HISTORY: Spelljammer Timeline VII

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

5044
[SJ] The Cloak of the First Pilot Campaign.
	The scro Tarantula Fleet is approached by 
the undead Neogi mage Skarkesh, who forms an 
alliance with them to recover the Cloak of the 
First Pilot from the Cloakmaster, Teldin Moore. 
This attempt encompasses four battles, as the 
Imperial Elven Fleet squadron stationed at the 
Rock of Bral (previously unaware of the Scro 
conquest of Spiral) fights to gain the Cloak for 
its commander, Admiral Uliananon Cirathorn.
	The Battle of Ironpiece.  The Scro fleet 
(27 ships strong), along with Skarkesh's pyramid 
ship, intercepts Teldin Moore aboard the 
hammership PROBE as it is about to make 
planetfall on the gnome colony world of 
Ironpiece.  The Imperial Elven squadron (five 
ships strong) intervenes, and a gnomish fleet 
from Ironpiece arrives as well, leading to a 
confusing, three-way battle.  When the hours long 
contest is over, the scro have lost two 
viperships, three scorpionships, two waspships, 
and one mammothship.  The Elves lost one 
man-o-war, and had another damaged, and the 
gnomes lost a sidewheeler and several small 
spellfighters.  This battle is generally seen as 
a gnomish victory as they drive the other two 
fleets from their colony world.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, pp89-112}
	The Raid on Port Walkaway.  Still 
determined to acquire the Cloak of the First 
Pilot, the Scro launch a raid on the gnomish 
naval base of Port Walkaway.  The attack is a 
disaster, as the elves had warned the gnomes of 
it in advance (hoping to patch up relations after 
accidentally firing on gnomish vessels in the 
previous battle).  Of the twelve vessels the Scro 
dispatched on the raid, only five survived.  The 
gnomes lost seven small craft and had two large 
ships destroyed on the ground, as well as some 
buildings burned.  Teldin Moore fled during the 
battle on the gnomish experimental vessel 
PERILOUS HALIBUT, heading for Herdspace.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, 143-156}
	The Battle of the Cloaked Ships. 
Realizing the elves were employing cloaking 
helms, the scro and Skarkesh developed a powder 
they could jettison to reveal the men-o-war. 
When two of the elven men-o-war crept in close to 
investigate the Tarantula Fleet, this technique 
was used.  One of the men-o-war was destroyed, 
the other damaged but the scro suffered no losses.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, p158}
	The Battle of Herdspace.  A final battle 
is fought in Herdspace as the Imperial Elven 
squadron and the Tarantula fleets fight over the 
Cloak of the First Pilot.  Losses are severe on 
all sides.  The elves lose two men-o-war and an 
armada, only one man-o-war of the squadron 
survives the campaign to return to the Rock of 
Bral.  The Tarantula fleet loses the pyramidship, 
a squidship, and a scorpionship.  Only ten of the 
original 27 Tarantula fleet vessels survive the 
campaign to return to Spiral.  Admiral Cirathorn 
of the IEN, as well as the scro commanders 
Admiral Halker and General Vorr, all perish as 
well.  Teldin Moore and the Cloak of the First 
Pilot survive to continue his quest.
{The Maelstrom's Eye, pp280-294}
[SJ] Lar, an elven world in a remote crystal 
sphere, is destroyed by the scro.  In the battles 
around Lar the Elven armada ECLIPSE is destroyed 
and the elves lose ten vessels for every 
goblinoid vessel destroyed.
{SJS1 Goblin's Return, p5}
[SJ] A Scro fleet of 75 mantis ships enters 
Greyspace and teams with the Borka Retribution 
Fleet. The Imperial Elven Fleet presses the ships 
of the Sindiath Line into service and intercepts 
this massive humanoid armada at Borka, giving the 
battle the title 'The Borka Maneuver'. A 
prolonged, massive battle ends in the humanoid's 
defeat and the destruction of all but fifteen of 
the mantis ships. (582 CY)
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p46}
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p20}
[SJ] An IEN Armada is found abandoned in 
Winterspace by Captain Sirion Windharp of the 
dolphinship STARFOAM.  Its crew had been 
destroyed by tertiary Witchlight Marauders.
{The Radiant Dragon, pp25, 52}
[SJ] The Battle of Armistice.  Grimnosh’s 
squadron of orcish allies escapes the Armistice 
blockade, destroying the IEN man-o-war WINDWALKER 
in the process.  Their escape is short lived, 
however, as a brief, brutal battle with the IEN 
swanship TRUMPETER, an IEN man-o-war, and two 
Radiant dragons destroys all the ships of the 
orcish fleet as well as the scro dinotherium 
ELFBANE.  The man-o-war and the TRUMPETER are 
destroyed as well, and one of the Radiant dragons 
is slain. Shortly after the battle, a primary 
Witchlight Marauder is released on Armistice.
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p46}
{The Radiant Dragon, p237-306}
[SJ] Novel: The Maelstrom’s Eye
{The Maelstrom’s Eye, p7}
[SJ] Novel: The Radiant Dragon
{The Radiant Dragon, p8}

