Editing Chronology

This page describes the chronology of events in the [[Cosmere]]. For a list of books published by Brandon, see the [[Brandon#Bibliography|bibliography]].

Up until [[The Way of Kings]], all of the published Cosmere books were in chronological order, though some stories had been skipped.{{qa ref|692|10|How is the Way of Kings related to the rest of the cosmere?|date=2010-10-15}} Since then, some short stories have been placed either farther back or farther forward in time to fill in some gaps.

== Books in Chronological Order ==

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! Year

! Book

! Notes

|-

| ?

| [[White Sand]]

| Before Elantris{{reddit ref|Stormlight_Archive|5dpic4|text=Brandon comments on the timing of ''White Sand''.|date=Nov 28th, 2016}}

|-

|-

| ?

| [[Elantris (book)|Elantris]] & [[The Hope of Elantris]]

| Far earlier than Hero of Ages but not thousands of years{{qa ref|836|41|When does Elantris take place?|date=Sep 22nd, 2012}}

|-

| ?

| [[The Emperor's Soul]]

| Shortly after Elantris, and not so far that the technology level has changed{{qa ref|987|14|When does Emperor's Soul take place?|date=2012-11-6}}{{qa ref|986|10|Timeline of The Emperor's Soul|date=2012-10-30}}

|-

| -3

| [[The Final Empire]]

| Hundreds of years later{{qa ref|691|19|Could you tell us a chronology?|date=May 2010}}

|-

| -1-(-2)

| [[The Well of Ascension]]

|

|-

| 0

| [[The Hero of Ages]]

|

|-

| ?

| [[Warbreaker]]

| After the Mistborn Trilogy but before the Stormlight Archive{{qa ref|692|10|How is the Way of Kings related to the rest of the cosmere?|date=2010-10-15}}

|-

| ?

| [[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]]

| Comes in the latter half of the chronology, but before the Stormlight Archive{{qa ref|1112|5|Where does Shadows for Silence fall?|date=2014-4-16}}

|-

| ?

| [[The Stormlight Archive]]

| After The Hero of Ages and near the time of Alloy of Law. The first 5 books of The Stormlight Archive take place slightly before The Alloy of Law, and specific timing of the later books will depend on how long the gap between book 5 and 6 is{{17s ref|post|404096|Is AoL between stormlight 5 and 6?|date=2016-2-16}}{{qa ref|708|7|How long before Way of Kings is Alloy of Law?|date=Jan 2012}}

|-

| 341

| [[The Alloy of Law]]

| Takes place after the 5th Stormlight Archive book{{17s ref|post|404096|Is AoL between stormlight 5 and 6?|date=2016-2-16}} {{qa ref|708|7|How long before Way of Kings is Alloy of Law?|date=Jan 2012}}

|-

| 342

| [[Shadows of Self]]

| Takes place 342 years after the Final Ascension (a year after the Alloy of Law.)

|-

| 342

| [[The Bands of Mourning]]

| Takes place 6 months after Shadows of Self.

|-

| ?

| [[Arcanum Unbounded]] essays

| Long before Sixth of the Dusk but after the other books.{{17s ref|post|514084|Arcanum Unbounded Tour Chicago Signing|date=2016-12-06}}

|-

| ?

| [[Sixth of the Dusk]]

| Just prior to the era of the forthcoming sci-fi Mistborn trilogy{{qa ref|1109|51|Sixth of Dusk feels like a crossover...|date=2015-1-6}}{{qa ref|1115|49|How far ahead in the timeline is Sixth of Dusk?|date=2015-1-17}}

|}

== Events on [[Sel]] ==

;300 years before the Reod

: The [[Fjordell]] First Empire collapses{{book ref|Elantris|5}}

: The Fjordell nation adopts the [[Shu-Dereth]] religion{{book ref|Elantris|43}}

;100 years before the Reod

: Baron [[Shuden]]'s family move to Arelon{{book ref|Elantris|11}}

;60 years before the Reod

: [[Dilaf]] is born in Fjordell{{book ref|Elantris|60}}

;50 years before the Reod

: Dilaf joins the Monastery at [[Dakhor]]{{book ref|Elantris|60}}

;40 years before the Reod

: [[Teod]] expels all Derethi priests from its territory{{book ref|Elantris|9}}

;20 years before the Reod

: [[Hrathen]] joins the Derethi priesthood and spends a short time at Dakhor Monastery{{book ref|Elantris|12}}{{book ref|Elantris|60}}

: Dilaf leaves Dakhor for Arelon{{book ref|Elantris|60}}

;15 years before the Reod

: Princess [[Sarene]] is born in Teod{{book ref|Elantris|2}}

;10 years before the Reod

: Dilaf's wife, [[Seala]], accidentally made Hoed by a failed Elantrian healing {{book ref|Elantris|25}}

