Following up on this, might you be able to clarify some dates for this befuddled bard? I'm puzzling over the Dragonspear Wars. I'm seeing two official citations (1315 DR & 1356 DR) for the first, then 1363 DR for the second — or the events of "Hordes of Dragonspear." Thank you!
— DMBIV (@DMBIV2) January 22, 2020
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Sages and bards frequently disagree over nomenclature, sometimes for the same reasons that opposite sides in a conflict prefer their own differing names for a particular battle (Bull Run vs. Manassas in the American Civil… 2)
…War, for instance).
In the case of Dragonspear Castle, hobgoblins used it as a base to raid caravans traversing the Trade Way from 1305 DR on, and became enough of a nuisance to trade that they were exterminated by armies…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2020
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…from Waterdeep and Baldur’s Gate in 1315 DR (hardly a “war”…or is it?).
Devils retook the castle in 1354 DR, arriving through portals from Avernus that the 1315 DR armies had been unable to destroy.
The devils were ousted in 1356 DR in…#Realmslore 4)
…what was retroactively called “The Dragonspear War,” but retook the castle in 1363 DR, and led an army that destroyed The Way Inn and besieged Daggerford before being defeated (by a force including PC adventurers, for gamers…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2020
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…playing HORDES OF DRAGONSPEAR), and this was retroactively called “The Second Dragonspear War.” By some; others prefer to regard both wars as just larger skirmishes among many. (Dragonspear Castle was built in 1255 DR, 6)
…but has been home to portals linking Toril with Avernus since 1290 DR, and a home to an ever-changing array of dragons, brigands, and various goblinkin down the years since.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2020
