by Ptaraz (407-408);
• Svyrnix, the goblin King, is captured and beheaded by Ptaraz; goblins flee to the Khanark Rockies (410);
• Ptaraz the Mighty conquers Lantharond and executes the Overking Bloodhawk (413);
• Ptaraz the Mighty conquers Nur'Anaan; fall of the Marble-Throne and end of the Nuramin dynasty in Nur'Anaan (421);
• Marble Tower razed to the ground and members of the Friendship Council (see Heartlands) executed at Ptaraz' behest (421);
• The forest-kingdom of Aurystan is ransacked by Ptaraz' army, with the help of demons summoned by Tanira; valoreny elves flee from the Sword Lands (427).

429

Year of the Iron King

• Mountedge conquered by Ptaraz the Mighty; fall of the Stone-Throne and end of the Janurite dynasty in Mountedge;
• Grulash, the orc Shaman-King, is defeated and killed by Ptaraz; orcs flee to the Khanark Rockies;
• Proclamation of the Iron Kingdom (capital: Tanirith) by Ptaraz;
• Ptaraz institutes the Iron-Throne of Tanirith;
• Ptaraz the Mighty and Tanira Arkanoch crown themselves as first King and Queen of the Iron-Throne.

432

Year of the Iron Shield

• King Ptaraz declares war on the Dwarven Halls for their refusal to pay trade tariffs decreed by him;
• Battle of Galduur's Pass: a large warparty of dwarves, lead by the dwarven hero Galduur Ironshield, ambushes and routs a contingent of the Iron Kingdom's army;
• Battle of the Western Pass: reinforcements from Mountedge to join with the Iron Kingdom's army at Galduur's Pass are decimated by Galduur Ironshield and his warparty;
• numerous small rebellions arise throughout the Iron Kingdom in protest against Ptaraz' iron-fisted rule; Ptaraz declares martial law throughout the Iron Kingdom, allowing for indiscriminate, excessive and brutal retaliatory measures against the population;
• King Ptaraz is forced to sign a truce with the Dwarven Halls;
• Galduur Ironshield and the wandering adventurer-hero Zaak Longbow form the Champions of the Shield, a large group of adventurers dedicated to bring about the overthrow of Ptaraz and his violent rule.

436

Year of the Rebirth

• King Ptaraz dies, Queen Tanira joins him in death;
• Heir-designate and popular general Sarth Tarterys ascends to the Iron-Throne as Tarterys the First;
• Advent of the Tarturian dynasty of the Iron Kingdom;
• Galduur Ironshield and Zaak Longbow dissolve the Champions of the Shield;
• Golden Age of the Iron Kingdom begins.

507

Year of the Black Rose

• Assassination of King Tarterys IV (the "Child King") in Tanirith;
• Jar Endanuur, Mayor of the Castle, seizes the Iron-Throne as Endanuur the First;
• Advent of the Endanuurian dynasty of the Iron Kingdom.

524

Year of the Dragon

• The large blue dragon Swift Lightning repeatedly attacks trade caravans in the Tanirith area;
• Golan Dragonheart deposes Numa Goras, the Herzog and ruler of Lantharond by writ of the Iron-Throne;
• Lead by Golan Dragonheart, Lantharond wages a succesful war of independance against the Iron Kingdom;
• Golden Age of the Iron Kingdom ends.

528-591

• Ascension of Endanuur II to the Iron-Throne; Age of the Lazy Iron Monarchs beings (528);
• Galduur Ironshield disappears (530?);
• The blue dragon Swift Lightning is slain in his lair by the wandering hero Raack Strongbow (532);
• Army-sized groups of bandits, lead by ruthless, self-proclaimed "Bandit Lords", roam throughout the Sword Lands (591).

603

Year of the Dissolution

• Assassination of Queen Endinia II (the "Fat Queen"), last of the Lazy Iron Monarchs of the Iron-Throne;
• End of the Endanuurian dynasty of the Iron Kingdom;
• War of the Crests: numerous rival noble houses war against each other for the Iron-Throne;
• A raging fire breaks out in Tanirith; Tanirith burns (later rebuilt);
• Fall of the Iron-Throne and of the Iron Kingdom.

