Timeline - a brief summary
Feb 17, 2013 2:09:02 GMT
Post by Dreamcat on Feb 17, 2013 2:09:02 GMT
Our timeline revolves around the Shards event in canon. For the purposes of this holt, the beginning of Shards will be year 0. P.S. stands for Preceding Shards, A.S. stands for After Shards.
Wolfriders
P.S.
A.S.
Go-Backs
P.S.
A.S.
Wavedancers
P.S.
A.S.
Elsewhere (P.S. only)
P.S.
~20,000 years Preceding Shards: Redmane is born to Dier & Kaslen
~10,000 years P.S.: Palace disappears.
9,544 P.S. (Longdays): Alyial is born in the Sun Village.
~9,523 years P.S.: Vixen is born in the Sun Village.
~9,500 years P.S.: The Go-Backs try to steal the Little Palace from the Sun Village. Many are injured, including Vixen and Alyial, and put into wrapstuff, while many Wolfriders go into wrapstuff in solidarity with Cutter.
1,924 P.S.: Fereng is born.
~1,700 P.S.: Nikel is born.
~1,189 P.S.: Tyde is born.
~889-789 P.S.: Serj is born.
807 P.S.: Shadestep is born.
800 P.S.: Brea is born.
~789 P.S.: Uwahi is born.
~700 P.S.: Candeo is born.
639 P.S.: Alder is born.
621 P.S.: Vapor is born.
547 P.S.: Kesrel is born.
537 P.S.: Bane is born.
487 P.S.: Rehvil is born.
485 P.S. (Whitecold): Allegro is born.
471 P.S. (Newgreen): Mistblossom is born.
465 P.S.: Alyial's father Valygar, awake through the whole disappearance, grows nervous over the encroaching human population. He secretly steals away his lifemate, Aura, and removes his young daughter from wrapstuff, and they leave the Sun Village in search of somewhere more remote. Overestimating their abilities, Aura dies after she ensures they're out of the desert, and Valygar dies once they reach a remote mountain range. Alyial makes it to the Go-Backs' nomadic camp and is discovered by a young Allegro.
464 P.S.: Eveningveil and Dusksinger are born.
~438 P.S. (Newgreen): Nightsky is born.
~359-319 P.S.: Ripple is born.
339 P.S.: Ruska is born.
289 P.S.: Kesrel's son Keedo dies in a battle with trolls.
289 P.S.: Firebird is born.
~289 P.S.: Shell is born.
276 P.S.: Oahni is born.
265 P.S.: Kehn is born.
259 P.S.: Spraysong is born.
239 P.S.: Zeel is born.
~219-189 P.S.: Yarl and Chev are born. Kevok exiles Serj for challenging her.
193 P.S. Lotan is born.
~190 P.S.: Foxtrail is born.
189 P.S.: Danik is born.
162 P.S.: Tenderleaf is born.
~149-179 P.S.: Tengel is born.
144 P.S.: Crucent is born.
119 P.S.: Lagoon is born.
109 P.S.: Iraelia is born.
67 P.S.: Softfur is born.
52 P.S.: Windsong is born.
52 P.S.: Kellera is born.
46 P.S.: Garech is born.
44 P.S.: Candeo and Panaetha force recognition.
42 P.S.: Leaena is born to Candeo and Panaetha.
~39 P.S.: Rhialee and Ailani are born.
26 P.S.: Thorndust is born.
9 P.S.: The Palace returns. Shadow is born to Scouter & Dewshine.
Year 0: Shards
3 - 9 years After Shards: Serj meets Venka during his time in a human village and they share a few nights together. Two years later, during the leaffall season, Sonia is born to Venka. Venka, Sonia, and Two-Edge find the nomadic Go-Backs four years later. Kesrel's daughter Varesh dies in a fire accident. Her son Braz leaves the tribe to satisfy his wanderlust and try to find other Go-Backs.
~10 A.S.: Dreamcat is born.
21 A.S.: News of Kahvi's death reaches the Go-Backs, Venka leaves, Sonia soon follows. Allegro becomes Chieftess. Sonia is later found by Rayek and Ekuar.
21 A.S.: Spindrift is born.
23 A.S.: Daryl is born.
24 P.S.: Willow is born.
26 A.S.: Yarl runs into Sonia when her travels with Rayek and Ekuar collide with the wandering Go-Backs. She decides to rejoin the tribe as its Chieftess. The Lodge is founded after a bloody war with the trolls who lived there and refused co-existence. Many died, including Meridi's and Kellera's brother, Jok.
~31-41 A.S.: NoName is born, then taken captive by trolls ten years later.
36 A.S.: Night Arrow is born.
69-71 A.S.: Deershy is born. Two years later, she is found by hunters in Ember's tribe, but her parents were never found.
70 A.S.: Kellera's son Vhan is born.
~71-76 A.S.: Meridi is born.
76 A.S.: Beku is born.
78 A.S.: Wolfdancer is born to Ember & Tier.
~81 A.S.: Starfall is born.
