Timeline

Timeline

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"The Cycle is nearing completion, our Lord will soon return. Time is an inescapable force of nature, a storm of unending proportions."

―The Shadow Mage

The timeline documents important dates and events in the history of the Empire of Romanus​  with the dates in the human calendar are counted from the "Refounding ", a mysterious event immediately following the Great War .

Between 2700 BR to 1240 BR

2700 BR - Dwarves arrive in the lands of Romanus, the gnomes already have small colonies in [city name] and [city name] 

2230s BR - The First Landing, Humans arrive from the south, crossing the southern mountains

1240s BR - The Age of Exploration, Elves arrive on their white ships

230s BR

The Kingdom of Romanus is founded by King Melital. The emergence of goddess worship in the form of the pantheon, one of the oldest and most widespread systems of beliefs.

Development of a written language based on elven runes and dwarven ideograms==1 ==

Between 2700 BR to 1240 BR Edit

• Dwarves arrive in the lands of Continent, the gnomes already have small colonies in Mahakam and Tir Tochair
• 2230s BR - the Age of Migration, Aen Seidhe elves arrive on their white ships (if a phrase "2000 years before the arrival of humans" means the 2000 years before the Conjunction of the Spheres)
• 1240s BR - The Age of Migration (if a phrase "2000 years before the arrival of humans" means the 2000 years before the First Landing)

230s BR Edit

• The Conjunction of the Spheres
• Humans arrive in the world
  • Dauk and Wozgor people settle in the Continent's north
• Emergence of goddess worship in the form of Melitele, one of the oldest and most widespread systems of beliefs
• Development of a written language based on elven runes and dwarven ideograms

1 Edit

• The Resurrection

760s Edit

• The necropolis at Fen Carn is created
• Nordling people arrive in the north of the Continent, human civilizations already present in the other parts of the world (people also settle in the south)
  • Known as the "First Landing" or "Landing of the Exiles", this event is very important in human history. Humans most likely came ashore at the mouth of the Yaruga and the Pontar Delta. Once on land, Jan Bekker was quick to discover and harness the Force found there and humans set up the first settlement. It took several hundred years for the elves to notice the growing threat posed by the newcomers

Between 760s and 830s Edit

• Reigns of Dezmod and Sambuk begin simultaneously
• The introduction of a new (twenty-four character) alphabet
• The Novigradian Union is formed
• Geoffrey Monck takes a group of children to be trained by the elves at Loc Muinne
• Mages' seat in Mirthe is established
• Massacre at Loc Muinne and Est Haemlet carried out by Raupenneckof Tretogor's army. Carnage at Shaerrawedd

830s Edit

• Raffard the White ends the Six Years' War between warring kings. While he does not officially rule, he becomes the first advisor to Temeria's mentally ill king, commanding power from behind
• Creation of the Conclave of Mages and adoption of the laws drawn up by Herbert Stammelford, Aurora Henson, Ivo Richert, Agnes of Glanville, Geoffrey Monck and Radmir of Tor Carnedd
• Formation of the Chapter and Supreme Council of Mages
  • Executions of all those who do not recognize the Conclave and new laws. Raffard the White is among those killed in the ensuing conflict

839 Edit

• Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, vampire and good friend of Geralt, is born

950s Edit

• The first witchers are created by the renegade mages Alzur and Cosimo Malaspina

1060s Edit

• Aelirenn's Uprising
  • Dilapidation of Shaerrawedd

1112 Edit

• The witcher Vesemir is noted as being active in fulfilling the duties of his profession during this year

1133 Edit

• On Birke, in the village of Sylvan Dam, the prophet Lebioda delivers a sermon to his students

1140s Edit

• King Radovid III, looking for resources to wage war against Aedirn, decides to tax the Appanage of Kovir. The Appanage declares itself as the independent Kingdom of Kovir, resulting in war between the new kingdom and Redania. Despite support from ally Kaedwen, the war ends with Kovir's victory and the First Treaty of Lan Exeter is signed
• The mage Cregennan is murdered in Foam, Lara Dorren gives birth to their child and dies of exhaustion in the woods near Tretogor. Queen Cerro of Redania adopts the half-elf girl and named her Riannon
  • Lara's death triggers another war between elves and humans, fostering racial tension that continues through the 13th century

