Cilritanë a'Detvida, ruler of the Kingship of the Bone Trees, declares himself the ruler of the Dominion, the united clans of the tretâllë.
Cilritanë a'Detvida, ruler of the Kingship of the Bone Trees, declares himself the ruler of the Dominion, the united clans of the tretâllë.
With the death of Imperator Filiren a'Noren, sole surviving heir of his mother, Imperatrix Veltari a'Noren, a vacuum of power is created. Lemhyn a'Sen, a retired member of the Imperial Guard, declares for the Lady Isena a'Dovyndë, precipitating the conflict between claimants to the throne. Thirty two years after the beginning of the struggle for the throne, a gifted young man, Zovynnë a'Devytorë, who had only just conscripted into the Imperial Guard at the beginning of the wars of succession but was promoted to the station of Lord General during the wars, takes the throne, ending the wars of succession.
Valaren a'Diren sparks a civil war by attempting to overturn the Law of Lineality and stripping the Twin Courts of power.
Valaren a'Diren is deposed by Keýra a'Callan, and power is restored to the Twin Courts
Ordanen a'Callan attempts to follow in Valaren's footsteps by abolishing the Law of Lineality after the mysterious death of her mother.
An army fielded by the Lords and Ladies Superior of the Twin Courts deals a decisive blow to Ordanen a'Callan's forces and captures the Imperatrix as a consequence. Ordanen is tried and executed for treason.
Lisarna a'Dovyndë, influenced by the philosophy of Valaren a'Diren, declares the Twin Courts powerless and abolishes the Law of Lineality. She is hanged by her own regretful mother during the Season of Darkness, and the Twin Courts, facing pressure from the public and the High Houses of the realm, decide to excise the provision for matriarchal inheritance from the Law of Lineality.
Hierarch Amanhet of the Támarhetë ascends to become the Voices of Justice.
In a Dominion war camp at the border with the Silvered Realm, three scouts have failed to return at the appointed date, a Length (9 days) after their mission, and have been missing for a further three days. A group of soldiers is dispatched to look for the scouts, and encounter not only Elledŷnnë in Dominion territory, but a new phenomenon involving a strange mist that seems to hide otherworldly creatures within it.