The Dragaera Timeline
A Tentative Timeline of Dragaeran History
[last updated August 1, 2009]
About halfway through writing the first draft of this, I came across Mark Mandel's excellent Cracks and Shards web page. It illuminated several previously-mysterious points for me, and did a wonderful job of making explicit (in the "Look Who's Talking" section) many of the principles that I was already subconsciously using in putting together this document. Go read it now, and come back when you're done.
There are 30 hours in a day (PG 142, et al). References are made to hours 'of the morning' and 'after noon', so they have AM and PM as we do, just with 15 hours in each half, not 12. Note that four meals a day is standard (PG 405, 433), so they eat roughly as often as Terrans do. [There are a few references in early books to 24-hour days, but these are almost certainly "translations" on Brust's part.]
Hours have 60 minutes (FH 256) and minutes have sixty seconds (SL 303). Hours and minutes are apparently close to their Terran counterparts, and were presumably established by the original Terran colonists (see below). Philip Hart (philiph@SLAC.Stanford.EDU) points out that an exact 30/24 ratio is unlikely, but also mentioned a workaround used by the fictional lunar colonists in John M. Ford's Growing Up Weightless; namely, having one "hour" of the day be a non-standard length, to make up the difference. This "lunar" model does presume that the time system was "restored" after the creation of the Orb, since it certainly wouldn't have been used during the immedate Post-Jenoine period. Alternatively, the "lunar" model may have been used by the original colonists, but then, after the Jenoine were driven out, the Dragaerans simplified matters to an even 30/60/60 division of their actual day length, which would give us seconds, minutes, and hours that were similar to Terran ones, but not identical.
There are 17 months in the year, of 17 days each (PG 59). Both days and months are named after the Houses. There may be 'calendar hacks' such as the Terran Leap Year, but none have so far been mentioned, and their impact is likely to be small in any case. This works out to a year of about 8,670 hours, as compared with a Terran year of about 8,736 hours, so the length of the year is almost identical to a Terran year, which fits with various references to Easterner's ages and life expectancies.
The year starts in spring (P 128), with a large celebration. Approximately one Dragaeran month after the New Year is Spring Balance day (Ja 17), which is presumably the equinox. Other holidays include Kieron's Eve (time unknown, O 222). Some Teckla celebrate a day called Pudding Morn (A 95). Ascension Day is celebrated in both Dragaera (Ja 105) and Fenario (BP 143), and would apear to involve fireworks (Dz 16). In Fenario, they also have a Planting Festival (Ja 62). The first day of summer is on "the fifth day of the month of the Hawk" (SL 16).
A Dragaeran week is five days long (Y 39). Days include Endweek (numerous refs), Farmday and Homeday (Tk 7, Dz 119), Marketday (O 82), Firstday and Skyday (O 143). That's six; maybe one of them is an alternate or regional name, or Marketday is not a day of the week but whatever day market is held. The two references to Marketday in LCB (151, 175) make the suggestion that Marketday is a movable one somewhat less supportable. It's a safe bet that Firstday begins the week and Endweek ends it, but we have no guidance for the order of the rest. Vlad sometimes works on Endweek, but not always (Dn 95), and he associates Endweek with not working (Ja 163), strongly suggesting that it is equivalent to our notion of "a weekend". There is a reference to "a spot for the market to set up come Endweek" (Ja 32-33), suggesting that Endweek and Marketday may be the same thing.
A Fortnight (Eastern term) is 14 days (Tk 95), implying that Easterners keep a 7 day week. Burz has a "different" Endweek than Vlad is used to (Ja 163); unsurprising, given the difference in week lengths.
Birthdays are celebrated, though with differences between various cultures. Easterners (or at least Fenarians) celebrate much as we do; Dragaerans "honor and thank those who brought him into the world" (Ts 30).
A House can hold the Orb between 289 (17^2) and 4,913 (17^3) years (Ts 96-97) (Vlad says "three thousand something"; he isn't very good at math). Since exactly one Great Cycle has passed (P 161) in the last ~224,000 years (Jr 72), the average Cycle is about 13,200 years, and a given House's reign averages about 775 years. These figures have been used in estimating antique historical dates, although these have been rounded to the nearest thousand to acknowledge the fact that these are estimates based on very little real data. References to antique historical events in this document will be made using the format Cycle/Reign; e.g. "4/5" would indicate the 4th Hawk reign. When reference is made to an emperor such as "Juraj IX", without explicit mention of a Cycle, I have usually tentatively assigned the Cycle to be the same as the Emperor's number, but have left a question mark in, as there is certainly no requirement of 1-to-1 correspondence between the numbers of the name and the Cycle. It seems likely that, in at least some cases, there is more than one consecutive ruler from the same House. 4,913 years is longer than the (natural) Dragaeran lifespan, and undead aren't allowed to hold office.
A period of 17 years is called a Turn, and these are, naturally, named after the Houses. Similarly, 17 Turns (289 years) make up a Phase, also so named (FH 9). The numbering of Years, Turns, and Phases restart with every Reign (FH 9, PD 11). This works, since no House can hold the Orb for more than 17 Phases (Ts 96-97). [The numbering was also restarted after the Interregnum, even though that was still technically part of the Reign of the Phoenix, which probably leads to some confusion with using numeric dates.] Long-form dates often leave out one or more of these items, but this may be translation error. Perhaps Dragaeran writing includes some way of indicating what part each number in the date plays, but the translator isn't very good at catching that level of detail.
Conversions between long-form text dates, "slashed dates" and decimal dates are extremely tricky to work out, as they aren't a straightforward "convert to base 17" operation. For the terms except the Turn, counting starts with Phoenix as 1, not 0. But for Turns, the count does appear to start with Phoenix as 0, and Dragon as 1. [At least, that assumption makes four apparent errors go away, and only seems to introduce one new one (and that one is dubious), so Occam's Razor supports it.] As the decimal dates are used most frequently, I've generally assumed them to be correct, and massaged the rest of the data to match.
The Cycle "created"??? Barlen asserts that "it is part of the fundamental nature of the universe" (PD 193).
Serioli appear to be the original natives of Dragaera (Is 36).
Terrans(?) discover Dragaera (P 117, Dn 110, Is 36). Although some theories claim they were brought in by the Jenoine (Jr 110), this is pretty clearly false (Is 35-36).
Many Terran lifeforms are introduced to Dragaera (notably Hawks, Orca, and horses, plus many animals and plants used for food), although native ones are probably already abundant. Not all animals and plants with Terran names are necessarily the same as their Terran counterparts, due to both evolution and "translation errors", but as a general guideline, if it's called a duck, assume it's a duck. Native lifeforms at this time include Dragon, Dzur, Jhereg, and Serioli (Is 36). Are the cat-centaurs native? [Question: Why didn't the Jenoine create a Tribe of the Horse? Or did they, and it just didn't survive until the founding of the Empire? Perhaps Bolcseseg is a 'survivor' of that tribe.]
The "Dragaeran" race arrives on Dragaera after the Terrans (Is 36). [It should be noted here that we have no compelling evidence that the inhabitants call this world Dragaera, or indeed, that they have any name for it at all.]
The Jenoine arrive, bringing their servant Verra with them (Is 36). Tri'nagore was also originally their servant (SL 138).
Jenoine begin experiments on Dragaera "a few hundred thousand generations ago" (Jr 109-110). Unclear how old a typical Dragaeran has to be to parent (and thus be a 'generation'), but I'm arbitrarily guessing about 200 years.
Jenoine experiments create Dragaerans from Human stock (Is 36-37).
Mountains of Faerie start forming (BP 14).
Jenoine Disaster, fomented by Verra "and a few others" (Is 37) forms Great Sea of Chaos, creates sorcery, elevates Verra and her peers to godhood, and kills all Jenoine then on Dragaera (Jr 111, P 107-108, FH 429, Is 37, 204). [This dating is extremely tentative, but I'd gather that a significant period of anarchy elapsed between this event and the founding of the Dragaeran Empire.]
Ordwynac addresses Barlen as "old god" (LCB 389). Does Barlen predate the Jenoine Disaster? Or is Ordwynac younger?
Sethra Lavode born ("older than the Empire" Jr 114). [Some readers speculate she helped bring about the Jenoine Disaster.]
Dri'Chazik a Tukknaro Dzur born (created?) (LCB 147,148; I 31). [PD 183 states him to be "of middle years", but I think that is only his appearance. In I 31, Sethra says that he is younger than she is, but in LCB 147, he calls her "young one".] Dzur offers more contradictions, on page 47. Perhaps at least one of them has spent a lot of place where time runs at a different rate? Or perhaps they are in some sense twins?
Teckla tribe invents agriculture (Jr 112).
Chaos stones first created (by the Jenoine? or nature?) (FH 205).
Serioli smiths invent Morganti weapons and wipe out warfare (among themselves, at least) ("before the beginning of the Empire" Dn 36).
Blackchapel founded "far back in prehistory" (PD 40).
A "very old" prophecy is made (LCB 190). Tukko tells Sethra of it "some years ago" (LCB 188), which I think is likely to be extreme understatement.
Before the Empire, there were thirty-one tribes (Is 35). Although Kieron's army is called "The Army of All Tribes" (Y 39), it seems to have actually had only seventeen out of a possible thirty-one. What happened to the other fourteen tribes is not yet known.
Dolivar is "good with irony" (Is 40).
Dolivar shames Kieron & Dragons; he is expelled from tribe (Jr 114).
Dolivar forms the Jhereg tribe (Jr 113).
Dolivar dies (and is sent over Deathsgate? Dn 257).
Empire formed (Jr 72) out of various tribes by Kieron the Conqueror (Jr 110) (inspired by dreams from the gods, IS 39, "only Zerika knew we were [making an empire]", Is 41) and a union of Shamans (Jr 113). First Empress is Zerika I (PG 16). [See also FH 345.]
Orb created out of Great Sea of Chaos "by Zerika the First, according to legend; by the Jenoine, according to myth" (Jr 215, FH 206). Sethra is quite clear that Zerika created the Orb, inspired to do so by the gods. (FH 344, Is 37,39). The Orb was created from Trellanstone (Is 151), which was apparently a gift from the gods (Is 155).
Elder Sorcery declared illegal ("at the beginning of the Empire", FH 80; "since the creation of the Orb", FH 182).
"black has been considered the color of sorcery for hundreds of thousands of years" (Jr 79). [This would seem likely to be connected with the Orb; prior to this the 'color of sorcery' might well have been purple (FH 205-206).]
Zerika negotiates with the Serioli; Kanefthali culture starts developing (PD 47).
Kieron's army drives eastward, displacing many Easterners and Serioli (Jr 113, Is 39).
Kieron debates with Shamans (Jr 134; Y 39).
Kieron comes "within a hairsbreadth of attempting to take the Orb" (PD 198).
Kieron Watches for the arrival of the Orca, for 5 days (Y 39-40; LCB 113).
Warlord's Headress adopted as symbol of command (1/?, FH 99). [Definitely in the First Cycle, possibly dates back as far as Kieron.]
Kieron killed by Lyorn warriors and Shamans due to Jhereg (Jr 113-114).
Drien is a famous Shaman/warrior contemporary of Kieron's. Sex is unknown, and allegedly involved a sex-change at one point (Is 138). The gods recall his judgement (PD 195).
"...a Serioli named Cly!ng Fr'ngtha that made the Elder Sorcery tangible by embodying it in objects blurring the distinction between animate and inanimate..." (Is 37). A later reference (Is 40) seems to clarify this as referring to the creation of the first Great Weapons.
Godslayer and Pathfinder created (Dn 111-112).
The gods attempt to destroy Godslayer, converting it to Spellbreaker? (Dn 111-112)
The Jenoine attack the Great Sea of Chaos (Is 82,207?).
The Jenoine attack the Halls of Judgement (Is 82).
The Jenoine attack the Imperial Palace (Is 82).
Sethra arranges for steps to be carved in the interior of Dzur Mountain (LCB 185). [Just how much of the interior did she create/excavate/remodel?]
Sethra becomes "part of the rock of Dzur Mountain", possibly because she considers her "existence fulfilled" (Is 217). Obviously, she didn't stay a rock, but what brought her out of it is still unrevealed.
Pitra sculpts a mammoth Dzur ("in the depths of time" FH 358).
Eight (or possibly nine) "Battles of Dzur Mountain" before the end of the Interregnum (LCB 19 et al). One of these may be the "Third Seige of Dzur Mountain (Jr 134). At least three of them were fought at least twenty miles from the foot of the mountain (LCB 197-198).
Sethra says "I speak for the Mountain, and the Mountain speaks for the Orb" (LCB 113).
The walls of Adrilankha allegedly taken down "thousands upon thousands of years before" (LCB 40). If Adrilankha ever did have walls, it was long enough ago that historians think it to have never been the case.
County of Southmoor was a domain of the House of the Dragon "dating back to the earliest days of the Empire" (PD 279; LCB 41).
The city of Salute on Elde Island begins an "ancient" custom of waving flags at Imperial ships (LCB 213).
Sethra states an opinion on novels "an eon ago" (SL 143).
Dragaerans invade Elde Island for the first time (P 95). [This may (or may not) postdate the founding of the Empire.]
There have been somewhere between 9 and 11 wars with Elde, including one that happened "during the Ash Mountain uprising" (P 95).
Elde and Greenaere have had a (several?) wars, but "haven't actually fought since before the Interregnum" (P 94).
The ownership of Spaire Island has been disputed between Elde and the Empire "for thousands of years" (SL 39).
Elde has never in "recorded history" tried to invade the mainland, at least prior to the Interregnum (SL 40).
Jamiss (later Jamiss I) begins construction of the Imperial Palace in the reign of Faarith I (1/8, PG 22).
Imperial Palace (earliest version) completed (1/9, PG 22).
In the reign of Kieron the Younger, the Great Houses near the Palace are begun, just after the reign of Zerika II (2/2, PG 22).
Zerik II has A'jo's discretion (3?/1, PG 148). [Probably no earlier than the third Cycle, as the first Empress was Zerika, but could possibly be earlier, and could easily be later.]
The House of the Dragon reaches the Southmoor region (3/2, LCB 44).
This page also reference a "Lord Drien". If this is the same individual
who is referenced in Is 138, he/she was extremely long-lived. If not,
then the name is puzzling, since one would think it was already "reserved"
for the e'Drien line. Or perhaps the custom of using e' Vallista architects brought into Southmoor in great numbers (LCB 44).
Dzur Mountain erupts (LCB 44).
Building project in Southmoor abandoned; Nacine grows (3/3, LCB 45).
Lanya e'Kieron arrested (3/17, PG 271).
Eastern expansion of the Empire ends "toward the end of the Third
Cycle" (PD 48).
Lanya takes the Orb after the Coup of the Bureaucrats (4/2, PG 272).
200-year War of the Streets follows; Lanya designs & builds Inner
Palace to be defensible (PG 273). [Presumably, this Lanya also founds
the e'Lanya line.]
Marish'Chala is Warlord (4/2, PG 85).
Bengloarafurd region discovered by Imperial scouts (4/?, PG 166).
Mt. Kieron discovered by the Dzurlord Brionn (PG 233).
Sethra helps turn back an invasion from Elde Island (4/11, FH 98).
Lishni invents the Fire-ram (Dn 35). [Presumably a relatively
low-tech(sorcery) tactic, and so tentatively placed early in the
chronology.]
Maalics e'Kieron conquers Redface region, begins to fortify it (5/?, PG
182).
Spell-sticks used in warfare (5/? - 7/?, O 224).
First documented person enters Dzur Mountain (6/1, FH 99).
Imperial laws defining the contributions of the Houses to the Imperial
Allowance created (6/?, FH 27).
Kiva VI, of the House of Jhegaala (6?/16, PG 167)
During the Seventh Jhereg reign, the Emperor/ess uses the Orb (to listen
in on private communications?) (7/10, O 153).
Sethra is Warlord (8/?, O 156).
Whetstone Rising (8/4, O 123).
Blackbirdriver region settled (8/12, PD 231-232).
The Empire claims Elde Island for 30-35 years (9/2, LCB 213).
Some poets thrive, including Redgrew ("early ninth cycle" SL 116).
County of Arylle founded (9/7, FH 109).
Markon e'Lanya and the Smallflute Uprising; Flower Road (9/7, FH
305-306). Sethra was fighting on the other side (FH 306).
Floating Bridge built during the Pioneer Wars (late 9?/7, PG 220-221).
Blackbirdriver raised to a duchy. A subsequent naming dispute lasts
seven hundred years (9/7, PD 232).
Athyra Marquis of Trigaar proves relatonship between skill at sorcery and psychic communication "as far back as the Ninth Cycle" (9/?, SL 218).
County of Arylle raised to Duchy after the Siege of Blacktar (9/9, FH
109).
Athyra wizards discover how to make Chaos stones (9/17?, FH 205).
Battle of Waterford Landing (10/2, O 79).
Dragons use Chaos stones effectively (10/2?, FH 205).
Lyorn Emperor Cuorfor II bans Chaos stones (10/3, FH 205).
Yngra (Grassfog and Tsira's ancestor) lives at Round Mountain, near Deathgate Falls (10/7, SL 232-235). He acquires an amulet.
Conspiracies (and/or plays about them?) become common (10/?, FH 65).
At some point after this, Early of Alban writes Sketches of the Early Eleventh Cycle (SL 142).
Meeting between Ricci of Longgarden and Nessa of Kobi; Battle
Beneath the Hills (11/7, PD 147).
Ekrasan of Sibletown writes about literature (11/7 or 11/8, PD 189).
Ziver the Tall's last stand (11/8, PG 234).
Ekrasan defends fiction against Fecila the Third (11/9, PD 189).
Chreotha Empress Synna IV (11/12. PD 147).
Catchman Tower built (12/12, FH 390).
Hold of Purchase laws instituted (12/15, O 140).
Sethra is Warlord (13/3, FH 98-99).
Sethra is Warlord (and still alive) (14/2, FH 98).
Defense of the Running Circle developed (14/7, PG 234).
Left Hand of the Jhereg founded (14/17, Dz 73).
Lord Brythor (Dzur Heir), fights a duel (15/?, PG 106).
Elde island attacks during a war with the East (15/7, P 95).
The southern border of Southmoor County is fixed "after the Fifteenth
Issola Reign" (15/8, LCB 197).
Sorceress in Green creates Wall of Circling Winds (15/8, PD 204).
Deepwell Inn founded, and immediately friendly to highwaymen (15/8, SL 93).
Sorceress in Green and Sethra Lavode involved in Littleshell War
(15/12, PD 204).
Farcical costume dramas being written ("late Fifteenth Cycle", FH 87).
Notes on Orca history in the "late Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Cycles
(O 148).
"Beed'n, the Cavalier Minstrel of the early Sixteenth Cycle" (PG 131).
The Charge of Sundered Trees wins back the Pepperfields (16/6, PG 234).
Maps are teleported (16/6, FH 430). [This campaign is "far to the
southeast", and thus probably not involving the Pepperfields.]
Pavilion of the Sycamores built (16/7, PG 283).
Piro's sword made ("dating back to the Sixteenth Cycle", PD 333).
Kragar finds references to Sethra being Warlord, "more than once" "about
fifteen thousand years ago" (Ts 6-7). He's not as good a researcher as
Paarfi, as Paarfi's earliest mention of her as Warlord is the 13th Cycle,
about 64,000 years ago (FH 98-99), and his most recent is late 17th Cycle,
less than 2,000 years ago (PG 30). We've seen a reference to her being
Warlord in the 8th Cycle (O 156), but that came from her herself, and may
not be available to researchers.
The Three Barons practice strange magics ("during an Athyra reign a few
cycles ago" 16?/17, P 75). [Possibly the same as the "War of the Barons"
mentioned in PG 3, which involved three forts?]
"About ten thousand years ago" (Jr 72), during the Athyra reign 2 before
the Interregnum (Vlad says "nearly a full turn of the cycle" (Jr 72), but
he probably means "just over a full turn"), the first Dragon/Jhereg war
takes place (Jr 72-74). It lasts "about six months", which is about 100
days (Jr 74). Sethra (note that Kiera hasn't been "born" yet) gets
involved on the side of the Dragons (O 156). [This last reference may
actually refer to the second Dragon/Jhereg war, but is phrased in such
a way as to make me think they mean the first.]
Norathar the Sorcerer works on teleportation (17/2, FH 430).
Last time Nacine had a Speaker? ("ten thousand years", LCB 45).
