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This is a consolidated timeline of the events in Creation, as best we can figure out. All years are by the Realm calendar.
 
This is a consolidated timeline of the events in Creation, as best we can figure out. All years are by the Realm calendar.
  
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=== First Age ===
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== The Prehistoric Age ==
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Dates before the founding of the Realm are sketchy; however, certain events are not. In rough order:
 
  
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* Solars rule for a "timeless age". ([[Books/Exalted | Exalted]], p. 11)
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All time before the end of the Primordial War is considered "before history". ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pp. 10-11).
  
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=== circa RY -4,500 ===
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* DragonKings rule most of Creation, except the West, where they constantly clash with the [[Lintha]].
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* [[Jadeborn]] created.
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 +
=== Year 0 (very roughly RY -4,500) ===
 +
 
 +
* Primordials surrender during Calibration.
 +
* Four Primordials remain free: [[Gaia]], [[Autochthon]] and two others.
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* [[SheWhoLivesInHerName]] burns away "nine out of every 10 important things" in the instants before her imprisonment.
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 +
== Ochre Fountain Era (Year 1-109) ==
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1 ===
 +
 
 +
* [[Merela]] accepts the CrownOfThunders and the CreationRulingMandate. She rules from the OchreFountain, a neighborhood of the mortal section of Rathess ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 11)
 +
* Birth of ChejopKejak ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 11)
 +
* Birth of TammizUshan ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 11)
 +
* Solars begin a rule that lasts for a "timeless age". ([[Books/Exalted | Exalted]], p. 11)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 9 ===
 +
 
 +
* [[Brigid]] returns to recently founded [[Sperimin]] with the secrets of [[Sorcery]]. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 11)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 17 ===
 +
 
 +
* ChejopKejak exalts amidst fighting between the solars loyal to Merela, the GoldenHeroVassals. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 11)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 100 ===
 +
 
 +
* Merela decrees the establishment of a central government for all Creation in [[Meru]]. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 11)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 101 ===
 +
 
 +
* Jadeborn-made artifacts begin to deactivate. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 12)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 108 ===
 +
 
 +
* Deliberative proposed, suggesting all solars be given an equal voice. Merela rejects it. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 12)
 +
* Meru War begins. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 109 ===
 +
 
 +
* Meru War ends with compromise, creating the Deliberative, but with Merela still as queen. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
* Deliberative demands [[Autochthon]] sanction the Jadeborn, or else the Deliberative would go to war against them. The Great Maker responds by placing the GreatGeas upon the Jadeborn. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
== First Deliberative Era (Year 110-652) ==
 +
 
 +
=== Year 110 ===
 +
 
 +
* Deliberative renames OchreFountain to the [[Realm]]. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
* Many lunar exalted volunteer to explore the South, West and North. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
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* Human settlement of the BlessedIsle begins. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 111 ===
 +
 
 +
* Eight mortal heroes begin to secretly travel Creation at the behest of Autochthon, gathering components for the EwerOfSouls and filling it from the WellOfSouls. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 121 ===
 +
 
 +
* Autochthon departs Creation, creating [[Autochthonia]]. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
* The Autochthonian calendar, which calculates years "in the same fashion as the Old Realm", begins. So, in the timeline within Autochthonia, "the current year", corresponding to RY 768, "is 4878". ([[Books/ExaltedTheAutochthonians | Autochthonians]], pg. 24) Thus, the Realm would refer to this as RY -4,110, though TimeOfCascadingYears makes the accuracy of this number questionable.
 +
 
 +
=== Year 124 ===
 +
 
 +
* Brigid's student [[Thesis]] begins teaching sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 230 ===
 +
 
 +
* Thesis's student Sonah founds the Sonan School of Sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 449 ===
 +
 
 +
* Sonah's student Nanica begins teaching sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 594 ===
 +
 
 +
* Nanica's student Leelah begins teaching sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 639 ===
 +
 
 +
* DissolutionInvasion begins, with a FairFolk army seeking to end shape. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 13)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 652 ===
 +
 
 +
* DissolutionInvasion ends, with the Deliberative throwing back the armies of the FairFolk. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 14)
 +
 
 +
== The Unfurling Horizon Era (Year 653-1215) ==
 +
 
 +
=== Year 653 ===
 +
 
 +
* Deliberative becomes more interested in the Wyld. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 14)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 700 ===
 +
 
 +
* Leelah's student Derja founds the Derjan School of Sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 834 ===
 +
 
 +
* Derja's student Chone begins teaching sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1039 ===
 +
 
