574 CY

574 CY was the 574th year of the Common Year reckoning. It followed 573 CY and preceded 575 CY.

Canonical events

 * Entire upper hierarchy of the Guild of Assassins of Greyhawk slain by a mezzoloth. Turin Deathstalker appointed Guildmaster and Oligarch. (tAB, 62, 127)


 * Stalman Klim returns to Suderham, Pomarj, the first man in 62 years to leave the hidden city and return alive. Together with his new allies, known as the Nine, he takes control of the city, assassinating its king Roderic. (Slavers, 121)


 * Tenser joins the Circle of Eight. (LGJ #0,6)

Bastard Greyhawk-specific events

 * First Council of the Nine held in Suderham. Present are the Earth Dragon priest, Stalman Klim; the human mage Ajakstu; the human pirate Eanwulf (AKA Feelta); the drow warrior-priestess of Lolth, edralve; the human illusionist Lamonsten the Lazy; Brother Milerjoi, a human monk from the Scarlet Brotherhood; the human assassin Nerelas; the half-orc fighter/assassin, Theg Narlot; and the human thief Slippery Ketta. Also present are brother Milerjoi's assistant, Brother Kerin; and Edralve's lover, the drow assassin-mage Firr. (Slavers, 121; RV)


 * Scaleyrock, a lizard man fortress located at the mouth of the Javan River in the Hool Marshes, is invaded and taken over by sahuagin. Zaganesar, the lizard man chieftain, relocates the survivors to Earthwomb, an abandoned lizard man stronghold near the mouth of the River Dunwater in the Hool Marshes. This new lair lies only ten miles from the town of Saltmarsh, Keoland. (U2; U3; RV; BF)


 * Arum born.