intercalated new octad day

acession day of Kumatuya [aged 32]. New God Emperor marries Ykoriana [aged 26]. His brother Tyatxungo is sacrificed so that his blood can be used during the rituals of the Apotheosis.

33_01_01

Suth and his household reach Nothnaralan

20_02_01

Suth and household reach Thuyakalrul. Suth begins to research a place to go. The beginning of a process that will include the chartering of ships

25_04_01

Suth and household sail from Thuyakalrul

12_05_01

Suth and household arrive at the Isle of Golden Trees

20_11_01

Ebene [aged 33] bears Suth a son, Tain

33_02_02

Osidian & Molochite born to Ykoriana [aged 27]

24_03_03

Krow born in Twostone koppie

year 4

Ykoriana [aged 29] loses child

8_4_05

Flama Ykoria born to Ykoriana [aged 30]

19_03_09

Poppy born in Twostone koppie

06_09_14

Ochre tribe begins migration. Ochre tributaries begin their journey to the Rebirth with Fern going along with them so that he enter into service in the legions

25_09_14

Flama Ykoria [aged 9] murdered. Marula in the Lower Reach lose contact with the Upper Reach.

18_10_14

Fern arrives in Makar for his legionary service

20_01_15

Ochre return from their migration

18_03_15

First expedition sets off from the Lower Reach to recover the Upper Reach

12_07_15

Aurum and the other Masters set off from Osrakum

20_07_15

Aurum and the other Masters arrive in Thuyakalrul

23_07_15

Aurum and the other Masters set sail from Thuyakalrul

14_08_15

Twostone begin their migration

06_09_15

Ochre begin migration. Ochre tributaries begin their journey to the Rebirth with Stormrane, Fern, Ravan and the other ‘raiders’ escorting them

16_09_15

Ochre tributaries arrive at the koppie of the Twostone on their way to Osrakum

23_09_15

In the depths of winter, Aurum and the other Masters arrive at the Isle of Golden Trees.

24_09_15

Suth and Carnelian hold a conclave with Aurum and their other visitors during which they learn that the God Emperor, Kumatuya, is dying. They have come to offer him the title of He-who-goes-before so that he can oversee the forthcoming election. The captain of the baran walks about with his officers appraising the Hold for materials with which to repair his ship.

25_09_15

Suth household evacuated from parts of the Hold. Blue tattooed sailors come up from the baran and begin to chop down columns for masts - tearing up floors. This salvaged material is then carted down to the quay. Repair work begins on the baran.

26_09_15

Suth household roped in to help with the destruction of their home. Carnelian persuades his uncle Crail [65] to leave a room that is about to be destroyed. Food begins to be taken from the Hold storerooms and packed for the baran. Carnelian goes to see his father, but is turned away. Keal describes the baran to his brother, Carnelian. Carnelian meets with his father. Suth says that Crail will go with them but that Ebeny has insisted that she will remain behind.

27_09_15

Food begins to be loaded onto the baran. Carnelian goes to see Ebeny, but she refuses to go with him on the baran. Marula arrive at Twostone koppie to find it empty.

28_09_15

Carnelian is given his blood-ring in a coming of age ritual. He attempts to defy his father and stay behind on the island, but Suth uses his authority to compel him. In Osrakum the Masters begin the move up to their 'eeyries'; palaces set high in the Sacred Wall.

30_09_15

Carnelian talks to Jaspar on the deck of the baran

31_09_15

The baran tossed on rough seas

32_09_15

Suth visits Carnelian in his cabin and gives him opium

33_09_15

Carnelian has his Uncle Crail brought into his cabin as a storm builds up. Carnelian goes out on deck, delirious

08_10_15

The storm calms and Carnelian goes up on deck. Crail trails after him and Aurum accuses him of having seen his face and demands that he be handed over for punishment.

09_10_15

The storm resumes

16_10_15

The storm abates. The Masters hold a conclave in which it is decided to go on. In the moonlight, Carnelian observes his father and Aurum holding a mysterious conversation

28_10_15

The baran sails into the harbour of Thuyakalrul. Carnelian earlier accidentally caused a massacre onboard. Arrival in the Tower in the Sea. The Masters meet with the Legate of the Tower.

29_10_15

Carnelian and the rest of the Masters are ritually prepared for their journey. Carnelian learns that his father has handed Crail over to Aurum and that, during the punishment, the old man died. Leaving the Tower in the Sea, they pass up through the 'purple factory' to begin their journey along the Great Sea Road.