 +
* Brigid vanishes. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 14)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1107 ===
 +
 
 +
* One of the free rougue Primordials launches attack at Creation's heart, starting the AftershockWar. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 14)
 +
 
 +
=== circa Year 1110 ===
 +
 
 +
* FairFolk swear oaths granting eclipse caste solars diplomatic immunity. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 14)
 +
 +
=== Year 1129 ===
 +
 
 +
* Thesis ceases teaching sorcery; joins the AftershockWar. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1130 ===
 +
 
 +
* Sonah vanishes in search of Brigid. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1199 ===
 +
 
 +
* Nanica dies in Primordial assault on [[Sperimin]]. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
* Leelah ceases teaching sorcery, joins AftershockWar. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1205 ===
 +
 
 +
* Exaltations of Brigid and Sonah reincarnate. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1215 ===
 +
 
 +
* Theis and Leelah die in final assault against Primordial forces. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
* AftershockWar ends. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
== The Shining Reflection Era (Year 1216-1721) ==
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1238 ===
 +
 
 +
* Chone's student Halleus begins teaching sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== circa Year 1300 ===
 +
 
 +
* Solar fashion dictates wearing and using items only made by ones self. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
* Directional languages (e.g. earthtongue, flametongue, etc.) intentionally developed, replacing Old Realm in mortal lands. Languages included built-in thaumaturgical prayers, acting to stabilize Creation. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1439 ===
 +
 
 +
* Chone transfers all students to Halleus, ceases teaching sorcery, shifts focus to magitech engineering. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1676 ===
 +
 
 +
* Halleus' student Kemal begins teaching sorcery. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1721 ===
 +
 
 +
* 14th Ascending Wood: Death of Facet Raven, the first solar to die of old age. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 15)
 +
 
 +
== The Thousand Struggles Era (Year 1722-2543) ==
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1734 ==
 +
 
 +
* RosePetalTea stages military attack on BorZan's prefecture, killing him. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 16)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1762 ==
 +
 
 +
* Rival kills Chone and Derja. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
* Kemal's student Hano assumes teaching duties at the Derjan College. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1807 ===
 +
 
 +
* Birth of Ingosh Silverclaws. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1827 ===
 +
 
 +
* Just after Calibration, a solar circle called the WhiteJadeFeatherSociety violate oaths to attack rivals within Meru. Within six months, Deliberative attendance ends, with many fleeing Meru entirely. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 16)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1946 ===
 +
 
 +
* Snow Period begins, where no celestial exalted fight one another, despite constant expectation of conflict. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 1983 ===
 +
 
 +
* Hano's student Devon founds the Devonian School of Sorcery.  ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 2046 ===
 +
 
 +
* Snow Period ends. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
== Time of Cascading Years (Year 2325-2543)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 2325 ===
 +
 
 +
* Time becomes subjective, with different locations experiencing different durations. This era is measured from when this time split started to when it ended and time become universally applied again. Convention holds that this period is "official counted" as 217 years long, but this a mostly arbitrary decision based on the time reference of the historians doing the labelling. To some, the period lasts a single afternoon. Within this section, each subjective timeline will be referenced indpendently, using "Cascading Years" (CY) as a subjective measurement from when this era begins. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
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 +
=== Heaven's Timeline ===
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* For heaven and all immaterial spirts, no time passes. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
=== Merela's Timline ===
 +
 
 +
* CY 1000: Era ends. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
 
 +
=== Year 2543 ===
 +
 
 +
* All survivors of this era, including Dragon-Blooded, all remember personally performing some notable task that restores Creation to its rightful configuration. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 17)
 +
* Souls of 73 celestial exalted who died during the era, including Halleus, reincarnate. ([[Books/DreamsOfTheFirstAge | Lands of Creation]], pg. 18)
  
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* The end of the Primordial Wars.
 
  
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=== RY -4,110 ===
 
  
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* [[Autochthon]] withdraws from Creation, creating Autochthonia. Its calendar, which calculates years "in the same fashion as the Old Realm", begins and "the current year is 4878". This clearly occurred prior to the Usurpation, placing a limit on how far back that could have occurred. ([[Books/ExaltedTheAutochthonians | Autochthonians]], pg. 24)
 
  
 
=== circa RY -3,900 ===
 
=== circa RY -3,900 ===

Revision as of 18:06, 7 September 2009

This is a consolidated timeline of the events in Creation, as best we can figure out. All years are by the Realm calendar.

