998 NE

Years: 978 NE · 979 NE · 998 NE · 999 NE · 1000 NE

Books:

0. New Spring
1. The Eye of the World
2. The Great Hunt
3. The Dragon Reborn
4. The Shadow Rising
5. The Fires of Heaven
6. Lord of Chaos
7. A Crown of Swords
8. The Path of Daggers
9. Winter's Heart
10. Crossroads of Twilight
11. Knife of Dreams
12. The Gathering Storm

Days since TEOTW 1	Westland calendar	Gregorian day	Chapter #	Event description	Lunar phase
-3	Aine 5	Mar 20	TEOTW 1	Matrim Cauthon sees a Myrddraal just outside Emond's Field.
-1	Aine 7	Mar 22	TEOTW 1 - TEOTW 3	Perrin Aybara sees a Myrddraal at the edge of Emond's Field. Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran arrive in the village. Thomdril Merrilin arrives in the dead of night.
			Book 1: The Eye of the World
0	Aine 8	Mar 23	TEOTW 1 - TEOTW 6	Winternight. Rand al'Thor sees a Myrddraal on the Quarry Road. Rand and Tam visit Emond's Field. Rand and Mat meet Moiraine and Lan. Padan Fain arrives with news of the false Dragon Logain Ablar. Rand and his friends meet Thom Merrilin, before Rand and Tam return to the farm. In the evening, the farm and village are attacked by Trollocs. Rand constructs a litter and drags the wounded Tam towards Emond's Field. Tam has fever-dreams of the past.
1	Aine 9	Mar 24	TEOTW 7 - TEOTW 9	Bel Tine. At dawn, Rand arrives, dragging his father, at Emond's Field. Moiraine Heals Tam, and convinces Rand he must leave Emond's Field. Rand dreams of Shayol Ghul, Dragonmount and Tar Valon. He wakes at twilight and talks with Tam. Moiraine tells the villagers the tale of the fall of Manetheren.
			TEOTW 10 - TEOTW 12	Rand, Mat and Perrin leave Emond's Field with Moiraine, Lan, Egwene and Thom. Rand sees a Draghkar in the sky. They journey along the North Road to Taren Ferry, where Moiraine raises a fog to fool the pursuing Draghkar. (Rand unknowingly channels to restore Bela's strength.) They cross the Taren, after which Moiraine destroys the ferry. They make camp near the river. Moiraine guides Egwene through her first use of the Power.
2	Aine 10	Mar 25	TEOTW 13	Lan begins teaching the boys how to use their weapons.
3	Aine 11	Mar 26	TEOTW 13	They change direction to avoid a farmhouse.
4	Aine 12	Mar 27	TEOTW 13	Egwene begins to leave her hair unbraided.
5	Aine 13	Mar 28	TEOTW 13	Moiraine tells the three boys she will destroy them rather than let the Dark One have them.
6	Aine 14	Mar 29	TEOTW 13	In the evening, Rand eavesdrops on the discussions between Egwene and Moiraine.
7	Aine 15	Mar 30	TEOTW 13 - TEOTW 14	They arrive at Baerlon in the evening. They hear of Whitecloaks in Baerlon, trouble in Saldaea, and a battle in Ghealdan. Thom tells Rand some of the Prophecies of the Dragon. Rand dreams, and has his first encounter with Ba'alzamon.
8	Aine 16	Mar 31	TEOTW 15 - TEOTW 16	Rand discusses the dream with Perrin. He meets Min Farshaw for the first time. In Baerlon, he encounters Padan Fain, and faces down Whitecloaks led by Dain Bornhald (reaction to channelling seven days ago). Back at the inn, they discover Nynaeve al'Meara has followed them.
			TEOTW 17	Rand is attacked by a Fade. They leave Baerlon after a confrontation with the Whitecloaks. Nynaeve joins the party.
9	Aine 17	Apr 01	TEOTW 17	They begin traveling along the Caemlyn Road.
11	Aine 19	Apr 03	TEOTW 18 - TEOTW 19	Battle with Trollocs and Myrddraal. They take refuge in Shadar Logoth. Rand, Mat and Perrin explore and encounter Mordeth. Lan reports Trollocs and Myrddraal in the city, moving towards them. They decide to leave.
