8500 PC

Millennium:	9th millennium PC
Centuries:	86th century PC 85th century PC 84th century PC
Decades:	8520s PC 8510s PC 8500s PC 8490s PC 8480s PC
Years:	8503 PC 8502 PC 8501 PC 8500 PC 8499 PC 8498 PC 8497 PC

8500 PC stands for the eight thousand and five hundredth year before the Cataclysm, in the Age of Dreams.

Events

Events specified during this time are only approximations.

• The first of a new set of chromatic dragons are born in the Abyss. They are the spawn from the original corrupted dragons. The first dragon hatched is Cremetia, a red dragon, who hears the mantra “Mercy is Death” from Takhisis.
• Ogres build an empire with human slaves they capture.
• The ogres establish various capitals in the Ogre Empire. The major capitals were Kern to the east, Narakid to the north, Daltigar to the far west, Parlathin to the northwest, and Blöten Khalkist in the center.

Births

Cremetia

Deaths

None Known.

References

• The Dragons, p. 1-2
• Dragonlance Campaign Setting, p. 198
• The Messenger, p. 136