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

Up until The Way of Kings, all of the published Cosmere books were in chronological order, though some stories had been skipped.[1] 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[edit]

Year Book Notes
? White Sand Before Elantris[2]
? Elantris & The Hope of Elantris Far earlier than Hero of Ages but not thousands of years[3]
? The Emperor's Soul Shortly after Elantris, and not so far that the technology level has changed[4][5]
-3 The Final Empire Hundreds of years later[6]
-1-(-2) The Well of Ascension
0 The Hero of Ages
? Warbreaker After the Mistborn Trilogy but before the Stormlight Archive[1]
? Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell Comes in the latter half of the chronology, but before the Stormlight Archive[7]
? 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[8][9]
341 The Alloy of Law Takes place after the 5th Stormlight Archive book[8] [9]
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.[10]
? Sixth of the Dusk Just prior to the era of the forthcoming sci-fi Mistborn trilogy[11][12]

Events on Sel[edit]

300 years before the Reod
The Fjordell First Empire collapses[13]
The Fjordell nation adopts the Shu-Dereth religion[14]
100 years before the Reod
Baron Shuden's family move to Arelon[15]
60 years before the Reod
Dilaf is born in Fjordell[16]
50 years before the Reod
Dilaf joins the Monastery at Dakhor[16]
40 years before the Reod
Teod expels all Derethi priests from its territory[17]
20 years before the Reod
Hrathen joins the Derethi priesthood and spends a short time at Dakhor Monastery[18][16]
Dilaf leaves Dakhor for Arelon[16]
15 years before the Reod
Princess Sarene is born in Teod[19]
10 years before the Reod
Dilaf's wife, Seala, accidentally made Hoed by a failed Elantrian healing [20]
5 years before the Reod
Seinalan made Patriarch of Shu-Korath in response to Wulfden becoming Wyrn of Shu-Dereth[21]
Dreok Crushthroat attempts to take the throne of Teod but is defeated[22]
2 years before the Reod
Prince Raoden's mother dies[19]
0
The Reod occurs, fall of Elantris, rise of the merchant class[23]
Eshen is married to King Iadon[19]
5 years since the Reod
Adien taken by the Shaod[16]
8 years since the Reod
Soine, daughter of Telrii, taken by the Shaod[24]
9 years since the Reod
Prince Raoden is first contacted by princess Sarene[25]
Five months later she proposes[25]
Hrathen is assigned to Duladel Republic[26]
Six months later the Duladel Republic collapses[25]
10 years since the Reod
Raoden is struck by the Shaod and sent to Elantris[27]
Sarene arrive in Arelon[19]
Hrathen arrives in Arelon[28]
1 month after Raoden is struck by the Shaod
Iadon hangs himself[29]
Telrii is crowned king[30]
2 months after Raoden is struck by the Shaod
Raoden discovers the need for the Chasm line in Aons[31]
Raoden and Sarene are crowned King and Queen[32]
The invasion of Arelon[33]
Unknown number of years later
Shai spends 100 days forging Ashravan's soul.

Events on Scadrial[edit]

Year of the Ascension of the Lord Ruler
Rashek kills Alendi and uses the power of the Well of Ascension
c 984 FE
Kelsier is born[34]
1005 FE
Vin is born and is spiked with her earring[35]
1018 FE
Kelsier captured[36]
1019 FE
Mare is beaten to death, Kelsier escapes from the Pits of Hathsin[36]
1020 FE
Reen and Vin arrive in Luthadel[37]
Reen leaves Vin[36]
1021 FE
Kelsier arrives in Luthadel[38]
1022 FE
Kelsier dies, The Lord Ruler is killed and Elend is crowned King[39]
1023 FE
The Siege of Luthadel[40]
Elend is Deposed
1024 FE
Vin finds the Well of Ascension, Ruin is released. Elend becomes Mistborn by lerasium. Elend is set up as emperor. [41]
1025 FE
0 PC
Discovery of the third of the Lord Rulers supply cache[42]
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
341 PC
Events of The Alloy of Law
Lessie dies[43]
Wax returns to Elendel[44]

Events on Nalthis[edit]

300 years before
Vasher travels to Roshar, sees a Shardblade (presumably alive), and returns to Nalthis to make Nightblood.
Manywar[45]
Battle of Twilight Falls[46]
0
Siri marries the God King
Lightsong gives up his Breath
Susebron receives Kalad's Phantoms

Events on Roshar[edit]

Eighth Epoch, 337
The Midnight Essence attacking Heb's farm in Natanatan and being protected by two Surgebinders.[47]
4500 years before the War of Reckoning
The Oathpact is broken.[48]
prior to the Hierocracy
The Day of Recreance.[49]
700(approx.)
The end of the Hierocracy.[50]
1138
Szeth is born. [51]
1139
Jasnah is born. [52]
1146
Elhokar is born.
1154
Kaladin is born.[53]
1156
Tien is born.
1163
Dalinar's wife dies.[54]
1165
Szeth is named Truthless.[55]
1166
First encounter with Parshendi.[56]
Szeth is sold to the Thaylen merchant Vstim.
1167
Gavilar is killed by Szeth, who takes possession of the black light sphere.[57]
Vengeance Pact is formed, beginning the War of Reckoning.
1168
Kaladin and Tien join Amaram's army.[58]
1171
Shallan's brother Helaran disappears and is proclaimed dead.[59]
1172
Kaladin rescues Amaram and gives up a Shardblade and Shardplate.[60]
King Taravangian obtained Szeth's Oathstone.
1173
Bridge Four rescues Dalinar's army.[61]

