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 out-maneuver 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 days march from the city.[4]
- Yulash falls in civil war and Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar move troops to the town.[5]
- After retrieving the key to a closet in the Twisted Tower, Elminster and Storm Silverhand return home, only to be confronted by the lich Raerlin, who had hid his phylactery in said closet. After a brief but violent struggle, Storm manages to destroy the phylactery, defeating the lich.[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]
- The Lord Chancellor 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.[citation needed]
1355 DR in organizations
- The Knights of the North are founded after the Zhentarim take hold of the Citadel of the Raven.[7]
- The Promenade of the Dark Maiden is built northeast of Skullport.[8]
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.[9]
- The book Lines I've Lived By is written by Mirt of Waterdeep.[10]
- 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.[11]
- The elven retreat out of Cormanthor peaks.[5]
Miscellaneous
- This year is known as the Year of Retreat in the Black Chronology.[12][13]
- 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.[14]
- 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.[15]
1355 DR in novels
- Realms of Valor: "Elminster at the Magefair": Elminster and Storm Silverhand travel to a magefair.[16]
References
- ↑ Kevin Melka and John Terra (April 1995). Ruins of Zhentil Keep (Campaign Book). (TSR, Inc), p. 19. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Brian R. James and Ed Greenwood (September, 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Kevin Melka and John Terra (April 1995). Ruins of Zhentil Keep (Campaign Book). (TSR, Inc), p. 20. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Template:Cite book/The Everwinking Eye: A Visit to Melvaunt
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Brian R. James and Ed Greenwood (September, 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Various (February 1993). Realms of Valor. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-5607-6557-7.
- ↑ 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 (April 2005). Hand of Fire. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-3646-0.
- ↑ George Krashos (July 2007). “Volo's Guide: Renegades of Darkhold”. Dragon #357 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 73.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, James Wyatt (2007). Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 159. ISBN 07-8694-119-7.
- ↑ Brian R. James and Ed Greenwood (September, 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (1997). Lands of Intrigue: Book One: Tethyr. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ James Lowder (August 1993). “Novel Ideas”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #196 (TSR, Inc.), p. 65.
