Extra Materials - The Hero, The Champion, The Revolutionary

by BrennaCeDria

Summary:

Timelines, Calendars, OOC comments, and art for my head canon Thedas. Most items will relate back to A Warden's Duty--often just general art pieces but occasionally linked to specific chapters. Chapter links, and spoilers, will be noted where relevant.

Chapter 1: HCR Calendar and Timeline

Copied from my resources folder, which was copied from the DA Wiki (with my own notes where, um, noted):

 

 

The calendar in Thedas consists of twelve thirty-day months. Four annums (Bren’s note: cross-quarter days) split the year, signifying the transition between seasons. A fifth annum (Bren’s note: new year’s eve) celebrates the start of a new year. Although each month has a name in the language of Ancient Tevinter, the people of Ferelden commonly use the "low" names. The Tevinter names are listed first, followed by the more common name for the month.

(Bren’s note: I adjusted some of the Annums to make them match Celtic calendar a little better, but still not exact because of story reasons. The major change is that I moved Satinalia to December 1st, because I couldn’t justify keeping Elissa & co in Denerim all the way until solstice, but placing it in Ubralis/Firstfall/November like the wiki has it would have been too early. Obviously, my dates for Elissa’s and Alistair’s bdays are mostly just when it’s convenient for WD.)

Months and Annums

• Annum: First Day
• First Month: Verimensis / Wintermarch
• Annum: Wintersend - Imblog
• Second Month: Pluitanis / Guardian - 1st = Elissa’s bday
• Third Month: Nubulis / Drakonis
• Fourth Month: Eluviesta / Cloudreach - 8th = Alistair’s bday
• Annum: Summerday - Beltane
• Fifth Month: Molioris / Bloomingtide
• Sixth Month: Ferventis / Justinian
• Seventh Month: Solis / Solace
• Annum: Funalis - Lammas
• Eighth Month: Matrinalis / August
• Ninth Month: Parvulis / Kingsway
• Tenth Month: Frumentum / Harvestmere
• Eleventh Month: Umbralis / Firstfall
• Annum: Satinalia - Yule
• Twelfth Month: Cassus / Haring

Ages

 

 

Divine	Justinia I is crowned the first ever Divine, and the Chantry is officially formed.
Glory	The Blight ends, and the fall of the Archdemon is considered a sign of a new, great age.
Towers	The Grand Cathedral in Orlais is completed.
Black	Exalted Marches are called to stamp out the heresy in the Tevinter Imperium.
Exalted	The Exalted Marches end, and a Blight begins.
Steel	The Queen of Antiva is found murdered, impaled on four steel swords.
Storm	Exalted Marches are called against the Qunari.
Blessed	Twins are born to the Emperor of Orlais.
Dragon	Sighting of a high dragon

Actual timeline I used during the writing of A Warden's Duty; SPOILERS FOR "WD" BELOW!

**Note that I use American month/date notes for simplicity's sake, with the common Fereldan name for each month listed in parenthesis at the end of the first entry to involve that month.**

 

 

Warden’s Duty progression:

1. The Coup - 10/2 and 10/3 (Harvestmere)
2. Ostagar - 10/8 and 10/9
3. Flemeth’s Hut - 10/10
4. Lothering - 10/17
5. Redcliffe 1 -10/25 and 10/26
6. Circle Tower - 10/27 and 10/28
7. Redcliffe 2 - 10/29 (night) through 11/3 (Firstfall)
8. Lothering’s destruction - 11/11
9. Denerim 1/Brother Genitivi - 11/22 through 12/1 (Haring)
10. Zevran - 12/6
11. Calenhad docks - 12/13 and 12/14
12. Haven Village - 1/2 (Wintermarch)
13. Haven Mountain Temple - 1/3 through 1/5
14. Redcliffe 3 - 1/15 through 1/21 - First Knight, celebrating Elissa’s 21st bday (not actually until 1 Guardian)
15. Marjolaine’s Ambush - 1/24
16. Denerim 2 - 2/6 and 2/7 (Guardian)
17. Dalish Camp & Brecilian Forest - 2/12 and 2/13
18. Brecillian Ruins - 2/13
19. Brecilian Forest 2 - 2/14 through 2/21
20. Flemeth the Shapeshifter - 3/2 and 3/3 (Drakonis)
21. Redcliffe 4 - 3/8 through 4/3 (Cloudreach) (8 Cloudreach, Alistair’s 24th bday)
22. Orzammar 1 - 4/11 through 4/15
23. Deep Roads 1 - 4/16
24. Orzammar 2/Dust Town - 4/17
25. Orzammar 3 - 4/23 through 4/25 (Alistair’s nightmare) through 4/29
26. Deep Roads 2 - 4/30 through 5/9 (Bloomingtide)
27. Orzammar 4 - 5/10 through 5/11
28. Redcliffe 5 - 5/19 through 5/23
29. Denerim 3 - 6/9 (Justinian) through 6/12
30. Save the Queen - 6/13
31. Landsmeet - 6/15
32. Anora’s Funeral - 6/17
33. Redcliffe 6 - 6/23
34. The Ritual - 6/23
35. Denerim 4/recapture the Gates - 6/29
36. Denerim 5/defend the Market
37. Denerim 6/defend the Alienage
38. Denerim 7/Palace District - 7/1 (Solace)
39. Fort Drakon
40. Final Battle - after midnight 7/2

Leliana's Logs, chronicling the known activities and whereabouts of Queen Elissa Cousland of Ferelden following the events of the Fifth Blight and her involvement at Amaranthine (aka a combination of the timeline from WD's epilogue and other post-novel events/snippets/drabbles):

• 2 Solace, 9:31 Dragon - Death of Urthemiel
• 23 Solace, 9:31 Dragon - Coronation of Alistair Thierin
• Satinalia, 1 Haring, 9:31 Dragon - Wedding of King Alistair and Lady Elissa Cousland, coronation of Lady Cousland as Queen of Ferelden
• 28 Haring, 9:31 Dragon - Queen Elissa, Warden Commander of Ferelden, reports to Vigil’s Keep to oversee the rebuilding of the Fereldan Wardens (4-6 month duration?)
• Queen Elissa returns to Denerim
• approx 5 Wintermarch, 9:33 Dragon - Events of Amgarrak (3 week duration)
• Queen Elissa returns to Denerim, retires as Warden Commander of Ferelden
• approx 1 Cloudreach, 9:33 Dragon - “Runaway Royals”
• approx 20 Cloudreach, 9:33 Dragon - Queen Elissa returns to Kocari Wilds, supposedly seeking Morrigan, daughter of Flemeth. (2 month duration?)
• Queen Elissa returns to Denerim
• during King Alistair's visit to Kirkwall, 9:37 Dragon - Queen Elissa vanishes from court; as of 9:40 Dragon she has still not been seen since