Sethra states an opinion on novels "ten thousands of years ago" (SL 142). [Note that Tukko was around at this time.]
House Jhereg recovers from the first Dragon/Jhereg war after "several
thousand years" (Jr 74).
Merinna "founded", and under protection of the Kings of Elde.
The Feathers founded "at least six thousands of years" before SL 93.
Easterners have used the same spell to find familiars (Jr 5).
Dragons have manned the watch-posts at Mount Kieron (PG 184).
The Silver Shadow erected (FH 239).
Dragaera City enters a growth phase (FH 241).
The problem of refuse disposal solved "tens of millenia" ago (PD 228).
Valabars permitted in Adrilankha "since time immemorial" (PD 229).
A Phoenix emperor takes some mining rights, leading to an "age-old
resentment" (SL 13).
The Pins founded (SL 93).
Undauntra I wins the War of the Wine Cups (PG 23, 177; LCB 113). She
engages in some palace construction (FH 151).
Korotta the Sixth's powerful reign (P 161).
Sethra founds the Lavodes (FH 419). "The Lavodes were created to
handle threats or potential threats to the Empire that were fundamentally
non-military." (Is 199).
"Kiereth, four thirty-seven" bottled (Jr 217). Unclear what dating
system is being used here.
"Greenhills Wine, '637" bottled (Ts 48).
Valabar's founded (Ts 141).
Yinta's great-great-uncle designs a new ship steerage system (P 23).
Vallista architects split into Idyllic and Realist camps, reform, and
split again (PG 23).
Noima's birth and early life. She "knew I would be Consort from
when I was eight years old" (FH 150)
Tortaalik's father makes a poor investment in an
Overcast-clearing device (FH 199).
Sethra fights at the Battle of Ice River Crossing (Is 188).
Agate settled (LCB 175). There are no clear records of this, but there
may be oral tradition.
Barony of Loraan awarded to House Athyra (LCB 310).
Yebro writes on the relationship between matter and energy. These ideas eventually result in the creation of the first flashstones (SL 180-181).
Sethra is involved in a military campaign culminating at Brownstone Creek (SL 182).
Tortaalik's mother thrown out of the Navy (17/14, FH 199).
Marquis of Mistyvale born? No date given, but he is "stooped now from
age" (PD 150).
Fawnd born? Again, no date, but "age had come upon him" (PD 223).
Quion born (Ts 3).
Khaavren's house on the Street of Glass Cutters built (17/15, PG 47).
G'aereth born, travels to Dragaera (late 17/15, PG 30). He is involved
in the installation of the Jhegaala Empress Viodonna VI.
Cropper born ("probably getting close to three thousand" Dn 127).
Mario born? Vlad thinks that he is "over twenty-five hundred years" old
(Dz 18-19). This would contradict FH 245, which indicates Mario was born about
105 BI. On the other hand, Vlad admits himself to be bad at judging ages,
and Mario has every reason to want to disguise his physical appearance when he
first meets Vlad. For the moment, I tend to believe the later date, not this
one. Other possible reasons for the discrepancy: perhaps Mario, following the events of FH, spent some time in a dimension with an altered time flow. Or perhaps it is related to his alleged 'death' (Dz 68).
Owner of what will be Khaavren's house dies ("three hundred years later"
PG 47).
Tazendra's great-grandfather made a baron "during the Elde Island Wars"
(Tk 27) [dating speculative].
Castle Daavya built ("over two thousand years before" SL 118).
A sculpture of Kieron is placed outside the Dragon Wing of the Palace
("a score of centuries" PD 144).
Black founds The Painted Sign (early 17/16, PG 167).
Black paints a sign for The Painted Sign ("fifty years" PG 167-168).
Baron Fernbrook born (SL 16).
Fornia born ("over two thousand" Dn 48).
Tevna born ("nearly two thousand years" PD 266).
The Silver Goblet founded ("two thousand years before" LCB 214).
Kiera "born"? (O 284).
County Shallowbanks sold back to the Empire by Khaavren's family ("nearly a
thousand years ago" PG 10, "ten hundreds of years ago" PG 307). Zerika later
makes reference to this event happening "a thousand years before he [Khaavren's
father] died" (SL 331-332), but since he died during the Interregnum, this number
seems inaccurate.
The position of Imperial Brigadier becomes vacant ("almost a thousand
years", PG 50).
Brudik gains the post of Lord of the Chimes (FH 22).
Fenario is "two thousand years" old (Ja 59). [Though it is not named as such
until about 1,000 years later (BP 1-3, PG 237-263).]
Fenarian runic writing is "very, very old in Fenario. Some say it goes back
to before the Fenarians settled there" (Ja 13-14).
Sorceress in Green turns down a Court position (17/17, PD 204).
Wellborn born (PG 148).
Count Ritsak born ("around fifteen hundred years", PD 151).
Rollondar e'Drien born (FH 57, 277).
Adron e'Kieron born ("past his thousandth year", FH 77).
Carnaro born ("about one thousand and three hundred years" LCB 214).
Corthina Fi Dalcalda born ("some thirteen hundred years before" SL 33).
Tiassa oracle born ("probably pushing fifteen hundred" Tk 2).
Red boots cease to be worn by the Red Boot Company ("more than four
hundred years", PG 49).
Gyorg Lavode born (PG 60).
Fountain in the Sycamore Pavilion falls into disrepair (PG 283).
Sethra dies ("some hundreds of years" before the Lavode Scandal (c.750
BI), FH 98). She is allowed out by the Lords of Judgement (PD 197).
Cariss born (FH 373).
A coin minted with the face of Rollandar e'Drien (17/16, LCB 47-48).
Placed here as late as possible within that reign, since Rollondar would
still be a young man. But perhaps he inherited his estate at an early
age. Alternatively, Teldra is mistaken, and this is actually Rollandar's
father.
Navier born ("nine hundred or a thousand years", FH 281).
Adron wins fame at the Battle of Twelve Pines (PG 189).
G'aereth involved in Island Wars, which lead to establishment of Athyra
Emperor Cherova III. He receives a battlefield promotion to officer at
the Battle of Near P'iensotta. Yaro e'Lanya dies in his arms in the
Charge of the Brown River (PG 30).
[This makes the Athyra reign somewhat on the short side, but it has to
start after Adron is born.]
Sethra is warlord during the latter part of these wars (PG 30).
Adron is also distinguished during these wars (PG 189).
Trees planted at Khaavren's house (PG 47).
Fyres born (O 49).
G'aereth founds the Featherhats (PG 30).
Klorynderata born (FH 284).
Corthina Fi Dalcalda's elder(?) brother swears the Oath of Renunciation
on reaching his 200th birthday (date very approximate, SL 33-34).
Kathana born (she had achieved mastery by the age of 300, but it is
unclear how much before The Phoenix Guards this happened, PG 202).
The Lavode Scandal (PG 30).
Sethra banned from court, resigns as head of the Lavodes ("many years
ago", PG 49). This may be a result of the discovery that she is now
undead (FH 98).
The Lavodes are disbanded "before the Interregnum" (Is 199). [But we
see what appear to be active Lavodes right up until the Disaster itself.
Were they reformed? Perhaps this "disbanding" is merely Sethra's
own point of view. She founded the Lavodes to protect the Empire --
specifically seen as a distinct entity from "the current Emperor".
If the Lavode Scandal caused a reorganization which put the Lavodes in a
chain-of-command that descended from the Emperor, rather than Sethra,
then their function would have been, to her mind, subverted. The argument
is somewhat weakened by the fact that it is Vlad, not Sethra, who
makes the statement, but he may have "learned" that tidbit of history from
her in the first place.]
Tortaalik stops his schooling at the age of 110 (date totally
speculative, FH 199).
Haro born ("Perhaps a thousand years" PD 157).
Corthina Fi Dalcalda becomes heir apparent to Elde after the Innuthra Plague (SL 33).
Jenicor e'Terics born ("scarcely two hundred years in age", PG 106).
Master Cleff of Beed'n's Inn last has a prince as a guest (PG 139).
Sethra the Younger serves her apprenticeship to Sethra Lavode and takes
her mentor's name (Y 118). [A moderately daring move, politically, as
Sethra Lavode was out of favor at court at this time.] She spends "a good number of years" studying the gods (SL 137)
The Count of Endmarch builds a personal army, in defiance of the Empire
("almost two hundred years ago", PG 109).
An early work on teleportation published by Tigarrae of Plainview, who claims to have teleported himself (17/17, FH 430; SL 223). Tigarrae says "Turn around, my lord; I am behind you" (LCB 113).
Aerich born. [Aerich is ~50 years older than Tazendra (PG 67, 102-103),
and she is (I'm guessing) roughly Khaavren's age.]
Wellborn becomes Imperial Discreet (PG 148).
A certain Teckla messenger is born ("about nine hundred years", PD 235).
Khaavren born (PG 6).
Aerich's father gets involved in politics, to his detriment (PG
102-103, 162-163).
Tazendra's parents 'flee' a battle (PG 67, 323-324). [I'm guessing that
Tazendra is roughly the same age as Khaavren; this happens when she is
"barely thirty years of age".]
Khaavren's mother dies before he enters Imperial Service (SL 331). Possibly as a result of this, Khaavren has a bad drinking experience ("early in his childhood", PG 66).
Easterners driven out of Pepperfields ("few score of years", PG 233).
The palace of Fenario (hut) built (BP 5).
The Revolt of the Livery (PG 48); police abolished in Draaera City (PG
54).
Kathana begins working on her painting by observing dragons (PG 231).
Kathana begins painting the background (PG 231).
Kathana begins sketching dragons (PG 231).
Grita born ("not more than six hundred", FH 68). [PD 57 describes her
as "eight or nine hundred", which would put her
birth closer to 620 BI. On the other hand, one would hardly be surprised
if she appeared to have aged faster than normal, given her experiences.]
Mellar born, child of a Dragon/Dzur halfbreed mother and a Jhereg
assassin father (Jr 179). [Date conjectural, but placed here in support
of the Grita/Mellar theory, for more about which see the entry for FH, Day 7.]
The Carriage House Uprising (PG 78). This included at least two battles
in the duchy of Fautonswell, in which Uttrik fought (PG 132-133).
The Baroness of Kaluma kills the Marquis of Pepperfield (PG 77).
Tortaalik I made Emperor, 7 days before the end of the year (PG 3, FH 9).
G'aereth made Captain of the Guard (PG 31).
Tortaalik defeats the Carriage House Uprising (PG 147).
Serioli speech is fashionable in court at this time (PG 28).
[The Disaster occurs in the 532nd year of Tortaalik's reign (FH 9).
The long date at the beginning of the Phoenix Guards (PG ix) incorrectly
omits "of the Turn of the Dragon" in between the Year and Phase. Note
also that The Phoenix Guards (PG ix) claims that this is still the Cycle
of the Athyra. This is certainly incorrect by standard practice, but an
exception may have been made in this case so as to count Zerika IV's reign
as the beginning of the Great Cycle. It is interesting that Five Hundred
Years After, published shortly after the end of her reign, returns to
correct usage, calling Tortaalik's reign the beginning of the Great Cycle
of the Dragon.]
Pel leaves to join the Guard (PG 21).
Pel tested, and accepted to the Guard (PG 32).
Meetings (PG 3-12).
Revels in Pondview? (PG 14).
A coach ride (PG 13-18).
Pel (PG 19-23).
G'aereth (PG 24-27).
An overheard conversation (PG 25, 260-261).
Outfitting (PG 28-30).
Assignments (PG 31-32).
First Duties (PG 33-39).
Debriefing (PG 40-46).
Life in the Guard (PG 47-51).
["some three weeks after our friends' arrival in the city", PG 51.]
Police? (PG 52-58).
["...these weeks, likewise, turned themselves into months...", PG 59.]
Lack of privacy (PG 59-66).
Celebration (PG 66-68).
Skinter involved in a duel "early in the last Phoenix reign"
(date approximate, but probably before Illista exiled; LCB 216).
[Emperor Tortaalik ascended to the throne "some eleven weeks ago", PG
76.]
Recognition (PG 68-73).
Aftermath of Dueling (PG 73-75).
News of Court (PG 76-80).
Research (PG 81-86).
Intrigues (PG 87-91).
Illista (PG 92-97).
Warnings (PG 98-105).
Jenicor e'Terics (PG 106-111).
Preparation (PG 112-118).
Uttrik set up (PG 128-129).
Reflecting (PG 121-129).
An Eventful Lunch (PG 130-141).
Failures Reported (PG 143-148).
Discretion (PG 148-155).
Apologies (PG 156-159).
More Intrigues (PG 159-164).
[Tazendra states that they have been traveling for "many weeks" (PG
187).]
Travelling through the /pushta/ (PG 165).
Overheard Ambush (PG 165-177).
Adron arrives at Redface (PG 189).
Ambush Ambushed (178-181).
Lost & Found (182-187).
Adron (PG 188-197).
Adron has already begun to study Elder Sorcery (PG 189).
Kathana (PG 198-207).
Taking the northern route (PG 208-211).
Garland prepares another ambush (PG 216).
Ambushed again (PG 212-219).
Eve of tragedy (PG 220-232).
Interrupted duel (PG 233-238).
Diplomacy (PG 237-263).
'Fenarr and Kav' (BP 1-3).
Paresh's master (possibly Tazendra, see below) involved in "some war
with the East" (Tk 27).
Birth Announcement (PG 264-266).
Aliera born. ["less than a thousand years old, however you measured her
age" Ts 151; actually, just over that. "less than five hundred" (P
67-68), but that must not be counting the time she was "mortally
challenged". Also, see Paarfi's comments on her "agelessness", FH 77.]
Travelling home (PG 267).
Arrested (PG 267-278).
Affairs of honor (PG 279-289).
Prison (PG 290-301).
Questioning (PG 302-319).
Kathana joins the Guard (PG 316, 326).
Turnabout (PG 319-320).
["some months" later, PG 321.]
Conclusion (PG 321-325).
Illista & Allistar exiled (PG 326).
G'aereth made Brigadier (PG 326).
Aerich & Tazendra leave the Guard (PG 326).
Illista, at least, travels in exile to Elde Island
(LCB 217, 223). [No mention is made of what happened to Allistar; I presume
that he perished some time before LCB, as he isn't mentioned as a surviving
Phoenix.] Illista (and, presumably Allistar) are stripped of at least some
of their lands at this time (LCB 218).
Pel enters the Academy of Discretion (PG 326). His interview is memorable (SL 165-166).
The palace of Fenario (fort) built (BP 5).
Treaty with Crionofenarr concluded (PG 326).
Statue of Verra brought from Faerie to Fenario? (BP 207).
Nielar born ("probably close to a thousand", Jr 13).
Laris born ("say around a thousand", Y 29).
Illista arrives on Elde Island (LCB 215).
Corthina Fi Dalcalda becomes King of Elde (date very approximate, SL 34).
Kathana leaves the Guard (PG 326-327).
Kathana paints Adron's portrait (FH 77) [placement extremely tentative]
Fenarr succeeded by Jozsef I (BP 133).
Thack transfers to G'aereth's command (FH 56).
Adron begins studying Elder Sorcery in earnest ("more than four hundred
years", FH 206).
Norathar born ("You were about four years old" Y 121).
[This mess all starts "early in Tortaalik's reign" (PD 21), but some
of the repercussions detailed below may have played out over centuries.]
Paarfi's (PD 21-23) and Aliera's (Jr 166-167)
accounts of the Second Dragon/Jhereg War differ drastically,
but between them, information from Yendi, (and the
Brust quote, below), some sense can be made. Remember that none of
these sources are infallible, or even completely honest.
Steven Brust wrote (in rec.arts.sf.written, 7/16/97): "Aliera got her
stories tangled, is all. She's referring to the incident of the Goblets,
which happened well before Adron's move, and only indirectly had anything
to do with it. Aliera doesn't know as much history as she thinks she
does, and tends toward tunnelvision. And, besides, Daddy couldn't have
done anything really wrong." The incident he's referring to is probably
the same as "the matter of the White Goblets" (PG 326), which I take to be
the public fallout from the Dragon/Jhereg war, the attempt to poison the
Emperor (using those goblets?), or both.
The Count of Kee'Laiyer Meadows becomes Dragon Heir ("for a short time
early in Tortaalik's reign" (PD 21).
Sethra the Younger and The Sorceress in Green plot to make Adron
Emperor (Y 205).
Norathar's parentage accused by Sethra Lavode (Y 118). Scan faked by
Sethra the Younger, Baritt, an 'Athyra', and a Lyorn (Y 117-118) with
Laris' help (Y 205).
Dragon heir, K'Laiyer E'Lanya, and his wife, Miera, killed in war; their
daughter Norathar is expelled from House Dragon (Y 116-118).
Adron is accused of having had Kee'Laiyer assassinated, and then
protecting the assassin (who may have been Mario) (PD 21-22). Paarfi
doesn't seem to give credence to these rumors, but they may have arisen
because (according to Aliera), Adron was working with a Jhereg
assassin (call him A), on a plan to poison the Emperor (Jr 167) (or perhaps
Adron was working with this particular assassin because he had
successfully used him before against Kee'Laiyer). This plan
may or may not have been identical with the White Goblet plan (see below).
A is killed by another Jhereg (B), presumably (I'm guessing here)
because the Jhereg Council hear about it and don't want the Emperor
assassinated (Jr 166). This means that A could not have been Mario,
since we know he's alive after this date.
Vlad later guesses that B is Mellar's father (Jr 186), and gets that
guess verified (Jr 189).
The Dragons demand that B be delivered to them, and the Jhereg comply.
B, however, escapes, killing several Dragonlords. B also kills some of
the Jhereg bosses who had turned him in, and a general bloodbath ensues,
in which (among others) several wizards working for Adron are killed
(Jr 167, PD 22).
Vlad guesses that B is also killed around now ("revenge
for the death of his father" Jr 187). But some of Kragar's research (Jr 179)
says "as far as I can tell" that he died during the Disaster. I suppose
he might yet turn up, still alive...
Gyorg Lavode foils a plot to poison the Emperor, with Tortaalik's
own sister as the prime mover (FH 23). This seems likely to be the
primary source for Aliera's puzzling statement, "another Phoenix tried
to take the throne, and father had to move too quickly" (Jr 167). The
connection between those events and The Disaster is far from immediate,
but it fits with Brust's comments, above.
Lytra executed for her part in the matter of the White Goblets (PG 326).
Tortaalik is forced to exile his sister for her part in the affair (FH 23).
Adron is unhappy about Tortaalik's "mismanagement" of the White Goblet
affair (FH 207). Paarfi portrays this as the start of his dissatisfaction
with Tortaalik, but it nonetheless seems possible from Aliera's recounting
(Jr 167) that he was involved in the plot himself!
It's possible that Tortaalik "tried to use the Orb against the Jhereg"
(Jr 167) at some point during this complicated mess.
Seb born (FH 21).
Udaar born (LCB 215).
Theen born (FH 415).
A temple to the Three Sisters built in Blackchapel ("several hundred
years before" PD 40).
Sewage Edicts enacted (FH 62).
Food riots in the capitol (FH 51-52).
"The Demon" (later to be a Jhereg Council member) born
("probably under eight hundred" Jr 23; "looked to be somewhere
between eight hundred and a thousand" Jr 30).
The palace of Fenario (Old Palace) built (BP 5).
Rolling Rock Wars; Adron creates the Breath of Fire Battalion (PG 189).
Breath of Fire Battalion in the Kanefthali mountains (FH 77).
Leen born ("about seven hundred" O 29).
Climate changes (due to imperial mismanagement?) lead to 30 or 40
seasons of drought over the next few centuries (FH 28).
Lysek born (FH 84).
Adron involved in the War of Three Sieges (FH 77).
Fentor e'Mondaar born (LCB 73).
Adron involved in "Whitecrest Uprising" (FH 77, 207?). Presumably, Daro
is made Countess of Whitecrest after (as a result of?) this event (FH 207,
220; SL 272).
Belly born (SL 47).
Seodra dies in prison (PG 326).
Khaavren fights his last duel for some time ("more than a century ago",
FH 41).
Mario born ("scarcely seen his hundredth year", FH 245). (But see entry
at ~2,250 BI for an alternate interpretation.)
Adron settles "the Briartown affair", which encourages Tortaalik to
improve the post system (FH 126).
Rollondar e'Drien becomes Warlord ("early this past century" FH 51).
Skinter e'Terics' cousin starts to annoy him ("over the previous century"
PD 48).
Lar born (was a "young man" at the Disaster, PD 101).