83 A.S.: Swifteye is born.
84 A.S.: Kellera's son Vhan and her lovemate Xander die during a snowcat hunt.
~89-95 A.S.: Chev dies in a troll skirmish.
91 A.S.: Aethyr is born.
96 A.S. (Newgreen): Ember's tribe splits, and Wolfdancer takes the lock. Dreamcat joins the Wolfriders.
96 A.S. (Longdays): Badger joins the tribe. Oakleaf Holt is founded.
101 A.S.: Lexm is born.
103 A.S.: Kellera's son Jes is born and given to her parents to raise.
104 A.S.: Balin is born to Jena.
106 A.S.: Ripple recognizes Timofee. She, Starlet, and Timofee become lifemates.
108 A.S.: Ripple gives birth to Otter.
108 A.S. (Whitecold): Alyial is killed by a snowbear.
109 A.S.: Balin and Jena rejoin the Go-Backs.
110 A.S. (Leaffall): Softfur, Foxtrail, Fletcher, and Night Arrow are enslaved by trolls.
110 A.S. (Leaffall): Truehand goes to trade with the trolls and doesn't return. Leafpath leaves to find him.
110 A.S. (Whitecold): Sonia and Wolfdancer recognize. Softfur, Foxtrail, Fletcher, and Night Arrow escape the troll caves and join the Wolfriders. The Mindlurker plot takes place here. A corrupted pool of magic torments magic users and all the Wolfriders in their dreams. The Go-Backs come to investigate, affected by Mindlurker's taint only marginally, and stay to help the Wolfriders banish Mindlurker.
110 A.S. (Whitecold): The landers attack the Wavedancers and drive them from their home. Ailani and Rhialee assume leadership of the Wavedancers.
110 A.S. (Whitecold): Serj rejoins the Go-Backs. Night Arrow leaves the Wolfriders to join the Go-Backs.
111 A.S. (Newgreen): Leafpath and Truehand are found dead.
111 A.S. (Newgreen): Mistblossom and Badger recognize.
111 A.S. (Newgreen): The Wavedancers found the Cove.
111 A.S. (Longdays): Rux rejoins the Go-Backs.
111 A.S. (Longdays): Windsong escapes the troll caverns and joins the Wolfriders. Blaze and Redmane leave the holt to live with Blaze's family on the plains.
111 A.S. (Longdays): The troll war plot takes place here. Trolls poison the Go-Backs water supply, causing many to get ill. Vugad dies, and Sonia decides to send the sickest elves to the holt for help, while the healthy ones stay behind to battle the trolls. Afterwards, Tengel falls in battle.
111 A.S. (Longdays): The sick Go-Backs make it to the holt, keeping the nature of their illness to themselves. The secret is revealed once the poison takes Balin and his mother, Jena. Many Wolfriders head to the Lodge to help fight the trolls. Meeran's son is born.
111 A.S. (Longdays): The Wolfriders arrive at the Lodge for the final battle with the trolls. NoName and and Tenderleaf are discovered and rescued when Nikel is freed from his bondage, but Kesrel's body is discovered. Nightsky and Crucent fall. Wolfdancer leaves the tribe and elects Mistblossom and Badger as the new chiefs.
111 A.S. (Longdays Spawning): Brook and Spindrift Recognize during the annual Spawning ceremony at the end of the summer. Shortly after, Leaena and Ailani Recognize, sealing their triad with Lagoon.
112 A.S. (Newgreen): Softfur and Starfall die in a flash flood.
112 A.S. (Whitecold): SinSiew and Spraysong's pip is born.
112 A.S. (Whitecold): Sonia and Wolfdancer's fawn is born.
113 A.S. (Newgreen): Moonblade is born to Mistblossom and Badger.
113 A.S. (Newgreen): SinSiew dies in a freak encounter with a predator while gathering trinkets in the sea.
113 A.S. (Newgreen/Longdays): Oryn and Ruska's fawn is born.
113 A.S. (Longdays Spawning): Brook and Spindrift's pip is born.
If you would like your character's birth listed, please give an exact age, or a small age range! You can also say "x-x years older/younger than Character Y." Similarly, if you feel like your elf was born in a particular season, we can add that.
Other major events to be added. If you have a suggestion, don't hesitate to ask! Information for NPCs will not be added without a direct connection to a PC.
Here are all threads in a sensible order. Our gameplay begins in Leaffall of 110 A.S. You can use this as a help to coordinate your posts. Notice that older threads are going to be closed after a while. If someone wants to write small summaries for any of them, feel welcome to do so. ^^
The Forest:
[Gathering Place]
[Tree Dens]
[Riverside]
[Hunting Grounds]
[The Unknown]
[Ember's Tribe]*
*these posts will be found in The Unknown's Archives board.
The Cliffs:
[The Lodge]
[The Pastures]
[Hot Springs]
[Foothills]
[The Peak]
[The Wicked Holes]
The Cove:
[The Gathering Pool]
[The Caves]
[The Beach]
[The Riverside]
[The Deep Sea]
The Plains:
[Valley Holt]
[Stoneholt]
[The Tents]
[The Grass Sea]
[The Grazing Lands]
Flashbacks:
Young Blood [The Beach]
(Flashback, 350 years ago at the Wavedancer pod's former island ((237 P.S.)))