1150s Edit

• Aedirn conquers Dol Blathanna
• The Houtborg triplets are born
• Falka's Rebellion
• Goidemar's troops assault Houtborg castle

1156 Edit

• Coram II is born

1170s Edit

• Outbreak of the Black Death plague in Vizima and Princess Adela dies helping priests in the hospital
• Prince Amavet is cruelly murdered by Count Roger Kameny and his men
• Roger Kameny is subjected to torture and torn apart by horses. This incident prompts the Temerian nobility to rebel which is suppressed by the intervention of Cidarian forces led by King Liam
• Prince Amavet's illegitimate children, Muriel and Crispin, are born

1173 Edit

• Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Yennefer of Vengerberg is born

1178 Edit

• Coram II and Fiona are married

1180 Edit

• Corbett is born

1191 Edit

• Coram II ascends the Cintran throne

1190s Edit

• Crispin disappears without leaving a trace in Metinna
• Muriel and Robert Garramone are married

1198 Edit

• Corbett ascends the Cintran throne and marries Elen of Kaedwen
• Dagorad is born to Corbett and Elen

1200 Edit

• In the village of Forest Dam, an obelisk is erected by Spyridon Apps to commemorate the prophet Lebioda's sermon there sixty-seven years prior

1203 Edit

• The Borsodi brothers officially enter business, trading horses and livestock from a shed in the countryside

1210 Edit

• King Corbett of Cintra passes away and his only child Dagorad ascends the throne

1211 Edit

• Esterad Thyssen is born
• Roegner of Ebbing, Ciri's grandfather, is born

1212 Edit

• Kobus de Ruyter is born

1218 Edit

• Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, is born

1219 Edit

• Sigismund Dijkstra is born

1220s Edit

• Audoen separates Hengfors from Kovir during the Secession of Poviss and forms there his miniature kingdom, which includes Arcsea

1225 Edit

• King Osmyk of Kerack passes away, his son Belohun ascends the Kerack throne

1226 Edit

• Virfuril defeats Medell's armies at Hagge

1228 Edit

• A group of dissidents forms against Fergus var Emreis, with Vysogota of Corvo as one of its leaders
• Olaf Stigvason is born

1229 Edit

• Dandelion is born

1232 Edit

• Death of Dagorad of Cintra, coronation of Calanthe

1233 Edit

• Battle of Hochebuz

1234 Edit

• Peter Evertsen is born

1235 Edit

• Roegner of Ebbing and Calanthe are married

1237 Edit

• Roegner of Ebbing is saved from death by Duny, going by the name "Urcheon of Erlenwald", who invokes the Law of Surprise as his payment
• Pavetta, Calanthe and Roegner's daughter, is born

1238 Edit

• Esterad Thyssen and Zuleyka of Talgar are married

1239 Edit

• The beginning of the Northern Wars, annexation of Ebbing
• Houvenaghel is born
• Adda the White is born

1240 Edit

• Windhalm of Attre is born

1241 Edit

• The massacre in Lello, enacted by the witcher Brehen, takes place

1242 Edit

• The Brotherhood of Sorcerers employ the services of the jurists Codringher and Jacob Fenn in discrediting the witness of a scandal known as "The Grain Scam"

1245 Edit

• June-August - events of the Season of Storms novel (according to a year mentioned in the in-novel letters, inconsistent with dates from the Saga)

1246 Edit

• Roegner of Ebbing dies

1248 Edit

• Angoulême is born
• Hjalmar an Craite is born

1249 Edit

• Carthia van Canten is born

1250 Edit

• Shani is born

1251 Edit

• Unknown time before Season of Storms, the short story "A Shard of Ice" takes place
• June-August - events of Season of Storms (calculation based on the rest of books)

1252 Edit

• The short story "A Question of Price" takes place
• Duny and Pavetta, Ciri's parents are married
• Eist Tuirseach and Calanthe are married

1253 Edit

• Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon of Cintra is born. She is better known as Ciri or the Lion Cub of Cintra

1255 Edit

• Radovid V is born

1257 Edit

• Calanthe breaks the engagement of Prince Windhalm of Attre and Ciri
• Death of Pavetta and Duny at Sedna Abyss
• Engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri
• Emhyr var Emreis overthrows and executes the Usurper, taking again control of the Imperial throne

1258 Edit

• Akerspaark dies
• Duke Raymund of Toussaint begins his reign of the duchy

1261 Edit

• Dandelion travels to Toussaint and meets Duchess Anna Henrietta and the two become romantically involved from Belleteyn to the summer solstice.

