HISTORY: Spelljammer Timeline VI

An "official" Spelljammer Timeline [revised 1.0]
By Paul Westermeyer aka GMWestermeyer

5021
[KT/FR] The Eighth Shou Emperor Kai Chin 
announces the "Gathering of Pearls" as a goal of 
his reign. Plans are set in motion to recover 
lost artifacts and books. Contacts with Wa and 
Kozakura are expanded.  This marks an increase in 
Shou Lung's interest in spelljamming. (1339 DR/ 
2589 Shou)
{Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms, p8}

c5023
[SJ] *Elsun, captain of the pirate ship DRAGON 
CLAW and wielder of Blackjammer's cutlass, 
attacks a merchant convoy enroute to Krynnspace. 
Elsun and the cutlass are repulsed by an 
attendant  IEN Man-o-War, and Elsun is killed. 
The cutlass fell overboard in the melee and is 
assumed to be adrift in the Flow between Oerth 
and Krynn.
{Dragon #159 'Bazaar of the Bizarre: Magic from the Stars', p18}

5025
[SJ] @The Beholder Pirate, Graffin the Gray, 
preys on shipping near the Rock of Bral.  It 
takes three shiploads of men to kill him, one of 
which he disintegrated before he was slain by the 
others.  He is stuffed and mounted above the door 
of a Guildhall on the Rock of Bral.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, p1}
[SJ] The falmandratha sage One Six Nine observes 
the Spelljammer as it sails through the sage's 
homesphere, Herdspace.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, p 276}

c5028
[SJ] Talina, wife of King Gorath of Greatspace, dies. (c TU 841)
{Crystal Spheres, p35}

5029
[SJ] The legendary pirate captain Bloodjack 
begins his career in Realmspace with his red 
hammership, LUCKY VICTORY.
{Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space: Lorebook of the Void, p38}

5030
[KT/FR] *The Ministry of Glorious Flight is 
established in Shou Lung.  Shou Dragonships begin 
to appear in wildspace in greater numbers. (1348 
DR/2598 Shou)
{Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms, p29}

5031
[SJ/KT] The nation of Wa on Toril discovers 
spelljamming and the existence of the Shou and 
Elven fleets. They lose several ships in battle 
with the Imperial Elven Fleet, so they begin to 
design the Tsunami, the Ki-helm, and the Rudder 
of Propulsion. (2599 Shou)
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p29-30}
{SJR2 Realmspace, pp19, 94}

c5032
[SJ]  *The infamous Black Company pirate fleet, 
eventually the most successful pirate band 
in Greyspace, begins its depredations.
{SJR6 Greyspace, pp75-76}
[SJ]  In the Tears of Selune of Realmspace, the 
neogi of the asteroid 'Journey's Legg' drop umber 
hulks on the rastipede colony 'Long Block.'  The 
rastipedes kill all of the umber hulks within a 
year, but suffer heavy losses.  As a result their 
ships begin to carry extra weapons and they fire 
at once on neogi style vessels they encounter.
{Polyhedron #126 'Island Campaigns: Part 5 
Ecological Nightmares: A World of your Own', 
pp26-27}

5033
[SJ] Gaspar the mage is struck by a powerful 
curse while trying to recover an artifact. He 
founds Gaspar's Reclamations in an attempt to 
find a cure for the curse, which proves 
impossible to dispel.
{Complete Spacefarer's Handbook, p89}

5034
[SJ] Andru becomes Prince of Bral.
{SJR5 Rock of Bral, p7}
[FR] On Faerun, the venerable green dragon 
Dretchroyaster, more commonly known as 'Dretch,' 
shifted his lair to Monarch's Fall Glade, as it 
is known to the elves, site of the crashed 
MONARCH MORDENT of the Greenwings Wars.  The 
man-o-war became a gargantuan plant resembling a 
large crystalline web overrunning a woodland 
glade and creating a natural mazelike lair. (1352 
DR)
{Cult of the Dragon, p47-48}
[SJ] The vampire T'Laan arrives in Greatspace 
disguised as a half-elven bard. (847 TU)
{Crystal Spheres, p32}

5035
[SJ] Gnomes establish a base on Spectre in 
Greyspace, building a magnificent dock that 
floats in air.
{SJR6 Greyspace, p67}
[DL] The War of the Lance begins, gods return to Krynn. (348 AC)
{Dragonlance Adventures, p101}

