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Dragonlance Timeline - The Fifth Age
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Age of Mortals

The Age of Mortals is the current age of Ansalon. It is an age in which the deities do not answer the prayers of mortals, where mortals must search for other magic to replace what they have lost. It is also the age in which the dragon overlords appear and begin to conquer the land, claiming it and building kingdoms as if they were gods.

384 AC (1 SC)—The Last Heroes’ Tomb: The Last Heroes’ Tomb is constructed to house the bodies of those lost in the battle with Chaos. Knights of Takhisis are honored side-by-side with Knights of Solamnia.
A Prince is Born: Silvanoshei, the child of the Qualinesti Speaker of the Sun, Porthios, and Alhana, the daughter of the former Silvanesti Speaker of the Stars is born.
The Coming of the Dragon Overlords: The red dragon overlord Malystryx arrives at the Misty Isle. The blue dragon Skie, formerly the mount of Kitiara, leader of the Blue Dragonarmy, returns from his travels as a blue dragon overlord now called Khellendros.
Palanthas is Attacked: As Khellendros moves to attack the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, the tower is apparently destroyed by a mysterious robed figure. Simultaneously, Astinus’s Iconochronos in the Great Library of Ages disappears.

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The great dragon Khellendros

385 AC (2 SC)—Riverwind’s Last Quest: Riverwind and his two daughters travel to the Misty Isle to verify the existence and evil intent of the dragon overlord Malystryx.

386 AC (3 SC)—The Kender Flight: Malystryx destroys the area around the Bay of Balifor. Riverwind leads a kender army against Malystryx. Riverwind and his daughter, Brightdawn, are killed during the quest, leaving Moonsong, the surviving daughter, heavily scarred (physically and mentally) by her ordeals. Moonsong leads the remaining kender west.

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Riverwind sacrifices himself to destroy Malystryx's spawn

The Herald Appears: A bard calling himself the Herald becomes well-known in Ansalon. He claims that his memories are the memories of Krynn.

387 AC (4 SC)—The Dragon Purge Begins: The red dragon overlord Malystryx begins using a ritual to absorb the spirits of dragons on Ansalon. As part of this ritual, she kills the dragons and claims their territories for himself. Other powerful dragons also learn the ritual, and they begin to compete with one another in a race for power that sees the destruction of scores of lesser dragons. The purge continues for 26 years. The metallic dragons withdraw to the Dragon Isles. Khellendros, the blue dragon overlord, claims territory near Palanthas.
The Knights’ Accord: Remaining Knights of Takhisis rebuild their order near Neraka.
The Legion of Steel: Sara Dunstan, surrogate mother of Steel Brightblade, founds the Legion of Steel, a knighthood based on the concept of neutral justice.

388 AC (5 SC)—Goldmoon’s Epiphany: Goldmoon receives advice from an old sage, telling her to look within for healing power. A battle of dragons destroys Solace, and, following the sage’s advice, she cures an injured dwarf with her newfound power. This event heralds the return of magic.
The Green Menace: A massive green dragon, Beryllinthranox, attacks Qualinesti as she joins in on the Dragon Purge.

389 AC (6 SC )—Dark Knights Expand: The Knights of Takhisis spread outward from Neraka.
A Draconian Nation: Draconians claim the city of Teyr, establishing the first (and only) draconian nation. The draconians rebuff attempts made by the Dark Knights to “ally” with their former comrades, preferring to build a different life than the one they had as servants of the Dark Queen.

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The draconian Kang, founder of the city-state of Teyr

The Black Dragon Arrives: Onysablet the Black turns New Coast and Blöde into a swamp. The swamp quickly gains an ominous reputation, for the black dragon overlord uses her magic to experiment upon all living things, twisting them into abominations to serve and delight her ego.

390 AC (7 SC)—The Power of the Heart: With help from the sage, Goldmoon develops the power of mysticism. Palin Leads the White Robes: Mages disagree about the role of magic in this uncertain era. Some abandon the Art completely, bitter about the loss of the old, familiar magic. Palin Majere seeks to hold together the old orders, becoming the Head of the White Robes as he continues to search for the “new” magic he was told still existed in the world.

391 AC (8 SC)—The Citadel of Light: Goldmoon and Jasper Fireforge found the Citadel of Light on the Isle of Schallsea.
A New Red: Another red dragon, Pyrothraxus, captures Mt. Nevermind.

392 AC (9 SC)—Solamnic Knights’ Council: Lord Gunthar dies. Liam Erhling becomes the new Grand Master and unveils the revised Measure.

394 AC (11 SC)—The Inn Is Rebuilt: Caramon and Tika Majere rebuild the Inn of the Last Home.
The Shield: The elven nation of Silvanesti is enclosed within a magical barrier called the Shield.

