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Establishing Dates[]

Because the dates in the books are so well marked, it's fairly easy to establish fairly accurate dates for events. From Dark of the Moon on, the chapters are all dated, and even in God Stalk, mention of calendar events allows many dates to be established as well.

All dates are in the Tastigon calendar, with years counting time since the Fall. The years are given a few times:

Going farther back, the dates become somewhat less precise. This is because if someone says something happened "five years ago," that means about five years ago, not exactly five years ago to the day. For example, if they said that in the year 3000, subtracting 5 years from the year they said that in will give you a rough idea (3000 - 5 = 2995) but depending on time of year the person said it in, and the time of year the event in question took place, the event could've fallen in the calendar year 2994 or 2996 as well.

Going further back, things become even less clear. If someone says an event was "fifty years ago" that means about fifty years, and they're likely rounding.

If an event is not included, or the math used to find it is flawed or incorrect, please correct it. You're also welcome to add events not currently included. However, please think carefully and make sure your math makes sense before adding it too, and don't add events where there is not reasonable evidence for their date.

Pregnancy[]

Sometimes the length of pregnancy can be used an indicator for a date.

In "Lost Knots" Kinzi calls a Rawneth's pregnancy 9 months,[6] mirroring a human pregnant on Earth. (An average human pregnancy is 280 days.) However, 9 Rathillien months isn't 280 days: A Rathillien month is 40 days long, so 9 months is 360 days. That's one Feast of Fools shy of exactly a year. "Months" doesn't necessarily mean Rathillien months, though. It could also refer to the months of some earlier world, which may have had more Earth-like months. Or those months could be something totally different that both Earth and Rathillien months.

In The Gates of Tagmeth, we hear how Must conceived her baby on Summer's Eve, 3029.[7] That baby is then born on Winter 63.[8] Spring 60 to Winter 63 is 244 days. [1 day of spring (DOC) + all 120 days of summer + all 60 days of Autumn + 63 days of winter = 244 days] Her baby is born early.[9] The question the becomes how early is this. In the case of a human-like 280-day pregnancy, Must gave birth 87% of the way through. In the case of a 9-Rathillien-month 360-day pregnancy, she gave birth 68% of the way through. We know Kencyr are tough, so a 360-day Kencyr pregnancy is still plausible, but it seems unlikely seeing as Kells says, "the child is large and she’s just a slip of a girl, going through this for the first time."[9]

There is also the possibility that Highborn pregnancies and Kendar pregnancies are not identical in length. Rawneth (said to have a 9-month pregnancy) is Highborn, while Must (known to have a 244 day pregnancy) is half-Highborn half-Kendar.

So in conclusion, a Kencyr pregnancy is likely about 280 days, but we aren't sure. But despite these inconclusive answers, a baby being born sometime in the year after their conception seems a reasonable estimate, and that is what we use when estimating dates.

  1. To Ride a Rathorn, "Maps"
  2. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (Gothregor 2983)
  3. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Lost Knots" (Gothregor 2993)
  4. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Among the Dead" (3004)
  5. The Sea of Time, "Chapter XI: Night in a Lost City", I — " 'But in our time it’s actually three thousand and twenty-eight years after the Fall, if you believe our scrollsmen.' "
  6. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Lost Knots" — "Rawneth went back to Wilden that same night, contracted with a highborn of her own house, and some nine months gave birth to Kenan."
  7. The Gates of Tagmeth, "Chapter X: The Gates of Tagmeth", IV — " 'Then word came that I had passed Kothifir to become a third year cadet. There was a party, more drunken than most, which is saying something. This was on Summer’s Eve, while I was still with the Southern Host.' "
  8. The Gates of Tagmeth, "Chapter XIII: Death and Life" (Winter 63—66)
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Gates of Tagmeth, "Chapter XIII: Death and Life", I — " 'It’s true labor all right,' he reported, 'although she’s nowhere near ready to give birth. Then, too, the child is large and she’s just a slip of a girl, going through this for the first time.' "

Battles[]

Kithorn massacre[]

Summer 120, 2940s
We know from Index that the massacre occurred on Autumn's Eve.[1]
As for the year, it is consistently referred to as about 80 years ago. This occurs many times, in different books and different years, and almost always phrased as about 80 years.[2][3][4][5][6] The books take place in the mid to late 3020s, so the massacre would've been in the 2940s.

