Timeline¶
Contested
Named in the open questions Dates of the Fifth Age periods (SM and AL), The fall of Sanctorum and Nexa-Vinian War and Vinias, and in the survey questions on the numbering of the Ages, the current date and the war dates in the three histories. Where sources disagree on a date, every reading has its own row, marked with its source.
The master table of dated events, one row per event, with the era, the calendar, the page that tells it, and the sources that date it. Before the Shattering nothing is dated; the sources give durations only. After it, three calendars are in use, and no source states how they relate.
Calendars¶
| Calendar | Epoch | Used by | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | The Shattering, year 0. "Mithius Ante" or "Magic Age" (S372); "Mithis Ante" (S386). Counted "in almost all nations of Numenia" in the Age of Magic. | The Age of Magic histories | S386, S372, S384, S429 |
| SM | The end of the Age of the Dark Sun, when the Sun was restored: "Solis Mani - Morning Sun" (S132). | The Sancturi material of the Fifth Age | S326, S132, S112 |
| AL | Year 0 is "The Morning" (S107), apparently the same epoch as SM; the sources never say so, and their dates for shared events differ. | The Proturan material of the Fifth Age | S107 |
| Unlabelled | Year 0 is the "Ascendance of Lunariel" (S016). | The Fifth Age Timeline | S016 |
| DE | "Draconic Edictus," the Age of Dragons (S372). No dates are given in it. | The Compendium | S372, S384 |
The Ages themselves are the Fourth Age and Fifth Age by the Drive folders, and the earlier Ages by name without ordinals; see History and the Calendar. The sources' own numbering of the early Ages differs (S001 and S208 count Primordial, Titans, Demons, Dragons, Magic as First to Fifth; S386 folds Demons into Titans; S372 begins with Titans), and is not used here.
Gap
No source relates SM to AL or to the Fifth Age Timeline's count. The Sanctuary Age Timeline (S326) puts the Faewild Wars in the 400s SM and the Sancturi Campaigns in the 600s SM; the Proturas timeline (S107) puts the same wars around 240 AL and 360 AL. The Fifth Age Timeline (S016) puts the Hollowing's start at 231 and the fall of Lorsythe at 1210 where S107 has about 420 AL and the 720s AL.
Before the Shattering¶
Undated. The durations are from The Nature of Magic (S208); the sequence of events from the newest history (S386).
| Era | Duration | Event | Page | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primordial Age | "many scholars assume millions of years" | Elemental Chaos; Fae magic rules | Primordial Age | S208, S001 |
| Primordial Age, end | Arrival of the Einar; the Primordial War; the Throne of Law forged | Primordial War | S386, S001, S208 | |
| Age of Titans | "almost 50,000 years" | Creation of the Titan races; the Elder God-War; Tamariel murdered by Izhtari | Age of Titans | S208, S386 |
| Age of Demons | "approximately 22,000 years" | The Demonic Invasion; the Primal Dragons made; Kalar breaks the Throne of Law; the Worldstone and the Abyss made | Age of Demons, Demon Wars | S208, S386 |
| Age of Dragons | "approximately 14,000 years" | The Elven Imperium (Pax Lothim Anthu); the First Dragon Wars, "just over a thousand years"; the Draconian empire, "over 600 years" | Age of Dragons, First Dragon Wars | S208, S386, S419 |
| Age of Dragons, end | The Worldstone destroyed: the Shattering, year 0 MA | The Shattering | S386, S372, S208 |
Age of Magic (MA)¶
"Nearly 6,000 years" (S208). The newest history (S386) ends at 2713 MA; the Compendium (S372, S384) at 3221 MA. Rows marked "regional" are so marked in their source. Continent-wide wars appear twice where the histories differ.
