1038 DR Year of Spreading Spring #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Raised by elves and trained in military strategy and governance, Aencar Burlisk rose to prominence in the Dalelands as a folk hero during the early 11th century DR. After liberating Battledale from a syndicate of corrupt merchants and robber barons, Aencar was elevated to Lord of Battledale. After eight years of strong and competent rule, Lord Burlisk began his campaign to unify the Dales, gaining the moniker of Mantled King—named so for the signature red hood and mask that hid a disfigurement earned in battle with a warlock.

880 DR Year of Unfettered Secrets #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

913 DR Year of the Watching Raven #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

639 DR Year of Ire's Immolation #GHotR #realmslore #dnd High Dale has engaged in an on-again, off-again situationship with Cormyr for centuries, but here is where the tryst began.

536 DR Year of the Laughing Lich #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Hlongagh was advised and later overthrown by the wizard-king Alokkair, who would in time despise the epithet of the Laughing Lich 💀

1182 DR Year of the Tomb #GHotR #realmslore #dnd After Halvan’s demise, a ruling council is established and the realm renamed to Harrowdale. I’m excited for folks to see how this quaint backwater has evolved into a powerhouse in the Dalelands. Much to Mulmaster’s chagrin.

329 DR Year of the Closed Scroll #GHotR #realmslore #dnd One of these days I’m going to write an adventure set in Northkeep. Of course, these days the city is sunken at the bottom of the Moonsea; the haunting “Bell in the Depths”

1232 DR Year of the Weeping Wives #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Tranquil and peace-loving Archendale over here committing war crimes. Brutal!

199 DR to 308 DR Crown Against the Scepter Wars #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

-75 DR Year of Leather Shields #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

-211 DR Year of Bound Branches #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Known today as the Desertsmouth Mountains, the Gods' Legion range sheltered several dwarf clans and their kouv kin fleeing Netherese oppression.

-251 DR Year of Black Apples #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Ah, Jhaamdath. Sunken land of psionicists—mind bending wielders of the invisible art. I've always been fascinated by that most inscrutable lost empire of Faerûn.

-145 DR Year of Depths Unknown #GHotR #realmslore #dnd "Xoth Jakolor tells of a land far beyond the horizon where a dwarf can bathe in gold. May Vergadain grant us good fortune and lead us safely to this faern in the west." —Varuna Rockjaw, Blood of Grysygonth, Daul of Fallen Ammarindar

-4000 DR Rise of Cormanthyr #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

-5000 DR The Twelve Nights of Fire #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

-2439 DR The Spiderfires 🕷️🔥 #GHotR #realmslore #dnd

-470 DR to -331 DR The Shadow Wars #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Have you dared explore the tunnels beneath the Twisted Tower of Shadowdale?

1500 DR Year of the Sea's Secrets Revealed #GHotR #realmslore #dnd The Dales Council meets annually, but every fourth year on Shieldmeet the Dales Compact is reaffirmed and each Dale holds a festival in honor of the "Day of Corellon's Peace".

1164 DR Year of the Obsidian Heart #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Few sages today remark on the rise and fall of Ashabandar. Just know that it was a short-lived realm forged by the warrior-queen Althandra of Esparin, carved from Shadowdale and Mistledale by conquest and lost fifteen years later with a failed invasion of Daggerdale.

1487 DR Year of the Rune Lords Triumphant #GHotR #realmslore #dnd Second Fall of Myth Drannor. The City of Song must be cursed. Just when the elves abandon the Retreat and decide to reintegrate with the goodly folk of the Heartlands, Elminster accidentally drops a city upon their heads!