• -7800 DR

  • The Great Arrival
    The noble djinni lord Calim arrives in Faerun by the Djen, an entourage of genies and their human and halfling slaves. The djinni lord quickly seizes all the lands south and west of the Marching Mountains and founds the Calim Empire on the present-day site of Calimport. »

  • -7790 DR

  • The Dragon Wars
    A Flight of Dragons destroys the city of Calimport. This event initiates a century of war pitting Calim and the genies against the dragons. By its end, every dragon of the Marching Mountains dies at the hands of the genies' magic. The genies' magic rebuilds Calimport within a year of its initial destruction. »

  • c. -7700 DR

  • Rise of the Marid States
    Rogue marids from the Calim Empire enter Selmalyr (undersea Vilhon Reach), sparking war with the sea elves. Within a year, the marids and their jann spread into Seros, allying and sharing their power with the other aquatic races. Because these new Marid States are located in deep water beneath the Hmur Plateau, their residents face no direct retribution from the elves for their expansionist activities. »

  • -7690 DR

  • Calim negotiates the border of his empire with the elves and dwarves and finally claims the lands south of the River Agis and east to the western slopes of the present-day Alimir Mountains. Calim continues warring with the giants and dragons of the Marching Mountains. »

  • -7687 DR

  • The Steam Clashes
    Ajhuu, a greater marid, breaks away and establishes a realm within Calim's lands while the noble djinni is away. On Calim's return, the Steam Clashes begin between them. This conflict leads to the creation of the Maridflow and Hajiuar's Falls (present-day Azure Falls) in the Alimir Mountains. »

  • -7684 DR

  • End of the Steam Clahses / The Shattering
    With this event, the Steam Clashes end and Ajhuu and his rebels are destroyed by Calim. The coastline between the mouth of the River of Ice and the southern tip of the Alimir Mountain range is forever changed, and the Spider Swamp comes into being. »

  • Era of Skyfire

  • -6500 DR to -6100 DR
    Memnon and Calim bring their forces to bear against one another in twenty-two cataclysmic battles over the next four centuries. The High Magic of the elves forcibly disembodies Calim and Memnon and binds their elemental essences to the sky and earth, respectively. The ongoing struggles of the two noble genies create the Calim Desert. »

  • -6095 DR

  • Dwarf scouts from Shanatar are sent up to the surface, where they ally with Calishite humans against the remaining genies. »

  • -6060 DR

  • Fall of Calim's Rule
    Lands east of the Calim Desert and south of the Marching Mountains become the human nation of Coramshan after the humans win a rebellion (with the aid of the dwarves) against surviving minor genies. Calimport and Keltar are rebuilt. The alliance between the humans and dwarves quickly founders, however, because the rulers of Coramshan soon turn to the worship of evil gods. »

  • 1450 DR [Year of Holy Thunder]

  • The Second Era of Skyfire comes to a close in Calimshan as the efreet Memnon and the djinn Calim mysteriously vanish, presumably to their home plane. »