Knorth Massacre[]

Spring 54, 2993
In Seeker's Mask Brenwyr says it's the anniversary of the Knorth massacre.[7] She says it in "Part I", which isn't dated, but "Part II" is: Spring 54.[8] We know both sections take place on the same night because of the Tishooo storm.
After the massacre, Ganth went directly to the White Hills. In Seeker's Mask, Harn—also on Spring 54—recounts how this was the day day they marched south.[9]
As for the year, in Seeker's Mask (3027) Brenwyr and Harn says it's the 34th anniversary, putting the Massacre in 2993. [3027 - 34 = 2993] This is backed up by "Lost Knots", which Kinzi wrote on the night of the Massacre and which is dated 2993.[10]

Battle of the White Hills[]

Circa late spring, 2993
Ganth marched his people south directly after the Knorth Massacre, which was on Spring 54, 2993 (see Knorth Massacre). The White Hills are maybe 1 day south of the Riverland, if you really push it. [Spring 54 + 1 day = Spring 55] The fighting lasted 3 days.[11] [Spring 55 + 3 days = Spring 58]

Battle of Urakarn[]

Circa 3012
Torisen was at Urakarn when he was 15,[12] and he was was born in 2997 (see Torisen's birth). [2997 + 15 = 3012]

Attack on East Kenshold[]

Circa 3022
Narth was hurt in Gerridon's raid of East Kenshold. He lived 2 years before he died of his injuries. After his father's death, the new Lord Harth kicked out the yondri.[13] God Stalk's events take place in 3025 and 3026. Jame meets Marc on the Feast of Fools between those two year, meaning he left East Kenshold in 3025, and by extension, that Narth also died in 3025. Two years before that, when he sustained the injuries, would've been 3022. [3025 - 3 = 3022]

Final attack on North Kenshold[]

Circa 3024
Torisen became Highlord just a dream showed him Ganth's death in the final assault on the keep.[14] Torisen became Highlord in 3024 (see Torisen's ascension).

Births and Deaths[]

Adiraina[]

Born circa the 2900s
Adiraina's in her 120s[15] in Bound in Blood (3027). She was born in the 2900s. [3027 - 120s = 2907]

Adric[]

Born circa 2877
Adric's 149[16] in Dark of the Moon (late 3026). He was born in 2877. [3026 - 149 = 2877]

Aerulan[]

Died Spring 54, 2993
Aerulan died in the Knorth Massacre on Spring 54, 2993 (see Knorth Massacre).

Bane[]

Born circa 2995 or 2997
We have two mutually contradictory accounts of Bane's birth, both from dubious sources.
In God Stalk, Bane tells Jame how the Exiles passed Tai-tastigon in the night, and then nearly a year later, two came back.[17] The Exiles left the Riverland right after the White Hills in late spring 2993 (see White Hills). Late spring and early summer would've been the best time to cross the Ebonbane, so assuming they weren't stuck in the mountains for years (if they were, it seems unlikely they would've survived and we know they did) they would've come into the Eastern Lands and passed Tai-tastigon later that same year, 2993. And then if Bane's mother and Ishtier came down to the city almost a year later, that would've been in 2994 [2993 + 1 = 2994] and Bane would've been born the following year, in 2995. [2994 + 1 = 2995] Bane tells this story to Jame, and Bane himself was presumably told it by Ishtier, who we know wasn't be honest with him. In the same story he says Ganth died in the mountains, which we know is a lie.
The second account is from Anar. In "Among the Dead" Anar tells how 3 years into their exile, Ganth lead his people in a crazy charge against the Perimal Darkling, and it was then that Ishtier and Ganth's mistress ran away.[18] Their exile began in 2993 (see White Hills) so the raid would've been in 2996. [2993 + 3 = 2996] We know Bane's mother was newly pregnant when she left, so Bane would've been born the following year, in 2997. [2996 + 1 = 2997]
Ishtier is a liar, and Anar is crazy, and so both accounts are rather dubious. However, Anar's account lines up very well with Jame and Torisen's birth (see Jame and Torisen) which lends it credibility. So for now, Anar's story and Bane being born in 2997 seems more likely.
Died Winter 3, 3026
The night Bane was killed was the same night Jame and Marc left Tai-tastigon.[19]

Brier[]

Born circa 3008
Brier turned 17 2 years before Seeker's Mask (early 3027).[20] She was born in 3008. [3027 - 2 - 17 = 3008]
Brier was 5 or 6[21] when the Southern Host marched on Urakarn in 3012 (see Battle of Urakarn). [3012 - 5 = 3007] [3012 - 6 = 3006] If she was born in 3008, she would've been 4 at the time. (Possibly 5, depending on when in the year her birthday and the battle were. See the note at the top of the page.) This is in keeping with the above dates: 15-year-old Tori was probably not precisely accurate at guessing the ages of children. Also, Brier is tall, and as a child being tall could easily be interpreted as being older.