			TEOTW 20	Encounter with Mashadar. The party separates, evading Trollocs and Fades. Perrin meets up with Egwene. They escape Shadar Logoth, but are separated again when they ride into the river Arinelle. Rand meets up with Mat and Thom, and they make for the river. They find Bayle Domon's boat, Spray, and board just ahead of the Trollocs. Bayle Domon tells of fierce Trolloc raids in Saldaea throughout the last winter.
12	Aine 20	Apr 04	TEOTW 21	Nynaeve finds Moiraine and Lan. Moiraine tells her she can channel the Power. They set off, following the river downstream.
			TEOTW 22	Perrin meets up with Egwene again. They decide to set off toward Caemlyn.
14	Aine 22	Apr 06	TEOTW 24	On Spray, Rand and Mat see a metal tower in the distance.
15	Aine 23	Apr 07	TEOTW 23	In the evening, Perrin and Egwene encounter Elyas Machera. Perrin learns he can talk to the wolves.
			TEOTW 24	On Spray, Rand does some acrobatics high above the deck (reaction to channelling four days ago). He discovers Mat has the dagger from Shadar Logoth.
17	Aine 25	Apr 09	TEOTW 26	Padan Fain comes to Whitebridge, asking about the party.
18	Aine 26	Apr 10	TEOTW 25	Perrin, Egwene and Elyas encounter a Tinker caravan. They agree to travel with them for a time.
			TEOTW 26	A Fade comes to Whitebridge (first of several times), asking about the party.
22	Adar 2	Apr 14	TEOTW 26	Proclamation from Illian of the Great Hunt for the Horn is read in Whitebridge.
24	Adar 4	Apr 16	TEOTW 26	Spray arrives at Whitebridge. At The Wayfarers' Rest, Rand, Mat and Thom hear of Logain's capture. Outside, they encounter a Fade. Thom battles it, as the boys run. They set off down the Caemlyn Road.
			TEOTW 28	Spray leaves Whitebridge, heading for Illian.
			TEOTW 31	Rand and Mat pass through a small village and sleep under bushes.
25	Adar 5	Apr 17	TEOTW 27	Egwene and Perrin leave the Tinkers at dawn, and resume traveling south and east with Elyas.
			TEOTW 28	Moiraine, Lan, and Nynaeve arrive at Whitebridge.
			TEOTW 31	Rand and Mat do some work on a farm, but are driven off with the dogs set on them.
28	Adar 8	Apr 20	TEOTW 31	Rand and Mat do some farm work, but the farmer won't let them stay the night.
30	Adar 10	Apr 22	TEOTW 29 - TEOTW 30	Perrin and Egwene take refuge in an abandoned stedding. They are captured by Whitecloaks led by Geofram Bornhald. Hopper is killed. Elyas escapes.
			TEOTW 31	Rand and Mat work and stay the night at Grinwell's farm.
31	Adar 11	Apr 23	TEOTW 31	Rand and Mat arrive at Arien at dusk and play at the inn.
32	Adar 12	Apr 24	TEOTW 31	Rand and Mat get a ride from Arien in Eazil Forney's cart.
35	Adar 15	Apr 27	TEOTW 32	Rand and Mat arrive at Four Kings in the evening. At The Dancing Cartman, they are approached by the Darkfriend Howal Gode. Rand channels unknowingly - lightning strikes the inn, killing Gode. They escape into the night, with Mat temporarily blinded.
			TEOTW 33	Rand dreams, and encounters the dead Gode and Ba'alzamon.
36	Adar 16	Apr 28	TEOTW 33	Rand and Mat ride with Alpert Mull, who gives them two scarves. They reach Market Sheran at dusk, and stay at Rulan Allwine's inn.
			TEOTW 36	Loial arrives in Caemlyn.
