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Stormlight Archive Timeline (v2.4.11)


I've updated my timeline for Dawnshard and Rhythm of War!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zq5bJoKE83ggDCjH43i1hZi0CIpB2iAx7v37zQPVFK0/edit

Dawnshard and RoW spoiler below!

Dawnshard's timeline is fairly loose. The middle of their voyage was 6 months after OB, based on Rysn's conversation with Vstim in chapter 9. Nailing down the beginning date of the story involves a long trail of events back through Rysn's interlude, when Szeth became a Truthless, and when Gavilar was murdered.... Basically... Rysn says her accident was 2 years prior. We have a rough idea of how much time passed from Rysn's accident and her TWoK interlude. The TWoK interlude gives an idea of how long ago Szeth became Truthless. And in one TWoK Szeth interlude he connects how long ago he became Truthless with how long ago he assassinated Gavilar. The problem I found is that these don't all fit together super great. You have to make a lot of skewed assumptions in their phrasing, and then squint a little. But there's nothing WRONG, so we'll go with it. The ending is presumably an equal number of days after chapter 9 as the beginning of the voyage is prior. This is a little awkward though because the very next string of events is after they arrive in Aimia, meaning Rysn figured out Nikli was the spy... and then sat on that knowledge for several weeks without doing anything. *shrug* It also means the whole voyage took more than a month when the implications earlier suggested less. ("weeks") But again, nothing explicitly contradictory in the text, so I've run with it.

(I also have a small gripe about how long it took them to travel from Thaylen City to the Hexi. Feels like their ship is moving WAY slower than previous ships we've seen in the books. But oh well.)

Rhythm of War's timeline is mostly tied down to the very clear date given at the end of the book. There are two major soft spots in the primary timeline. First is that it's a little unclear how much time passes between the destruction of the 3rd node and the finale. There's several vague references that seem to mesh together though. The timeline in the middle of the story is very solid. Most of Part 1 is also very solid, but it's not clear exactly when it all occurs relative to the attack on the tower (and thus into Part 2). My solution was to base it on Everstorm timings, so I'm pretty sure the Part 1 events are accurate within +/-9 days. (less than that and the events don't fit, more and there's an awkward additional 2 weeks where nothing happens.) Shallan and Adolin have a few chapters in the middle, where they arrive at Lasting Integrity, that aren't entirely clear. I'm also just assuming that their last chapter is the same day as everyone else's last chapter. (there's a clue suggesting the tower occupation is over, so that makes sense) Dalinar and Jasnah's timeline is somewhat hazy... but there's not a whole lot of time spent with them, so I've just put those in as best I can and they're probably not toooo far off.

If you spot errors of any kind let me know!

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