Vapor, Candeo, and Uwahi's day of turtlespotting is turned upside down by a ship full of escaped human slaves, a pack of sharks, and a prehistoric monster. The humans are made to go find another island, but in modern times the events of that day have become legend among humans. A legend a young prince intends to track down.
In the Concept of Time [Tree Dens]
Planning for Better Times [The Pastures]
Back when Kevok was chief. Meeran and Serj have a talk. Meeran is upset with Kevok and Serj comes to tell her some of his ideas about what to do with the difficult chief. Meeran supports him without a doubt.
Will You... [The Lodge]
Allegro and Alyial ask Oryn to help them get a fawn.
In A Place Far Far Away... [Ember's Tribe]
Young Thorndust and Shadow get caught in the berry bushes and are challenged by Nightsky and Firebird to see who can gather the most berries and nuts. The competition is interrupted when Shadow gets captured by strangleweed and rescued by Firebird. After everyone's safe, they go for a swim.
Destiny's Guide [The Lodge]
(85 years before start of the campaign, Proceeds A Cheiftess' Braids)
Yarl escorts Sonia, frash from her time with Ekuar and Rayek, back to the Go-Back caravan. On the way, she rails agains the tribe's insistence that she become chief, an attitude which Yarl insists he doesn't share. They find the caravan abandoned the rendezvous point. Following them, the pair finds and dispatches a pair of human scouts. Then on into the foothills, where they make contact with the tribe.
A Chieftess´ Braids [The Lodge]
Sonia´s back with the Go-Backs and chooses to take the braids. Alyial, Kesrel, Nikel, and Oryn help her decide. Sonia becomes chieftess and a Dance ensues. Yarl and Tengel make a game of seducing Sonia together until she chooses which one she will join with first. Nikel and Kesrel bet on the outcome and get wrapped up with each other themselves.
Troll War [The Wicked Holes]
Kesrel comforts the wounded during a lull in the fighting. Yarl sees the Trolls begin to move out, based on their campfires, but misinterprets their attack strategy. Sonia, Zeel, Nikel, Kesrel, Meeran, and Tengel are featured combatants in the battle that follows. Several elves are killed. Nikel proposes a stretegem to Sonia, one that could end the war then and there.
Chev fights and Yarl sneaks their way up to the central troll campfire. There they find a bolt-tunnel, and hear the sounds of battle within. Chev investigates and finds Danik, the sole survivor of his band of warriors, who got lost and slaughtered among the tunnels. Danik had only moments ago come out of an epic kill frenzy, the brutal sounds of which were what drew Chev's attention. They collapse the tunnel to prevent anyone escaping Nikel's trap.
Meanwhile, the rest of Sonia's forces have lured the troll army into an ambush. Surrounding the green horde and pushing it towards the mountain cliff. The trio return to the front and close the line. Nikel's master plan is enacted; Zeel sets off an avalanche that buries the troll army while the Go-Backs head for safe ground.
Running with Elks [The Pastures]
In the Long Ago... [Ember's Tribe]
Thorndust, Shadow, and Wolfdancer hunt together and discuss the pros and cons of hunting with magic.
In The Long-Ago 2 [Hunting Grounds]
(Takes place in Howling Rock)
Shadow is on watch when she notices something odd about the human camps in the distance. Her a couple others go inspecting to find a beast made of bad magic and tensions rise.
Adventuring [Ember's Tribe]
Hawk and Shadow find two rogue wolves in the forest, the pregnant female trapped by a set of metal jaws. After developing a cautious trust, they free the female and start to head home. Surprised, they discover that they've earned some loyalty from the two wolves and they bring them back to the tribe to join the pack.
Magic Free Hunt [Ember's Tribe]
Shadow attempts to teach Wolfdancer how to hunt without using magic. The huntress is disappointed when he doesn't seem to grasp the meaning of the lesson.
No Magic No Wolves Hunt! [Ember's Tribe]
Wolfdancer asks for Shadow's guidance in hunting again, and succeeds in the hunt without using magic or his wolves. The pair discuss the merits of not relying on magic, and Wolfdancer's impending departure from his birth tribe.
Hard Lessons [Hot Springs]
Beku struggles to take up her (recently deceased) mother's greatsword. Nikel aids her in doing this, by starting her on a strength training regimen that will require years of work. She wears herself out trying to please him.
Issues [Ember's Tribe]
Shadow comforts Hawk after an argument with his father. The pair agree to run off together for an adventure to satisfy their wandering desires.
Before We Split [Ember's Tribe]
Firebird comforts Shadow about the impending tribal split. Firebird is undecided if she will be joining Wolfdancer's new tribe, and Shadow is determined to stay, despite all of her friends leaving. They decide to seek out Thorndust and Hawk to enjoy the remaining time they have together.