06_11_15

Carnelian and the rest of the Masters pass the city of Maga-Naralante.

09_11_15

Carnelian's first sighting of the cliff edge of the Guarded Land plateau.

15_11_15

Carnelian and the other Masters climb up to Nothnaralan where they camp before the gates to the Guarded Land. That same night, assassins from the Brotherhood of the Wheel attack them. During the confusion, Carnelian's face is seen by one of the Marula. To save the man's life, he decides to say nothing. Suth is wounded.

16_11_15

Carnelian and the other Masters begin their journey along the leftway. That night, Vennel talks to Carnelian attempting to extract information from him about his father's exile.

18_11_15

Carnelian and the other Masters encounter signs that plague is nearby, but they push on. That night they stop at a watchtower overlooking the ruins of an ancient city and discuss history and religion. Suth's condition deteriorates and the Masters help Carnelian carry him down to his chamber.

20_11_15

Carnelian and the other Masters reach the edge of the marsh that stretch from the shores of the lake in which sits the City at the Gates. A Maruli is caught by Aurum creeping around with a knife. He is the same man who saw Carnelian's face unmasked on the night of the assassination attempt. Aurum cuts his throat.

21_11_15

Carnelian and the other Masters ride along a causeway into the City at the Gates. In the great market of the Wheel, the Brotherhood make a second attempt on Suth's life. They pass through the Canyon of the Three Gates where Tain is handed over to the quarantine. Carnelian sees the hidden valley of Osrakum for the first time. They are met by the Grand Sapient Immortality who takes Suth with him into the Labyrinth so as to attempt to save his life. Left on his own with Jaspar, Carnelian takes a Kharon bone boat to his ancestral home, Coomb Suth. There he is eventually met by his Aunt Fey. He spends his first night in Osrakum.

22_11_15

Receiving a letter from his grandmother, Urquentha, Carnelian determines to go and see her. Fey provides him with transport up to the Eyries, palaces built high in the Sacred Wall. Carnelian meets with Urquentha. Vennel is granted an audience by Ykoriana. Jaspar spends the day being debriefed on his mission by his father, the Lord Imago. The Lord Imago sends letters to the various leaders of his faction and begins to make preparations to climb up into the Sky.

23_11_15

Carnelian sinks into luxury and despondency

27_11_15

Jaspar murders his father, the Lord Imago

29_11_15

Carnelian discovers the realities underlying the luxury of his palace. Anger rouses him to action. He confronts the Lords of the Second Lineage and demands that Spinel give up the House Seal. This Master informs Carnelian that, apparently, the Lord Imago has been murdered by one of his slaves. Suth, in the Halls of Thunder, sends a message to his son. When Carnelian receives the message, he does not know what to do.

30_11_15

Carnelian decides to go to see Jaspar. Fey makes the arrangements to send a household into the Labyrinth.

31_11_15

Carnelian goes to Coomb Imago to see Jaspar. He witnesses Jaspar crucifying his slaves. Together they take a bone boat across to the Plain of Thrones where Carnelian discovers that it was Jaspar who murdered his own father. They enter the Labyrinth. They climb the Pillar of Heaven. Wishing to escape the company of Jaspar, Carnelian pushes on up to the Halls of Thunder with the consequence that he ends up suffering from the 'sky sickness'.

32_11_15

Carnelian wakes in the Halls of Thunder. Suth comes to see his son. Jaspar arrives. Household sets off from Coomb Suth. Urquentha has Fey 'arrested' blaming her for having sided with her enemy Spinel.

33_11_15

CarnelianŐs 15th birthday. The Suth household arrive in the Halls of Thunder. Recovered from the sky sickness, Carnelian wakes feeling trapped in his room. He receives a summons from his father. The sybling Quenthas comes to dress him in a court robe. Carnelian climbs to the Thronehall where he meets his father who has been appointed Regent. Suth takes Carnelian to see the dying God Emperor.

01_12_15

The ruhuimur of the Red Ichorians are woken and their twin legion begins to prepare for the Rebirth. The Ochre and other tributaries have all arrived in the City at the Gates. The Quenthas are sent by Suth to keep Carnelian amused.

07_12_15

Bored, Carnelian gets the Quenthas to give him a tour of the Sunhold. Carnelian discovers a trapdoor and persuades the sisters to accompany him down into the darkness. They explore the ancient, ruined Halls of Thunder. Eventually they reach the forbidden moon-eyed door. That night, having returned to his chamber, Carnelian dreams of the moon-eyed door.