604-672

• The Bandit Lords Blackfist and Drakon ransom Tanirith in exchange for leaving the (rebuilding) city unharmed (604);
• General and ex-mercenary Tarylshar Firehair institutes matial law in Tanirith and proclaims herself as Lord Protector; advent of the Protectorate Lordship in Tanirith (604);
• Bands of orcs, goblins, ogres and dogres from the Khanark Rockies make raids throughout the Sword Lands (604-615);
• The merchant lord Heroboam Jun seizes power in Tanirith and proclaims himself Highlord; end of the Protectorate Lordship and advent of the Highlords of Tanirith (635);
• Assassination of the Highlord Jun of Tanirith; ascension of Haral Daan as Highlord (648);
• First War of the Coast: Lantharond declares war on Tanirith for refusing to be annexed by the Dragon-Throne (650-655);
• The Highlord Daan of Tanirith conquers Al'Nura (see Heartlands) (653);
• Lantharond and Tanirith make peace (655);
• The wandering knight Jasper Flameheart and his adventuring comrades of the Company of the Flame find the Cult of Bhalaal responsible for numerous kidnappings and much evil; the temple of Bhalaal is ransacked and its cult-members slain or brought back to face trial (658).
• Jasper Flameheart and the Company of the Flame track down and capture the notorious Bandit Lord Blackjack, who had been terrorizing the Heartlands for the last three years (661);
• Second War of the Coast: Tanirith seeks in turn to annex Lantharond by force; war ends in a stalemate (662-663);
• The knight Jasper Flameheart and the Company of the Flame defeat and slay the Warlord Hacheras during his attack of Al'Nura (663);
• Assassination of the Highlord Daan of Tanirith; ascension of Arum El'Khafir as Highlord (664);
• Jasper Flameheart retires from adventuring and founds the Knighthood Order of the Flame; headquarters of the Order of the Flame established in Tanirith by permission of Highlord El'Khafir (668);
• A demon lord (Gruul'Khazax) is mysteriously let loose in Tanirith; Jasper Flameheart single-handedly destroys the demon, but dies of mortal wounds (672).

725-758

• A horse-riding barbarian horde (the "War Dragoons"), lead by the Supreme Dragoon Burmol, arrive from the west and sweep through the Sword Lands (725-730);
• The War Dragoons overrun Tanirith but are eventually pushed back by the Knights of the Flame; Tanirith burns but stands (727);
• The enchantress Archonya seizes power in Tanirith and crowns herself as Supremar of Tanirith; end of the Highlords of Tanirith (737);
• Supremar Archonya is assassinated by the rogue Rhan, using the Magebane sword. Rhan crowns himself as Highking of Tanirith (758).

759

Year of the Great Quake

• Tanirith destroyed by earthquake, later rebuilt;
• Highking Rhan disappears; the merchant lord Drack Larh seizes power, institutes the Silver-Throne and crowns himself the first Overking of Tanirith; advent of the Overkings and of the Larhin dynasty in Tanirith;

760

Year of the Darkening

• Eruption of the volcano in the Volcanic Rockies; dark clouds of ash and dust cover all of the Sword Lands throughout the year;
• Temperatures drop and crops fail; plague and famine are rampant all over the lands;
• Orcs, orgres and goblins from the Khanark Rockies raid frequently throughout the Sword Lands;
• Battle of the Harrow Woods: Sorcerer-King Varhuul of Sharranth (see Sharranth) seeks to annex Tanirith by force; the two armies meet in a savage battle at the ruins of Aurystan (see Sword Lands), where mighty magics as well as arms are used; battle ends in a stalemate, with the elven ruins and surrounding forest obliterated; in latter years, the forest and ancient site of the forest-kingdom of Aurystan become known as the Harrow Woods; Sharranth and Tanirith sign a truce;
• Third War of the Coast: Lantharond Troopers charge Tanirith's gate by order of Dragonking Baeros who seeks a forceful annexation of the city; following a brutal and savage clash, the Knights of the Flame push back the Lantharond Troopers; Lantharond and Tanirith sign a truce;
• Banditry is on the rise once more.