Fentor joins the Army of the Three Spears "upon reaching sufficient
age" (LCB 73).
Laris starts as a collector for a moneylender; does 'work' once or twice
as part of job (Y 19).
Khaavren gains Raf's gratitude (FH 48). Raf begins to consider having a
child (FH 49).
Princess Loudin marries Lord Vernoi (FH 266).
Kytraan born ("three hundred or three hundred and twenty" PD 114).
Laris starts working as a moneylender (Y 19).
Smaller employed by Countess Bellor ("scores of years", FH 176).
Wellborn retires (FH 73).
Lar granted use of land on the coast ("In my youth", PD 104).
The Empire captures Redsky Harbor from Elde ("less than three hundred years ago" (SL 148).
A five year war with Elde during Tortaalik's reign (FH 30-31).
The "debacle along the coast that had left an entire district, and one
critical to Imperial trade, without a liege" (FH 207) may have been
connected with this war. It was certainly during Tortaalik's reign.
"The last time we fought Elde, Greenaere was on our side" (P 94). [This
is presumably the most recent time there was conflict between Elde and
Greenaere.]
Khaavren receives a 500th anniversary mug (FH 162).
Belly apprenticed (SL 47).
Baritt is Imperial Sorcerer "for a few hundred years" (Dn 92), but not at
the time of Five Hundred Years After. Perhaps he fell out of favor with
Tortaalik? Or perhaps he was part of the previous administration. It
seems unlikely in the extreme that he could have been Imperial Sorcerer
during an Athyra reign, but on the other hand, his successes (and his
enemies) were described as remarkable. However the balance of power had
shifted, Sethra the Younger was convinced that Baritt would be Adron's
choice for Warlord (not Imperial Sorcerer) (Y 205).
Adron was not (technically) the Dragon heir (Y 116). Aliera seems to
imply that he (and she) knew this at the time, which is quite
interesting, if true.
Kathana marries a Dragonlord (FH 52).
Tazendra's experiment explodes (FH 52, "some years ago" 434-435).
Skinter e'Terics begins gathering an army ("shortly before the disaster"
PD 48).
Nelshet becomes known for his fine swords (LCB 37).
The Three Hands Road Campaign (LCB 37).
Grassfog is apprenticed to a physicker "shortly before the Interregnum
(LCB 161; SL 233).
Dortmond serves under Morrolan's father (LCB 319).
Tazendra's cousin assaults Dzur Mountain (LCB 346).
Belly and Iatha turn bandit (SL 47-48).
Triesco born into the House of Athyra, but leaves it for Jhereg. She rises
in the Left Hand, and at some point becomes Terion's mistress (Dz 176-177).
Tem born ("barely reached his five hundredth year", A 4).
"In the Year of the Hawk, In the Turn of the Orca, In the Phase of the
Dragon, In the Reign of the Phoenix, In the Cycle of the Phoenix, In the
Great Cycle of the Dragon, Or, the 532nd Year of the Reign of Tortaalik
the Third" (FH 9).
Skinter e'Terics begins gathering an army ("shortly before the disaster"
PD 48).
Khaavren starts writing a letter to Aerich, but doesn't get around to
finishing it ("some weeks before", FH 51).
Tortaalik asks Khaavren about the state of the people ("some days ago",
FH 51).
First day of Autumn (FH 21).
Imperial Troubles (FH 21-38).
The next Phase (Lyorn) will occur "in less than fifty years" (FH 27),
in the 578th year of the reign.
Pel (FH 34-47).
Tax & Pastries (FH 48-50).
Casual correspondence (FH 51-54).
Assassinations (FH 57-59).
Morning News (FH 55-60).
Conspiracy (FH 61-71).
Theater-going (FH 88-91).
Adron arrives (FH 72-83).
Pel interrogates (FH 84-92).
More correspondence (FH 93-94).
Sethra (FH 95-101).
Forensics (FH 102-107).
Aerich & Tazendra set out (FH 108-118).
It is notable that, for all practical purposes, nothing else of note
happens on this date, which is itself rather unusual. Indeed, the scene
with Khaavren that starts on page 119, while on first glance appearing to
continue directly from page 107, and on the same day (the 11th), must in
fact start today (the 12th), as the following day is explicitly the 13th.
One wonders if Paarfi is deliberately concealing something here, either
some scandalous occurrence, or his own inability to find source
documentation for this particular day...
Various suspcions (FH 119-133).
Assassinations aborted (FH 134-142).
Aliera and the Baker (FH 231-232). [Presumably, this happens on her way
to or from a break from her forensics work with Sethra.]
Riot (FH 143-147).
Conspiracies (FH 147-148).
Palace siege (FH 149-158).
Sethra & Aliera avoid coming to blows due to a librarian (FH 166).
A restful morning (FH 159-169).
Bellor (FH 170-178).
Aliera makes a fuss (FH 179-184).
Consulting Pel (FH 185-191).
Greycat's plots (FH 192-197).
[Various members of rec.arts.sf.written, notably Elio M. Garica, Jr.,
have speculated that Greycat's presence in this story is a romanticization
of some facts that Paarfi may have had only incompletely; and that his
child, Grita, is a fictional stand-in for Mellar, from Jhereg.]
Adron's plans (FH 198-204).
Tazendra's confidences (FH 208-212).
Khaavren overhears Daro (FH 213-223).
Khaavren in demand (FH 224-235).
Adron's ethics (FH 236-239).
Conversations at the Silver Shadow (FH 239-245).
Translations & Interpretations (FH 246-255).
Khaavren's mission (FH 256-272).
Pregnant departures (FH 265-267).
Tazendra & Pel (FH 272-274).
Srahi & Mica (FH 274-276).
His Majesty's plans (FH 276-282).
Laral strikes (FH 283-293).
His Majesty realizes some important things (FH 293-295).
Philosophy & Conquest (FH 296-306).
Sethra's suggestion (FH 307-316).
Sethra reclaims captaincy over the Lavodes (FH 315).
More of Greycat's plots (FH 316-325).
On Dzurlords (FH 326-332).
Mario's first try (FH 333-352).
[A fellow named Erik (eriktdahl@gmail.com) made an interesting
speculation: "Consider, perhaps, that the hour that Mario spent with
Aliera in /Five Hundred Years After/ caused Aliera to become pregnant.
When Aliera was thrown in spirit from the Disaster and trapped as a
disembodied soul for hundreds of years, what would have happened to any
unborn child she carried? Maybe Aliera's daughter is simply hanging
around in the Paths of the Dead, waiting for her mother to get pregnant
again so she can come back."]
Aerich leaves Adron (FH 353-355).
The servants depart (FH 355-358).
Tazendra sharpens (FH 358).
Khaavren prepares for the morrow (FH 358-363).
Two assassins (FH 364-369).
Daro departs (FH 370-372).
Mario is inspired (FH 373-377).
Battle plans (FH 378-391).
Uprisings (FH 392-396).
Mario moves in (FH 396-399).
The Gate of Seven Flags (FH 399-405).
Khaavren vs. Greycat (FH 406-416).
Adron's arrest (FH 417-421).
Mario's grey mist (FH 422-423).
[Note that Aliera's recounting of these events in Jhereg (Jr 41, 166-167)
is almost certainly incorrect in major ways. For more details, see the
entry for ~440 BI, above.]
Adron's Disaster (FH 424-433).
Adron's Disaster starts Interregnum (Jr 111).
Draegara City destroyed (Jr 23).
Sethra somehow rescues Zerika and (imperfectly) Aliera (Ts 146).
[She doesn't really rescue Zerika at this time, it appears, from PD.]
The Orb is transported to the Paths of the Dead (FH 432, PD 210-211).
[With Sethra's help? The two accounts are not in agreement.]
The gods halt the growth of the Lesser Sea by use of the Greater (Is 204).
Aftermath (FH 434-435).
Mario disappears? There are many references to him being hard to find
and/or out of touch (O 156, FH 433, others).
Mellar's parents die? (Jr 179).
Presumably, enough (all?) of the Lavodes die in the Disaster that the
organization no longer exists afterwards (PG 49).
The Disaster causes huge "breakwaves" at sea (P 23).
Skinter e'Terics' cousin dies, as does the Duchess of Kana (PD 48).
Vernoi (Zerika's father) dies (PD 113).
Uttrik dies (PD 114).
Grita escapes (PD 219).
Doubts (FH 436).
Survivors (FH 436-439).
Zerika 'born' ("three or four hundred" Y 63). "Sethra had something to
do with it" (Ts 146). In Phoenix, Vlad claims that she "survived
Adron's Disaster" (P 152), but this is either a mistake or a non-standard
use of the word "survived". "Two hundred and forty or two hundred and
fifty" as of 246 I (PD 86).
Loudin (Zerika's mother) was said to have died "in the Disaster" (Ts 146).
Actually died of plague "scarcely ... a year" later (PD 113, 254).
Sethra Lavode arranges fosterage for Zerika (PD 254).
Sethra vanishes from public life (FH 430-432).
Sethra creates illusions to convince the Jenoine that Dragaera is still
being protected by the Orb (LCB 147).
Jhereg Council puts their House in order, becomes official governing
body of the Jhereg (Jr 22).
Plagues (Jr 23, PD 89-90, 113).
Eastern Invasions (Jr 23, P 116).
Many Easterners arrive in Adrilankha in an Exodus (P 181, PD 289).
They occupy the burnt-out Six Corners section of South Adrilankha (Dz 53-54).
Morrolan born "around the time of Adron's Disaster" (Is 104), grows up
in the East (Jr 79), unaware he is a Dragaeran (Is 104). Presumably his
parents (who "didn't survive") were refugees fleeing the general social
chaos of the time. His mother was Adron's youngest sister. (Tt 144).
His father was Rollondar e'Drien (PD 81). There is some implication that
Molric e'Drien was his elder brother ("he would never meet his brother"
FH 431); although Morrolan describes
himself as "eldest son" (Tt 144) this could easily be ascribed to a
translation error, perhaps for "eldest living son".
[Does Morrolan have any other living siblings?]
Mellar infects, then saves Lord Onarr's wife (Jr 181).
According to the Athyra Broinn, sorcery skill develops in the absence of
the Orb (P 86).
Count Fornia expands his territory (Dn 48).
Rascha sees action against Easterners as a marine (Dn 131).
The Jenoine launch some sort of attack (Is 82).
Lord Ibron dies of plague before seeing his daughter (PD 154).
Tazendra travels to Dzur Mountain and becomes a Lavode (PD 180; "some
years ago", PD 321-322).
Larkspur Manor rebuilt (PD 232).
Tevna disbelieves a vision (PD 268-269).
Kieron's Watch collapses (PD 289).
Khaavren learns to predict storms at sea (LCB 31).
Army of the Three Spears disbands (LCB 73).
Fentor serves under a warlord (LCB 73).
Dortmond soldiers, presumably for several armies (LCB 319).
Khaavren's father dies (SL 331).
Kragar kicked out of House Dragon after unsuccsessful battles (Jr 129).
Bolk is stronger than Faerie (BP 13).
Bolk & Verra allied (BP 212).
Gellert I of Fenario erects a statue of a taltos bull (BP 22).
Alfredo is sent to Faerie (from somewhere south of Fenario) (BP 152).
At some point, his name is changed to Sandor (BP 153).
Sandor comes out of Faerie into Fenario (BP 153).
Sandor becomes a fixture in the Fenarian court "since before Laszlo's
grandfather's time" (BP 31).
Kragar starts working for Nielar (Ts 86)
Kragar meets Daymar (Dn 37).
Kiera and Aliera have met (Jr 204).
War of the Barons (P 90).
"the Berdoign business" (O 233).
The Wars for Indepence in the Mountain States (Dn 52).
Sethra the Younger at the Third Battle of Hartstongue Wash (PD 205).
"the incident that gave inspiation to the popular ballad "Lord
Stonewright's Revenge"" (PD 297).
"Reega before the onslaught at the gates of Thuvin" (PD 385).
Lord Kuinu says "By all the Lords of Judgement, it is proved at last"
(LCB 113).
Deo says "Welcome, my lady, to my home" (LCB 113).
Loraan is trained by his uncle, the Marquis of Blackvine,
and acquires interest in necromancy (LCB 312).
Athyra attempt (multiple times) to infiltrate the Left Hand of the
Jhereg (Dz 82).
An unnamed Duke persecutes poachers in what becomes known as
The Forbidden Forest (Dz 86).
The Left Hand of the Jhereg occasionally shares Imperial contacts with
the Right Hand. Also, they are occasionally prosecuted for possession of
illegal artifacts (Dz 168).
The Shay Market Slaughter is part of the history of the Jhereg (Dz 168).
Sethra hears something about Crithnak (Dz 175).
Skinter e'Terics completes his conquest of Kana "within the fist few
years after the disaster" (PD 49).
Habil talks with Kana "scarcely twenty years after the Disaster"
(PD 49-53).
Islanders attempt to invade Adrilankha ("two hunded years ago" PD 138).
Presumably this is the same event referred to as "Reavers" on PD 272-273.
Elde allows reavers to raid former Imperial shores, while reducing
Elde's standing army (SL 34, "two hundreds of years" 36).
Izak born ("scarcely two hundred years old" LCB 105). Brawre born
(LCB 67)?
Lewchin and Shant born ("a hundred and ninety or two hundred" PD 85-86).
Kana subdues the area around the mountains (PD 122; SL 12).
The palace of Fenario (Current Version) built (BP 5).
Clari born ("hundred and fifty or hundred and sixty years", PD 241).
Iatha breaks up with Belly after "nearly a hundred years" (SL 48).
Kana controls as far as the Ocean-sea and the desert (PD 122).
Orlaan lights a fire (PD 217).
Clari's family moves north ("twenty-year-old", PD 241).
Clari's family arives in Blackbirdriver ("thirty-five", PD 241).
Orlaan "sees" Aliera's soul ("scarcely a hundred years ago" PD 56).
Piro born ("just about one hundred" PD 87).
Pel starts working his way into Kana's network (PD 122).
Roaana born ("ninety or ninety-five years" PD 157).
Morrolan makes a pact with Verra (Is 105, PD 27-46).
[This is presumably the last time that Verra spoke with Arra "a hundred
years" ago (PD 68).]
Ibronka born ("not yet reached her ninetieth year", PD 233).
The Baron of Bellows dies "some eighty years before" (LCB 41).
Paresh born, grows up in a Dzurlord's home (Tk 27).
5-year siege of Fenarian palace; tunnels dug (BP 5, 73-74, 203).
Clari's remaining brother dies "some years later" (PD 241)?
Morrolan is an accomplished witch ("three hundred years before you were
born" Y 43).
Chimov born ("maybe three hundred" Y 54).
Kana decides not to recruit Khaavren (PD 122).
Pel becomes head of Kana's spy network (PD 122).
Society of the Porker Poker founded ("forty or forty-five yeas
previously" PD 87).
Plague hits Adrilankha ("forty years ago", PD 267).
Khaavren's brooding grows worse (PD 102, 107).
A lichbird grows a feather ("some forty years ago" SL 64-65).
Fwynn starts gathering strength (PD 123).
Clari becomes Ibronka's maid "some years after that" (PD 241)?
At 60, Paresh gets land (Tk 28).
Orlaan meets some brigands, and finds what she sought (PD 55-58).
Lar is out of a job (PD 58). [Presumably he gets some respectable ones
between now and working for Piro, as he has letters of recommendation by
then.]
Stepper born (SL 84).
Morrolan's Circle prevents a raid "last year" (PD 62).
Morrolan discusses raids (PD 59-64).
Blackchapel raided (PD 65-73).
Morrolan makes discoveries and plans (PD 75-83).
Morrolan meets Teldra in Blackchapel village around the time he
completes his pact with Verra, which Teldra assists with (Is 104-105).
Morrolan gathers his Circle of Witches, with Teldra's help (Is 105).
Various members of the Society of the Porker Poker disperse (PD 85).
Grita observes Piro -- and Zerika's secret (LCB 335).
Penultimate meeting of the SotPP ("the day after" PD 88).
A messenger arrives at Whitecrest ("four days ago" PD 88).
Khaavren advertises for a lackey ("within the last few days", PD 102).
The Society of the Porker Poker meets for the last time (PD 85-96).
Piro meets Lar (PD 97-105).
Zivra bids farewell to Laszlo, who also leaves that night (LCB 300-301).
Zivra leaves, in the morning (PD 95).
The envoy (PD 107-120). He was not expected "until next week" (PD 113).
Departure (PD 121).
Pel's status report (PD 121-126). [It is presumably shortly after this
that unwelcome visitors become common at Dzur Mountain, see PD 178.]
Zerika's companion reveals herself ("after traveling for two days"
PD 255).
Pel leaves on his mission ("six days ago" PD 137).
Traveling ("exactly a week" PD 127-131).
Zerika arrives at Dzur Mountain ("last week", PD 184, 254, "only
eight days", PD 255).
Orlaan ("nearly two weeks" PD 131-134). [It seems clear that Orlaan
does not completely recognise Piro at this time. Presumably, she
discovers his identity shortly thereafter, possibly through use of
Elder Sorcery.]
Khaavren's visitor (PD 135-145).
Kana holds a meeting (PD 147-155).
Bandits (PD 165-172). [Paarfi claims that we have passed "a day or two"
plus "several days" (PD 165), but there are problems with that. We know
that Zerika arrives at Dzur Mountain on day 10, and that that was "a week"
ago when Piro arrives. The latest possible arrival time for Piro would
therefore seem to be about day 16, and there are still two days of travel
to be accounted for before that arrival.]
Roannac returns home (PD 157-163).
Climbing Dzur Mountain (PD 172-185).
The Gods debate (PD 191-200).
Sethra Lavode plans (PD 201-213).
Wadre & his band meet Orlaan (PD 215-221).
Pel visits Aerich (PD 223-227). [Not explicitly stated to be the same
day, but seems a reasonable assumption.]
Pel plants a thought (PD 227-230).
Ibronka receives a messenger (PD 233-243). [Not explicitly stated to
be the same day, but seems a reasonable assumption.]
Zerika is introduced (PD 249-261). [This chapter appears to happen the
day after the one that ended on page 213, though it might be later.
Kyttran's reference on page 253 that Piro was summoned by Zerika is
somewhat misleading; at the time Kyttran set out, though he was acting
in Zerika's name (by Sethra Lavode's orders), Zerika herself had not yet
become aware of her destiny.]
Kana's meeting due to resume ("in a week", PD 153).
Ibronka meets Roaana (PD 243-248).
Tevna the Pyrologist ("Several days after Pel had left", PD 263-277).
Zerika sets out ("the day after to-morrow", PD 261; "a Farmday in
late winter of the 246th year of the Interregnum", PD 279).
Orlaan pursues (PD 307-309).
Morrolan gives up on finding a pass, "closer to two years" after
leaving Blackchapel (PD 293-298).
Keybrook Village ("after a week", PD 288-304).
Piro becomes accustomed to traveling ("ten or twelve days", PD 282).
"Imperial" Army (PD 282-288).
Noticing Easterners "as they traveled" (PD 288-291).
Saynac and Dortmond get lucky (PD 316).
Kiss and Tell (PD 314-317). [They've been tavelling at least a
hundred leagues with the caavan; probably at least twenty days.]
Hartre (PD 317-320).
Aerich prepares (PD 320-322).
Pel visits Dzur Mountain (PD 309-311).
Pel sets watch on Dzur Mountain ("a week or six days", PD 311-312).
Passing Easteners (PD 288-291).
Pel hears of Zerika's band (PD 312-314).
A Near Miss (PD 304-305).
Ibronka and Roaana arrive in Adrilankha (PD 351-364).
Khaavren gets back into shape (LCB 27-30). This process takes "months"
(LCB 29).
Deathsgate Falls (PD 323-342).
[Why I am putting this in early summer, when this is allegedly "nearly a
full year after setting off" (PD 323)? Because it solves a later problem
with dating in LCB. Piro clearly states that they pursued Grita for more
than half a year, starting in the summer (LCB 97). This pursuit seems to
have begun no more than 4 days after the battle at Deathgate Falls (LCB
50-60). The pursuit clearly ends in the winter of 247 (LCB 109). Occam's
razor says that the "nearly a full year" reference must be wrong, especially
as Paarfi is deliberately obscure as to the events which took place during
that time. The error may be due to the fact that Zerika emerges from the
Paths "nearly a full year after setting off".]
[Why is Orlaan opposed to Zerika's mission? She has desires for personal
revenge against Tazendra and Piro, but no obvious grudge against Zerika.]
