320 CY

Events

In this year

• Nomads appear in North. (Guide p.9)
• Outer dependencies of Aerdy gain sovereignty. Perranders, Velunians, Furyondians, and Tenhas each establish independence in a series of minor but bloody wars. (Guide p.9)
• In summer, anticipating his election as mayor of the city, Zagig Yragerne begins construction of Castle Greyhawk. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk p.38)

Around this year

• Zagig Yragerne elected Mayor of the Free City of Greyhawk after bribing the entire ruling Oligarchy. (Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk p.38; TAB p.59)
• The Relentless Horde appear in the north of Perrenland. (LGG p.86,95,114)
• Driven from the southern plains by the Brazen Horde, the Tiger Nomads, Wolf Nomads, and other mixed Oeridian-Baklunish plains nomads are united under the leadership of Kha-Khan Ogobanuk of The Relentless Horde. They gradually move into and claim the steppeland east of the Yatil Mountains, pushing eastward as far as the Griffs. (Guide p.9; LGG p.114)

Notes

A conflicting date for the construction of Castle Greyhawk is given in From the Ashes (1992), Atlas p.4, which claims that he began building the castle in 375 CY. This contradicts WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins (1990) p.3, which gives a date of "around 320 CY", and the later The Adventure Begins (1998), which concurs with a date of "around 320 CY" for the construction of the castle and its three towers.

In the late 1990s, Wizards of the Coast's Team Greyhawk favored the date of c. 320 CY, which was logged as such in the Greychrondex. Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (2007) finally pinned down the date specifically to the summer of 320 CY.