5036
[SJ/GH]  Free Traders mercantile company is 
founded in Greyspace.  It is headquartered in 
Greyhawk city. (574 CY)
{SJR6 Greyspace, p76}
[SJ] The Gauntlet Company of Realmspace begins 
attacking slavers with their scorpion ship.
{SJR2 Realmspace, p59}

5037
[SJ] The Second Unhuman War begins with the scro 
attacking isolated spheres and planets in order 
to gain training and advance bases.
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p46}
[SJ] Four illithid nautiloids enter Herospace and 
are destroyed in battle by hammerships of the 
Rational Order of Magistrates.
{Crystal Spheres, p13}
[SJ/FR] A particularly bright shooting star flew 
across Waterdeep and northern Faerun on Toril in 
Realmspace. Some believe this was a dwarven 
citadel crashing into the desert of Anauroch. 
(1355 DR)
{Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space, Lorebook of the Void, p57}

5038
[SJ] The House of Tempus is founded on the Rock of Bral.
{SJR5 Rock of Bral, p74}
[SJ] The Free Traders mercantile company 
establishes a trading outpost on the north face 
of the planet Spectre in Greyspace.
{SJR6 Greyspace, p78}
[SJ/FR] The Emerald Brotherhood adventuring company of Realmspace is formed.
(1356 DR)
{SJR2 Realmspace, p58-59}
[SJ] *The Gauntlet Company of Realmspace destroys 
a neogi slave trade operation on an asteroid in 
the Tears of Selune.
{SJR2 Realmspace, p59}
[SJ] The half-elven vampire T'Laan becomes an 
advisor to Gorath of House Shambrath and slowly 
takes control of Greatspace. (851 TU)
{Crystal Spheres, p32}

5039
[SJ] Pax Ahlmun, High Priest of Unipaxala the 
Peace Asteroid, is captured by the Neogi.  The 
priests of Unipaxala hire the mercenary wizardess 
Meredith and a crew of buccaneers to free Pax 
Ahlmun.
{TSR Worlds Annual #1"Jammers"}
[SJ] Cloaking Helms become available for sale 
through the Arcane.  Developed by a team of 
Arcane and wizards of no small measure, Cloaking 
Helms were developed ostensibly for the Seekers 
to aid them in their surreptitious information 
gathering.  Of course, Cloaking Helms came into 
high demand with militaristic movements across 
the stars. As word leaked out of these new helms, 
assassins appeared virtually overnight, slaying 
many of the wizards involved in their creation. 
Those few who survived are scattered about the 
stars, reclusive as many wizards are.
{Dragon #159 'Bazaar of the Bizarre: Magic from the Stars', p16}
[SJ] On the planet Spectre in Greyspace, the 
gnomes' floating dock collapses.  They rename 
their colony, 
'What-is-left-after-the-tragic-events-of-several-years-ago.'
{SJR6 Greyspace, p67}
[SJ] Two beholder asteroid nations destroy each 
other in the Grinder asteroid field of Greyspace.
{SJR6 Greyspace, p30}
[SJ] *Khelbun Arunson reports his discovery of 
the Steel Star, home of the legendary ogre 
spelljammer fleet.
{SJR1 Lost Ships, p56}
[DL] The War of the Lance on Krynn ends with the 
defeat of the Dragon armies. (352 AC)
{Dragonlance Adventures, p104}
[SJ] *Current year for Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space
[SJ] *Current year for SJA3 Crystal Spheres
[SJ] *Current year for SJA1 Wildspace
[SJ] *Current year for SJR1 Lost Ships
[FR] Current year for Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (1357 DR)
[FR/KT] Current year for Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (2607 Shou)
[FR] Comic: Forgotten Realms and AD&D comics begin (1357 DR)
{Dragon #196 'Novel Ideas: Days of Future Passed: 
A Chronology of Forgotten Realms Fiction', p66}
[SJ] Comic: Spelljammer comic begins
{TSR Worlds Annual #1"Jammers"}
[SJ] 5043 OC, 577 CY, 354 AC, 1357 DR, 2607 Shou, 
461 AV, 852 TU, and 5/1299 AC.