Zerika IV regains Orb from Paths of the Dead with Morrolan's help (Jr 79,
Tt 98). "at the tender age of one hundred or thereabouts" (Y 64).
[Well, Morrolan's involvement has now been cast in considerable doubt.
Paarfi makes it quite clear in The Paths of the Dead that Morrolan was
nowhere near there at the time. Morrolan's speech at the Falls (Tt 98)
makes it quite clear that he was there, so either Vlad misremembers that
speech, or Morrolan or Paarfi is lying. Of course, Paarfi also goes out
of his way to say that Morrolan is capable of lying (PD 45). It's also
worth noting that Morrolan's statements (Tt 98) are somewhat inconsistent
with other well known facts; he claims that sorcery doesn't work as one
approaches Greymist Valley, and that he knows this from personal experience
while helping Zerika; but during this period, no sorcery could have
worked, as the Orb was unavailable. One possible explanation for this
discrepancy is that the word "sorcery" here is a mistranslation, possibly
for "wizardry". We know that wizardry was possible without the Orb, and
that wizardry was explicitly not used in the battle above Deathsgate
Falls (PD 338). Paarfi seems to think that this non-use was by choice
rather than necessity, but he may be incorrect. The reference in
Jhereg (Jr 79) refers to help Morrolan gives Zerika after retrieving
the Orb, so is still valid. As to Zerika's alleged tender age (Y 64), Vlad
is simply very mistaken.]
Grita follows Piro and company for four days (LCB 50-60).
Kana has many problems (LCB 61-68).
Mica travels alone for "months" (LCB 85).
Morrolan arrives in Southmoor "on a Firstday in the summer of the two
hundred and forty-seventh year of the Interregnum" (LCB 41-42).
The following day he arrives at Nacine (LCB 42-46).
The next day, he arrives at the ruins of a floating castle (LCB 46-49).
Piro & company are nearly caught in a brushfire (LCB 97).
The Necromancer arrives (PD 343-350). She is of help in delaying the Jenoine (SL 137).
The Paths of the Dead (PD 365-379).
The Gods (PD 381-392).
Pel meets Wadre (LCB 22-26)
Construction on Morrolan's temple (LCB 69-72).
Morrolan begins gathering an army (LCB 72-74).
Morrolan learns of Kana's approach (LCB 74-78).
Piro & company are nearly caught in a landslide (LCB 97).
Piro & company are nearly caught by a dragon (LCB 98).
Mica is trapped by a snowfall, but gets out due to an "unseasonable
thaw" (LCB 85).
Khaavren prepares to leave (LCB 30-36).
Khaavren and company set out (LCB 36-40). The reference to Khaavren's
adventures having started "almost eight hundred years before" (LCB 37) is
reasonably correct; it was 779 years by my reckoning. Khaavren has not
been on a mission "for hundreds of years" (LCB 39), so he must have become
settled in Whitecrest very soon after Adron's Disaster.
Khaavren and company arrive at Brachington's Moor "early evening of the
sixth day" (LCB 40, 79-82).
Setting out with Aerich (LCB 82-83).
Mica begins following a brook "for days and days" (LCB 93).
Mica meets Pel "not two days ago" (LCB 89).
Khaavren & company sight South Mountain after "weeks" of travel. (LCB
83-84).
Khaavren & company meet Mica (LCB 84-91).
Khaavren & company flee from Kana (LCB 91-95).
Pel steals Grita's horse (LCB 192) and reports in (LCB 104-106).
Piro and company discuss the hunt for Grita (LCB 96-100). They have
been in the mountains for "very nearly a year" (LCB 97); a slight
exaggeration, as they reached the mountains in the spring of this year.
They have been chasing Grita for "All of summer, all of autumn, and much
of this winter" (LCB 97).
Wadre meets Grita (LCB 100-104). He has been seeking his band for
"months" (LCB 100).
Grita prepares to attack (LCB 107-109).
Zerika emerges with the Orb (PD 392; LCB 21-22, 109). This is "the
thirteenth of the month of Jhegaala in the two hundred and forty-seventh
year of the Interregnum" (LCB 109), a "winter's day" (LCB 112).
End of Interregnum. As of Jhereg, the Interregnum began "over four
hundred years ago" (Jr 79) and it's been "243 years since the end of the
Interregnum" (Jr 19). The Interregnum lasted "close to two hundred years"
(Jr 167) or "more than two hundred years" (Tk 45). Verra says "those four
hundred and ninety-seven years of Interregnum" (P 117), but this is
obviously impossible; she must mean 497 years since the beginning of the
Interregnum [or perhaps Vlad misremembers what she said]; this would place
the end at ~254 I. Various methods of determining the date are discussed
in LCB 109-113.
Grita's attack (LCB 114-116).
Reunions (LCB 117-119).
Defensive preparations (LCB 119-127).
The Battle of South Mountain (LCB 128-140).
Battle's aftermath (LCB 140-144).
Grita joins Kana's team (LCB 144-145).
The Necromancer is sent to Morrolan (LCB 147, 151-158). This is "the
middle of a morning on a Marketday in the first year of the reign of the
Empress Zerika the Fourth" (LCB 151). Can this be the actual day that
the Orb returned, and all the preceeding occured before noon? Possibly,
especially given the 30-hour day. Since Paarfi speculates that this is
"the first use of the Orb for sorcery after the Interregnum" (LCB 156),
yet spends some time showing how sorcery was used early the next morning
(LCB 159), this event has to take place on the day of the Orb's return.
Zerika consults her advisors (LCB 149-150).
Fun with new, improved sorcery (LCB 159-163).
Kana's forces approach (LCB 163-165). His armies are nine days from
Dzur Mountain, so due there about day 40 by my count. They actually arrive
a bit early!
The Gods discuss matters (LCB 165-166).
Horse-trading in Agate ("two days ago", LCB 180).
Sethra and her servant (LCB 145-148). [This seems to take place somewhat
later than the surrounding material, since she refers to the Necromancer's
presence with Morrolan in the past tense.]
An artifact is sent west "some days ago" as of day 39 (LCB 304).
Morrolan contemplates command (LCB 167-171). He had intended to leave
yesterday (LCB 167). The report that the enemy is "two weeks, perhaps a
month" (LCB 168) is over-optimistic. Morrolan believes
his "errand" will take "a day or two" (LCB 171), but it's closer to three.
Zerika acquires horses (LCB 172-17X). [Note that, despite Marketday
being mentioned on page 175, today appears not to be a Marketday, as
(by my reckoning) the next one should be in two days.]
Morrolan demands tribute (LCB 182-18X; Is 138). He arrives "the day
after setting out" (LCB 182). His cut-off reference to "a hundred years"
(LCB 190) was probably meant to continue "later"; it is a slight exaggeration,
as he met Teldra (in a coach) 88 years after first meeting "the fool".
Sethra the Younger befriends Morrolan (Y 206).
Fentor begins constructing battlements on the temple (LCB 199).
Biscuits begin to be baked (LCB 231).
Morrolan sets out with his tribute (LCB 191-192).
Meeting on Elde Island (LCB 213-220). [Five days from now (LCB 225),
Kana's army is expected to be attacking Dzur Mountain, which is expected to
be at day 40. This implies that a fast rider (with post?) can make it from
where the army was at day 30, to the port of Merinna, in about four days.]
Zerika plans her approach (LCB 201-210). They expect themselves and
the enemy army to intersect on day 37 (LCB 202) or the morning
of day 38 (LCB 208), and by LCB 227, they "ad arrived where they had planned".
Morrolan returns (LCB 192-198). Note that though he refers to his sword
as a "black wand" (LCB 195), the name is not yet capitalized. It is clearly
a very strong Morganti blade, but may not yet be a complete Great Weapon.
The enemy is now believed to be "three days, maybe four" away (LCB 196),
but is actually rather closer, being camped ten miles away the next day (LCB
198).
Departing from Elde Island (LCB 220).
Morrolan prepares to attack (LCB 198-200; 227-231). [Although a cursory
reading might give the impression that several days have passed between
the end of chapter 50 and the beginning of chapter 53, a closer reading
shows that Morrolan is finishing the same conversation, and that the
reported position of Izak's army is identical.]
Illista arrives on the mainland (LCB 220-221).
Grita and Tsanaali (LCB 231-233).
Zerika's band discusses Means and Ends (LCB 233-241).
First engagements (LCB 242-248).
Retreats (LCB 248-258).
To Merinna (LCB 221-222).
Zerika's band approaches Morrolan (LCB 259-275).
The Warlock's sortie (LCB 276-280).
Rising Hopes (LCB 281-291). [Supplies will last until day 40 (LCB 290).]
Leaving Merinna (LCB 222-225).
Lovers' woes (LCB 291-303).
[Morrolan should be able to teleport inanimate objects "in a week" (LCB 298).]
Various Faces (LCB 304-309).
Habil visits Loraan (date arbitrary, LCB 310-314).
"shortly after the end of the Interregnum", Loraan acquires Aliera's soul
(Ts 37).
More courtships (LCB 315-321, 328-329). Ibronka studies teleportation
theory (SL 49-51).
On the road (LCB 225-226).
Morrolan meets Sethra the Younger (LCB 322-327). He is judged to be
"fine" (Y 187).
"They say that the banquet hall of Castle Black has never been empty since
it was built, over three hundred years ago" (Jr 133). If the banquet hall is
indeed the room that was a partial survival of the original castle, then it
would be over three hundred years old, but would often have been empty before
being rebuilt. Probably Vlad just said "three" when he should have said "two".
PG 184 states that Castle Black "survives", though we see in LCB that that is
somewhat of an exaggeration. See also LCB 323-324, 363-365.
Khaavren returns from a scouting trip (LCB 339-342).
Sethra's unease (LCB 342-347).
Zerika's army defeats Kana's (LCB 348-349).
"Late in the Interregnum" Morrolan is a division commander under Sethra
(Is 210-211; LCB 348-349; SL 182-183).
Zerika begins her march to Adrilankha "on a Farmday in the late winter"
(LCB 348-349).
Sethra is appointed as Warlord, which may technically be illegal (LCB 349).
Not quite a duel (LCB 350-352).
Three women (LCB 330-338). Illista has been in Hartre "several
days" (LCB 331) and Grita has traveled "three days" (LCB 331-332).
A coach is requisitioned (LCB 353).
The Countess of Whitecrest is summoned (LCB 354).
Zerika's army arrives at Adrilankha after a march of fourteen days
(LCB 352). Piro had set out "more than a year before" (LCB 353); true --
he set out in early winter of 246, and it is now late in the winter of
the following year.
Lessor sends a pen to Zerika (SL 65).
Welcome and housing arrangements (LCB 353-356).
Social niceties -- or not (LCB 356-360).
Piro's flight (LCB 368-371).
A nobleman is last seen at the Canal Inn ("more than a year" before SL 88).
Piro heads East (LCB 371-372).
Reunions (LCB 373-380).
Morrolan studies magic, while Castle Black grows (LCB 361-367).
Kana still plots (LCB 381-387). Udaar has been sent on a mission (LCB 382),
but word isn't expected for several days. Grita is moving on Tazendra and
Aerich (LCB 382).
The Gods Puzzled (LCB 388-391).
Kana has regrouped (SL 13).
Zerika "immediately" begins extending the post, leading eventually to
a general mail delivery system (SL 15).
At 80, Paresh's loans are paid off (Tk 28).
Ground broken on the new Imperial Palace (SL 16).
Zerika has spent "some fourteen or fifteen months" negotiating suport from
various quarters (SL 15).
"some days ago", Daro sends a message to Aerich (SL 32).
Khaavren resigns (SL 21-32). By late winter, the logistical confusion
in his household has been resolved (SL 60-61).
Diplomacy at Elde (SL 33-40).
Shant has a fight ("twelve weeks" before SL 87).
Road Agents (SL 41-53).
Piro writes to his friends ("this Marketday week" SL 86).
Khaavren receives a message (SL 54-62). See below for a brief
discussion of the date.
Sethra and Devera ("yesterday" SL 81-83).
The Flight of a Pen (SL 63-68).
A party at Castle Black (SL 69-79). On page 69, it is stated that the
party starts "on a Skyday in the winter"; yet Khaavren received his
invitation the previous day, on "a Skyday in the early spring" (SL 54). It
seems safe to assume that we are roughly on the border between winter and
spring, but there seems to have been some mis-dating here.
The party doesn't end (SL 79-83).
Presumably, after leaving this party Tazendra returns 'home' ("last spring", SL 117).
Khaavren starts his search on "a Farmday near the beginning of the
second year of the reign..." (SL 84-91). (SL 91 suggests that this happens
very soon after the decision at the party.)
Deepwell Inn (SL 92-102). (Presumably a few days after the previous chapter.)
Father and Son (SL 103-115).
Tazendra abducted ("some months since" SL 118; "almost a year since" SL 250, 254). Presumably, it is during this abduction that Srahi is killed (SL 260). Srahi was last seen in Dzur Mountain, but perhaps had been sent back to Tazendra's estate on some errand.
At 81, Paresh's home burns down (Tk 28-29). [This implies subtly that
his master is Tazendra, who has some history of exploding experiments (FH
52, 434-435). Her literary model, Porthos, was also noted for his
extensive (if largely unread) library.]
Paresh spends "most of a year" learning sorcery (Tk 30).
Experiments with desalinization ("recently" SL 181). Sethra also notes that flashstones "were tolerably useful at one time" (SL 181), which suggests that recent magical developments have made them less useful now.
Sethra begins putting together a communication corps "months" before the Battle of Adrilankha (SL 217).
Sethra sends Mica after Tazendra (SL 256-257).
Ibronka gives Piro a touch-it glass ("a recent gift" SL 124).
Banditry Gets Harder (SL 123-135). Presumably, it is shortly after this that imperial help is requested (SL 147).
Tsanaali's band has been inside Adrilankha for "weeks" when the battle starts (SL 201, 221), so would have entered around now.
At Sethra's request, Aerich investigates Tazendra's disappearance over the course of today and tomorrow (SL 116-121).
Paresh fights Aerich (Tk 31-32; SL 119, 121). [Paresh's account differs
signifcantly from Paarfi's -- take your pick who you believe.
He battles "The Duke of Arylle", who is "about my age" (in Dragaaeran
terms, quite a young man). The Duke refers to Paresh's master as "him",
but this might be a mistranslation of the genderless Dragaeran pronoun on
Brust's part.]
Piro and friends approach South Mountain (SL 136).
Sethra speaks with Arra, who has been unable to do a seeing "for the past month" (SL 138-139), which may be equivalent to several Dragaeran 17-day months (SL 307).
Sethra is concerned (SL 136-146). Tri'nagore has been absent from The Halls of Judgement for "some time" (SL 137). Kana's armies are two days away from Adrilankha (SL 145).
Battle Plans (SL 147-155).
Khaavren's Re-Hiring (SL 156-164).
Pel's Possible In-Discretion (SL 165-177). Khaavren claims to have been friends with Pel for "nearly nine hundreds of years" (SL 175), but he is no arithmetist: the number is in fact somewhat less than 800.
Aerich sets out to rescue Tazendra (SL 121-122). [It is not stated in the text why he failed to bring Khaavren and Pel along, but I surmise that he did contact them. The imminent attack on Adrilankha, however, would already be known about, and prevent their leaving the city.]
Preparations for Battle (SL 178-190). Fortresses are constructed "within... the time of fifty-two hours" (SL 179). Kana, observng these fortifications, decided to delay his attack slightly (SL 206-207). It is "nearly a year" since the party at Castle Black started (SL 180). Brimford informs Sethra that he cannot act (SL 217).
Morrolan Returns to the East (SL 191-196).
Just Before Battle (SL 199-208).
The chronology of the battle is somewhat confused, perhaps due to laziness on the part of the translator.
I infer the existence of Dragaeran words which signify things like 'lunchtime', and which the translator often
renders as 'noon'. Two problems: The Dragaeran diet features four daily meals, and we have no reason to think
that any of them is at mid-day. They may also have a specific word for mid-day, which would naturally also be
translated as noon, adding to the confusion. So when the battle begins, it is 'fifteen minutes after the second
hour after noon' (SL 208) -- probably meaning 'time for the second meal of the day'. Sometime into the battle's
progress, 'It lacked an hour of noon' (SL 219), probably meaning mid-day. Later still, "it being very nearly
the hour of noon" (SL 269), perhaps meaning either mid-day or 'third meal-time'. When Morrolan returns to
Castle Black, "it was only a little past the hour of noon" (SL 303), but don't ask me *which* noon it was.
Morrolan vs. Tri'nagore's Worshippers (SL 209-213).
Morrolan fights to retake his ancestral homelands. Morrolan kills many
villages full of his enemies (worshippers of Tri'nagore), dedicating their
deaths to Verra (Is 136-137, Jr 154). There are stories that these
scarifices were in order to learn Elder Sorcery (Dn 259), but that seems
to be, at best, an incomplete version of the truth.
Battle's Opening (SL 209-219).
Tsanaali's Mission (SL 220-225).
Piro's Delivery (SL 226-239).
Attack From an Unexpected Foe (SL 241-245).
Vengeance in a Cave (SL 246-261).
The Orb Attacked (SL 262-268).
Battle Continues (SL 269-275).
Morrolan Battles a God (SL 276-281).
Battle in the Cave (SL 282-294).
Battle's End (SL 295-302).
Morrolan's Homecoming (SL 303-313).
There may be another mistranslation issue here. Morrolan expects
to see "the dawn in Southmoor" (SL 309) out his tower window. It seems
like the correct word out to be 'sunset', since quite a lot has happened
since this morning, but there has been no indication that a night has passed,
or even fallen.
Khaavren Makes an Arrest (SL 314-323).
Executions (SL 323).
Parades (SL 328).
Army leaves Adrilankha (SL 328).
Rewards (SL 329-332). Sethra Lavode is officially welcome in the court again.
Judgements (SL 324-327).
All Houses swear fealty to Zerika (SL 332-333).
Khaavren Takes Funeral Leave (SL 333-334).
Return to Deathsgate Falls (SL 335-337).
"just after" the Interregnum, Demon (aka "Daifan", Dz 170) takes Council
seat (Jr 23), as does Boralinoi (P 194).
Morrolan instrumental in driving back Easterners and curing plagues (J
80).
Northmen invade Fenario in the reign of Janos the Third, but are tricked
into defeat (BP 24-25).
Heir to the throne of Greenaere born ("couldn't be more than two or
three hundred", P 216).
Loftis joins Imperial Service (O 118).
"shortly after the end of the Interregnum", Sethra and Morollan start
looking for Aliera's soul ("more than two hundred years" Ts 37).
Piro and Ibronka move out of Whitecrest Manor (SL 338).
Demon institutes practice of selling Jhereg titles to Easterners (Jr 23).
Mellar tries (unsuccessfully) to join Dragon and Dzur (Jr 179).
Loraan discovers a means to preserve last thoughts of the dying (Ts 37).
A "flood-year" in Smallcliff ("a generation ago", A 24).
An epidemic in Smallcliff ("many years before Savn had been born", A
24-25).
A dock built in Northport (O 5).
Kragar and Morollan meet (Dn 116).
Morrolan meets a Serioli (Dn 108).
Paarfi at University with Ivan Sekely (SL 344-346).
"Early Paarfi". While Paarfi of Roundwood clearly becomes most famous
for his "Khaavren" novels hundreds of years after this, there are two mentions
of his works (without titles) in "Vlad-period" books (refs?). While it is
implied that he only had one earlier "popular" work (Three Broken Strings,
FH 13) from University Press, it is possible that some other "popular" work was
released by other publishers, possibly including early drafts of what later
became the "Khaavren" novels. Perhaps these became sufficiently widely read
that Paarfi acquired some upper-class fans who persuaded him to "clean
up" his work sufficiently to submit to the Imperial Library.
Teleportation spell is refined (LCB 295).
A story (probably apocryphal) circulates about one of Mario's victims
bringing himself to Deathgate (Dz 21).
Imperial Palace ready for habitation (SL 338).
Imperial Palace officially opened (SL 338).
A communist tract (from Earth?) is unearthed from a Lyorn vault (P
116-117). [The vault is unearthed "during the Interregnum", but Kelly
can't have gotten the book (and understood it) much earlier than ~215 PI,
which happens "nearly two hundred years" later (P 117). On the other
hand, maybe this is another error on Verra's (or Vlad's) part.]
