Most dates outside the stream are approximate. For example, sources will often say something like "400 years ago" or "a millennium ago," which obviously isn't meant to be exact. Likewise, many dates are described as "less than" or "more than" or "nearly" some number of years ago. A character's birth year is generally their age subtracted from the year when the age is mentioned, though of course that could be off by one year if, for example, the age is mentioned earlier in the year than that character's birthday. This language should be included in the citation for clarity.
Fan made speculative timeline of the history of Exandria, by Lalou.[art 1]
Conflicting evidence
Many dates in this time line are based on evidence that the streamed events of Campaign One: Vox Machina took place between 810 and 812 PD. That evidence includes the following:
Winter's Crest offers a convenient marking of time: there was one in the pre-stream adventures (a ruined festival in Westruun, but Emon threw another festival to make up for the spoiled one), there was another just days before the Chroma Conclave attack (the thin barrier between planes on that day helped Thordak escape the Elemental Plane of Fire), and there was one during Vox Machina's long break from adventuring right before the final days of the campaign.
The map accompanying the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting
was inscribed with the year 812 P.D. ("Post-Divergence"), and was created by Tyriok Gadsworth, who was in the process of creating the map in "Into the Frostweald" (1x48),[2] which took place at the beginning of the year following the Chroma Conclave's attack on Emon. The Campaign Setting was set roughly one year after the fall of the Chroma Conclave.[3]
That said, the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount contradicts all of the above: it repeatedly states that the Chroma Conclave's attacks on Tal'Dorei and Draconia occurred in 815 PD.[7] The guide also notes that the Myriad set up a satellite group in Tal'Dorei twenty years ago (i.e. 815 PD),[8] and it is amply established that they had a foothold in Tal'Dorei by the time Vox Machina began.[9][10]
This was reinforced in an episode in 836 PD: Beauregard Lionett recalled that Delilah Briarwood was ousted from the Cerberus Assembly "25, 26 years" earlier,[11] which would be 810 PD. She fled and eventually took over Whitestone five or six years before Vox Machina led the rebellion against them,[12][13][14] suggesting that Whitestone was liberated in 815 PD.
Slightly less straightforward evidence of conflict: Allura Vysorenappeared to be in her mid-fifties in 836 PD.[15] If the Chroma Conclave attacked in 810 PD, and Allura led a group of adventurers who sealed Thordak about 15[16] or 16[17] years before that, then Thordak was sealed in 794 or 795 PD, when Allura would have been a young teenager.
Although the canon timeline released at the announcement of Exandria Unlimited shows Vox Machina's campaign taking place between 810 and 812 PD and the new mini-campaign taking place in 842 PD, the announcements repeatedly say that the mini-campaign takes place "almost" or "nearly" thirty years after the Chroma Crisis,[18] which would have occurred between late 810 and early 811 PD.
Another specific date doesn't seem to fit either scenario well: in "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49), set in 826 PD, Matt starts the episode by saying it has been "just over a decade since Vecna's ascension and subsequent banishing."[19] That doesn't fit with Vecna's ascension being in 817 PD, as it would have been if the Chroma Conclave attacked in 815. And it's a slight stretch to say 14 years is "just over a decade."
Vincent Clor's date contradicts another couple of pieces of canon, in a smaller way. He stated that the date was 12 Misuthar, but a previous episode indicated that Vox Machina was taking a full one-year break that would have ended weeks after 12 Misuthar.[20] One could treat that "one year" as approximate, but that one-year break included the creation of a permanent teleportation circle in Whitestone, which would take exactly one year.[21] It's not a big adjustment, so this time line simply treats the 12 Misuthar date as correct.
Kryn creation myth:The Luxon was born at the creation point of the universe. Other lights formed around this Light, but those lights settled as stars; the Luxon resisted that urge to burn and instead traveled, seeking self-knowledge.[22] The Luxon traveled without much comprehension, knowing only that they were light in the darkness, and occasionally passed other things of light.[23]
Kryn creation myth: The Luxon, having noticed a particular lonely planet, began to embrace the world and gave their light to the planet, cracking the surface and giving it fiery life. The elemental chaos gave birth to titans called Primordials, and they erupted and fought each other[22] and the Luxon.[24] Finding no consciousness in the elemental chaos and seeing the Primordials' souls being lost to the darkness beyond as they killed each other, the Luxon broke into scattered Luxon beacons that would enact a cycle of rebirth for those who were bound to their light, in hopes that those beings would gradually learn and mature, and one day something would find and reassemble the Luxon, at which point the Luxon would ask them, "What am I, and what is my purpose?"[22]
Other creation myths: Elemental titans called Primordials claimed the world as their own and dwelt deep beneath its surface.[25]
A primordial titan seed was planted in the area that would later become the Rifenmist Jungle.[26]
The gods came to the chaotic world and created the elves, then the dwarves, then the humans, then other races. The gods lent power to the mortals to tame the world: the first divine magics.[25]
The gods created the Dragons Metallic to further protect the gentler races.[25]
The Primordials rose to attack the mortal races. Demons from the Abyss, drawn by the violence, spilled forth to feast on the carrion. The Creators split between the Prime Deities, who wanted to stay and subdue the Primordials for their creations' sake, and the Betrayer Gods, who wished to join with the Primordials and allow chaos to reclaim the world. Under one fallen angel, celestials who had battled the demons of the Abyss turned to tyranny and forged new hells.[27]
The Prime Deities took up arms, and also gave the mortals knowledge of arcane magic so they could defend themselves without the aid of divine power. The traitorous mortals were driven back, the Betrayer Gods were banished to their own prison-like planes, and the Primordials were destroyed and scattered to their own planes.[28]
Early Age of Arcanum: well over 687 years before the Divergence, if not longer[42][43]
The dwarven Thomara clan dug into a fallen earth titan[44] to exploit a precious metal vein cluster and built a vault city there. The society eventually collapsed into madness and cannibalism.[45]
The Vues'dal volcano erupted for the last time, and the mountain collapsed, creating the Vues'dal Basin, which was eventually filled in by the Feshun River and became the Vues'dal Waters.[46]
Close to 664 years before the Divergence
The greatest sages of the Age of Arcanum managed to experiment with reversing the flow of time without being killed.[47]
The archmage Vecna's contributions to arcane theory enabled many of the artifacts that would stoke the flames of the Calamity. He began hoarding secrets, killing those who knew them, and achieved lichdom. He amassed a force of followers and undead, disappeared with them into the Shadowfell to conquer Thar Amphala, and there built Entropis.[50]
~163 years before the Divergence, or perhaps longer
A mortal mage created rites to challenge the God of Death. She felled him and ascended to godhood[28] (or her ascension instantly destroyed him[51]), and she took his place in the pantheon (but not his entire portfolio[52]) and became the Raven Queen. The other gods quickly destroyed the secrets to the ritual.[51]
The previous god's "half-son," an empyrean, had been sent to Pandemonium as a temporary punishment, but when the god died, the empyrean was left there and eventually went mad.[53]
The day after the Raven Queen's ascension, three of the Raven Queen's heroes—Clay, Stone, and Dust—were tasked with removing the body of one of the heroes of "the war" from a city. Told by the Raven Queen to follow Melora's instructions, they split the body into parts and took the parts to various locations, and built temples that their families protected through the ages: the Clay family tended the Blooming Grove, the Dust family tended the Cinderrest Sanctum on Kravaraad, and the Stone family tended the Menagerie.[54][55]
The Blooming Grove is reputed to have been constructed just post-Calamity, which suggests a long period of wandering before settling down.[56]
Decades after Vecna's conquest of Thar Amphala[57][58][59]
From Entropis, Vecna used the celestial solstice, a merging of ley energies, to open portals for his forces to attack his enemies at a whim and retreat to Thar Amphala before retaliating forces could muster. Vecna defeated one old rival, Kas, who accepted an offer of eternal life through vampirism in exchange for becoming Vecna's chief lieutenant. Vecna forged a sentient relic blade for Kas, who used it to terrorize Vecna's enemies for months, thereby becoming Kas the Bloody-Handed. Vecna, who had managed to reconstruct the Raven Queen's rites of ascension, then attempted the Ritual of Seeding to ascend to godhood. He was interrupted when the Beacon of Arms, a holy army of Pelor led by his champion Yos Varda, used a reverse-engineered celestial solstice to attack Thar Amphala. Yos Varda, Vecna, and Kas all perished, and Vecna's forces were defeated and scattered, but only a few members of the Beacon of Arms returned victorious.[60][61] Vecna had left instructions for his most devoted followers to carry on the work of raising him to godhood in spite of his death; they founded the Remnants.[62][63]
Minotaurs were created as living weapons and guardians.[33]
A cabal of Issylran warlocks consorted with dark entities, resulting in the first tieflings.[65]
Tieflings fleeing religious zealots sailed from Issylra to the continent that would later be called Tal'Dorei.[65]
Some rock gnomes also migrated from Issylra to the future Tal'Dorei.[66]
A handful of crystal-powered flying cities, including Aeor and Zemniaz, traveled across Exandria.[67][68]
Seers of a serpentfolk empire foresaw the Calamity; to survive its dangers, the empire created a magical stasis field under their capital city of Vos'sykriss (now Visa Isle) where its strongest people waited to one day emerge and rebuild their empire.[69]
Acek Orattim, priest of Tharizdun, made his base in Gatshadow Mountain, under which Tharizdun had been imprisoned since the Founding. Through Acek, Tharizdun's power twisted and elevated the mountain, riddled it with a maze of tunnels, and corrupted the surrounding region.[70]
Inspired by the Raven Queen's ascension, archmage Vespin Chloras unsealed the Betrayer Gods from their prisons. They turned on Vespin and made him their first thrall.[28]
Torog's followers used the caves beneath Ghor Dranas as torture dungeons.[71]
Torog tortured the Betrayer Gods' enemies at the Bastille of Torment under the Dunrock Mountains.[72]
A warrior named Ganix attempted to strike down Torog with his army, but his army was defeated, and Torog captured and tortured Ganix, twisting him into the Laughing Hand.[73]
The Betrayer Gods and their forces made a surprise attack on Vasselheim, but the city repulsed them with backup from the Prime Deities. The siege lasted for 20 days and nights, reducing much of the city to rubble.[74]
Just before the Calamity
A competing religious force (apparently followers of Zehir) slaughtered the people in the Vault of Shumas and locked it off.[39]
During a celestial solstice, elemental rifts burst open across Exandria, causing fires, earthquakes, and an outpouring of elemental monsters whom the people of the world struggled to combat.[76] The Ashari, up to then a nomadic people, divided into four tribes to seal and watch over the rifts to the Elemental Planes of Fire (Pyrah Tribe), Water (Vesrah Tribe), Air (Zephrah Tribe), and Earth (Terrah Tribe).[77]
~164 years before the Divergence
Corellon banished Artagan to the Feywild for tricking an elven culture into worshiping a whale carcass.[78]
See The Calamity for an overview.
