A (Shadow elves): 3000 BC: Great Rain of Fire, elves driven underground 2200 BC: Other elves settle in Glantri (where shadow elves used to live) 1950 BC: Shadow elves resettle in Glantri, no contact with other group 1700 BC: Glantri cataclysm, shadow elves return underground 1420 BC: Shadow elves find Atzanteotl's temple, drive out Azcans, build Aengmor. Worship of Atzanteotl begins. 1290 BC: Atzanteotl drives elves from Aengmor. 1104 BC: Shadow elves discover the Refuge Of Stone, switch worship to Rafiel, build City Of Stars and take the name of Shadow Elves. 896 BC: Expedition of Shadow elves reach Hollow World. Few return. 792 BC: Second shadow elf expedition reaches outer world in the broken lands. Conclude that surface is uninhabitable. B (Schattenalfen): 3000 BC: Great Rain Of Fire, survivors (shadow elf ancestors ) burrow underground. Subtly guided by Rafiel, they discover the miles high high caverns of the refuge of stone and build City Of Stars. 1700 BC: Glantri cataclysm, elves from Glantri discover City Of Stars and are welcomed. They adopt the clan name of Schattenalf, which means "Shadow Elf" in their elvish dialect. 1500 BC: Expedition of Shadow elves reach Hollow World. Few return. Atzanteotl reaches immortality. Atzanteotl begins corrupting schattenalf. The Schattenalf turn from Rafiel to Atzanteotl. Two groups of schattenalf leave the City Of Stars. 1420 BC: First group of schattenalf reach a cavern near the surface of the outer world and build Aengmor. 1400 BC: Second group of schattenalf reach Hollow World and settle there. 1290 BC: Elves of Aengmor obliterated. C (combined): 3000 BC: Survivors of the elven colony near Blackmoor flee to the newly-formed Broken Lands; they burrow deep into the ground to survive the aftereffects of the Great Rain of Fire. These are the ancestors of the Shadow Elves. 2200 BC: Some elves break off from Ilsundal's migration and eventually find their way to the frozen valleys of Glantri, where they settle. A few survivors from the second migration from Vulcania also reach Glantri and settle among their cousins. 1950 BC: Shadow elves resettle in surface Glantri, no contact with other group. 1700 BC: The elves of Glantri discover, in the Broken Lands, a strange artifact from the lost Blackmoor civilization. They tinker with it, and the artifact explodes cataclysmically, sending impenetrable clouds into the sky (which last for years), and spreading a strange rotting plague among the surviving elves - those who were far enough away to survive. The elves shelter themselves in the deepest caves of Glantri. They find an incredible series of caverns there and begin a years-long migration. The traveling tribes are separated from one another. These are the ancestors of the Hollow World's Gentle Folk, Icevale Elves, and the Schattenalfen. A fourth group, led by an elf named Atziann, has no survivors save that king. Some emerge, years later, hundreds of miles south, past the Broken lands. Some perish. 1650 BC: A surviving clan of Glantrian elves from the outer world finds its way to the Hollow World through thousands of miles of subterranean passages. The tribe emerges in lands thickly occupied by hostile Neathar tribes and dinosaurs; they migrate northward, to lands similar to frozen Glantri, and settle in the mountains south of the Beastmen and west of the Antalians. They call their new land Icevale. (HW) 1500 BC: The elf Atziann attains Immortality and adopts the Azcan form of his name, Atzanteotl, "Atziann the Divine." He begins whispering to selected Shadow Elves of the power and glory he can bring them, and lures them away from their faiths. Increasing numbers of Shadow Elves (especially those of the Schattenalfen clan) turn from the worship of Rafiel to that of Atzanteotl. 1420 BC: The underground elven wanderers stumble upon Mictlan, and overthrow the humans. Those elves who have been seduced by Atzanteotl declare that the temple is sacred to him, and he has given them victory over their enemies and a place to call home. These elves become the Schattenalfen. Most of the elves are uneasy about this alien Immortal, but they are weary, and so they settle and build the city of Aengmor. All of Atruatzin's followers are slain; he alone escapes. 1400 BC: A colonizing party of Shadow Elves, mostly Schattenalf followers of Atzanteotl are driven out of Aengmor (by the will of their patron). Retracing an earlier lost expedition's path to the Hollow World, they emerge just north of the great equatorial mountain range. 1395 BC: The Schattenalfen are badly beaten by the Kogolor dwarves and must break off the war. They continue travelling west, to an area not infested with dwarves, and settle there. But due north of their new lands are the Azcans, whose culture and architecture are disturbingly and insultingly like theirs (a result of Atzanteotl's guidance of the Schattenalf culture, though they don't know this); the Schattenalfen hate these people, whom they see as a mockery of their culture, and begin an ages-long war with the Azcans. 1290 BC: The outer-world Shadow Elf city of Aengmor is "destroyed" (actually, merely surrounded by lava and made uninhabitable) during a volcanic eruption; many Schattenalfen escape, burrowing deeper into the crust of the earth. Actually, this is part of a grand scheme of Atzanteotl, their patron. 1104 BC: Underground elves discover the Refuge of Stone and take the name of shadow elves unto themselves. Building work begins on the City of Stars. 1000 BC: An expedition of Shadow Elves leaves the City of Stars in an effort to find the path to the surface world. Instead, they find their way to the Hollow World, where they are fatally poisoned by the rays of the eternal sun. Some of them make it back to the City of the Stars with news of their voyage, but all soon perish. 896 BC: First shadow-elf exploration to the surface world ends in disaster with few survivors. 792 BC: Second shadow-elf expedition to the surface lands emerges in the Broken Lands. Failure of this expedition leads to abandonment of further attempts to reach surface. Your neighborhood unofficial Timeline keeper to the rescue... :) Taking a look at your points, I see a few blunders by TSR: a) Anyway, here's what I understand to be 'what really happened'. :) 3000 BC: The Great Rain of Fire. The Blackmoor elves (ancestors of the Shadow Elves, Schattenalfen, Icevale elves, Gentle Folk, and Atzanteotl) are driven underground. 2200 BC: Elves (not the Blackmoor ones) settle in Glantri. 1950 BC: The Blackmoor elves settle in surface Glantri, and never contact the other elves. 1700 BC: The Glantri Cataclysm. The Glantri elves are destroyed. The Blackmoor elves once again go underground, splitting up into individual clans. 1650 BC: Some elves reach the Hollow World, and become the Icevale elves and the Gentle folk. Atziann, sole survivor of his clan, also reaches the Hollow World. 1500 BC: Atziann becomes an Immortal, renaming himself Atzanteotl. He begins whispering to various underground-Blackmoor elves (especially the Schattenalfen), luring them away from their faiths. 1420 BC: The Schattenalfen reach the Hollow World, then go back to the outer world and build Aengmor. 1400 BC: Some (but not all) elves are driven from Aengmor, and settle in the Hollow World. These are the modern-day Schattenalfen. 1352 BC: Aengmor is finished being built. 1290 BC: Atzanteotl sinks Aengmor. Many Schattenalfen escape, going underground. 1104 BC: The ex-Aengmor Schattenalfen discover the Refuge of Stone, convert to Rafiel, and become the Shadow Elves.