Farewell... [Ember's Tribe]
Hawk and Shadow share a tearful goodbye as the tribe finally splits. Hawk gives Shadow a leather hair tie with two wooden beads, and Shadow promises to come find him and the rest of the tribe when she is ready.
On The Road [The Forest]
Badger meets the tribe as they try to find a new holt.
The First Stories [Tree Dens]
Rite Of Passage [The Peak]
Sonia take Beku up the mountain to run her through the challenge of getting a bauble off her; a leather and metal headband. Beku almost succeeds in doing this by fighting Sonia directly, yanking her spear away, and asking for a trade. But an ice-bear interrupts, and they work together to kill it, though Sonia is knocked out in the process. Beku takes the bauble while Sonia is recovering.
Bath Time! [Hot Springs]
The Go-Backs head to the hot springs to bathe, dance, and talk tanning and training.
Archery Lessons [Hunting Grounds]
Blaze teaches Wolfdancer in the arts of archery though finds out that the chief is already quite skilled.
No Adults Hunt [Hunting Grounds]
Starfall gets a moment alone with Wolfdancer as he takes his agemate on a hunt with his wolf pack. Striking down a deer together, they build a stretcher to carry it back to the Holt.
Newgreen Herbs [Riverside]
While gathering herbs, Badger and Mistblossom get stuck in a tree and begin to develop a friendship.
One Summer Day [Riverside]
Hawk invites Starfall for a private swim and asks her if he can observe how she dyes her basket to learn and improve his own dyeing skill with leathers. Starfall eventually tells Hawk about her feelings towards Wolfdancer.
Longdays Swim [Riverside]
Nightsky and Wolfdancer go for a midnight dip in the river to cool off during a heatwave and get frisky after a casual chat in the water.
Longdays Swim 2 [Riverside]
Inspired by his last swim with Nightsky, Wolfdancer invites Dreamcat and Thorndust to swim with him and try out a few new tricks. It is playtime!
Playing with colors [Tree Dens]
After a little accident with a berry stain, Dreamcat and Hawk decide to experiment with different kind of dyes before gambling for a dyed egg and dreamberry wine. With Dreamcat turning out as the winner, she gets more than just the prices from Hawk.
Sewing for the Chief [Tree Dens]
Wolfdancer is Hawk's living mannequin for some new leathers. While measuring the chief, they casually talk about growing in skills, maidens and feelings.
Brother Bonding And Fish! [The Pastures]
Eryk wakes up Danik early with a practical joke, to drag the younger elf out to fish. They are after their old nemesis Spikefin, which happens to destroy part of their equipment once again. Brothers discuss plans, and decide to catch the Spikefin next time, maybe with a metallic net.
Proving Ground [The Pastures]
Zeel and Nikel spar, Zeel going all out furiously while Nikel lectures about 'emptying himself'. Zeel manages to do so and score a hit on Nikel, but with painfully hurt ribs. Yarl spies on the proceedings, but refuses to stop playing scout and join in, which results in Nikel challenging the others to a fake bear patrol. Zeel succumbs to his injuries along the way and sucks up his pride to allow himself to be taken to the Lodge for healing.
Oryn at Work [The Lodge]
Ruska visits Oryn while he tans. They discuss his latest projects, and she opens up to him a little.
Visiting the Elks [The Pastures]
Tengel sees Yarl off on a scouting trip and teases Ruska. Ruska introduces Oryn to the very friendly elk Cuddly. A decision is made to go hunt. Beku shows up to tag along.
The Hunt [The Pastures]
Continuation of "Visiting The Elks". Oryn, Ruska, Tengel, and Beku ride to a lakeside. Oryn and Ruska set traps, Tengel shoots geese, Beku knifes a weasel and behaves rudely to Oryn and Ruska.
Making Advances [The Lodge]
Dice [The Lodge]
I Challenge You To A Race! [The Pastures]
Stargazing [The Unknown]
Badger gets to know the Wolfriders a little better when he finds himself in the company of Mistblossom and Nightsky as both the maidens attempt to teach him a few small things about herbology, astronomy and themselves during a small meteor shower.
Sparring Partners [The Lodge]
(Flashback, happening probably in the spring, something a little warmer and lets say 109 since there isn't a specific time stamp.)
Garech and Rehvil help show each other there own tricks and share tips of the spears and staffs.
Figure It Out [The Pastures]
(Winter 109)
Ruska is fed up of Eryk making fun of Daryl, for Daryl's lack of skating skills. The herder drags the deaf lad to the lake's ice and they learn to skate. While thinking of ways to get a revenge on the carpenter, the herder falls through thin ice and is saved by Garech, Eryk and Daryl. The herder notices odd similarities between Garech and her father, Eryk and Daryl nearly end up to a fist fight.
Fever Dreams [The Lodge]
(winter 109, after Figure It Out)
After her dip to the freezing waters, Ruska catches a cold and gets a fever. She wakes up at the break of dawn to get a sip of water, only to notice Daryl has been sitting by her sickbed all night long. The deaf lad blames himself for what happened to Ruska, but the herder says she has been the blame herself. Ruska requests Daryl to ask Garech to see her, as she has family relations concerning her mind. Garech arrives as asked, and the two half siblings finally realize they are half siblings. Ruska requests Garech to check her elks are alright.
