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Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in [[Timeline#1492|1492 DR]].<ref>[[Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 83|''Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 83'']]</ref><ref name="tollledger" /><ref group="note">DR stands for Dalereckoning, the most common calendar in Baldur's Gate 3's setting of the [[Faerûn]] continent, and the only calendar used in-game.</ref> It immediately follows the events of its prequel, {{FRWiki|Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus}}, which took place earlier in the same year.{{cite web
|author = Lee, Adam
|title = 1492 DR
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|date = 2019-09-24
|accessdate = 2024-01-02
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190924161851/twitter.com/adamofadventure/status/1176524289517834240
|archivedate = 2019-09-24
}}
This is a non-exhaustive list of dated events noted in-game occurring during and before 1492. This is in chronological order.
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Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in [[Timeline#1492|1492 DR]].<ref>[[Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 83|''Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 83'']]</ref><ref name="tollledger" /><ref group="note">DR stands for Dalereckoning, the most common calendar in Baldur's Gate 3's setting of the [[Faerûn]] continent, and the only calendar used in-game.</ref> It immediately follows the events of its prequel, {{FRWiki|Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus}}, which took place earlier in the same year.<ref>Lee, Adam. “1492 DR.” Twitter, Twitter, 24 Sept. 2019, [https://twitter.com/adamofadventure/status/1176524289517834240 twitter.com/adamofadventure/status/1176524289517834240]. </ref>


This is a non-exhaustive list of dated events noted in-game occurring during and before 1492. This is in chronological order.
== Far Past ==
 
=== -339 ===
 
* The Netherese archmage Karsus attempts (unsuccessfully) to seize control of the [[Weave]] from Mystryl (a previous incarnation of [[Mystra]]) and become a god. His failure results in his death and the fall of the Empire of [[Netheril]]


==612==  
=== 612 ===
* Eravask the Forebear becomes master vampire in [[Baldur's Gate]].<ref name="vbv">''[[Vampires before Vellioth]]'' — [[Lady Incognita]]</ref>
* Eravask the Forebear becomes master vampire in [[Baldur's Gate]].<ref name="vbv">''[[Vampires before Vellioth]]'' — [[Lady Incognita]]</ref>


==698==
=== 698 ===
*Zholtan Farr the Eviscerator succeeds Eravask as master [[vampire]] in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Zholtan Farr the Eviscerator succeeds Eravask as master [[vampire]] in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


==713==
=== 713 ===
*Madame Tallon the Well-Preserved succeeds Zholtan Farr as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Madame Tallon the Well-Preserved succeeds Zholtan Farr as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


==888==  
=== 888 ===
*The end of Madame Tallon and the beginning of the Interregnum: a temporary suppression of the master vampires of Baldur's Gate by the Lathanderians.<ref name="vbv" />
*The end of Madame Tallon and the beginning of the Interregnum: a temporary suppression of the master vampires of Baldur's Gate by the Lathanderians.<ref name="vbv" />


==955==
=== 955 ===
*Blaiseuse the Coryphee becomes master vampire in Baldur's Gate. She is noted for leading her spawn in ecstatic blood dances.<ref name="vbv" />
*Blaiseuse the Coryphee becomes master vampire in Baldur's Gate. She is noted for leading her spawn in ecstatic blood dances.<ref name="vbv" />


==986==
=== 986 ===
* The [[Ruined Battlefield|Battle Near Reithwin]] concludes, a clash between Kethric Thorm's [[Dark Justiciar]]s and the [[Harpers]]. <ref name="reithwinnecrology">''[[Reithwin Necrology]]''</ref>
* The [[Ruined Battlefield|Battle Near Reithwin]] concludes, a clash between Kethric Thorm's [[Dark Justiciar]]s and the [[Harpers]]. <ref name="reithwinnecrology">''[[Reithwin Necrology]]''</ref>


==998==  
=== 998 ===
*Dyckson Nightbinder succeeds Blaiseuse as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Dyckson Nightbinder succeeds Blaiseuse as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


