Timeline

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Below is a timeline of D'ni history.

Years are suffixed with BE, for Before Earth, which goes back in years from the founding of D'ni, or DE, for D'ni Era, which goes forward from the founding of D'ni. Also see D'ni timekeeping.

Contents 1 Exodus 2 Era of Kings 3 Era of Lords 4 Era of Abandonment 5 Era of Rediscovery

[edit] Exodus

	Ri'neref is born on Garternay.
	Ri'neref is accepted into the Guild of Writers.
	Ri'neref leaves the Guild of Writers, possibly involuntarily.
	Garternay's impending destruction is made public.
	Ailesh is born.

[edit] Era of Kings

	A group of Surveyors from Garternay travel to a Cavern of Earth and establish the Great Zero. A monument is built on the location. The cavern will be later known as D'ni.
	Ri'neref leads a group of Ronay to D'ni to create a new society where he is king.
	Guild of Writers is founded in D'ni.
	Construction of Regeltovokum begins.
	Regeltovokum is completed.
	Construction of massive shafts and fans to supply D'ni with fresh air begins.
	Completion of the eighteen Guilds.
	Construction of the massive shafts and fans to supply D'ni with fresh air is completed. A small group of D'ni flee to the surface at this time.
	Ri'neref dies and is succeeded on the D'ni throne by Ailesh.
	Construction of the first Common Library is completed.
	Shomat is born.
	Ailesh dies and is succeeded by Shomat.
	Construction of the D'ni palace ends and Shomat moves in without his brothers.
	King Shomat's brothers disappear, supposedly murdered by the king himself.
	A prophetess is given to Shomat to guide him.
	Ja'kreen is born.
	Shomat dies and is succeeded by Ja'kreen.
	Planning for the construction of the King's Arch begins.
	Construction of the King's Arch begins.
	Construction of the King's Arch ends.
	Construction of the Temple of the Great King ends.
	J'Taeri is born.
	J'Taeri dies.
	Ja'kreen's first wife dies.
	Ja'kreen remarries.
	Veesha is born.
	The J'Taeri District is built.
	Ja'kreen dies and is succeeded by Veesha.
	Mararon is born.
	Mararon enters a coma.
	Mararon awakens from his coma.
	Veesha dies and is succeeded by Mararon.
	Teshan writes The Miracle.
	Koreen is born.
	Mararon begins major revisions to the education system. Common Schools are placed under the Guild of Legislators. Years of education are increased from 6 to 15 years, after which students could enter one of the newly-established Minor Guilds (Architects, Miners, Educators, Bankers, etc.)
	Mararon dies and is succeeded by Koreen.
	A writer mysteriously vanishes from the Guild of Writers a few days before book and ink disappear from the Guild of Book Makers and the Guild of Ink Makers. The Judges of Yahvo also become quite well known.
	Pento is written by the Judges of Yahvo.
	The Pento War begins and Ahlsendar is born.
	Koreen is assassinated by Pento warriors led by the Judges of Yahvo.
	The Pento War ends and Ahlsendar is crowned King of D'ni.
	Leshena writes The Great King.
	Solath is born to the Grand Master of the Guild of Writers.
	Mekarr kills Ahlsendar's wife and sons before Ahlsendar kills him. Ahlsendar orders the release of a biological weapon that kills the Pento people and also accidentally kills many other indigenous cultures on various ages. The Pento people are blamed.
	Ahlsendar reveals the truth about the biological weapon from 1466.
	Ahlsendar entombs himself in the Temple of the Great King with books from ages that the 1466 plague had spread to along with books linking to D'ni's past. Solath assumes Ahlsendar's duties temporarily.
	Solath becomes permanent King of D'ni and renames the Temple of the Great King to Tomb of the Great King.
	Nemiya writes the The Book of Nemiya.
	Nemiya vanishes.
	Solath announces plans to build a new district called Karim.
	Teman writes Nemiya's Legacy.
	Construction of Karim begins.
	Construction of Karim ends.
	Solath's wife dies.
	Me'erta is born to Solath and his second wife Jolatha.
	Solath dies and is succeeded by Me'erta.
	Me'erta proposes the construction of the Temple of the Tree and suggests that the line of the Great Zero is inaccurate.
	The Temple of the Tree is built.
	Construction of the Temple of Water finishes.
	Construction of the Temple of the Sacred Stone finishes.
	Jolatha brings Ramel to Me'erta. He attempts to change the Guild of Writers' rules unsuccessfully.
	Jolatha has the seal to the Tomb of the Great King is broken and takes two books to be placed in the Temple of the Tree. It is resealed two days later, after Jolatha's death.
	Me'erta dies and is succeeded by Gan before an outbreak of an evolved version of Ahlsendar's plague occurs.
	Behnashiren is born.
	Gan dies and is succeeded by Behnashiren.
	Behnashiren dies and is succeeded by Hemelin.
	Hemelin comes down with the plague.
	Lalen discovers the Book of Birenni and the plague is stopped. Hemelin and Lalen marry.
	Naygen is born.
	Manesah writes The Healing of D'ni.
	Hemelin dies and is succeeded by Naygen.
	The D'ni Renaissance begins.
	The Guild of Miners carry out the first successful extrusion test and the Guild of Fine Artists is split up into four Minor Guilds.
