• Thayet establishes the Queen’s Riders.
• June—Keladry of Mindelan is born.
• Merric of Hollyrose is born.
• Seaver of Tasride is born.
• Quinden of Marti’s Hill is born.
• Lord Wyldon of Cavall takes the position of page training master.
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• Prince Liam of Conté is born.
• Thom of Pirate’s Swoop is born.
• Owen of Jesslaw is born.
• Prosper of Tamaran is born.
• Teron of Blythdin is born.
• Arram Draper flees Carthak and changes name to Numair Salmalín.
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• Prince Jasson of Conté is born.
• Warric of Mandash is born.
• Iden of Vikison Lake is born.
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• Princess Lianne of Conté is born.
• Alan and Alianne of Pirate’s Swoop are born.
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• Princess Vania of Conté is born.
• Sairayu Balitang is born.
• Baron Piers of Mindelan and his family go to the Yamani Islands, representing the Crown.
• Timon Greendale reorganizes the palace service.
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• Carthaki mages find the spells to open the Divine Realms (during the eighth year of King Jonathan’s reign).
• Ilane of Mindelan saves Yamani relics (swords) from invading pirates.
• Salma Aynnar joins the palace staff (while Conal of Mindelan is still training).
• Sir Raoul is thrown from the saddle in a jousting match; he is defeated.
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• Kel of Mindelan begins training on glaive.
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Winter:
• Daine’s family is attacked; she loses her home.
Spring:
• March—Onua Chamtong hires Daine at the Cría fair.
• Daine is visited by the Badger God for the first time.
• Daine meets Numair.
• Lord Sinthya escapes to Carthak.
• April—
○ Daine and company arrive in Corus.
○ Daine takes a job with the Riders and learns about wild magic.
○ Stormwings attack the palace.
• May—
○ King Jonathan rides on Progress.
○ Queen Thayet and her Riders move out for Pirate’s Swoop.
○ Daine begins to learn how to heal animals.
○ Riders encounter griffins on the coast.
• Pirate’s Swoop is surrounded by an unmarked enemy army and navy.
• A dragon is called from the Divine Realms; Daine heals her.
• Daine calls to the kraken; it helps her defend Pirate’s Swoop.
• The kraken destroys enemy forces while the Riders and guard destroy the army.
• Daine finds Skysong, the dragon’s kit, after the mother is killed.
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Winter/Spring:
• January—Daine turns fourteen.
• The kudarung (winged horses) return to the Copper Islands.
• Dovasary Balitang is born.
• March—A Rider Group disappears.
Summer:
• September—Daine and Numair go to the Long Lake.
• Daine learns of her ability to shape-shift.
• Numair transforms a fellow mage.
• Yolane of Dunlath is captured for plotting treason.
• Maura of Dunlath inherits Dunlath.
Autumn:
• Autumn page training begins:
○ Prince Roald begins training as a page.
○ Cleon of Kennan begins training as a page.
○ Vinson of Genlith begins training as a page.
○ Joren of Stone Mountain begins training as a page.
○ Garvey of Runnerspring begins training as a page.
○ Zahir ibn Alhaz begins training as a page.
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Winter/Spring:
• January—Daine turns fifteen.
• April—Edmund of Rosemark is late for page examination. Commanded to repeat all four years, he refuses.
Autumn:
• King Jonathan sends an envoy to Carthak for peace treaties.
• The Graveyard Hag meets Daine.
• Daine learns that her father is the god Weiryn.
• Ozorne kidnaps Daine.
• Daine attacks.
• Ozorne escapes.
• Numair’s old teacher Lindhall Reed immigrates to Tortall.
• Prince Kaddar becomes Emperor of Carthak.
• Autumn page training begins:
○ Faleron of King’s Reach begins training as a page.
○ Yancen of Irenroha begins training as a page.
○ Balduin of Disart begins training as a page.
Winter:
• December–Midwinter:
○ The barrier between the Realms of the Gods and the Mortals evaporates.
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Winter/Spring:
• January—Daine turns sixteen.
• Spring thaw—Daine and Numair help protect the realm as the Immortals War begins.
• April—
○ Nealan of Queenscove begins training as a page.
○ Sir Raoul of Goldenlake is elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie’s Peak.
Summer:
• June—
○ Lord Wyldon rescues the younger princes and princess from hurrocks.
○ Daine and Numair are plucked into the Divine Realms.
○ Daine meets the god Weiryn, the god Gainel, and some animal gods.
○ Daine falls into a spider trap; Numair rescues her.
○ Daine and Numair attend a Dragonmeet.
○ Battle of Port Legann takes place.
○ Daine kills Ozorne.
○ The gods punish Uusoae and decide the fate of the Immortals.
○ Queen Thayet hands command of the Queen’s Riders over to Buriram Tourakom.
○ The Immortals War ends.
○ The Mindelan family returns from the Yamani Islands.
○ Eda Bell (the Shang “Wildcat”) joins the palace training staff.
Autumn:
• Keladry of Mindelan applies to become a page; Lord Wyldon and King Jonathan agree to put her on probation.