==1019==
=== 1019 ===
*Faibleur the Fleeting succeeds Dyckson Nightbinder as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Faibleur the Fleeting succeeds Dyckson Nightbinder as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Hideous Gathwycke 'Who Knew Not Satiety' succeeds Faibleur as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Hideous Gathwycke 'Who Knew Not Satiety' succeeds Faibleur as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


== 1138==
=== 1138 ===
*Donnela Szarr the Architect, who opened [[the Tourmaline Depths]], succeeds Gathwycke as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*Donnela Szarr the Architect, who opened [[the Tourmaline Depths]], succeeds Gathwycke as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


==1204==
=== 1204 ===
*Vellioth the Martinet succeeds Donnela Szarr as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*[[Vellioth|Vellioth the Martinet]] succeeds Donnela Szarr as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


==1276==
=== 1276 ===
*[[Cazador Szarr]] 'The Avid' succeeds Vellioth as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />
*[[Cazador Szarr]] 'The Avid' succeeds Vellioth as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.<ref name="vbv" />


==1356==
== 1300s ==
* Bruenor Battlehammer slays shadow dragon Shimmergloom, and becomes Eighth King of Mithral Hall. <ref name="dwarvenhistoryabriged">''[[Flintdigger's Abridged Dwarven History]]''</ref>
=== 1322 ===
==1371==
* Astarion makes [[Sebastian]] a vampire spawn, one of his first victims.
===Uktar ("The Rotting")===
 
=== 1356 ===
* Bruenor Battlehammer slays shadow dragon Shimmergloom, and becomes the Eighth King of Mithral Hall. <ref name="dwarvenhistoryabriged">''[[Flintdigger's Abridged Dwarven History]]''</ref>
=== 1371 ===
==== Uktar ("The Rotting") ====
*3 Uktar — Apprentice starts writing a journal <ref name="apprenticejournal">''[[Apprentice's Journal]]''</ref>
*3 Uktar — Apprentice starts writing a journal <ref name="apprenticejournal">''[[Apprentice's Journal]]''</ref>
*6 Uktar — Two druids from the [[Emerald Grove]] are sent up north. <ref name="emeraldlogbook">''[[Logbook XII: 1371]]''</ref>
*6 Uktar — Two druids from the [[Emerald Grove]] are sent up north. <ref name="emeraldlogbook">''[[Logbook XII: 1371]]''</ref>
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*10 Uktar — The Emerald Grove Druids confrontation with the adventurers doesn't go well.<ref name="emeraldlogbook" />
*10 Uktar — The Emerald Grove Druids confrontation with the adventurers doesn't go well.<ref name="emeraldlogbook" />
*12 Uktar — The Emerald Grove Druids retaliate with a mudslide. They hear reports of a Red Wizard in a nearby village. Rangers are sent to investigate. <ref name="emeraldlogbook" />
*12 Uktar — The Emerald Grove Druids retaliate with a mudslide. They hear reports of a Red Wizard in a nearby village. Rangers are sent to investigate. <ref name="emeraldlogbook" />
===Nightal ("The Drawing Down")===
====Nightal ("The Drawing Down")====
*6 Nightal — Former Red Wizard [[Ilyn Toth]] starts a journal. He has begun work as an Apothecary in [[Blighted Village|Moonhaven]]. He continues his necromantic research and sends his familiar to secure bodies.<ref name="darkjournal">''[[Dark Journal]]'' — [[Ilyn Toth]]</ref>  
*6 Nightal — Former Red Wizard [[Ilyn Toth]] starts a journal. He has begun work as an Apothecary in [[Blighted Village|Moonhaven]]. He continues his necromantic research and sends his familiar to secure bodies.<ref name="darkjournal">''[[Dark Journal]]'' — [[Ilyn Toth]]</ref>
 
=== Unknown ===
==== Olam's Journal (1300s) ====
[[Olam's Journal]] begins after Ketheric is slain, elsewhere described as being a hundred years before the beginning of the game.{{Verify}}
 
The journal's use of "Darkness" presumably is recording the days since the [[shadow curse]] was unleashed. [[Books by Author|Olam]] describes it as being as cold as the "Claw of Winter," so we can assume it isn't during Alturiak.
 