The war that came to be called the Calamity wiped out most of civilization.[81][82]
Year(s)
Event
Unknown, early in the Calamity
Lolth was one of the earliest casualties of the Calamity, as Kord impaled her with a thunderspear before her soldiers saw battle. Over the years, her most loyal drow servants discovered her pooling blood and drank it, transforming themselves into half-spider hybrids called driders.[83]
The leaderless drow were driven from the surface world and had to rebuild in the Underdark; their nobility began to be influenced by Tharizdun.[48]
The early years of the Calamity
Warring nations in Marquet turned the verdant landscape into ash and desert.[84]
Torog and his followers tunneled beneath a woodland in the Cyrios Mountains that was home to reclusive elves who worshiped Sehanine, sinking the plateau into a valley. Torog's servants sapped the life and color from the trees at their roots, creating the Pallid Grove. The elves there retreated beneath the Pallid Grove and became pallid elves.[86]
Less than 163 years before the Divergence
Pelor and Sarenrae drew Torog above ground, defeated him, and banished him to a sliver of the Far Realm that now borders the lowest depths of the Underdark. Torog's tears burned tunnels through Exandria, and his faithful fled into them.[87]
In the Ashkeeper Peaks, the dwarven clan of Grimgol was almost wiped out; the survivors burrowed deep and collapsed the established tunnels to buffer against the wars above, and so began centuries of isolation. The mountains they had called home were destroyed.[101]
As an unknown deity entered Exandria to do battle, a pack of wild hyenas were caught in the divine eminence and became the first gnolls.[83]
Corellon battled Gruumsh, stabbing out his eye.[89] Creation myths hold that the fallen blood of Gruumsh mutated a number of elves into orcs,[104][105] and other fallen elves were fused with their horses, creating centaurs.[106]
Afterward, the elves of northern Wildemount, pleading to Corellon for protection, heard no answer, and encased their civilization in ice and fled into the Feywild.[107]
Corellon's right hand, the solar Xalicas, was so badly injured that she could not see, fly, or leave Exandria, and had no strength to move for over a century.[22]
Ioun baited Tharizdun to her central temple, resulting in her near-destruction.[111]Pelor's subsequent vengeful battle with Tharizdun was so violent, it created the valley where the Parchwood Timberlands stand and raised the Alabaster Sierras.[111] Badly defeated and wounded, Tharizdun retreated to Acek Orattim's realm, but Pelor chased and banished Tharizdun there, beneath Gatshadow.[112] The Raven Queen's angels returned as diminished, mortal kenku.[113]
Ioun's public worship was shattered;[114] her following was largely culled.[115] Most of Zehir's worshipers were destroyed as well.[116]
As the gods warred with each other, Halas Lutagran, studying non-lichdom paths to immortality, studied and struggled with the Permaheart Chamber containing the Laughing Hand's heart.[117] Halas became trapped in stasis.[118]
All the deities momentarily struck an armistice to strike down the flying city of Aeor, which had developed weapons to kill gods, and the gods' combined might managed to crash but not destroy the city.[121] Aeor was struck down well before Zemniaz fell.[122]
The original Cerberus Assembly was destroyed.[123]
In one of the last battles of the Calamity, Melora and her Free Children battled Bane and his goblinoid legions on the Beynsfal Plateaus of the Rifenmist Peninsula, where Bane was defeated and his armor was scattered across the region. The site was reduced to ash, and plants wouldn't grow there ever again.[124]
The final battles of the Calamity took place in the valley that would become the Barbed Fields.[125]
The final battle of the Calamity sent strong waves of magical force through Exandria, unintentionally causing the collapse of most of the Crystalfen Caverns and the fall of the aberrations' civilization there.[36]
Quajath was thought to be slain, but it burrowed deep beneath Eiselcross and got stuck there.[129]
The body of Jourrael, Lolth's chosen assassin, was split into pieces and sealed in separate secret locations, for lack of a way to kill her.[130]
With the Betrayer Gods defeated and banished, Melora planted the Arbor Exemplar in the Barbed Fields. The Prime Deities imposed self-exile and created the Divine Gate. Thus ended the Age of Arcanum.
Ley energies shifted by the Calamity, and energies left over from the Calamity, caused the accelerated growth and magical flux that gave birth to the Verdant Expanse in an area untouched by the Betrayer Gods.[136]
~12 PD or shortly thereafter
Kraghammer was founded by the survivors of Uthtor and led by Clan Jaggenstrike.[137]
A generation after the Calamity
Wood elves returned from the Feywild united under the sorceress Yenlara, their first leader after the Divergence, and founded the city of Syngorn in the Verdant Expanse.[138][139]
The arcane forest fire in the future Greying Wildlands finally burned out, but one section of forest survived, which would rebound as the Veluthil Forest. The smoke from the fires took a little longer to clear.[142]
Humans sailed from Issylra to the western coast of the continent that will later be called Tal'Dorei; their first settlement was the port city of O'Noa.[146]
After 312 PD, some time before 494 PD
Humans in western Tal'Dorei spread until they controlled all the western shores, and founded the city of Emon.[147]
Around 400 PD
An exploration vessel from Marquet reached the Swavain Islands and first established trade with the Ki'Nau. The Marquesians soon returned and established Damali.[148]
After 400 PD, before 635 PD
The Wanderman Assembly formed a capitalistic society in the Shattered Teeth after being stranded there by a hurricane.[149]
410 PD
The Ki'Nau established a shamanistic site that would expand into the village of Othe when Marquesian explorers discovered that rare and valuable herbs grew well in the surrounding marsh.[150]
Shortly thereafter, cultists of Zehir sealed Uk'otoa beneath the ocean floor.
The Marquesian colonists of the Menagerie Coast demanded independence, which J'mon Sa Ord eventually granted.[159]
Between 479 and ~494 PD (while Yenlara lived)
Warren Drassig rose to power in Emon, established the Kingdom of Drassig, severed diplomatic ties with Syngorn, and made new alliances with Kraghammer. Yenlara's grandson, Syngorn's diplomat to Emon, tried to resolve things diplomatically, but was tortured and killed, kicking off the 32-year Scattered War.[160]
The elves of Syngorn established the hidden Emerald Outpost to keep watch on the growing Kingdom of Drassig.[161]
Within the next nine years, the port city of O'Noa was devastated in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.[162]
The wood elves and their allies from human colonies oppressed by the Kingdom of Drassig ambushed and killed Warren Drassig at the village of Torthil. Warren's son Neminar succeeded him, and Neminar drew on the power of the Betrayer God Bane, the Strife Emperor, to augment his forces.[164]
Between 488 PD and ~524 PD
Zan Tal'Dorei rallied the resistance, lured Neminar Drassig's forces into the Verdant Expanse, and crushed them there. Warren Drassig's youngest son, Trist, succeeded Neminar.[165]
Between 504 and 507
Wilhand Trickfoot had a dream and left the Trickfoot family to devote his life to Sarenrae.[166][167]
Shortly after 510 PD
The Star of Exaltation, born from a tear Bahamut shed in the Founding, was used as a focus in a ritual to bring the god's intervention to defend Vasselheim against a terrible siege. This destroyed the artifact.[168]
Between 511 PD and ~526 PD
Zan Tal'Dorei's forces backed King Trist Drassig's forces into a valley at the base of the Cliffkeep Mountains, but a flood of fiends poured into the battlefield. Against all odds, Zan Tal'Dorei's forces prevailed, ending the Drassig bloodline, the infernal pact the Drassigs had made, and the Scattered War. The blood of the demons thereafter blackened the grass and flowers that grow there, and the area became known as the Umbra Hills; the energies unleashed killed the forest in the valley, afterward known as the Grey Valley.