772-789

• Overking Larh of Tanirith dies; ascension of his daughter Larinith to the Silver-Throne (772);
• Stone Keep (see Dagger Keep) forcefully annexed by Tanirith; Bandit Lord of Stone Keep, Lord Heartstone, captured and beheaded (775);
• Fourth War of the Coast: Tanirith declares war on Lantharond after the Dragon-Throne's refusal to pay substantial monetary reparations for the last War of the Coast; Tanirith lays siege to Lantharond both on land and at sea; the siege is lifted when double the sum originally demanded is paid (780-783);

804-826

• Tanirith seeks to annex Sharranth by force; invaders driven back by the Sorcerer-King Khan-Alghuul and Sharranth's army; Tanirith forced to pay substantial reparations to Sharranth by threat of destruction by magic at the hands of Sorcerer-King Khan-Alghuul (804);
• Overqueen Larinith of Tanirith dies; ascension of her elder son Warynith to the Silver-Throne (806);
• Explorers from Lantharond discover the amazons of Artemisia Forest (818);
• War of the Silver-Throne: Prince Tarinthas, younger brother of Warynith, seeks to depose the Overking and seize the Silver-Throne for himself; civil war reigns in Tanirith (822);
• Stone Keep conquered by Prince Tarinthas (822);
• Prince Tarinthas lays siege to Tanirith (823);
• Tarinthas and his forces are repulsed and routed; Tarinthas flees the Sword Lands by sail along with his family, his generals and his remaining followers; Stone Keep retaken by Tanirith (825);
• Vessels of Prince Tarinthas begin pirate raids on merchant vessels bearing Tanirith's colors (826).

827

Year of the Black Sails

• Pirate attacks by Prince-in-exile Tarinthas increase in frequency and savagery;
• Fifth War of the Coast: Lantharond sides with Tarinthas and declares war on Tanirith;
• Battle of Tarterys Island: Tanirith's fleet is decimated by the combined fleets of Prince Tarinthas and Lantharond;
• Tanirith buys a truce with Lantharond for a very high price in gold and gems;
• Battle of the Gathering of the Sisters: an enraged Tarinthas sails to Lantharond; Tarinthas' fleet meets in battle with Lantharond's fleet on the night of the Gathering of the Sisters; Tarinthas and his vessel burn and sink; both pirate and Lantharond fleets nearly decimated; battle ends in stalemate; surviving pirate vessels sail away;
• A declaration signed in the name of Tarinthas' newborn son is sent to Tanirith and Lantharond, stating the intent of the pirates of the "Pirate Isles" to avenge the betrayal and death of Tarinthas.

837

Overking Warynith of Tanirith dies; ascension of his son Belarnos to the Silver-Throne.

846

Assassination of Overking Belarnos of Tanirith; Dynos, Lord of the Palace, seizes the Silver-Throne and crowns himself Overking; end of the Larhin dynasty and advent of the Dynosian dynasty in Tanirith.

849-858

The Ten-Year War (or Larinthas' War)

• Larinthas, son of dead Prince Tarinthas, lays claim to the Silver-Throne as legitimate heir; Larinthas declares war on Overking Dynos (849);
• Battle of Tarterys River: Larinthas' pirate fleet routs Tanirith's fleet on Tarterys river (850);
• Larinthas conquers Tanirith, helped by the Knights of the Flame's refusal to involve themselves in the contest; Overking Dynos is beheaded; Larithas loses control of his pirates: Tanirith ransacked and burnt; the outraged Knights of the Flame drive back the pirates; Larinthas and his men forced to flee from Tanirith, leaving their ships behind; end of the Dynosian dynasty; fall of the Overkings and the Silver-Throne of Tanirith (851);
• Noble merchant houses in Tanirith war against each other for the rulership of the city (851-852);
• High Commander Zunar Stormfire of the Knighthood of the Flame declares martial law and re-institutes a Protectorate Lordship in Tanirith (852);
• Tanirith grants independance to Stone Keep as a barony; Tanirith and the Barony of Stone Keep sign an alliance (853);
• Larinthas and his pirate army march to Lantharond; Larinthas declares war on Lantharond for the betrayal and death of his father Tarinthas; siege of Lantharond (854-858);
• Larinthas murdered by his own men who thereafter steal ships from the port of Lantharond and sail back to the Pirate Isles, ending the siege of Lantharond (858).

864-880

• Tanirith establishes formal relations with the amazons of Artemisia forest (864);
• The brown dragon Chlorapyroshyndragosuur attacks Tanirith and is driven away by the knights of the Flame after a fierce battle (865);
• Sixth War of the Coast: Lantharond seeks to annex Tanirith by force (877);
• Lantharond's army, troopers and fleet lay siege to Tanirith (877-880);
• Amazons of Artemisia forest attack Lantharond in collusion with Tanirith (878);
• Lantharond forced to lift the siege of Tanirith (880).