| Date (MA) | Event | Page | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | The Shattering; the Breaking of the World | The Shattering | S386, S372, S384, S429 |
| 0-200 | Early Devastation (North-Central South Astia) | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 200-809 | The Dark Age (North-Central South Astia) | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 212 | Pherox has conquered its whole region and re-enslaved it | S429 | |
| 250 | Rhovun has conquered or annexed its neighbors | S429 | |
| 541-617 | The Goblin Wars; Uta-Bek killed in the Underdark (regional) | Goblin Wars | S386, S372, S429 |
| 641-c. 691 | "The Necromancer Vinias" leads a fifty-year rebellion in Rhovun | Nexa-Vinian War | S429, S372 |
| 647 | Pherox conquers and enslaves Rhovun | S429 | |
| 788-809 | The Dragonspine Wars of the warlord Gorthak; Gorthak slain at Zurat (regional) | Dragonspine Wars | S429, S372 |
| 810-1260 | The Age of Lords (regional) | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 851-922 | The Second Dragon War | Second Dragon War | S386 |
| 951-1092 | The Dragon Wars / War of the Dragons (the same war) | Second Dragon War | S372, S384, S429 |
| 1005-1611 | The God Wars; Kalar to the endless sleep; the end of the Primal Dragons; Pravustiratel killed in Kuhn'Darahl | God Wars | S386 |
| 1078 | The Battle for Gor'Turra | Second Dragon War | S429 |
| 1205-2311 | The Fourth God War (a superseded draft, S390, recorded in S386's flags) | God Wars | S386 (flags) |
| 1261-1315 | The Demoncaller Wars of Drez'okmal (regional) | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 1315-1763 | The Age of Kings (regional) | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 1689-1804 | The First Rift War; Thu'karam's rift; the arch-demons slain at Arne-Athosia (regional) | First Rift War | S386, S372 |
| 1764-1910 | The Abiding Mists (regional) | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 1864-1895 | The Nexa-Vinian War (regional) | Nexa-Vinian War | S386, S372, S384 |
| 1872 | The War of the Raven ends; the Raven Order of Arya eliminated in Thrace | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 1911-2192 | The Thyssal Occupation of Thrace, Aeslar, Kydann and Zurat | Age of Magic | S429, S372 |
| 2016-2017 | King Rodruk II of Dalmar invades Pherox; Chaulssad burned; the Pherox empire collapses | S429, S372 | |
| 2270-2271 | The Nexa-Vinian War in the Pictish homeland (the same document's regional chronology) | Nexa-Vinian War | S372, S384, S429 |
| 2270-2311 | The Second Rift War; Halath destroyed; Asmodean slain by King Turic | Second Rift War | S386 |
| 2413-2431 | The War of the Moradrim; the Thyssal Empire forged | War of the Moradrim | S386 |
| 2670-2711 | The Second Rift War (the same war); Belphegor slain by King Turic | Second Rift War | S372, S384 |
| 2713 | "Current Date" of the History of Terrun | Age of Magic | S386 |
| 3013-3031 | The War of the Moradrim (the same war) | War of the Moradrim | S372, S384 |
| 3221 | "Current date" of the Compendium | Age of Magic | S372, S384 |
Age of the Dark Sun¶
Undated. The Death of Kalar, the darkening of the Sun, the Godswar over Kalar's shards, the self-sacrifice of Orandos and the Scions of Light (S420); the Mithis barrier begins to decay (S001); the Primordials are released (S001, S013). It ends with the restoration of the Sun, year 0 SM. See Age of the Dark Sun.
Fifth Age (SM, AL and the Fifth Age Timeline)¶
Each row names its calendar. The Sanctuary Age Timeline (S326) is followed for SM; the campaign notes of 2018 (S132), whose author wrote "Timeline is WRONG!", are kept where they differ. The Proturas timeline (S107) is read from its chart, so its AL dates before 625 are approximate to about twenty years.