	Naygen proposes the construction of a new council chamber for the guilds over the Tomb of the Great King.
	Construction of the new council chamber begins.
	Construction of the new council chamber ends.
	Naygen dies and is succeeded by Hinash.
	Hinash orders the construction of a new facility for the Guild of Miners.
	The facility for the Guild of Miners is completed with new extrusion technology.
	Five years after the death of his first wife, Hinash marries a non-D'ni woman. The culture takes a more relaxed attitude towards ahrotahntee ("outsiders"), and increases imports of outside materials, art and culture.
	Hinash dies and is succeeded by Needrah.
	A monument to the discovery of the Book of Birenni designed by the great sculptor Lahkeer, commissioned by his friend Needrah. Four new districts begun by Needrah, with advice and help from Lahkeer and Needrah's three brothers: Jaren (residential), Kaleh (elite), Kali (business), and Nehw'eril (industrial).
	The Guild of Mechanists develops industrial extrusion, leading to improved construction methods, such as unistructural buildings in which stone is joined almost seamlessly.
	Needrah dies and is succeeded by Rakeri. Tevahr is born.
	Tevahr begins speaking publicly and quickly gathers a following.
	For the first time, Tevahr criticizes the D'ni government for not adhering to the teachings of Yahvo.
	Tevahr becomes Rakeri's main prophet.
	Hand-held extruder technology is developed.
	The number of religious sects has fallen to only 47, from a peak of 2500 in 2500. Only 10 have more than 500 followers. The culture returns to the beliefs of Ri'neref and the Great King.
	Rakeri announces extensive renovations for the Great Temple. He also proclaims the original line of the Great Zero (unofficially changed by Me'erta) is accurate and should be honored.
	Tevahr dies. Rakeri orders five days of national mourning to honor his death.
	Rakeri dies and is succeeded by Tejara.
	Tejara orders major renovations to the palace.
	The King's Age is presented to Tejara by the Guild of Writers. Later it is discovered that Tejara commissioned it himself, and the two Writers who wrote it died two weeks after the presentation.
	Tejara dies and is succeeded by Ti'amel. Hailesi writes The Lost Son.
	Stone Eater, the first great tunneling machine, is made, spearheaded by Grand Master Miner Namen.
	Women are made eligible for Minor Guild membership.
	Shama, King Ti'amel's wife, gives a strong case not to allow women in the Major Guilds.
	Garternay is finally destroyed.
	Ti'amel dies and is succeeded by Kedri.
	Kedri establishes the district of Shamathen (later changed to Kerath'en) on Ae'gura to make the island affordable for some of the lower classes.
	Kedri dies and is succeeded by Lemashal.
	The Minor Guild of Illusionists established. The Relyimah ("The Unseen") is established as a secret intelligence agency, using the Guild of Illusionists as a cover.
	The Council passes a law requiring kings to be of pure D'ni blood, as a response to the non-D'ni heritage of King Lemashal's sons.
	Lemashal dies and is succeeded by Ishek.
	Ishek's wife is kidnapped by natives of the Age of Yimas, who demanded Ages be written for them to rule. This was set up by a D'ni sect (either the Blood of Yahvo or the Light of D'ni) to discredit Ishek's talk of equality between D'ni and ahrotahntee. The plot is uncovered by the Relyimah. New, stricter rules are passed governing contact with outside cultures.
	Ishek dies and is succeeded by Loshemanesh.
	Loshemanesh passes a law sentencing anyone creating or trading illicit Ages to solitary life imprisonment on a Prison Age.
	Loshemanesh passes a law sentencing anyone coercing an ahrotahn into commiting a crime to solitary life imprisonment on a Prison Age. The mining age of Trases is severely damaged by a native operating D'ni machinery incorrectly. A child (the Watcher) is rumored to have been born in mid-link by a D'ni woman who was evacuating from the disaster. This incident inspired further demands to cut off all contact with outside cultures.
	The Watcher receives his first vision in Windring.
	Loshemanesh is murdered, and succeeded by Ji.
	The Watcher is healed and writes Words. A proposal allowing a non-Guild, private educational system (introduced by Master Legislator Kinef) passes the Council, but is never really accepted by the culture.
	Against his prophet's advice, Ji marries Milane.
	Ji divorces Milane.
	Ji supposedly marries the daughter of the Watcher.
	The Watcher dies.
	Ji's wife disappears under mysterious circumstances.
	Ji dies and is succeeded by Dimath. Many new restrictions are placed on interactions with outsiders. Outsiders are forbidden to operate D'ni machinery or use linking books. Relyimah membership is doubled to watch for signs of illegal activities with outsiders.
	The Major Guilds are forced to accept some students who passed entrance exams but could not afford their ever-growing fees.
	Over ten groups are convicted of violating the Loshemanesh Laws, due to the activities of the Relyimah. The crime rate steadily drops thereafter.
	An assassination attempt against Dimath fails, resulting in the deaths of two Relyimah agents.
