Editing Talk:Timeline (section)

== Shadow of Death (<span style="color:orange">1156-1164</span>) ==
* [[New Beginning]] (<span style="color:orange">1156</span>)
** [[Clearing the Border]]: Prologue states that it has been a year since Archibald was defeated, thus ending the Succession Wars. This means [[New Beginning]] occurs in <span style="color:orange">1156</span>.
* [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]] (<span style="color:teal">1156-1157</span>)
** [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Search for a Killer]]: Story mentions Lord Falorel has been killed. Gelu worked for Lord Falorel in [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]], so [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]] occurs before [[Unholy Alliance]].
** In the [[Shadow of Death Manual Page 5|SoD Manual]], Yog's letter talks about the events of [[Unholy Alliance]]. It says "Gelu had barely graduated from the Forest Guard...", so [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]] occurs shortly before [[Unholy Alliance]].
** <span style="color:purple">'''Conflicting Info:'''</span> Gelu's Age
*** ''NOTE: This logic assumes elves age at the same rate as humans.''
*** [[Catherine#Queen Catherine]]{{-wll}} states Catherine was "born less than one year after [her parents'] marriage in 1133 A.S" and "On her sixteenth birthday...Catherine enlisted in the Erathian military". It goes on to explain that she resigned from the military when her mother and sister were killed two years after June 1151. Therefore, Catherine's military service ran from (<span style="color:orange">1150-1153</span> {{wll}}) (see next bullets for why this is relevant)
*** Gelu's birth (<span style="color:teal">1147-1153</span> {{wll}})
**** [[Gelu]]'s biography: "Gelu was found and raised by General Morgan Kendal when he was serving under Catherine Ironfist". "Found and raised" is not very specific. It could mean Gelu was somewhere around age <span style="color:teal">0-13</span> when found sometime between <span style="color:orange">1150-1153</span>.
**** [[Gelu]]'s alternate biography: "History reports he was a baby found by Morgan Kendal during his military service as a lieutenant under the command of Captain Catherine Gryphonheart during her original tour of duty with the Talon brigade." Being found as a baby is much more specific (as is "original tour of duty"). Likely Gelu was age <span style="color:teal">0-3</span> when found in <span style="color:teal">1150</span>.
*** [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]]>[[Graduation Exercise]] is Gelu's graduation from training to become an official member of the Forest Guard. According to the [[Shadow of Death Manual Page 13|SoD manual]], "Gelu is the youngest individual to ever graduate from the Forest Guard." Again, not very specific, but even the youngest military graduate to an elite force is probably not younger than <span style="color:teal">about 14</span>. All of this taken together means that [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]]>[[Graduation Exercise]] really shouldn't occur before <span style="color:teal">1161</span> at the absolute earliest.
* [[Hack and Slash]] (<span style="color:teal">1156</span>)
** Campaign prologue mentions Crag Hack is newly arrived from [[Enroth (continent)]]
* [[Birth of a Barbarian]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1141-1157</span>)
** Story: Yog is invited to Krewlod by Duke Boragus. Boragus ruled from <span style="color:orange">~1141-1171</span>
** [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Agents of Vengeance]]: Day 25 mentions Gem once met Yog in [[Enroth (nation)]]. Since Gem was in Enroth until ~1156, Yog must have been in Enroth some time before that.
** <s><span style="color:purple">'''Conflicting Info:'''</span> Since Yog was a barbarian in homm1, this means [[Birth of a Barbarian]] must occur before homm1, i.e. before ~1110s.</s>
*** I don't think Yog being a barbarian in H1 means Birth of a Barbarian must be before H1. For one thing, there is no wizard class in H1, plus the concept of a hero class itself is a bit more of a gameplay thing. Most importantly, we know that Yog's father is a barbarian chieftain and that Yog is a foreigner in Krewlod. So there is a good chance of his father being an Enrothian barbarian. Even if he isn't Enrothian, Yog is still a barbarian by blood, being son of a chieftain. It does make sense that he is represented as a barbarian in-game even before Birth of a Barbarian, especially given the absence of the wizard class in H1. - XEL
*** RESOLUTION: Yog is likely with his father's people during that time (either before he began studying in Bracada, or when he is taking a break from that). No conflict.
** [[Rise of the Necromancer]]>[[Master]]: Story mentions Vidomina, an ex-wizard lover of Yog, now an apprentice to Sandro, so [[Birth of a Barbarian]] occurs before [[Rise of the Necromancer]].
** [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Harvest]]: Event text describes Yog as a Barbarian, so [[Birth of a Barbarian]] occurs before [[Unholy Alliance]].
* [[Rise of the Necromancer]] (<span style="color:teal">1157a</span>)
** [[Target]]: Day 1 mentions that Sandro has the Armor of the Damned, so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] occurs after [[Hack and Slash]]
** [[Target]]: Day 1 mentions that Sandro has the Cloak of the Undead King, so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] occurs after [[New Beginning]]
** <s><span style="color:purple">'''Conflicting Info:'''</span> [[Target]]: Sandro encounters Shalongrarg (a pit fiend). Pit Fiends arrived to Antagarich on the {{wll}} [[Night of Shooting Stars]], so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] must occur no earlier than <span style="color:orange">1161</span></s>
*** NOTE: If pit fiends are present on Antagarich prior to the [[Night of Shooting Stars]], we can ignore this. Maybe some survived the [[Conquest of the Underworld]]?
*** RESOLUTION: Since no source says the demons/kreegans were eradicated, let's assume a few scattered pockets of them survived. No conflict. - Legate
** [[Duke Alarice]]: Epilogue show Finneas being honored by the king of Deyja. Finneas becomes king of Deyja in [[Unholy Alliance]], so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] occurs before [[Unholy Alliance]].
* [[Unholy Alliance]] (<span style="color:teal">1157b</span>)
** [[Gathering the Legion]]: Day 1 mentions that Crag Hack has spent "days and weeks searching for Sandro after his betrayal". This means [[Unholy Alliance]] occurs shortly after [[Hack and Slash]]
** [[Search for a Killer]]: Story mentions Lord Falorel has been killed. Gelu worked for Lord Falorel in [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]], so [[Unholy Alliance]] occurs after [[Elixir of Life (campaign)|Elixir of Life]].
** [[Final Peace]]: Prologue implies that Gem went to go see Lord Fayette shortly after being tricked by Sandro in [[New Beginning]], only to find him dead. Lord Fayette was killed while investigating the death of Lord Falorel, so  [[Unholy Alliance]] occurs shortly after [[New Beginning]].
* [[Specter of Power]] (<span style="color:orange">1164</span>)
** [[Poison Fit for a King]]: Story mentions that Sandro has lost to Crag Hack, Yog, Gelu and Gem, so [[Specter of Power]] occurs after [[Unholy Alliance]].
** Campaign story is preparing to assassinate King Nicolas Gryphonheart and invade Erathia with Nighon/Eeofol, so [[Specter of Power]] occurs shortly before [[Long Live the Queen]]