5040
[FR] The Time of Troubles on Toril.  (1358 DR)
{Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, 2nd ed.: Running the Realms, p18}
[SJ] Unipaxala, the Peace Asteroid, is conquered 
for a short time by a Neogi fleet. It is freed by 
the infamous wizardess Meredith.
{Spelljammer #3-4 'The Rogue Ship'}
[SJ] An elven flitter from the elvish base 
Tranmiele' on the planet Spectre in Greyspace is 
destroyed by a bombard shot while flying low over 
the dwarven mine outpost on the same planet.
{SJR6 Greyspace, p68-69}
[SJ] *Dante Lionmane, Knight of Solamnia, forms the Star Knights of Krynnspace.
{SJR7 Krynnspace, p68}
[SJ/FR/DL] Comic: TSR Worlds Annual #1"Jammers"
{Dragon #196 'Novel Ideas: Days of Future Passed: 
A Chronology of Forgotten Realms Fiction', p66}
[FR] Comic: Forgotten Realms comic ends (1358 DR)
{Dragon #196 'Novel Ideas: Days of Future Passed: 
A Chronology of Forgotten Realms Fiction', p66}

5041
[SJ] The High Holy Keep of Bane is founded on 
Bral, despite the demise of Bane in Realmspace 
during the Time of Troubles a year earlier.
{SJR5 Rock of Bral, p70}
[SJ/KT] With their new Tsunamis completed, Wa 
fights a short war with the Imperial Elven Fleet 
in Realmspace. At least one Armada is destroyed. 
(2609 Shou)
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p29-30}
[SJ/GH] The Black Pegasus Trading Company is 
formed in Greyspace by a group of four 
adventurers.  Erthoron, an elven mage/thief, and 
Reílumph ‘Lumpy’Garlock, a hairfoot halfling 
thief founded the organization with just two 
spelljamming galleons.  The Peldebrocks, a 
married human couple, then joined them: 
Belthalion, a powerful wizardess, and her 
husband, Valgulman, a dual-classed fighter/mage. 
The Peldebrocks commanded a squidship, and sailed 
Greyspace as buccaneers and mercenaries. (579 CY)
{Dragon #199 'The Black Pegasus Trading Co.', p49}
[SJ/FR] The Emerald Brotherhood adventuring 
company of Realmspace is abducted by the illithid 
slave ship MIND RIPPER.  They escape the 
illithids and capture a vipership, which they use 
to fight neogi and illithid slavers from their 
base in the Tears of Selune. (1359 DR)
{SJR2 Realmspace, p58-59}
[SJ] *Current year of SJA4 Under the Dark Fist
[SJ] *Current year of SJR4 Practical Planetology
[SJ] *Current year of SJA2 Skull & Crossbows
[SJ/GH] *Current year of SJR6 Greyspace
[SJ]  *Comics: Spelljammer comic ends
{Spelljammer #15}
[FR] Comic: AD&D comic ends (1359 DR)
{Dragon #196 ‘Novel Ideas: Days of Future Passed: 
A Chronology of Forgotten Realms Fiction’, p66}

5042
[SJ] Scro forces enter Realmspace, beginning of 
the Second Unhuman War in that sphere. The 
Imperial Elven Fleet, reinforced by the 
Ruathimaer fleet of Evermeet, forces the scro to 
retreat after over a dozen battles. Scro forces 
in the sphere are reduced to a few raiders 
operating from the cluster planet Garden. (1360 
DR)
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p46}
[SJ/KT] The Battle of the Selune Tear Elmonitae. 
The Waan Tsunami STORM OF HONOR under the command 
of Daimyo Akahu Nagasa attacks the moonlet, a 
neogi base defended by six mindspiders. All but 
two of the mindspiders are destroyed and one 
hundred captives are freed, including 60 elves 
and half-elves. These are delivered to the IEN 
Armada WINGS OF GLORY beginning five years of 
peace between the Waan and Imperial Elven fleets 
in Realmspace. (2610 Shou)
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p30}
[DL] The Blue Lady's War. The Blue Lady, one of 
the most powerful and ruthless Dragon Highlords, 
made an unholy pact with the death knight, Lord 
Soth. Together, they led a dragon army from 
Neraka and, with a flying citadel above, attacked 
northern Solamnia. They besieged even Palanthus, 
but the effort was doomed. The Blue Lady and Lord 
Soth were defeated. (357 AC)
{Tales of the Lance: World Book of Ansalon, p 11}
[SJ/KT]  Wa has completed construction of six Tsunami vessels. (2610 Shou)
{SJR2 Realmspace, p95}
[SJ]  Uliananon Cirathorn’s cloaked IEN fleet 
begins trailing the Rock of Bral in secret after 
forging an agreement with Prince Andru.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, p 106}
[SJ] The neogi Skarkesh discovers the Cloak of 
the First Pilot.  It is stolen from him by a 
reigar adventuress.  Skarkesh's neogi servants 
attempt to turn him into a Great Old One but he 
escapes and transforms himself into a Neogi Lich 
instead.  Skarkesh's former servants abandon the 
hunt for Skarkesh and instead hunt the Cloak of 
the First Pilot themselves.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, p 276}
[SJ] Current year of SJR2 Realmspace (1360 DR)
{SJR2 Realmspace, pp 58-59}