* Darkness 2 — Olam recalls how Ketheric's curse changed the land. <ref name="olamjournal">''[[Olam's Journal]]'' — Olam</ref>
* Darkness 5 — Olam calls his familiar Corvin to him. He searches the land.<ref name="olamjournal" />
* Darkness 18 — Olam finds scrolls by the House of Healing, but doesn't dare enter. <ref name="olamjournal" />
* Darkness 26 — Olam can bear his torment no longer. <ref name="olamjournal" />
 
==== Moonhaven Logbook (1372 or later) ====
The year of the [[Moonhaven Logbook]] is not given. However, the [[Apprentice's Journal]] is dated 3 Uktar 1371.
 
Further digging in the Apothecary will also dig up the [[Dark Journal]] which reveals the apothecaries past as a Red Wizard named Ilyn Toth. It explains why he goes to great pains to note whether visitors to Moonhaven are Thayan or not. The Dark Journal is also dated 1371. However, since this logbook refers to events in earlier months that are certainly after he has gotten established, it is probably not recorded in 1371 but a later year.
 
* 26 Eleasis — Calishite Merchant Oliver Synge arrives in [[Moonhaven]] <ref name="moonhavenlog">''[[Moonhaven Logbook]]'' — [[Ilyn Toth]]</ref>
* 27 Eleasis — Oliver Synge leaves Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
* 7 Eleint — A possibly Rashemi stranger passes through Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
* 14 Marpenoth — Three men in black armour pass through Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*2 Uktar — Journeyman Hackett passes through Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*30 Uktar — Moonhaven raised by soliders in black armour <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*14 Nightal — The key gem of [[Necromancy of Thay]] goes missing. Apothecary suspects apprentice <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
* 15 Nightal — Oliver Synge passes through Moonhaven without stopping <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*18 Nightal — Apothecary apprentice disappears near well <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*20 Nightal — Smoke on the horizon. Apothecary suspects a potential raid. <ref name="moonhavenlog" />


==1477==  
==1400—1491==
 
=== 1477 ===
*Tarsakh — [[Amanita Szarr]] recalls how at 13 she was summoned to [[Szarr Palace]]. <ref name="summoned">''[[Tarsakh 1477]]'' — [[Amanita Szarr]]</ref>
*Tarsakh — [[Amanita Szarr]] recalls how at 13 she was summoned to [[Szarr Palace]]. <ref name="summoned">''[[Tarsakh 1477]]'' — [[Amanita Szarr]]</ref>
*Kythorn — Amanita Szarr struggles against her vampiric nature. She recalls how she has been imprisoned in the attic for over a year.<ref name="imprisoned">''[[Kythorn 1477]]'' — [[Amanita Szarr]]</ref>
*Kythorn — Amanita Szarr struggles against her vampiric nature. She recalls how she has been imprisoned in the attic for over a year.<ref name="imprisoned">''[[Kythorn 1477]]'' — [[Amanita Szarr]]</ref>
*Flamerule — Amanita Szarr rejects the name of Szarr. She dubs herself Lady Incognita and vows to stay in the attic. <ref name="ladyincognita">''[[Flamerule 1477]]'' — [[Amanita Szarr|Amanita "Lady Incognita" Szarr]]</ref>
*Flamerule — Amanita Szarr rejects the name of Szarr. She dubs herself Lady Incognita and vows to stay in the attic. <ref name="ladyincognita">''[[Flamerule 1477]]'' — [[Amanita Szarr|Amanita "Lady Incognita" Szarr]]</ref>


