D’ni timeline

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1	D’ni Era	Common Era	Event (text up to 2010 from: https://www.guildofarchivists.org/archive/_/dni-timeline-r6 )

2	-207	-7863	Ri’neref is born.
3	-73	-7729	Ri’neref is dismissed from the Ronay Guild of Writers for refusing to Write an Age he considered questionable. Some records indicate he excused himself, though regardless, much of Ronay society considered this dismissal unfair, and some even called it “detrimental to society”.
4	-59	-7715	Garternay’s eventual collapse is made public.
5	-50	-7706	King Ailesh is born.
6	0	-7656	Ri’neref and several thousand followers petition the King of Ronay for permission to split from the rest of the Ronay evacuees. / Surveyors in the D’ni Cavern establish a Zero mark and line, as was customary for Ronay Ages. This mark became known as the “Great Zero.” A monument was erected on this spot. Construction along the line emanating from the Great Zero was reserved for holy buildings. Other construction along this line was prohibited without the King’s permission. / Ri’neref and several thousand Ronay evacuees arrive in the Cavern. / Ri’neref coronated as the first King of D’ni.
7	8 Leevot 9	-7648 September 27	The D’ni Guild of Writers is founded. Ailesh, Ri’neref’s long-time apprentice, is made Grand Master.
8	48	-7608	Construction begins on the Temple of Yahvo.
9	63	-7593	The Temple of Yahvo is completed.
10	84	-7572	King Ri’neref launches an initiative to build massive fans to circulate the air in the Cavern and expand the network of tunnels from the Surface bringing fresh air in.
11	100 Leenovoo 18	-7555 April 8	The Day of the Circle. This day was set aside to celebrate the foundation of the 18 Major Guilds of D’ni, as well as a celebration of the New Guilds.
12	114	-7542	Installation of fans and construction of air shafts to supply them is completed. During the course of the construction, several D’ni working on the project went missing. It is assumed that they remained on the surface to live.
13	120	-7536	King Ri’neref dies at the age of 327. / Ailesh, Ri’neref’s apprentice, takes the throne at the age of 170.
14	233 Leefo 12	-7423 May 7	Completion of the first Common Library of D’ni.
15	256	-7400	King Ailesh’s third son, Shomat, is born.
16	300	-7356	King Ailesh dies of natural causes at the age of 350. / Shomat takes the throne at the age of 44. Shomat, who had previously been a member of the Guild of Writers, continued to receive private instruction in The Art after his coronation.
17	347	-7309	Construction of King Shomat’s Palace is complete. He and his family moved in, though his older brothers refused to. The palace’s lavishness, as well as Shomat’s belief that Ages served the D’ni, contrary to King Ri’neref’s statements, began to create a growing tension in the D’ni culture.
18	387	-7269	King Shomat’s brothers disappear and are never seen again. Rumors abound that Shomat had them killed, or made to use a “Death Book”, but they were never proven.
19	400	-7256	King Shomat is assigned a prophetess to try and reign in the King, who some believe had gone mad by this time. Her efforts seem to have been successful, as the remaining 155 years of Shomat’s reign showed a marked improvement over his first 100. The assignment sparked a tradition which lasted until the end of the reign of Kings, with each King after Shomat being appointed a prophetess at the beginning of their reign.
20	475	-7181	King Ja’kreen is born.
21	555	-7101	King Shomat dies of natural causes at the age of 299. / Ja’kreen, a Guild Master in the Guild of Stone Masons, takes the throne at age 80. He was not related to King Shomat, but rather the son of one of Shomat’s close friends. He was given the throne because Shomat’s own children were “out of control.”
22	598	-7058	King Ja’kreen commissions the rebuilding of the King’s Arch (later known as Kerath’s Arch). Design of the Arch was headed by Guild Master Koris of the Guild of Stone Masons.
23	600	-7056	Construction begins on the King’s Arch.
24	625	-7031	Turn of the first D’ni century. / Construction of the King’s Arch is completed.
25	643	-7013	Construction of the Temple of the Great King is completed.
26	654	-7002	King Ja’kreen’s wife gives birth to their first son, J’Taeri.
27	664	-6992	J’Taeri, King Ja’kreen’s first son, dies of an unspecified and apparently rare disease.
28	674	-6982	King Ja’kreen’s wife dies at a young age.
29	700	-6956	King Ja’kreen marries his second wife.
30	717	-6939	King Ja’kreen’s second wife gives birth to a son, Veesha.
