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== Events of the Era of Solitude ==
ca. -3300: *'''[[Aharietiam]]''' - Began the Era of Solitude.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
*'''The [[False Desolation]]''' - War with [[Singer]]s not led by the [[Fused]].{{book ref|sa3|56}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|77}}
 
ca. -800: *'''The [[FalseDay Desolationof Recreance]]''' - WarKnights withRadiant [[Singer]]sbroke notoaths ledand by theabandoned [[FusedShard]]s.{{book ref|sa3|56}}{{epigraph ref|sa3sa1|7752}}
Unknown: *'''The Collapse of the [[Silver Kingdoms]]''' - While unknown when the [[Silver Kingdoms]] fell, without the Knights Radiant the system would have broken down by this point.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
 
ca. -800: *'''The [[DayDeath of Recreance[[Honor]]''' - KnightsHonor Radiantwas broke oathskilled and abandonedthe power he held was Splintered by [[ShardOdium]]s.{{book ref|sa1|52}}
*'''The [[Hierocracy]]''' - Classical [[Vorinism]] attempted to control the world, much of history was sanitized during this time.{{book ref|sa2|3}}
 
ca. -300: *'''The [[Scouring of Aimia]]''' - [[Aimia]] suffered a cataclysm of some kind.{{book ref|twok|36}}
ca. -800: '''The Enslavement of the [[singers]]''' – This may have happened shortly after the Day of Recreance{{book ref|sa3|17}} and was the result of [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]]'s imprisonment after the False Desolation.
1173: *'''The [[True Desolation]]''' - the coming of the [[Everstorm]] ended the Era of Solitude.
 
Unknown: '''The Collapse of the [[Silver Kingdoms]]''' – While unknown when the [[Silver Kingdoms]] fell, without the Knights Radiant the system would have broken down by this point.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
 
Unknown (before -645): '''The Death of [[Honor]]''' – Honor was killed and the power he held was splintered by [[Odium]].
 
ca. -300: '''The [[Scouring of Aimia]]''' – [[Aimia]] suffered a cataclysm of some kind.{{book ref|twok|36}}
 
ca. -100: '''The [[Shinovar|Shin Invasions]]''' – The Shin tried multiple times to conquer all of Roshar, but they did not succeed any time.{{book ref|sa3|2}} They used Honorblades, Surges,{{wob ref|12700}} and cavalry, a fighting technique unfamiliar to the rest of the continent.{{book ref|sa3|75}}
 
ca. 0–675: '''The [[Hierocracy]]''' – Classical [[Vorinism]] attempted to control the world, much of history was sanitized during this time.{{book ref|sa2|3}} The rule of the Hierocracy was ended by the [[Sunmaker]]'s conquests and the [[War of Loss]]{{book ref|sa1|18}}, which also united together the ten princedoms of Alethkar for the first time since the fall of the Silver Kingdoms.{{book ref|sa1|24}}
 
1139–1145: '''The [[Gavilar Kholin#Unification of Alethkar|Kholin Conquests of Alethkar]]''' – [[Gavilar]] and [[Dalinar Kholin]] and their allies wage a war against the [[highprince]]s of [[Alethkar]] to unite them under one throne. This culminated in Gavilar being crowned King of Alethkar.
 
1167–1173: '''The [[War of Reckoning]]''' – After the [[Parshendi]] order [[Assassination of Gavilar|Gavilar's assassination]]{{book ref|twok|Prologue}}, the highprinces of Alethkar swear the "Vengeance Pact" and declare war on the Parshendi,{{book ref|sa3|105}} invading their homeland in the [[Shattered Plains]] and forcing them to take refuge in [[Narak]].{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}
 
1173: '''The [[True Desolation]]''' – the coming of the [[Everstorm]] ended the Era of Solitude.
 
== The End ==