354 DR: The arcanist Melathlar flees Netheril and travels to Illusk. The ruling group of arcanists, known as the Grand Cabal, names Fynran the Flamelord as high arcanist and ruler. 425 DR: Netherese settlers refound Illusk as a magocracy. The Netherese enclave of Quesseer is abandoned. 2095 DR: After refusing divine healing for the injuries he sustained in the defense of Illusk, the Chronomancer dies. 2100 DR: Survivors of Illusk travel to Icewind Dale, where their descendants become the Reghedmen. 2103 DR: A horde of orcs from the Spine of the World, led by giants and their ogre generals, crushes the human civilization of Illusk despite aid from Netherese arcanists led by Jeriah Chronos the Chronomancer. 2207 DR: Jeriah Chronos, later known as the Chronomancer, is born in Netheril. The settlement becomes a trademeet for Netherese expatriates, the elves of Illefarn, the seafarers of Illusk, the nomadic Ice Hunters, and the dwarves of fallen Haunghdannar. –2368 DR: The Terraseer establishes Quesseer north of the Sword Mountains. 3000 DR: Illuskan humans of Ruathym found the settlement of Illusk at the mouth of the River Mirar and displace local Ice Hunter tribes. –3100 DR: Human seafarers from the west name and settle the island of Ruathym in the Sea of Swords. The land was overrun by bugbears, trolls, ogres and orcs.Ĭ. The sea is thought to have driven the dwarves of Haunghdannar mad the realm rapidly dwindled as ship after ship that put out did not return, except for small fishing boats that never left the sight of land. 3389 DR: The dwarf realm of Haunghdannar falls. –4600 DR: The stone fortress of Sonnmorndin is built as a naval base by the Sailors of the Mountainous Waves, the marines of Haunghdannar, on the island of Arauwurbarak (present-day Ruathym). –4974 DR: The coastal dwarf realm of Haunghdannar is established along the northern Sword Coast.Ĭ. So ive been wondering about a few things. The Leviathan from Elder Evils is an easy fix for the Dendar legend being present way up north with the illuskans (it's a sleeping sea monster about 100 miles long and when it wakes up it will destroy the world - sounds a lot like dendar, and the northmen could easily have named it nidhogg).įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions Candlekeep Archiveįorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 1įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 2įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 3įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 4įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 5įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 6įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 7įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 8įorgotten Realms Alternate Dimensions: Issue 9 I don't say Dendar is Nidhoggr, but I think the Rus (and possibly all early Illuskans), conflated them. The Windwalker can be crushed in the jaws of Dendar the Night Serpent (known to the Rus as Nidhogg, the serpent who gnaws on It's also notable that it states the Rus, and possibly Ancient Illuskans in general, identified Dendar with Nidhoggr. Then again, this is an in-universe text by Volo, and he might base it on legends. Yggdrasil's Child (or it's parent tree - an event which will occur The Windwalker will crumble to dust upon the death of Boyd, state Ygggdrasil's Child, is literally an offspring of the World Tree: With Yggdrasil's child, indeed in "Volo's Guide to All Things Magical" by Ed and Eric L. Yeah, I also think it's meant to be a parallel development.