Danior Lordan[]

Born circa 3023
He was about 4 at the Lordan's Presentation (the winter of 3027)[22] [3027 - 4 = 3023]

Dianthe[]

Born circa 2937
Dianthe is 90[23] in Seeker's Mask (early 3027). She was born in 2937. [3027 - 90 = 2937]

Ganth[]

Born circa 2965
Ganth was barely 18[24] in "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (2983). He was born in 2965. [2983 - 18 = 2965]
Died circa 3024
Ganth died in the final attack on North Kenshold in 3024 (see Final attack on North Kenshold).

Genjar[]

Died circa 3012
Genjar died shortly after the Battle of Urakarn in 3012 (see Battle of Urakarn).

Gerraint[]

Died Summer 6, 2983
Gerraint died in "Hearts of Woven Shadow" on Summer 6, 2983.[25]

Greshan[]

Born circa 2960
Greshan is 5 years older than Ganth.[26] Ganth was born 2965 (see Ganth's birth). [2965 - 5 = 2960]
Died circa late Spring, 2983
In "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (Summer 6, 2983)[25] Greshan had been at Gothregor 5 days.[27] [Summer 6 - 5 days = Summer 1] Add add a day or two to retrieve it from Tentir, and he died sometime at the end of Spring.

Hallik[]

Died circa late Spring, 2983
Hallik died the same day Greshan did (see Greshan's death).

Harn[]

Born circa the early 2960s
Harn is in his late 60s[28] in Dark of the Moon (late 3026). 3026 - 60 = 2966] 2966 expanded to the 2960s. If he's in his late 60s, he was born in the early 2960s.

Jame and Torisen[]

Born circa 2997
In "Among the Dead" (3004) Anar says Jame and Tori are 7.[29] Anar is crazy and so he's not completely trustworthy, but we do actually know this is true because "Among the Dead" ends with Jame being banished into the Haunted Lands, and she herself says she was 7 when that happened.
If Jame and Tori were 7 in 3004, then they must've been born around 2997. [3004 - 7 = 2997] This is backed up by the story Anar tells: How 3 years into their exile, Ganth lead his people in a crazy charge against the Perimal Darkling, and it was then that Ganth found the Dreamweaver and took her as his mistress.[18] Their exile began in 2993 (See White Hills) so the raid would've been in 2996. [2993 + 3 = 2996] If the twins were convinced that year and born the following year, you again end up with the twins being born in 2997. [2996 + 1 = 2997]

Kallystine[]

Born circa 3002
Kallystine is 25[30] in Seeker's Mask (early 3027). She was born in 3027. [3027 - 25 = 3002]

Kenan[]

Born circa 2984
Kenan was conceived in "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (Summer 6, 2983) and born the following year, in 2984. [2983 + 1 = 2984]

Kindrie[]

Born circa 3005
In "Among the Dead" (3004) Keral says that Kindrie will be conceived that night.[31] If Kindrie was conceived in 3004, then he would be born the following year, in 3005.
Kallystine says Tieri lived 12 years after the Knorth massacre.[32] The massacre was 2993 (see Knorth Massacre) so Tieri died in 2005. [2993 + 12 = 3005] This also lines up with Kindrie being born in 3005 and conceived the previous year in 3004.

Kinzi[]

Died Spring 54, 2993
Kinzi died in the Knorth Massacre on Spring 54, 2993 (see Knorth Massacre).

Marc[]

Born circa 2932
Marc is 94[33] in Dark of the Moon (late 3026) [3026 - 94 = 2932] and 95[34] in To Ride a Rathorn (late 3027) [3027 - 95 = 2932]

Old Lord Caineron[]

Died circa late spring, 2993
Caldane's father Lord Caineron died in the White Hills (see White Hills).