Contents

The Prehistoric Age

All time before the end of the Primordial War is considered "before history". ( Lands of Creation, pp. 10-11).

  • DragonKings rule most of Creation, except the West, where they constantly clash with the Lintha.
  • Jadeborn created.

Year 0 (very roughly RY -4,500)

  • Primordials surrender during Calibration.
  • Four Primordials remain free: Gaia, Autochthon and two others.
  • SheWhoLivesInHerName burns away "nine out of every 10 important things" in the instants before her imprisonment.

Ochre Fountain Era (Year 1-109)

Year 1

  • Merela accepts the CrownOfThunders and the CreationRulingMandate. She rules from the OchreFountain, a neighborhood of the mortal section of Rathess ( Lands of Creation, pg. 11)
  • Birth of ChejopKejak ( Lands of Creation, pg. 11)
  • Birth of TammizUshan ( Lands of Creation, pg. 11)
  • Solars begin a rule that lasts for a "timeless age". ( Exalted, p. 11)

Year 9

Year 17

  • ChejopKejak exalts amidst fighting between the solars loyal to Merela, the GoldenHeroVassals. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 11)

Year 100

  • Merela decrees the establishment of a central government for all Creation in Meru. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 11)

Year 101

Year 108

Year 109

  • Meru War ends with compromise, creating the Deliberative, but with Merela still as queen. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 13)
  • Deliberative demands Autochthon sanction the Jadeborn, or else the Deliberative would go to war against them. The Great Maker responds by placing the GreatGeas upon the Jadeborn. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 13)

First Deliberative Era (Year 110-652)

Year 110

Year 111

  • Eight mortal heroes begin to secretly travel Creation at the behest of Autochthon, gathering components for the EwerOfSouls and filling it from the WellOfSouls. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 13)

Year 121

  • Autochthon departs Creation, creating Autochthonia. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 13)
  • The Autochthonian calendar, which calculates years "in the same fashion as the Old Realm", begins. So, in the timeline within Autochthonia, "the current year", corresponding to RY 768, "is 4878". ( Autochthonians, pg. 24) Thus, the Realm would refer to this as RY -4,110, though TimeOfCascadingYears makes the accuracy of this number questionable.

Year 124

Year 230

Year 449

Year 594

Year 639

  • DissolutionInvasion begins, with a FairFolk army seeking to end shape. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 13)

Year 652

  • DissolutionInvasion ends, with the Deliberative throwing back the armies of the FairFolk. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 14)

The Unfurling Horizon Era (Year 653-1215)

Year 653

Year 700

Year 834

Year 1039

Year 1107

  • One of the free rougue Primordials launches attack at Creation's heart, starting the AftershockWar. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 14)

circa Year 1110

  • FairFolk swear oaths granting eclipse caste solars diplomatic immunity. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 14)

Year 1129

Year 1130

Year 1199

Year 1205

Year 1215

The Shining Reflection Era (Year 1216-1721)

Year 1238

circa Year 1300

  • Solar fashion dictates wearing and using items only made by ones self. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 15)
  • Directional languages (e.g. earthtongue, flametongue, etc.) intentionally developed, replacing Old Realm in mortal lands. Languages included built-in thaumaturgical prayers, acting to stabilize Creation. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 15)

Year 1439

  • Chone transfers all students to Halleus, ceases teaching sorcery, shifts focus to magitech engineering. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 15)

Year 1676

Year 1721

  • 14th Ascending Wood: Death of Facet Raven, the first solar to die of old age. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 15)

The Thousand Struggles Era (Year 1722-2543)

= Year 1734

  • RosePetalTea stages military attack on BorZan's prefecture, killing him. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 16)

= Year 1762

Year 1807

Year 1827

  • Just after Calibration, a solar circle called the WhiteJadeFeatherSociety violate oaths to attack rivals within Meru. Within six months, Deliberative attendance ends, with many fleeing Meru entirely. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 16)

Year 1946

  • Snow Period begins, where no celestial exalted fight one another, despite constant expectation of conflict. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 17)

Year 1983

Year 2046

== Time of Cascading Years (Year 2325-2543)

Year 2325

  • Time becomes subjective, with different locations experiencing different durations. This era is measured from when this time split started to when it ended and time become universally applied again. Convention holds that this period is "official counted" as 217 years long, but this a mostly arbitrary decision based on the time reference of the historians doing the labelling. To some, the period lasts a single afternoon. Within this section, each subjective timeline will be referenced indpendently, using "Cascading Years" (CY) as a subjective measurement from when this era begins. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 17)