== 1481==  
===1481===
*2 Alturiak — Last entry of [[Lenore De Hurst|Lenore De Hurst's]] [[De Hurst's Diary|diary]]. She has been called to Baldur's Gate to confer with other clerics of Mystra.<ref name="dehurstdiary">''[[De Hurst's Diary]]'' — [[Lenore De Hurst]]</ref>
*2 Alturiak — Last entry of [[Lenore De Hurst|Lenore De Hurst's]] [[De Hurst's Diary|diary]]. She has been called to Baldur's Gate to confer with other clerics of Mystra.<ref name="dehurstdiary">''[[De Hurst's Diary]]'' — [[Lenore De Hurst]]</ref>


==1482==  
===1482===
*13 Uktar — Orin pledges herself to Bhaal.<ref name="manifesto">''[[Manifesto]]'' — [[Orin the Red]]</ref>
*13 Uktar — Orin pledges herself to Bhaal.<ref name="manifesto">''[[Manifesto]]'' — [[Orin the Red]]</ref>
*[[Ulder Ravengard]], Marshal of the [[Flaming Fist]], is elected as Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate after {{FRWiki|Abdel Adrian}}'s death at the hands of Viekang, a fellow [[Bhaalspawn]].
===1491===
*The Council of Four consisted of Duke [[Belynne Stelmane]], Duke [[Dillard Portyr]], Duke [[Thalamra Vanthampur]], and was chaired by Grand Duke [[Ulder Ravengard]]. <ref name="dukesofbg">''[[The Dukes of Baldur's Gate]]''</ref>
===Unknown===
* Duke Vanthampur dies. This may have occurred in 1491 or 1492.<ref name="dukesofbg" />
==== Dead Druid's Journal (~1440) ====
Described as "a handwritten journal, abandoned for some fifty years." Presumably no earlier than 1430 and no later than 1460.


==1491==
*A druid records his first encounter with the [[shadow curse]]. <ref name="druidjournal">''[[Dead Druid's Journal]]''</ref>
*The Council of Four consisted of Duke [[Belynne Stelmane]], Duke [[Dillard Portyr]], Duke [[Thalamra Vanthampur]], and was chaired by Grand Duke [[Ulder Ravengard]]. <ref name="dukesofbg">''[[The Dukes of Baldur's Gate]]''</ref>  
==1492 – Current year==
''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]'' takes place in the year of 1492 DR, known as the "Year of Three Ships Sailing"<ref name="tollledger">''[[Tollhouse Ledger (Risen Road)]]''</ref>


==1492 — Current year==
=== Pre-game events ===
This is the current year of Baldur's Gate 3.<ref name="tollledger">''[[Tollhouse Ledger (Risen Road)]]''</ref> Would become to be known as the "Year of Three Ships Sailing."
* In an event known as "the Descent", [[Elturel]] is plunged into [[Avernus]], the result of an Infernal conspiracy involving [[Zariel]] among others
** Grand Duke Ravengard disappears during the Descent, but is returned alongside the rest of the city to the Material Plane<ref name="dukesofbg" />
** The tieflings of Elturel become scapegoats for the crisis.  The increased prejudice forces them to leave the city, becoming [[Tiefling refugees|refugees]]


