Below is my thoughts on a possible timeline for the Drenai world.
I've included some reasoning as well. The timeline is split into
several different sections, this is because it is impossible to
acurately put a figure between the different time periods.
The first section is that conserning the Waylander series of books.
I am reasonably happy with the placement of events within this period
of Drenai history. There is enough supporting evidence about the
events to back it all up.
|
Year
|
Book
|
Events
|
Reasoning
|
| 0 |
Waylander |
Waylander rescues the prist Dardilion.
Along his travels he also rescues Danyal, Kyrlla, Miriel and
Culas. |
Chapter 2 of Waylander tells us
that the twin girls are seven years old. |
| 5 |
|
Danyal is killed in a riding accident.
|
At the start of Waylander 2, it
is said that Danyal died 5 years ago. |
| 7 |
|
Princess Aldania, the exciled Drenai
Monarche, marries. |
It is said in HITS that she has
been married for 22 years. She got married soon after she was
told she was not wanted to rule the Drenai. The 7 years featured
here etween the killing of King Nailliad and the marrage is
justified by several years passing between the killing and the
Drenai finally regaining a stable country. |
| 10 |
Waylander 2 |
Waylander is being hunted by the
Guild. |
Miriel said that she is 17, almost
18! 10 years have passed since the happenings in Waylander.
|
| 12 |
|
Karnak beats the ventrians and
then increases the bounty on Waylander. |
The epilogue in Waylander 2 covers
this. |
| 15 |
|
Karnak is killed in a parade celebrating
a victory. He is shot with Waylanders crossbow.... |
Covered in epilogue. |
| 23 |
|
Waylanders "Skull" is
sold. |
Covered in Epilogue. |
| 29 |
Waylander 3 |
Waylander is getting bored in Kydor,
and plans to leave. Just one week too late! |
Matze Chai informs us that he bought
the skull of Waylander 6 years ago. |
| |
|
|
|
The time between the Waylander series of books and the Druss series
is very hard to calculate. I have included the events from the Waylander
books in the timeline below with the Legend and onwards events.
All the events which I am not sure about are highlighted in red,
these are my guesses on when things took place, and there is no
evidence as to where they actually took place.
| -175? |
|
Waylander
is born in the lands of the Drenai. |
Waylander's
friend in the army, Galen, was 41 at the time of Waylander.
As he and Waylander were very good friends, I am assuming that
this was because they were of similar age. I could be wrong.
|
| -154? |
|
Dakeyras'
family are murdered by wandering mercenaries. |
It is said
in Waylander that Waylander's family was killed 20 years ago.
|
| -134? |
Waylander |
Waylander
rescues the prist Dardilion. Along his travels he also rescues
Danyal, Kyrlla, Miriel and Culas. |
Chapter 2
of Waylander tells us that the twin girls are seven years old.
|
| -129? |
|
Danyal is
killed in a riding accident. |
At the start
of Waylander 2, it is said that Danyal died 5 years ago. |
| -127? |
|
Princess
Aldania, the exciled Drenai Monarche, marries. |
It is said
in HITS that she has been married for 22 years. She got married
soon after she was told she was not wanted to rule the Drenai.
The 7 years featured here etween the killing of King Nailliad
and the marrage is justified by several years passing between
the killing and the Drenai finally regaining a stable country.
|
| -124? |
Waylander
2 |
Waylander
is hunted by the Guild. The Gothir attack the Nadir Wolfshead
tribe and lay seige to them at the fortress of Kar-Barzac. |
|
| -123? |
|
Senta and
Miriel's son is born. |
This would
have happened roughly 9 months after the seige of Kar-Barzac.
|
| -122? |
|
Karnak beats
the Ventrians and then increases the bounty on Waylander. |
The epilogue
in Waylander 2 covers this. |
| -123? |
|
Ekodas and
Shia's daughter is born. |
|
| -122? |
|
Barden is
born. [see note 1] |
When Barden
is killed, he is refered to as "The Old Wolf". After
much deliberation about this, I have put him as being 55 at
his death. A warrior at this age is not out of the question,
just look at Druss in Legend! Must be in the Genes! |
| -119? |
|
Karnak is
killed in a parade celebrating a victory. He is shot with Waylanders
crossbow.... |
Covered in
epilogue. |
| -111? |
|
Waylanders
"Skull" is sold. |
Covered in
Epilogue. |
| -105? |
Waylander
3 |
Waylander
is getting bored in Kydor, and plans to leave. Just one week
too late! |
Matze Chai
informs us that he bought the skull of Waylander 6 years ago.