31	775	-6881	King Ja’kreen commissions additional private construction on Ae’gura, including the J’Taeri District, which he named in memory of his first son, who died at age 10, 111 years earlier.
32	812	-6844	King Ja’kreen dies of natural causes at the age of 337. It was often said he died a very sad and unsatisfied man. / Veesha takes the throne at the age of 95.
33	924	-6732	King Mararon is born.
34	974	-6682	King Veesha’s fifth son, Mararon, is nearly killed on a routine check of Ages as part of his duties as a Maintainer. He falls into a coma which Healers said he would never come out of.
35	977	-6679	Mararon, the son of King Veesha, emerges from a three year coma, much to the surprise of many in D’ni.
36	997	-6659	King Veesha dies of natural causes at the age of 280. / Mararon, Veesha’s fifth son, takes the throne at the age of 73, exactly 20 years after he miraculously emerged from a three year coma.
37	1109	-6547	King Koreen is born.
38	1124	-6532	King Mararon began major revamping of the D’ni educational system. Following the suggestions laid out in a paper by Ti’Lanar (Guild Master in the Guild of Legislators), Mararon put the Common Schools under the Guild of Legislators, instituted higher standards for instructors, and lengthened the school day. The time spent in the Common Schools was also raised from 6 years (age 10 to 16) to 15 years (age 5 to 20). / Mararon also institutes several new “Minor Guilds,” including Architecture, Miners, Bankers, and Educators, into which graduates of the new Common Schools system could enter.
39	1159	-6497	King Mararon dies of natural causes at the relatively early age of 235. / Koreen, the oldest of Mararon’s two sons, takes the throne at the age of 50.
40	1303	-6353	A Writer mysteriously leaves the Guild of Writers, followed shortly by the theft of Books and Ink from the halls of the respective Guilds. This was the beginning of a plot by the Judges of Yahvo which would lead to the Pento War.
41	1320	-6336	The Judges of Yahvo, who had been writing illegal Ages in an effort to develop a race of warriors that they could control, see their efforts come to fruition this year with the completion of the Pento Age.
42	1323	-6333	Beginning of the Pento War.
43	1323 Leevot 12	-6333 September 30	The Pento, led by the Judges of Yahvo, invade D’ni and drive most of the royal family out. King Koreen remains in the City.
44	1323	-6333	King Ahlsendar is born, supposedly while his mother passed beneath the King’s Arch.
45	1352	6304	King Koreen is assassinated by a group of Pento warriors, led by the Judges of Yahvo. / Ahlsendar, now 29, remains in hiding on his family’s private Age and plans how to overthrow the Pento in safety, apparently at the suggestion of his uncle. / The Judges of Yahvo claim control of the D’ni government following the assassination of King Koreen. / The Pento, led by the Judges of Yahvo, begin moving their forces into other Ages inhabited by the D’ni. / Several weeks after the expansion of the Judges’ campaign into other D’ni Ages, the Judges kill the leader of the Pento, fearing that he was becoming too powerful and difficult to control. The Pento quickly fall into disarray as his two sons scramble to take control of the throne. / Fifteen weeks after his father’s death, Ahlsendar returns to D’ni.
46	1360?		Ahlsendar allies himself with the Pento warrior Mekarr, and agreed to help him defeat his brother if he left D’ni and returned home peacefully. Ahlsendar also agrees to write a new Age for the Pento to live in.
47	1376	-6280	Ahlsendar leads a force into the Pento Age and, in the Battle of the Great King, defeats Makarr’s brother, Timaue. / The five leaders of the Judges of Yahvo are rounded up and linked into Prison Ages, and the Books burned. / End of the Pento War. / Ahlsendar is officially coronated as King of D’ni several weeks after the sentencing of the leaders of the Judges of Yahvo.
48	1423	-6233	King Solath is born.
49	1466	-6190	Mekarr enters the Palace through Books given to him by the Judges of Yahvo and kills King Ahlsendar’s wife and two sons. Ahlsendar defeats Mekarr in what is described as an “astounding battle.” / Two days after the death of his family, Ahlsendar orders the release of a D’ni-developed plague into the new Pento homeworld. Within three days, the entire population of Pento was dead, along with many inhabitants of other Ages which the Pento were in contact with. The D’ni, unaware of Ahlsendar’s participation in the development of the plague, blame the Pento for the devastation. The Guild of Chemists fears that the plague could mutate into something that could one day threaten D’ni. / All Books to which the Pento had access are gathered together to be destroyed.