Old Lord Coman[]

Died late autumn or early winter, 3026
In Dark of the Moon, on Winter 6, 3026, Torisen says Old Lord Coman recently died, putting his death in early winter or late autumn.[35]

Old Lord Jaran[]

Born circa 2866
He was 160[36] in Dark of the Moon (late 3026). [3026 - 160 = 2866]
Died Winter 17, 3026
He died 2 days into the Haunted Lands, which they entered on the 15th.[37] [Winter 15 + 2 days = Winter 17]

Old Lord Randir[]

Died circa Winter 50s, 2992
In "Lost Knots" (2993, Spring 54) Kinzi says he's been dead 3 months.[38] A Rathillien month is 40 days. [40 days * 3 = 120 days] Back to the beginning of that year is 54 days, and the Feast of Fools is another day. [120 days - 54 days - 1 day = 65 days] 65 days back into the previous winter is Winter 55. The, because 3 months isn't to-the-day exact, that can be expanded to the 50s of Winter.

Prid[]

Born circa 3013
In Bound in Blood (3027) Jame thinks Prid is about 14.[39] [3027 - 14 = 3013]

Rawneth[]

Born circa 2962
Rawneth is 3 years older than Ganth.[40] Ganth was born 2965 (see Ganth's birth). [2965 - 3 = 2962]

Roane[]

Died Autumn 2982
In "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (2983) it was "last autumn."[41] [2983 - 1 = 2982]

Rose[]

Died circa 3012
Rose died shortly after the Battle of Urakarn in 3012 (see Battle of Urakarn).

Scramp[]

Died on the Feast of Fools between 3025 and 3026
Scamp died on the Feast of Fools.[42] The Feast of Fools, technically, belongs neither to the new year nor the old year. The Feast of Fools in God Stalk is the one between 3025 and 3026.

Taniscent[]

Born circa 3001
Tanis is 24 at the beginning of God Stalk (3025).[43][44] [3025 - 24 = 3001] The book spans over a year, and at at the end it's 3026 and she's 25. [3026 - 25 = 3001][45]
Died 3026
Tanis dies at the end of God Stalk (3026).

Telarien[]

Died circa 2982
Telarien died giving birth to Tieri (see Tieri's birth).

Theocandi[]

Died 3026
Theocandi dies at the end of God Stalk (3026).

Tieri[]

Born circa 2982
Tieri was 1[46] in "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (2983). She was born in 2982. [2983 - 1 = 2982]
Died circa 3005
Tieri died giving birth to Kindrie (see Kindrie's birth).

Timmon[]

Born circa 3006 - 3007
Jame thinks Timmon is 20 or 21[47] in To Ride a Rathorn (3027). [3027 - 20 = 3007] [3027 - 21 = 3006]

Winter[]

Died 3004
Winter died in "Among the Dead" in 3004.

Ascensions[]

Theocandi to Sirdan[]

Elected 2984
Theocandi is said to have been in power for 40 years.[48][49] [3026 - 40 = 2986] 2986 was not an election year though (see Thieves' Guild elections) meaning "forty years" is slightly rounded number, which is to be expected. The closest election year to that was 2984.

Ganth to Highlord[]

Summer 6, 2983
Ganth became Highlord when Gerraint died (see Gerraint's death) which as seen "Hearts of Woven Shadow" was Summer 6, 2983.

Torisen to Highlord[]

Circa 3024
In Dark of the Moon (late 3026), Torisen says he became Highlord 3 years ago, just after he came of age, after a dream showed him Ganth's death.[50][51] [3026 - 3 = 3023]
The span of time without a highlord after Ganth's exile lasted 31 years,[52] and began in 2993 (see White Hills). [2993 + 31 = 3024]
Torisen was born in 2997 (see Torisen's birth) and Highborn come of age at 27.[53] [2997 + 27 = 3024]
In Bound in Blood (3027) Torisen recites the names of the dead for Autumn's Eve the third time since becoming Lord Knorth.[54] [3027 - 3 = 3024]
All this points to Torisen becoming highlord in 3024, and the 3023 date from Dark of the Moon being because that was near the very end of the year.

Tiggeri to established son[]

3026, Summer
In Seeker's Mask (Srping 3027) Tiggeri is said to have been established since the previous summer.[55] That would be the summer of 3026.

Other Events[]

Thieves' Guild elections[]

The election in God Stalk is in 3026. Elections happen ever 7 years. So the election years were 3026, 3019, 3012, 3005, 2998, 2991, 2984, 2977, 2970, and so on.

