In the Roll of Years portion of Storm King's Thunder, it says that there is no definitive start date for the module, only that it starts after 1485 DR. It also says that the reasons behind the breaking of the Ordning was because the giant gods were upset over the recent attempts to bring TIamat into the world.
The recent efforts by dragons to bring Tiamat into the world (as told in the adventures Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat) and the attempts by small folk to thwart them so upset the giant gods that Annam the All-Father shattered the ordning between the giants to break his “children” out of their complacency, pitting the six giant types against one another while keeping some semblance of order within each type.
After some brief research, I found that HotDQ takes place in 1489 DR. Wouldn't that definitively place STK some time in 1490 DR or after? I'm just looking for a little clarification as I'm just getting ready to start STK with a new group and have been asked by my players what year it was (for their character backgrounds). I have told them 1489 - not because of HotDQ dates, but because we have a tabaxi in the party who wants to originate from Maztika and I know that Maztika did not return until after the Second Sundering in 1486 or 1487 DR.
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In the Roll of Years portion of Storm King's Thunder, it says that there is no definitive start date for the module, only that it starts after 1485 DR. It also says that the reasons behind the breaking of the Ordning was because the giant gods were upset over the recent attempts to bring TIamat into the world.
After some brief research, I found that HotDQ takes place in 1489 DR. Wouldn't that definitively place STK some time in 1490 DR or after? I'm just looking for a little clarification as I'm just getting ready to start STK with a new group and have been asked by my players what year it was (for their character backgrounds). I have told them 1489 - not because of HotDQ dates, but because we have a tabaxi in the party who wants to originate from Maztika and I know that Maztika did not return until after the Second Sundering in 1486 or 1487 DR.