1262 Edit

• The short story "The Sword of Destiny" takes place
• Calanthe break engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri

1263 Edit

• Engagement of Prince Radovid V of Redania and Ciri
• Vizimir II breaks the engagement between the pair
• July, the Nilfgaardian Empire invades the Northern Kingdoms
• Battle of Marnadal, death of Eist Tuirseach
• Slaughter of Cintra
• Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, commits suicide rather than surrendering to the Nilfgaardians
• Battle of Sodden Hill

1264 Edit

• The short story "Something More" takes place

1265 Edit

• Ebbing confederation insurrection takes place
• Duke Raymund of Toussaint dies, his wife Duchess Anna Henrietta takes over

1267 Edit

• Major events in Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, and Baptism of Fire take place
• Vizimir II, Meve, Foltest, Demavend, and Henselt meet secretly at Hagge
• Cintra rebellion takes place. Windhalm of Attre is executed in Cintra.
• July - Thanedd coup; Nilfgaardian Empire invades Dol Angra valley; Second Northern War begins
• Attre rebellion start
• 5th August - the Lodge of Sorceresses is formed by Philippa Eilhart and conspires to wed Ciri to Tankred Thyssen of Kovir in order to create a country ruled by magic, eventually hoping to eclipse Nilfgaard in might
• 31st August - The Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga takes place.
• 9th September - The Rats confront Leo Bonhart in the village of Jealousy and are killed in combat.
• 27th September - Vysogota of Corvo discovers the wounded Ciri and takes her back to his cottage to recuperate.
• 31st October - On Saovine Eve, Ciri kills several members of Stefan Skellen's gang in a tavern in Dun Dare. In his cottage, Vysogota passes away.

1268 Edit

• Major events in The Lady of the Lake take place
• Red comet, first week of March
• March - Battle of Brenna takes place
• The Second Northern War ends
• Assault on Stygga Castle
• 2nd April - Peace of Cintra – a peace settlement treaty ending the Nilfgaard wars, is signed
• Execution of Vrihedd Brigade officers
• 6 or 7 June – the Rivian Pogrom, Geralt of Rivia is apparently killed by an angry peasant mob, his body is never found. Yennefer of Vengerberg appears to die trying to heal him. The pair were taken by Ciri to a pocket dimension and left there to heal and live their lives in peace.
• 22nd September - Joanna Selborne appears before imperial officials in the High Tribunal of the Eternal Empire and testifies regarding the events of the previous year.
• First outbreak of plague
• Attre rebellion ends

1269 Edit

• In Maribor, Milo "Rusty" Vanderbeck contracts the plague and passes away in the arms of Iola the Second. Four days later, she passes away from the plague alone.

1272 Edit

• Second outbreak of the Catriona plague
• Beginning of the witch hunts

1276 Edit

• The end of the witch hunts

1290 Edit

• Peter Evertsen is promoted to imperial treasurer of the crown

1294 Edit

• Third outbreak of plague

End of the thirteenth century Edit

• Beginning of climate change

1301 Edit

• Peter Evertsen is falsely accused of misappropriation of imperial funds, found guilty, imprisoned and executed at Winneburg Castle
• Morvran Voorhis ceases being Emperor of Nilfgaard
• Jan Calveit becomes Emperor of Nilfgaard
• Jan Calveit appoints Houvenaghel burgrave and director of mines in Venendal and as reward for services rendered gives him the office of mayor of Neveugen
• Houvenaghel dies

1309 Edit

• Start of the War of the Two Unicorns

1318 Edit

• End of the War of the Two Unicorns

1328 Edit

• Emperor Jan Calveit posthumously rehabilitates Peter Evertsen

1331 Edit

• Death of Stella Congreve

1340Edit

• Death of Shani

1350 Edit

• the Haak invasion, rumored to have been predicted by Ithlinne

1373 Edit

• Young Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn travels to Aretuza
• Geralt of Rivia kills one of the last idrs in Magpie Forest

1432 Edit

• Flourens Delannoy is born

1460 Edit

• Flourens Delannoy becomes librarian and secretary to the imperial court

1476 Edit

• Delannoy becomes a professor at the academy at Castel Graupian

1510 Edit

• Flourens Delannoy dies