Post by Bri on Jan 2, 2006 15:06:39 GMT -5
HoV's Timeline begins approximately 100 years after the last of the Owl Series books
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Yellow = Timeline jump years - no IC play occurred
Mid-Winter Day 1501 - Queen Elspeth the Kind retires
Mid-Winter Day 1501 - Queen Anthea's reign begins
Summer of 1502 - Empath Shade is discovered and vanishes
Fall of 1502 - Empath Shade escapes her captor and is rescued by Dean Firedancer and a group of trainees.
Summer of 1503 - Over a dozen street children are discovered as part of a slaver plot and rescued. Some are Gifted and after Healing join the various Collegia, the rest become Pages of the Crown.
Fall of 1503 - 'Accidents' begin occuring to Heralds in the field, Anthea pushes for those nearly ready for thier Whites to be sent on Internships early, this trend continues for the next two years.
Winter of 1505/06 - The time of the Assassin!
* Mid-Winter day - Queen's Own Rhiannon is one of the first but far from the last victim of this assassin
Fall of 1506 - Death of an Assassin! After many deaths the assassin is finally caught, sadly he killed himself before he could be questioned so the questions surrounding him remain.
Winter of 1506/07 - Kayatice and Magnus are sent on Intership with Breezesdancer - Sorrows Troubles
Winter of 1507/08 - Combined Mid-Winter fun, plotted by Caelan and Valla
1508- The year of Silence- classes were taken and nothing overtly tragic happened, it was as if time itself was holding it's breath.
1509 - The year of Attrition- with a subtlety that wasn't noticed at first Heralds on Circuit began to die in seemingly random and 'normal' ways. Only the Herald Chonicler who tracked the lives of the Heralds noticed the increased number at first, but she soon brought it to the Queen's attention. An investigation began, but time and distance between deaths and Haven made for a difficult job for those assigned to it.
1510 - The year of Sorrow- deaths became more frequent, and less random. Bards and Healers too began to fall prey to the increasingly obvious attempt by someone to whittle down the structure of Valdemar's government.
1511 - The year of Battle- myriad bandit groups popped up and began simultaneously terrorizing all borders except Iftel and the Ice Mountains. Many of the Guard were slain in these early battles. Magic was associated with the larger groupings and Heralds were sent in to assist, only to be picked off with apparent ease. Before the year was out many lives had been lost, though all the bandits groups were also wiped out or captured, as best anyone could tell at least.
1512 - The year of Misery- New students have continued to arrive at the Collegiuam, though all but Heralds are dwindling rapidly as parents call children home or refuse to allow them to leave home to begin with. Herald trainees are not much more numerous as something is once again targeting Haven, though this time it's a maladay that is slowly whittling away at the youngest and oldest among the Companion population. With fewer Companions reaching maturity, there are few to leave on Search and even fewer return with thier Chosen as some mysteriously died along the way.
Additionally a rash of 'accidents' has claim more lives than ever within the Palace Grounds. And no few have died of natural causes that would have otherwise seemed healthy enough, none were mourned more than the Dowager Queen, Elspeth the Kind. The apparent randomness of the accidents and the lack of any connections, and in some cases any significance, of these deaths has left the entire Palace confused and off-kilter.
1513 - The year of Invasion- A small army appears just inside the border of Valdemar in the Armor HIlls near Ifetl and Hardorn. Clearly not from either of those countries the well organized group settled in after taking over the entire hills area. Then all apparent forward movement stopped and they consolidated thier holdings. No information is able to be gotten in or out. Hardorn relations become strained as the small army took over thier lands in that area too. Iftel's barrier becomes impenatrable to all but Iftelians.
Year beginning to Spring 1514 - With the Mid-Winter Festivities came the discovery of the Companions Curse, as it came to be called, an insidious poison spell that targeted Companions. One that seemed like a common cold the first day or so and turned fatal within three days. Once the spell was discovered Companions ceased dying but the caster was not found. The damage was done however, Companions Field is quieter than ever in recent memory. Few foals and young ones remain, and those not affected by the Curse are for the most part a couple years shy of being able to Choose, though that isn't stopping all of them.
As Summer draws near there are few foals to be born and fewer Chosen to be sought, can Valdemar rebound from these recent years of woe and roust out the invaders before they entrench too deeply.
((Note: More events and details will be added as we have time to flesh out this timeline. If you notice something club-wide that should be here and isn't please PM me with it.))