50	1500	-6156	King Ahlsendar gathers the people of D’ni together to “inform them of the truth.” In his speech, he informs his people that he was responsible for the plague that was unleashed upon the Pento. At the end of his speech, he asks to be sealed within the Temple of the Great King, along with all infected Books and other Books linking D’ni to their past.
51	1501	-6155	King Ahlsendar is sealed within the Temple of the Great King. / Solath, Ahlsendar’s chosen heir, takes temporary control of D’ni while they awaited Ahlsendar’s promised return. / Six months after Ahlsendar was sealed in the Temple, Solath discovers the final wishes of Ahlsendar and reads them publicly. In the letter, Ahlsendar stated that he “… was not to return…” and “… for no reason should the seal on the Temple of the Great King ever be broken.”
52	1502 Leefo 23	-6154 May 21	The Temple of the Great King is renamed the Tomb of the Great King on orders from Solath.
53	1502	-6154	Solath is officially coronated as the successor to King Ahlsendar, after ruling in his stead for two years.
54	1520	-6136	Nemiya, the prophetess advisor to the Great King, denounces Ahlsendar in her book, The Book of Nemiya. The books calls Ahlsendar a fraud and an impostor, guilty of killing thousands of Age-dwellers and misleading and betraying his own people. The book sends D’ni into a religious upheaval, and generates considerable outrage, most notably from King Solath.
55	1527	-6129	Nemiya vanishes.
56	1550	-6106	Public sentiment towards Nemiya’s defamatory book about the Great King shifts, and many begin to see wisdom and truth in her writings.
57	1604	-6052	In an effort to distract his people from their growing religious crisis, King Solath announces plans for the civic district of Karim, including an opera house and concert hall.
58	1610	-6046	Construction on the civic district of Karim begins.
59	1650	-6006	Construction of the Karim district is finally completed after numerous delays and difficulties, much to the excitement of the people.
60	1735	-5921	King Solath’s wife passes away. He soon remarries, taking as his wife a young woman named Jolatha, an influential member of a cult known as The Tree. Solath denied her involvement in the cult.
61	1748	-5908	Jolatha gives birth to King Solath’s first son, Me’erta.
62	1779	-5877	King Solath dies of natural causes at the age of 356. / Me’erta takes the throne at the age of 31.
63	1817	-5839	King Me’erta proposes construction of the Temple of the Tree, the first time any King officially sanctioned anything other than the original beliefs of Ri’neref. / Me’erta also suggests that the line of the Great Zero is inaccurate. Although he does not change the line, all of the religious structures built during his reign are aligned with his proposed redirection of the line.
64	1843	-5813	Construction of the Temple of the Tree is completed.
65	1871	-5785	King Gan is born.
66	1876	-5780	Construction of another cult temple proposed by King Me’erta, the Temple of Water, is completed. Like the other religious structures erected during Me’erta’s reign, it lies on his proposed alteration of the line of the Great Zero.
67	1902	-5754	Construction of another cult temple proposed by King Me’erta, the Temple of the Sacred Stone, is completed. Like the other religious structures erected during Me’erta’s reign, it lies on his proposed alteration of the line of the Great Zero.
68	1975	-5681	Jolatha, through King Me’erta, attempts to alter the Oath of the Guild of Writers, in an effort to relax the restrictions placed on the Guild by Ri’neref and Ailesh. His proposal is met with staunch resistance by Grand Master Tremal. Following Tremal’s mysterious death, the rest of the Guild of Writers rallies to to his cause and refuses to alter their Oath. Eventually, Jolatha concedes defeat.
69	1999	-5657	Jolatha breaks the seal on the Tomb of the Great King in the dead of night. Several Books are moved to the Temple of the Tree, along with what Jolatha claims was a piece of the Great King’s robe. / Two days after breaking into the Tomb of the Great King, Jolatha dies from an unknown illness. King Me’erta quietly has the stolen Books returned to the Tomb and has it re-sealed.
70	2014	-5642	King Me’erta dies at the age of 267 in the bed of one of his many lovers. Guild of Healers records indicate he had been given a massive dose of poison. Although his murderer was never found, there were several suspects, including his much-maligned wife, and his son Gan, who was ashamed of his father’s weakness. / Gan takes the throne at the age of 144. / Six months after Gan’s coronation, the first signs of the plague begin to show themselves. / King Hemelin is born.
71	2050	-5606	Despite the severe drop in fertility rates caused by the plague, King Gan fathers a son, Behnashiren. Many are blaming the plague on the Great King, as very few if any of the D’ni knew that Jolatha had broken into the Tomb of the Great King.
