History - Timeline

Age of Worm Timeline

Prehistory

• Great war between the Wind Dukes of Aaqa and the Queen of Chaos.
• Rod of Law created by the seven Wandering Dukes.
• Battle of Pesh. The Wind Duke Zosiel is slain by the demon Kizarvidexus, who is slain in turn by the Wind Duke Icosiol. The Wind Duke Icosiol slain by Miska the Wolf-Spider. Miska the Wolf-Spider defeated by the Wind Duke Qadeej, wielding the Rod of Law. Rod of Law is fragmented into the Rod of Seven Parts. Rift Canyon formed.
• Tomb of Icosiol constructed below fields of Pesh.
• Whispering Cairn constructed by the Wind Duke Nadroc in the Cairn Hills.

-905 CY (Common Year)(Greyhawk Time System)

• Kyuss comes to prominence, ruling the jungle city of Kuluth-Mar. With assistance from a spell weaver lich, Kyuss attempts to ascend to godhood. (DNG#130)

495 CY

• The Cairn Hills town of Diamond Lake hosts an order of monks, preoccupied with astronomy, at the Diamond Lake Observatory. (Dungeon #124.40, 63)
• The City of Greyhawk nationalizes the Cairn Hills smelting trade. (Dungeon #124.62)

525 CY

• A mine collapses near Diamond Lake. Over 300 miners die in the disaster. (DNG#124.62)

535 CY

• The Seeker Ulavant leads an expedition into the Whispering Cairn, where the entire band meets its death. (DNG#124)  Some of their undead bodies where slain by the party.  Some of their equipment became treasure within the Cairn.

545 CY

• Ulgo Fant's iron mine near the Whispering Cairn goes dry. (DNG#124.16; DR#333.62)
• Ragnolin Dourstone of Greysmere, after intentionally collapsing part of one of his family's mines on his agitating workers, is run out of Greysmere and moves to Diamond Lake, where he acquires the rights to some of the mines in that region of the Cairn Hills. (DNG#124.52; AoWO.22)

555 CY

• Felanore, a young giantess of the Cairn Hills, is captured by members of the Diamond Lake Garrison and "granted" to the owner of the Spinning Giant to serve as mascot. Thereafter, she becomes known as "Flailing" Felanore. (DNG#124.58)

564 CY

• Anders Land dies.

565 CY

• Alastor Land runs away from his home near Diamond Lake and dies in the Whispering Cairn. (DNG#124)   Alastor Land is the ghost who helps the party continue through the Whispering Cairn in exchange for burying his bones WITH those of his family in the cemetery by the old farm. Since the family bones were stolen from the cemetery; this ends up being a tougher bargain than the party anticipated.

575 CY

• Izenfen the Occluded, Mistress of the Twilight Monastery in the Cairn Hills, refuses to use the Censer of Symmetry to predict unclaimed ore deposits for a cadre of miners from nearby Diamond Lake. The miners invade the monastery, seeking to steal the Censer, but fail, though Izenfen's daughter Imonoth dies in the conflict. In retaliation, Izenfen gathers her best warriors and sends them into Diamond lake, where all fifteen survivors of the ill-fated raid are assassinated. This event becomes commemorated yearly as Darkstar's Kiss. (AoWO.20)
• The rogue Balabar Smenk befriends the necromancer Filge. (DNG#124.46) Filge took up residence in the old observatory; and was researching the green worm for Smenk.  He also stole the bones of the Land family to act as skeleton menions.  The party raided his hideout for the skeletons and came into possesson of the vile with the worm.
• Lazare wins Greyhawk dragonchess championship and uses winnings to buy a mine in the Cairn Hills northeast of Diamond Lake. (DNG#124.53)

(Note: Much of this material has been gathered from various sources, including Wikipedia, Dungeon Magazine, etc...  I have gathered what I needed here to aid in my campaign.)