Lower Town crisis[]

3019
The Lower Town Crisis took place during the election prior to the one in God Stalk.[56] That would've been the 3019 election. (see Thieves' Guild elections). This is the one that involved Master Tane and a Shadow Thief.

Eye of Abarraden[]

Circa 2969
In the beginning of God Stalk it's 3025, and the Eye of Abarraden was 56 years ago.[57] [3025 - 56 = 2969]

Rawneth's banishment from Gothregor[]

Summer 120, 2978
This is the event when Kinzi caught Rawneth, Ganth, and Greshan in her quarters. Kinzi forbid Rawenth and Greshan's courtship and banished Rawneth from Gothregor. In "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (2983) Ganth says it was Autumn's Eve, 5 years ago.[58] [2983 - 5 = 2978]

Randiroc's disappearance[]

Circa Winter 10s, 2992
In "Lost Knots" (2993, Spring 54) Kinzi says he's been missing 4 months.[38] A Rathillien month is 40 days. [40 days * 4 = 160 days] Back to the beginning of that year is 54 days, and the Feast of Fools is another day. [160 days - 54 days - 1 day = 105 days] 105 days back into the previous winter is Winter 15. The, because 4 months isn't to-the-day exact, that can be expanded to the 10s of Winter.

References[]

  1. Seeker's Mask, "Part VIII: Kithorn" — " 'So they planned to seize Kithorn on Autumn's Eve and hold its garrison captive until their work was done. No one was supposed to be hurt.' "
  2. God Stalk, Book II: Crown of Nights, "Chapter 8: Voices of the Past" — " 'I thought it would only be for a few days, just a little hunting trip by myself to escape the other boys' teasing. That was nearly eighty years ago.' "
  3. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 2: The Hell Hunt" — " 'these hills haven't been ours since Kithorn fell to the Merikit nearly eighty years ago.' "
  4. Seeker's Mask, "Part VIII: Kithorn" — " 'For eighty years, since Kithorn fell and the hills were closed,' "
  5. To Ride a Rathorn, "Chapter I: An Unfortunate Arrival", I — "None of her generation had been alive then, eighty years ago, but no one in the vulnerable border keeps ever forgot that terrible story or the cruel lesson it had taught."
  6. Honor's Paradox, "Chapter X: Spring Equinox" — "She reminded herself that the massacre had been over eighty years ago, the result of a misunderstanding, not malice,"
  7. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", V — " 'Thirty-four years ago tonight.' The bitter twist in her smile was as audible as broken bones grating. 'Why, grandmother-kin, don't tell me you forgot. This is the anniversary of Aerulan's death.' "
  8. Seeker's Mask, "Part II" (Gothregor: 54th – 55th of Spring)
  9. Seeker's Mask, "Interim I" (Kothifir Encampment: 54th of Spring) — " 'Remember what day this is: thirty-four years ago your father ran mad as a gelded rathorn and most of us ran after him, all the way to death in the White Hills.' "
  10. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Lost Knots" (Gothregor 2993)
  11. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", III — "The end, after three bloody days, had been a stalemate and exile for the handful of surviving Knorth."
  12. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 2: The Hell Hunt" — "At fifteen, half a life time ago, escaping the nightmare of his father's keep, the terrible trip south through the Haunted Lands, Ardeth's Riverland keep… […] At fifteen, learning to fight, to command and, at the red ruin of Urakarn, to survive."
  13. God Stalk, Book II: Crown of Nights, "Chapter 8: Voices of the Past" — " 'The horrible thing was that he lived nearly two years after that, the flesh slowly crumbling away from his living bones. When he finally died, his son told us yondri that we no longer had a place there.' "
  14. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 2: The Hell Hunt" (Tagmeth and Kithorn: 6th-7th of Winter) — "Torisen had gone more than two weeks without a normal night's sleep trying to stave off the horrible dream that had shown him his father's death. […] But he had believed that dream enough to claim his father's power, and the other Highborn had given it to him."
  15. Bound in Blood, "Chapter I: Naming the Dead" — "At one hundred and twenty-odd years, however, Adiraina remained as sharp and full of schemes to advance her house as ever."
  16. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 6: The High Council" — "Every one of his one hundred and forty nine years seemed etched deep in his face."
