1492 DR in conflicts
- A conflict between the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild and the Zhentarim in Waterdeep escalates into a street war.[1][note 1]
- A skirmish between members of the Zhentarim and the Gralhund family becomes known by Waterdhavian broadsheets as the Gralhund Villa Bloodbath.[2]
- The city of Elturel is pulled into the first layer of the Nine Hells, Avernus, leaving nothing behind but a crater.[3][note 2]
- The library of Candlekeep is attacked by the Order of the Immortal Lotus, who kill two acolytes and steal dangerous secrets by tearing pages from The Book of Inner Alchemy.[4]
1492 DR in organizations
- A clone of Manshoon appears in Waterdeep and strives to exert control over the local Zhentarim from his base at Kolat Towers.[5][6]
- Waterdeep's City Watch is overwhelmed by violence throughout the city,[7] leading to factions stepping in to help fight gangs and monsters, including the Emerald Enclave, the Harpers, the Lords' Alliance, the Order of the Gauntlet, and even the Zhentarim.[8]
- Cultists of the Dead Three based out of the Hamhocks Slaughterhouse in Baldur's Gate's outer city go on a murder spree throughout the city. They dump the bodies of their victims behind the Smilin' Boar.[9][10]
- The Amberdune Pack of jackalweres is driven from their home in Amn when their leader, Nidalia, is slain. After a few months, they hatch a scheme to pay to resurrect her in Baldur's Gate by creating and selling gingwatzims disguised as valuable books.[11]
- The Scarlet Sash, an order of wereravens dedicated to stealing potent magic items away from evil individuals, acquires a desecrated Figurine of Orcus before it can be sold at an auction.[12]
- The Burnt Tongue Cult begins kidnapping travelers along the Trade Way between Waterdeep and Daggerford.[13]
- A cult known as the Livestock hatch a scheme to launch one of the towers of Candlekeep into wildspace. When their secret is betrayed by one of their own, they move up their timetable and cause an earthquake.[14]
- The Harpers devise a means to cure their former member, Arrant Quill, of evil corruption, but must first confront him within the demiplane in which they trapped him three years prior. At the same time, a beholder named Renekor dreams itself into the demiplane and imprisons Arrant.[15]
- The Cult of the Absolute rises, in which followers worship the Absolute, a so-called god that they believe is destined to take over the world, leading to a new order where True Souls rule above all else.[16]
1492 DR in people
- Victorio and Ammalia Cassalanter seek to buy their way out of their infernal contract with Asmodeus in order to save the souls of their children, Elzerina and Terenzio.[17]
- Agents of the Zhentarim and of Xanathar's Thieves' Guild vie to kidnap Renaer Neverember as they believe he knows how to use the Stone of Golorr. They accidentally take his lookalike, Floon Blagmaar, instead.[18]
- The ghost of a girl named Sarah manifests in Candlekeep alongside her journal, which seems to detail disturbing information about Lord Viallis Yellowcrest of Waterdeep.[19]
- A young bronze dragon named Zelifarn takes up residence in the Waterdeep Harbor.[20]
- The mummy lord Valin Sarnaster of the House of the All-Seeing Orb in Tashluta enacts a plan to transform her enemies into canopic golems to prevent them from interfering in her plans to usurp Savras.[21]
1492 DR in politics
- Jarlaxle seeks leverage over members of the Lords' Alliance in hopes of pressuring them to admit Luskan onto their council.[22]
- Dagult Neverember sends agents to Waterdeep in hopes of reclaiming the half a million gold dragons he embezzled during his tenure as Open Lord.[1][23]
- Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard of Baldur's Gate disappears during a diplomatic visit to Elturgard when he is taken to Avernus along with Elturel. This leaves the Flaming Fist without a leader, so Duke Dillard Portyr recalls his niece, Liara Portyr, from Chult in order to take command of the mercenary army.[24]
Migrations in 1492 DR
- A flood of refugees arrive in Baldur's Gate from Elturgard following the disappearance of Elturel.[24] In response, the city bars its outer gates against them.[25]
- A group of yuan-ti followers of the Scaled Mother leave Chult and arrive peacefully at a grippli village in the Cloak Wood on the Sword Coast, where they begin excavating what they believe to be a temple to their deity. They are shortly followed by a much more murderous group of yuan-ti, who capture the first group and seize control of the grippli village.[26]
1492 DR in environment
- The saprophytic plague ravages the Sword Coast, causing disease and famine on a massive scale.[27]
Deaths in 1492 DR
- Dalakhar, a rock gnome in service of Lord Dagult Neverember of Neverwinter, is killed by a fireball in Trollskull Alley in Waterdeep.[23]
- Duke Dillard Portyr of Baldur's Gate is assassinated.[28]
Miscellaneous
- A series of individuals go missing from Candlekeep, including a visiting sage named Matreous,[29] an acolyte named Falthrax Loderr,[30] and a scholar named Mayastan Sadaar.[31]