The leaders of the Verdant Expanse convened a council, crowned Zan Tal'Dorei as Sovereign in a power-sharing arrangement, and named the realm Tal'Dorei.[169]
The trade unions of Westruun laid claim to the Shadebarrow.[170]
To prevent further incursions by supernatural evils due to misuse of magic, Yurek Windkeeper brought together the most trusted and talented mages of the realm to form the Arcana Pansophical.[171]
The Council of Tal'Dorei convinced Syngorn and Kraghammer to join in an alliance against Errevon, and together their forces battled Errevon back through the rift, which the Ashari druids sealed shut. The victory was later celebrated annually as the Winter's Crest festival.[174]
~535 PD
Gruumsh-worshipping goblins stormed the Lushgut Forest and desecrated Sepesca, the Ki'Nau's holiest of burial temples, where Melora's blood was said to have spilled before the Divergence. The Ki'Nau fled and the site was left in ruins.[175]
539 PD
Following more than three years of debate—and Eckhardt Dwendal making deals to build support for his son among guild leaders—Manfried Dwendal was crowned as the first emperor of the Dwendalian Empire. He soon banned worship that did not promote the interests of the empire.
The Admonition: Emperor Manfried Dwendal had leaders of various faiths executed after they attempted to usurp the throne in rebellion against his religious restrictions.[178]
The high cleric of the Julous Dominion made a pact with a devil of the Nine Hells to protect against the Empire. Devils and undead swarmed the Marrow Valley, which did offer protection against the Empire but also menaced the residents. The Raven Queen gave one of her priests, Trence Orman, knowledge of blood magic, which he spread to trusted friends. So began the Claret Orders. The Claret Orders purged the valley of the fiends and undead, and Dwendalian forces promptly swept in.[181]
545 or 546 PD
Dwendalian forces occupied Zadash. Baron Inock Julous and Baroness Tessandra Julous met with Manfried Dwendal to negotiate a peace but were executed instead, leaving the Dominion leaderless and bringing the Marrow War to an end.[179]
Around 568 to 570 PD
The Eve of Crimson Midnight: A conflict between high-born arcane practitioners of the former Julous Dominion and those of the Empire's noble houses broke out into all-out warfare in the streets of Rexxentrum. The combatants were apprehended and, in exchange for amnesty, agreed to serve the Crown directly as a council of mages called the Cerberus Assembly,[182] after the organization of the same name that was destroyed in the Calamity.
585 PD
Due to a relic retrieved from the wreckage of Aeor,[183] a wave of purple-grey shadow suddenly engulfed Molaesmyr and began slowly corrupting the entire Veluthil Forest, causing surviving refugees to flee to Bysaes Tyl or to the Flotket Alps, where they stumbled upon Uthodurn.[184]
Thordak, not yet matured into an ancient dragon,[188] attacked Ank'Harel but was seemingly killed by J'mon Sa Ord.
Thordak, nearly dead, washed up on the island of Viscan, where the long-exiled Marquesian necromancer Opash discovered him and enslaved him for years, hoping to use him to achieve immortality.[189]
A scavenged Aeorian artifact turned all the frost giants in the Fortress of the Dead Jarl into zombies.[197]
The Dwendalian Empire absorbed Hupperdook via an agreement negotiated by Emma Zezbok, who became the city's first starosta and still held the position in 835 PD.[198]
Not long after 635 PD
On the strength of its brewing, Trostenwald boomed into a city.[199]
Pride's Call chose to ally with the expanding Dwendalian Empire.[200]
Before 712 PD
Kymal's gold rush came to an end as the deposits ran dry, and the mining industry died within a decade.[201]
Darktow Isle became a haven for sailors coming from Tal'Dorei and Marquet to Wildemount.[208]
~735 PD
The Kryn Dynasty started working to bring warring goblin clans and orc clans of the northern shores of Xhorhas together, an effort that eventually resulted in a unified society in the city of Jigow.[209]
Not long after 735 PD
The Kryn Dynasty began revealing itself to the wider world.[210]
A shipping company (or trapper guild ousted from Icehaven[222]) in Yrrosa turned to smuggling contraband and soon formed the beginnings of the Myriad, which would become Wildemount's largest criminal organization.[223]
The walls of Rosohna were extended somewhat into the Ghostlands to incorporate some of the settlements just outside the city.[224]
At the southern edges of the Council of Tal'Dorei's influence, Thordak began to raid caravans and autonomous villages, which sent requests to Emon for aid and protection. Sovereign Odellan Tal'Dorei rejected the idea of sending a regiment as too costly without confirmation of the threat. Over the next two years, Thordak proceeded to burn the fields of the Mornset Countryside and enslave the Outerfolk of the region.[245]
Dungeoneers exploring Bazzoxan went mad from the demonic influence there and accidentally reactivated a rift to the Abyss. Demonic forces spilled forth, but were fought back at great cost of life, and a long period of containment began.[255]
Independent merchant companies, resisting rising taxation from the Clovis Concord, turned to piracy and established the Revelry.[256]
Sunbreaker Olomon successfully challenged Ogre Lord Buhfal in deadly one-on-one combat for leadership of Urzin.[257]
On an expedition in the Frostweald, Jorlund Vohr, half-orc professor of archaeology and spirit-speaker, discovered a cache of Ioun Stones and a silver tablet inscribed with a Celestial-language poem that hinted at the location of Kamaljiori in the Cavern of Axiom. Aside from a parchment copy of the tablet's script, Jorlund's research and findings were stolen a week after he returned to the Alabaster Lyceum.[270]
A clan of wildfolk on an island in Eiselcross found an exposed part of Quajath's body in a cave and discovered that it was a self-regenerating source of meat; eating the meat put them under Quajath's control.[276]
The blue crystal suddenly detonated, freezing the entire city of Westruun. The party was shielded from this by Abjurist Noja.
A woman stood where the crystal was, then leapt through a portal. The party followed her through. There, the woman revealed her true form as the white dragonSkysunder, and the party killed her.
The party returned to Westruun and saw that the people had been freed from the ice.[306]
Meanwhile, the Winter's Crest festival in Emon was soured by a staged assassination attempt that left Sovereign Uriel's family possessed by demonic spirits.[307][308]
Eskil Ryndarien was put on trial for the attack on Westruun.[309]
The party was able to prove his innocence.
In thanks, Eskil investigated and discovered that the Clasp was the source of the blue crystal.
Using Vax's knowledge of the Clasp, the party now known as Vox Machina headed west towards Emon.[310]
At Sir Gregory's home, they discovered and defeated several demons.
They found the tortured corpse of Sir Gregory, and his notes about the attempted assassination of the royal family; the notes repeatedly mentioned someone named General Krieg.
On the way out, Keyleth, Percy, Grog, Tiberius, and Vex fell into a cistern and ended up in a river system below Emon.[313]
Vax forged a letter of summons to get them into the Cloudtop District to speak to General Krieg.
They met with Krieg and told him what they discovered from Sir Gregory's home and the Clasp. Krieg warned them to leave the investigation to the officials.
Vox Machina and Allura went to her tower to talk, they formed an alliance, and they scried on the palace, discovering that the Sovereign's family was under demonic influence.
Allura was attacked shortly after the Scrying.[316]
Vox Machina continued investigating the Clasp's involvement.[317]
They confronted and killed Spireling Modeth in his chambers, and discovered four glowing crystals in his possession. They returned to Allura's tower and found evidence of her having struggled with and escaped from demons. They accidentally triggered a defense system that shrunk the tower into a pearl, but escaped with her magic carpet.
They entered General Krieg's home, found a secret passage to a teleportation circle, leading them to a mountain cavern with much treasure and four orbs, and activated one of the orbs, inadvertently contacting a member of the Chroma Conclave.
General Krieg teleported in, revealed himself as a blue dragon named Brimscythe, and fought Vox Machina.
As Brimscythe died, he collapsed the cavern, and Vox Machina narrowly escaped through the teleportation circle back to Emon.
Allura found them as they left Krieg's home. The skies darkened over Emon, a sign that the demonic influence around the Sovereign was growing bolder.
Vox Machina confronted the demonic influence around the Sovereign.[319]
Allura helped them infiltrate the palace.