|
| -94? |
|
Okai's father
is born. He becomes a mighty leader of the Wolfshead tribe.
|
|
| -81 |
|
Bress is born. |
Bress is said to be 21 when Druss
is born. |
| -67 |
|
Barden is killed. |
Bress is said to be 14 when he
witnesses his father being killed. |
| |
|
|
|
| -60 |
|
Druss is born. |
He is 60 in Legend... |
| -49 |
|
Okai/Talisman/Ulric is born. |
He is 49 years old during Legend.
|
| -42 |
Druss the Legend |
Bress is killed by raiders. |
Druss is 18 when his father is
killed. |
| -36 |
|
The final battle of the Ventrian-Naashan
Wars. |
Now the war has ended, Gorben can
rebuild his nation. A home is built for the Immortals in Usa.... |
| -15 |
Druss the Legend |
The battle at Skeln
Pass. |
Druss is 45 here, which
puts the event 15 years before Legend. |
| 0 |
Legend |
The First Nadir war. The seige
of Dros Delnoch. |
I have placed the book legend at
time 0 because it is the constant that "most" of everything
else can be worked out from. |
| 100 |
King Beynd the Gate |
The Drenai ruler Ceska has gone.
The Drenai people are rebelling. Tenaka Khan leads the rebellion
and brings the Nadir to the rescue of the Drenai people. |
The book clearly states on the
back cover that it is set 100 years after the events of Legend.
|
| 114 |
|
Tenaka Khan invades the Drenai
Lands. |
Taking into account the time the events in KBTG take to run
and the fact that Chareos was 12 when he was sent from Dros
Delnoch, I believe 14 years passed between the KBTG book and
the invasion of the Drenai by the Nadir.
|
| 146 |
Quest for Lost Heroes |
I really complex story about the
ghost of Tenaka Khan and the Earl of Bronze. |
Chareos is 44 when the story begins,
therefore I've placed it 32 years after the invasion of the
Drenai by the Nadir. |
| 147 |
|
The Twins are born. |
I've added a year here because
of the amount of time which passes during the book. |
| 161 |
|
The Twin which recides with Chareos
stops outside Castle Tenaka.... |
This moment is mentioned as happening
14 years after the birth of the twins. |
| 176? |
|
War of the
Twins? |
It is difficult
to place this war. It must happen some time after the scene
outside Castle Tenaka because it just doesn't seem ready for
the situation of war. I've added 15 years to the timeline and
that would put the twins about 30ish. About the right age for
a war..... |
| 177? |
|
A very big
war.... |
The Thirty
are said to be wiped out in the war of the twins. For them to
be completely destroyed, it would have to be a massive conflict.
Something huge. |
| 192 |
|
Banelion is born. |
At the time of Winter Warriors,
Banelion is 72. This puts his birthday 228 years after the building
of the Immortals home. |
| 210? |
|
The Old King
is a young prince. |
He is refered
to as a "young prince" by Banelion when he was talking
about "the first". |
| 210? |
|
Banelion
joins the army. |
I am assuming
that Banelion joined the army at 18 as an Officer. From previous
readings it is clear that the Drenai join the army at a young
age. |
| 221 |
|
The old king is still king at this
point! |
Bison refers to having server the
old king for 23 year. Therefore, at this point the old king
must be in power still..... |
| 221 |
|
Bison joins the army. |
Bison says he has served for 43
years since Winter Warriors. |
| 229 |
|
Nogusta's family are murdered.
He joins the army. |
He joined jsut after his family
were murdered and has been serving for 35 years. |
| 229 |
|
Prince Skanda is born. |
He is 35 during Winter Warriors.
|
| 244 |
|
Skanda become king at the age of
15. |
Bison says he has served the king
for 20 years and his father 23 years before that. |
| 264 |
Winter Warriors |
The Drenai Army are occupying Ventria.... |
This point is refered to in Narrative
as being 300 years after the building of the Immortals Home.
|
