Timeline of the Drenai world

This page features a timeline of events taking place in the Drenai world, the setting of the Drenai series as well as the stand-alone novels and .
It is largely based on the "Drenai Timeline" originally published on the fansite Wolfshead, which was presented to and approved by David Gemmell.Drenai Timeline, The David Gemmell Legend Awards (gemmellaward.com). Archived by the Wayback Machine, 2 February 2017. Thus, some events which do not appear in any of the books are also included.
There is no indication in the books as to what initial event the Drenai calendar is based on. Dates before year 0 are simply represented with negative figures.
==Before 0==
Year 	Event(s) 	Source
 	The Chiatze nation is founded. 	
 	The city of Kuan Hador is founded. 	
 	The First Great War begins, between the Illohir forces of Anharat and the human armies of the Three Kings. The latter are aided by Anharat's twin Emsharas, who creates the Storm Swords. 	
 	Golgoleth seeks knowledge and leaves his city of birth to find it. 	
 	The First Great War ends with the Battle of the Four Valleys. The humans are victorious, and Emsharas sends the remaining Illohir into the Void, to await the completion of his prophecy. 	,
 	Golgoleth consults with demons and spirits. 	
 	Horga the Enchantress is born. 	
 	Golgoleth returns to the city of his birth, beginning the reign of the Vampyre Kings. 	
-1899	The Fall of Kuan Hador ends the Second Great War, in which descendants of Emsharas aid the rest of mankind against the evils of Kuan Hador, who have allied themselves with Anharat's demons. 	
 	Rabain, Horga and the Knights seek out and defeat the Vampyre Kings during the Night of Seventh Star after the Battle of Coulin. Rabain slays Gulgothel, while Jerain the Bowman and Boras the Cyclops kill the other two Vampyre Kings.	
 	Three noble families seek to keep the Vampyre Kings' skulls apart, forming the Guardians of the Skulls. The oath is continued and the title passed on to succeeding generations. 	
 	Horga travels forward in time to bring a friend of Rabain's back to him. After ten years together, Rabain and Horga part ways. 	
 	The Galbalans start their civilisation. 	
 	King Albaras forms the Knights of the Galbala. 	
 	The Knights spirit Albaras away during the War of the Rebellion. 	
 	Albaras returns and frees the knightly order from the jurisdiction of monarchs. 	
 	A new Dagda, Guardian of the Colours of Magic, replaces his predecessor. 	
 	A new Dagda replaces his predecessor. 	
 	The King of Galbala rules the entire continent, although the extent of his rule decreases over the next thirty years. 	
 	Ollathir, son of Cabal, becomes the 15th Armourer of the Knights of the Galbala. 	
 	Lug (Lamfada) is born. 	
 	The Knights of the Galbala are sent through a gateway to aid a foreign civilisation fight evil. They disappear for six years. During this time, Manannan travels the world seeking Ollathir. 	
 	Ollathir is held captive by the King to make him magical weapons. He refuses and narrowly escapes with his life. 	
 	The Knights of the Galbala reappear as the Knights of Crimson, and are supported by the King. 	
 	Lamfada forms the New Knights of the Galbala, known in future times as the Knights of Dark Renown. 	
 	The New Knights defeat the Crimson Knights. Nuada Silverhand is killed. Lamfada becomes the new Dagda and renounces his title as Armourer of the Knights of the Galbala. 	
 	Elodan and Manannan, the last knights of the Galbala, ride through the gate to end the world of the Vyre, and are never heard of again. 	
 	Lamfada is succeeded by a new Dagda. 	
 	A region in the north is conquered by the Angostins. 	
 	Owen Odell, storyteller and companion of the Morningstar, is born. 	
 	Jarek Mace, a thief who will become the Morningstar, is born. 	
 	Horga moves to Mace’s village, assuming the name Megan. 	
 	Owen becomes an apprentice of Cataplas, learning the secrets of storytelling and how to weave magic. 	
