Talk:List of novels in chronological order

Year Names
I would like to add the names of the years in Dalereckoning, anyone opposed?

I think this would help when searching for things on the page for those reading the books.

ie. 1385 - The Year of Blue Fire

Sources/References
I would really like to see some sources on these. Where do these dates come from? Also, I can provide a few sources of my own, but I'm hesitant to ruin the simplicity of the page. Thoughts? -Coswig (talk) 20:34, February 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * Cos, I completely agree with you... references are very important!!! - Darkwynters (talk) 23:20, February 26, 2014 (UTC)

Plagiarism?
I think this page might have started out as a copy-paste from The Library, but it's grown far beyond that, with a lot of added material and -- most importantly -- references. I'll keep working on references. Otherwise, I think the main remnant of the copy-paste is the "Unknown" category, which has been added to but the order not changed. Would alphabetizing it (or ordering by year of publication) be better, or removing the unknown section altogether? --Coswig (talk) 04:06, July 24, 2015 (UTC)


 * I was also confused by the plagiarism tag... - Darkwynters (talk) 15:10, July 24, 2015 (UTC)


 * I feel like having the unkown section has its merit. Ordering by publication date would make most sense to me. Maybe the section could be at the bottom, as it is less important in a chronological order than the dated sections? Daranios (talk) 16:22, November 16, 2015 (UTC)

Months
It would be great if this could be broken down into months for some of these novels. It would be good to know in which months a novel began and ended.

Hand of Fire ≥ 1358
In A Slow Day in Skullport, a beholder named Xuzoun uses scrying on Shandril Shessair and makes plans of capturing her. Shandril dies in Hand of Fire. A Slow Day in Skullport is canonically dated 1358. Therefore, Hand of Fire happens in 1358 (likely) or later (less likely).

Netheril series
The canonical listing dates the Netheril series as “ca. −700”. Can we improve that estimate?

In Dangerous Games, chapter 4, Candlemas tells Sunbright they jumped 358 years into the future, into 3520 (Netheril Year, so −338 DR). Also, the book describes events leading to Karsus’s Folly, which is dated as −339. This dates most of the Dangerous Games plot as −338…−339, and the departure/return of Candlemas and Sunbright as −696.

Sword Play happens before that departure/return, and Mortal Consequences after. How long before/after?

In Sword Play chapter 1, Lady Polaris orders Candlemas to investigate crop blight. He succeeds in Mortal Consequences chapter 10, saying it took him four years.

At the end of Sword Play, chapter 17, Lady Polaris sentences Sysquemalyn to a year in hell. In Mortal Consequences chapters 10 and 16, it is revealed that Polaris forgot about her and Sysquemalyn had to endure hell for three years until she was able to escape. Therefore, Sword Play and Mortal Consequences are three to four years apart. This tentatively dates Sword Play at −698…−697, and Mortal Consequences at −695…−694.

The Shadow Stone
The events of chapters 1 and 2 span a couple days, culminating in Aeron Morieth apprenticing to Fineghal Caillaen. Chapter 3 describes a summer of training in Elven language and travel, followed by the first magic lesson in the fall of the Year of the Helm which, according to Category:Years by name, is 1362.

I am therefore inclined to date The Shadow Stone as beginning in 1362 DR.
 * That seems reasonable. Feel free to edit the list and make the appropriate changes. If you encounter difficulties, we'll be here to help. --Ir&#39;revrykal (talk) 10:10, July 19, 2020 (UTC)

Thieves’ Honor – Thieves’ Reward – Thieves’ Justice
Thieves’ Honor and Thieves’ Reward are dated as 1367 DR; Thieves’ Justice is dated 1368 DR all according to Presenting… Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction.

In Thieves’ Honor, it’s summer. Teza steals a horse of the huhrong and flees the city Immilmar. Then, she encounters an aughisky who brings her to a witch. The witch sends Teza to kidnap Prince Laric. Teza succeeds; moreover, she manages to steal the witch’s aughisky.

In Thieves’ Reward, it is early Uktar, and Teza reminisces about those events noting they happened over a year ago. She returns to the city, goes on a thieving quest, which involves stealing a book for a wizard. The book turns out to be a woman, Kanlara, ensorcelled by that very wizard. Teza frees Kanlara.

In Thieves’ Justice, it’s Ches. Teza mentions that she had freed Kanlara “last autumn”, and recalls her encouter with a witch two years before.

None of the stories mention a specific year.

Therefore, by the stories’ text:


 * Thieves’ Honor happens in summer of year X.
 * Thieves’ Reward is set in Uktar X+1.
 * Thieves’ Justice unfolds in Ches X+2.

The minimum change from Presenting Seven Millennia that is consistent with the text seems to be 1366/1367/1368.

Tertius Wands and the Artifact ≤ 1368 DR
Tertius Wands and the Artifact (Realms of the Arcane) is undated, but in this story Tertius has an adventure in Scornubel involving attempting to acquire an anti-magical artifact for his grand-uncle Maskar.

The Devil and Tertius Wands (Realms of Mystery) is dated 1368 DR and Tertius recounts his travel from Waterdeep to Scornubel and then further inland, to Iriaebor, because of his “recent encounters” in Scornubel. Presumably, he is referring to the events of Tertius Wands and the Artifact.

Therefore, probably, Tertius Wands and the Artifact is set in or not long before 1368 DR.

The Club Rules
This short story, published in Realms of Mystery, is dated here as 1368. However, the story must be before the novel The Ring of Winter. I won't go into spoiler detail of those events, but suffice to say the short story cannot happen after the novel. So The Club Rules is 1362 or earlier.