	The two individuals responsible for the assassination attempt against Dimath are captured and executed by being linked to a Death Age.
	Goshen is imprisoned on a prison age.
	The first scholarship students of the Guild of Stone Masons devise an early fusion-compounding technology, a first step toward nara.
	Dimath dies and is succeeded by Yableshan.
	Goshen is released and the Blood of Yahvo kill Yableshan's son.
	Yableshan remodels the 18 Major Guilds for the first time since Ri'neref.
	Yableshan announces a new common library within the middle-class Vamen district.
	Yableshan announces plans for a new park on Neref Island.
	Three new recreation Ages are given to Neref Park by the Guild of Writers.
	The One D'ni set off an explosion on Meanas that kills 400 outsiders and 78 D'ni.
	Yableshan appoints Faresh as head of the Guild of Illusionists to clean up the Relyimah. Faresh begins construction of mansion of illusions on Katha Island.
	Yableshan dies and is succeeded by Emen.
	Two members of the Relyimah vanish, and are never seen again. Faresh becomes a silent hero for his success in uncovering the moles within the organization.
	The revitalized Relyimah pins responsibility for the Meanas explosion on two members of the One D'ni cult, who are permanently imprisoned. The new food Ages of Shimas and Hereas written for Guild of Caterers.
	Emen decides to sell over 23 islands to private buyers who wanted to build their own retreats after hearing of Faresh's mansion.
	Faresh's daughter dies under strange circumstances, jumping to her death after seeing spirits in her bedroom. Possibly her death was arranged by some faction, and may have been prophesied by The Watcher.
	Faresh leaves his mansion, giving it to the Relyimah.
	Emen establshes a public ferry system between Ae'gura, the City Proper and the other islands in the cavern. He gives an island to the Minor Guilds of Artists, Musicians, and Actors for use as a cultural center.
	Deretheni, a strong, lightweight stone, is produced in the lab by the Guild of Stone Masons.
	Emen dies and is succeeded by Me'emen.
	Nara, the hardest of all D'ni stones, is produced in the lab by the Guilds of Stone Masons and Miners.
	Disease breaks out in the industrial Nehw'eril district, possibly imported from forest Age of Yasefe. The public demands that industry be moved further from the city proper to reduce future danger.
	The second great tunneling machine, Stone Tooth, is built. Me'emen orders Stone Tooth and Stone Eater to clear an area for a new industrial district to replace Neh'weril.
	The Guild of Maintainers starts using deretheni to construct an improved suit. Writers start being more experimental with their ages, since Maintainers are better protected.
	Construction begins on the new industrial district of Uran.
	Me'emen's son Ashem, a member of the Guild of Healers, becomes extremely ill and dies while investigating a new age for diseases.
	Uran is renamed Ashem'en in honor of Ashem.
	Me'emen dies and is succeeded by Adesh.
	Gish begins preaching the word of Yahvo, condemning Tevahr and the Great King for teaching love of Yahvo as opposed to the need to follow the commands of Yahvo.
	The Relyimah kill Gish as instructed by Adesh, resulting in extreme outcry from the Church of Yahvo.
	Lanaren succeeds Adesh after he is murdered.
	Construction of the Ae'gura–City tunnel by Stone Tooth begins.
	New techniques for reinforcing extrusion-based construction are developed.
	The Ae'gura–City tunnel project halted due to protests by Guild Masters living on Ae'gura. Stone Tooth sent to clear space for new districts near Ashem'en.
	Construction of Lanaren begins, mostly for laborers who worked in Ashem'en.
	Four new Ages (three food, one manufacturing) are announced to replace Ages using outsiders.
	Asemlef is born.
	The Relyimah are officially disbanded, though their work ceased long before.
	Lanaren dies and is succeeded by Asemlef.
	Asemlef dies and is succeeded by Jaron.
	The last two great tunneling machines, Rock Biter and the Burrower are built. They are used for city expansion and for broadening the Rudenna Passage.
	Jaron dies and is succeeded by Rikooth.
	Rock Biter and the Burrower discover a new cavern. The Guild of Surveyors begins extensive studies.
	Rikooth decides not to expand into the new cavern, as it is determined to be too expensive. Stone Tooth and Rock Biter are assigned to continue expanding the City Proper, while the Burrower and Stone Eater have the task of tunneling past the cavern.
	Rikooth decides that restricting outside influence is absurd and should not happen without good reason.
	Rikooth expels his wife and youngest son, Kerath, from the palace for uncertain reasons, but was perhaps tired of their views and opinions as devoted followers of the teachings of Gish.
	Rikooth dies and is succeeded by Kerath. According to legend, Rikooth had a vision on his deathbed of Kerath sailing back through the King's Arch on a boat shaped like a lizard. He felt that Yahvo was directing him to select Kerath as the next king.
	Construction of a new Guild Hall begins, burying the Tomb of the Great King even further.
	Kerath abdicates and appoints the council of Elders.