Heaven's Timeline

Merela's Timline

Year 2543

  • All survivors of this era, including Dragon-Blooded, all remember personally performing some notable task that restores Creation to its rightful configuration. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 17)
  • Souls of 73 celestial exalted who died during the era, including Halleus, reincarnate. ( Lands of Creation, pg. 18)



circa RY -3,900

  • Ascension Day, when the lesser elemental dragons were elevated to the status of gods.

circa RY -2,800

  • The Kukla becomes the first greater elemental dragon and is promptly bound by the Unconquered Sun.

circa RY -500

  • The Unconquered Sun gets angry at the Solar Deliberative and turns his face from the Solar Exalted.

circa RY -400

  • The Usurpation

Usurpation & Shogunate

  • The Usurpation, followed by "decades" of war to exterminate the Solars. ( Exalted, p. 11)
  • "The Dragon-Blooded" rule for "centuries". ( Exalted, p. 11) This refers to the Shogunate.
  • "...the Dragon-Blooded managed to hold everything together for seven centuries". (Manual of Exalted Power: The Sidereals, pg. 224)
  • Swan Dragon is Censor for the South from "345 years after the Usurpation up until the last days of the Contagion". His tenure is at least "a few hundred years". ( Houses of the Bull God, pg. 102)
  • The arrival of the Great Contagion. Based on the description events between this and the founding of the Realm ( Exalted, pp. 11-12), this probably happened only a few years before RY 0.

RY -1

RY 0

Also known as The Year of Seven Tigers.

RY 12

RY 20

RY 38

RY 40

RY 45

RY 47

  • First invasion of the Scavenger Lands by the Realm. The invading force is the Fourth Imperial Legion. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 52

RY 53

  • Fourth Imperial Legion withdraws from the Scavenger Lands to its allied cities on the coast. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 69

RY 75

  • Second Realm invasion of the Scavenger Lands begins, with four legions as the invasion force. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)
    • Lookshy besieged by Realm forces ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)
    • Nexus occupied by Realm forces; Realm forces are pushed out after several weeks. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 76

  • Realm invasion of the Scavenger Lands continues. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)
    • Siege of Lookshy lifted by use of a First Age weapon. (This probably creates the shadowland of Mourning Field, in which case we know that Lookshy was besieged by the Sixth and Ninth Legions.) ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)
    • Seventh Legion forces march to Great Forks -- or at least, to the conjunction of the Yellow River and the Rolling River where Great Forks will be founded in RY 278 -- and destroy the Fourth Imperial Legion there. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)
  • Realm forces withdraw from the Scavenger Lands. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 83

  • Realm ships raid merchant vessels of the Scavenger Lands, resulting in privateer campaigns against the Realm by those lands. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)


RY 88

  • Third and final invasion of the Scavenger Lands by the Realm, with seven legions. Seventh Legion forces are scattered, but units from Melevhil and Nathir tie up Realm forces. The invaders are harrassed by guerrilla forces. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 66)
  • Brem Marst stuck in the Lap, studies with the Counters. ( Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 89

RY 95

RY 99

RY 103

RY 104-109

  • Coastal states of the Scavenger lands join the League of Many Rivers. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 114

RY 117

RY 139

RY 146

RY 174


RY 176

RY 179

RY 211

RY 223

  • By this year, most of the Threshold -- those nations on the shore of the Inland Sea -- is under Realm control. Exceptions include the Scavenger Lands and a few others. ( Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 25)

RY 244

RY 263

RY 265

  • Tensions between the Laris and Velen districts in the Scavenger Lands erupt into a brief war. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 270

RY 278

RY 281

RY 299

RY 301

  • The Realm sends an expedition into the Scavenger Lands, which is quickly crushed by Seventh Legion Forces. ( Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 303

RY 318

  • The Outcaste DragonBlooded Summer Conflagration leads the Linowans in an attack on Halta and is miserably defeated. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 37)

RY 326

RY 335

RY 364

RY 370

RY 371

RY 393

RY 416

RY 418

RY 435

RY 465

RY 547

  • Fair Folk invade the Hundred Kingdoms; the League of Many Rivers alliance collapses under the assault. ( Scavenger Sons, pp. 64-65, 67)

RY 554

  • Fair Folk are finally driven from the Hundred Kingdoms. ( Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 557

  • The Confederation of Rivers is created by the major cities of the Scavenger Lands. ( Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 563

  • Beginning of the war between the Fair Folk nobles Slulura and Yseult, in the Northeast. Lasts until RY 568. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 60)

