Re: HISTORY: Spelljammer Timeline IIIa

is there more part 3? this is the only one I recived
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---- Paul Westermeyer <westermeyer@????????.net> wrote: 
> An "official" Spelljammer Timeline [revised 1.0]
> By Paul Westermeyer aka GMWestermeyer
> 
> Entry format:
> Entries are listed by year. Each entry is begun with a notation 
> indicating the game setting it comes from (ie [SJ] = Spelljammer, 
> [FR] = Forgotten Realms, [GH] = Greyhawk, [AQ] = Al Qadim, [DL] = 
> Dragonlance, [KT] = Kara Tur). They are followed by the date in the 
> world's own calendar (if not a Spelljammer only event) and a citation 
> with the source and pagination.
> 
> * Events marked with an asterisk do not have a specific time notation 
> but the general chronology is correct.
> 
> @ Events marked with a '@' symbol are past events with no specific 
> time notation nor a sense of when the event occurred. These events 
> are best guesses on my part.
> 
> c Dates preceded by a 'c' are 'circa'. Dates without the 'c' are specific.
> 
> The Timeline
> 
> c-3,000,000
> [SJ] The mysterious Juna, or Creators, appear to be the first race to 
> dominate space.  Their trilateral symbols (flowers, stars) are today 
> found on many odd and ancient ruins.
> {Into the Void, pp 67-70}
> [SJ] *In Winterspace, the planet Radole's unique geology and 
> topography are obviously created by intelligent life long before its 
> recorded history.  Radole's geology features tunnels with abstract 
> murals and carvings with a motif of three pointed stars and three 
> petaled flowers, possibly indicating the Juna, that likely date from 
> just after the world is terra-formed.
> {SJR4 Practical Planetology, pp14-15}
> 
> c-2,000,000
> [SJ] *The thri-kreen precede the humans and illithids into space. 
> The Juna are already disappearing, their memory preserved in 
> thri-kreen legends and the artifacts and ruins left behind.
> {SJA2 Skull & Crossbows, p46}
> {Into the Void, pp 67-70}
> 
> c-15,000
> [SJ] Historical records on the planet ring world Nivil begin. Nivil 
> is home to virtually every sentient race known, each is found 
> somewhere on the massive planet.
> {SJR4 Practical Planetology, p41}
> 
> c-14,959
> [SJ] A High Elven spelljammer crashes on the world of Bodi, 
> establishing its small population of high elves.
> {SJR4 Practical Planetology, p18}
> 
> -12,840
> [SJ] The various societies of the Astromundi Cluster (aka the 
> Shattered Sphere) become aware of spelljamming. (pre-Cycles AC)
> {The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator's Guide, p4}
> 
> -11,840
> [SJ] The First Cataclysm occurs when two of the Cluster's three 
> planets collide.  The surviving planet, Astromundi, gives its name to 
> the sphere. (1/1 AC)
> {The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator's Guide, p4}
> 
> c-11,840 to 2000
> [SJ] *In the aftermath of the First Cataclysm, the population of the 
> planet Astromundi expanded considerably.  This led to wars, some 
> lasting decades, between rival nations, as well as persecution of the 
> non-human Astromundian population, particularly the elves and 
> dwarves.  Many human offspring begin exhibiting mutations and they 
> are banished into Astromundi's Underdark. (c1/1 to 8/1064 AC)
> {The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator's Guide, p4}
> 
> c-8318 to -5318
> [FR] The Crown Wars are fought between the various Elven nations on 
> Faerun.  They are initiated primarily by the Gold Elf Vyshaan clan, 
> rulers of the elven kingdom of Aryvandaar in the High Forest of 
> northern Faerun.  (-12,000 to -9,000 DR)
> {Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, p32-33 }
> 
> c-6318
> [FR] Descent of the Drow: Corellon's magic, as directed through his 
> priests and High Mages, transforms the dark elves, whether the 
> corrupt Ilythiiri or others, into the drow. Whether by magic or by 
> the weaknesses that banish them from the sunlit lands, all drow 
> retreat within two months' passing into the Underdark. Elves are 
> summoned by the Seldarine to the site that becomes Elven Court one 
> month after the Descent of the Drow, to settle differences and 
> restore the peace among the elves. (-10,000 DR)
> {Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, p31}
> 
> c-5318
> [FR] The IEN man-o-war GREEN MONARCH under Captain Mariona Leafbower 
> loses a battle with Q'nidar and is forced to make a crash landing on 
> the island of Evermeet of the planet Toril in Realmspace. Captain 
> Leafbower lends her expertise to Evermeet's navy in the construction 
> of the Ruathimaer ('Starwings') which become the defensive fleet of 
> Evermeet. (c-9000 DR)
> {Evermeet: Island of the Elves, p227}
> [FR] The Fifth Crown War ends with the utter defeat of the Vyshaan 
> and the dissolution of Aryvandaar.  Much of the High Forest is 
> abandoned for an age, leaving the forest open so the gods might 
> restore its peace. The madness of the Vyshaan clan compelled even 
> their most fervent followers to abandon them before all the elves lay 
> dead at their hands. While the final fate of the Vyshaan elves is not 
> recorded, most Tel'Quessir believe them dead and executed at the 
> hands of Elven Court. Still, some rebellious elves across the 
> centuries whisper tales of the four sons of Vyshaan who escaped to 
> the west and to the stars to quietly marshal their strength and await 
> such a time as they could return in glory to Faerun. (c-9000 DR)
> {Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, p23 & p31}
> 
> 240
> [SJ/FR] The Tears of Selune 'pop' into existence; the event is noted 
> in ancient histories of Shou Lung and Evermeet. (-3440 DR/-2190 Shou)
> {SJR2 Realmspace, p29}
> 
> c1041
> [SJ] The 'People of the Celestial Mantis', a thri-kreen nation, 
> dominate a section of wildspace much as the IEN does today.  They are 
> the dominant sect in the thri-kreen religion, worshipping the Mantis 
> God of the Eternal Lotus.  They launch an unsuccessful crusade 
> against other races and faiths, trying to force them into following 
> the Eternal Lotus teachings.  Their crusade is unsuccessful, breaking 
> their domination of wildspace and causing the rise of more moderate 
> sects devoted to the Mantis God.
> {SJA2 Skull & Crossbows, p42}
> 
> c1044
> [SJ] The elven heroine Raven Stormwalker defeats a horde of evil 
> dragons in Realmspace.
> {The Radiant Dragon, pp165-167}
> 
> c1182
> [FR] Ao, overpower of Realmspace, allows the god Ptah to transport 
> avatars of two godly pantheons to their people in Realmspace. 
> Worshippers of these two pantheons, known latter in Realmspace as the 
> Untheric and Mulhorandi pantheons, had been kidnapped from their home 
> plane and enslaved by the famed Imaskari sorcerers. These sorcerers 
> had been powerful enough to create a magical barrier to planar access 
> into the sphere. Ptah uses two mythical spelljammers, the war 
> galley/river barge MATET/SEMKTET and the GALLEY OF THE GODS, to 
> transport avatars of these powers, which then overthrow the Imaskari 
> sorcerers. (c. -2500 DR)
> {Powers and Pantheons, p94}
> 
> 1301
> [FR]  Three beholder colony ships crash in the Alimir mountains of 
> Toril, they establish the Alimir hive. (-2381 DR)
> {Empires of the Shining Sea, p40}
> 
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