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Rain 5514 A.D.: The Heroes of the Gem open the doors of the Hall of Slumber and fall unconscious. The gods come forth and capture the Deceiver. The gods grant the Kingdom of Slumber to the Heroes of the Gem. Korvar, Morg, Eracuss, Queequeg, and Lancre accept rulership of a Canton within the Kingdom. Canaris the bard declines and vows to spread the tale of the Heroes around Therra. Tirolius agrees to serve Korvar. Terraf and Thalonn decide to depart for other lands. Imerika is restored to Blanthil and named Queen of the Forest. Morg is given a Gem of Power.

Calm 1 N.S.: The Obelisk of Decree is christened and a new age is heralded. The Kingdom adopts a new convention of years, which the rest of Western Jerranq eagerly adopts.

Sowing 4 N.S.: Morg and the Heroes, led by an army of the Kingdom, cast down the arcanaloth Zirriloyut's castle. The arcanaloth is slain and Morg mounts his head in his throneroom as a trophy.

Rain 5 N.S.: Morg marries Avoria.

Calm N.S. 7: Morg's daughter, Camille, is born.

Bloom N.S. 9: Zirriloyut attempts to slay Morg and is rebuffed.

Rebirth 10 N.S.: Queequeg usurps the College of Invocation at Ferrantio.

Sun N.S. 10: Lancre is married to Prescla of Imtorr.

Wind N.S. 10: Morg's son, Farrastol, is born.

Light N.S. 13: Lancre's eldest son, Werryt, is born.

Bloom N.S. 13: Zirriloyut attempts to slay Morg and his family and is rebuffed.

Harvest N.S. 16: Zirriloyut attempts to slay Avorine and is rebuffed.

Wind N.S. 18: Lancre's second son, Ferdant, is born.

Rain N.S. 19: Roddik of Calum dies. Marius is summoned by Eracuss and made Commander of the Arcanil Guard.

Snow N.S. 19: Morg's twins, Adrama and Barrisol, are born.

Rain 21 N.S.: Morg's capital, Avorine, is plagued by a nightmare. The Feast of Sacrifice is interrupted by an attack of a nightmare beast and a kelvezu upon Morg's dining hall.

Bloom 21 N.S.: The Heroes defeat Zirriloyut on his home plane and destroy him forever. The arcanaloth's real head is mounted in Morg's throneroom.

Light 24 N.S.: The Heroes defeat the black dragon Yrexxiem and his minions, who had been ravaging the town of Paxim and its environs in an effort to challenge the Heroes. Queequeg gains the service of a massive shield guardian.

Rain 24 N.S.: Eracuss appoints Marius Avronne as regent of his Canton. He gives his staff of the magi to the head of the College of Wizardry in Arcanil and names him Magister of the Canton. He also renounces his leadership of the Brotherhood of the Rose. With his two fire giant slaves, he begins to reconstruct Paxim and other towns ravaged by the black dragon Yrexxiem. He then embarks on an ambitious plan to train his subjects in the arcane arts and to raise a citizenry that is more versed in the practice of magic.

Wind 24 N.S.: Lotharites attempt to bring winter to Slumber and manage to pierce the godly protections in some places.

Darkness 24 N.S.: The body of Jerregobe the Wise is buried near the Obelisk of Decree.

Darkness 24 N.S.: Soldiers of the Kingdom, under Tirolius, locate and smash a center of Lotharite ritual in the southern portion of Lancre's Canton. The winter assault on the Kingdom abates.

Darkness 25 N.S.: The Fimbul launches his assault on the Kingdom of Slumber. The heart of Korvar's Canton is plunged into an ice age.

Calm 26 N.S.: The Heroes of the Gem gather at Korvar's Fortress to formulate their plans. They then head into the heart of the ice age, seeking a mysterious figure whom rumours say dwells at the center of the effect. They face fristfell ghosts and other horrors before parleying with the weird who has taken her lair in the ice age. The weird gives them cryptic riddles that lead the Heroes to a floating iceberg in the arctic seas north of the Kingdom. The Heroes gain access into the iceberg, though Tirolious is slain by an implosion trap. The Heroes fight their way through the minions of The Fimbul and free and ally with a rimefire eidolon and its frost witch. With the witch, the Heroes pass through a planar gate into The Fimbul's Frigid Demiplane. There, they defeat The Fimbul and his minions. However the demonlord Kostchtchie, who had been imprisoned by The Fimbul and used to power his magics, is allowed to escape

Rebirth 31 N.S.: The Heroes learn from Korvar that the Fimbul's glacier magic affecting the heart of his Canton can be dispelled if the source of power for the magic is slain and a ritual performed over his body. Further, the Heroes learn of the whereabouts of Kostchtchie from the tale of a ki-rin from the Dome of Hashiko-nori. They travel to the demonlords demiplane and assault his icy citadel. The demonlord's minions are slain, and the demonlord sorely wounded, but he manages to escape, vowing revenge upon the Heroes. The glacier remains in Korvar's Canton.

Sowing 32 N.S.: The Heroes are notified by members of House Riverine on the Far Coast that drow are infiltrating the region by ay of a rival trading house. The plot exposed, several of the Heroes join with House Riverine and invade the drow demesne. There, they meet N'araktheel who essentially surrenders, but offers the Heroes a bargain. The drow matron knows how to access Lolth's secret demiplane. If the Heroes are willing, she offers to take them to Lolth's domain if they will attempt to slay the Spider Queen. Should the Heroes succeed, N'araktheel will then begin a second attempted coup of the Drow Empire, to wrest control from the Lolth clergy. The Heroes and Riverine members agree, and enter the Demonweb Pits, where they succeed in slaying Lolth. The Heroes and Riverine folk then escape as the demiplane begins to dissolve around them.

Wind 34 N.S.: The Heroes defeat Angaralok the Blue dragon when the ancient wyrm dives into a prismatic sphere and is poisoned to death. The Heroes find evidence, however, that Angaralok staged his death and may have actually become a dracolich.

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