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The long count of Duradim

From the Cataclysm to the end of To Bind With Blood. Years are counted from the Cataclysm, as the chronicles count them.

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Events by era

Where they are told

  • Book 1 · A Flight From Shadows16
  • Book 2 · To Bind With Blood33

Some events are told in both books.

The Cataclysm

Year 0 AC

  1. Year 0 AC

    The Cataclysm: 'The face of every land, from the Es'Cotty ocean to the Voranth Sea, was changed in a mighty upheaval, and all the powers and magics that existed were lost.' B1 ch29; B2 ch20, ch31

Early Apres Cataclysm

Several thousand years after the Cataclysm

  1. before Year 9183 AC

    The Tur'Hadin steal knowledge from the Tar'Hasin ('over three thousand years' before B2) B2 ch31

  2. Undated

    The Peromese (then the Persanch) arrive 'several thousand years after the cataclysm' B2 ch43

Separan age

About 9183-10183 AC

  1. about Year 9200 AC

    Separans breeding and binding Al'Kari ('nearly three thousand years' as of 12182) B2 ch6

  2. about Year 9682 AC

    The Separan religion begins ('the last two and a half thousand years') B1 ch29

  3. before Year 10180 AC

    The Daughter of Flowers: three queens from Aramere 'over two thousand years ago' B2 ch7

  4. about Year 10183 AC

    Elven war: High Elves defeat the Wood Elves; the Samunis stronghold falls ('some two thousand years prior') B2 ch20

Kingdom of Kuvia

About 11182 AC

  1. about Year 11182 AC

    Last Accolade to the Queen appointed ('nearly a thousand years') B1 ch1, ch18

Umari centuries

About 11870-12180 AC

  1. about Year 11870 AC

    Baroness Sha'Ara Umari's life (over 200 years old by 12072) B1 Prologue; B1 ch12, ch15

  2. about Year 11982 AC

    Baron Arnam governs Avalonia ('over two-hundred years') B1 ch16; death B1 ch30-31

  3. Cycle of Darvanch (6), Year 12067 AC

    Sha'Ara brings young To'Ara to Edith: the resonance stone B2 ch31

  4. Cycle of Ryo (10), Year 12072 AC

    Dorinda killed; 'the baroness' death was no accident' B1 Prologue

  5. about Year 12083 AC

    Sha'Ara enters the Tar'Hasin library ('some hundred years ago') B2 ch34

  6. about Year 12083 AC

    Garold Duvrain baron 'for over a century' B2 ch32

  7. Cycle of Petnala (8), Year 12162 AC

    Alandar born: 'Birth of a Prodigy' B2 ch27

  8. Day 14, Cycle of Ryo (10), Year 12170 AC

    Baron Arnam's journal: 'A century later and I still find myself weeping' B2 ch6

  9. Day 14, Cycle of Darvanch (6), Year 12178 AC

    Duchain's journal (his vow to train her) B2 ch17

  10. about Year 12179 AC

    Grethan at Glenn Heights ('the past three years') B1 ch23

  11. Day 6, Cycle of Aeolyth (9), Year 12180 AC

    Journals of Duchain (Book 1, chapter 13) and Baron Arnam (Book 2, chapter 5), same day B1 ch13; B2 ch5

The books

Years 12182-12184 AC

  1. Cycle of Aerolyth (7), Year 12182 AC

    Book 1, chapters 1-12: the ride, the ambush, home again B1 ch1-12

  2. Cycle of Petnala (8), Year 12182 AC

    Book 1, chapter 13 B1 ch13

  3. Day 18, Cycle of Petnala (8), Year 12182 AC

    Ethran's journal B2 ch3

  4. Cycle of Aeolyth (9), Year 12182 AC

    Duchain killed in a thwarted assassination B1 ch19-20

  5. Day 4, Cycle of Aeolyth (9), Year 12182 AC

    Athandra becomes handmaid (journal) B1 ch14

  6. Day 16, Cycle of Aeolyth (9), Year 12182 AC

    Athandra's journal B1 ch18

  7. Cycle of Ryo (10), Year 12182 AC

    Glenn Heights; the binding witnessed; Baron Arnam dies; flight B1 ch22-32, epilogue

  8. Cycle of Ryo (10), Year 12182 AC

    Book 2, prologue B2 prologue

  9. Cycle of Volmar (11), Year 12182 AC

    Arrival at Samunis B2 ch1-8

  10. Cycle of Farenar (13), Year 12182 AC

    Book 2, chapters 10-12 (Farenar; Treken Wintering season) B2 ch10-12

  11. Cycle of Galdrethael (1), Year 12183 AC

    Book 2, chapters 13-18 (Galdrethael) B2 ch13-18

  12. Day 5, Cycle of Aeson (3), Year 12183 AC

    Athandra's journal B1 ch16

  13. Day 5, Cycle of Norna (5), Year 12183 AC

    Ethran's journal (printed 'Year 121823') B2 ch26

  14. Cycle of Aerolyth (7), Year 12183 AC

    Battle with House Duvrain B2 ch32-33

  15. Cycle of Petnala (8), Year 12183 AC

    Tar'Hasin seal their library for 100 years; Duvrain plot (Garold and Mangus) B2 ch34, ch36

  16. Cycle of Aeolyth (9), Year 12183 AC

    The last Inari vine offers its seeds B2 ch41

  17. Day 14, Cycle of Aeolyth (9), Year 12183 AC

    Athandra's journal B2 ch53

  18. Cycle of Ryo (10), Year 12183 AC

    Sisters' bond (the rose); Alandar bound to To'Ara B2 ch48, ch50

  19. Day 12, Cycle of Ryo (10), Year 12183 AC

    Athandra's journal B2 ch40

  20. Cycle of Velmar (12), Year 12183 AC

    Trial and sentence; departure for Perome B2 ch56-64

  21. Cycle of Velmar (12), Year 12183 AC

    Edith reveals she is Shar Hazin, kills a high priest and is speared; a guard reports her 'Dead' B2 ch58

  22. Cycle of Velmar (12), Year 12183 AC

    Brenard kills Fera; Venya flees with the jewels B2 epilogue

  23. Cycle of Velmar (12), Year 12183 AC

    Athandra is to leave Samunis with a supply caravan bound for Tendal B2 ch62; B2 ch64

  24. Day 9, Cycle of Farenar (13), Year 12183 AC

    Ethran's journal (printed 'Year 121823') B2 epilogue

  25. Day 12, Cycle of Norna (5), Year 12184 AC

    Athandra's journal B2 ch38

Later journal dates

Journal entries dated after the books

  1. Day 7, Cycle of Norna (5), Year 12195 AC

    Athandra's journal B2 ch31

Separan calendar

A separate reckoning

  1. Undated

    Separan journal dates: Narvosh '3 Sopar', Iscaar '9 Calderash', 'The second thousand years' B1 ch27; B2 ch27

Years are counted from the Cataclysm (Year 0 AC), as in the World Chronology. Dates are as printed in the books; some are approximate.