37	Adar 17	Apr 29	TEOTW 33	At breakfast, Rand and Mat encounter Paitr Conel, a young Darkfriend. At evening, they arrive at another small village. At the inn, The Queen's Man, Rand falls ill (reaction to channelling two days ago) so they stay in the stable.
38	Adar 18	Apr 30	TEOTW 33	At dawn, a female Darkfriend, Mili Skane, tries to kill Rand and Mat.
			TEOTW 31 - TEOTW 34	On the Caemlyn road, Rand and Mat hide through a hole in the hedge from a group of merchants' guards. Hyam Kinch gives them a ride. They pass Carysford after dark, and sleep in a haystack.
39	Adar 19	May 1	TEOTW 34	Rand and Mat join the line of travelers on the Caemlyn Road. At evening they see a Fade, and Almen Bunt gives them a ride through the night to Caemlyn.
40	Adar 20	May 2	TEOTW 35 - TEOTW 36	Rand and Mat arrive in Caemlyn at dawn. Basel Gill gives them a room at The Queen's Blessing. Rand meets Loial in the library.
			TEOTW 37 - TEOTW 38	Moiraine, Lan and Nynaeve find the Whitecloaks' camp. They rescue Perrin and Egwene. Nynaeve discovers Perrin's eyes are turning yellow.
43	Adar 23	May 5	TEOTW 39 - TEOTW 43	Rand joins the crowd waiting to see Logain. He retreats to avoid a beggar, Padan Fain, and climbs the Palace garden wall. After falling into the garden, he meets Elayne Trakand, Gawyn Trakand and Galadedrid Damodred. He is taken to see Queen Morgase Trakand and Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan. After being released, he returns to the inn, where the party is reunited. Moiraine Heals Mat temporarily of the dagger's influence, and decides they must use the Ways to reach The Eye of the World, despite Loial's objections.
			TEOTW 46	Five Darkfriends are caught in Fal Dara, trying to open a gate in the night for Trollocs.
44	Adar 24	May 6	TEOTW 44 - TEOTW 45	At dawn, Rand's party find the Waygate and enter the Ways. They travel for over two days. Late in the second day, they hear the Black Wind.
45	Adar 25	May 7	TEOTW 45 - TEOTW 47	They emerge from the Ways at mid-morning and travel to Fal Dara. Agelmar Jagad tells of Lan's history, and the fall of Malkier.
			TEOTW 40	Elayne and Gawyn leave Caemlyn for Tar Valon, with Logain's escort. Elaida goes with them.
46	Adar 26	May 8	TEOTW 48	Rand's party leave Fal Dara at dawn and travel to the Great Blight. They make camp near the Seven Towers.
47	Adar 27	May 9	TEOTW 49 - TEOTW 52	They struggle through the Blight and reach the Eye of the World, and meet the Green Man. Confrontation with Aginor and Balthamel. Balthamel injures Nynaeve, but he and the Green Man destroy each other. Rand and Aginor duel for control of the Eye - Aginor draws too much of the Power and is killed. Rand's confrontation with Ba'alzamon results in victory at Tarwin's Gap and the apparent death of Ba'alzamon. Where the Eye was, the party find a broken Seal, the Horn of Valere, and the Dragon Banner.
48	Adar 28	May 10	TEOTW 53	They leave the remains of the Green Man's garden and again camp near the Seven Towers.
49	Saven 1	May 11	TEOTW 53	They arrive back at Fal Dara. Moiraine tells Agelmar the Horn must be taken to Illian.
51	Saven 3	May 13
56	Saven 8	May 18	TEOTW 53	Moiraine eavesdrops on Rand and Egwene's conversation - Rand realizes he can never go home.
59	Saven 11	May 21
66	Saven 18	May 28		Logain's escort arrives in Tar Valon, with Elayne, Gawyn and Elaida.
68	Saven 20	May 30		Siuan Sanche leaves Tar Valon with a party of Aes Sedai. They travel up the rivers Erinin and Mora to Medo, in Shienar.