  17. God Stalk, Book II: Crown of Nights, "Chapter 9: A Matter of Honor" — " 'About thirty years ago, a group of refugees came over the Ebonbane, fleeing from war and kin-strife, following their mad lord into exile. He died in the mountains. They went on, passing Tai-tastigon in the night, and turning northward into the unnamed lands. Nearly a year later, two of them came crawling back. One, a priest, entered the temple of the Three-Faced God and has not left it since. The other, once mistress to the old lord himself, was taken to wife by a high official of the Thieves' Guild. What no one knew then, or has guessed to this day, is that she crossed his threshold already quick with child.' "
  18. 18.0 18.1 Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Among the Dead" (3004) — "The garrison had been some three years into its exile then, long enough to see that it would only end in death. The sooner the better, they had thought, and so again followed their lord headlong into hopeless battle, this time against primordial darkness itself."
  19. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 14: Gathering Forces" (Hurlen: 29th of Winter) — " 'Do you realize,' said Jame, shifting to a more comfortable position on her sack of potatoes, 'that it's only been about twenty-six days since we left Tai-tastigon? That was the third of Winter. ' "
  20. Seeker's Mask, "Part III: The Riverland", IX — "Two years ago, when she had turned seventeen, he had at last given Brier her chance as a randon candidate—if she passed his private initiation."
  21. The Sea of Time, "Chapter XIII: Dreams and Nightmares", III — "She was only five or six, as far as he could tell, crowned with a helmet of dark red hair."
  22. Honor's Paradox, "Chapter V: The High Council" (Winter 90–100), III — "A little boy, perhaps four years old, pelted shrieking between them, pursued by a harried Kendar. 'Danior's son and heir,' said Rue wisely."
  23. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", II — "Dianthe had come to stand beside Adiraina, scarcely breathing hard at all despite her brisk walk. Ah, to be ninety again, thought the blind matriarch."
  24. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" — "The Highborn ran distraught fingers through dark hair flecked with gray. He was young, barely eighteen, but life had already raked him with its claws. 'What h-happened, Sere? How did my brother die?' "
  25. 25.0 25.1 Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" — "It was the sixth night of summer, and the moon was dark."
  26. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" — "being the long-desired, half-despaired of heir to a house desperately short on sons. Five years later, Ganth had come as such a surprise that Telarien had nearly died giving birth to him."
  27. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" — " 'How l-long?' 'Five days, lord. Ever since we brought the body back from the college at Tentir. He won't let the priests have it.' "
  28. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 4: First Blood" — "Harn sat down abruptly opposite him, a huge, shaggy Kendar in his late sixties, untidily dressed."
  29. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Among the Dead" (3004) — "The same wild black hair, cropped short; the same eyes, storm-gray or silver as light or mood caught them; at seven years old even still much the same build, thin and wiry…"
  30. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", IV — "She was twenty-five years old, at the height of her power, and used to getting everything she wanted."
  31. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Among the Dead" (3004) — " 'And now he has an alternative: a pureblooded Knorth child by your sister Tieri.' 'Tieri has no child!' 'Not yet, but soon.' The scene in the mirror changed to a blur of white flowers and a sad young woman walking among them. A shadow fell across her and she turned. 'Tonight, in the Moon Garden, the contract that your father made so long ago with my lord Gerridon will at last be fulfilled.' "
  32. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", IV — " 'A ghost she may be now, but she lived for twelve years after the massacre.' "
  33. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 1: Fire and Ice" — "At ninety-four, late middle age for a Kendar, surely he was too old for such a desperate adventure."
  34. To Ride a Rathorn, "Chapter IX: School Days", II — " 'The best man I know is a seven foot tall, ninety-five year old Kendar named Marcarn whom, ancestors know, I miss with all my heart.' "
  35. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 2: The Hell Hunt" (Tagmeth and Kithorn: 6th-7th of Winter) — "Lord Coman of Kraggen Keep had recently died without designating a successor."
  36. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 6: The High Council" — "At one hundred and sixty, Jaran had been overripe for years,"