[edit] Era of Lords

	Death of Kerath. Fahl writes The Line of Kerath.
	Stone Tooth, Rock Biter and Burrower break through the lower caverns and open the Tijali Mines.
	Opening of Tilos.
	This century marks the "Garden Binge" period during which Eder Kemo and Eder Gira are written.
	The Maintainers start a highly trained group responsible for key advancements in maintainer technology in Gahreesen.
	Hinahsh is born.
	Jerahl has Negilahn added to the museum.
	Teledahn is given to Hinahsh as a present.
	Hinahsh dies. The Guild of Caterers receives Teledahn.
	Birth of A'gaeris.
	Birth of Aitrus.
	Work on the tunnel to the surface begins.
	Guild Master Kedri with three other Observers arrive to inspect how the tunneling to the surface is going. They spend a total of nine days at the site before leaving to report to the Council. The first death in the expedition to the surface occurs with the death of Efanis. The Council decides to extend the expedition for another year and also decide that a great shaft should be built to speed up the tunneling to the surface.
	Anna is born.
	Aitrus becomes a Guild Master.
	Anna's mother dies.
	Aitrus is elected to the council.
	Anna's father dies. Anna finds D'ni.
	Anna moves in with Aitrus. Aitrus resigns from the council.
	Beginning of the fifteenth and present hahrtee fahrah. This marks the basis for the current journal hahr notation.
	Aitrus returns to the council and marries Anna shortly afterward.
	Birth of Jenniran.
	Gehn is born. Veovis is imprisoned.
	Kadish writes Kadish Tolesa.
	Veovis escapes and begins his terror campaign. He is recaptured and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment. The Maintainers begin an investigation into Manesmo's slave trade.
	The fall of D'ni. Anna and Gehn move to the cleft.