• Kel fights a spidren and decides to train as a page despite the probation.
• Autumn page training begins:
○ Keladry of Mindelan begins training as a page, sponsored by Neal.
○ Merric of Hollyrose begins training as a page, sponsored by Faleron.
○ Seaver of Tasride begins training as a page, sponsored by Prince Roald.
○ Esmond of Nicoline begins training as a page, sponsored by Cleon.
○ Quinden of Marti’s Hill begins training as a page, sponsored by Zahir.
• Kel receives her first present from her mystery benefactor.
Winter:
• Kel has her first fight with Joren, Vinson, and Zahir.
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Winter/Spring:
• Kel has her second fight with Joren and his cronies.
• This winter is described as “the hardest in a decade.”
• February—The pages go on an overnight hike.
• The pages have their first all-out brawl (during training).
• March—Lord Wyldon learns of Kel’s fear of heights.
• April—Kel has her first page examination.
Summer:
• June—The pages go on a Royal Forest camping trip.
• June—Kel turns eleven.
• Late June—Spidren hunt with the King’s Own and Sir Raoul.
• Lord Wyldon allows Kel to continue her training; her probation ends.
Autumn/Winter:
• Princess Kalasin goes to live with the Countess of King’s Reach.
• Kel rescues the dog Jump and takes Lalasa I
sran as a maid.
• Autumn page training begins:
○ Owen of Jesslaw begins training as a page, sponsored by Prince Roald.
○ Prosper of Tamaran beings training as a page.
○ Teron of Blythdin begins training as a page.
• Kel and Joren have their first conflict of the training year when Kel protects Owen.
• There is a second all-out page brawl in the barn, after training.
• November—Kel begins training Lalasa in self-defense.
• Midwinter—A silent war between Joren’s group and Kel’s group occurs during the banquet festivities.
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Winter/Spring:
• February—Winter camping trip
• April—
○ Joren, Vinson, Cleon, Garvey, Zahir, and Roald all become squires.
• May—
○ Lord Imrah of Legann takes Roald as his squire.
○ Sir Inness of Mindelan takes Cleon as his squire.
○ King Jonathan of Conté takes Zahir as his squire.
○ Sir Paxton of Nond takes Joren as his squire.
Summer/Autumn:
• June camping trip—
○ Kel and company defeat hill men.
• Joren tries to make peace with Kel.
• Autumn page training begins:
○ Warric of Mandash begins training as a page, sponsored by Merric.
○ Iden of Vikison Lake begins training as a page, sponsored by Owen.
• Lord Wyldon begins teaching a Tactics and Strategies class for older pages.
• Lalasa gets her first sewing commission; Kel meets Tianine Plowman.
Winter:
• Midwinter—Uline of Hannalof and Kieran haMinch announce their betrothal.
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Winter/Spring:
• March—Vinson attacks Lalasa.
• April—
○ Page examinations are held.
○ Faleron and Yancen become squires.
○ Ragnal of Darroch faints during page examinations.
• Lady Sarugani Balitang dies in a riding accident.
Summer/Autumn/Winter:
• June—
○ The pages take a summer camping trip to fiefs Dunlath, Stone Mountain, and Aili.
○ Kel turns thirteen.
• November—The pages camp overnight in the Royal Forest and do a battle-scenario exercise.
• Southern clans of Scanra unite and elect Maggur Rathhausak to be their war leader.
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Winter/Spring:
• Queen Thayet commissions a gown from Lalasa.
• April—
○ The Big Exams:
• Lalasa is kidnapped.
• Merric, Neal, Esmond, and Quinden become squires.
• Kel becomes a squire.
○ Kel’s secret benefactor buys Peachblossom for her.
Summer:
• June—Kel turns fourteen.
• Sir Raoul takes Kel as a squire.
• Sir Alanna takes Neal as a squire.
• Lalasa opens her own dressmaker’s shop.
• Raoul provides Kel with a second mount, Hoshi.
• Kel meets Domitan of Masbolle, sergeant of the King’s Own and cousin to Neal.
• The Third Company of the King’s Own captures bandits; Kel fights a centaur.
• Kel becomes the adoptive parent of a baby griffin.
Autumn/Winter:
• Kel begins tilting with Raoul.
• The Yamani delegation arrives in Tortall with Princess Shinkokami.
• December—Joren stands trial for paying men to kidnap Lalasa.
○ Kel confronts King Jonathan about legal system injustices.
○ Kel, Raoul, and Thayet press Jon to change a particular law.
• Midwinter—Kel receives her first kiss.
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Winter/Spring:
• January—Third Company escorts ambassadors to and from Tyra.
• February—Third Company rids the Bay Cove area of pirates, with help from Baron George Cooper.
• March—Third Company travels south to stay with the Bazhir.
• April—
○ Third Company contains flooding in the Drell River basin region.
○ Owen of Jesslaw becomes a squire.
• May—Third Company returns to the Bazhir and then proceeds to Corus, where the Great Progress has already begun.
Summer/Autumn/Winter:
• June—Kel turns fifteen.