===Tarsakh ("The Claw of Storms")===
===Tarsakh ("The Claw of Storms")===
*29 Tarsakh — A contractor finishes installing a concealed sliding door <ref name="contractorrecord">''[[Contractor's Record]]''</ref>
*29 Tarsakh — A contractor finishes installing a concealed sliding door <ref name="contractorrecord">''[[Contractor's Record]]''</ref> in Lady Jannath's Estate.
===Mirtul ("The Melting") ===
=== Eleasis ("Highsun") ===
===Kythorn ("The Time of Flowers") ===
* 20 Eleasis - A nautiloid crashes on the banks of the River Chionthar, with a number of its captives making it out alive.<ref group="note">Derived from the in-game calendar. This however conflicts with the other entries regarding the Emerald Grove in 1492 DR.</ref>
===Flamerule ("Summertide") ===
===Eleasis ("Highsun")===
=== Eleint ("The Fading")===  
=== Eleint ("The Fading")===  
*14 Eleint — The [[Tiefling Refugees]] have settled in at [[Emerald Grove]] <ref name="groveannals">''[[Grove Annals]]''</ref>
*14 Eleint — The tiefling refugees have settled in at [[Emerald Grove]] <ref name="groveannals">''[[Grove Annals]]''</ref>
===Marpenoth ("Leaffall")===  
===Marpenoth ("Leaffall")===  
*2 Marpenoth — Adventurers in search of the Nightsong arrive at Emerald Grove <ref name="groveannals" />
*2 Marpenoth — Adventurers in search of the Nightsong arrive at Emerald Grove <ref name="groveannals" />
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*7 Uktar — Too many farmers to count, carrying their own dead, cross the Risen Road tollhouse <ref name="tollledger" />
*7 Uktar — Too many farmers to count, carrying their own dead, cross the Risen Road tollhouse <ref name="tollledger" />
* 11 Uktar — The toll collecters find Risen Road post untenable <ref name="tollledger" />
* 11 Uktar — The toll collecters find Risen Road post untenable <ref name="tollledger" />
*16 Uktar — The toll collecters prepare to leave the Risen Road Tollhouse  <ref name="tollledger" />  
*16 Uktar — The toll collecters prepare to leave the Risen Road Tollhouse  <ref name="tollledger" />
 
==Unknown Year==
 
===The Dukes of Baldur's Gate (1491–1492)===
The book [[The Dukes of Baldur's Gate]] tells us who was on the Council of Four last year. It records Gortash's new position as Archduke, which happens in game. Presumably, then, "last year" is 1491. However, the events below are not specified and could have happened in 1491 or 1492. (or later, if we assume Baldur's Gate 3 spans more than one year). 
*Duke Vanthampur dies.
*Grand Duke Ravengard dissappears during the Fall of Elturel.
*Lord [[Enver Gortash]] becomes a contender.
*Ravengard returns and endorses Gortash for Archduke
 
===Dead Druid's Journal (~1440) ===
Described as "a handwritten journal, abandoned for some fifty years." Presumably no earlier than 1430 and no later than 1460.
 
*A druid records his first encounter with the [[shadow curse]]. <ref name="druidjournal">''[[Dead Druid's Journal]]''</ref>
 
===Moonhaven Logbook (1372 or later)===
The year of the [[Moonhaven Logbook]] is not given. However,  the [[Apprentice's Journal]] is dated 3 Uktar 1371.
 
Further digging in the Apothecary will also dig up the [[Dark Journal]] which reveals the apothecaries past as a Red Wizard named Ilyn Toth. It explains why he goes to great pains to note whether visitors to Moonhaven are Thayan or not. The Dark Journal is also dated 1371. However, since this logbook refers to events in earlier months that are certainly after he has gotten established, it is probably not recorded in 1371 but a later year.
 
*26 Eleasis — Calishite Merchant Oliver Synge arrives in [[Moonhaven]] <ref name="moonhavenlog">''[[Moonhaven Logbook]]'' — [[Ilyn Toth]]</ref>
*27 Eleasis — Oliver Synge leaves Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
* 7 Eleint — A possibly Rashemi stranger passes through Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*14 Marpenoth — Three men in black armour pass through Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*2 Uktar — Journeyman Hackett passes through Moonhaven <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*30 Uktar — Moonhaven raised by soliders in black armour <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*14 Nightal — The key gem of [[Necromancy of Thay]] goes missing. Apothecary suspects apprentice <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
* 15 Nightal — Oliver Synge passes through Moonhaven without stopping <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*18 Nightal — Apothecary apprentice disappears near well <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
*20 Nightal — Smoke on the horizon. Apothecary suspects a potential raid. <ref name="moonhavenlog" />
 
===Olam's Journal (start of the shadow curse)===
Darkness is not a month, but since this journal does record events in chronological order it has been included. Presumably it is recording the days since the [[shadow curse]] was unleashed. He describes it as being as cold as the "Claw of Winter", so we can assume it isn't during Alturiak.


