History
November - D.R
1356
10 Forces from Cormyr and Zhentil Keep cross the
Ashabenford into Eastern Mistdale. Hillsfar forces launch an attack on
Essembra.
11 Tassledale forces cross the River Ashaba into
Battledale.
12 Essembra falls. Cormyr and Zhentil Forces
reach Essembra.
13 Armies rest and prepare to march on Scardale
15 Featherdale is overrun.
17 Troops enter Scardale.
21 The city of Scardale is put under siege.
23 Large numbers of organized Goblins are seen
north of Cormyr.
24 Scardale falls. Lord Lashan is not found.
26 Treaty of Scardale is signed by Cormyr,
Sembia, Zhentil Keep, Hillsfar, and by all Dales except Scardale.
30 The Breakfast Club is sent to investigate the
Goblins.
December
10 The Breakfast Club returns to Cormyr with a
little information.
17 The Breakfast Club is sent out again.
19 The city of Scornubel is attacked by a goblin
army under the command of Zhentil Keep.
21 Scornubel falls.
22 The Breakfast club is reportedly killed at
the Zhentil Stonelands Keep.
23 A large disturbance is reported in the
Threshold Pass Cormyr army garrison.
24 Early in the morning in Suzail a small army
of troops marches to the royal palace. Fierce fighting continues through the
morning, but the troops break in. King Azoun is wounded while defending the
throne room and is teleported to High Horn, where he is killed. Army units meet
fierce resistance at the Mage Guild, have to lay siege to the complex. By night
most of the city is in the hands of the army.
25 The Commanders of the Army declare King Azoun
IV and his family dead, and declare Baron Hildenburg of Castle Crag to be the
new king. The cities of Marsember and Arabel are taken by the army.
26 Fighting between army units breaks out in
Tilverton as the streets become a battlefield. The Wyvrenspur family defends
the city of Immersea against an army attack, blocking the main Suzail-Arabel
road. The leaders of Hultain, Wheloon, Hilp, and Tyruk support Hildenburg,
while the leaders of Waymoot, Dhedluk, Espar, and Eveningstar oppose him.
27 The mage guild of
Suzail falls, but no sign is left of most of the high-ranking Wizards. King
Hildenburg makes his entry into Suzail.
28 The fighting ends in Tilverton, with the
opponents to Baron Hildenburg victorious. Governor Rangon Markil flees.
29 Princess Tanalasta makes her first public
appearance in Dhedluk, where she is crowned Queen by the mage Vangderdahast and
Lorst Faril, former High Priest of Tempus in Suzail.
30 Forces loyal to Queen Tanalasta turn back an
army group south of Waymoot.
31 Troops marching from Castle Crag to Tilverton
have to turn back due to the snow in the passes.
January - D.R.
1357
2 Immersea falls to the forces of King
Hildenburg.
3 King Hildenburg releases a list of 782
people who are now outlaws and whose property now belongs to him. Most of these
people are nobles, mages, and army commanders who don't support him, but the
list also includes several clerics and a few adventuring parties.
6 A fight breaks out in Scardale between
garrisons sent by the two Cormyr governments. The Dalelands council agrees to
support Queen Tanalasta, with Zhentil Keep, Sembia, and Tassledale voting for
Hildenburg's representative.
10 A truce is agreed upon as both sides start to
consolidate holdings, make alliances, and hire mercenaries.
18 Flaming Fist Mercenary Company starts to
gather at Elturel.
24 Rumors say the Breakfast Club was spotted in
Soubar.
February
8 Positive sightings of the Breakfast Club,
less one member, made in Baldur's Gate.
9 Last members of the Flaming Fist gather at
Elturel, march on Scornubel.
15 Queen Tanalasta claims Hildenburg broke
truce, orders attack on Immersea.
18 Scornubel is recaptured by Flaming Fist, but
Zhentil forces burnt down most of town as they retreated.
19 Siege placed on Immersea.
28 Immersea captured.
March
3 Forces from Castle Crag march North to take
Tilverton.
15 Immersea placed under siege by army units
from Arabel.
16 Lady Reagent Alasalynn leads troops as walls
of Tilverton hold.
18 Supported by mercenaries and adventurers,
Lady Reagent Alasalynn leads army out of Tilverton and crushes Hildenburg's
troops from Castle Crag.
31 Alasalynn arrives at Castle Crag, begins
siege.
April
3 As army units in Arabel leave for Immersea
and Castle Crag, riots break out as citizens revolt, taking over large sections
of the city.
7 Siege is lifted on Immersea as troops march
to retake Arabel.
9 Entire Zhentil trading post in Baldur's gate
killed in fighting between rival factions.
14 Army reaches Arabel, fierce street fighting
breaks out.
22 Army units marching from Castle Crag and
Tyrluk to Arabel are stopped at Eveningstar.
29 Army units move out of Arabel, try to starve
the city into submission.
May
7 Army at Arabel is crushed by forces
personally led by Queen Tanalasta.
13 Tyrluk falls. Supply routs to High Horn from
the west are cut off.
17 Castle Crag surrenders. All of northern
Cormyr except High Horn belongs to Queen Tanalasta.
31 The Queen's army takes Hilp.
June
2 The Queen's army is forced to retreat while
trying to cross the Starwater south of Hilp.
10 The Queen's army crosses the Starwater.
23 Suzail is surrounded.
25 Battle of Suzail. Two bands made up mostly of
Harpers force open the two gates. The Knights of Myth Drannor attack the main
palace. Doust Sulwood kills King Hildenberg.
26 Queen Tanalasta officialy takes the throne of
her father in the central throne room in Suzail.