Wolfriders
P.S.
A.S.
Go-Backs
P.S.
A.S.
Wavedancers
P.S.
A.S.
Elsewhere (P.S. only)
P.S.
~20,000 years Preceding Shards: Redmane is born to Dier & Kaslen
~10,000 years P.S.: Palace disappears.
9,544 P.S. (Longdays): Alyial is born in the Sun Village.
~9,523 years P.S.: Vixen is born in the Sun Village.
~9,500 years P.S.: The Go-Backs try to steal the Little Palace from the Sun Village. Many are injured, including Vixen and Alyial, and put into wrapstuff, while many Wolfriders go into wrapstuff in solidarity with Cutter.
1,924 P.S.: Fereng is born.
~1,700 P.S.: Nikel is born.
~1,189 P.S.: Tyde is born.
~889-789 P.S.: Serj is born.
807 P.S.: Shadestep is born.
800 P.S.: Brea is born.
~789 P.S.: Uwahi is born.
~700 P.S.: Candeo is born.
639 P.S.: Alder is born.
621 P.S.: Vapor is born.
547 P.S.: Kesrel is born.
537 P.S.: Bane is born.
487 P.S.: Rehvil is born.
485 P.S. (Whitecold): Allegro is born.
471 P.S. (Newgreen): Mistblossom is born.
465 P.S.: Alyial's father Valygar, awake through the whole disappearance, grows nervous over the encroaching human population. He secretly steals away his lifemate, Aura, and removes his young daughter from wrapstuff, and they leave the Sun Village in search of somewhere more remote. Overestimating their abilities, Aura dies after she ensures they're out of the desert, and Valygar dies once they reach a remote mountain range. Alyial makes it to the Go-Backs' nomadic camp and is discovered by a young Allegro.
464 P.S.: Eveningveil and Dusksinger are born.
~438 P.S. (Newgreen): Nightsky is born.
~359-319 P.S.: Ripple is born.
339 P.S.: Ruska is born.
289 P.S.: Kesrel's son Keedo dies in a battle with trolls.
289 P.S.: Firebird is born.
~289 P.S.: Shell is born.
276 P.S.: Oahni is born.
265 P.S.: Kehn is born.
259 P.S.: Spraysong is born.
239 P.S.: Zeel is born.
~219-189 P.S.: Yarl and Chev are born. Kevok exiles Serj for challenging her.
193 P.S. Lotan is born.
~190 P.S.: Foxtrail is born.
189 P.S.: Danik is born.
162 P.S.: Tenderleaf is born.
~149-179 P.S.: Tengel is born.
144 P.S.: Crucent is born.
119 P.S.: Lagoon is born.
109 P.S.: Iraelia is born.
67 P.S.: Softfur is born.
52 P.S.: Windsong is born.
52 P.S.: Kellera is born.
46 P.S.: Garech is born.
44 P.S.: Candeo and Panaetha force recognition.
42 P.S.: Leaena is born to Candeo and Panaetha.
~39 P.S.: Rhialee and Ailani are born.
26 P.S.: Thorndust is born.
9 P.S.: The Palace returns. Shadow is born to Scouter & Dewshine.
Year 0: Shards
3 - 9 years After Shards: Serj meets Venka during his time in a human village and they share a few nights together. Two years later, during the leaffall season, Sonia is born to Venka. Venka, Sonia, and Two-Edge find the nomadic Go-Backs four years later. Kesrel's daughter Varesh dies in a fire accident. Her son Braz leaves the tribe to satisfy his wanderlust and try to find other Go-Backs.
~10 A.S.: Dreamcat is born.
21 A.S.: News of Kahvi's death reaches the Go-Backs, Venka leaves, Sonia soon follows. Allegro becomes Chieftess. Sonia is later found by Rayek and Ekuar.
21 A.S.: Spindrift is born.
23 A.S.: Daryl is born.
24 P.S.: Willow is born.
26 A.S.: Yarl runs into Sonia when her travels with Rayek and Ekuar collide with the wandering Go-Backs. She decides to rejoin the tribe as its Chieftess. The Lodge is founded after a bloody war with the trolls who lived there and refused co-existence. Many died, including Meridi's and Kellera's brother, Jok.
~31-41 A.S.: NoName is born, then taken captive by trolls ten years later.
36 A.S.: Night Arrow is born.
69-71 A.S.: Deershy is born. Two years later, she is found by hunters in Ember's tribe, but her parents were never found.
70 A.S.: Kellera's son Vhan is born.
~71-76 A.S.: Meridi is born.
76 A.S.: Beku is born.
78 A.S.: Wolfdancer is born to Ember & Tier.
~81 A.S.: Starfall is born.
83 A.S.: Swifteye is born.
84 A.S.: Kellera's son Vhan and her lovemate Xander die during a snowcat hunt.
~89-95 A.S.: Chev dies in a troll skirmish.