5043
[SJ/DL] A dying Reigar adventuress passes the 
Cloak of the First Pilot to Teldin Moore of 
Krynn.  Teldin Moore is destined to become the 
Cloakmaster. (358 AC)
{Beyond the Moons}
[SJ/DL] The Battle of the Spiders: A pair of 
Neogi deathspiders attacks Mount Nevermind, the 
Tinker Gnome capital of the continent Ansalon on 
the planet Krynn. The Neogi attack is intended to 
capture Teldin Moore and the Cloak of the First 
Pilot but the attack is repulsed and the gnomes 
destroy both Deathspiders.  The gnomes use the 
helm of one deathspider to power a new 
sidewheeler, the UNQUENCHABLE. (358 AC)
{Beyond the Moons, pp 247,284, & 309}
{Beyond the Moons, pp114-115}
[SJ/GH] The Black Pegasus Trading Company 
annihilates the Balboa Brothers Bazaar in a 
massive battle using aerial assaults, magical 
hurricanes, and treachery.  The Bazaar was set on 
a volcanic island in the Solnor Ocean (630 miles 
north-east of the mouth of the Trask river in the 
Great Kingdom).  For the last few centuries, this 
island has acted as a base for a succession of 
spelljamming groups and societies.  The Black 
Pegasus Trading Company establishes the island as 
their new base and begins constructing a 
stronghold and warehouses on it. (581 CY)
{Dragon #199 'The Black Pegasus Trading Co.', p49}
[SJ] Hastain the Reigar arrives on the Rock of 
Bral. He obtains an immediate audience with 
Prince Andru and is granted a noble title and 
purchases a noble villa.
{SJR5 Rock of Bral, p24}
[SJ] The scro Tarantula Fleet, under the command 
of Admiral Halker and General Kobas Hamarka Vorr 
invades and conquers the elven world of Spiral. 
The scro employed large numbers of goblins and 
orcs in addition to their scro and ogre marines, 
but the elves fought back fiercely, even 
employing zwarths.  The scro suffered heavy 
losses but captured all the elven cities. 
Despite this, the elven, dwarven, and human 
natives of Spiral continued to resist the Scro, 
fighting a guerilla war from the mountains and 
deep forests of the planet.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, pp 16-29}
[SJ] General Grimnosh of the scro launches an 
audacious campaign in Winterspace.  Commanding 
the dinotherium ELFBANE, the Sky Shark battalion 
of scro marines, and a squadron of four bionoid 
shrikeships Grimnosh’s official orders are to 
disrupt IEN traffic in the Flow outside 
Winterspace.  But Grimnosh and the instectare 
K’tide plot instead to arm the humanoids of 
Armistice with spelljamming vessels and destroy 
the elven presence on Radole within Winterspace 
before moving on to Realmspace.
{The Radiant Dragon, pp49, 144}
[SJ/DL] Novel: Beyond the Moons (358 AC)
{Beyond the Moons, p76}
[SJ/FR] Novel: Into the Void (1361 DR)
{Dragon #196 'Novel Ideas: Days of Future Passed: 
A Chronology of Forgotten Realms Fiction', p66}

5044 to 5046
[GH] The Greyhawk Wars rage across Oerth. (582-584 CY)
{The Adventure Begins, p4}