A Serioli tribe moves away from the Bigcliff area ("a few hundred years
ago", A 62)
Loftis gets his first Signet (O 118).
Dortmond joins Copper Company (Dn 183).
A peasant acquires a paper recipe "oh, I don't know, a few hundred
years ago, maybe" (Ja 128). [Is this timing correct? If so, why does it
take him (or his heirs) over 100 years to sell it to Old Saekeresh? Or
was Dahni just exaggerating how long ago it was?]
The King of Fenario hasn't interfered with the provinces for "the last
few hundreds of years" (Ja 59).
Northmen invade Fenario, doing much damage (BP 24).
Ritt promoted to Ensign.
Sennya dies, with Ibronka present (SL 339).
Laris starts selling Jhereg titles to Easteners (Y 20).
Fyres is a wealthy man "by the end of the first century" (O 49).
Mellar starts working freelance for House Jhereg, while studying fencing
with Lord Onarr (Jr 180-182). He works with Onarr for "close to a hundred
years" (Jr 182).
Morrolan picks up an interest in Pre-Empire sorcery "a hundred years or
so" (Jr 83) ago.
Count Fornia begins expanding his territory again (Dn 48).
Telnan/Zungaron born. Vlad says (Dz 14) "I'm no great judge of ages of
Dragaerans, but if he'd been human, he'd have barely needed to shave."
Cross-referenceing this with Kiera's description of the (about) 90-year-old
Savn (O 5), and I'd put T/Z at a bit over 100 years of age.
Fyres loses his first fortune (O 49).
He gains and loses a fortune twice more (O 49) between now and
Orca, and has his fourth fortune about to go under as the book opens.
Kragar starts working for Mario ("About, uh, ninety years, I guess",
Dz 222). Did Aliera actually introduce the two of them? As Mendel
pointed out in a discussion on Dreamcafe, Aliera was not incarnate at
this time. I suppose that Aliera could have introduced the two of them
before the Interregnum, with the business arrangement starting later.
But since Aliera doesn't even *like* Kragar, the whole thing seems unlikely.
Savn born ("probably not more than ninety" O 5).
Rezso born (BP 25).
Old Saekeresh brings a paper recipe to (not-yet-named-that) Burz from
"Back East", then makes preparations for fighting the Baron (Ja 230-231).
Old Saekeresh slaughters Baron Neeyali and his followers, except for a
few witches "in the course of a week" (Ja 231).
The King of Fenario "was weak then, and old, and concerned with his own
troubles" (Ja 233). [We don't know who this King was.]
The old Baron "sold" his mansion to Veodric's grandfather (Ja 111).
[Is Veodric just whitewashing family history here?]
Count Veodric Saekeresh born "three and eighty years" before Jhegaala
(Ja 62).
Mill built ("about eighty, I think" Ja 165;. "The mill was first founded by
my grandfather, some eighty-three years ago" Ja 173). [Interesting coincidence
(if it is coincidence) that this is the same year Veodric is born.]
There's been a school in Burz "for years and years" (Ja 250). Founded by Old
Saekeresh to educate mill workers (Ja 251).
Old Saabo remains in Burz. Three of his sons work in the mill (Ja 231). His
eldest son ("Old Matyawsh" Ja 250) changes his name to Merss (Ja 231). Merss
means "pulper" (Ja 15). "My great-grandfather, Matyawsh's brother, kept the name
he was born with" (Ja 250).
~165-185 PI???
Count Saekeresh's grandfather goes mad, fights witches, who split into pro-
and anti-Count factions. This goes on for 10-30 years. Merchants' Guild becomes
the de facto government. Merss family were associated with the anti-Count faction
of witches. (Ja 59-60; Zollie is an unreliable source, but Vlad seems to mostly
believe him, see Ja 293). "There were some witches who were killed by old
Saekeresh" (Ja 233). "back when this started" there were conflicts among the
witches (Ja 290).
By the time this conflict ends, some of the Merss family have left Burz
entirely ("years ago. Before I was born." Ja 135). Those who left were "the
last followers of the dark way" (Ja 135); those who remain "give up practicing
the Art, except perhaps in secret" (Ja 289). [Which phrasing suggests to me that
Vlad hasn't any strong reason to believe that they did continue the practice.]
The remaining Merss may be sufficiently reconciled with the Count to stay, but
they no longer work at the mill. Instead, they farm, possibly on the "small
piece of land" that once belonged to Old Saabo. (Although changing their name
would normally disinherit them (Ja 72), perhaps an exception was made here since
his other heirs all wanted to continue working at the mill.) This sequence of
events is inferred from scanty data, but it fits what we know. [On further
thought, the Merss "cousins" (Ja 58) who moved away 10-15 years before Vlad
arrived (Ja 137) may have still worked the mill up until they left. Or not --
insufficient data.]
Vlad's mother's father (and mother?) come from Fenario "either before she
was born, or when she was only in arms" (Ja 13).
Polyi born ("now in her eighties", A 3).
Vlad's grandfather born ("almost seventy" Y 206).
Janos VI of Fenario born (date approximate).
Count of Mordfal born (BP 64).
Laache born (O 67).
Tip born (O 68).
Savn "fills the bucket" (A 64).
Laszlo born (BP 6).
~190 PI???
Son of Old Saekeresh inherits from his father, changes name of town to Burz,
then moves back East (Ja 232). Guild fills power vacuum (Ja 232-233). Saekeresh
II solidifies a deal with the Guild (Ja 60).
Noish-pa conscripted into an Eastern army. "...we were soundly beaten in our first and only battle" (Dn 121).
Noish-pa "had to leave" Fenario (Ja 13). (Possibly due to Coven issues? Ja
16-17.) [dating very speculative]
Laris starts working as an enforcer for Welok. He 'works' a few more
times (Y 20).
Vlad's grandfather in the army (Dn 121) [dating conjectural].
Andor born (BP 8).
Kelly born (Tk 153).
Vlad's father born. "squandered everything he had earned in forty years
of running a restaurant" (Jr 5); "forty years of work" (Jr 23). Maybe he
died at age 40, or maybe he actually lived 40 years after taking over the
restaurant. I'm guessing the former.
Vilmos born (BP 8).
Miklos born (BP 4).
Viktor born (BP 27).
~201 PI
Venchel Saabo born ("Forty? Forty-five?" Ja 244).
Father Noij "once knew a man who spent thirty years" seeking vengeance
(Ja 75). [dating very speculative]
A dragon is last seen in Fenario (BP 25).
Miklos moved out of nursery (BP 6).
Margit marries a demon (BP 73-74, 218, 260-261, 264). [While this
event clearly happened, it probably didn't happen in the manner (or the
period) that the coachman told it.]
West wing of Fenarian palace collapses (BP 8). King Janos abdicates (BP
30).
Brigitta born (BP 28).
Mariska born (BP 26).
Natalia born (Tk 155).
Miklos is 11. He watches the River (BP 4).
Kelly discovers communist tract (P 116)
Viktor starts working at the palace of Fenario (BP 132).
Natalia caught stealing, runs away (Tk 151-152).
Natalia meets Kelly (Tk 153).
Tavern Tax (Tk 153).
Miklos is 21.
Miklos is wounded horribly (BP 4-8).
Bolcseseg (BP 9-16). They travel for 8 days (BP 14).
Devera (BP 17-18).
Laszlo begins sparring with Viktor (BP 27).
Brigitta runs away to Faerie (BP 218, 263).
An old woman starts patronizing Jancsi's sausage business (Dz 144).
Natalia starts reading (Tk 152).
Brigitta's mother dies in winter (BP 77). Presumably, Brigitta came
home in the mean time. What (if anything) happened between her and her
father at this time is not clear.
Uprisings in the eastern and northern duchies to end forced labor (Tk
155).
Stable-boy at Inchay's born ("somewhat older than I was" Ja 104).
Vaski born ("a little older than me" Ja 68).
Tereza born (Vlad thinks she is "around my age, maybe a bit older" Ja 53).
Brigitta moves to Fenario in Spring (BP 77).
Head tax instituted in the Eastern section (Tk 154).
Uprising of 221 in South Adrilankha (Tk 48-49). [Presumably year 221 of
Zerika IV's reign.]
"riots and killings" (Tk 155).
Vlad's family involved in riots; his father kills a Guard (Tk 160).
Noish-pa meets Kelly (Tk 121).
Vlad's parents have a meal with Noish-Pa, after which his mother writes a
letter. She is pregnant at the time (Ja 14). (Why does she write it? Perhaps
a premonition of her own death? Or interference from Verra?)
Lumber exchange torched, bringing troops in, Dragons who had fought in
the East (Tk 156, 160-161).
Ibronka dies (Tk 156).
Kelly incarcerated (Tk 156).
Empress lifts head tax (Tk 155).
Laszlo's day (BP 20-34).
Miklos' return (BP 38-43). He has been gone "more than two years" (BP
38).
Dragon (BP 43-51).
Andor (BP 53-66).
It is late autumn (BP 55).
Miklos arrives (BP 70-83).
Vilmos (BP 86-99).
Miklos considers things (BP 103-115).
Viktor (BP 117-134).
Miklos comes home (BP 137-150).
Sandor (BP 152-164).
Bolk frees himself (BP 168-172).
Miklos seeks beauty (BP 173-180).
Mariska (BP 182-188).
Collapse & Norska (BP 188-196).
Calm before the storm (BP 199-201).
Resolve (BP 201-206).
Goddess (BP 207-213).
[Note that, though everyone seems to assume that Verra is dead, the
narrator never states so himself. The only character who might
definitively know, Bolk, says nothing on the subject. For that matter, he
himself displays the tendency of 'killed' supernatural beings to return to
life in various ways. Hence, there is no inherent contradiction with
Verra appearing later in the timeline (without even getting into the messy
way time works for gods in the first place...). Verra is probably
referring to this story when she later says, "there is one place I cannot be"
(Is 78).]
Brigitta & Miklos (BP 215-227).
Battle of the Tree (BP 231-245).
Fruit falls (BP 246-259).
Brigitta departs (BP 262-264).
Kingship (BP 264-266).
Devera again (BP 267-269). The standard assumption among Brust fans is
that Brigitta's daughter is Cawti, later Vlad's wife. Does Cawti know
that her grandfather was a demon? Or her father a Prince?
Vlad born
Cawti born? [She seems to be about the same age as Vlad. I'll assume
this, so as to have a date to hang the Brokedown Palace events off of.]
Welok takes over from K'tang the Hook. Laris gets an area under him (Y
20).
Zungaron gains a great weapon (unknowingly?) (Is 41). Apparently he
had a different name (which probably wasn't "Telnan", either) at this
point (Dz 15; dating *highly* speculative).
Noish-pa throws the sands for the last time (for 20 years) (P 243).
Something happens with Vlad's mother (Ts 4-5).
At age 4, Vlad begins seeing Noish-pa regularly (Ts 7).
Savn & friends play near Loraan's manor (A 203).
At age 5, Vlad beaten for first time, goes to Noish-pa (Ts 7-8).
Vlad visits his grandfather "several times a week" (Dz 52-53).
Telnan meets Sethra Lavode ("Around twenty years", Dz 16). Sethra says
"Iceflame found him" (Dz 40). He spends "most of twenty years" studying
wizardry, apparently in preparation to be the first new member of The Lavodes
since the Interregnum.
Vaski's eldest son ("K-") born ("maybe around sixteen or so" Ja 68).
"Old Meehayi" born ("maybe sixteen" Ja 221).
~229 PI
Yanosh Saabo born ("He's a year younger than me" Ja 244).
At age 8, Vlad beaten by Easterners for the first time (Ts 19-20).
Vlad used to watch the Adrilankha River from Chain Bridge "when I
was a kid" (Ja 31).
Ricard learns about steering (Dz 159, dating tentative).
Mellar joins House Dzur (Jr 125).
Some Merss cousins leave Burz. "I thought they had only left ten or
fifteen years ago." " Oh, them. I don't think they were witches. The just
left because, well, because having the name Merss isn't easy around here.
I think they went to the City." (Ja 137). "they moved away some years ago.
I don't know where, but probably to Fenario. The city, I mean." (Ja 58). Note
the implications here: Vlad knows of a branch of the Merss family that may
still be alive. Presumably, this is one of the things he learned from
Father Noij but didn't (explicitly) tell us (Ja 71). Perhaps he doesn't
make this more explicit in the narrative out of fear that he might get them
killed also if he talks about them. Did he manage to meet them during his
year in Fenario City (244-245 PI)?
Chimov joins the Jhereg "less than ten years" before Yendi, but has
already 'worked' at least twice (Y 54).
On his tenth birthday, Vlad starts learning to communicate psionically
(Ts 31).
Vaski's daughter born ("around twelve" Ja 73).
Vlad is 11. Meets Kiera (Jr 1-3, Ts 68).
Mellar leaves House Dzur (Jr 126).
Mellar steals Morrolan's book ("about ten years ago" Jr 85).
Mellar starts out protecting a brothel (Jr 53).
Mellar is running his brothel (Jr 53). [If Kragar is speaking in literal
years on this page, this would have been in 230 PI. It seems more
plausible that it happens just after Mellar leaves the Dzur.]
Kelly's movement founded (Tk 69).
Mellar is running ten brothels (Jr 53).
At 12, Vlad is beaten and gets cynical (Tk 157).
Vlad starts walking around with a lepip ("I think I was twelve or
thirteen" Ts 43-44).
At 13, Vlad first knowingly kills someone (Ts 45, 50-51).
Foolop Saabo born ("He's nine" Ja 244).
The Sword and Dagger of the Jhereg start making names for themselves
(Y 84).
Vlad is 14. His father buys a Jhereg title, then soon dies (Jr 7) of a
Plague (Jr 181).
Vlad starts wearing a sword (Ts 60-61).
Kiera teaches Vlad to move in crowds (Tk 111-112) and other things
(Ts 69). She probably starts teaching him disguise arts at this time also
(Dz 94-95).
Tuk "fills the bucket" (A 32).
Vlad is 15.
Vlad holds a package for Kiera (Ts 69-70).
[Since Devera seems to be able to time travel ("I'm probably early"
BP 17), it's possible that Verra arranged for Vlad to hold this package
precisely in order so he would use it in the way he eventually does
(Ts 176).]
Vlad learns to spin a knife "when impressing girls was the entire
goal of my life" (Dz 69; dating speculative).
Extortionists harass several merchants, inclusing Vlad's grandfather
(Dz 193, dating tentative, but "before Loiosh").
Vaski's second son born ("I'd guess at six or seven").
Vlad is 16.
Vlad starts preparing to get a familiar (Ts 71, 73).
Vlad finds Loiosh (Jr 4-9) "more than five years" (Jr 229) before the main
events of Jhereg.
Soon after "the following week", Vlad sells restaurant and considers his
career (Jr 9).
"About two months" later, Loiosh hatches (Jr 10-12)
"The next day" Vlad is approached by Nielar (Jr 13-14).
[Yendi (in 242 PI) says that this took place "some three years ago"
(Y 13), but it's more like four.]
One of Nielar's men had an 'accident' "last week" (Jr 14).
Vlad begins working with Kragar ("several years" as of 243 PI, Jr 20).
Vlad's first day at work (Ts 73-75, 80-81, 83-88). Earlier this day,
he was playing shereba and got thrown out (Ts 84, I'd been playing theer 94).
Vlad's second day at work (Ts 91-92)
Vlad's third day at work (Ts 94-95)
"the next few months" Vlad becomes immune to jhereg poison (Jr 14).
Vlad "moves fast" for his first few years (Jr 24).
Vlad spots an attempt on Welok (P 134).
Vlad's 1st assassination (Kynn) is part of Welok's war with Rolaan (Y 13,
Ts 97ff) "three months later" (P 134).
Vlad's 3rd assassination is part of Welok's war with Rolaan (Y 13).
Rolaan dies, Feet Charno takes over (Y 13). The war had "lasted for
several months" (Ts 137).
Vlad dates Jeanine and Constance (Ts 137).
Vlad starts practicing knife-throwing (Dn 94).
Vlad meets Ricard, and they begin a tradition of going to Valabar's
every few months (Dz 150-151, dating tentative).
Vlad's life-enemy is born ("about six years old" Ja 86).
[Exact change-over of year somewhat arbitrary.]
Vlad's 4th assasination: "button man" (Jr 45).
Vlad dates Mara (Ts 141-142).
Vlad's first Morganti job (Ts 150-151, 158, 160-161, 163-164, 168-169,
170-171, 173-174).
Vlad has 'worked' Morganti on one other ocassion (Jr 41).
Vlad starts working directly for Welok (Y 14, Ts 173-174).
Vlad 'works' at the Blue Flame "about a year and a half ago" as of
Yendi (Y 53).
Vlad dates Ibronka (Ts 174).
Welok dies "about a year and a half after Rolaan" (which pretty much has
to put us in early 240 PI, as Rolaan died in late 238). Tagichatn takes
over his area (Y 14, Ts 177) and buys a Dukedom (P 152).
"Inside of a month" Laris breaks from Tagichatn (Y 14).
"Two months" in, Vlad kills Tagichatn (Y 14, Ts 175, 177, P 152-153).
Vlad imprisoned, questioned Under the Orb (P 152-153). This is probably
his first imprisonment (P 104).
Vlad hires Melestav as a receptionist/bodyguard (Y 15). Over the next
"two years" (Jr 49, but actually three, by my count), he kills 3 visitors,
and is himself killed once (Y 58).
Vlad solidifies his position with Toronnan (Y 16).
Vlad buys psychedelics business as office cover, and hires extra
enforcers, both within "the next few months" (Y 18).
The extra enforcers pay for themselves "in four months" (Y 19).
Vlad's 12th assassination: "small-time muscle" (Jr 45).
Vlad's 19th assassination: "sorcerer" (Jr 45).
"During that period"(?) Vlad 'works' a few times (Y 19). ["that period"
probably includes the events in Taltos and Dragon, and is immediately
followed by Yendi (Y 19).]
Chilla Saabo born ("She's only four" Ja 244).
"several weeks ago" (as of Ts day 6) Sethra, Morollan, and "others"
(Ts 75, 147) learn Aliera's whereabouts (Ts 37). [Reading between the
lines, I suspect that Sethra actually used Vlad's reincaration-connection
with Aliera to help find her, then mind-wiped his memory of the experience.]
Quion runs errand to Morollan (Ts 6).
[At least 8 months have passed since Welok's death, so we're into the
middle or late portion of 240 PI.]
Quion runs (Ts 1-4).
Vlad has had his own area "a few months" (Ts 2-3).
Researching Dzur Mountain (Ts 5-7).
Preparing for an outing (Ts 7-11).
Vlad has a drink with Kiera (Ts 12-17).
Castle Black (Ts 18-24).
Dzur Mountain (Ts 25-41).
Morrolan hires Vlad about "three weeks" (Y 51) after Vlad gets his own
area.
Morrolan and Vlad almost kill each other on first meeting (Jr 80; Y 51).
"four years?" (Maybe 3 1/2... Jr 169).
Sethra Lavode fights a Jenoine ("a few years ago" Jr 110) on Dzur
Mountain (Is 82, 203). This is at the time of her first meeting with
Vlad. It starts with "Division Six looking into the activities of a
wizard working for, uh, a foreign kingdom" (O 122). Khaavren's Special
Tasks Group is brought in later to 'clean up'.
Vlad reviews info on Loraan (Ts 45-46).
The Big Job (Ts 48-65).
Reins leaves town (A 25).
Vlad fought an Athyra wizard in his own castle (Jr 50).
Vlad finds Spellbreaker; Sethra suggests he name it (Tk 83).
Vlad has saved Morrolan's life "on more than one ocassion" (Jr 168).
Back to Dzur Mountain (Ts 67-68).
You want me to go where?!? (Ts 70-80).
Setting out (Ts 82-90).
Cat-centaurs (Ts 91-96).
Approaching the falls (Ts 97-99).
Morollan performs an "embarrassing ritual" by a statue? (Dn 15).
This statue was of Kieron, and Vlad's memory of the event was suppressed (Dz 108-109). Here, Morollan learns how to travel the Paths (Dz 158).
Vlad, Loiosh, & Morrolan have visited Paths of Dead. They saw some Big
jhereg (Y 4).
Deathgate Falls (Ts 101-110).
Outskirts (Ts 111-120).
Duel (Ts 121-125).
Guided (Ts 127-131).
Before entering the Halls of Judgment, Vlad must go through a pool of water, which apparently has something to do with his memory suppression (Dz 109). Is this the same as (or related to) the "shallow well" that Verra uses to revive Aliera (Ts 143)?
