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Shadowsoul
Senior Scribe
Ireland
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 Posted - 02 Mar 2016 : 18:36:54
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Does anyone know the names of the years from 1386 to the present?
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 02 Mar 2016 : 21:21:13
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The published Roll of Years (which does include some duplicates) covers from -700 DR to 1600 DR. If it wasn't for the web filters at work, I'd see if any of the old links to it on the Wizards site still worked... But that site is blocked. 
However, I've got copies of the file, and I think there's a couple copies stored here, on the main site, somewhere.
So here's a chunk of the Roll, for you.
DR Year Year Name (Add “Year of” to all entries)
1350 the Morningstar
1351 the Crown
1352 the Dragon
1353 the Arch
1354 the Bow
1355 the Harp
1356 the Worm
1357 the Prince
1358 Shadows
1359 the Serpent
1360 the Turret
1361 Maidens
1362 the Helm
1363 the Wyvern
1364 the Wave
1365 the Sword
1366 the Staff
1367 the Shield
1368 the Banner
1369 the Gauntlet
1370 the Tankard
1371 the Unstrung Harp
1372 Wild Magic
1373 Rogue Dragons
1374 Lightning Storms
1375 Risen Elfkin
1376 the Bent Blade
1377 the Haunting
1378 the Cauldron
1379 the Lost Keep
1380 the Blazing Hand
1381 the Starving
1382 the Black Blazon
1383 the Vindicated Warrior
1384 Three Streams Blooded
1385 Blue Fire
1386 the Halflings' Lament
1387 the Emerald Ermine
1388 the Tanarukka
1389 the Forgiven Foes
1390 the Walking Man
1391 the Wrathful Eye
1392 the Scroll
1393 the Ring
1394 Deaths Unmourned
1395 Silent Death
1396 the Secret
1397 the Quill
1398 the Voyage
1399 the Fallen Friends
1400 Lost Ships
1401 the Sheltered Viper
1402 the Exorcised Helm
1403 the Hidden Harp
1404 the Sceptered One
1405 the Golden Mask
1406 the Blackened Moon
1407 the Halls Unhaunted
1408 the Solitary Cloister
1409 True Omens
1410 the Eight-legged Mount
1411 the Wrathful Vizier
1412 the Dauntless Dwarves
1413 Sunken Vessels
1414 Sea Lions Roaring
1415 Staves Arcane
1416 the Enthroned Puppet
1417 the Phaerimm's Vengeance
1418 the Lords' Coronation
1419 the Empty Necropolis
1420 the Dark Goddess
1421 the Walking Trees
1422 the Advancing Shadows
1423 Thundering Hosts
1424 the Dog-Eared Journal
1425 Seven Sisters
1426 the Dozen Dwarves
1427 the Shalarins Surfacing
1428 the Elfqueen's Joy
1429 Ten Terrors
1430 Stalking Horrors
1431 the Lashing Tail
1432 Silent Thunder
1433 the Silent Departure
1434 the Silent Crickets
1435 the Silent Bell
1436 Silent Shadows
1437 the Silent Flute
1438 Silent Waterfalls
1439 the Silent Tear
1440 Azuth’s Woe
1441 Resurrections Rampant
1442 Darkenbeasts Risen
1443 Silver Bell Tolling
1444 the Seductive Cambion
1445 the Malachite Throne
1446 the Queen's Honor
1447 the Fallen Tower
1448 Neomen Swords
1449 the Godly Invitation
1450 Holy Thunder
1451 Knowledge Unearthed
1452 the Impatient Son
1453 the Strangled Jester
1454 the Emerald Sun
1455 the King's Repentance
1456 the Mithral Hammer
1457 the Lightning Strikes
1458 the Plotting Priests
1459 the Forged Sigil
1460 the Malachite Shadows
1461 Three Goddesses Blessing
1462 the Elves' Weeping
1463 the Reborn Hero
1464 the Six-Armed Elf
1465 the Elven Swords Returned
1466 the Mages in Amber
1467 the Three Heroes United
1468 the First Circle
1469 Splendors Burning
1470 the Second Circle
1471 the Plagued Lords
1472 the Third Circle
1473 the Heretic's Rampage
1474 the Fourth Circle
1475 the Final Stand
1476 the Fifth Circle
1477 the Purloined Statue
1478 the Dark Circle
1479 the Ageless One
1480 Deep Water Drifting
1481 the Grinning Halfling
1482 the Narthex Murders
1483 the Tasked Weasel
1484 the Awakened Sleepers
1485 the Iron Dwarf's Vengeance
1486 the Nether Mountain Scrolls
1487 the Rune Lords Triumphant
1488 Dwarvenkind Reborn
1489 the Warrior Princess
1490 the Star Walker's Return
1491 the Scarlet Witch
1492 Three Ships Sailing
1493 the Purple Dragons
1494 Twelve Warnings
1495 the Tyrant's Pawn
1496 the Duplicitous Courtier
1497 the Palls Purple
1498 the Black Regalia
1499 the Desperate Gambit
1500 the Sea's Secrets Revealed |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 02 Mar 2016 21:23:05 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2016 : 21:30:30
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| Oh, and keep in mind, names on the Roll of Years don't always refer to some big, grand event. The Year of the Grinning Halfling, for example, could refer to the founding of a new halfling nation -- or it could be the year that the halfing Runty McHairyfoot stole a bag of gold and married his sweetheart, Honey Froofroo. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2016 : 21:41:29
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| Ah, here's one link: various formats for the Roll of Years. That zip file contains the original files from the Wizards site (the RTF files) and a couple other files with the same content, just different document formats (for ease of playing with the data). |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 02 Mar 2016 21:41:46 |