394–400 AC (11–17 SC)—The Dragon Purge Continues: Dragons continue to fight over territory. Gellidus, the white dragon overlord, captures the island of Southern Ergoth; the island becomes a glacier. A blue dragon (Stenndunuus) and a brass dragon (Iyesta) carve out two realms in the eastern portion of the Plains of Dust. A red dragon called Fenalysten takes a portion of the Estwilde and Throtl, while the green dragon Lorrinar takes the northeastern forest and the black dragon Mohrlex takes southern Nordmaar. Twin white dragons, Cryonisis and Frisindia, capture Icewall.

396 AC (13 SC)—Belladonna Leads Hylo: Billee Juniper, or Belladonna, claims rulership of Hylo.

398 AC (15 SC)—The Vision Returns: A triumvirate of strong evil mystics counterfeits the Vision for the Dark Knights, telling them that Takhisis will return.
Death of Sara Dunstan: Sara Dunstan, founder of the Legion of Steel dies.

401 AC (18 SC)—The Desolation: By order of Solamnic High Command, people explore the Desolation. Few return.

403 AC (20 SC)—Shadow Sorcerer: A mysterious figure known as the Shadow Sorcerer emerges from the Desolation with magical powers.

405 AC (22 SC)—Elf Disappearances: Qualinesti elves begin disappearing. Although the cause is not determined for some time, they are being killed by Beryllinthranox, the green dragon overlord, who is hiding in the region.

407 AC (24 SC)—Sorcery in Chaos: Wizards of High Sorcery, faced with faltering magic and jockeying for control of their orders, battle one another for power.

408 AC (25 SC)—Qualinesti Bows to the Green: Beryllinthranox, the green dragon overlord, takes control of the elven kingdom of Qualinesti by demonstrating her power to steal the elves’ life force.

410 AC (27 SC)—Terror of the Deep: The Dimernesti sea elves residing in the underwater kingdom of Dimernost, find themselves under attack by a massive sea dragon Brynseldimer.

411 AC (28 SC)—The Last Conclave: Palin Majere, head of the Conclave, along with the Shadow Sorcerer and the Master of the Tower at Wayreth, discuss the future of magic. The Shadow Sorcerer demonstrates magic that is felt rather than memorized, introducing sorcery to Ansalon. Palin holds the Last Conclave and dissolves the Orders of High Sorcery.

412 AC (29 SC)—Thorbardin Sealed: The green dragon overlord Beryllinthranox tries to conquer Thorbardin. The dwarves seal their fortress. Some dwarves oppose the decision, and follow Severus Stonehand, a Daewar, out of the mountain.
The Academy of Sorcery: With the newfound power of sorcery answering his prayers, Palin Majere, formerly the Head of the White Robes, returns to his home in Solace, where he begins construction of a massive Academy where students can come to learn the primal art.

413 AC (30 SC)—Dragon Purge Ends: The red dragon overlord Malystryx finalizes the borders of dragon territories across Ansalon, and forbids further territorial combat between dragons.
Thoradin Reborn: Stonehand retakes Zhakar, curing a mold plague that had been ravaging the land.

414 AC (31 SC)—Heroes of the Heart: A group of heroes calling themselves the Heroes of the Heart openly challenge the great dragons’ dominance of Ansalon. A young orphan girl named Mina washes ashore near the Citadel of Light. She has no memory of her parents or past.

416 AC (33 SC)—Death of an Overlord: Thanks to the efforts of the Heroes of the Heart, the sea dragon overlord Brynseldimer is killed and Malystryx fails in her attempt to become a god.

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The great dragon Malystryx attempts to obtain godhood

417 (34 SC)—Failing Magic: Just six years after the advent of sorcery brought arcane magic back to Ansalon, magic begins to fade. Spells become much more difficult to cast and even artifacts from the previous ages seem to malfunction as often as not.

420 (37 SC)—Assassination and Captivity: General Abrena, head of the Dark Knights, is assassinated. Sir Morham Targonne succeeds her and, ignoring the Vision, changes the order’s name to Knights of Neraka.
A Bleak Winter: Beryllinthranox’s minions attack Solace, destroying the new Academy of Sorcery and annexing the area into her realm. Palin Majere is captured and tortured on orders from Beryllinthranox, who later has him released.

421 AC (38 SC)—The Great Storm: A massive storm strikes Ansalon, sweeping from one side of the continent to the next. Out of this storm, a young woman named Mina emerges. Mina proclaims herself the servant of the One God and begins to gather an army of the living and the dead. In the aftermath of the storm, most of the good dragons disappeared from Ansalon. Takhisis had kidnapped them, imprisoning them on a solitary moon.