72	2070	-5586	King Gan dies at the age of 199, having only ruled D’ni for 55 years, the shortest reign of any King. / Behnashiren takes the throne at the age of 20, the youngest coronation in history.
73	2193	-5463	King Behnashiren dies at the age of 143, leaving no heirs. He leaves the throne to his 179-year-old uncle. / Hemelin takes the throne at the age of 179, and immediately begins looking for a cure for the plague which his nephew had ignored for 123 years.
74	2255	-5401	King Hemelin becomes gravely ill.
75	2260	-5396	King Hemelin recovers from the plague with the care and assistance of a woman named Lalen, becoming one of the lucky 5% of D’ni who managed to survive it once infected.
76	2262 Leevobro 12	-5394 December 13	Lalen, after making full use of the resources available to her because of her relationship with the King, uncovers the location of the Book of Birenni. / King Hemelin and Lalen are married in a grand ceremony.
77	2268	-5388	Guild Master Jaysem, of the Guild of Healers, announces that the plague is officially cured.
78	2270	-5386	The first post-plague child, Naygen, is born, and Hemelin leaves him the throne as a symbolic gesture.
79	2350	-5306	The Minor Guild of Miners, at King Hemelin’s encouragement, announces plans for drastic improvements to mining technologies and methods.
80	2356	-5300	King Hemelin dies of natural causes at the age of 342. / Naygen takes the throne at the age of 86.
81	2395	-5261	Beginning of the D’ni Renaissance. / The Eamis Theatre Company hosts a play by the playwright Sirreh, concerning the Pento War and the Great King. King Naygen praises the play, and it sells out for three straight weeks.
82	2408	-5248	Airem, a 33-year-old musician, begins selling out performances in concert halls. His music often dealt with the Great King, and was quite often less than favorable in its attitude towards the King. / King Naygen praises his people for being able to express “their true feelings in such wonderful displays of art.”
83	2467	-5189	King Hinash is born.
84	2488	-5168	The Guild of Miners completes the first successful extrusion tests. / King Naygen promotes the Guild of Miners to Major Guild status, replacing the Guild of Fine Artists. This he segmented into the Minor Guilds of Sculptors, Actors, Artists, and Musicians to encourage growth in mining as well as the arts. His proposal is strongly supported by the popular artists of the time.
85	2500	-5156	This year marks the height of the so-called “religious confusion” in D’ni, with government census data indicating over 2500 registered sects. / King Naygen proposes the construction of a new Guild Chamber, and also proposes that it be built on top of the Tomb of the Great King.
86	2502	-5154	With little opposition, construction of a new Guild Chamber, to be built atop the Tomb of the Great King, is begun.
87	2504	-5152	Construction of the new Guild Chamber is completed. The Tomb of the Great King is now barely visible.
88	2533	-5123	King Naygen dies of natural causes at the age of 263. / Hinash takes the throne at the age of 66.
89	2535	-5121	“Our Great King”, A play in King Naygen’s honor, is written by the popular playwright Sirreh, becoming the first play performed by the new Minor Guild of Actors.
90	2577	-5079	Construction of a new facility for the Guild of Miners is begun, at the order of King Hinash.
91	2580	-5076	Construction of the Guild of Miners’ new facility is completed, marking the first use of “extrusion”-based construction techniques, making construction much faster and more efficient.
92	2704	-4952	King Hinash’s wife dies in childbirth. / Needrah, King Hinash’s fourth son, is born.
93	2709	-4947	King Hinash pushes established cultural “rules” by marrying a woman of non-D’ni blood. This broader acceptance of “outsiders” leads to the use of more exotic materials in construction, clothing, and jewelry, as well as the introduction of more foreign music and art.
94	2779	-4877	King Hinash dies at the age of 312. / King Needrah takes the throne at the age of 75.
95	2807	-4849	King Needrah commissions his friend from the Guild of Sculptors to create a monument to the discovery of the Book of Birenni.
96	2916	-4740	The Guild of Mechanists announces industrial extrusion, enabling further improvements to construction, including “unistructural” buildings (buildings made of “woven” stone).
97	2919	-4737	King Rakeri is born.
98	3000	-4656	King Needrah dies of natural causes at the age of 296, leaving the throne to the oldest son of his brother. / King Rakeri takes the throne at the age of 81. / Tevahr, an ardent follower of the teachings of the Great King, is born.
99	3065	-4591	Tevahr begins speaking on the failings of D’ni’s current religious course, and quickly becomes a very influential man.
100	3077	-4579	Tevahr publicly denounces the religious sects and his people’s lack of faith in Yahvo and his laws, upon which their civilization was founded.