They stormed the Throne Room, banished the shadows from the Sovereign's family, and were confronted by a treachery demon in disguise, which killed Pike before it was defeated.
Vox Machina rushed Pike to the nearby Temple of Sarenrae and helped resurrect her; her hair turned white.
Vox Machina, discovering that the four members of the Sovereign's family were catatonic and dying because their souls were missing, figured out that the four glowing crystals they'd taken from Modeth were Soul Jars, and restored the souls within to the family.
A few days after restoring the Sovereign's family, Vox Machina was called to the palace. Uriel thanked them, offered them a place on the Tal'Dorei Council and a newly constructed keep, and planned to throw another Winter's Crest festival a week later to celebrate them as heroes.[320]
Emon held the belated Winter's Crest parade, at which Vox Machina saw a black-haired, golden-eyed boy kidnap Uriel's son and take him through a portal. Vox Machina followed them through the portal to an island in the Astral Sea, fought their way through a bramble forest to a mansion with many children, and confronted the kidnapper, whose true form was a golden-armored man with four children chained to him. They defeated this "Dread Emperor" and returned the children to Emon.[321]
Clarota spent several weeks crafting his helmet after K'Varn took over.[330]
Month of Brussendar
Brom Goldhand took up the position in the Tal'Dorei Council that was previously held by General Krieg.[331]
Month of Sydenstar
Fessuran and early Quen'pillar
Vox Machina returned to their new keep and sent out job inquiries for guards and servants.[332]
Vox Machina held a "try-out" for the guards. That evening, Allura Vysoren hired Vox Machina to search for her friend Lady Kima of Vord beneath the dwarven city of Kraghammer.
The next day, they left for Kraghammer. (Vex seemed to recall Kraghammer is about a week's ride from Emon.)[333]
The party fought ogres, a black pudding, and hook horrors.
The party reached and infiltrated the Emberhold, freed Lady Kima of Vord, and together attacked the duergar royalty in the throne room, killing King Murghol. Queen Ulara flooded the room with lava and fled with a mind-dominated Grog among her party.
Tracking Queen Ulara, the heroes crossed a long pit of obsidian and bone and fought an Abyssal abomination, caught up to Ulara, and defeated her party. As they interrogated her, K'Varn spoke through her and then killed her.
The party approached Yug'Voril. They pulled a boat from the lake floor, fought some ghouls, and killed a cloaker.
They found a cavern with a rift to the Far Realm. They scried on K'Varn and discovered he was a beholder, then set off for the island and bent a fomorian to their will with Geas.
The party assaulted K'Varn in the temple, retrieved the Horn of Orcus, fought off the liberated elder brain and illithid horde, and escaped from Yug'Voril.
Vox Machina teleported with a petrified Kima to Emon at 2 in the morning. After a pub crawl, the party slept off the remainder of the day.
A degraded sea-side path forced the party inland through a ravine, in which they fought a behir. Exiting the ravine, they discovered a violently vacated stone giant fortress, then continued through the forest toward Whitestone.
Vox Machina returned to Pyrah, met Korrin, reunited with Cerkonos and the Fire Ashari, and sealed a rift to the Fire Plane with the help of Gern Blanston.
Vex'ahlia and Scanlan were killed, but Pike quickly revived them.
Raishan escaped with Thordak's corpse and two dragon eggs.
VM met up with Kerrek, Kashaw, and Zahra; collected their spoils; said goodbye to J'mon; helped sort out the plans for Emon; and returned to Whitestone.
Vox Machina discovered that a member had been kidnapped, and made haste to recover them. They met the Darrington family, made a deal with the local crime lord to free the family debt, and made their way to a platinum mine.
Note: This date, one year after the fall of Raishan, is approximately when the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting sourcebook is set.
The party returned to the Darringtons with the deed and new arrangement in hand. They then returned to Whitestone, where they met a pair of interesting individuals from Ank’Harel.
Leaving early morning from Whitestone, Vox Machina traveled to Marquet to investigate news of another ziggurat with a magic-absorbing orb. They rested just inside this temple. Vox Machina explored that ziggurat, discovering another orb and the work of an old foe. They rushed home to Whitestone, arriving in the evening to share this news.
The party Plane Shifted to the Shadowfell. They discovered a ritual in process and attacked with little effect. Vax'ildan died. The survivors fled into the Feywild.
The Raven Queen sent Vax'ildan back as a revenant.
After a long rest, they returned to Vasselheim, learning that no time had passed at all. After some research and scuffles with the city guard, the party Plane Shifted to Elysium, incurred the favor of Sarenrae and Pelor, and returned to the Prime Material plane in Terrah.
The party met with the leaders of Vasselheim and beyond before beginning their assault against Vecna’s latest threat, an undead Primordial titan. The party entered Thar Amphala and escaped to the Feywild upon confrontation. They contacted Artagan and struck a deal to ensure they returned to the Material Plane only an hour after they left rather than risk coming back long after the battle was over. Upon returning to Thar Amphala, they made a new ally, faced off against old foes, traveled to Entropis, and battled Vecna the Ascended.
After returning to Whitestone, Grog pulled a card from the Deck of Many Things.
The Darrington Brigade's work, including saving an ore baron from a döppelganger's plot, brought about an alliance that kept the Darrington family out of the Myriad's grasp.[347]
Cassandra de Rolo asked Vex to teach and train her to be one of the protectors of Whitestone.[348]
High Curator Yudala Fon, Herald of the Rexxentrum Archive, began a decades-long battle of wills with Theolocrat Kon Bruda to keep the Archive from falling under state control.[356]
The Dwendalian Empire discovered and raided the Myriad's central stronghold in Yrrosa, scattering the organization's leadership but not destroying most of its power.[223]
Yrrosa's starosta, Stefan Weberrat, was arrested for protecting the Myriad. Zulla Sauer succeeded him.
During a gambling run in Port Damali, Taryon Darrington stumbled upon Lawrence; they rekindled their relationship, and Lawrence joined the Darrington Brigade.[366]
Beauregard Lionett was taken from her home by monks of the Cobalt Soul at the request of her father, Thoreau Lionett.[372] Her brother, Thoreau Lionett Jr., was born later in the year.[373]
The party discovered that Kylre was the fiendish presence at the carnival, spent the day investigating it, and chartered a boat to an island in the Ustaloch to which Kylre escaped.
The party killed Kylre, got caught escaping house arrest, presented their case to the Lawmaster, and spent the morning bathing and shopping. Beau was introduced to her new mentor, Dairon. The party headed off for Zadash by way of Alfield, passing a caravan.
After the first day of travel, the party saw buffalo-like creatures. Fjord had a nightmare of a mysterious voice speaking in single-word sentences. They continued through the day and night to reach an under-attack Alfield.
The party investigated the attack on Alfield, saw the effect on its citizens, tracked the attackers to their cave, discovered a gnollish cult, and killed a manticore.
The party inspected their loot, received their reward, and set off toward Zadash. They chose the group name "The Mighty Nein" when Bryce Feelid asked for it.
Fjord and Molly set a trap for Nott. The party investigated the High-Richter, and agreed to a plot against her. They infiltrated The Guided Hand Infirmary and scouted the High-Richter's estate.
The heists against Lord Sutan and the High-Richter took place. There was an attack on the Zauber Spire by Xhorhasian infiltrators, thwarted by two flying Empire mages. The party found and released Thuron, and recovered the Luxon beacon when Thuron was killed.
The party distributed spoils, visited shops, and stated that they were willing to offer many gifts at The Evening Nip. The party met with Molly’s past and the party’s future with The Gentleman, a local smuggling lord.
Zadash announced the empire’s formal declaration of war against the Kryn Dynasty. The Mighty Nein turned down a series of offers for work, but accepted two offers from the Gentleman before leaving town.
Yasha had a vision during an overnight storm. The party entered the Labenda Swamp, saved Kiri, a young kenku, from the local wildlife, and arrived in Berleben.
The party briefly allied themselves with Calianna Mordsson before venturing into the swamp for the Gentleman's Safe House as part of their contract. The party defeated some merrow there, found the bowl of communion with Tiamat that Calianna was seeking, and destroyed the bowl for her.
The party, having rested in the safehouse, dealt with the merrow threat beneath it. On their way back to Berleben, they dealt with the venomous troll they had encountered the day before.
Note: The CritRoleStats tracker had an extra day here, corresponding to a mistake on Matt's part.[382]
The fifth day of travel was uneventful for the party. The next day, the party arrived in Hupperdook, participating in their first evening of revelry and a drinking contest. (Elsewhere, the Iron Shepherds raided the Guiatao Clan of firbolgs for slaves.)[383]
The party said final goodbyes, leaving Kiri in Hupperdook, and headed toward Shadycreek Run. Overnight, on the second watch, a party of slavers called the Iron Shepherds kidnapped Yasha, Fjord, and Jester.