| Date | Calendar | Event | Page | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | SM, AL | The Morning: the Sun restored; survivors "universally rejoice in the return of the Sun"; about 35,000 people alive | Fifth Age | S326, S132, S107 |
| 0 | S016 | Ascendance of Lunariel | Fifth Age | S016 |
| 2 | SM | Sanctorum and Angorra founded by Telgrim and the followers of Anariel | Fifth Age | S326, S132 |
| 100s | SM | Rebirth | Fifth Age | S326 |
| c. 80-260 | AL | Rebirth | Fifth Age | S107 |
| 200 | SM | Third Fae Resurgence; first recorded Fae archon and demesne | Fifth Age | S132 |
| 200s | SM | Bloom; dragonblight consumes much of Dalmar and Faragond; Faewilds documented | Fifth Age | S326 |
| 231 | S016 | Asmodeus Sovereignty of the Mithis Plane; the Hollowing Period begins | The Hollowing | S016 |
| c. 240-300 | AL | The Faewild Wars | Faewild Wars | S107 |
| c. 260-420 | AL | Fae Resurgence | Fifth Age | S107 |
| 300s | SM | Fae Resurgence | Fifth Age | S326 |
| c. 340 | AL | The Sancturi Empire appears | Sancturi Period | S107 |
| c. 360 | AL | Sancturi Campaigns | Sancturi Campaigns | S107 |
| 400s | SM | The Faewild Wars; Draconian forces from Pherox and Turas | Faewild Wars | S326 |
| 410 | SM | Seawall declares independence from Angorra | S326 | |
| c. 420-600 | AL | Hollowing | The Hollowing | S107 |
| 425 | SM | Draconians overrun Myrkan and take the Kithallen Plateau; Myrox founded | Faewild Wars | S326 |
| 451 | SM | Pherox takes Rhovun and Angorath | Faewild Wars | S326 |
| 493 | SM | First recorded discovery of a Hollow, on Acadia | The Hollowing | S326 |
| 511-516 | SM | Angorra and Myrox at war; Angorra, Seawall and Tallachia submit to Myrox | Sancturi Period | S326, S132 |
| 513 | SM | Sanctorum destroyed by a massive volcanic event | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 514 | SM | Sanctorum destroyed (the same event) | Sancturi Period | S132 |
| 514 | SM | The Tallachia Campaign ends; the party vanishes in the underdark | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 515 | SM | The Tallachian campaign ends (the same event) | Sancturi Period | S132 |
| 516 | SM | God-Emperor Tolac rises in the ruins of Sanctorum; the Great Purge (superseded by its author) | Sancturi Period | S132 |
| 522 | SM | The Sancturi retake the ruins of Sanctorum; the Fae-Sancturi War begins | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 524 | SM | The last dragon west of the Cloudwall defeated | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 527 | SM | The Draconians abandon the Broken Sea for Pherox | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 535 | SM | The Northern Kingdoms reassert control in Dalmar, Angorath and Faragond | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 550 | SM | God-Emperor Aes'Solk ascends; God-Empress Aes'Ekhi rules (superseded by its author) | Sancturi Period | S132 |
| 554 | SM | The Sancturi hold Angorra, Myrkan and Turas | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 554-565 | SM | The Great Purge of the Riven priests | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 607 | SM | Keepers of Abaddon founded | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 614-674 | SM | Danar Campaign (Obsidian Legions); Pesh 617-652 (Nightshade Legions); both abandoned | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| 618 | SM | Keepers of Abaddon destroy the Hollow at Sanctorum; imperial charter | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 624-641 | SM | Corvald Campaign (Griffon Legions) | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| c. 626 | AL | Proturas founded as a secret refuge | Rift Period | S107 |
| 644 | AL | The great goblin horde defeated north of Proturas | Rift Period | S107 |
| 644-653 | SM | Rhyunn Campaign (Griffon Legions) | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| c. 645-665 | AL | Frontier Wars against the Boreal Elves | Rift Period | S107 |
| 645-693 | SM | Pevelor Campaign (Griffon Legions); the invasion itself in 654 | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| c. 650 | AL | The last Mayor defeated; the Proturan Federation | Rift Period | S107 |