Verra orders Devera(?) to modify Vlad's memories (Dz 108) and she does so
(Dz 109).
Devera: "We've met before, Uncle Vlad" (Y 78).
The Halls of Judgement (Ts 132-141).
Vlad, Aliera, Morrolan meet Baritt's shade in Paths of the Dead (Y 118,
Ts 135-136, 159-160), despite his not being dead yet (indeed, his death is
triggered by Aliera's return to life; see below).
Vlad sees Trout (Dz 123).
Aliera's revival (Ts 142-148).
Aliera meets Kieron in Paths of the Dead (Jr 63, 115, Ts 149-152)
Kelchor (Ts 153-154).
Aliera takes Kieron's sword (Y 3, Ts 156-158).
Vlad returns to Verra's halls (Dz 110) and she takes some blood from him
(Dz 157) -- dating extremely tentative, either or both event could have actually
happened during _Phoenix_.
Bargaining with the Gods (Ts 161-163).
The Cycle (Ts 164-170).
The Spell (Ts 171-174 (and 1ff)).
Out (Ts 175-179).
Telling the tale (Ts 180).
Aliera's "arrival" (Y 115) "three years or so ago" as of 242 PI (Y 180);
actually, couldn't have been much over two years, if that -- this is late
240, Yendi is sometime (possibly early in the year) in 242.
Baritt assassinated (Y 131-132) "within a year" of Aliera's arrival (Y
180) by Laris (Y 206). Given that Dragon seems to pick up very shortly
after the events of Taltos, I'd guess it to be considerably quicker than
that.
Lady Teldra starts learning Jenoine ("some years ago" Is 201). [From whom?
Placed here in the chronology on the assumption that it was in some way
prompted by the recent Jenoine incident at Dzur Mountain.]
[From various references, Dragon commences not long after the
conclusion of Taltos. As Taltos was late 240, it seems reasonable to
place this book in early 241. As the Dragaeran year starts in Spring, the
weather seems to fit also.]
Vlad finishes narrating Taltos (Dn 15).
Morollan inspects Baritt's collection (Dn 24).
Invitation (Dn 15-28).
Traps (Dn 31-41).
Vlad almost kills Daymar on first meeting (Jr 60).
Assessing Forces (Dn 44-57).
"Stay out of it" (Dn 62-67).
Ready to sign on (Dn 68-72).
Funeral Rights (Dn 75-85).
Battle Plans (Dn 89-93).
A normal workday (Dn 95).
Endweek (Dn 95).
Morollan's Tower (Dn 95-99).
Serioli (Dn 106-114).
Office Visit (Dn 115-118).
Noish-Pa (Dn 119-123).
Preparing? (Dn 123-124).
Enlisting (Dn 126-138).
Moving out (Dn 138-139, 142-148).
Colors in the dark (Dn 148-154).
First battle (Dn 156-165).
Services for the dead (Dn 165-166).
More mud-marching (Dn 166).
Marching in the dust (Dn 167).
At the Eastern River (Dn 168-170).
Philosophy (Dn 178-184).
Breakfast preparations (Dn 184-192).
Second battle (Dn 195-201).
Long march (Dn 205-207). [This, since Vlad thinks of it as a "long
march" must be longer than his previous march, of a (5-day) week's
duration (Dn 167).]
Soldier's Stew (Dn 210-215).
More battle plans (Dn 215-222).
Attack on Dorian's Hill (Dn 225-235).
Vlad says he "had never touched a javelin two weeks before" (Dn 234),
but he has clearly lost track of his own story, as it had been rather
longer than that since his first battle by now.
Holding Dorian's Hill (Dn 242-250).
Vlad is hit from behind (P 103-104, Dn 250-253).
Dreamwalking (Dn 257-263).
Final Battle (Dn 263, 266, 13ff, 267-281).
Vlad prays to Verra effectively? (P 7, Dn 14, Is 74-76).
Vlad attacked with black energy-bolt (Jr 63, Dn 177).
[Vlad says that he met Daymar "Two weeks ago? Less? Impossible."
(Dn 210). Imposssible indeed; it's really more like 6 or 7.]
Blackwand slays a thousand at Baritt's Tomb (Jr 80).
5,000 Dragons charge Eastern army (Jr 62).
Vlad sees thousands in battle (Tk 89).
"[Baritt's] monument, near Deathsgate Falls, had been the site of the
bloodiest battle since the Interregnum" (Y 132).
Baritt's Tomb is "stuck way out in the east" near the pepper trade (Tk
98).
Easterners vs. Teckla, Dragonlords in no real danger (Tk 98).
Back to crime (Dn 281).
Vlad killed as a warning, revivified by Sethra Lavode (Jr 39-40). Vlad
has "never bothered the guy since".
Vlad sees a Dzur hero attack Sethra Lavode (Jr 62-63).
"Cawti holding a knife to Morollan's throat and explaining how it was
going to be, while I sat paralyzed and helpless" (Tk 13).
Vlad and Loiosh go East (P 238, Dn 36, Is 253 ["I was there once before,
and rather liked it" -- probably referring to his first visit, since his
second, in _Jhegaala_, did not go very well.]).
This was "years before" 244 (Ja 24, 47).
"I wasn't paying all that much attention to my surroundings then" (Ja 24).
"I hadn't met all that many people, but those I'd met had been pleasant"
(Ja 47). This journey must have been very brief, mostly inside buildings
and vehicles, and/or during a very overcast weather period, as on his
second visit, Vlad is totally unused to sunlight: Ja 26-27, 43, 65. He
didn't meet any nobility during this visit (Ja 109). Vlad was drilled in
Fenarian by Noish-Pa before this trip (Ja 254). Some of the vocabulary
strongly suggests that this happened before he met Cawti in Yendi.
Vlad learns "you can never go home" (Tk 99). [This is listed as one of
the effects of the Battle of Baritt's Tomb, but doesn't seem to apply to
anything that happens in Dragon.]
Vlad has been on horseback, but didn't like it (Ts 82, Dz 44, Ja 58).
Vlad gets in "a little trouble with the Empire" once (Jr 20). Might be
referring to the Tagichatn matter in 240 PI, but more likely refers to the
untold tale immediately below.
Vlad is incarcerated for "a few weeks" "as part of the affair that
gained me my exalted position in the Jhereg and had first brought my
friend Aliera to the attention of the Empress" (P 54).
Vlad has been in prison once more that we don't know about (P 104,
152-153).
Vlad "had lain helpless while Morrolan battled a demon that had taken
his own sword from him" (P 111).
Vlad "parlayed with spirits from my ancestral home for the release of
the Necromancer's soul" (P 111).
Vlad "battled with my own likeness" (P 111).
"the time I took a job selling fish in the market" (O 24).
"Once I ended up impersonating a corporal in the Imperial Guard and had
to arrest someone for creating a disturbance in a public place" (O 24).
Vlad visits the Demon's "place" (O 88).
Vlad is held captive somewhere (not by the Empire), involving "far too
much potato soup" (Is 90).
Vlad sees Morrolan fight a nasty duel with Vrudric e'Lanya in Castle
Black (Is 137).
Vlad has an unpleasant run-in with someone who (unexpectedly) can
jump an eleven-foot crevasse (Is 120).
Vlad encounters the doors of Dzur Mountain several times, including one
occasion where he waits outside for an hour and half (Dz 35).
Vlad comes across Vili in South Adrilankha (Dz 183).
Vlad enters a building armed, only to find Phoenix Guards inside ("once,
long ago", Dz 202).
Vlad had "once been told that my friend Morrolan had been raised somewhere in
human lands" (Ja 41). He doesn't beleive this, until I 104-105.
An Athyra talks to Vlad about movement and time (Ja 177).
Vlad talks shop with a colleague "many years ago". He "eventually" gets killed
over gambling debts (Ja 222).
Vlad discusses with Noish-Pa the idea of Cawti and himself moving to a small town
(Ja 251-252).
Vlad spends eleven weeks setting up an elaborate hit (Ja 264-265).
Noish-pa's eyesight during Jhegaala is worse than it was "a few years
before" (Ja 14).
Vlad asks Sethra about her view of the Wall of Baritt's Tomb ("months
later" Dn 30, 202-205).
Mellar has a bigger territory than Vlad will 2 years from now (Jr 53).
Kelly's folk have a 20-person parade (Tk 53).
An oracle tells Vlad to beware his left hand "many years" before
Phoenix (P 171).
Vlad extends a loan (Y 34-35). "About a month and a half before
this--eight weeks, I think it was" (Note that this doesn't mesh with
our current understanding of the calendar. Mistranslation?)
Temek 'works' on a Dzurlord (Y 23).
Vlad has just done some 'work' (Y 2).
Vlad visits Castle Black (Y 2-6).
Vlad checks out the competition (Y 6-11).
Laris controls "about ten square blocks" which is "more than twice as
much" as Vlad (Y 10).
Vlad plots (Y 19-22).
Vlad meets with Laris (Y 24-33).
Preparing for the siege (Y 33-37).
First hit (Y 37-41).
Vlad decides to form a spy network (Y 41).
Vlad gets a loan (Y 41-45).
Vlad attacks Laris (Y 45).
Vlad buys sorcerous protection (Y 46).
Endweek (Y 47-51).
Kiera delivers a present (Y 52-57).
Vlad strikes (Y 57).
Vlad strikes again. Laris goes into hiding (Y 57).
Temek dead (Y 57).
Laris tries to bribe Varg (Y 57).
Shoen kills Laris' rep (Y 57-58).
Vlad's infiltrators get burned (Y 58).
Vlad strikes again (Y 58).
Laris burns cleaner (Y 58).
Chimov & Narvane attacked (Y 58).
Double Event (Y 58).
Laris attacks (Y 58).
Vlad strikes again (Y 59).
Vlad gets a talking-to by a Council member (Jr 22, 24; Y 59-61).
Phoenix crackdown (Y 64-67).
Vlad reopens a brothel (Y 67-68).
No trouble yet... (Y 69).
Vlad reopens a cleaner (Y 69).
Back to normal? (Y 69-70).
Vlad reopens a lender (Y 70).
Vlad reopens a Shareba game (Y 71).
Vlad reopens more gambling (Y 71).
Vlad goes for a walk (Y 71-75)
Phoenix Guards pulled out due to an Easterner riot (Y 110).
Vlad killed by Norathar and Cawti (Jr 59).
[Two days (Y 81) or three (Y 82)?]
Alive! (Y 79-88)
Good morning (89-99).
Back to work (101-111).
Back to bed (Y 111-112).
Dinner [lunch?] at Castle Black (Y 113-124).
Back to work (Y 125 135).
[It's 2 days to Endweek (Y 131).]
Party at Castle Black (Y 137-148).
Aliera helps Norathar be Dragon again (Jr 203).
Mystery assassins (Y 149-165).
Cawti's caution going through a door saves Vlad's life (Jr 71).
Back to Castle Black (Y 165-191).
Confrontation (Y 192-197).
Vlad kills Laris (Y 198-204).
Vlad introduces Cawti to Noish-pa (Y 206-209).
Vlad starts taking over Laris' area (Y 209).
Shortly after the events of Yendi, Morrolan is appointed Court
Wizard, in place of Sethra the Younger (Is 222).
Vlad learns that Jakoub is an important part of the Six Corners
criminal power structure ("our long acquaintance" Dz 55; "before I'd shown up
to run things" Dz 56; dating tentative, based on Vlad deciding to form a spy
network around this time).
Vlad begins narrating Dragon (Dn 15-16). He claims that it's "more
than three years later" (Dn 15), but that doesn't jibe with other sources,
as it can't have been much more than 2 years at best.
This sequence takes place very shortly after Yendi, but I'm assuming
the New Year intervenes, in order to make the main storyline have occurred
at least more than two years ago, so as not to have Vlad be completely
bogus in his dating.
Sethra the Younger comes home (Y 206, Dn 101).
Sethra the Younger approaches Vlad about an exchange of weapons (D
101-104).
Vlad consults Cawti (Dn 171-172).
Vlad speaks with Aliera (Dn 173-175).
Vlad contacts Sethra the Younger (Dn 237).
Farmday (Dn 286).
Transactions (Dn 237-240, 283).
Aliera acquires Pathfinder ("I've only had Pathfinder for a few months"
Jr 88). Sethra the Younger gets Kieron's sword (Tk 99).
Morollan has suspected things about the Battle of Baritt's Tomb "for
years now" (Dn 285), but it's actually been roughly two full years.
Menthar's duty with the Phoenix Guards ends (Y 109-110).
Cawti & Vlad marry [exact dating conjectural].
Cawti and Vlad eat treska leaves (while visiting some Islands? On
their honeymoon? Is 195).
Vlad takes out Leonyar ("last year" in 243, Jr 24).
Mellar "wipes out" Terion and joins the Jhereg Council (Jr 53).
He shows up alive again in _Dzur_, which is puzzling on the surface.
On the Dragaera mailing list, Majikjon suggested "Sure, Mellar killed Terion.
Someone clearly paid to revivify him afterwards. This was probably
allowed by Mellar only on condition that Terion relinquish his spot on
the council in exchange for not making it Morganti.
Once Mellar dies, however, there's nothing left to stop Terion from
resuming his former ways and recapturing a spot on the council."
Steven Brust endorsed this explanation in an email on April 20, 2009.
Cawti gives Vlad a tea-table, he gives her a /lant/ (Tk 37-38).
Nath starts watching Kelly's group (Tk 63).
Jhereg trouble in the Hills (P 135).
Trouble with G'ranthar (Jr 20)?
Cawti hasn't tuned her /lant/ in 12 weeks, as of Tk day 8 (Tk 38).
Cawti has some sort of job, which Vlad doesn't help with (Jr 67).
No more pimps in Southern Adrilankha (Tk 69).
Lord Keleth's loan is due ("over a month ago" Jr 122).
Mellar approaches Morrollan about 'lost' book "a few weeks ago" (Jr 82)
as of day 3.
"night before last" (Jr 24), Teckla in Vlad's territory mugged.
Mellar makes arrangements to bring book to Morrolan ("four days ago" J
84).
Mellar rips off Council. Demon says "Yesterday" (Jr 34) on day 2, but
Vlad says "Three days ago" (Jr 68) on day 3. He arrives at Castle Black
"three days ago" (Jr 82), also on day 3.
"243 years since the end of the Interregnum" (Jr 19).
Vlad gets a message from the Demon (Jr 19-27).
Vlad meets mugged Teckla (Jr 29).
Vlad meets Demon (Jr 29-37).
Vlad meets with Kragar, Daymar, and Kiera (Jr 42-55).
This will be Vlad's 42nd assassination (Jr 45).
Demon delivers Vlad's 65,000 fee (Jr 57).
"the next morning" Vlad finds Kiera's present (Jr 57).
Vlad, Loiosh, Cawti, and Daymar find Mellar with ritual (Jr 57-64).
Vlad has "lunch" with Cawti (Jr 67-71). Several scenes later (but still
clearly the same day), it is still "barely half an hour before noon" (J
96) and Vlad has an upcoming appointment for lunch. At first, this seemed
like a problem, but then I discovered that Dragaerans have four meals a
day. No doubt Brust 'translated' both of the middle two as "lunch".
Vlad finds out Mellar is in Castle Black, and consults with Morrolan,
Aliera, and Sethra (Jr 72-93).
Vlad meets with Demon for lunch (Jr 95-104).
Vlad has a heart-to-heart talk with Aliera (Jr 106-121).
Vlad visits Lord Keleth (Jr 121-126).
Vlad checks in for some excitement at Castle Black (Jr 133-169).
"early the next morning" Vlad gets to work (Jr 178-187).
Vlad to Castle Black to finish planning (Jr 189-214).
The plan goes into action (Jr 216-229).
Vlad has another meeting with the Demon ("three days since [day 6] ...
two days since [this scene]" Jr 234).
Vlad finds the dirt on the Dzurs (Jr 237).
Final debrief at Castle Black (Jr 234-239).
Cawti visits Vlad's grandfather, meets Gregory "a few weeks" before
Teckla, thus just after Jhereg (Y 11),
Vlad studies a little Elder Sorcery (Is 127). This must be after
Jhereg, but is presumably before Phoenix.
Vlad has visited the Demon's "place" (O 88). Again, presumably
between Jhereg and Phoenix.
Now that Mellar is no longer on the Jhereg Council, either Terion
(presumably resurrected) retakes his old position, or someone else of the
same name (perhaps a relative) joins the Council (Jr 53, Dz 170).
Nath reports to Herth about Kelly's group "two weeks" before Franz is
killed (Tk 63).
"a few weeks" after the end of Jhereg (Tk 5; 43).
Vlad visits an oracle and gets a job offer (Tk 3-5).
Franz killed (Tk 11).
Exact day arbitrary, but three days feels about right for "last week"
(Tk 8).
Gregory comes to visit (Tk 8-12).
Vlad sets up a meeting with Herth (Tk 13-15).
Vlad and Cawti fail to communicate (Tk 15).
Vlad meets Herth (Tk 15-16).
Vlad tries to help (Tk 17-20).
Labwork (Tk 21-23).
Vlad meets Paresh (Tk 24-33).
"Keep out of it" (Tk 34-36).
Bad night (Tk 37-39).
Tea with Cawti (Tk 40-46).
Talk with Kelly (Tk 47-50).
Talk with Noish-pa (Tk 51-54).
Back home (Tk 55-56).
Chatting with Bajinok (Tk 57-60).
Chatting with Nath (Tk 61-64).
Chatting with Sheryl (Tk 65-71).
Fighting with Cawti (Tk 73-75).
Another talk with Bajinok (Tk 76-79).
Cavalry (Tk 79-84).
Work out (Tk 85-88).
Vlad as bodyguard (Tk 81-91).
Sheryl's dead (Tk 92-94).
Chatting with Noish-pa (Tk 95-97).
Stalking horse (Tk 99-101).
Barricades (Tk 102-108).
Confrontation (Tk 111-128).
Assassins in mirrors (Tk 129-133).
Sometime shortly after this, Kragar checks in with Mario, but he
isn't interested in getting involved (Tk 129, Dz 222-223).
A new plan (Tk 134-139).
Chatting with Franz (Tk 141-145).
Inner turmoil (Tk 146-150).
Chatting with Natalia (Tk 151-158).
Chatting with Noish-pa (tk 159-162).
A better plan? (Tk 163-167).
Still working on the plan (Tk 168-171).
Home fires (Tk 172-176).
War in motion (Tk 177-181).
Chatting with Kelly (Tk 182-192).
Chatting with Cawti (Tk 193-195).
Final confrontation (Tk 196-210).
Final plan (Tk 211).
Vlad buys himself a present (Tk 212-214).
Aliera gives up levitating to hide her height ("recently", as of P 211).
"social unrest" in the Eaterner sections of Adrilankha occurs some
"hundreds of years" after the end of the Interregnum (SL 16).
Vlad discusses with Noish-Pa the idea of Cawti and himself moving to a small town
(Ja 251-252). [Dating speculative, but this may well have been suggested as a
potential solution to their marital woes.]
[In the prologue to Phoenix, Vlad says that Phoenix
took place in
234 and 235. Given Vlad's bad memory, he must have misremembered 243 as
234, and then just added one, since he remembered it as being the New
Year. I thought that the original dating reference (Jhereg says it's
been "243 years since the end of the Interregnum", Jr 19) might have been
mistaken, but if it was, then Vlad would have been seven or eight years
old during the 221 uprising, and remembered it himself, which he clearly
doesn't (T 160-161). Later (P 152), Vlad says correctly that it's 244
PI.]
It's been "a few weeks" since Teckla (P 10).
Prayers answered (P 5-13).
Preparing to leave (P 14-16).
At sea (P 17-19).
Sailing (P 19-23).
Arrival (P 23-26).
To the Capitol (P 27-31). [The incident on P 28 may be "the time I
spent half a day under a pile of refuse because it was the only place
to hide" (O 24). It would be a bit of an exaggeration, but it's a
fairly close match.]
Scouting (P 31).
Inside (P 31-34).
Final Rehearsal (P 34-35).
Killing and Running (P 35-44).
Aibynn (P 44-48).
Interrogation (P 49-53).
Around now, the Phoenix Guards start coming out in force in places oher
than South Adrilankha (P 72-73)
Sethra mentions the troubles in South Adrilankha to Morrolan (P 91).
Healing up (P 53-54).
More Interrogation (P 54-57).
Rescue! (P 57-62).