RY 568

  • Creation of the stone forest of the Proving Ground ends the war between Slulura and Yseult. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 65)

RY 591

RY 707

RY 708

  • House V'neef is founded. V'neef may have been born this year, but it seems more likely that she was already an adult when the house was founded. ( Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, pp. 27, 84-87)

RY 748

RY 750

RY 754

  • Thorns is defeated by the Confederation of Rivers at Mishaka. ( Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 757

RY 761

Resplendent Air

  • The Bull of the North attacks the Rokan-jin and Talinin tribes, leading to the war between him and the Realm (specifically the Tepet legions). This war lasts until Ascending Earth RY 764. ( Kingdom of Halta, pp. 38-41)

RY 762

Ascending Water

  • War between the Bull of the North and northeastern tribes escalates; the Linowan enter the fray against the Bull. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

RY 763

Descending Earth

  • Linowans request aid from the Realm in their war with the Bull of the North. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

Descending Wood

  • The Tepet legions join the Linowan in their war with the Bull of the North. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

Resplendent Fire

  • The Bull of the North commits completely to the war between his forces and the Realm in the Northeast. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)


Calibration

RY 764

Ascending Air

  • Battle of Krellen Ford ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 39)
  • The Bull of the North's forces retreat from Krellen Ford, but devastate their Tepet pursuers after receving reinforcements. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 39)

Resplendent Air

Ascending Water

Resplendent Water

  • Tepet forces begin retreat from the Bull of the North. (Kingdom of Halt, p. 41)

Ascending Earth

  • Last of the Tepet legions in the Northeast are destroyed in the Battle of Futile Blood. ( Kingdom of Halta, p. 41)

RY 766

  • According to Scavenger Sons, p. 19, this is the earliest that the Bull of the North is mentioned, uniting the icewalker tribes. Obviously, this contradicts information in the Kingdom of Halta sourcebook, which has him waging war in the northeast, south of the Linowan Nation, between 761 and 764. See Discussions/BullOfTheNorth for more on this.

RY 768

Present year.


Comments

RY 76 marks the end of the second invasion of the Scavenger Lands, as the Seventh Legion marches to Great Forks to defeat the forces there. Yet, reading down, Great Forks is not founded for more than two hundred years hence (RY 278). Am I missing something? ...DeathBySurfeit

Maybe they mean that the modern city of Great Forks wasn't founded until later, and the previous mention of Great Forks simply refers to the area? Or maybe there was an old city that's separate from the new city? Or maybe it's just that <insert usual comment about White Wolf's editors here>.
~ Shataina
A thought on this particular problem: Does Exalted: The Abyssals give a date for when the Princess Magnificent was defeated by the three spirits of Great Forks? That would give us a ballpark for the city's founding. -- JesseLowe
My thoughts are not that the editing is done poorly, but rather that it is done as it is intended. Not everyone agrees on certain parts of our own history. So why should the 2nd Age be any different? Not to mention everyone tells history a little differently. Ever read how the British version about the American Revolution? Savare
The problem is this: Are the Exalted books written from an objective or subjective perspective? This has come up before with White Wolf, re: World of Darkness. As far as I can tell, all the books save the Caste / Aspect books are written from an objective point of view, i.e. what is written is true regardless of what the Scarlet Empress thinks; when material is either "from a certain point of view" or canonically left uncertain, that's usually made clear, as are in-character bits. Most of Scavenger Sons is written from the objective point of view, so I think that the timeline errors -- which are not confined to Scavenger Sons, by the way -- are just that: errors. -- JesseLowe
I believe it's been suggested that such errors can be reified by assuming that they are a result of tangles in the Loom of Fate. Thus, a battle can take place outside the walls of a city even though that city will not be founded for two hundred years. This is the sort of thing that gives Chejop Kejak heartburn. - Quendalon
That may have been suggested, but in my opinion, it sounds like a very thin attempt to rationalize poor editing. I agree with JesseLowe; the books are (and should be) written from an objective point of view, except in certain sections where they are clearly speaking in the voice of an in-character source known to be biased, such as a Realm Historian. Occam's Razor suggests that any other inconsistencies are, in fact, editing mistakes, and not part of an elaborate plot by the writers to deliberately cloud the facts. --Toram

The Outcaste and Alchemical books both make references to dates before the Realm calender began. Lookshy dates it's calander from the beginning of the Shogunate period, whilst the Authothonians have been counting the days since just after the Primordial War, I beleive. Maybe these two books would be useful in this instance? --Megapope

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