881

Year of the Amazon

• Tanirith and Lantharond sign a formal peace treaty brokered by the amazons and the ranger-hero Bowhunter;
• Lantharond signs a peace treaty and formaly recognizes the amazons as an independant nation;
• Tanirith signs a friendship treaty in formal recognition of the amazons as an independant nation.

944

Year of the Paladin

• Ambitious noble houses seek to seize power in Tanirith; civil war in Tanirith;
• Knights of the Flame defeat the warring noble houses and restore law and order in the city;
• Orcs from the Khanark Rockies attack the Barony of Stone Keep; invaders repelled and routed with the help of the knights of the Flame;
• Formation of Estates Generals at the behest of Lord Protector Firebrand to establish a new type of government;
• The Estates Generals institute the High Council and Palatinate Lordship in Tanirith;
• Estates Generals appoint High Commander (and former Lord Protector) Muros Firebrand as the first Lord Paladine of Tanirith;
• Knighthood of the Flame officially chartered as a branch of Tanirith's military.

970-993

• Lord Muros Firebrand of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Scylla Fireheart as Lady Paladine (970);
• Foundation of Arvoranaan by furfoot settlers; Mayor Lordship instituted in Arvoranaan (988);
• Lady Scylla Fireheart of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Fallar Flamesword as Lord Paladine (991);
• Aravoranaan asks to be an independant protectorate of Tanirith; the protectorate pact is signed (993);

1020-1098

• Lord Fallar Flamesword of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Hiram Runefire as Lord Paladine (1020);
• Lord Hiram Runefire of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Suze Firesoul as Lady Paladine (1058);
• Lady Suze Firesoul of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Arya Flamespear as Lady Paladine (1084);
• Tanirith and Lantharond sign an alliance pact (1098).

1112-1130

• Lady Arya Flamespear of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Shiram Swiftfire as Lord Paladine (1112);
• Foundation of Aranys by human settlers within the Harrow Woods (1117);
• Foundation of Sparklestone by the Sparklestone Smeltering and Mining Company (1130).

1139

Year of the Pirate

• Pirate-King Monsoon and his fleet from the Pirate Isles land at Wailsrond and conquer the city;
• Battle of Stone Keep: Monsoon's pirate army clashes with Tanirith's army and the knights of the Flame; battle ends in stalemate;
• Stone Keep burns and falls;
• Battle of Fallfest's Eve: a punitive task force comprised of vessels from Tanirith and Lantharond sail to the Pirate Isles and clashes with Monsoon's reserve fleet; battle ends a stalemate with a clear advantage to the pirates;
• Monsoon proclaims Wailsrond as a satrapy of the Pirate isles.

1147-1165

• The merchant Lord Nerellius Pyre and his mercenary army liberate Wailsrond, with the help of knights of the Flame and the ranger-hero Strider; the Pirate-King Monsoon sails in flight back to the Pirate Isles; Pyre becomes Lord of Wailsrond (1147);
• The merchant lord Akkar Dhun seizes power effortlessly in Aranys and proclaims himself Lord of Aranys (1149);
• Lord Shiram Swiftfire of Tanirith dies; ascension of High Commander Essain Helmfire as Lord Paladine (1154);
• Doran Ghall founds Dagger Keep amidst the ruins of Stone Keep and proclaims himself Lord (1155);
• The Warlord Anthraxus Storm attacks Wailsrond; invaders driven back after intervention of the knights of the Flame in Wailsrond's favor (1158);
• Tanirith and Wailsrond sign an alliance pact (1159);
• The Pirate-King Halem El-Yessef attacks Coral Towers; his fleet is forced to retreat when his vessel is boarded; El-Yessef captured and sent to Tanirith; El-Yessef incarcerated at Tarterys Island (1160);
• Ships of an exploratory expedition from Tanirith reach Umaldyr, of the continent of Anarym (1165).

1166

Year of the Troubles

• Humanoid raids, banditry, piracy and anarchy are on the rise throughout the Sword Lands;
• A secret organization, the Inner Council of Overlords, plots to conquer the Sword Lands;
• Scenario: Trouble in the Sword Lands.

1167

Year of the Great War

• The Warlord and King of Sharranth, Anthraxus Storm, begins his campaign to conquer the Sword Lands;
• The Overlords continue to seek the destabilization and conquest of the Sword Lands;
• Scenario: War in the Sword Lands.

1168

Year of the Mind Lord

• The Overlords manage to free the god-like Mentarchs ("Mind Lords");
• Scenario: Wrath of the Mind Lords.

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