  37. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 10: The Lurking Past" — "At dawn on the fifteenth, it forded the Silver and marched south […] The first night passed without incident. […] The second day they pushed on as quickly as the terrain permitted, but at sundown still found themselves uncomfortably close to the old battlefield. […] 'Lord, lord, come quick! Great-great-grandpa Jedrak wants to see you. I-I think he's dying.' "
  38. 38.0 38.1 Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Lost Knots" (Gothregor 2993) — "It has been three months since Lord Randir died and four since the Randir Lordan disappeared."
  39. Bound in Blood, "Chapter XV: Winter's Eve", I — "The one carrying the bow, however, was a girl and the other a boy, the former around fourteen, the latter somewhat older."
  40. To Ride a Rathorn, "Chapter XXII: Casting the Stones", V — "He reminded himself that she was only sixteen, a bare three years his senior, but so poised that they might have belonged to different generations."
  41. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (Gothregor 2983) — " 'It goes back to last autumn and the death of that wretched Randir, doesn't it?' "
  42. God Stalk, Book II: Crown of Nights, "Chapter 7: The Feast of Fools"
  43. God Stalk, Book I: Tatters of Dusk, "Chapter 2: The House of Luck-Bringers" — " 'Tanis started using it four years ago when she turned twenty and thought that age was ruining her dancing.' "
  44. God Stalk, Book I: Tatters of Dusk, "Chapter 3: Into the Labyrinth" — "Taniscent sighed and closed her eyes. With kohl running down in streaks to puddle beside her nose, she looked, if not hag like, at least thoroughly grotesque, and closer forty years old than twenty-four."
  45. God Stalk, Book III: Shroud of Days, "Chapter 13: Three Pyres" — "Early that night, Taniscent died. […] It was very hard to remember just then that Taniscent had only been twenty-five years old."
  46. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" — " 'However, there is my daughter Tieri…' 'Who is only a year old!' Ganth burst out."
  47. To Ride a Rathorn, "Chapter II: Wyrm Hunt", II — "He was, she supposed, about her own age, twenty or twenty-one, mid-adolescence for a Highborn whose kind matured more slowly and lived longer than most Kendar."
  48. God Stalk, Book I: Tatters of Dusk, "Chapter 4: The Heart of the Maze" — "Forty years of power and easy victories showed"
  49. God Stalk, Book II: Crown of Nights, "Chapter 5: Winter Days" — "Theocandi's forty year regime"
  50. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 2: The Hell Hunt" (Tagmeth and Kithorn: 6th-7th of Winter) — "Torisen had gone more than two weeks without a normal night's sleep trying to stave off the horrible dream that had shown him his father's death. That had been just after he came of age three years ago and couldn't decide whether or not to claim the Highlord's seat. […] But he had believed that dream enough to claim his father's power, and the other Highborn had given it to him."
  51. Dark of the Moon, "Chapter 4: First Blood" (Tentir: 7th-8th of Winter) — " 'When they acknowledged my claim three years ago, they said they wanted a leader, an impartial judge, but every one of them—yes, even Ardeth—thought that justice meant having things his own way.' "
  52. To Ride a Rathorn, "Chapter I: An Unfortunate Arrival" (1st of Summer), II — "The worst had been the thirty-one years of chaos after the White Hills when, without a highlord, the Kencyrath had nearly fallen apart."
  53. Seeker's Mask, "Part VIII" (Kithorn: 60th of Spring), IX — " 'By ancient custom, the heir always has the status of a man, and "he" doesn't form any contracts before coming of age at twenty-seven.' "
  54. Bound in Blood, "Chapter I: Naming the Dead" (Autumn's Eve: Summer 120) — "Twice since he had become Highlord of the Kencyrath and, incidentally, Lord Knorth, Torisen had recited their names on Autumn's Eve to keep their memory alive within their house."
  55. Seeker's Mask, "Part IV: Restormir", II — "Only established since the previous summer, he and his retainers still lived in half-constructed quarters"
  56. God Stalk, Book II: Crown of Nights, "Chapter 8: Voices of the Past" — " 'He only sent his threshold-dwellers out once, when the Five asked for help during the Lower Town crisis. [...] But that was seven years ago, [...] none of us saw anything but fire and street fighting, the Thieves' Guild having just been set on its ear by the last Council session and the assassination of Master Tane,' "
  57. God Stalk, Book I: Tatters of Dusk, "Chapter 2: The House of Luck-Bringers" — " 'For fifty-six years, ever since that man stole the Eye of Abarraden under circumstances that weren't just difficult, mind you, but physically impossible,' "
  58. Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Hearts of Woven Shadow" (Gothregor 2983) — "It had been Autumn's Eve, five years ago."
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