The party investigated their kidnapped friends, gained a dwarven companion, Keg, and attempted to take a shortcut to Shadycreek to cut off the slaver caravan, but were attacked by ankhegs. That night, they encountered Jumnda, a firbolg elder and another victim of the slavers.
The party unsuccessfully ambushed the slavers, the Iron Shepherds, and Mollymauk Tealeaf died in the attempt. The remaining members joined forces with Nila, a member of the firbolg tribe, and continued to Shadycreek.
The party infiltrated and assaulted the Sour Nest fortress, rescued their kidnapped friends, returned to report to Ophelia, and that evening left with her for Zadash.
The party interrupted a late-night shady deal, hijacked a ship, fled out to sea from the alerted Zhelezo, returned to Nicodranas to hire a crew, and set sail for the Swavain Islands. The party's ship, renamed The Mistake, passed by a swarm of jellyfish in the night.
After running a heist on the Squall-Eater, the party and the crew of the Squall-Eater faced ramifications in the morning. The Nein, banished from Darktow, set sail in the damaged Squall-Eater.
While the party (sans Yasha) inadvertently explored an extra-planar dungeon with Twiggy, the ship’s crew took the renamed Squall-Eater, the Ball-Eater, to Bisaft Isle to be repaired.
The party returned to the Material Plane, paying for the repairs and parting ways with their gnomish friend, who left the Happy Fun Ball, or Heirloom Sphere, in their possession.
The party explored a guarded underwater temple surrounded by the three islands of the Gravid Archipelago, opened the second seal containing Uk'otoa, and wrecked an attacking pirate ship.
The party arrived in Nicodranas, spending the day visiting Marion and shopping. They attempted to schedule an appointment at the Tidepeak tower in the morning.
The party allied themselves with Yussa Errenis, the mage in Tidepeak, and were given access to a teleportation circle within the tower. Jester spent the rest of the day with her mother.
The party exited the caves, met an Empire scouting party, fought off a Kryn ambush, and made the acquaintance of Gluzzo, a surviving bugbear, on the way toward Asarius, the City of Beasts.
The party arrived in the City of Beasts, completed a contract to obtain moorbounders (rideable creatures), and made the acquaintance of some of the city’s leaders.
The party investigated demonic activity centered around the city’s wells, disrupting the corruption of a sleeping bugbear as well as the construction of a permanent gate from the Abyss. After sleeping for most of the day, the party was teleported to Rosohna to meet the Bright Queen, where they returned the Luxon beacon and received their reward for their deeds.
Fjord received a revelation about his abilities from his patron. The party reported their deeds at the Icozrin Steelworks to Professor Waccoh, and were given their own manor in Rosohna, The Xhorhaus, courtesy of Den Thelyss.
The party settled into and decorated their new home, met the neighbors, stocked up on supplies, and discussed their future in Xhorhas. Caleb learned new spells, courtesy of Essek Thelyss.
Jester scried on the person they nicknamed "Blondie", accidentally also scrying on an Empire war meeting. The party reported their findings at the Lucid Bastion.
The party lay in wait at the Overcrow, pouncing on a meeting that led to hints of Yasha’s history. The party left the city, chasing after Obann, the individual who escaped.
The party crossed a gibbering chasm, fought doppelgangers of themselves, confronted Obann, and left the tombs without Yasha after she was mind-controlled by Obann.
The party teleported to Rosohna, gained an audience with the Bright Queen regarding the warfront and the Laughing Hand, visited an imprisoned Scourger, and prepared to leave for Nicodranas.
Fjord repudiated his patron, Uk'otoa, throwing the Sword of Fathoms into the lava of Kravaraad. The party supported him before making their way toward the nearby town of Uthodurn, encountering hostile wildlife on the way.
The party spoke to Umagorn Smeltborne, a blacksmith in Uthodurn, about the materials required to reforge the sword, and joined forces with Reani, a local hero.
21 Misuthar
The Nein returned to Rosohna so that Essek Thelyss could teleport them to Mythburrow, home of Gelidon, the Nightmare in Ivory. They kicked things off by dispatching some yetis.
Note: This seems to be an error in the CritRoleStats day tracker. They do teleport to Rosohna after dinner, and it seems to Reani like midnight when they arrive because the city is perpetually dark, but the discussion with Essek and the dispatching of yetis doesn't seem to take a full day.
The party pulled off a dragon heist in Mythburrow before teleporting back to Uthodurn.
23 Misuthar
The party pulled off a smuggler heist in Uthodurn, traded the stolen goods for refined residuum, and left with Umagorn toward Kravaraad through the mountains.
24 Misuthar
The party traveled through the mountains, arriving at Kravaraad in the evening.
25 Misuthar
Dwueth'var the Star Razor, was reforged. Fjord began a new path. The party returned to Rosohna, interrogated the Scourger, received a mission from Essek, confided in Dairon, and planned to return to the Empire.
26 Misuthar
The party teleported to Nicodranas, beginning a long trek across the continent.
The party checked in with the Cobalt Soul in Zadash… and Rexxentrum and Port Damali. They returned to Rosohna, convinced Essek to teleport them to the Lotusden Greenwood, and attempted unsuccessfully to stop Obann from getting another artifact.
The party returned to Rosohna to lick their wounds, then teleported to Nicodranas where they learned Yussa Errenis needed their help. They obtained the aid of Allura Vysoren, an archmage from the foreign land of Tal'Dorei.
The party evaded a golem, and took shelter in the Arcane Armory for a long rest. They were told by Allura that "four days ago" there had been an attack on Hupperdook by Kryn forces.[385]
Holidays: Renewal Festival (13 Dualahei), Wild's Grandeur (20 Dualahei)
The party fought off one of Halas’s experiments before entering the Heart Study.
26 Dualahei
The party combatted the Permaheart, then checked in with Allura.
27 Dualahei
Caleb took time to repair Willi as the Nein plotted their next move.
28 Dualahei to 5 Thunsheer 836 PD
The party took a long rest in the safety of the Golem Workshop.
6 Thunsheer
The party asked their deities for guidance to find Yussa before exploring the Dreadnought.
7 Thunsheer
The party met Halas Lutagran and escaped the donjon with his guidance.
8–9 Thunsheer
The party made their way to the Prison of Soot to free Yussa, stopping to rest after Nott was killed by a trapped chest in the prison. The party freed Yussa and escaped to relative safety.
Yussa returned to Nicodranas as the party harvested parts from Thelashas, the young blue dragon they had killed when previously inside the Happy Fun Ball with Twiggy.
The party teleported to Rexxentrum to cut off the next step in the plan of the Angel of Irons cult. After killing Obann and The Laughing Hand and freeing Yasha and Jourrael, they met with the leaders of the Empire to discuss the next steps.
A day of downtime included whistles, books, signing up for fights, and meeting old colleagues.
Note: This seems to be an error in the CritRoleStats day tracker. After the Ludinus and Trent conversations and the shopping, there's no evidence of an overnight rest before they gather at "Lingering Wounds" (2x89) at 12:52 and get to reading and practicing the bone flute.
The party collected commissions, went to the spa together, and teleported to Xhorhas in bathrobes to meet with Essek and the Bright Queen. The party hosted dinner, with Essek as guest.
The Nein tended to various errands around Rosohna before Caleb, Nott, and Essek attempted Widogast's Transmogrification for the first time. They teleported to Zadash to conduct research and spent the night at the Evening Nip.
The party trekked through the Cyrios Mountains to make a deal with Isharnai, the Prism Sage, fighting off the cursed undead denizens that haunt the surrounding swamps before bed.
The party returned to Xhorhas, teleported to Whitedawn Lagoon with Essek’s aid, to pursue Caduceus’s destiny. The Traveler revealed his true identity to Jester.
The Traveler introduced himself to the rest of the Nein before the party trekked through the Whitedawn Lagoon to the Court of Beasts. Caduceus reunited with his family and freed the Stone family.
The Clays readied to return to the Blooming Grove as the Nein teleported them to Uthodurn. The Nein teleported to Nicodranas to prepare themselves for the upcoming journey. Nott the Brave transformed back into Veth Brenatto.
27 Thunsheer
The party prepared for the pre-negotiation celebrations at the home of the Marquis.
Note: This seems to be an error in the CritRoleStats day tracker. The party prepared for the celebration on the same evening that the Nein teleported to Nicodranas. They were invited to the party scheduled for the following night.
Caleb and Beau inspected the beacon that was to be used in the negotiations and met with Vess DeRogna, who offered them possible employment after the negotiations.
Traveler Con: With great spectacle, the Traveler successfully unloaded many followers on Sehanine, and learned a lesson along the way. The Nein discussed ways of moving forward together.
Yasha got an emerald tattoo from Orly. The Nein teleported to Nicodranas via Tidepeak and asked Yussa about the "Eyes of Nine." They then went shopping around Nicodranas.