5045
[SJ] A neogi Deathspider attacks the city of 
Compact, capital of the planet Crescent in 
Heartspace and home of the legendary 'Great 
Archive.'  The Deathspider destroys two waspships 
of the Crescent Peace Force before it is defeated.
{The Broken Sphere, p82-84}
[SJ] The Battle of the Broken Sphere.
	The Cloakmaster, Teldin Moore, gains the 
Spelljammer and becomes her captain.  Squadrons 
of neogi, illithid, gnomish, scro, elven, 
dwarven, beholder, and multiple human groups 
converge on the legendary Broken Sphere to either 
take the Spelljammer from Teldin’s control, or 
help him protect the Spelljammer from the other 
groups.  Hundreds of vessels were involved in the 
battle, and over two-thirds were destroyed.  The 
Spelljammer itself was the subject of conflicting 
reports, with some saying it was destroyed, 
others claiming it fled into the Broken Sphere or 
otherwise escaped the battle.  In any event, the 
Broken Sphere began to mysteriously close 
following the battle, and none have been able to 
enter it since.
{The Ultimate Helm}
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p47}
[SJ] *Current year of SJS1 Goblin's Return
[SJ] *Current year of SJQ1 Heart of the Enemy
[SJ] *Novel: The Broken Sphere
{The Broken Sphere, p13}
[SJ] *Novel: The Ultimate Helm

5046
[GH] The Greyhawk Wars end on Oerth. (584 CY)
{From the Ashes, "A Brief Historical Timeline for the Flanaess" Card sheet}
{Complete Spacefarer's Handbook, p9}
[SJ] Neogi lure seven Imperial Elven Navy vessels 
into the Grinder in Greyspace and destroy them.
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p20}
[SJ/KT] The Waan Tsunami HAGURE JIMA commanded by 
Wo Han Do of Chozawa defeats a neogi deathspider, 
capturing the neogi and discovering the 
identities of seven neogi spies in the mountains 
of Wa, leading to a quick drop-off in 
disappearances therein. (2614 Shou)
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p31}
[SJ] Current year of the War Captain's Companion Boxed Set.
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p38}

5047
[SJ/KT] A Waan tsunami 'accidentally' destroys an 
elven man-o-war after a Shou spy informs them it 
is being used by drow to smuggle illegal goods 
into Wa. (2615 Shou)
{War Captain's Companion: Book 1, p31}[2]
[FR] On Faerun, aided by the Cult of the Dragon, 
the venerable green dragon Dretchroyaster of 
Monarch's Fall Glade transforms into a dracolich. 
Dretchroyaster styles himself 'the Monarch 
Reborn,' which reflects his transformation and 
ambitions for supremacy in the region as much as 
it does his mad attempts to transform himself 
into a spelljammer. (1365 DR)
{Cult of the Dragon, p47-48}
[GH] Current Year of From the Ashes (585 CY)

5048
[GH] On Oerth, Canon Hazen uses the Crook of Rao 
to drive demons out of Flanaess.  Nefarious 
armies across Oerth are greatly weakened. (586 CY)
{The Adventure Begins, pp19, 27}
[SJ]  An Arcane shrikeship, the SWIFTSURE, 
disappears on the way from Refuge to Darnannon. 
The ship was carrying an Arcane emissary who 
intended to negotiate new trade agreements with 
the elves.
{Dungeon #36 'The Sea of Sorrow', p41}
[SJ] *The dwarven mining colony of Doromakhad is 
attacked by bizarre amoeboid creatures. Several 
dwarf clans were wiped out, but the survivors 
mounted heavy ballistae around their settlement 
and strengthened their defenses. (1/1300 AC)
{The Astromundi Cluster, Adventures in the Shattered Sphere, p29}
{The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator’s Guide, p15}
[SJ] Current Year of the Complete Spacefarer's Handbook.
{Complete Spacefarer's Handbook, p9}