*Darkess 2 — Olam recalls how Ketheric's curse changed the land. <ref name="olamjournal">''[[Olam's Journal]]'' — Olam</ref>
=== Unknown ===
* Darkness 5 — Olam calls his familiar Corvin to him. He searches the land.<ref name="olamjournal" />
* Lord [[Enver Gortash]] becomes a contender.<ref name="dukesofbg" />
* Darkness 18 — Olam finds scrolls by the House of Healing, but doesn't dare enter. <ref name="olamjournal" />
* Ravengard returns and endorses Gortash for Archduke<ref name="dukesofbg" />
*Darkness 26 — Olam can bear his torment no longer. <ref name="olamjournal" />  


==Unspecified Year==
===Waning Moon: Consignments===
===Waning Moon: Consignments===
*10 Tarsahk — [[Ketheric Thorm]] is informed by [[Thisobald Thorm]] that the Mason spoke out against him <ref name="waningmoon">''[[The Waning Moon: Consignments]]'' — [[Thisobald Thorm]]</ref>
*10 Tarsahk — [[Ketheric Thorm]] is informed by [[Thisobald Thorm]] that the Mason spoke out against him <ref name="waningmoon">''[[The Waning Moon: Consignments]]'' — [[Thisobald Thorm]]</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*{{FRWiki|Calendar of Harptos}}
*{{FRWiki|Calendar of Harptos}}
*{{FRWiki|Present Age}}
*{{FRWiki|Present Age}}

Latest revision as of 20:31, 7 October 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in 1492 DR.[1][2][note 1] It immediately follows the events of its prequel, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, which took place earlier in the same year.[url 1]

This is a non-exhaustive list of dated events noted in-game occurring during and before 1492. This is in chronological order. x

Far Past[edit | edit source]

-339[edit | edit source]

  • The Netherese archmage Karsus attempts (unsuccessfully) to seize control of the Weave from Mystryl (a previous incarnation of Mystra) and become a god. His failure results in his death and the fall of the Empire of Netheril

612[edit | edit source]

698[edit | edit source]

  • Zholtan Farr the Eviscerator succeeds Eravask as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]

713[edit | edit source]

  • Madame Tallon the Well-Preserved succeeds Zholtan Farr as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]

888[edit | edit source]

  • The end of Madame Tallon and the beginning of the Interregnum: a temporary suppression of the master vampires of Baldur's Gate by the Lathanderians.[3]

955[edit | edit source]

  • Blaiseuse the Coryphee becomes master vampire in Baldur's Gate. She is noted for leading her spawn in ecstatic blood dances.[3]

986[edit | edit source]

998[edit | edit source]

  • Dyckson Nightbinder succeeds Blaiseuse as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]

1019[edit | edit source]

  • Faibleur the Fleeting succeeds Dyckson Nightbinder as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]
  • Hideous Gathwycke 'Who Knew Not Satiety' succeeds Faibleur as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]

1138[edit | edit source]

  • Donnela Szarr the Architect, who opened the Tourmaline Depths, succeeds Gathwycke as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]

1204[edit | edit source]

1276[edit | edit source]

  • Cazador Szarr 'The Avid' succeeds Vellioth as master vampire in Baldur's Gate.[3]

1300s[edit | edit source]

1322[edit | edit source]

  • Astarion makes Sebastian a vampire spawn, one of his first victims.