The party (minus Veth) teleported to the Rexxentrum Archive of the Cobalt Soul and asked Yudala Fon for help researching the Eyes of Nine, shopped at Thaydeen's Endless Emporium of Enchanted Eccentricities, and went dancing. Vess DeRogna asked for help investigating the ruins of Aeor, to which they agreed. Caleb received an invitation to dinner with Trent Ikithon, Astrid, and Eadwulf the following evening. The Nein teleported back to Nicodranas for dinner with the Brenattos.
The full party returned to Rexxentrum, shopped for heavy winter clothes, and dined with Trent Ikithon, Astrid, and Eadwulf. Questions about Eyes of Nine led to speculation about the Nonagon and Cree. They spent the night in Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower.
The party teleported to Zadash, where Beau led a research effort that looked into the Tombtakers while the other half of the party returned to Pumat's. They asked some questions of the Gentleman, then teleported to Mollymauk's gravesite. Through Scrying, they discovered he was alive again, and trudging through the snow, presumably with Cree. The party teleported to Vess DeRogna's tower to ask about the Tombtakers, then returned to Zadash for the night.
A heavy arctic storm slowed the ship's progression, and the ship was attacked by chuuls, a deep scion, and an undead Avantika. The Mighty Nein prevented her from getting away with the orb.
The ship was shadowed by an albino cetus and her two children. The party gathered that the creatures were hungry and fed them all their rations, and the mother cetus guided them around some obstacles.
Fine weather got the Midnight Hammer to Balenpost in half a day. Jester scried on Lucien and he, knowing she was looking, talked to her; she didn't recognize that she was looking at the upstairs room of Vess DeRogna, who had been killed.
The Mighty Nein discovered Vess dead, used Speak with Dead to learn about the Nonagon, covered up the murder, and began their trek north to location A2 with Vess's body stored in Widogast's Vault of Amber. The first day's journey was fairly clear.
Four hours into the second day's travel, the Nein discovered a column with an emerald that gave off necromantic magic. Attempts to remove the gem led to explosions of necromantic energy. They spent the night in Widogast's Tower.
The weather was harsher, with ice fog on the horizon; the terrain felt repetitive in a strange way. A group of Allowak yeti led by Gestaf ambushed the party, but the yeti surrendered, and they traveled in a friendly way for the rest of the day before spending a night together in the Tower.
The weather was clear again, and the party had safe passage. Jester telepathically heard from Cree and Molly, and the party found the A5 excavation site around dusk, and eventually encountered the Tombtakers, whom they tracked north at a distance.
Skies were clear and travel was easy. The party encountered a frost worm, but turned it into a tortoise. They confirmed that the Tombtakers were heading to site A2 and spent the evening hours flying to get ahead.
A light snow did not impede travel. The party happened upon seven statues that revealed the Tombtakers' goal to bring the city in the Astral Sea back, and took several years of Jester's life.
Clear weather made for easy travel. In the evening, the party asked further questions of Vess DeRogna's body and Fjord shared his feelings with Jester.
The party and Iver Climtaver woke before fully resting to find the Tombtakers waiting. The two parties struck a deal to travel together toward the main Aeor crash site. After an uneventful day, they camped at the edge of the river of lava.
The Tombtakers summoned a snowstorm to allow them all to cross the river, but the parties encountered several fire elementals. A heavy ice fog hampered progress for the rest of the day. That evening, Jester read Lucien's tarot pulls.
Another day of heavy ice fog caused an additional day of travel. Lucien allowed Beau and Caleb to read part of his book. That night in the tower, after dreaming of a red eye Caleb and Beau woke bearing their own eye markings.
During the travel day Gelidon attacked the parties but was wounded and retreated. That evening, the Tombtakers stole away with the Nein's Bag of Holding containing the threshold crest. The Nein pursued and did battle, fleeing with the Tombtakers' own threshold crest.
The Nein teleported the Tombtakers' threshold crest away, and made their way to Aeor and Essek Thelyss. They explained the situation to Essek, who suggested that they find more help, and then used Teleportation Circle to go to Nicodranas, where they spoke to Yussa Errenis and Halas Lutagran. Yussa then cast Teleportation Circle to send them to Emon, where they met with Allura Vysoren and Lady Kima of Vord. They then teleported to Rexxentrum where Beau met with Yudala Fon and Dairon, learning of the arrest of Zeenoth.
Following more disturbing dreams, Caleb and Beau each woke with an extra eye marking and Caduceus had more insight into the nature of the danger to the Blooming Grove. The Nein did some light commerce in Rexxentrum before Caleb met with Astrid. That evening, Beau and Yasha had their first date in Caleb's tower.
The party (with their families) Plane Shifted to Zadash, where they were joined by Team Happy Fun Ball and made their way to The Gentleman and the Evening Nip. They left the families there, shopped, then Teleported to the Blooming Grove and the Clay family.
The party reached the Kryn outpost and met with Essek, then traveled to the secret entrance to the ruins that they believed the Tombtakers planned to utilize and explored within. They set traps that killed three of the Tombtakers, and began following Cree and Lucien deeper into the ruins.
After a long rest, the party resumed their pursuit of Cree and Lucien through the Genesis Ward of Aeor and into the Astral Sea. In Cognouza they encountered several of the Somnovem, killed Cree, and defeated Lucien after he transformed into Cognouza Incarnate. With the aid of the Wildmother, they were able to return Mollymauk's soul to Lucien's body. They then returned to the Blooming Grove.
After a visit to the Gentleman's hideout, the Mighty Nein and Veth's family returned to the Blooming Grove, where they were attacked by Trent Ikithon, Astrid, and Eadwulf. With some magical encouragement, Astrid and Eadwulf turned on Trent, who was then thoroughly disabled from spellcasting.
Repairs continued. Astrid and Eadwulf returned to the Blooming Grove and began helping Beau document the crimes and abuses committed by Trent Ikithon. On the last day, Essek started making his way back to Vurmas, and the Nein (sans Caduceus) and Veth's family returned to Nicodranas. The remaining party went out on the town with Old Edith and checked in on Yussa at Tidepeak Tower.
In the early morning the remaining party returned to Rexxentrum with Trent Ikithon in tow, met up with Astrid and Eadwulf, and turned over Trent and the collected information on his crimes to Yudala Fon. The Cobalt Soul started building a new task force of investigators to undermine the Cerberus Assembly.
Beauregard joined Yasha on a trip to find Zuala's gravesite, including a tense confrontation with the Dolorav tribe.[390]
Having been exposed for the arrangement to kidnap Beauregard Lionett into the Cobalt Soul, Zeenoth went on trial and was sentenced to 35 years in prison, and Thoreau Lionett received only a brief sentence with some fines.[391]
Before Misuthar 836 PD or Sydenstar 837 PD
Caleb recruited Essek Thelyss to explore the ruins of Aeor. Caleb destroyed the T-Dock Chamber.[392]
After their excursions, Caleb visited his parents' gravesite.[393]
Essek began building a new life away from the Kryn Dynasty, using illusion and false identities.[394]
About 837 PD
A mysterious unsuccessful attack on Keyleth took place in Zephrah, where the attackers appeared out of nowhere and evaporated when killed.[395]
Unknown
Veth Brenatto created a summer camp for young adventurers, and Caleb taught there.[396]
Years after joining the Nein Heroez, when they dispatched the crew of an attacking pirate ship, Kingsley Tealeaf took command of that ship to sail alongside Fjord's. One month later he abruptly parted ways and joined the Revelry.[402]
On rare occasions, memories returned of his escape from Lucien, and the invisible black chains that bound Cognouza, now broken.[403]
Fjord returned to the orphanage in which he was raised to purge it of the child labor and general criminal activity that had permeated the place during that time.[404]
In the years that followed the campaign, Caduceus and Calliope Clay occasionally went on adventures.[405]
840 PD
The Myriad and the Clasp came to blows in Emon; no one really knows who won, and the criminals who remained no longer use names for their organization.[406]
Possibly late Cuersaar, possibly early Duscar 842 PD
Orym visited the edge of Thordak's Crater, presumably on his way to visit the Fire Ashari stationed nearby around the Scar of the Cinder King.[412] He met Dariax around that time.[413] There they, along with Dorian, Fearne Calloway, and Opal, were involved in a fight with an elemental creature of fire, appearing like a woman with fiery wings.
One week later, probably early-to-mid Duscar 842 PD
Dariax, Dorian, Fearne, Orym, and Opal woke up together on the road outside the city walls of Emon, unsure of how they got there and without memories of the week leading up to then. Rather than investigate this, they decided to attend the Everdawn, a long-lasting rager.[416][417][418]
The party sought help at Flamereach Outpost, witnessed the sudden creation of an ashen mesa nearby, and found an elemental rune atop the mesa. Lorkathar sent them to ask Shaun Gilmore, a runechild sorcerer, for insight.
The party dodged Nameless Ones on their way to Gilmore's Glorious Goods. There they used their looted platinum to shop for assorted items. Gilmore said materials available from the ruins of Qoniira could help him decipher the rune. As the party left the city, their carriage was hijacked by Poska and many Nameless Ones, but Fearne magically charmed Poska to ensure their escape.