91 A.S.: Aethyr is born.
96 A.S. (Newgreen): Ember's tribe splits, and Wolfdancer takes the lock. Dreamcat joins the Wolfriders.
96 A.S. (Longdays): Badger joins the tribe. Oakleaf Holt is founded.
101 A.S.: Lexm is born.
103 A.S.: Kellera's son Jes is born and given to her parents to raise.
104 A.S.: Balin is born to Jena.
106 A.S.: Ripple recognizes Timofee. She, Starlet, and Timofee become lifemates.
108 A.S.: Ripple gives birth to Otter.
108 A.S. (Whitecold): Alyial is killed by a snowbear.
109 A.S.: Balin and Jena rejoin the Go-Backs.
110 A.S. (Leaffall): Softfur, Foxtrail, Fletcher, and Night Arrow are enslaved by trolls.
110 A.S. (Leaffall): Truehand goes to trade with the trolls and doesn't return. Leafpath leaves to find him.
110 A.S. (Whitecold): Sonia and Wolfdancer recognize. Softfur, Foxtrail, Fletcher, and Night Arrow escape the troll caves and join the Wolfriders. The Mindlurker plot takes place here. A corrupted pool of magic torments magic users and all the Wolfriders in their dreams. The Go-Backs come to investigate, affected by Mindlurker's taint only marginally, and stay to help the Wolfriders banish Mindlurker.
110 A.S. (Whitecold): The landers attack the Wavedancers and drive them from their home. Ailani and Rhialee assume leadership of the Wavedancers.
110 A.S. (Whitecold): Serj rejoins the Go-Backs. Night Arrow leaves the Wolfriders to join the Go-Backs.
111 A.S. (Newgreen): Leafpath and Truehand are found dead.
111 A.S. (Newgreen): Mistblossom and Badger recognize.
111 A.S. (Newgreen): The Wavedancers found the Cove.
111 A.S. (Longdays): Rux rejoins the Go-Backs.
111 A.S. (Longdays): Windsong escapes the troll caverns and joins the Wolfriders. Blaze and Redmane leave the holt to live with Blaze's family on the plains.
111 A.S. (Longdays): The troll war plot takes place here. Trolls poison the Go-Backs water supply, causing many to get ill. Vugad dies, and Sonia decides to send the sickest elves to the holt for help, while the healthy ones stay behind to battle the trolls. Afterwards, Tengel falls in battle.
111 A.S. (Longdays): The sick Go-Backs make it to the holt, keeping the nature of their illness to themselves. The secret is revealed once the poison takes Balin and his mother, Jena. Many Wolfriders head to the Lodge to help fight the trolls. Meeran's son is born.
111 A.S. (Longdays): The Wolfriders arrive at the Lodge for the final battle with the trolls. NoName and and Tenderleaf are discovered and rescued when Nikel is freed from his bondage, but Kesrel's body is discovered. Nightsky and Crucent fall. Wolfdancer leaves the tribe and elects Mistblossom and Badger as the new chiefs.
111 A.S. (Longdays Spawning): Brook and Spindrift Recognize during the annual Spawning ceremony at the end of the summer. Shortly after, Leaena and Ailani Recognize, sealing their triad with Lagoon.
112 A.S. (Newgreen): Softfur and Starfall die in a flash flood.
112 A.S. (Whitecold): SinSiew and Spraysong's pip is born.
112 A.S. (Whitecold): Sonia and Wolfdancer's fawn is born.
113 A.S. (Newgreen): Moonblade is born to Mistblossom and Badger.
113 A.S. (Newgreen): SinSiew dies in a freak encounter with a predator while gathering trinkets in the sea.
113 A.S. (Newgreen/Longdays): Oryn and Ruska's fawn is born.
113 A.S. (Longdays Spawning): Brook and Spindrift's pip is born.
If you would like your character's birth listed, please give an exact age, or a small age range! You can also say "x-x years older/younger than Character Y." Similarly, if you feel like your elf was born in a particular season, we can add that.
Other major events to be added. If you have a suggestion, don't hesitate to ask! Information for NPCs will not be added without a direct connection to a PC.
Here are all threads in a sensible order. Our gameplay begins in Leaffall of 110 A.S. You can use this as a help to coordinate your posts. Notice that older threads are going to be closed after a while. If someone wants to write small summaries for any of them, feel welcome to do so. ^^
The Forest:
[Gathering Place]
[Tree Dens]
[Riverside]
[Hunting Grounds]
[The Unknown]
[Ember's Tribe]*
*these posts will be found in The Unknown's Archives board.
The Cliffs:
[The Lodge]
[The Pastures]
[Hot Springs]
[Foothills]
[The Peak]
[The Wicked Holes]
The Cove:
[The Gathering Pool]
[The Caves]
[The Beach]
[The Riverside]
[The Deep Sea]
The Plains:
[Valley Holt]
[Stoneholt]
[The Tents]
[The Grass Sea]
[The Grazing Lands]
Flashbacks:
Young Blood [The Beach]
(Flashback, 350 years ago at the Wavedancer pod's former island ((237 P.S.)))