72	Saven 24	Jun 03		The Amyrlin's party arrive at Medo and begin traveling overland to Fal Dara.
73	Saven 25	Jun 04
76	Saven 28	Jun 07	Book 2: The Great Hunt
77	Amadaine 1	Jun 08	TGH Prologue	Darkfriend Social attended by Bors (a.k.a. Jaichim Carridin), Liandrin, Ingtar Shinowa and others. Ba'alzamon gives orders concerning Rand, Mat and Perrin.
			TGH 1	Moiraine arrives back in Fal Dara.
78	Amadaine 2	Jun 09	TGH 1 - TGH 5	Rand fences with Lan. The Amyrlin Seat arrives. Ingtar returns from 'hunting'. Moiraine and Siuan discuss their plans.
			TGH 5	Geofram Bornhald meets with Questioners in the village of Alcruna, on the border of Almoth Plain.
			TGH 6	Trollocs attack Fal Dara. Padan Fain escapes and the Horn and dagger are stolen.
79	Amadaine 3	Jun 10	TGH 7 - TGH 9	Rand is told he is the Dragon. He, Mat and Perrin leave Fal Dara with Ingtar's party to recover the Horn.
			TGH 9	Feast of Teven. Bayle Domon leaves Illian, sailing west.
			TGH 10	Ingtar's party follow the Trollocs' trail south.
			TGH 12	Egwene and Nynaeve leave Fal Dara with the Amyrlin's party. They have a lesson from Verin Mathwin that night.
80	Amadaine 4	Jun 11	TGH 10	Ingtar's party follow the Trollocs. The trail veers northeast, then south again.
			TGH 12	Egwene and Nynaeve have a lesson from Alviarin Freidhen.
81	Amadaine 5	Jun 12	TGH 10	Ingtar's party follow the Trollocs. The trail veers northwest, then south again.
			TGH 12	Egwene and Nynaeve have a lesson from Alanna Mosvani.
82	Amadaine 6	Jun 13	TGH 10	Ingtar's party continue to follow the Trollocs.
			TGH 12	Egwene and Nynaeve have a lesson from Liandrin.
83	Amadaine 7	Jun 14	TGH 10	Ingtar's party continue to follow the Trollocs.
			TGH 12	Moiraine and Lan leave the Amyrlin's party, followed by Liandrin. Verin leaves shortly afterwards, without her Warder, Tomas.
84	Amadaine 8	Jun 15	TGH 10	Ingtar's party continue to follow the Trollocs.
			TGH 12	Egwene has a dream of Rand in danger.
85	Amadaine 9	Jun 16	TGH 10 - TGH 11	Ingtar's party reach the Erinin. Once across, they find deserted villages and a Myrddraal nailed to a door. Rand has a strange repeated experience in one village, which he breaks by channelling. At camp that night, Rand discovers Moiraine has given him the Dragon Banner.
			TGH 12	The Amyrlin's party arrive at Medo, and take ship downriver.
86	Amadaine 10	Jun 17	TGH 13	Rand, Hurin and Loial wake to find themselves in a strange new world. They decide to follow the Darkfriend trail.
			TGH 14	Ingtar's party wake to find Rand and the others gone. Perrin becomes Ingtar's new 'sniffer'. As they find another massacred village, Verin arrives and joins the party.
			TGH 15	In the night, Rand encounters Ba'alzamon and gets his first heron-mark brand.
87	Amadaine 11	Jun 18	TGH 16 - TGH 17	At the field of Talidar, Rand's party find the Hawkwing monument - with a raven's head instead of a hawk. Rand rescues Selene from a pack of grolm. She rides with them. Escaping another pack of grolm, Rand uses another Portal Stone to take them back to their own world.
89	Amadaine 13	Jun 20	TGH 18	As the River Queen approaches Tar Valon, the Amyrlin visits Egwene and Nynaeve. After arriving at Tar Valon, they meet Sheriam Bayanar, who takes them into the Tower.