1356[edit | edit source]

  • Bruenor Battlehammer slays shadow dragon Shimmergloom, and becomes the Eighth King of Mithral Hall. [5]

1371[edit | edit source]

Uktar ("The Rotting")[edit | edit source]

  • 3 Uktar — Apprentice starts writing a journal [6]
  • 6 Uktar — Two druids from the Emerald Grove are sent up north. [7]
  • 9 Uktar — Adventurers from Baldur's Gate set up camp, clearing some forest near the Emerald Grove.[7]
  • 10 Uktar — The Emerald Grove Druids confrontation with the adventurers doesn't go well.[7]
  • 12 Uktar — The Emerald Grove Druids retaliate with a mudslide. They hear reports of a Red Wizard in a nearby village. Rangers are sent to investigate. [7]

Nightal ("The Drawing Down")[edit | edit source]

  • 6 Nightal — Former Red Wizard Ilyn Toth starts a journal. He has begun work as an Apothecary in Moonhaven. He continues his necromantic research and sends his familiar to secure bodies.[8]

Unknown[edit | edit source]

Olam's Journal (1300s)[edit | edit source]

Olam's Journal begins after Ketheric is slain, elsewhere described as being a hundred years before the beginning of the game.[Needs Verification]

The journal's use of "Darkness" presumably is recording the days since the shadow curse was unleashed. Olam describes it as being as cold as the "Claw of Winter," so we can assume it isn't during Alturiak.

  • Darkness 2 — Olam recalls how Ketheric's curse changed the land. [9]
  • Darkness 5 — Olam calls his familiar Corvin to him. He searches the land.[9]
  • Darkness 18 — Olam finds scrolls by the House of Healing, but doesn't dare enter. [9]
  • Darkness 26 — Olam can bear his torment no longer. [9]

Moonhaven Logbook (1372 or later)[edit | edit source]

The year of the Moonhaven Logbook is not given. However, the Apprentice's Journal is dated 3 Uktar 1371.

Further digging in the Apothecary will also dig up the Dark Journal which reveals the apothecaries past as a Red Wizard named Ilyn Toth. It explains why he goes to great pains to note whether visitors to Moonhaven are Thayan or not. The Dark Journal is also dated 1371. However, since this logbook refers to events in earlier months that are certainly after he has gotten established, it is probably not recorded in 1371 but a later year.

  • 26 Eleasis — Calishite Merchant Oliver Synge arrives in Moonhaven [10]
  • 27 Eleasis — Oliver Synge leaves Moonhaven [10]
  • 7 Eleint — A possibly Rashemi stranger passes through Moonhaven [10]
  • 14 Marpenoth — Three men in black armour pass through Moonhaven [10]
  • 2 Uktar — Journeyman Hackett passes through Moonhaven [10]
  • 30 Uktar — Moonhaven raised by soliders in black armour [10]
  • 14 Nightal — The key gem of Necromancy of Thay goes missing. Apothecary suspects apprentice [10]
  • 15 Nightal — Oliver Synge passes through Moonhaven without stopping [10]
  • 18 Nightal — Apothecary apprentice disappears near well [10]
  • 20 Nightal — Smoke on the horizon. Apothecary suspects a potential raid. [10]

1400—1491[edit | edit source]

1477[edit | edit source]

  • Tarsakh — Amanita Szarr recalls how at 13 she was summoned to Szarr Palace. [11]
  • Kythorn — Amanita Szarr struggles against her vampiric nature. She recalls how she has been imprisoned in the attic for over a year.[12]
  • Flamerule — Amanita Szarr rejects the name of Szarr. She dubs herself Lady Incognita and vows to stay in the attic. [13]

1481[edit | edit source]

  • 2 Alturiak — Last entry of Lenore De Hurst's diary. She has been called to Baldur's Gate to confer with other clerics of Mystra.[14]

1482[edit | edit source]

1491[edit | edit source]

Unknown[edit | edit source]

  • Duke Vanthampur dies. This may have occurred in 1491 or 1492.[16]

Dead Druid's Journal (~1440)[edit | edit source]

Described as "a handwritten journal, abandoned for some fifty years." Presumably no earlier than 1430 and no later than 1460.

1492 – Current year[edit | edit source]

Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in the year of 1492 DR, known as the "Year of Three Ships Sailing"[2]

Pre-game events[edit | edit source]

  • In an event known as "the Descent", Elturel is plunged into Avernus, the result of an Infernal conspiracy involving Zariel among others
    • Grand Duke Ravengard disappears during the Descent, but is returned alongside the rest of the city to the Material Plane[16]
    • The tieflings of Elturel become scapegoats for the crisis. The increased prejudice forces them to leave the city, becoming refugees

Tarsakh ("The Claw of Storms")[edit | edit source]

  • 29 Tarsakh — A contractor finishes installing a concealed sliding door [18] in Lady Jannath's Estate.