Vapor, Candeo, and Uwahi's day of turtlespotting is turned upside down by a ship full of escaped human slaves, a pack of sharks, and a prehistoric monster. The humans are made to go find another island, but in modern times the events of that day have become legend among humans. A legend a young prince intends to track down.
In the Concept of Time [Tree Dens]
Planning for Better Times [The Pastures]
Back when Kevok was chief. Meeran and Serj have a talk. Meeran is upset with Kevok and Serj comes to tell her some of his ideas about what to do with the difficult chief. Meeran supports him without a doubt.
Will You... [The Lodge]
Allegro and Alyial ask Oryn to help them get a fawn.
In A Place Far Far Away... [Ember's Tribe]
Young Thorndust and Shadow get caught in the berry bushes and are challenged by Nightsky and Firebird to see who can gather the most berries and nuts. The competition is interrupted when Shadow gets captured by strangleweed and rescued by Firebird. After everyone's safe, they go for a swim.
Destiny's Guide [The Lodge]
(85 years before start of the campaign, Proceeds A Cheiftess' Braids)
Yarl escorts Sonia, frash from her time with Ekuar and Rayek, back to the Go-Back caravan. On the way, she rails agains the tribe's insistence that she become chief, an attitude which Yarl insists he doesn't share. They find the caravan abandoned the rendezvous point. Following them, the pair finds and dispatches a pair of human scouts. Then on into the foothills, where they make contact with the tribe.
A Chieftess´ Braids [The Lodge]
Sonia´s back with the Go-Backs and chooses to take the braids. Alyial, Kesrel, Nikel, and Oryn help her decide. Sonia becomes chieftess and a Dance ensues. Yarl and Tengel make a game of seducing Sonia together until she chooses which one she will join with first. Nikel and Kesrel bet on the outcome and get wrapped up with each other themselves.
Troll War [The Wicked Holes]
Kesrel comforts the wounded during a lull in the fighting. Yarl sees the Trolls begin to move out, based on their campfires, but misinterprets their attack strategy. Sonia, Zeel, Nikel, Kesrel, Meeran, and Tengel are featured combatants in the battle that follows. Several elves are killed. Nikel proposes a stretegem to Sonia, one that could end the war then and there.
Chev fights and Yarl sneaks their way up to the central troll campfire. There they find a bolt-tunnel, and hear the sounds of battle within. Chev investigates and finds Danik, the sole survivor of his band of warriors, who got lost and slaughtered among the tunnels. Danik had only moments ago come out of an epic kill frenzy, the brutal sounds of which were what drew Chev's attention. They collapse the tunnel to prevent anyone escaping Nikel's trap.
Meanwhile, the rest of Sonia's forces have lured the troll army into an ambush. Surrounding the green horde and pushing it towards the mountain cliff. The trio return to the front and close the line. Nikel's master plan is enacted; Zeel sets off an avalanche that buries the troll army while the Go-Backs head for safe ground.
Running with Elks [The Pastures]
In the Long Ago... [Ember's Tribe]
Thorndust, Shadow, and Wolfdancer hunt together and discuss the pros and cons of hunting with magic.
In The Long-Ago 2 [Hunting Grounds]
(Takes place in Howling Rock)
Shadow is on watch when she notices something odd about the human camps in the distance. Her a couple others go inspecting to find a beast made of bad magic and tensions rise.
Adventuring [Ember's Tribe]
Hawk and Shadow find two rogue wolves in the forest, the pregnant female trapped by a set of metal jaws. After developing a cautious trust, they free the female and start to head home. Surprised, they discover that they've earned some loyalty from the two wolves and they bring them back to the tribe to join the pack.
Magic Free Hunt [Ember's Tribe]
Shadow attempts to teach Wolfdancer how to hunt without using magic. The huntress is disappointed when he doesn't seem to grasp the meaning of the lesson.
No Magic No Wolves Hunt! [Ember's Tribe]
Wolfdancer asks for Shadow's guidance in hunting again, and succeeds in the hunt without using magic or his wolves. The pair discuss the merits of not relying on magic, and Wolfdancer's impending departure from his birth tribe.
Hard Lessons [Hot Springs]
Beku struggles to take up her (recently deceased) mother's greatsword. Nikel aids her in doing this, by starting her on a strength training regimen that will require years of work. She wears herself out trying to please him.
Issues [Ember's Tribe]
Shadow comforts Hawk after an argument with his father. The pair agree to run off together for an adventure to satisfy their wandering desires.
Before We Split [Ember's Tribe]
Firebird comforts Shadow about the impending tribal split. Firebird is undecided if she will be joining Wolfdancer's new tribe, and Shadow is determined to stay, despite all of her friends leaving. They decide to seek out Thorndust and Hawk to enjoy the remaining time they have together.
Farewell... [Ember's Tribe]
Hawk and Shadow share a tearful goodbye as the tribe finally splits. Hawk gives Shadow a leather hair tie with two wooden beads, and Shadow promises to come find him and the rest of the tribe when she is ready.