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Mina, champion of the One God, outside the besieged city of Sanction

Appearance of a Dead Hero? A strange kender emerges from the Last Heroes’ Tomb in Solace (where the Companions of the Inn of the Last Home were buried), claiming to be Companion Tasslehoff Burrfoot and wielding a magical artifact known as the device of time journeying. He is taken to Palin, who escorts the kender to Schallsea and the Citadel of Light to see Goldmoon.
Goldmoon’s Transformation: Somehow, during the night of the Great Storm, Goldmoon has regained her youth and beauty, something she bitterly resents for she fears that it will be even longer before she can reunite with the spirit of her deceased husband, Riverwind.
Death of Dragons: The brass dragonlord, Iyesta, and the blue dragon overlord, Stenndunuus, are both killed—Iyesta by a strange army of brutes led by an enigmatic figure working with the blue dragon Thunder, and Stenndunuus by the Rose Knight, Linsha Majere. The weapon used to kill these dragons is an artifact originally crafted, but never used, by Lord Ariakan for the Dark Knights: the abyssal lance.
Destruction of the Citadel: The green dragon overlord Beryllinthranox attacks the Citadel of Light, hunting for the artifact wielded by Tasslehoff Burrfoot. Though she does not capture the artifact, much of the Citadel is destroyed.
Fall of the Shield: Mina and her army of the One God manage to pierce the Shield surrounding Silvanesti, through the efforts of a green dragon spy in the elves’ midst, Cyan Bloodbane. Cyan is killed and the Shield is destroyed, but Silvanesti comes under martial law.
Fall of the Green: Laurana, the Golden General, and Marshall Medan, the Dark Knight agent of the green dragon overlord Beryllinthranox, work with the elven people to kill the dragon while the king, Gilthas, leads his people to safety. Unfortunately, not only do Laurana and Marshall Medan die in the attack, but in her death throes Beryllinthranox destroys the capital of Qualinost, leaving only a Lake of Death. The Qualinesti elves are now without a home and risk the Plains of Dust to seek refuge in the forest nation of Silvanesti.
The Death of Goldmoon: In Nightlund, Goldmoon confronts Mina, her adopted daughter, in the Tower of High Sorcery that once stood in Palanthas. Mina reveals that it was the One God who returned Goldmoon’s youth, that one of the deities had not “abandoned” the world, revealing that the One God is Takhisis. Goldmoon rebuffs both the Dark Queen and Mina, angering the Dark Queen who strips away the youth she had granted. Goldmoon dies, held in Mina’s arms. Mina guards Goldmoon’s body in a magical coffin of amber.
Fall of the Blue: Mina, the priestess of the One God, confronts Khellendros in his own lair. In a disagreement over his betrayal by the One God, Khellendros seeks to take out his rage on Mina, only to find his own breath weapon turned back upon him.
Council of the Gods: Having learned through a prayer from Goldmoon that Krynn was stolen away from them, the other deities convene and reach a decision on how to deal with Takhisis.
The Dark Queen Unveiled: Takhisis reveals herself after Mina and the army of the One God capture the city of Sanction, her power unchallenged by the missing gods. She is unaware that Tasslehoff Burrfoot has been hopping through time, attempting to stitch back together the Stream of Time to allow the other deities to return to Krynn.
Fall of the Red: Enraged to discover that this so-called “One God” has stolen her skull totem, the great red Malystryx flies to Sanction to avenge the insult. She is met in the air by Mina, wielding a dragonlance atop an undead dragon. Malystryx is killed in the battle.
Silvanesti Besieged: While Alhana leads the combined forces of Silvanesti and Qualinesti elves to the city of Sanction to save her son, who is smitten with Mina, the minotaurs attack Silvanost from the south, ousting the remaining forces of Mina’s army and beginning their own plans to conquer Ansalon.
Return of the Good Dragons: After stitching back the fabric of time and allowing the gods to return, Tasslehoff and his companions travel to the solitary moon where Takhisis has imprisoned the metallic dragons. Tasslehoff frees the dragons and returns to his proper time, where his death will be the final key needed to complete the Stream of Time.
Death of a Queen and Return of the Gods: As the Dark Queen reaches for her ultimate triumph, a strange elf stands before her. The elf is the deity Paladine, who has sacrificed his immortality to strip Takhisis of hers, the laws of Balance reasserting themselves. As Takhisis seeks to kill Mina, whom she blames for her failure, Silvanoshei, the son of Alhana and Porthios, steps between them and slays Takhisis with a broken dragonlance. Silvanoshei is in turn killed by the guilt-stricken Mina, who then gathers her dead queen in her arms and promises to track down and slay the now-mortal Paladine. The other deities return and reclaim their world, bringing with them the return of divine magic and High Sorcery.

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Mina stands over the body of her fallen goddess

422 AC (39 SC)—The Here and Now: Ansalon is now facing the dawn of an entirely new era.
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