- In Baldur's Gate, several merchants and patriars attempt to strong-arm the owners of the shop Distant Shores into selling their business.[32]
- A magical book called Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme causes a curse to spread in Candlekeep, causing all those infected to be unable to resist humming a specific nursery rhyme. The Avowed quarantine the cursed individuals beneath the House of Rest.[33]
- A pair of bedine nomads—Pesh and Shamir—discover the Sapphire Sentinel not far from Haruun.[34]
1492 DR in publications
- Adventures
- Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
- Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
- Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
- Candlekeep Mysteries
- Video Games
Appendix
Notes
- ↑ Canon material does not provide a year for the events described in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, but Christopher Perkins answered a question via Twitter and stated the year was 1492 DR. Corroborating this, Dragon Heist page 20 refers to events of Death Masks (set in 1491 DR) as being "last year". Unless a canon source contradicts this assertion, this wiki will use 1492 DR for events related to this sourcebook and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (which is referenced on pages 5 and 98 of Dragon Heist).
- ↑ Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus is set in 1492 DR per the "Baldur's Gate Gazetteer" section (p. 159) and a clarification from the adventure's lead writer. Baldur's Gate III, which is a direct sequel to Descent into Avernus set immediately after its events, is also set in 1492 DR. In an apparent error, pages 7 and 47 of Descent into Avernus describes certain events as occurring "fifty years" after 1444 DR (1494 DR).
- ↑ Based on several examples of dating evidence in-game, as discussed here, Baldur's Gate III begins either on Eleasis 21 or some time after Uktar 3 in 1492 DR. The warm summer setting of the game supports the earlier date, rather than the expected damp autumn of Uktar. Although one scene suggests a much later date in 1498 DR, this wiki adopts the declared 1492 date.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 5–8. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ Daniel Kwan, Hannah Rose (March 2021). “The Book of Inner Alchemy”. In Hannah Rose ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 35, 37–40. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 197. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 11, 20. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ Alison Huang, Christopher Perkins, Hannah Rose (March 2021). “Mazfroth's Mighty Digressions”. In Hannah Rose ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “Book of the Raven”. In Kim Mohan ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 37, 44. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Derek Ruiz, Scott Fitzgerald Gray (March 2021). “Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Amy Vorpahl, Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Kienna Shaw, Christopher Perkins, Hannah Rose (March 2021). “The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale”. In Christopher Perkins, Hannah Rose eds. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Derek Ruiz, Scott Fitzgerald Gray (March 2021). “Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Jennifer Kretchmer, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “The Canopic Being”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Christopher Perkins eds. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 172–174. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ Graeme Barber, Kim Mohan (March 2021). “Book of Cylinders”. In Kim Mohan ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Toni Winslow-Brill, Bill Benham, Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “Xanthoria”. In Kim Mohan ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 213. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ M.T. Black (2019). Day of the Devil (DDAL09-04) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Avernus Rising (Wizards of the Coast), p. 3.
- ↑ Michael Polkinghorn (March 2021). “The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces”. In Hannah Rose ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Mark Hulmes, Scott Fitzgerald Gray (March 2021). “The Price of Beauty”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Jennifer Kretchmer, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “The Canopic Being”. In Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Christopher Perkins eds. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.
- ↑ Ari Levitch, Michele Carter (March 2021). “Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme”. In Michele Carter ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.
- ↑ Adam Lee, Michele Carter, Christopher Perkins (March 2021). “Alkazaar's Appendix”. In Michele Carter ed. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 200–202. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.