Eleasis ("Highsun")[edit | edit source]

  • 20 Eleasis - A nautiloid crashes on the banks of the River Chionthar, with a number of its captives making it out alive.[note 2]

Eleint ("The Fading")[edit | edit source]

Marpenoth ("Leaffall")[edit | edit source]

  • 2 Marpenoth — Adventurers in search of the Nightsong arrive at Emerald Grove [19]
  • 9 Marpenoth — Four merchants with a single wagon cross the Risen Road tollhouse [2]
  • 12 Marpenoth — Fifteen Flaming Fists Fists and a Guantlet cross the Risen Road tollhouse [2]
  • 21 Marpenoth — Brewer and two guards headed for Waukeen's Rest cross the Risen Road tollhouse [2]

Uktar ("The Rotting")[edit | edit source]

  • 2 Uktar — Seven farmers (wounded) cross the Risen Road tollhouse [2]
  • 3 Uktar — Risen Road tollhouse sends couriers to request extra guards [2]
  • 7 Uktar — Too many farmers to count, carrying their own dead, cross the Risen Road tollhouse [2]
  • 11 Uktar — The toll collecters find Risen Road post untenable [2]
  • 16 Uktar — The toll collecters prepare to leave the Risen Road Tollhouse [2]

Unknown[edit | edit source]

Unspecified Year[edit | edit source]

Waning Moon: Consignments[edit | edit source]

  • 10 Tarsahk — Ketheric Thorm is informed by Thisobald Thorm that the Mason spoke out against him [20]
  • 6 Flamerule — Thisobald is poisoned with truth serum, and confesses to poisoning drinks, Malus 'treatments', interrogations and more. His poisoner threatens to reveal it to the authorities unless bribed.[20]
  • 23 Eleint — Harpers poison Ketheric Thorm. He survives, evidence of his immortality. [20]

Experiment on Cruor[edit | edit source]

  • Nightal 3 — Bhaal sends a butler to his chosen. The butler is returned. [21]
  • Nightal 4 — The butler returns, praising its murderer. It is murdered again. [21]
  • Nightal 9 — The butler returns again. Bhaal's chosen makes plans for it. [21]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ DR stands for Dalereckoning, the most common calendar in Baldur's Gate 3's setting of the Faerûn continent, and the only calendar used in-game.
  2. ↑ Derived from the in-game calendar. This however conflicts with the other entries regarding the Emerald Grove in 1492 DR.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Baldur's Mouth 1492 DR Issue 83
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Tollhouse Ledger (Risen Road)
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Vampires before Vellioth — Lady Incognita
  4. ↑ Reithwin Necrology
  5. ↑ Flintdigger's Abridged Dwarven History
  6. ↑ Apprentice's Journal
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Logbook XII: 1371
  8. ↑ Dark Journal — Ilyn Toth
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Olam's Journal — Olam
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 Moonhaven Logbook — Ilyn Toth
  11. ↑ Tarsakh 1477 — Amanita Szarr
  12. ↑ Kythorn 1477 — Amanita Szarr
  13. ↑ Flamerule 1477 — Amanita "Lady Incognita" Szarr
  14. ↑ De Hurst's Diary — Lenore De Hurst
  15. ↑ Manifesto — Orin the Red
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 The Dukes of Baldur's Gate
  17. ↑ Dead Druid's Journal
  18. ↑ Contractor's Record
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Grove Annals
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 The Waning Moon: Consignments — Thisobald Thorm
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Experiment on Cruor — Dark Urge
  1. ↑ Twitter: Lee, Adam (2019-09-24). 1492 DR. Retrieved 2024-01-02. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24.

See Also[edit | edit source]

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