Homeward Bound (P 63-74).
Home (P 75-76).
Toronnan (P 79-86).
Vlad has worked for Toronnan for about "three years" (P 83), though I
make it closer to four.
Chatting at home (P 86-90).
Murmurs of war (P 90-96).
Questions without answers (P 96-100).
Vlad starts settting up his deal with the Minstrel's Guild (P 97, 101)
which will serve him in good stead for many years to come.
Stupid ideas (P 100-105).
Talking about Gods (P 106-110).
Talking with Gods (P 111-118).
"was it only days ago?" (P 112). Technically, yes, but it's been
over a Dragaeran month.
Verra says "those four hundred and ninety-seven years of Interregnum"
were a time of great growth. This is obviously impossible; she must mean
497 years since the beginning of the Interregnum. [Or perhaps Vlad
misremembers what she said.]
No Help (P 119-120).
Paresh (P 120-122).
"a few weeks ago" the Empress pulled out the troops (P 122). Actually,
this is more like 8 weeks, unless he's referring to some incident other
than the end of Teckla (entirely possible, as Cawti's group has still
been active).
At the Palace (P 123-128).
Repercussions (P 129-140).
"Remember a few weeks ago?" "Not more than a month ago" (P 140).
Again, Vlad must be misremembering; this all happened about 2 months ago.
[Vlad say that this is "the Month of the Phoenix, in the year of the
Dzur, during the phase of the Yendi in the reign of the Phoenix, Cycle of
the Phoenix, Great Cycle of the Dragon" (P 151-152). This isn't quite
right; it's the Phase of the Phoenix, and the Turn of the Yendi. Note that
Vlad himself admits here that he doesn't often use this form of dating,
hence his error is understandable.]
Boralinoi (P 141-147).
Interlude at Castle Black (P 148-151).
Meeting the Empress (P 153-163).
Cawti (P 164-168).
Kragar starts researching Boralinoi (P 173).
Trouble starts brewing with the press gangs (P 173).
About this time, "Someone high up in the Empire dipped his hand into the
war chest" (O 72-73).
Going into hiding (P 168-175).
Melestav leaves Vlad's employ (P 174-175).
Kragar has been in charge "most of the last year" (P 172). A fair
assessment, as that year has encompassed at least Jhereg,
Teckla, and Phoenix, all of which have kept Vlad pretty busy.
Noish-pa (P 175-180).
Riot and Revolt (P 181-184).
Khaavren resigns as Brigadier (P 191). This is apparently a fairly
regular occurence, and not permanent (O 119).
Riots continue (184-187).
Refuge in Castle Black (P 188-199).
Final Preparation (P 200-212).
Vlad gets an amulet against teleport sickness (P 212).
Return to Greenaere (P 213-220).
Sacrifice (P 221-228).
Escape? (P 229-234).
Vlad sends Kragar out for Klava (Dz 13 implies that this was habitual,
but given the timing, it can only have heppened once or twice at most).
Just Deserts (P 234-245).
Cawti "started out by trying to dismantle the Organization in
South Adrilankha entirely." (Dz 26).
Kragar installs a tunnel (Dz 263).
Vlad buys a whetstone on the way out of Adrilankha (Ja 163).
[This story commences very soon after Phoenix. Vlad says "A few weeks ago,
I'd been married. A few weeks before that, happily married" (Ja 23). This is clearly
an understatement, as by the end of Phoenix his marriage had already been
unhappy for at least eleven weeks. Possibly more accurate is Vlad's statement that
"Two months ago" he still had Kragar's services (on day seven of this story, Ja 43).
That leaves about 27 days, or 5 Dragaeran weeks, between the end of Phoenix
and Vlad's arrival on Mount Saestara. We know he spent one week of that time at
Lake Szurke visiting Noish-Pa (Ja 12). The rest of it would have been largely spent
walking to and from there. This is probably the visit referred to in
O 201 "We've been there before", since the context is "places to hide from the Jhereg.
Most of Vlad's experience in the East was unpleasant, except for the feeling of the
Furnace (Dz 147).]
Noish-Pa has been in charge of Szurke long enough that poachers are reacting
(Ja 12). Presumably they react fast, since he's only been there about a month.
Visiting Noish-Pa (Ja 12-17).
Vlad goes East as a result of a dream Verra sends him (Dz 240). This dream
is not mentioned in Jhegaala, but I suspect that it was a dream about his
mother, that prompted him to talk to Noish-Pa about her. Verra sent him
at least one other dream between then and _Dzur_, but I don't know when (Dz 240).
Discussion of Vlad's mother "one night" (Ja 13). Noish-Pa lectures Vlad "over
the next several days" (Ja 15).
Vlad leaves Szurke "the day after Spring Balance day" (Ja 17).
Saestara "some distance" from Szurke (Ja 11). Travel time unclear, but
probably at least a week's walk.
Vlad gets supplies in Saestara village. The bread has started going stale
by Day Five (Ja 26). Presumably, he spends the night there in "a real bed" (Ja 30).
Mount Saestara (Ja 11-17).
Vlad passes through a flowery meadow ("a couple of years ago" Dz 257), probably on
the way down from Mount Saestara.
Vlad "spent about three nights in the forest after I came down from the
mountains" (Ja 22). [The use of the word "about" is interesting. Did Vlad
lose track of time due to sleep deprivation?]
Out of the forest (Ja 22-25).
Getting to Burz (Ja 25-30).
Seeing the town (Ja 30-33).
Meeting Orbahn (Ja 34-38).
Night walk (Ja 39-42).
Vlad has (so far) never used a garrote (Ja 42).
Merchants and threats (Ja 42-47).
Orbahn warns (Ja 48-51).
Tag and Coachman (Ja 52-62).
"Burned to nothing" (Ja 64-76).
Healing blisters (Ja 79-86).
The Guild and/or Jhereg read Vlad's mind at this time.
Making plans (Ja 87-91).
Jhereg assassin teleports somewhere nearby (Ja 201)?
Guild visit (Ja 91-98).
Contacting the Count (Ja 99-101).
Dahni given job to recruit Vlad "I don't know. Two, three days ago, I guess?"
(J 149). Mid-day of day 10 would be after Vlad wrote to the Count, but before Vlad
visited him. It is probably just after getting the note that the Count sets Dahni
on Vlad (Ja 152). Dahni then follows Vlad for "a couple of days" (Ja 153) --
maybe; it would have been easy to track most of Vlad's moves through gossip and he
only "knew most of the answers" (Ja 153).
Getting drunk? (Ja 102-103).Although Vlad's narrative implies that he doesn't do
anything at this point except drink and go to bed, the next day Eelie says, "You
talked to him last night" (Ja 119), and Vlad doesn't deny it.]
Zollie murdered "last night" (Ja 114). Vlad replies with "A busy night--I was
harmed as well." (Ja 114). Vlad is implying that he was harmed on the same night.
Is he lying? Or is this something he didn't tell the reader?
Visiting the Count (Ja 103-116).
Vlad due to look over mill on day 12 (Ja 111).
"I only got to town a couple of days ago." (Ja 113). Five days, actually.
Eelie (Ja 117-120).
"...the plan I'd come up with, all of--uh, two days ago?" (Ja 123). Yes, on day 9.
Deductions (Ja 121-124).
Jhereg assassin reaches the vicinity of Burz: "with a good horse, maybe another
day or two to get here" (Ja 201). This means that he contacted Dahni almost
immediately upon arrival. Dahni later says "two weeks ago" (Ja 210); I make it 13
days, which is close enough.
Dahni (Ja 125-129).
Dahni calls Vlad "Lord Taltos" (Ja 129). Who told him that name? Vlad appears
to notice, but doesn't explicitly say so anywhere in the text. It's not clear
whether Dahni dropped the name as a deliberate threat, or whether it was accidental.
By this time Vlad knows that the Guild (and presumably the Coven) know his real name,
so he may think Dahni may be working with them (which, perhaps, he is). Dahni later
claims he didn't learn Vlad's real name from the Count (Ja 152).
Questioning witches (Ja 130-139).
Merss left "years ago. Before I was born. I just heard about it" (Ja 135).
[Does she mean "just heard" as in "I have no responsibility" or as in "someone
told me very recently"? It's possible that this topic was discussed at a recent
Coven meeting.]
Waiting (Ja 140-147).
Dahni presumably reports to the Count sometime in the afternoon (Ja 154, 146).
A talk with Dahni (Ja 148-156).
Why is Dahni confused by Vlad asking, "I suppose you have no idea why he didn't
just ask me himself when we spoke?" (Ja 149) Is Dahni so used to intrigue that this
seems nonsensical?
"I'm told the Merss family practiced the darker sort" (Ja 151). Does Dahni mean
the ones who left several decades ago, the ones who left more recently, or the ones
who just got killed? And told by whom?
More thinking (Ja 157-162).
"I'd now been almost a week in the village of Burz" (Ja 162). No, you've been
there for eight days, which is more than a week even by Eastern reckoning, and could
reasonably be called "almost two weeks" by Dragaeran.
Going back to the Count (Ja 162-173).
Inchay hasn't seen Orbahn "in days" (Ja 166). We haven's seen him since day 7.
Questioned by the Count (Ja 177-179).
Questioned by the Guild (Ja 179-189).
Vlad has been out of communication for "three days" (Ja 181).
Later, Loiosh says "You've been in there for a week now" (Ja 186).
A spider web reminds Vlad of "something I'd seen once, something associated with
vast quantities of water" (Ja 183). Perhaps the rigging of a ship, in Phoenix?
Vlad loses his left pinky (A 6, 30, 45, O 4, Is 18-19) while "back East"
(Dz 44, 181). The details of how it happened seem to change with each telling,
though. Jhegaala reveals (obliquely) that it was due to damage while
being tortured.
Rescued (Ja 190-197).
Healing (Ja 197-198).
And more healing (Ja 198).
Debriefing Loiosh and the Count (Ja 198-203).
Vlad says "Dahni said that talking to me in the dark like that would give him an
edge." (Ja 199). What Dahni *actually* said was, "I saw you heading out there. I
thought it might give me an edge." (Ja 153). Dahni makes no explicit mention of
darkness, or of Vlad's poor night vision (unless it was lost somewhere in the chain
of recollections and translations between the event and the text). Why doesn't Vlad
mention Dahni's use of his real name at this juncture?
The Count says that he will "retire to the City" as soon as Vlad is "safe"
(Ja 203). Yet he clearly hasn't left as of day 27.
Dahni again (Ja 204-213).
Assassinating an assassin (Ja 213-217).
Vlad has at least six meals and two naps before Father Noij visits in the
"evening" (Ja 228), but they are small meals, and he is in recovery mode, so I
think it's all one day.
To the inn (Ja 217-225).
History (Ja 226-237).
"a Teckla I'd recently met" (Ja 235) -- presumably Paresh, in Teckla.
Following Orbahn (Ja 237-243).
Asking about Saabo (Ja 243-246).
Talking to Saabo (Ja 247-252).
Aybrahmis (Ja 253-256).
Knocking out a stool leg... (Ja 257-273).
...and watching it fall over (Ja 274-278).
Leaving town (Ja 279-283).
"I had done a bit of ocean sailing before" (Ja 283). In Phoenix 17-23
Travel and explanations (Ja 283-297).
Vlad Norathar born (O 290).
Possibly it is around this time, when Cawti is presumably quite distracted,
that the Organization "popped back up, only outside of her control." (Dz 26).
Vlad hides in Fenario City for "just about a year" (Ja 299). Presumably
the rest of 244 PI. There's room for another few books in there, possibly.
Vlad still has a large fortune, though he doesn't carry it around
with him (O 236).
"A long time later, in the cottage of an Eastern family" Vlad reads a
history of the riots (P 183-184).
Vlad narrates Phoenix. He says there (P 1) that it tells of the last
time he killed someone, but he's clearly killed since then (see below).
Perhaps Vlad seeks out his "audience" as one of the few truly safe
ways he can think of to raise a little cash fast. It can't have been as he was
leaving town, since he refers to one event as "a long time later" (P 183).
Vlad meets a philosopher "a couple of years ago", then kills her
(A 58-59).
Vlad tours "the islands" (implied in Is 195, likely after Phoenix,
which is his first time on a ship (P 18) -- possibly not, though, if he
hired teleports).
Vlad learns some curses from some Orca he "briefly traveled with" (Dz 229).
Savn starts studying with Master Wag ("a year before", A 80).
Cawti regains (partial) control of South Adrilankha, and tries to run
things more moderately (Dz 26, dating speculative).
Kragar changes recognition codes ("We haven't used that code in three
years", Dz 220).
Shortly after leaving Fenario City, Vlad steals Count Saekeresh's paper
recipe and mails it to the Empress (Ja 299).
Vlad returns to Mount Saestara "a year and a couple of weeks" from his
last time there (Ja 299-300). That would put it at late Spring.
Loraan becomes aware of Vlad's presence, and contacts Ishtvan ("more
than a week" as of day 6, A 201).
"I've avoided the Jhereg for more than two years" (A 242). Probably
about 2 1/2, as he left in spring, and it's now harvest.
Arrival (A 3-15).
Endweek (A 16).
Reins is dead (A 16-23).
Evening at Tem's (A 24-41).
"within the last five years" (A 38). Actually, Loraan was 'killed'
about 6 years ago, see above.
A magic lesson (A 42-52).
Chores (A 52-57).
A real magic lesson (A 58-75).
More Chores (A 77-83).
Lesson 3 -- Necromancy (A 83-87).
Dinner & Music (A 88-96).
Vlad claims that he's "never been in the army" (A 90). I guess he
figures that his actions in Dragon don't count...
What are friends for? (A 97-100).
Troubled thoughts (A 101-106).
Reconnecting (A 107-109).
Attack! (A 110-112).
Emergency Operation (A 113-127; Dz 55).
Lesson 4 -- Dreams (A 128-132).
Treatment (A 132-156).
Roast Norska (A 151-163).
Enchanted Worries (A 164-167).
Fird (A 168-170).
Troubled Town (A 171-175).
Relapse (A 176-182).
Hard Words (A 183-202).
Finding Out (A 203-213).
Bones (A 214-218).
Knife (A 218-222).
Down (A 222-227).
Death in the Darkness (A 228-238).
Roast Athyra (A 1-2, 239-243).
Vlad is neiher "cut" nor "even threatened" (O 129).
Telnan is allowed out of the dungeons of Dzur Mountain ("a year
and a half ago", Dz 16).
Vlad visits his grandfather at Lake Szurke "a couple of years ago" (Dz 53).
Curithne dies ("About a year and a half ago", Dz 168-169).
Cawti starts losing control again, as the Left Hand of the Jhereg
take advantage of the effective power vacuum she has created (Dz 26, 28;
dating speculative). Is this move by the Left Hand intended to boost Terion's
chances to head the Council (Dz 230), or is it payment for the Left hand's
assisstance to him (Dz 178)?
Jhegaala narrated ("That was three years ago" Ja 299).
Vlad still hasn't corrected his night vision (Ja 25).
Fyres has dinner with Shortisle (O 257).
Fyres dies ("A couple of weeks ago" as of day 8, O 7).
It's been roughly a year since Athyra (O 16).
Hedge-witch (O 16-23).
Papers (O 23-26).
Mother's bank is gone by day 5 (O 32).
Fyre's death is pronounced an accident "a week later" (O 258).
Bureaucrats (O 26-33).
Hiring Kiera (O 3-9).
Burglary (O 9-14).
Delivery (O 14-15).
Professional Risks (O 36-40).
Early Investigations (O 40-43).
Stony (O 43-51).
Initial Findings (O 52-56).
Discussing Dreams (O 56-60).
Getting Information (O 60-71).
Fyres died "a few weeks ago" (O 62), to be accurate, three weeks.
Gossip (O 72-73).
The Empress is missing (presumed to be with her Eastern lover) for the
fourth time in three years (previous times for 3 days, 9 days, and 6 days;
O 72).
Cops (O 74-86).
Endra & Reega (O 87-95).
Good Cop/Bad Cop (O 95-104).
What's wrong with this picture? (107-111).
Breakfast (O 111-116).
Loftis (O 117-126).
Taltos happened "three or four years ago" (O 122); well, actually
seven, by my reckoning. Unless there's been another Jenoine incident
since then. But these are Dragaerans, and seven years is still "quite
recently" to them.
Talking about knives (O 127-130).
Talking about banks (O 131-137).
Robbing Banks (O 137-140).
Puzzles (O 141-146).
Vonnith (O 147-154).
Positions of Strength? (O 155-159).
[Kiera makes reference to "the next two days" (O 159) and "the first
couple of days" (O 172) that, in context, make it sound like there were
more than two days between leaving Vlad and returning to him. But Vlad's
movements for that period are very closely reported, and take just about
exactly two days. But there's wiggle room for a possible delay of a day
before finally deciding to talk to Loftis (O 177), and/or a delay of a day
tracking down a useful minstrel (O 195).]
Economic Damage (O 175-182).
Eating Habits (O 183-191).
No good answers (O 192-204).
Shortisle's Office (O 159-168).
Shorty's Advice (O 168-171).
Vonnith Again (O 205-219).
Back to Vlad (O 171-174). [Kiera says that after leaving Stony, she
"hastened back", but she must be either lying or mistaken. After she
saw Stony, there had to be time for Stony to be killed by Vlad, and for
Savn to work on Loiosh "far into the night" (O 219). Thanks to
eriktdahl@gmail.com for pointing out this discrepancy.
David Silberstein (davids@kithrup.com) speculates that the "Kiera" chapters
of Orca are being "told to" a diary that Sethra keeps, and that the
unaccounted-for time here was taken up by something that Sethra kept out of
that diary (possibly having to do with the larger ramifications of the
financial crisis).]
"Breaking the Stick" (O 222-230).
Economics Lesson (O 231-238).
Connections (O 239-244).
Kiera talks to Savn (O 245-249).
Timmer (O 250-271).
Unexpected Friends (O 274-288).
Prologue, Interludes, and Epilogue of Orca. Note that, according
to Dzur, Cawti is probably under a great deal of professional stress
at this time.
An old lady named Coletti with a house on Stranger's Road dies "last
year" (Dz 57). Her house is apparently bought by Left Hand representatives.
Cawti starts receiving (unasked for?) "help" from Norathar (Dz 26-27).
Apparently, Cawti then abandons control completely ("You have people?"
"No, I let them go." Dz 48). If this is the case, though, why is she still
in danger? Has she made it clear to the Jhereg that she will continue
some sort of fight against them even alone? It would be in character,
but is never explicitly stated.
"A few weeks ago" (Dz 56-57), a lot more male Jhereg show up around South
Adrilankha.
Cawti is warned to leave South Adrilankha alone (Dz 29-30; this might
have been during the events of Issola).
Nickolas injures his hand "a few weeks ago" (Dz 54). Lady Ciatha has
chosen to let half her land lie fallow "for the season" (Dz 54).
Vlad returns Savn to his parents (Is 18, Dz 88).
Issola starts "a year or so" after Orca (Is 17).
Dates are given in terms of the time that passes on Dragaera, not
the subjective time that Vlad experiences.
By this time, Vlad has performed 63 assassinations (Is 68).
An Unexpected Visit (Is 11-26).
Briefing (Is 27-46).
Window (Is 47-56).
Contract (Is 57-70).
Verra (Is 71-86).
Sethra and Verra have been anticipating a Jenoine attack "for some
time" (Is 79). It's unclear exactly why they are anticipating thus,
but it seems likely that there suspicions are rooted somewhere in
the events surrounding the Jenoine attack on Dzur Mountain about
eight years ago.
Prisoner Exchange (Is 81-100).
Escape (Is 101-115).
River (Is 116-132).
"a couple of days" have passed (Is 139).
Back to the Cell (Is 133-140).
Visions (Is 141-160).
Loiosh has mind-scanned Vlad for possible interference "maybe
half a dozen times" by now (Is 147).
Summoning (Is 161-167),
Courtesy (Is 168-171).
Attack (Is 172-184).
They have been gone "a week and a day" (Is 184).
Recovery (Is 184-198).
Analysis (Is 198-211).
There is one other Lavode left besides Sethra, "but he isn't ready
yet" (Is 198). This is apparently Telnan (Dz 16).
Preparation (Is 212-224).
Fighting for Life (Is 225-246).
Vlad later (Dz 18) says that his arm had recently been "healed by an
expert". Perhaps he is misremembering? Although several experts examined
his arm (Is 186, 191, 193-194, 197), none of them appeared to *do*
anything, and the arm was eventually healed by Vlad himself "almost as an
afterthought" (Is 245).