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Portuguese D. Ace
Seeker
Italy
82 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2016 : 23:18:00
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is there an official source that explains the name of all the years (not just the most recent ones, also past years)
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Shadowsoul
Senior Scribe
Ireland
705 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2016 : 23:43:18
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| Ahhhh good man Wooly! Thanks a million. |
“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2016 : 00:34:43
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Originally posted by Portuguese D. Ace
is there an official source that explains the name of all the years (not just the most recent ones, also past years)
Thank you
That would take a book, by itself, since there are 2300 entries on the list.
And no, there is no official source explaining the names of all of them. We have scattered explanations for a handful of them, but not much more than that. |
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
955 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2016 : 16:21:56
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| Ed created the roll of years, but too many years ago, Steven Schend pulled Eric Boyd and a group of other Realms fans together to create names for the next 100 years or so. We were much more prolific than Steven anticipated and thus the current roll.... |
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eeorey
Seeker
Bulgaria
96 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2016 : 18:40:40
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
1494 Twelve Warnings... 1500 the Sea's Secrets Revealed
Please, please, please let this be something about Jhaamdath. I've been hoping for some new lore on it and on psionics. I can't be the only one. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2016 : 19:47:13
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Originally posted by dazzlerdal
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Originally posted by eeorey
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
1494 Twelve Warnings... 1500 the Sea's Secrets Revealed
Please, please, please let this be something about Jhaamdath. I've been hoping for some new lore on it and on psionics. I can't be the only one.
If present trends are anything to go by you should only have two more editions to wait for your answer
So... Next year. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36782 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2016 : 19:48:27
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Originally posted by eeorey
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
1494 Twelve Warnings... 1500 the Sea's Secrets Revealed
Please, please, please let this be something about Jhaamdath. I've been hoping for some new lore on it and on psionics. I can't be the only one.
I'm a fan of Jhaamdath and psionics... That's why my third flavor of Realmsified warforged were based on psionics and hailed from Jhaamdath. |
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Quickleaf
Seeker
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Posted - 09 Mar 2016 : 01:04:16
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Awesome thread! @Irennan on ENWorld pointed it out to me.
Does anyone have insights on the meanings behind the following years? (I'm considering using them for a published adventure's timeline)
1492 — Year of Three Ships Sailing
1479 — Year of the Ageless One
1405 — Year of the Golden Mask
1002 — Year of the Heavenly Rock
621 — Year of Nineteen Swords (year that the Utter East was subjugated by northerners)
421 — Year of the Peerless Foe
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pukunui
Seeker
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Posted - 09 Mar 2016 : 07:58:02
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Originally posted by Quickleaf
1492 — Year of Three Ships Sailing
Don't know about any of the others, but this one is clearly an Easter egg. |
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
955 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2016 : 17:57:09
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| Most of the names we just came up with. There was no hidden meaning, at least initially, behind them, especially for the 1400s names, but even for many of the older names. They literally were names which we individually thought sounded cool. Steven then organized them and filled in the roll of years and then extended it out. Since then, a number of years have had their names fleshed out as various authors have filled in gaps based on the year name. |
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Name of the years after 1385.