The party left the road in the Verdant Expanse and found their way to the gate that Fearne had used to traverse from the Feywild to the Material Plane. There they fought a dark version of Fearne and were joined by Fy'ra Rai.
T + four weeks, probably early-to-mid Horisal 843 PD "By the Road" (Ex04) at 2:54:14
The party arrived in Byroden, where they participated in a festival and pageant.
In the first night in the jungle, Dorian had a dream in which he made a deal to restore his memories of the missing week. Gilmore's vardo turned back to travel to Emon.[422]
T + two months and ~14 days, probably late Misuthar 843 PD "A Test of Worth" (Ex05) at 1:38:36
After traveling on foot in the increasingly impassable jungle, the party found an obelisk with familiar-looking runes. There they subdued a giant fey crocodile, passing Melora's trial.
The party found its way to Niirdal-Poc, received guidance and gifts from Tetrarch Thrascuur, and fought off an attempt by Myr'atta Niselor's elves to abduct Opal. Fy'ra Rai had a vision of her sister still alive, and separated from the party to find her.[423]
The party reached the ruin at Niirdal-Sarqet, where they deciphered the message on a floating cube, gained new powers, and defeated a group of golems. Myr'atta Niselor showed up and summoned from the soil a huge being with Ted's essence, forcing her to fight the party. Opal gave in to the temptation to equip the Circlet of Barbed Vision and the party defeated Myr'atta, then freed Ted's spirit. The party decided to tentatively call itself the Crown Keepers.
The combined group proved themselves to Lord Eshteross, who tasked them with investigating thefts at a textile warehouse. They discovered evidence of brumestone smuggling and followed the manager to Dugger, who escaped. The party reported their partial success to Eshteross, securing an ongoing relationship. Dugger found a drunk Bertrand Bell in an alley and killed him, leaving the body for the party to find in the early morning hours.
The party had Lord Eshteross send Bertrand's body to Vox Machina at Whitestone. They investigated Dugger, learning of his connection with the Hubatt Corsairs, and contacted the Corsairs who told them where Dugger's home was. There, they battled and killed Dugger, and played a truth-telling drinking game that evening.
Brimscythe was between the ages of "young" and "adult", meaning he was less than 100 years old.
The storm giants' flying city of Tempestar was destroyed "centuries" ago, "in times long past," and thus their seat on the Council of Seven Scepters has remained empty "for generations," as of 812 PD.[427]
↑See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 34. See also pp. 38, 44, 50, 54, and 125. Especially note that on p. 44, the Myriad had been encroaching on Stilben for five years, which was years before the Chroma Conclave attacked.
↑See "Desperate Measures" (1x40) at 2:36:36. Allura says reports of a massive red dragon reached Tal'Dorei "about 15 years" before this episode, which took place just after the Chroma Conclave attacked Emon.
↑See "One Year Later..." (1x95) at 2:25:05. Matt says they returned to Whitestone just in time to complete their one-year break, which started on 1 Dualahei 811 PD, but in "The Fate-Touched" (1x103) they returned from the Feywild on 12 Misuthar 812 PD, which would be 19 days before 1 Dualahei.
↑The caves predate the Age of Arcanum, and the veins of azuremite were formed from "millennia" of exposure to the aberrations' psychic energies before the final battle of the Calamity. See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 86.
↑Guuthal terrorized the world "during the Age of Arcanum in its first millennium," said in a way that implies multiple millennia. See "Curious Tides" (1x89) at 3:12:45.
↑See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 71. "Thousands of years old" may imply something earlier than what was described as "early Age of Arcanum." The Crypts of Thomara (see below) are "early Age of Arcanum" and alternately described as "thousands of years" old or "well over 1500 years, if not longer."
↑Guuthal terrorized the world "during the Age of Arcanum in its first millennium," said in a way that implies multiple millennia. See "Curious Tides" (1x89) at 3:12:45.
↑See "The Ominous March" (1x109) at 1:40:48. Matt says the society collapsed "thousands of years ago," which would imply at least 1200 years before the Divergence, but the answer in the next episode implies a shorter time.
↑Answering in 812 PD how long ago the Crypts were built, "Early Age of Arcanum, so best estimate from what you knew [...] well over 1,500 years, if not longer." See "The Climb Within" (1x110) at 19:58.
↑See "The Ominous March" (1x109) at 2:25:42. See also 3:09:52 for narration that it was a "Primordial earth titan."
↑In Quen’pillar 835 PD, Caleb read about sages who experimented with reversing the flow of time, and those who were not killed in the process existed "close to 1500 years ago." See "Commerce & Chaos" (2x31) from 1:38:40 through 1:40:18.
↑The Explorer's Guide to Wildemount says in a sidebar that Vecna's physical form was destroyed during the Age of Arcanum. See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 57.
↑In 810 PD, Shaun Gilmore recalled that Vecna attempted to ascend to godhood "600 years ago," which was hundreds of years after the Age of Arcanum. See "Echoes of the Past" (1x38) at 0:49:24. However, Gilmore later admitted he "wasn't really a history buff" in "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 2:33:05.
↑This happened "during the Age of Arcanum." See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 99. It must have happened after Vespin Chloras released the Betrayer Gods from their prisons.
↑See "Between the Lines" (2x78) at 3:21:22. It's hard to say for certain whether this took place before the Calamity, given Halas Lutagran's ability to manipulate time, but he discovered the Permaheart Chamber floating in the Astral Sea, studied it while the gods warred with each other, and learned the heart's provenance from "his tomes," suggesting it probably happened some considerable time before this human discovered it.
↑See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 5. The Calamity is described as "a terrible war that wiped out most of civilization more than a thousand years ago" (as of 812 PD).
↑See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 11. The Calamity is described as "a terrible war that wiped out most of civilization nearly a thousand years ago" (as of 835 PD).
↑The fire lasted nearly a century before burning out, at which point the survival of the Veluthil Forest is described in the section on "Wildemount After the Calamity." See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 18.
↑See "A Storm of Memories" (2x46) at 1:12:02. One of the books in Halas's library was a transcript of a public debate in Zeidel, a society that was wiped out during the Calamity.
↑See "Dark Bargains" (2x83) at 1:12:02. Halas introduces himself as the Heusta-mage of Zeidel.
↑See "The Stowaway" (2x45) at 2:27:26. Beau and Fjord note that the layout of the planes in Halas's library does not show the Divine Gate.
↑Halas introduced himself as "Heusta-mage of Zeidel," suggesting he was unaware that the society no longer existed. See "Dark Bargains" (2x83) at 32:31.
↑"Uthodurn was first founded [...] shortly after the Calamity. This place, you do know, however, has existed probably for between 600 to 800 years" as of 836 PD. See "Uthodurn" (2x73) at 2:57:28.
↑The fire lasted "nearly a century" before burning out, but the smoke filled the sky for "over a hundred years" and the survival of the Veluthil Forest is described in the section on "Wildemount After the Calamity." See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 18.
↑Thordak was thought slain by Marquet's defenders nearly two centuries before his confrontation with Emon's forces in 794 or 795. See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 11.
↑J'mon Sa Ord says that Thordak attacked Ank'Harel when the city was about 100 or 150 years old. See "A Traveler's Gamble" (1x66) from 0:16:20 through 0:16:41.
↑In 810 PD, the party recalls that Ank'Harel has existed and has always been run by J'mon Sa Ord for "about 400 years." It might be a bit of a stretch to call 365 years "about 400," but it's about as close as the preceding sources allow. See "Echoes of the Past" (1x38) at 2:26:40.
↑See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 18. This happened when Ank'Harel "had just named the mysterious J'mon Sa Ord as their new emperor."
↑See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 8. This date is counting backward from the end of the Scattered War and the start of the Tal'Dorei dynasty. See also p. 39, which says Kraghammer's alliance with Drassig was "many centuries ago."
↑The Golden Grin was established during the reign of "the tyrant Drassig"—probably Neminar ("willful tyranny") or Warren. See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 56.
↑See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 10. The text gives the impression that Neminar led the war effort for much of the remaining 23 years of the Scattered War, but doesn't explicitly say so, other than to say Trist led the effort for "the last years of fighting."
↑Wilhand said he left the family when he was in his early 40s. See "Family Matters" (1x96) at 59:11.
↑In Pike's introductory narration, she says Wilhand left his family after having a dream, and he devoted his life to Sarenrae. See "The Throne Room" (1x07) at 1:25.
↑See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 10. Page 12 says that Tal'Dorei rule lasted "nearly three centuries" before the attack on Emon in late 810 PD ended it. Page 35 says it was "roughly three centuries ago."
↑Errevon had conquered most of the continent in "a few years" and this rule stood for "several years." A few can be as small as two; several means "more than two, fewer than many." See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, pp. 10–11.
↑See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 18. Despite the specific year given on p. 18, also see p. 115, which says "over" 250 years ago as of 835 PD, and p. 119, which says Uthodurn welcomed elven refugees from the destroyed Molaesmyr "nearly three centuries ago."
