Editing Timeline (section)

=== The Bronze Age ===
1: The Storybearers are founded in Valwyria. Recorded history begins with the signing of the Accord (the precursor to the Valwyran Charter).

310: [Iro] First sightings of the Elves. Storybearers make it through the Shipwreck Islands, land on Irolean shores and make first contact.

312: [Iro] The Elves march into Kokator, the Great City. They wear advanced armor and carry weapons unseen by the Thousand Tribes until now. They take over Kokator and the surrounding cities with ease. Weyslynd, the leader of the Elves, announces the First Empire and crowns himself Emperor of Iro.

312-336: [Iro] A tumultuous time, during which the Elves conquer all of Iro and enslave most of the Tribes. Having never had to go to war before, the Tribes are slaughtered and the Elves reign supreme for over a thousand years.

340: [Val] The Bearers receive new funding and send a dingy ship eastward, around the eastern bend. Their ship sinks somewhere there.

347: [Val] Two Bearer ships are sent east. They arrive in the northeast corner of what is now Biryellen in Iro. They are expecting more ships, but they never come, as political stuff is going on in Valwyr.

350-354: [Val] The War of the Wild Men. Essentially a free-for-all war between various human settlements in Valwyr after King Aexhebl is assassinated and a variety of people attempt to assume the throne.

354: [Val] The Red King, Uaeicar, steals the throne. Uaeicar is very "anti-history" and has the Bearers banished and/or hung.

359: [Val] The Usurper's War. The tribes of Anor band together and take over Valwyr Castle, deposing Uaeicar and disemboweling him. Brann, the nephew of King Axhbel, assumes the throne.

360: [Val] Brann sends 10 ships to Biryellen; his love Castel is one of the Bearers there. However, due to poor weather and no records, they get lost very quickly and spend a full year on Arrow Island.

361: [Val] Then the crew sails westward, eventually reaching the Deneshae Fog, which turns them back eastward without them even knowing it.

365: [Iro] The Lost Expedition discovers the Shipwreck Islands and the dozens of ships, including Castel's ship, rotted among the wreckage. The crew is not to be found, but the crew does manage to contact natives there, who give them a proper pathway through the islands or around them.

368: [Iro] Brann's crew returns to Valwyr with nothing. Brann is furious and has them all exiled to the island. Brann, despite being legendary, is not a fan of the Bearers and defunds them.

371: [Iro] The exiles return to Biryellen and begin combing the land for the old crew.

376: [Val] Brann names the island west of Valwyr Castelin, after his lost love.

379: [Val] Brann dies, his son Bennot takes the throne. Bennot downgrades the Bearers, having them focus on Valwyr, with no excursions planned.

410: [Val] Queen Estel sends the Bearers eastward.

414: [Yon] A storm knocks the Bearers off course, and they crash land on Sutto, one of the western Yonavi islands.

456: [Val] The Valwyan Charter is written.