Timeline · Avendar

Dates follow the Corvandian calendar, which the Patrician Valectis created around 100 CC. It counts from the year Corvandil Lyceonis became the first Patrician of Earendam: years before it are BCC, years after it CC. Dates before the War of Night are approximate.

Before the Sundering

Undated: Iandir gives the world form, Jolinn fills it with life, and Ashur brings death. The gods make the alatharya, the First Children, and give them magic.
Undated: The alatharya destroy the god Eloth with a weapon that uses the sun. Eloth's remains are later interred at the Grave of Storms.

The Post-Sundering Era (before 2100 BCC)

Date unknown: The gods destroy alatharyan civilization in the Sundering and split magic into six spheres. Jolinn and the titans fall into slumber. Flightless proto-aelin settle the Daphoa island chain.
Thousands of years later: Civilization begins anew with the aelin and their cities in the skies.
2750 BCC: Linphori the Fearless leads an expedition to the highest peaks, where Alia (now Alil) gifts the aelin their wings. The Seven Sentinels claim the floating disc of Ilodaiya, founding Imperial Daphoa.
2700 BCC: The Daphoan Seitu Era begins. Aeoleri manifests in the imperial court as a servitor of Jolinn, introducing guilt as a moral compass and the arcane marriage ritual. The Senate Heritage Authority is founded.
Between 2700 and 2100 BCC: The aelin expand east into the Earendam river valley, meeting the ethron, caladaran and chaja. Srryn advancing from Sythtys with Sythrak's fire magic drive the aelin north. Heeding Kyana's prophecy, many chaja abandon their surface cities for the underground.
c. 2225–2100 BCC: Haerdoth clears the Qilarn region and founds the Kingdom of Caal. His heirs divide it into Lidraeu, Sinasten and Arienna, and the walled city of Gaald is founded in Lidraeu. Tourin Caal reunifies the kingdom.

The War of Fire (c. 2100–2000 BCC)

2100 BCC: Bayyal is released from the Grave of Storms and resurrects the slain nefortu as Its followers. Aeoleri directs Daphoan heroes to wake the Overgod Jolinn. Lielqan grants the ethron the ability to breathe water.
During the war: Bayyal's eruption releases the fire devil An'akarta into Kutlaset. After it annihilates whole clans, the shuddeni bind it to Logor.
c. 2100–2081 BCC: Sythraki srryn invade the Earendam river valley and push into the Brintor foothills.
c. 2081–2057 BCC: The srryn leave the aelin province of Vechiae in ruins.
c. 2057–2021 BCC: The srryn raze Caal. Only Gaald and the keep of Sineston survive; Nordath is spared by its distance.
2031 BCC: Gaald withstands a srryn siege, though the shrine of Raedaletaei is destroyed.
c. 2030–2001 BCC: The srryn cross the Sunset Sea into the aelin province of Illata.
2000 BCC: Alia destroys all life in Illata in the Scouring, halting the srryn invasion. Maddened Alileans seize the imperial court and drive the Aeolians to the fringes. Mortals led by Aramril wake Jolinn at Thaering Jad, the titans teach water magic, and the War of Fire ends.

After the War of Fire (c. 2000–917 BCC)

1994 BCC: The Republic of Earendam is founded, and the Towers of Aramril and Salyra are built. Water magic spreads across the known world. The caladaran arrive from the Rirro Jagka, bringing the current alphabet and the worship of Iandir.
1993 BCC: The Gaaldic Articles of Confederation end Caal as a political entity, with Gaald as the new capital. The despoiled Caalic lands are ceded to the Eqiril ethron, and Sineston becomes the independent settlement of Inessa.
1991 BCC: The Daphoan Ardal Era begins. The province of Vechiae is abandoned, and the restoration of Illata with the Chalice of Jolinn begins.
First century of the Republic: The ethron appear in Earendam's records as refugees whose southern forests were destroyed in the War of Fire.

The War of Night (c. 917–130 BCC)