Speculation[edit]

Prior to The Way of Kings, all Cosmere books were published in Chronological order, but some important stories had been skipped.[1] From other interviews, we know that Dragonsteel comes at the beginning of the series.[62] Elantris will have a sequel which takes place ten years after the first book.[63] White Sand is one of the earliest,[62] but seems to come after Elantris, since it and Dragonsteel are considered the first two.[64][65] From the time of the Shattering to the Prelude of The Stormlight Archive might be around 6,000 years.[64] Another of the skipped novels is set on Ashyn.[66] The Warbreaker sequel, Nightblood takes place closer to Warbreaker and definitely before The Way of Kings.[67] There will also be a fifteen-year gap between Stormlight books five and six (the two story arcs).[68][69]

  1. ↑ a b c How is the Way of Kings related to the rest of the cosmere?
    — Theoryland - 2010-10-15#
  2. ↑ Brandon comments on the timing of White Sand.
    — Reddit - Nov 28th, 2016#
  3. ↑ When does Elantris take place?
    — Theoryland - Sep 22nd, 2012#
  4. ↑ When does Emperor's Soul take place?
    — Theoryland - 2012-11-6#
  5. ↑ Timeline of The Emperor's Soul
    — Theoryland - 2012-10-30#
  6. ↑ Could you tell us a chronology?
    — Theoryland - May 2010#
  7. ↑ Where does Shadows for Silence fall?
    — Theoryland - 2014-4-16#
  8. ↑ a b Is AoL between stormlight 5 and 6?
    — 17th Shard forums - 2016-2-16#
  9. ↑ a b How long before Way of Kings is Alloy of Law?
    — Theoryland - Jan 2012#
  10. ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Tour Chicago Signing
    — 17th Shard forums - 2016-12-06#
  11. ↑ Sixth of Dusk feels like a crossover...
    — Theoryland - 2015-1-6#
  12. ↑ How far ahead in the timeline is Sixth of Dusk?
    — Theoryland - 2015-1-17#
  13. ↑ Elantris chapter 5#
  14. ↑ Elantris chapter 43#
  15. ↑ Elantris chapter 11#
  16. ↑ a b c d e Elantris chapter 60#
  17. ↑ Elantris chapter 9#
  18. ↑ Elantris chapter 12#
  19. ↑ a b c d Elantris chapter 2#
  20. ↑ Elantris chapter 25#
  21. ↑ Elantris chapter 38#
  22. ↑ Elantris chapter 20#
  23. ↑ Elantris prologue#
  24. ↑ Elantris chapter 22#
  25. ↑ a b c Elantris chapter 16#
  26. ↑ Elantris chapter 15#
  27. ↑ Elantris chapter 1#
  28. ↑ Elantris chapter 3#
  29. ↑ Elantris chapter 35#
  30. ↑ Elantris chapter 47#
  31. ↑ Elantris chapter 61#
  32. ↑ Elantris chapter 63#
  33. ↑ Elantris chapter 57#
  34. ↑ The Well of Ascension chapter 5#
  35. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 1#
  36. ↑ a b c The Final Empire chapter 2#
  37. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 12#
  38. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 32#
  39. ↑ The Well of Ascension chapter 10#
  40. ↑ The Well of Ascension chapter 28#
  41. ↑ Why did the Well of Ascension refill every thousand years rather than 500 or 200, etc?
    — Theoryland - Sep 22nd, 2012#
  42. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 45#
  43. ↑ The Alloy of Law prologue#
  44. ↑ The Alloy of Law chapter 1#
  45. ↑ Warbreaker chapter 32#
  46. ↑ Warbreaker chapter 26#
  47. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 19#
  48. ↑ Prelude to the Stormlight Archive#
  49. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 52#
  50. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 26#
  51. ↑ The Way of Kings interlude I-3#
  52. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 36#
  53. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 10#
  54. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 22#
  55. ↑ The Way of Kings interlude I-4#
  56. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 28#
  57. ↑ The Way of Kings prologue#
  58. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 44#
  59. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 8#
  60. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 51#
  61. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 68#
  62. ↑ a b What time period do they all fit in?
    — Theoryland - 2012-12-6#
  63. ↑ Will we be seeing any more worlds for the Cosmere?
    — Theoryland - 2010-9-21#
  64. ↑ a b How long from the Shattering to the Prelude in Way of Kings?
    — Theoryland - 2014-11-29#
  65. ↑ Received my first rejection letter
    — Theoryland - 2013#
  66. ↑ The Silence Divine
    — Theoryland - 2010-10-15#
  67. ↑ If you write Nightblood, will it come before or after Stormlight?
    — Theoryland - 2014-3-14#
  68. ↑ How much time elapses between the beginning of the main part of the story and the end of the series?
    — Theoryland - 2015-1-6#
  69. ↑ There's also going to be about a fifteen year gap in-world
    — Theoryland - 2014-12-6#
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