08_12_15

Carnelian spends another day of boredom. That night he dreams again of the moon-eyed door.

09_12_15

A detachment of Red Ichorians arrive in the Sunhold, sent by Suth to protect Carnelian. From this moment on, in anticipation of the Election, the Sunhold is under the jurisdiction and protection of the Red Ichorians. Carnelian creeps off to explore the ruined halls beneath the Sunhold. He dares to enter through the moon-eyed door into the Library of the Wise. There he meets Osidian, though he does not know who he is.

14_12_15

The Rains reach the far south-west of the Guarded Land plateau.

19_12_15

After many meetings with Osidian, Carnelian and he descend the Quyan Stair on an expedition into the Yden. They decide to spend the night in a shrine to the Wind Lord. Carnelian has a disturbing dream.

20_12_15

In Coomb Suth, Fey is crucified. Carnelian and Osidian spend their first morning in the Yden. They make love.

21_12_15

Carnelian and Osidian spend a second, idyllic day in the Yden. The Legates quit their fortresses and begin their journeys to Osrakum. The gates in the Ringwall are opened. Tain completes his quarantine in the Canyon of the Three Gates. He reaches Coomb Suth in time to witness Fey crucified. More of the Lords of the Great begin to arrive in the Halls of Thunder. A new, more extensive household including Spinel and Tain is sent from Coomb Suth to the Halls of Thunder taking with them a court robe for Carnelian.

22_12_15

Carnelian and Osidian spend a third day in the Yden. The God Emperor Kumatuya dies and Ykoriana becomes Regent. The rest of the Chosen are summoned to the Election. Carnelian and Osidian witness the processions of the Chosen moving along the Ydenrim.

23_12_15

Carnelian and Osidian begin their journey back to the Sky, stopping for the night in a cave halfway up the Pillar of Heaven. No longer regent, Suth moves back to the quarters in the Sunhold reserved for He-who-goes-before and discovers that Carnelian has vanished. Spinel and the other Suth Lords arrive in the Halls of Thunder.

24_12_15

Carnelian and Osidian return from the Yden. Carnelian and his father go off to have an audience with Ykoriana who is already established in the Thronehall as Regent. Tain arrives in the Halls of Thunder.

25_12_15

Carnelian tends Tain who is suffering from the sky sickness

26_12_15

Bitterly, Tain tells his story of his experiences of the quarantine. Through him, Carnelian learns of Fey's crucifixion. Distressed, he feels compelled to go and see his father. He waits for him all day in his father's chamber. Carnelian witnesses his father taking the drug which the Wise have given him to be able to perform his functions though his wound is not healed. Suth tells Carnelian that Jaspar and his faction have defected to Ykoriana's camp. Suth appears close to cracking. The tributaries begin to be moved from the City at the Gates into the Plain of Thrones in Osrakum.

27_12_15

Suth Opalid comes to tell Carnelian about Spinel's defection. Carnelian goes to to tell his father. In the Sun in Splendour, they discuss what they can do to salvage the Election.

28_12_15

News comes in of other possible second lineage defections.

29_12_15

Election Day. The Chosen cast their votes in the Chamber of the Three Lands. Carnelian discovers Osidian's true identity. Osidian is elected God Emperor. Carnelian and Tain make up.

30_12_15

Carnelian miserable. His father comes to see him, delighted with the result of the Election. Osidian comes to see Carnelian who forgives him for his deceptions. Carnelian persuades him to go one last time down to the Yden. Left alone, Carnelian writes a letter to his father explaining their disappearance.

31_12_15

From the Halls of Thunder the Rains can be seen approaching. Carnelian and Osidian descend once more to the Yden. Swimming, they are taken by operatives of the Brotherhood of the Wheel and carried unconscious to an abandoned Kharon boathouse beyond the Ydenrim. Rains reach Morunasa in the koppie of the Twostone. Suth forces Carnelian's letter from Tain earlier than Carnelian intended. Suth and the rest of the Masters begin their descent into the Labyrinth in preparation for the Apotheosis.

32_12_15

Carnelian and Osidian are kept prisoner in the Kharon boathouse.

33_12_15

The sybling Hanuses come to the boathouse to vent their spleen. They remove Carnelian and Osidian's blood-rings to give Ykoriana as proof that the Brotherhood have accomplished their side of the bargain she made with them. Then the syblings supervise Carnelian and Osidian being drugged and put in the funerary urns. Unconscious, they are transported to the Valley of the Gate. Meanwhile, Suth is fretting as his search in the Yden for Carnelian and Osidian yields no sign of them.