Book of Heroes: Timeline - 1. Chapter 1

Stories on World

The dates below are approximate and are usually based on the interpretation of data in the original manuscripts from which the translators worked. Few stories contain a reference to a date. Arcadian dates commonly are determined from the first spring equinox after the coronation of an Arcadian prince. The Elvish calendar is largely non-existent. Few stories contain information allowing them to be dated precisely.

“BP” means “Before Present”; “AP” means “After Present.” Because the coronation of Auric of Arcadia appeared in many of the earlier-translated stories, we used that date as the “zero date” for the stories; thus, AP means “after the coronation of Auric”; BP means “before the coronation of Auric.”

Most stories which begin on Earth and move to World are thought to take place in the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries. On the other hand, it is almost certain that there is more than one “Earth,” and that their different histories make dating uncertain.

-120,000 BP “Arabion” (working title) Colin and Ara’s Story (still in translation) Mentioned in Translator III.

-100,000 BP “The Story of Valeus”; story-in-story, told in “Pilots II”; a different version may appear in “Prince Errant” (in translation)

-65,000 BP Desert Prince/Touchstone story (untitled); story-in-story told in “Fire and Ice” and “The Squire and Acolyte”

-55,000 BP “The Translator” series (“The Translator,” “Translator II: Dragon Rider,” “Translator III: Dragon Warrior”); “Pilots II”

-55,000 BP )?) “Prince Errant” (translation in process)

-50,000 BP (?) “The Messenger Boy”

-40,000 BP “The Paladin”

-30,000 BP (?) “The Prince of Agium” (still in translation)

-20,000 BP “The Squire and the Acolyte”

-15,000 BP “Barrett the Beggar”

-10,000 BP “Arthur in Eblis”

-6,600 BP “Dragon’s Treasure”

-6,100 BP “Master of Fire”

-6,100 BP (?) “The Messenger Boy”

-15 BP “George of Sedona” (George arrives on World)

1 AP “Knight Templar in Training”

1 AP “In the Prince’s Secret Service”

2 AP “Fortress of the Troll Mage”

3 AP “Sword of the MacLachlan”

5 AP “Fire and Ice”

20 AP “Durch Ferne Welten und Zeiten”

25 AP? “Durch Ferne Welten und Zeiten Part II” (in translation)

Dates unknown (stories still in translation):

“The Greatest Gift”

“The Battle for Fortmain”

“Smith’s Son”

Stories from Earth Analogues—Late 20^th Century, early 21^st Century

Global Explorer

0300 Series

Nemesis

Pilots

Protector of Children

Recoil

Redneck Trailer Park

Refuge

Translator I

Stories from Earth Analogues—Other centuries and multiple Analogues

Prometheus Wakens

Thermai Vignettes (in process)