[edit] Era of Abandonment

	Gehn leaves the cleft.
	Gehn returns with Keta who dies giving birth to Atrus. Gehn goes to D'ni.
	Gehn begins work on Age five (Riven).
	Gehn takes Atrus to D'ni.
	Gehn takes Atrus to the 37th Age.
	Atrus, Anna and Catherine trap Gehn on Riven. They move to Myst.
	Atrus marries Catherine.
	Birth of Achenar.
	Birth of Sirrus.
	Death of Anna. She is buried on Myst.
	Atrus writes J'nanin and its associated ages. Sirrus and Achenar first visit Narayan and meet Saavedro.
	Sirrus and Achenar return to Narayan and foment a war. Saavedro follows them to J'nanin where they trap him.
	Gehn solves his book problem and links to the 233rd Age.
	Sirrus and Achenar trick Catherine into going to Riven. Atrus is trapped on D'ni. Sirrus and Achenar are trapped on Spire and Haven.
	Atrus is released by the Stranger. Catherine is rescued and Gehn trapped.
	Atrus writes Averone.
	Atrus begins searching for survivors from D'ni and finds several colonies.
	Atrus unseals the Temple of the Great King and the D'ni visit Terahnee. Atrus revisits J'nanin and Saavedro finds his linking book.
	Atrus begins work on Releeshahn. Eedrah marries Marrim.
	Atrus completes Releeshahn. The D'ni relocate there and Terahnee is sealed. Atrus builds Tomahna and moves there with his family. Yeesha is born.
	The book to Releeshahn is stolen by Saavedro. It is retrieved and he is returned to Narayan.
	Atrus and Catherine begin visiting Sirrus and Achenar.
	Atrus and Yeesha begin visiting Serenia.
	Sirrus escapes from Spire and kidnaps Yeesha. He is killed by the Stranger and Achenar, who dies shortly afterward.

[edit] Era of Rediscovery

	John Loftin rediscovers D'ni.
	Loftin and Elias Zandi make their first journey to the D'ni cavern.
	Loftin and Zandi reach the D'ni City on their third major expedition.
	Dr. Watson first accompanies Loftin and Zandi on an expedition to Ae'gura.
	Loftin dies on an expedition to D'ni with Dr. Watson and Zandi.
	Dr. Watson forms expeditionary group with former colleagues. Zandi and Dr. Watson disagree on how to properly restore the D'ni City. Dr. Watson begins to work with Rand Miller and Robyn Miller on what would become Myst, based on translations of Catherine's journals. This is the last year that D'ni is left uninhabited.
	Elias Zandi undergoes open-heart surgery and is warned to slow down. Rand, Robyn, and Ryan Miller first visit the D'ni cavern following the completion of Myst, but prior to its release.
	Two massive supply trips are organized by Dr. Watson, the second of which is affectionately dubbed the "ice cream" trips because of the volume of safety cones brought down.
	Many small groups of people begin searching the desert for D'ni, following a "calling" they felt; most are accepted as volunteers to help with the restoration process.
	Elias and Jeff Zandi enter a heated debate regarding the intended restoration of D'ni and part ways after the expedition is completed. Elias dies of a heart attack, leaving his fortune to the D'ni Restoration Foundation and the land surrounding the volcano to his son, Jeff.
	Dr. Watson forms the D'ni Restoration Council.
	Cyan makes an expedition to D'ni.
	Michael Engberg joins the DRC. Major expedition brings machinery and tools down to the city.
	Restoration of Ae'gura begins.
	Restoration of the first neighborhood begins.
	Authorized explorers are allowed into D'ni and several ages for the first time. Phil Henderson opens the Linking Tunnel in Eder Kemo and disappears.
	Explorers from the surface, assisted by Jeff Zandi, enter D'ni without authorization from the DRC. They number in the thousands. Douglas Sharper leads a mob which forces its way into the Kahlo Pub. Phil Henderson reappears but is caught in a cave-in and presumed dead, though his body is not recovered.
	The DRC restoration effort in D'ni is abandoned.
	The DRC returns to D'ni. The five DRC liaisons are elected and later reelected. Every explorer is suddenly linked to Relto.
	Cate Alexander is revealed as the new source of funding. All five liaisons resign. The first spark appears in Gahreesen and the first bahro wedge is discovered. A mutilated animal corpse is discovered in Negilahn. Wheely Engberg and Rosette Taylor are trapped by a cave-in; Rosette is killed by the rubble and Wheely by a bahro. Sharper discovers that the bahro are fighting a civil war. The Great Zero is reactivated. Phil Henderson reappears and talks mysteriously about the bahro war. Bahro activity in the cavern increases. Yeesha comes to K'veer and explains the bahro war. The DRC leaves the cavern.
	Some members of the DRC return to the cavern in an unofficial capacity.

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