• Kel jousts against Ansil of Groten in a tournament.
• Kel jousts against Sir Voelden of Tirrsmont.
• The griffin’s parents come to reclaim their baby, with assistance from Daine.
• Kel tilts with Lord Wyldon at a Fief Blythdin tournament.
• Midwinter—
○ Cleon of Kennan passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Vinson of Genlith survives his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Joren threatens Kel.
○ Kel learns that Lalasa has been teaching self-defense to common-born girls in the city.
○ Joren of Stone Mountain dies.
○ Lord Buchard of Stone Mountain attacks Kel.
○ Garvey of Runnerspring passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Zahir ibn Alhaz passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Prince Roald of Conté passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Lord Wyldon resigns.
○ Padraig haMinch is chosen as the new training master; Gareth (the Younger) of Naxen takes the interim position.
○ Lord Wyldon takes Owen as his squire.
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Winter/Spring/Summer:
• Petranne Balitang is born.
• Landfall, of the Tortallan spy network, begins spying in Hamrkeng, Scanra.
• The Progress stays in Persopolis.
• Bay Cove is struck by an earthquake; Third Company helps refugees and rebuilds the town.
• June—
○ The Progress goes to Mindelan.
○ Kel turns sixteen.
• Troops are dispatched to the northern border.
• Roald and Shinkokami take over the Progress (while Jon and Thayet visit troops and nobles).
• Jon and Thayet rejoin the Progress.
Autumn/Winter:
• Lachren of Mindelan (son of Sir Anders) begins training as a page.
• The Progress ends.
• Midwinter—
○ Yancen of Irenroha passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Faleron of King’s Reach passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Balduin of Disart passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
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Winter/Spring/Summer:
• Elsren of Balitang is born.
• February—Third Company begins resupplying and preparing to head north.
• Nineteen men of the King’s Own First Company die in combat.
• April—Third Company begins building a fort along the Scanran border.
• May—Scanrans attack along the coast.
• June—Scanrans attack in the region of Third Company; Kel turns seventeen.
• Mid-August—
○ The Scanran army moves in to take Northwatch.
○ Sir Raoul battles a giant.
○ Kel faces (and defeats) her first killing device.
○ Kel commands a squad.
Autumn/Winter:
• Alan of Pirate’s Swoop begins training as a page.
• Mid-September—Encounters with Scanrans drop off.
• Kel and Raoul head back to Corus.
• October—Scanrans attack the village of Goatstrack.
• October/November—Kel helps Shinkokami plan her upcoming wedding and helps Third Company recruit new members.
• Midwinter—
○ Nealan of Queenscove passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Yuki and Neal reveal their mutual affection.
○ Esmond of Nicoline passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Seaver of Tasride passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Quinden of Marti’s Hill passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Merric of Hollyrose passes his Ordeal of knighthood.
○ Keladry of Mindelan passes her Ordeal of knighthood.
○ At her knighting ceremony, Kel is given a shield with a distaff border, the first in over 100 years.
○ Alanna gives Kel a sword.
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Spring:
• March—
○ Scanra has a new king; Maggur Rathhausak unites the clans under his rule.
○ Kel goes into the Chamber of the Ordeal a second time.
○ Roald and Shinkokami postpone their wedding.
○ The Tortallan army mobilizes.
○ Kel finds Tobeis Boon, an indentured servant.
• April—Cleon returns home.
• Lord Wyldon gives Kel refugee-camp command; Neal and Merric are to serve under her.
• Kel helps soldiers and convicts continue building the camp and names it Haven.
• Numair brings refugees to Haven.
• War is declared between Tortall and Scanra.
• Scanrans attack Haven with killing devices.
• Tirrsmont refugees come to Haven.
• Anak’s Eyrie refugees arrive; the Scanrans attack.
• Fort Giantkiller falls.
• May—Minor skirmishes continue with the Scanrans.
Summer:
• May/June—
○ Scanrans attack Haven while Kel is reporting at Fort Mastiff.
○ Lord Wyldon gives Kel orders to bring her troops to Fort Mastiff; Kel decides to rescue the hostages.
○ Raoul secretly sends Dom’s squad to track (and help) Kel.
○ Tobe and Owen sneak out to help Kel.
○ Neal sets out with a “rescue party.”
○ Kel and company rescue the adult refugees; Kel sends them back with Merric, Seaver, and Esmond, and presses on to find the children.
○ Fanche and Saefas join the group.
○ A child seer, Irnai, dubs Kel the Protector of the Small.
○ Kel and her men rescue the captives with the help of villagers.
○ Kel battles Stenmun.
○ Kel battles Blayce.
○ Kel and company return to Tortall with the abducted children and refugees.
○ Wyldon gives Kel her next command: to build a new refugee camp, to be called New Haven.
○ Kel turns eighteen.
Late Summer/Autumn:
• August-ish—Daine becomes pregnant and can no longer function completely as a spy/wildmage (her child is a shape-shifter in the womb).
• Prince Roald and Princess Shinkokami marry.