Timeline

This is a list of all known events in Ankouvian history. For an overview of major events, see Overview, or for an even shorter introduction, see TLDR.

y0, Spring 1	The Gryphon Mother lands on the planet. Year Zero begins. Start of The Beginning. Joka and the other First are called into existence.
y1, Spring 1	The first anniversary of the Mother's arrival; Spring 1 is established as the Day of the Mother in her honor.
y279, Summer 54	Ignis is hatched.
y384, Autumn 92	Xaru is born.
y391, Winter 16	Mira is born.
y402, Spring 59	Kefara and Rhali are born.
y404, Summer 48	Kefara sees the Gryphon Mother for the first time, although the two do not interact.
y408, Spring 13	Kefara meets the Gryphon Mother for real, and the two begin to form a connection.
y429, Autumn 30	Kefara is given immortality by the Mother.
y447, Summer 82	Mira dies.
y500, Spring 1	The Mother leaves her True Form. End of The Beginning, start of the Age of Kingdoms.
y503, Winter 32	Rhali dies.
y815, Winter 16	Skania is hatched.
y847, Summer 16	Aubin is hatched, along with four siblings, to the royal family of Thelaji.
y847, Autumn 82	The kingdom of Liwon launches an attack on Thelaji, killing their king and all but one of his children. Skania is appointed Aubin's guardian.
y854, Summer 12	Kaithe is hatched.
y879, Spring 91	In a fit of anger, Aubin lashes out at Skania, permanently scarring her face.
y891, Winter 98	Basille is hatched.
y892, Spring 1	Apophis is hatched.
y893, Autumn 5	Aubin ascends to the throne of Thelaji and immediately launches an attack on Liwon, killing their king and beginning the Thelaji Conquest.
y903, Winter 14	Nix is hatched, and Skania is appointed to be her guardian.
y910, Summer 41	Aubin and Kaithe take Nix to their most recent conquest, and she begins learning about battle strategy, warfare, and the Frost Jewel.
y914, Winter 72	King Aubin and Queen Kaithe are killed by Ignis, ending the Thelaji Conquest.
y931, Spring 12	Parhelia is hatched.
y936, Summer 93	Nix and the army of Thelaji invades Lyndoreth in search of the Frost Jewel, beginning the Siege of Lyndoreth.
y936, Autumn 7	Ignis returns to Lyndoreth and kills Nix, destroying the Frost Jewel in the process. Apophis becomes the new ruler of Thelaji.
y952, Winter 14	Apophis dies, making Parhelia the new leader of Thelaji.
y1056, Winter 16	Parhelia dies.
y1442, Summer 15	King-Zeta is hatched.
y1458, Winter 82	Oska is hatched.
y1464, Autumn 9	Jai is hatched.
y1465, Autumn 12	King-Epsilon is hatched.
y1483, Autumn 9	The Birdcat Revolution overthrows the Zyadrin monarchy, deposing King-Zeta and the other rulers. Oska is elected the new leader.
y1830, Winter 92	Alba is hatched.
y1903, Autumn 76	Alba becomes the official scribe of Petraga.
y2049, Spring 12	Tyqua is born sickly and small, alongside two siblings, one of which would not survive the day.
y2049, Spring 21	Tyqua's other sibling dies as well, leaving her the sole heir to the throne of Tayutho.
y2052, Autumn 12	Kaede is born.
y2055, Spring 89	The king and queen of Tayutho have another litter of offspring, but none of them survive. Tyqua remains the sole heir.
y2073, Spring 1	Tyqua becomes the queen of Tayutho.
y2085, Winter 14	Tyqua and Kaede become partners, although they keep it secret.
y2087, Winter 55	Siku is hatched.
y2088, Spring 4,	Tyqua becomes pregnant, and Kaede leaves Tayutho without a goodbye.
y2088, Autumn 75	Wyrrik is born, the only one in his litter.
y2091, Winter 37	Tyqua dies of illness, leaving three-year-old Wyrrik to be king of Tayutho.
y2097, Autumn 18	Wyrrik travels to Niiba, seeking magical wisdom, which is granted by Siku.
y2106, Spring 99	Wyrrik is killed in battle. End of the Age of Kingdoms, start of the Age of War.
y2112, Summer 52	Siku is killed by a group of natural soldiers, in revenge for her gift of magic to Wyrrik.
y2122, Autumn 19	Arotropis is founded, serving as a place of refuge for magical creatures during the War.
y2182, Autumn 33	Nevith is hatched.
y2230, Summer 2	Kifo is hatched.