;5 years before the Reod

: [[Seinalan]] made Patriarch of Shu-Korath in response to [[Wulfden]] becoming [[Wyrn]] of Shu-Dereth{{book ref|Elantris|38}}

: [[Dreok Crushthroat]] attempts to take the throne of Teod but is defeated{{book ref|Elantris|20}}

;2 years before the Reod

: Prince Raoden's mother dies{{book ref|Elantris|2}}

;0

: The [[Reod]] occurs, fall of [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]], rise of the merchant class{{book ref|Elantris|prologue}}

: [[Eshen]] is married to King [[Iadon]]{{book ref|Elantris|2}}

;5 years since the Reod

: [[Adien]] taken by the Shaod{{book ref|Elantris|60}}

;8 years since the Reod

: [[Soine]], daughter of Telrii, taken by the Shaod{{book ref|Elantris|22}}

;9 years since the Reod

: Prince [[Raoden]] is first contacted by princess [[Sarene]]{{book ref|Elantris|16}}

:: Five months later she proposes{{book ref|Elantris|16}}

: [[Hrathen]] is assigned to [[Duladel Republic]]{{book ref|Elantris|15}}

:: Six months later the Duladel Republic collapses{{book ref|Elantris|16}}

;10 years since the Reod

: Raoden is struck by the Shaod and sent to Elantris{{book ref|Elantris|1}}

: Sarene arrive in [[Arelon]]{{book ref|Elantris|2}}

: Hrathen arrives in Arelon{{book ref|Elantris|3}}

; 1 month after Raoden is struck by the Shaod

: Iadon hangs himself{{book ref|Elantris|35}}

: [[Telrii]] is crowned king{{book ref|Elantris|47}}

; 2 months after Raoden is struck by the Shaod

: Raoden discovers the need for the Chasm line in [[Aon]]s{{book ref|Elantris|61}}

: Raoden and Sarene are crowned King and Queen{{book ref|Elantris|63}}

: The [[invasion of Arelon]]{{book ref|Elantris|57}}

;Unknown number of years later

: [[Shai]] spends 100 days forging [[Ashravan]]'s soul.

== Events on [[Scadrial]] ==

;Year of the [[Ascension of the Lord Ruler]]

: [[Rashek]] kills [[Alendi]] and uses the power of the [[Well of Ascension]]

;{{date|c 984|fe}}

: [[Kelsier]] is born{{book ref|mb2|5}}

;{{date|1005|fe}}

: [[Vin]] is born and is spiked with her earring{{book ref|mb1|1}}

;{{date|1018|fe}}

: [[Kelsier]] captured{{book ref|mb1|2}}

;{{date|1019|fe}}

: [[Mare]] is beaten to death, Kelsier escapes from the [[Pits of Hathsin]]{{book ref|mb1|2}}

;{{date|1020|fe}}

: [[Reen]] and Vin arrive in [[Luthadel]]{{book ref|mb1|12}}

: Reen leaves Vin{{book ref|mb1|2}}

;{{date|1021|fe}}

: Kelsier arrives in Luthadel{{book ref|mb3|32}}

;{{date|1022|fe}}

: Kelsier dies, The [[Lord Ruler]] is killed and [[Elend]] is crowned King{{book ref|mb2|10}}

;{{date|1023|fe}}

: The [[Siege of Luthadel]]{{book ref|mb2|28}}

: Elend is Deposed

;{{date|1024|fe}}

: Vin finds the Well of Ascension, [[Ruin]] is released. Elend becomes Mistborn by lerasium. Elend is set up as emperor. {{qa ref|691|3|Why did the Well of Ascension refill every thousand years rather than 500 or 200, etc?|date=Sep 22nd, 2012}}

;{{date|1025|fe}}

;{{date|0|fa}}

: Discovery of the third of the Lord Rulers supply cache{{book ref|mb3|45}}

: Ascension of Vin

: Death of Elend

: Death of Vin

: Defeat of Ruin

: Sazed takes the power of both Ruin and Preservation and becomes the Hero of Ages. He repairs the world and makes Spook a Mistborn

: [[Final Ascension]]

;{{date|341|fa}}

;: Events of ''[[The Alloy of Law]]''

: [[Lessie]] dies{{book ref|mb4|prologue}}

: [[Wax]] returns to [[Elendel]]{{book ref|mb4|1}}

== Events on [[Nalthis]] ==

; 300 years before

: [[Vasher]] travels to [[Roshar]], sees a Shardblade (presumably alive), and returns to [[Nalthis]] to make [[Nightblood]].