↑J'mon Sa Ord says that Thordak attacked Ank'Harel when the city was about 100 or 150 years old. See "A Traveler's Gamble" (1x66) from 0:16:20 through 0:16:41.
↑In 810 PD, the party recalled that Ank'Harel had existed for "about 400 years." See "Echoes of the Past" (1x38) at 2:26:40.
↑In the final days of 835 PD, Yussa said he had "been a practitioner of the arcane arts in seclusion for over 200 years" but his seclusion might have started before he bought the land. See "Homeward Bound" (2x48) at 2:04:06.
↑Grimgolir was absorbed around the same time Bladegarden was incorporated into the Empire. See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 86. See also p. 16, about King Alfwin Dwendal "establishing the stronghold of Bladegarden and assimilating Grimgolir into the Empire."
↑This is seemingly contradicted by the statement that Bladegarden was incorporated into the empire "after the fall of the Julous Dominion, nearly three hundred years ago." See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 178. See also p. 81, on which "When the Julous Dominion was defeated" is quickly followed by, "The empire reached out to the more approachable members of the orc settlement of Bladegarden."
↑See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, pp. 116–117. As of 835, became a haven "in the most recent century" and was run by the Tribes "for nearly a century."
↑At the end of the campaign, after Misuthar 812 PD, Sam said Scanlan was 70 years old, and he hoped to finish a book before turning 71. See "The Chapter Closes" (1x115) at 3:49:23.
↑Matt estimates that, as of "Clash at Daxio" (1x77) in 811 PD, Vax and Keyleth have been traveling together for a little over two years, maybe pushing two-and-a-half. See "Talks Machina #4: 'Clash at Daxio'" (TMx04) at 1:04:58.
↑This says Thordak was sealed for 16 years before the Chroma Conclave attacked Emon in 810 PD. Note also p. 77: Thordak attacked Byroden "nearly two decades ago." See Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, pp. 11–12.
↑Atrix had been Margrave for at least 10 years when Vox Machina met him during their pre-stream adventures in Westruun. See "Margrave Atrix" on the Vox Machina Wiki.
↑See "Arrival at Kraghammer" (1x01) from 0:05:43 through 0:06:13. Two years after Percy escaped from Whitestone, Orthax appeared to Percy in a dream.
↑Matt estimates off the top of his head that, as of "Clash at Daxio" (1x77) in 811 PD, Vax and Keyleth have been traveling together for a little over two years, maybe pushing two-and-a-half. If it's closer to two-and-a-half, they met toward the end of 808 PD, which would change a few dates related to Keyleth and Vilya. See "Talks Machina #4: 'Clash at Daxio'" (TMx04) at 1:04:58.
↑Matt says that, as of a few days after Winter's Crest in 810 PD, the party hadn't seen Drez Vina for about a year-and-a-half, but this seems like an overestimate, given that so few events follow between this time and Winter's Crest in Westruun. See "A Musician's Nostalgia" (1x37) at 21:20.
↑In 810 PD, Vex got a discount on horses because the party helped Westruun "during the Winter's Crest festival the year before." See "The Path to Whitestone" (1x27) at 2:48:49.
↑"I was there for a long time at the Earth Tribe, longer than most stay on their Aramenté." See "Aramente to Pyrah" (1x22) from 2:55:58 through 2:59:55.
↑See "Attack on the Duergar Warcamp" (1x04) from 0:30:59 through 0:32:14. Clarota says K'Varn took control of the elder brain four months before he met Vox Machina.
↑The two weeks started the day after the Whitestone Rebellion succeeded. Matt says they have, "leading up to this Winter's Crest festival, about a two-week period" and "as the second week draws to a close, the Winter's Crest day comes forward." For now, this time line interprets that to mean Winter's Crest started the day after the two weeks close.
↑See "Denizens of the Moonbrush" (1x61) at 30:21. They retroactively decide they camped for a rest just before entering the Moonbrush.
↑In Horisal, Allura says they were married naught but four months earlier. See "Taryon, My Wayward Son" (1x97) at 1:28:48.
↑See "One Year Later..." (1x95) at 2:25:05. Here we have to handwave a bit. Matt says they returned to Whitestone just in time to complete their one-year break, which started on 27 Misuthar 811 PD, but in "The Fate-Touched" (1x103) they returned from the Feywild on 12 Misuthar 812 PD, which would be 15 days before 27 Misuthar. So now the dates are counting back from 12 Misuthar, which is more specific than "one year."
↑A couple of weeks passed. A permanent teleportation circle takes a full year to install, which suggests this happened in late Misuthar, but that would contradict the date of 12 Misuthar given in "The Fate-Touched" (1x103). See "One Year Later..." (1x95) at 2:35:27.
↑This happens "months" after Misuthar 812 PD, during the existence of Doty 3.0; by the time of Vex and Percy's wedding, Doty 5.0 is attending. See "The Chapter Closes" (1x115) at 3:50:38.
↑Following a crisis she experienced within a year of the end of the campaign. See "The Chapter Closes" (1x115) at 4:03:00.
↑Set "about a year" after Campaign 1 ended. See "Dalen's Closet" (Sx47) from 3:17 through 03:54.
↑See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 46. This contradicts several sources implying Myriad presence in earlier years. See the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 44, saying that the Myriad had been in Stilben for five years by that point.
↑Opal left Byroden when she turned 18, and had been gone for about a year when she returned at the beginning of 843 PD. See "By the Road" (Ex04) at 3:00:31. See also 2:57:30.
↑See "New Homes and Old Friends" (2x111) at 3:00:46. Pumat Sol tells the Mighty Nein in 836 that artifacts started coming down "seven, eight years ago.
↑As of Thunsheer 836 PD, Beau hadn't seen her father for "close to three years." See "Home is Where the Heart Is" (2x92) at 49:54.
↑In Thunsheer 836 PD, her brother was about two-and-a-half years old. See "Home is Where the Heart Is" (2x92) at 3:27:49. He was born about six months after Beau was abducted; see 50:30.
↑See "Dark Waters" (2x98) at 16:58. As of Thunsheer 836 PD, it had been three years since the start of the conspiracy.
↑As of Sydenstar 835 PD, "two years ago." That is also the number of years since Cree and the other Tombtakers last saw him; see 12:58. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 1:59:17.
↑On 3 Fessuran 835, Yasha said she had lived in the Empire about eight months. See "Whispers of War" (2x18) at 1:24:31.
↑In Sydenstar, "five, six months ago." See "Disparate Pieces" (2x04) from 1:46:49 through 1:48:55.
↑As of early Fessuran 835 PD, they had been in the Empire "this past half-year." See "Harvest Close" (2x17) at 1:46:30.
↑See "Have Bird, Will Travel" (2x23) at 0:10:57. Matt mistakenly believed that the party took a long rest after fighting the merrow in the previous episode, which they did not.
↑Though the sourcebook says it is 835 PD, it also says the point at which the adventures you create diverge from canon is "The Endless Burrows" (2x50), which starts 12 days into 836 PD. See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 8. See the sidebar, "When Does This Book Take Place?"
↑Opal left Byroden when she turned 18, and had been gone for about a year when she returned at the beginning of 843 PD. See "By the Road" (Ex04) at 3:00:31. See also 2:57:30.
↑Around late Misuthar 843 PD, Dorian said he had been without his people for a year. See "The Gift Among the Green" (Ex06) at 1:06:56.
↑Dorian said, probably in early-to-mid Duscar, that he'd been playing gigs for two months in that city. See "A Glorious Return" (Ex03) at 46:26.
↑See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 10:39. Dorian's "last few days and weeks" had been more exciting than anything before, implying that's when he began adventuring. This tracks with him being only a 2nd-level bard.
↑The adventurers met at a party, the Everdawn, which started on Civilization's Dawn (22 Quen'pillar) but "promises to hold through until the new year" more than two months later, implying it has continued the better part of those two months but is not yet late Duscar. See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 12:08.
↑Orym remembers waking up the day before the adventure began. See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 50:34.
↑Dorian just remembers waking up, then partying, and then the morning the adventure began. See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 52:32.
↑The adventurers met at a party, the Everdawn, that started on Civilization's Dawn (22 Quen'pillar), but "promises to hold through until the new year" more than two months later. See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 12:08.
↑Orym remembers waking up the day before the adventure began. See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 50:34.
↑Dorian just remembers waking up, then partying, and then the morning the adventure began. See "The Nameless Ones" (Ex01) at 52:32.
↑This is "the first night," but that probably refers to the first night in the jungle, not the first night of travel.
↑There is some contradiction in the description of the time that has passed. The party is said to be three-and-a-half weeks out of Byroden and two-and-a-half months from Emon, but it took less than four weeks for the party to travel from Emon to Byroden. Fy'ra Rai had estimated that they might reach Niirdal-Poc in a month from Byroden if they were lucky, so for now this treats the longer time period as correct.
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