The Naming of Years

The years are named by a council of scholars convened annually from across Valine who assess the events of the prior year and decide on the most important event or events to settle on the best way to commemorate the year. Here are a list of some of the most notable:

• Year 1: The Year of Dragons
• Year 3: The Year of Industry
• Year 12: The Year of Spawning
• Year 14: The Year of Thinning
• Year 36: The Year of Metmorphoses
• Year 87: The Year of Schism
• Year 99: The Year of Melding
• Year 112: The Year of Storms
• Year 113: The Year of Shackles
• Year 121: The Year of Fortification
• Year 167: The Year of Doctrine
• Year 169: Emergence of the Unnatural
• Year 189: The Year of Peaceful Rest
• Year 212: The Year of the Purge
• Year 245: The Year of Enslavement
• Year 321: The Year of Progression
• Year 346: The Year of Beseigement
• Year 380: The Year of Colonization
• Year 417: The Year of Piracy
• Year 418: The Year of Bonding
• Year 472: The Year of Celebration
• Year 476: The Year of the Valiant
• Year 505: The Year of Sea Demons
• Year 513: The Year of the Twins
• Year 593: The Year of the Hag
• Year 637: The Year of Deluge
• Year 687: The Year of Cautious Emergence
• Year 720: The Year of Rebirth
• Year 734: The Year of Putresence
• Year 801: The Year of Fracture
• Year 846: The Year of Liberty
• Year 850: The Year of Betrayal
• Year 867: The Year of Good Humor
• Year 891: The Year of the Worthy
• Year 909: The Year of the White Sign
• Year 921: The Year of the Golem
• Year 922: The Year of Triumvirates
• Year 923: The Year of the Devourer
• Year 945: The Year of the Scarecrow
• Year 954: The Year of Marksmanship
• Year 959: The Year of Black Salt
• Year 983: The Year of Emergence
• Year 990: The Year of Delusion
• Year 993: The Year of Sundering
• Year 999: The Year of Thresholds
• Year 1000: The Year of Wild Magic