Aftermath (Is 247-255).
Valabar's (Dz 11-34, 51-52, 67-68, 85-87, 101-103, 117-118, 123-125,
135, 149-151, 165-166, 183-184, 197-199, 215-218, 235-236, 241-242, 257-259,
271-272, 281). Vlad has been "gone for years" -- over four by my reckoning.
He left in early 244 PI, and it is now sometime in 248. We pick up the
story mere moments after _Issola_ ended. It is "early afternoon" (Dz 13).
Telnan has been studying wizardry for twenty years, which Vlad
describes as "More than half of the time I'd been alive" (Dz 16); this is oddly
phrased, since Vlad is only 26 years old at this point.
Dzur Mountain (Dz 34-50).
Outside, there is "a slight coating
of snow on the ground" (Dz 35); this suggests that it is neither the middle
of summer nor the deep of winter -- only suggests, however, as Dzur Mountain
could easily have unusual weather.
Cawti has been to Dzur Mountain often enough since Vlad's exile that
she assumes that Tukko will remember her klava preferences, but not Vlad's (Dz 46).
Back on the Mean Streets (Dz 52-65).
"We've had a bit of rain" (Dz 54); another vague seasonal cue.
The boots are due "day after tomorrow" (Dz 55), on day 3 of this story.
First Blood (Dz 68-69).
Friendly Conversations (Dz 70-83).
Dzur Mountain is "chilly" (Dz 70), another weak seasonal cue.
Sethra knows of "at least three times when the wielder of a Great
Weapon had his soul taken by a Morganti weapon." (Dz 80). One of these
might possibly be the Aliera incident in Jr, but that seems unlikely.
Waking Up and Finding Klava (Dz 87-92).
Creating Sandor (Dz 93-99).
Surveillance (Dz 104-108).
Memories (Dz 108-115).
Boots (Dz 118-120).
Loiosh in Trouble (Dz 120-122).
Daymar (Dz 125-134, 136-140).
Daymar refers to the events of _Jhereg_ as "not long ago" (Dz 129).
It wa actually about five years, but to a Dragaeran, that can be seen as
not such a long time.
Moral (and Mortal) Musings (Dz 140-148).
Ricard (Dz 151-160).
Ricard has a gig ("Tomorrow" Dz 153).
First Recruits (Dz 160-164, "Over the next couple of days" Dz 163, plus maybe one more day for "By the time I had finished instructing" Dz 164).
Around the end of this time ("I guess that was a week ago", Dz 192),
the Ristall market is threatened by an extortionist.
A helpful Jhereg gives the Ristall Marketeers enough money to survive
a shutdown ("Three days ago" and "yesterday", Dz 192). He appears to have
been sent by Nylanth (Dz 261).
Research (Dz 166-171, "three days", Dz 167).
Kragar sends a message to Aliera (Dz 174).
Consulting with Kiera (Dz 172-181, 184).
More Research (Dz 184-195).
Showing Some Muscle (Dz 199-213).
Kragar (Dz 218-233). [In this scene, Vlad appears confused. He refers
to the assassination target as being both Crithnak and Terion's mistress, yet
these appear to be two different people...]
Verra (Dz 236-240).
Killing Time (Dz 243-244).
Mario (Dz 244-246).
A Kid With a Message (Dz 246-248).
Demon (Dz 248-255). [I note that the Demon has a pretty clear 'out' from
his end of the deal. He promised Vlad things "if you get me the position", which
Vlad manifestly did not do. Vlad merely removed the Left Hand from the equation.
This *may* have weakened Terion's position significantly, but may not, and
certainly left other contenders in the mix.]
Back to the Office (Dz 259-264).
Stake Out (Dz 265-270).
Final Negotiations (Dz 272-279).
Payment (Dz 282-285). (This scene could have been in a later day, but
one presumes Vlad is in something of a hurry to finish up his business and
leave town again.)
Vlad narrates _Dzur_ ("It's been weeks now", Dz 113).
Sometime after the events of Issola, Lady Teldra is expected to
"wake up" (Is 253). She is also expected to destroy Verra and (metaphorically?)
"cut out the diseased flesh in the world" (Dz 81).
[References are to paragraphs.]
This short story is set further ahead in Vlad's life than any other yet
published. Exact date, naturally, unknown. This story is probably not
"canonically" true; given the forms that Spellbreaker and Godslayer
appear in in it, there would have had to have been some very strange
events in between Issola and this story. Such events are conceivable,
but I doubt Brust would go in that direction.
Vlad is no longer running Morollan's security (p2). Obviously, he
stopped that job at the end of Phoenix, but we see that he hasn't
(formally, at least) resumed it.
Vlad is slowing down (p2). Could be just age, or it could be that he's
finally managed to figure out how to get the Jhereg off his back so he's
been able to relax for a while.
Kragar is "long dead" (p10).
Vlad says that he "misnamed Spellbreaker" (p8). He raises it to "to
give it a good look at the window" (p10), and then apparently uses it to
travel in a manner that is not teleportation (p10-11,57). [He presumbly
learned this method of transport starting in Is 43-44).]
He goes somewhere with a purple overcast (p12). Possibly related in
some manner to the purple stones that let one harness Chaos energy? It
is apparently a "created world" (p26-27,56).
Verra considers Morollan's window an Imperial Secret (p24). One wonders
at the context in which this little tidbit became known to Vlad...
The unnamed goddess has found (remade?) Godslayer (p 33-35). She
indicates that she found it, but it is on a world that she claims to have
created, so how did it get there?
Vlad has apparently gotten back together with Cawti somehow (p49).
It has been "more years than I cared to remember" since Vlad cried (p51).
Toward Beginning a Survey of Some Events
Contributing To the Fall of Empire rejected (at least temporarily) by
"the Institute" (PG xiii). Paarfi begins to "hone" his notes for The
Phoenix Guards. He corresponds
occasionally with Sethra Lavode (PD 23). [Damien Sullivan
(phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu) contributed a
wonderful speculation as to the possible contents of that correspondence: Paarfi begins work on The Phoenix Guards (PG xiii).
Paarfi writes his introduction and About the Author "309 (2/1/2/3)"
(PG xv, 331). [This date is extremely problematic, as a well-formed date
should have at least 6 digits just to specify the Year, or 8 digits to
cover Month and Day. The date may follow the sequence I posit for The
Paths of the Dead's preface (see below), leaving out Cycle and Phase.
Or it could be leaving out the Turn and Reign (as the long form on
the title page does. Either one would yield the correct date of 309 PI.]
Paarfi submits The Phoenix Guards to the Imperial Library (PG ix).
[The long form of the date incorrectly leaves out "of the Turn of the
Dragon" in between the Year and the Phase, and "of the Reign of the
Phoenix" in between the Phase and the Cycle.]
Luchia of North Greenleaf becomes Publisher of Glorious Mountain Press
("two hundred years" PD 17).
Norathar II assumes the Orb (FH 9, 315-316). [This obviously happens
sometime after 309 PI, but we've had no clear indication yet how much
after, hence the designation "NR" for "Norathar's Reign", which I will
happily excise as soon as Brust establishes the data. Incidentally, Vlad
would be 88 years old in 309 PI, so he (and Cawti) might not have lived
to see Norathar's coronation. Of course, with sorcery, who knows?]
"....And a Bandit's Never Parted from His Sword" becomes popular
(LCB 396, dating highly tentative).
Rumor has it that the Society of the Porker Poker begins meeting again, once a decade (SL 339).
Edicts on Half-Breeds signed (FH 68-69).
Five Hundred Years After submitted to the Imperial Library (FH 9).
[The long date given leaves out Cycle, Reign, Phase, and Turn.]
Preface to Five Hundred Years After written "2:1/2:1/2/12" (FH 17).
[The first four digits parse as "Great Cycle of the Dragon, Cycle of the
Phoenix, Reign of the Dragon, Phase of the Phoenix". The last two would
logically be "Turn of the Lyorn, Year of the Chreotha", but that places
this preface as being written 35 years after the book was published!
But perhaps "submitted to the Imperial Library" is something distinct from
(and prior to) actual publication. Some alternative explanations (though
I think them less likely): The 2/12 may indicate Month and Day. It might
have been intended to be 11 NR, but there were two typos in the date (which
should have read "2:1/2:1/0/11").]
Paarfi becomes a celebrity "almost overnight" (PD 17). There are
scandals over Five Hundred Years After (PD 19). He meets Ivan Sekely at a signing (SL 343-344, dating tentative).
The Paths of the Dead first due to be published (PD 18).
Lawsuits are threatened (PD 20).
The Viscount of Adrilankha submitted to the Imperial Library on the
third day of the month of Athyra (PD 11).
Zerran and Bolis suffer a warehouse flood (PD 18).
Preface of The Viscount of Adrilankha written "2/2/10/11 (Norath.
II: 181)" (PD 24). [This date (like so many) is problematic. If it's
the least signifigant digits (as the introduction date to The Phoenix
Guards was), then it must represent either 19 NR or 308 NR, neither of
which seem reasonable. If it is the most signifigant digits, then it's
in the Cycle of the Dragon, which is even less reasonable. But! If we
look at the curious form of the Preface to Five Hundred Years After
("2:1/2:1/2/12"), there is some support for the theory that the numbers
after the colons (Cycle and Phase) might be left out. If so, then this
date parses to "Great Cycle of the Dragon, (Cycle of the Phoenix), Reign
of the Dragon, (Phase of the Phoenix,) Turn of the Iorich, Year of the
Iorich". This yields the correct date of 181. Note that this is
another instance of a Preface being written after the book is submitted
to the Imperial Library, lending credence to the notes on Five Hundred
Years After, above.]
The second volume of The Viscount of Adrilankha printed, as
is A Mighty Thundering... (LCB 393).
Jhereg are allowed back into South Adrilankha at "the end of the next
Dragon Reign" (Dz 251, 254, 274, 278). Assuming that the deal holds at all,
which is rather dubious...
Preface to The Lord of Castle Black written. No date given, but
almost certainly some time after the Dragaeran publication of Viscount.
Afterword to The Lord of Castle Black written. Ditto.
Third volume of The Viscount of Adrilankha printed. Khaavren remains Captain of the Guard (SL 339).
Ivan Sekely's third 'first' meeting with Paarfi (SL 346-347).
Ivan Sekely's fourth 'first' meeting with Paarfi (SL 348).
Ivan Sekely's fifth 'first' meeting with Paarfi (SL 351).
The next Phoenix Reign. With average reign lengths, it would be
expected to be about 13,000 years. Certainly not "a few hundred thousand
years" as Morollan claims (Ts 146); guess he isn't good at math either. It
is, however, pretty certain to be after all the main characters (except
Sethra, of course) are long dead.
Ordwynac will ask Nyssa a question (PD 197).
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Events which are "thousands of years" ago.??? BI
Events whose dates are unclear, but seem to be well before Tortaalik's
reign.~3,000 BI
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The Phoenix Guards
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PG, day 1 (6th day of the month of Phoenix (PG 3))
PG, day 2 (7th of Phoenix)
PG, day 3 (8th of Phoenix)
PG, days 4-17
PG, day 18 (or so)
PG, day 50 (or so)
PG, day 55 (or so)
PG, day 56
PG, day 57
PG, day 58
PG, day 59-70 (or so)
PG, day 71
PG, day 72
PG, day 73
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PG, day 75
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PG, day 77
PG, day 78-86 (or so)
PG, day 87
PG, day 89
PG, day 90
PG, day 140 (or so)
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The Second Dragon/Jhereg War and the Affair of the White Goblets
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Miscellaneous undated events that happen not long before the Interregnum.~4 BI
Five Hundred Years After
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FH, day -3 or so
FH, day 1 (9th of Vallista)
FH, day 2 (10th of Vallista)
FH, day 3 (11th of Vallista)
FH, day 4 (12th of Vallista)
FH, day 5 (13th of Vallista)
FH, day 6 (14th of Vallista)
FH, day 7 (15th of Vallista)
FH, day 8 (16th of Vallista)
FH, day 9 (17th of Vallista)
FH, day 10 (1st of Jhereg)
FH, day 11 (2nd of Jhereg)
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Miscellaneous undated events during the Interregnum.????
These events might be placed before, during, or after the Interregnum.
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~125 I
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The Paths of the Dead
156 I
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~205 I
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229 I
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242 I
243 I
244 I
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245 I
Lord Shellar dies ("two years ago", PD 357).
246 I
Winter
PD, day -4
PD, day -3
PD, day -2?
PD, day 1
PD, day 2
PD, day 3
PD, day 4
PD, day 7
PD, day 8
PD, day 10
PD, day 11
PD, day 12
PD, day 13
PD, day 14
PD, day 14-16
PD, day 16
PD, day 17
PD, day 18
PD, day 19
PD, day 24
247 I
Spring
PD, day ~30
PD, day ~31?
PD, day ~32?
PD, day ~38
PD, day ~40
PD, day ~41
PD, day ~42
PD, later
Summer
The Lord of Castle Black
Still Summer, 247 I
Autumn
Winter
LCB, day 1
LCB, day 2
LCB, day 7
LCB, day 8
LCB, day ~21
LCB, day ~27
LCB, day ~28
LCB, day ~29
LCB, day ~30
LCB, day ~31
LCB, day ~32
LCB, day ~33
LCB, day ~34
LCB, day ~35
LCB, day ~36
LCB, day ~37
LCB, day ~38
LCB, day ~39
LCB, day ~40
LCB, day ~41
LCB, day ~42
LCB, day ~43
LCB, day ~54
LCB, day ~55
LCB, day ~56
LCB, day ~57
Spring, 1 PI: "several months" after the Battle of Dzur Mountain
Sethra Lavode
"the first day of summer: the fifth day of the month of the Hawk"
Early Winter, 1 PI
"a Marketday near the end of winter"
"a Skyday in the early spring" (SL 54)
"on a Skyday in the winter" (SL 69)
SL, next day
Spring, 2 PI
SL, a day or two later
SL, a few days later
Summer, 2 PI
Winter, 2 PI
"Thirteen or fourteen months had passed after Khaavren spoke with his son..." (SL 123)
"three days" before the Battle of Adrilankha (SL 250). "a Farmday in early winter" (SL 116), or possibly, "late in the winter" (Tk 30).
"near the end of winter" (SL 136)
SL, next day
The Battle of Adrilankha (SL, next day, a Farmday (SL 226), "the third day of the Month of the Jhegaala" (SL 282))
SL, next day
SL, next day
SL, next day
SL, two days later
3 PI
SL, "in the next two months"
SL, next day
SL, "a mid-summer's day"
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Events that occur not long after the Interregnum ends.??? PI
Miscellaneous events that aren't exactly dated, but are Post-Interregnum
and Pre-Vlad.6 PI
11 PI
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85 PI
90 PI
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~160 PI
~161 PI
~165 PI
~172 PI
~176 PI
~177 PI
~185 PI
~188 PI
~191 PI
~192 PI
~193 PI
~195 PI?
~198 PI
~202 PI
~203 PI
~204 PI
~206 PI
~207 PI
~209 PI
~215 PI(?)
~216 PI
~217 PI
~218 PI
~219 PI
~220 PI
221 PI
Brokedown Palace
BP, day 1
BP, day 2-6
BP, day 7-8
BP, day 8-9
BP, day 10
BP, day 10-11
BP, day 11-12
BP, day 12
BP, day 13
BP, day 14
BP, day 15
BP, day 16
BP, day 17
222 PI
~224 PI
~224-227 PI
~226 PI
~227 PI
~228 PI
~230 PI
~231 PI
~232 PI
~233 PI
~234 PI
~235 PI
~236 PI
237 PI
238 PI
239 PI
240 PI
Taltos
Ts, -1 month
Ts, day 1
Ts, day 4
Ts, day 5
Ts, day 6
Ts, day 8-9
Ts, day 11?
Ts, day 12
Ts, day 13
Ts, day 14
Ts, day 15
Ts, day 16-17??
Ts, day 18?
Dragon
241 PI
Dn, day 0
Dn, day 1
Dn, day 2
Dn, day 3
Dn, day 4
Dn, day 7
Dn, day 8
Dn, day 9
Dn, day 10
Dn, day 11
Dn, day 12
Dn, day 13
Dn, day 14
Dn, day 15
Dn, day 16
Dn, days 17-18
Dn, day 19
Dn, day 20
Dn, day 21
Dn, days 22-29
Dn, day 30
Dn, day 31
Dn, day 32
Dn, day 33
Dn, day 34
Dn, day 35
241-242 PI???
Events in Vlad's early career that haven't yet been fully explored. Some
(related in later books) may turn out to be much later in his life.
Yendi
242 PI
[Jhereg (definitely in 243 PI) says "that business with Laris last year"
(Jr 24), so Yendi must take place in 242.]
Y, -8 weeks
Y, -1 month
Y, day 1
Y, day 2
Y, day 3
Y, day 4
Y, day 5
Y, day 6
Y, day 8
Y, day 9
Y, day 12
Y, day 14
Y, day 19
Y, day 24
Y, day 29
Y, day 31
Y, day 39
Y, day 41
Y, day 45
Y, day 46
Y, day 51
Y, day 52
Y, day 54
Y, day 55
Y, day 57
Y, day 59
Y, day 60
Y, day 62
Y, day 63
Y, day 64
Y, day 65
Y, day 66
Y, day 67
243 PI
Dn', day 1
Dn', day 2
Dn', day 3
Dn', day 4
Dn', day 5
Y, day 64+4 months
Jhereg
~Jr, -1 month
~Jr, day -14 or so
Jr, day -1.
Jr, day 0?
Jr, day 1.
Jr, day 2.
Jr, day 3.
Jr, day 4.
Jr, day 5.
Jr, day 6.
Jr, day 7.
Jr, day 8.
Jr, day 9.
Teckla
~Tk, day -7
Tk, day 1
Tk, day 3
Tk, day 4
Tk, day 5
Tk, day 6
Tk, day 7
Tk, day 8
Tk, day 9
Tk, day 10
Tk, day 11
Tk, day 12
Tk, day 13
Tk, day 14
Tk, day 15
Tk, day 16
Tk, day 17
Tk, day 18
Tk, day 19
Tk, day 20
Tk, day 22
Phoenix
P, day 1
P, day 2
P. day 3
P, day 4
P, day 5
P, day 6-7
P, day 8
P, day 9
P, day 10
P, day 11-12
P, day 13-15
P, day 16
P, day 17-18
P, day 20
P, day 21-22
P, day 23
P, day 26
P, day 27
P, day 28
244 PI
P, day 29
P, day 30
P, day 31
P, day 32
shortly after Phoenix
Jhegaala
Mid-to-Late Spring, 244 PI
Ja, day 0
Ja, day 1
Ja, days 2-4
Ja Day 5
Ja Day 6
Ja Day 7
Ja Day 8
Ja Day 9
Ja Day 10
Ja Day 11
Ja Day 12
Ja Day 13
Ja Day 14
Ja, days 15-16
Ja days 17-21?
Ja day 21?
Ja day 22
Ja day 23
Ja day 24
Ja day 25
Ja Day 26
Ja Day 27
Ja Days 28-30
~7-9 (Terran) months after Phoenix (but still in 244 PI).
Summer 244 through Spring 245 PI
During Vlad's Travels, 244-???
245 PI
246 PI
Athyra
Just before Athyra (a few days at most)
A, day 1
A, day 2
A, day 3
A, day 4
A, day 5
A, day 6
A, day 8
between Athyra and Orca
247 PI
Orca
~O, day -7
~O, day -2
O, day 1
O, day 2-6
O, day 7
O, day 8
O, day 10
O, day 11
O, day 12
O, day 13
O, day 14
O, day 15
O, day 16
O, day 17
a few weeks later?
some time before Issola
Issola
248 PI
Is, day 1
Is, day 3
Is, day 4
Is, day 10 / Dz, day 1
Dzur
Dz, day 2
Dz, day 3
Dz, days 3-6
Dz, days 7-9
Dz, day 10
Dz, day 11
Dz, day 12
A few weeks after _Dzur_
"A Dream of Passion"
??? PI
~269 PI
"Will you do me the honor of answering some small questions about certain
events concerning the Interregnum?"
"No."]
~288 PI
309 PI
~-21 NR
0 NR
5 NR
11 NR
46 NR
~35 NR??
~169 NR
179 NR
181 NR
200 NR???
~1000 NR???
???
~5,000-83,000 PI
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