c. 917 BCC: The Daphoan Dalae Era begins. Serachel, a servitor of Ashur, appears in Ilodaiya. He and Alia walk among mortals in physical form, and the Petals of the White Lotus administer Alia's will.
During the war: Aramril and the first Champions recover An'akarta's golden scales from the shuddeni and use them to remake the Dome of the Sun on the Tower of Aramril.
c. 200–150 BCC: The Lilunite archmage Kaagn makes contact with the shuddeni of Yithoul and Shalzichar beneath Earendam. Arochel emerges as Serachel's chief agent in Daphoa.
143 BCC: Sabanthe, a Petal of the White Lotus, becomes Serachel's immortal divine.
142 BCC: Aeoleri imprisons Alia. Her followers lose their divine power in the Severing, and Sabanthe leads an Aeolian massacre of the Petals of the White Lotus.
c. 140 BCC: The shuddeni warlord Askulithi opens the Great Breach in the Brintors, releasing demons and shuddeni onto the surface and destroying the Earendamian holding of Shendaer. Arochel and Sabanthe raise a demon army in the Daphoan provinces of Ipora and Siael.
c. 139–138 BCC: The Senate hires the aelin mercenary Marlax, the "White Falcon", who holds back the shuddeni for over a year. Kaagn founds the Conclave of Aklaju in Earendam and secretly passes void magic to the shuddeni.
c. 137–136 BCC: Amiraiya the White reforms the Champions of Avendar into a militant order.
136 BCC: Kaagn's "White Vulture" speech persuades the Senate to cut Marlax's funding. His followers desert to become his personal army.
135 BCC: Marlax abandons the Brintor campaign, retreats into the Nendor forest and vanishes from the war. There he founds what becomes Conquest.
134 BCC: Lystaran's Company of the Golden Hand defeats Sethyltheus the Elder in Sythtys.
133 BCC: Var Bandor falls to Arhakhla's shuddeni in a single day and is renamed New Yithoul. Ethron under Ilciryas, chosen of Nariel, drive the shuddeni from Qilarn, and General Kalyius holds Lithling.
132 BCC: At the Battle of Aramril, the Champions hold the Tower against Arochel, Arhakhla and Sabanthe, now the void drake Tzet-Sabanthe. The Hammer of Aramril is lost. The Senate authorizes the Aeolian priesthood to purge Serachel's worship.
131 BCC: Kaagn betrays the Republic's deep strike to Askulithi, and three-quarters of the largest human army in history is destroyed in the Trap of Valandas.
130 BCC: The Day of Two Dawns. With Askulithi at Earendam's walls, the ch'taren and Rystaia Lightbringer seize his planar rift and rout the demonic host. Exposed by the rogue Tyril, Kaagn falls to his death from his tower after a duel with Telan Nador.
130 BCC: Lystaran and Calaera liberate Var Bandor; Lystaran falls in the battle. At the Great Breach, Melanis Thrandir slays Askulithi, Kalyius mortally wounds the underlord Ur-Thazal, and Vysara gives his life to form the Great Seal.
130 BCC: The War of Night ends. Melanis Thrandir founds Kor Thrandir atop the Great Seal. Earendam grants the ch'taren the havens of Ad'mastaesia, Avayn and Jh'ten. Var Bandor becomes independent under Ildavins, sigiled by Rveyelhi, and Serachel goes into hiding.

After the War of Night (130 BCC–0 CC)

c. 130–120 BCC: Aeolian dominance consolidates in Daphoa. Persecuted Serachelians flee to Ashta Harrud, and the weakened Republic begins a long decline.
128 BCC: The Daphoan Ruldaa Era, the "Second Empire", begins with the coronation of Lynaia as the first Rose Consort.
122 BCC: Eshrin Linphori, in Serachel's service, murders the Rose Consort Lynaia.
113 BCC: Rystaia Lightbringer and Aeoleri imprison Serachel in the Nightmare Realm. Arochel and Sabanthe disappear.
29 BCC: Kor Thrandir declares independence.
17 BCC: The Kingdom of Gogoth is overrun by undead and collapses. Srryn raids on the Republic's holdings intensify in the First Saurian War.
6 BCC: Tisroc is destroyed by famine, hardship and invasion, and Krilin declares independence. At the Battle of Tisroc, Tzet-Sabanthe shatters the chaja blade that will become Inuin and kills Taselkha, Kyana's granddaughter and immortal divine.

The Corvandian Calendar (0–900 CC)