| 652 | SM | Brusau annexes three petty kingdoms | S326 | |
| 654-688 | SM | Vael'Doreis Campaign; the forests burned from 675; the last elven refuge in the west destroyed 688 | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| c. 655-670 | AL | The Lorsythian War | Rift Period | S107 |
| 657 | SM | Keepers of Abaddon destroy the Hollow at Blackhall | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| c. 660-680 | AL | The Elder Conjunction | Rift Period | S107 |
| c. 668-680 | AL | The Great Guhvil War; the first Riftborn; Alghert falls to the Guhvils | Guhvil Wars | S107 |
| 675-679 | SM | Keepers of Abaddon's crusade against the Acadian Hollow fails | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 681 | SM | The Keepers' leaders executed for treason and heresy | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 684 | SM | A remnant of the Keepers relocates to the Northern Kingdoms | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 685 | SM | The Dae'Venari founded | Sancturi Period | S326 |
| 690-698 | SM | Hills of Ghorresh Campaign (Nightshade Legions) | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| 691 | SM | Luiria founded by the survivors of Vael'Doreis | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| 691- | SM | Arnyr Campaign (Obsidian Legions); Arnyr conquered after almost twelve years | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| 695- | SM | Faragond Campaign (Griffon Legions); the Necromancer met 698 | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| 700 | SM | The Griffon Legions vanish in the Necromancer's territory | Sancturi Campaigns | S326 |
| 700- | SM | Dalmar Campaign (Nightshade Legions); Floren crippled; the Seige of Valdemark | Sancturi Campaigns | S326, S315 |
| c. 700-720 | AL | The Barbarian Wars against the Oesterkull | Rift Period | S107 |
| 700-704 | SM | The Battle of Beddenford; Brusau pushes the Sancturi back | Sancturi Campaigns | S319, S326 |
| 704 | SM | Present of the Sanctuary Age Timeline; Broken Sea population 12,661,000; Fall 704 conflicts | Sancturi Period | S326, S319 |
| after 704 | SM | Queen Aalina Lorimer dies; Brusau a Sancturi province; the Great Burning of Altandon, 2,000 dead | Sancturi Campaigns | S187, S189 |
| c. 710 | AL | The Oesterkull annexed by Proturas | Rift Period | S107 |
| 721 | S016 | Seth'Arax awakened | Sancturi Period | S016 |
| c. 720-735 | AL | The Second Araxian War; Lorsythe and Droburg fall; the scorching of the south | Second Araxian War | S107 |
| c. 725 | AL | Harald Pallidine reorganizes the Federation into the Proturan Council | Rift Period | S107 |
| 798 | AL | Harald Pallidine assassinated | Rift Period | S107 |
| 799 | AL | Eigurd Pallidine elevated to High Lord Councillor | Rift Period | S107 |
| c. 800-810 | AL | The Riverdale War; Etterdun built | Rift Period | S107 |
| 834 | AL | Present of the Proturas timeline | Rift Period | S107 |
| after 834 | AL | The Sack of Dunharr; the Proturan Council declares war on the Boreal Elves | Rift Period | S051 |
| 904 | SM, S016 | Fall of Sanctorum to the Araxians under Nikee; end of the Sancturi Age | Sancturi Period | S112, S016 |
| 906 | S016 | Ascendance of the Divine; the Divine Period begins | Divine Period | S016 |
| after 906 | S016 | The Rift Period and the Guhvil Wars | Rift Period, Guhvil Wars | S016 |
| undated | The Redemption: every Hollow destroyed, the Mithis Plane torn out as the Rift; "the past 200 years" of warming by S112's present | The Redemption | S112 | |
| 1210 | S016 | Fall of the Northern Kingdoms: Lorsythe | Second Araxian War | S016 |
The Hollantine Hills Massacre, the Council of the Quad and the Blood Tide fall within the Hollowing Period but are undated (S031, S071, S072).
Fourth Age¶
The Fourth Age material dates nothing in a named calendar. The scholars of Kyzall reckon the Shattering "2000 years ago" and the end of elven dominance "1000 years ago"; the Acadian Order's records cite a Necromantic Blight of 1387 and Rolls of Acadian Justice of 1388, in an Acadian reckoning the source does not explain, and a High Acadian Wizard "300 years imprisoned" before the campaign's present (S358). See Fourth Age.