Raumathar was established by the Raumviran people in -900 DR, setting their capital as Winterkeep. In -623 DR, Raumathar surprised its neighbour Narfell by attacking them while they were being beaten in a war with Mulhorand, beginning the first of many wars with the Nar people. In -160 DR, the last of these wars began. Known as The Great Conflagration, it culminated in the ruination of both empires a decade later. The surviving Raumvirans were then pushed westward by the Suren people.