 	Owen leaves Cataplas after proving he has learnt enough to continue on his own. 	
 	The Angostins are involved in a war overseas. 	
 	Owen and Mace meet for the first time. 	
 	The Highlands War begins. The city of Ziraccu is massacred by Edmund, the Hammer of the Highlands. 	
 	The Vampyre Kings return. Mace fights them, along with Owen, Megan, Wulf, Piercollo, Ilka and Raul Roberts. 	
 	Megan is killed by an undead assassin, but as Horga she travels back in time and summons Mace to the past to battle the Vampyre Kings. He becomes known as the Summoned One, Rabain. 	
 	Returning from the past, Rabain/Mace succeeds in slaying Edmund, but is wounded in the battle and later dies of his wounds. 	
 	Wulf dies. 	
 	Horga time-travels to this year to take Owen to Rabain in -1428. 	
==First millenium==
Year	Event(s) 	Source
 	Pashtar Sen works the miracle of the hunting horn in a temple in Ventria. 	
 	After his father is killed in battle by an army from Chien Po, Oshikai Demon-bane takes on the mantle of his father's position becoming Lord of the North of Chiatze. His first act with his new power is to lead an army against Chien Po, raising it to the ground in vengeance.	, Drenai Timeline
 	Oshikai hunts down and slays the demonic Black Lion harassing his lands, acquiring the name "Demonbane". 	, Drenai Timeline
 	Conspirators successfully turn the Emperor of Chiatze against Oshikai, who is labeled a traitor. Oshikai and his people suffer great losses at the Battle of Chu-Chien. Though ultimately victorious, they are forced to flee through the Mountains of Ice. 	, Drenai Timeline
 	Oshikai marries Shulsen after completing the three tasks set by her father. After the wedding, Oshikai speaks to his people, saying that they have met their nadir, meaning "crossroads of death", a word from which they take their name. The history of the Nadir people begins.	, Drenai Timeline
 	The Nadir arrive in the Steppe and claim it as their own. 	Drenai Timeline
 	Oshikai is killed at the Battle of Five Armies. He is buried at the site of the battle, later known as the Valley of Shulsen's Tears. 	
 	Shulsen is brutally tortured and left to die by Chakata, former ally of Oshikai. 	
 	The Tattooed people are forced back through the gateway by the warlike nomadic tribe that is to become the Drenai. 	
 	The Drenai begin to stamp civilisation onto the world. 	
 	Hewla, Abbess of the Temple of the Resurrection, is born. 	
 	Three Nadir shamen forge the Stone Wolf and create the Eyes of Alchazzar. Shaoshad, one of the three, steals the jewels but is killed while trying to resurrect Oshikai. 	
 	Zhi Zhen founds the Dark Brotherhood in Chiatze. He is ultimately captured and impaled on a golden spike. The order lives on, and spreads to the west. 	
 	The Sathuli, escaping persecution, cross the sea from the deserts of Ventria into Drenai lands. They settle in the Delnoch mountains. 	
==Second millenium==
=== 1000s ===
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==== 1023 ====
* Birth of Dakeyras (later known as Waylander).
==== 1030 ====
* Birth of King Niallad, son of Orien.
==== 1040 ====
* Birth of Karnak.
==== 1047 ====
* Birth of Dardalion.
==== 1048 ====
* Dakeyras' wife Tanya and his three children are killed by raiders.
* During the next 20 years, Dakeyras systematically hunts down the killers of his family. He becomes known as "Waylander the Slayer".
* Death of "Waylander the Slayer". After being send back in time to save his self from becoming the man he is.
==== 1050 ====
* Birth of Elphons, Duke of Kydor.
==== 1052 ====
* Birth of Danyal
==== 1062 ====
* Cadoras begins his career as an assassin.
=== 1100s ===
=== 1200s ===
=== 1300s ===
=== 1400s ===
==References==
Category:Events in the Drenai world