Sword of Truth timeline
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This is an unofficial Sword of Truth timeline. All dates are relevant to the creation of the boundaries; events occurring before the boundaries were created are styled as BCB, where as events occurring afterwards are styled as ACB.
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[edit] 3,160 BCB
- Chainfire and the Boxes of Orden were created by unknown wizards.
[edit] 2,960 BCB
- The time of the Great War.
- The Temple of the Winds was sent to the underworld.
- Subtractive Magic died out.
- First Wizard Baraccus sent his wife Magda Searus to hide a book in his secret library then left all his war wizards items in a safe location. After he had left the items in a safe location he jumped out of the First Wizard's enclave to his death.
- Wizard Merrit created the power of the Confessors; who proceeded to become the leaders of the Midlands.
- The Towers of Perdition were created to form a barrier between the New World and the Old World, ending the Great War.
- The Sisters of the Light were created by wizards of the Old World to aid young wizards with their gift.
[edit] 750 BCB
- Annalina Aldurren became Prelate of the Sisters of the Light.
[edit] 450 BCB
- The prophet Nathan Rahl informs Prelate Annalina of prophecies that predict an upcoming war for the survival of magic. Together they learn that an as yet unborn Richard Cypher was the sole hope of life and magics victory and begin dictating events in his favour.
[edit] 140 BCB
- Nicci is born.
[edit] 117 BCB
- Verna Sauventreen is born.
[edit] 116 BCB
- Warren is born.
[edit] 57 BCB
- Panis Rahl is born.
[edit] 29 BCB
- Adie is born.
[edit] 10 BCB
- The sorceress Adie and her husband Pell are captured and tortured by the Blood of the Fold. After Pell's death, Adie renounces her oath not to use her gift and begins her life of studying magic.
[edit] 0 BCB
- D'Haran War comes to a head.
- Death of Erilyn Zorander.
- First Wizard Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander raises the boundaries between the lands of the New World ending the war.
- Death of Panis Rahl
[edit] c.15 ACB
- Darken Rahl rapes Zorander's daughter, impregnating her.
- First Wizard Zorander exiles himself to Westland, taking his pregnant daughter with him.
- Richard Cypher is born to the First Wizards daughter, and George Cypher raises him as his own.
- Annalina Aldurren and Nathan Rahl aid George Cypher to steal the Book of Counted Shadows from the Wizard's Keep. He proceeds to spend years having his adoptive son memorise the book, before destroying it.
[edit] 20 ACB
- Sisters Verna Sauventreen, Elizabeth Myric and Grace Rendall are sent on a journey to find Richard Cypher; as a pretence only. Prelate Annalina was already well aware of Richard's whereabouts, having met him months after his birth, but secretly required Sister Verna to spend twenty years searching as a means of maturing into the important figure she had been identified to be, by Ann and Nathan, in prophecy.
[edit] 26 ABC
- Jagang, Emperor of the Imperial Order, begins his revolution of the Old World.
[edit] 39 ACB
- Darken Rahl begins the Second D'Haran War by destroying the boundary between D'Hara and the Midlands, before beginning an invasion.
- Rahl places the Boxes of Orden into play.
[edit] 40 ACB
- George Cypher is killed by Darken Rahl,
- The boundary between Westland and the Midlands fails.
- Richard Cypher becomes the Seeker of Truth and begins a quest to defeat Darken Rahl. He is joined by First Wizard Zorander and Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell.
- Darken Rahl is defeated and consumed by the power of Orden.
- The opening of a box of Orden causes a tear in the veil and the Stone of Tears enters the world of life.
- Richard Cypher learns he is Rahl's son and the heir to the throne of D'Hara.
- Rahl's spirit escapes through the tear and begins the process of freeing the Keeper from the underworld.
- Richard Cypher is located by the Sisters searching for him, and accompanies Verna to the Palace of the Prophets at the insistance of Kahlan Amnell.
- Kahlan Amnell declares war on the Imperial Order after the massacre of Ebinissia.
[edit] 41 ACB
- After a year at the Palace, Richard is helped to escape by Sister Verna. Together, they learn of the existance of the Sisters of the Dark.
- Kahlan Amnell is placed under a death spell by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, to protect her from treacherous members of the Central Council of the Midlands in league with the Imperial Order.
- Kahlan Amnell succeeds Cyrilla Amnell as Queen of Galea.
- Prelate Annalina Aldurren feigns her death, along with Nathan Rahl, and together they begin actively influencing events through prophecy.
- Annalina names Verna as the new Prelate of the Sisters of the Light.
- Richard Rahl demands the surrender of the Midlands alliance into the new D'Haran Empire; an empire founded by him to combat the Order.
- Kahlan Amneell succeeds Cathryn Lumholtz as Queen of Kelton.
- The Palace of the Prophets is destroyed.
- Jagang takes control of the Sisters of the Dark, and many of the Light, to use against the D'Haran Empire. Sisters Ulicia, Tovi, Cecilia and Armina believe they gain freedom from the dream walker, and begin their research into the Chainfire spell.
- A majority of the Sisters of the Light, with Verna as Prelate, swear loyalty to Richard as Lord Rahl and act as the gifted defence of his armies.
- Emperor Jagang has Sister Amelia release a plague from the Temple of the Winds, killing thousands.
- After successfully ending the threat posed by plague, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell wed in the village of the Mud People.
- The chimes are released into the world of life.
- Anderith secedes to the Imperial Order.
- Kahlan Amnell miscarries after being beaten nearly to death by thugs in Anderith.
- Richard Rahl banishes the chimes, restoring magic to the world.
- After his wifes vicious beating, Richard withdraws himself from the war against the Order.