0 CC: The First Saurian War ends. The Senate flees, Corvandil Lyceonis holds the city, and the Senate is set aside; Corvandil becomes the first Patrician of Earendam. Lielqani resurrection becomes common across the frontier.
13 CC: The School of Heroes reopens.
56 CC: Adventurers release Serachel.
c. 100 CC: The Patrician Valectis reforms the Republic's legal holdovers and creates the Corvandian Calendar, setting its year zero at Corvandil's accession.
309 CC: The Second Saurian War, begun after Valectis's reign, ends.
412 CC: Vaeshir takes the Iron Throne of Logor from Chagrob and becomes one of the Thirteen.
414 CC: Danrasad Elinstad, sigiled by Jalassa, wins the Third Saurian War and becomes Patrician.
430 CC: Yesa Aea'ria becomes an immortal divine.
508 CC: Girikha ascends after receiving the Galesphere. The Temple of Enirra in Earendam is razed, and the Enirrans resettle at the Fortress of the Eye.
Before 586 CC: A Dragon of the Coven of the Shunned summons An'akarta into Earendam, centred on the Tower of Golden Flame, and it is banished.
594 CC: The Fourth Saurian War ends.
595 CC: Iluya Judessa, Dragon of the Coven, dies.
613 CC: The Enemies of the Pegasus collapse.
642 CC: Galyndir becomes leader of the Champions.
660 CC: Irssanis becomes leader of the Champions.
By 683 CC: Tal becomes Dragon of the Coven.
c. 707 CC: The Eyeblight War begins when the shuddeni Scourge takes the Spirit Palace at Enrien.
c. 721 CC: The Scourge murders Danrasad Elinstad, leader of the Surface Alliance, and Saevan becomes the functional head of state. Earendam hides its artifacts; the shards of the Blade of Inuin are scattered, and Lazular steals them.
By 738 CC: Syviera becomes Keeper of the Coven.
c. 766–771 CC: The war against Ksaukach and the War of the Heavens. The Champions retake the Tower of Aramril with the Staff of Vysara.
770 CC: Malenrion becomes Highlord of the Raiders.
775 CC: Daylin becomes leader of the Champions.
808 CC: Malenrion dies, and Khamurn makes him an immortal profane.
845 CC: Eshrin reappears on the frontier as Scorpion of the Coven, wielding the flame of An'akarta.
851 CC: The Eyeblight War ends with the last charge on the Spirit Palace. Iandir banishes Arkhural and Calaera, and Alhaia is made Chosen of Rystaia.
854–865 CC: Ilosan joins the Guardians and comes to lead them.
c. 858 CC: Alil escapes imprisonment, and the Daphoan Dhin Era begins.
877–886 CC: Alhaia leads the Champions, then lays down the Javelin.

The Modern Era (901 CC–present)

901 CC: Alhaia becomes an immortal divine of Rystaia. Artek is taken up by Alil.
c. 920 CC: Lasila becomes Siren of the Coven.
938–942 CC: A void drake devours Deshmin, and Sasaphene of the Champions is lost.
954 CC: Lasila and Irahi open the Sea Spire.
c. 960 CC: Vaelania Elinstad is elected Patrician over Cidone Rotheld and Moreth Edeno.
969–974 CC: Irahi returns the Rod of Dimarro to Earendam. Beythssn is bound to the fire devil Kyez-Ralin.
985 CC: Beythssn becomes Raven of the Coven.
1038–1063 CC: Jolinn's seraphim ascend. Questions over the Patrician's election bring an assault on her court.
1102 CC: The war against the Blackened. Siyauz'grak is released in the swamp.
1141 CC: Kzroth, fire demon-lord and lieutenant of Xth'jich, is bound in ice beneath Kohli.
1264–1271 CC: Fenthira and Sitheus return, and Fenthira breaks the Fortress of the Eye.
1335 CC: Lord Protector Malyn of Kor Thrandir dies.
1451–1464 CC: Mazibel of Gogoth pursues the Second Flowering, and the Seekers are founded.
1513 CC: Kzroth is slain in his ice prison.
1519–1522 CC: Feolne Ilaephos receives Alil's red lotus brand, reintroducing transference to Avendar. Aledras Lenahiri joins the Guardians of Law in Var Bandor.
c. 1521 CC: Saethellon dies in a duel with Aledras at the altar atop Mount Enrien.
1526 CC: Aledras joins the Grand Federation of Merchants and begins development projects in Gaald.
1530 CC: Eshrin summons An'akarta and burns Endeqil, annihilating its population and restoring Alil. Feolne kills Lahanet Ishtae. The Coven expels Eshrin.
1531–1725 CC: Endeqil is resettled as the Daphoan province of Aehiori.
1533 CC: Eshrin returns as an immortal divine of Alil.
1543 CC: At the Second Battle of Aramril, Aranthas the Bold is slain and devoured.
1549 CC: Tzet-Aledras devours Saevan. The regency ends, and Vaelania rules in her own right.
1563 CC: Aledras's separation rite opens a tear to the abyss. He becomes the Hero of the Abyss and is rescued from the void.
1565 CC: After over thirty years of stalemate against the ethron on Aehiori, the Daphoan senate sends the forward expeditionary force known as the Second Seven.
1620–1680 CC: The Isetatan verge beneath the Ngahe grows and is contained.
1721 CC: Adventurers slay Girikha on Mount Khorak, and Jolinn recovers the Galesphere.
1725 CC: The Raiders storm Earendam and kill Vaelania Elinstad.
1725–1728 CC: The Daphoan Lisilir Era begins. Raoloa is crowned divine Rose Champion of Aeoleri. Alil consumes Eshrin, sparing him dissolution for the burning of Endeqil. Lasila disappears.
1739 CC: Vhiona Larine, sigiled by Dolgrael, is elected Patrician over Cidone Rotheld and Moreth Edeno.
1741 CC: Inuin is restored.
1790 CC: Sythrak returns the burning Patrician's chair to Earendam.
1793 CC: The Fifth Saurian War begins.