: [[Manywar]]{{book ref|wb|32}}

:: [[Battle of Twilight Falls]]{{book ref|wb|26}}

;0

: [[Siri]] marries the [[God King]]

: [[Lightsong]] gives up his [[Breath]]

: [[Susebron]] receives [[Kalad's Phantoms]]

== Events on [[Roshar]] ==

;Eighth Epoch, 337

: The [[Midnight Essence]] attacking [[Heb]]'s farm in [[Natanatan]] and being protected by two [[Surgebinder]]s.{{book ref|sa1|19}}

;4500 years before the [[War of Reckoning]]

: The [[Oathpact]] is broken.{{book ref|sa|part=prelude}}

;prior to the [[Hierocracy]]

: The [[Day of Recreance]].{{book ref|sa1|52}}

;{{date/sa|year=700}}(approx.)

: The end of the [[Hierocracy]].{{book ref|twok|26}}

;{{date/sa|year=1138}}

: [[Szeth]] is born. {{book ref|sa1|i|3}} <!-- "He was in his thirty-fifth year—and his seventh year since being named Truthless", "five years before when he’d assassinated the king of Alethkar" -->

;{{date/sa|year=1139}}

: [[Jasnah]] is born.<!--she is is 34--> {{book ref|twok|36}}

;{{date/sa|year=1146}}

: [[Elhokar]] is born.

;{{date/sa|year=1154}}

: [[Kaladin]] is born.{{book ref|twok|10}} <!--- Ch. 10 seems to be in 1164 so he is born 1154 --->

;{{date/sa|year=1156}}

: [[Tien]] is born.<!--He is two years Kaladin junior-->

;{{date/sa|year=1163}}

: [[Dalinar]]'s wife dies.{{book ref|twok|22}}

;{{date/sa|year=1165}}

: [[Szeth]] is named Truthless.{{book ref|sa1|i|4}}

;{{date/sa|year=1166}}

: First encounter with [[Parshendi]].{{book ref|twok|28}}

: [[Szeth]] is sold to the Thaylen merchant [[Vstim]].

;{{date/sa|year=1167}}

: [[Gavilar]] is killed by [[Szeth]], who takes possession of the black light sphere.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}

:: [[Vengeance Pact]] is formed, beginning the [[War of Reckoning]].

;{{date/sa|year=1168}}

: [[Kaladin]] and [[Tien]] join [[Amaram|Amaram's]] army.{{book ref|twok|44}}

;{{date/sa|year=1171}}

: [[Shallan]]'s brother [[Helaran]] disappears and is proclaimed dead.{{book ref|twok|8}}

;{{date/sa|year=1172}}

: [[Kaladin]] rescues [[Amaram]] and gives up a [[Shardblade]] and [[Shardplate]].{{book ref|twok|51}}

: [[Taravangian|King Taravangian]] obtained [[Szeth]]'s [[Oathstone]].

;{{date/sa|year=1173}}

: [[Bridge Four]] rescues [[Dalinar|Dalinar's]] army.{{book ref|sa1|68}}

== Speculation ==

{{theory}}

Prior to The Way of Kings, all Cosmere books were published in Chronological order, but some important stories had been skipped.{{qa ref|692|10|How is the Way of Kings related to the rest of the cosmere?|date=2010-10-15}} From other interviews, we know that [[Dragonsteel]] comes at the beginning of the series.{{qa ref|988|4|What time period do they all fit in?|date=2012-12-6}} Elantris will have a sequel which takes place ten years after the first book.{{qa ref|763|5|Will we be seeing any more worlds for the Cosmere?|date=2010-9-21}} [[White Sand]] is one of the earliest,{{qa ref|988|4|What time period do they all fit in?|date=2012-12-6}} but seems to come after Elantris, since it and Dragonsteel are considered the first two.{{qa ref|1091|1|How long from the Shattering to the Prelude in Way of Kings?|date=2014-11-29}}{{qa ref|944|15|Received my first rejection letter|date=2013}} From the time of the [[Shattering]] to the Prelude of The Stormlight Archive might be around 6,000 years.{{qa ref|1091|1|How long from the Shattering to the Prelude in Way of Kings?|date=2014-11-29}} Another of the skipped novels is set on [[Ashyn]].{{qa ref|692|11|The Silence Divine|date=2010-10-15}} The Warbreaker sequel, [[Nightblood (book)|Nightblood]] takes place closer to Warbreaker and definitely before The Way of Kings.{{qa ref|1108|2|If you write Nightblood, will it come before or after Stormlight?|date=2014-3-14}} There will also be a fifteen-year gap between Stormlight books five and six (the two story arcs).{{qa ref|1109|9|How much time elapses between the beginning of the main part of the story and the end of the series?|date=2015-1-6}}{{qa ref|1097|7|There's also going to be about a fifteen year gap in-world|date=2014-12-6}}

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