5049
[SJ] The Arcane of Refuge recently send a 
military expedition to find the SWIFTSURE, 
consisting of the squidships CONSTANCE and 
PROTECTOR, and the hammership RETRIBUTION.  The 
radiant dragon Blacklight attacks the squadron in 
the Flow near Pirtelspace.  He destroys the 
CONSTANCE, captures the PROTECTOR, and seriously 
damages the RETRIBUTION.
{Dungeon #36 'The Sea of Sorrow', pp41-43}
[SJ] The first year for the Jammers PBEM game.
[SJ] *Current year of SJR5 Rock of Bral accessory.
[SJ] @Current Year of The Astromundi Cluster (2/1300 AC)
[SJ] Current year of SJR7 Krynnspace
{SJR7 Krynnspace, pp 51, 68}
[SJ] *Current year for Dungeon #36 'The Sea of Sorrow'
[SJ] *Current year for Polyhedron #81 ‘His Majesty's Spacial Service’
[FR] Current year of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, 2nd ed. (1367 DR)
[AQ/FR] *Current year of City of Delights

5050
[SJ] A Scro fleet secretly enters Realmspace and 
begins contacting humanoids on Toril, they 
provide firearms and smokepowder to the 
humanoids. (1368 DR)
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p46}
[FR/SJ] Gamolon Idogyr and his family depart the 
Rock of Bral, immigrating back to his native land 
of Tethyr on Toril in Realmspace, where he 
becomes a noble and advisor to the new King and 
Queen. (1368 DR)
{Lands of Intrigue, Book One: Tethyr, p86}

5051
[FR/SJ] Arborianna, a world of elves similar to 
the gold elves of Toril, is destroyed by the 
scro. The gods Malar and Lloth rescue a man-o-war 
full of refugees from Arborianna and present them 
to Kymil Nimesin as allies against Evermeet. 
(1369 DR)
{Evermeet: Island of the Elves, p87}
[FR/SJ]  Adepts of the Twisted Rune in eastern 
Calimshan discover the existence of the Glyth 
mind flayer outpost of Stardock in the Tears of 
Selune. Through the magical enslavement of 
several mind flayers who had come down to the 
Realms, the undead Alhoon Ralayn the Occultacle 
and a number of Twisted Rune members enacted a 
magical assault on Stardock three weeks later. 
Their raid is successful, leading to the conquest 
of the entire outpost. (1369 DR)
{Undermountain: Stardock, p5}
[FR] Halaster's Harvestide. After finding the 
orbiting satellite of Stardock a convenient base 
of power, the two undead seniors of the Twisted 
Rune plan to expand their power base by prying 
his secrets from Halaster of Undermountain. They 
kidnap him on Higharvestide, causing general 
chaos on Toril as his uncontrolled gates spew 
monsters out at random places across the planet. 
(1369 DR)
{Undermountain: Stardock, p5}

5052
[SJ] *Ogre kings from the Steel star may invade known space in the future
{Dragon Annual #1 'Campaign Classics: The Scro', p47}

5053
[FR] Kymil Nimesin leads the deceived refugee 
elves of Arborianna along with a plethora of 
other allies (a fleet of human pirates, skraags, 
sahuagin, and drow) in an assault on Evermeet. 
Much damage is caused, but the invasion is 
defeated and Kymil Nimesin's evil is revealed to 
them. To their amazement, Queen Amlaruil welcomes 
the Arborianna survivors and offers them a home 
on Evermeet. (1371 DR)
{Evermeet: Island of the Elves, p488}

5159
[SJ/FR] The comet K'Thoutek, which orbits the sun 
of Realmspace every 237 years, arrives in 
Torilian skies.  Its appearance is said to 
announce the birth or arrival of a powerful 
entity.  (1477 DR)
{SJR2 Realmspace, p53}

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Endnotes

[1] There are some discrepancies between the 
dates given in Netheril: Empire of Magic and 
Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves.  The later is more 
recent, and most likely correct, but the wording 
of the entries allows both to be used with little 
conflict.  The events are far in the past, and 
the difference between the two only fifty years, 
so I've simply left both within the timeline 
without reconciling them.
             These events are dated for OC, but 
also for the Forgotten Realms DR and the Nether 
Years (NY) of the Empire of Netheril. -3859 DR 
equals 1 NY, according to Netheril: Empire of 
Magic.

[2] This War Captain's Companion entry is dated 
after the 'current date' of that work.  This 
results from an internal inconsistency.  Since 
having this event occur after the 'current' year 
of the WCC doesn't contradict anything, I left it 
as is.