y2236, Spring 62	Zeranta is hatched.
y2257, Winter 16	Paetus is hatched, the first sucessful magical-natural hybrid creature.
y2261, Spring 6	Hyacinth is hatched, alongside two siblings.
y2263, Spring 4	The Library Dragon is hatched.
y2263, Spring 12	Marduk, Iska, Eos, and Zu are hatched.
y2263, Spring 45	Ladon and Hyacinth meet for the first time.
y2264, Summer 29	Nuni is born.
y2265, Summer 12	Bakar is born.
y2270, Summer 84	Alba dies of old age, leaving Ladon to take over as Petraga's official scribe.
y2271, Autumn 72	Nuni fights in her first battle, which results in her suffering a head injury and becoming deaf in one ear.
y2276, Autumn 81	Nuni and Bakar have a cub together, naming him Viku.
y2278, Spring 51	The stronghold where Nuni and Bakar live is raided, resulting in the deaths of several creatures, including Viku.
y2281, Winter 82	Kifo is killed by Nuni during a battle.
y2282, Autumn 4	Ladon leaves Petraga, setting off out of the mountains to make a new life for himself.
y2286, Winter 82	The leader of the stronghold where Nuni lives is killed in battle, and she takes over as the new leader.
y2289, Spring 98	Hyacinth leaves Petraga to wander Ankou.
y2295, Spring 16	The Gryphon Mother is reincarnated into a deer into [stronghold name], and Nuni holds her captive in a cage.
y2296, Spring 15	Nuni removes the Mother from her cage and kills her as a show of strength to the other natural warriors.
y2303, Summer 9	Nevith is killed while defending Petraga against a clan of natural soldiers.
y2306, Winter 15	Hyacinth returns to Petraga, but does not stay long.
y2310, Winter 42	The Great Battle begins.
y2310, Winter 54	Nuni dies. The natural side surrenders to the magical side, and the Great Battle ends. End of the Age of War, start of the Age of Harmony.
y2419, Autumn 4	Colchis is hatched.
y2589, Summer 79	Raine is born.
y2592, Winter 15	Jiro is born.
y2600, Spring 1	Raine and Jiro meet at a Day of the Mother celebration, and they quickly fall in love.
y2601, Spring 12	Raine gives birth to Puddle, Storm, and Freckles, and in the process discovers that Jiro has magical heritage.
y2601, Spring 15	Raine leaves Jiro, taking the kittens with her to find a new home.
y2601, Spring 51	Freckles is abandoned by his mother Raine on the steps of the Library, where he is taken in by The Library Dragon.
y2604, Winter 19	Storm comes down with an illness.
y2604, Winter 47	Xirya sees Storm's health declining, and offers to heal her with magic, but Raine turns down the offer due to her intense distrust of magic.
y2604, Winter 62	Storm dies of illness.
y2632, Summer 6	Jiro dies.
y2694, Autumn 82	Rowan, Ivy, and Hawthorne are hatched.
y2804, Autumn 39	Hyacinth dies of old age.
y2844, Spring 21	Sage is born.
y2846, Summer 76	Vinni is born.
y2850, Autumn 6	Dinal is born.
y2857, Summer 53	Kifo is resurrected by Zeranta, using the magic of the King's Crystal.
y2962, Winter 4	Zeranta dies.
y2992, Autumn 73	Freckles and The Library Dragon die of old age. The candle in the Library goes out.
y3004, Summer 1	Rowan dies.
y3117, Autumn 17	Briar is hatched.
y3124, Summer 97	Colchis dies. Ivy, Dahlia, and Briar move to Arotropis.
y3126, Autumn 72	Ivy, Dahlia, and Briar move back to the Mother's City.
y3131, Spring 4	Briar rediscovers The Library, becoming the first creature to set foot inside for over a century.
y3172, Autumn 73	Emmett is born.
y3205, Spring 17	Ivy dies.
y3214, Spring 91	Hawthorne dies.
y4012, Spring 13	Kifo's life is peacefully ended by the Gryphon Mother.
y5834, Spring 1	The Gryphon Mother reconciles with the Beast. First spirit emergence. End of the Age of Harmony, start of the Age of Spirits.
y8210, Winter 19	First successful space travel. End of the Age of Spirits, start of the Age of Discovery.
y9500, Spring 1	The Mother is reborn into her True Form. End of the Age of Discovery, start of The End.
y10000, Spring 1	The Gryphon Mother spreads her wings to cover the whole planet, ending all life and removing all magic. End of Ankou's history.