On The Road [The Forest]
Badger meets the tribe as they try to find a new holt.
The First Stories [Tree Dens]
Rite Of Passage [The Peak]
Sonia take Beku up the mountain to run her through the challenge of getting a bauble off her; a leather and metal headband. Beku almost succeeds in doing this by fighting Sonia directly, yanking her spear away, and asking for a trade. But an ice-bear interrupts, and they work together to kill it, though Sonia is knocked out in the process. Beku takes the bauble while Sonia is recovering.
Bath Time! [Hot Springs]
The Go-Backs head to the hot springs to bathe, dance, and talk tanning and training.
Archery Lessons [Hunting Grounds]
Blaze teaches Wolfdancer in the arts of archery though finds out that the chief is already quite skilled.
No Adults Hunt [Hunting Grounds]
Starfall gets a moment alone with Wolfdancer as he takes his agemate on a hunt with his wolf pack. Striking down a deer together, they build a stretcher to carry it back to the Holt.
Newgreen Herbs [Riverside]
While gathering herbs, Badger and Mistblossom get stuck in a tree and begin to develop a friendship.
One Summer Day [Riverside]
Hawk invites Starfall for a private swim and asks her if he can observe how she dyes her basket to learn and improve his own dyeing skill with leathers. Starfall eventually tells Hawk about her feelings towards Wolfdancer.
Longdays Swim [Riverside]
Nightsky and Wolfdancer go for a midnight dip in the river to cool off during a heatwave and get frisky after a casual chat in the water.
Longdays Swim 2 [Riverside]
Inspired by his last swim with Nightsky, Wolfdancer invites Dreamcat and Thorndust to swim with him and try out a few new tricks. It is playtime!
Playing with colors [Tree Dens]
After a little accident with a berry stain, Dreamcat and Hawk decide to experiment with different kind of dyes before gambling for a dyed egg and dreamberry wine. With Dreamcat turning out as the winner, she gets more than just the prices from Hawk.
Sewing for the Chief [Tree Dens]
Wolfdancer is Hawk's living mannequin for some new leathers. While measuring the chief, they casually talk about growing in skills, maidens and feelings.
Brother Bonding And Fish! [The Pastures]
Eryk wakes up Danik early with a practical joke, to drag the younger elf out to fish. They are after their old nemesis Spikefin, which happens to destroy part of their equipment once again. Brothers discuss plans, and decide to catch the Spikefin next time, maybe with a metallic net.
Proving Ground [The Pastures]
Zeel and Nikel spar, Zeel going all out furiously while Nikel lectures about 'emptying himself'. Zeel manages to do so and score a hit on Nikel, but with painfully hurt ribs. Yarl spies on the proceedings, but refuses to stop playing scout and join in, which results in Nikel challenging the others to a fake bear patrol. Zeel succumbs to his injuries along the way and sucks up his pride to allow himself to be taken to the Lodge for healing.
Oryn at Work [The Lodge]
Ruska visits Oryn while he tans. They discuss his latest projects, and she opens up to him a little.
Visiting the Elks [The Pastures]
Tengel sees Yarl off on a scouting trip and teases Ruska. Ruska introduces Oryn to the very friendly elk Cuddly. A decision is made to go hunt. Beku shows up to tag along.
The Hunt [The Pastures]
Continuation of "Visiting The Elks". Oryn, Ruska, Tengel, and Beku ride to a lakeside. Oryn and Ruska set traps, Tengel shoots geese, Beku knifes a weasel and behaves rudely to Oryn and Ruska.
Making Advances [The Lodge]
Dice [The Lodge]
I Challenge You To A Race! [The Pastures]
Stargazing [The Unknown]
Badger gets to know the Wolfriders a little better when he finds himself in the company of Mistblossom and Nightsky as both the maidens attempt to teach him a few small things about herbology, astronomy and themselves during a small meteor shower.
Sparring Partners [The Lodge]
(Flashback, happening probably in the spring, something a little warmer and lets say 109 since there isn't a specific time stamp.)
Garech and Rehvil help show each other there own tricks and share tips of the spears and staffs.
Figure It Out [The Pastures]
(Winter 109)
Ruska is fed up of Eryk making fun of Daryl, for Daryl's lack of skating skills. The herder drags the deaf lad to the lake's ice and they learn to skate. While thinking of ways to get a revenge on the carpenter, the herder falls through thin ice and is saved by Garech, Eryk and Daryl. The herder notices odd similarities between Garech and her father, Eryk and Daryl nearly end up to a fist fight.
Fever Dreams [The Lodge]
(winter 109, after Figure It Out)
After her dip to the freezing waters, Ruska catches a cold and gets a fever. She wakes up at the break of dawn to get a sip of water, only to notice Daryl has been sitting by her sickbed all night long. The deaf lad blames himself for what happened to Ruska, but the herder says she has been the blame herself. Ruska requests Daryl to ask Garech to see her, as she has family relations concerning her mind. Garech arrives as asked, and the two half siblings finally realize they are half siblings. Ruska requests Garech to check her elks are alright.