Quazar87 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Are we any farther on constructing a timeline that captures each setting so far and tries to relate them? Are we far enough along in the cosmere to figure a little of that out? I checked the Coppermind Chronology, but it seems pretty bare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I don't think so. We know events in each book series, such as how long Alloy of Law takes place after after Mistborn, or that the previous desolation was 4,500 years before the current timeline in Stormlight Archive. We also have a very rough outline of where books fit together- Way of Kings is sometime after Elantris- and Brandon has mentioned that the books published so far have been-roughly- in a chronological order. Even so, I think there are far too many gaps to be constructing a detailed timeline yet. For instance, we don't know how long Honour and Cultivation were invested on Roshar before Odium appeared, how many Desolations there were until the Heralds or how much time passed between them. Then we'd have to dial backwards from there towards whenever Adonalsium shattered. At the moment there are too many blank spaces I think, though some sort of a rough timeline might be applicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodfalcon Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Yeah, we know quite a bit. Elantris came first (only because Dragonsteel and Liar of Partinel aren't released), Then Mistborn, then something like WoK and Warbreaker are close to each other, and then AoL. I can try to find the quotes for you. INTERVIEW: Oct 15th, 2010 17th Shard Interview (Verbatim)17TH SHARDOkay, next question. How is The Way of Kings related to the rest of the cosmere? What point in time is it?BRANDON SANDERSONOh, so far I have written the books/series chronologically. Though, I have skipped books... I know there is another quote right from Brandon, but I cannot find it. The others info he gives on it is that he is planning to release a timeline for us, but not yet. Fingers crossed we get one tomorrow! INTERVIEW: 2012 Twitter 2012 (Cosmere) (Verbatim) ZAS678 (MON FEB 20)We have conflicting reports on chronology. Is this right, or is this right? BRANDON SANDERSON (MON FEB 20) The second. I revised my placement of KINGS relative to HERO after realizing a behind-the-scenes conflict. ALLOY had to happen after KINGS for Cosmere reasons. I had two timelines arguing, and in plotting Stormlight 2, I fixed this. Edited February 3, 2014 by Bloodfalcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadrok Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 So Way of Kings happens in the 300 year gap between Hero of Ages and Alloy of Law? Intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Elantris - mistborn - war breaker - WOK - words of radiance/Alloy That's how I picture it in my head alloy happening simultaneously or just after WOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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