91	Amadaine 14	Jun 22	TGH 19	At night, Rand's party finds Fain's camp, and steals back the Horn and dagger.
92	Amadaine 15	Jun 23	TGH 20	Rand's party head towards Cairhien. Rand argues with Selene over letting her see the Horn.
93	Amadaine 16	Jun 24	TGH 20 - TGH 21	At evening, Rand's party reach the village of Tremonsien. Rand sees the giant statue sa'angreal, on of the Choedan Kal. They spend the night at The Nine Rings.
			TGH 22	Moiraine, at Tifan's Well, talks with Vandene Namelle. She is attacked by a Draghkar.
			TGH 23	Nynaeve is tested and raised to the Accepted.
			TGH 24	Egwene becomes a Novice.
94	Amadaine 17	Jun 25	TGH 21	Rand finds Selene has vanished. Aldrin Caldevwin gives them an escort into Cairhien.
			TGH 24	Egwene meets Elayne, who takes her to see Min. She meets Gawyn and Galad in the garden.
			TGH 25 - TGH 26	Rand's party take rooms at The Defender of the Dragonwall. Rand receives three invitations from noble Houses, which he burns. In the Foregate, he finds Thom. At The Bunch of Grapes, Rand and Loial meet Dena and talk with Thom.
			TGH 27	In the Foregate, Rand, Loial and Hurin are attacked by Trollocs. Selene rejoins them, and they take refuge in the Illuminators' chapter house, which is then damaged by fireworks. Selene disappears again.
95	Amadaine 18	Jun 26	TGH 28	Ingtar's party enters Cairhien. They meet Urien, who tells them of the Aiel quest for He Who Comes With the Dawn.
96	Amadaine 19	Jun 27
99	Amadaine 22	Jun 30	TGH 29	Bayle Domon captured by the Seanchan near Falme. He is taken to High Lord Turak and forced to give him his Seal.
			TGH 29	Geofram Bornhald decides to take his legion onto Toman Head.
100	Amadaine 23	Jul 01	TGH 30 - TGH 31	Rand receives invitations from Barthanes Damodred and Galldrian Riatin. The inn is set on fire and the Horn and dagger stolen again. Ingtar's party arrives in Cairhien. They take rooms at The Great Tree. Hurin tracks the Darkfriends to Barthanes' manor.
101	Amadaine 24	Jul 02	TGH 32 - TGH 33	Party at Barthanes' manor. Rand talks with Thom again. Rand, Hurin and Loial find a Waygate in the grounds of the manor. When Rand opens it, Machin Shin is waiting. Barthanes gives Rand a message from Fain. Rand decides to go to Toman Head.
102	Amadaine 25	Jul 03	TGH 34	Thom finds Dena killed. The innkeeper tells him Barthanes has been found dead, ripped limb from limb.
			TGH 34	Fain arrives in Falme and presents the Horn to Turak.
103	Amadaine 26	Jul 04	TGH 35 - TGH 37	Rand's party arrive at Stedding Tsofu and encounter Aiel there. The Elders allow them to use the Waygate, but they find the Black Wind waiting. Rand uses a nearby Portal Stone to take them all to Toman Head, after experiencing their other possible lives.
111	Tammaz 6	Jul 12
118	Tammaz 13	Jul 19
125	Tammaz 20	Jul 26
132	Tammaz 27	Aug 02
141	Maighdal 8	Aug 11
147	Maighdal 14	Aug 17
154	Maighdal 21	Aug 24
162	Choren 1	Sep 01
170	Choren 9	Sep 09
177	Choren 16	Sep 16
184	Choren 23	Sep 23	TGH 38 - TGH 39	Liandrin tells Egwene and Nynaeve that Rand is in danger. They, accompanied by Elayne and Min, follow her into the Ways. They travel for at least two days.
185	Choren 24	Sep 24	TGH 40	Liandrin and the girls arrive at Toman Head. Liandrin betrays the girls to Suroth. Egwene and Min are captured.
192	Shaldine 3	Oct 01
200	Shaldine 11	Oct 09
206	Shaldine 17	Oct 15
213	Shaldine 24	Oct 22
221	Nesan 4	Oct 30
229	Nesan 12	Nov 07
236	Nesan 19	Nov 14	TGH 37	Rand's party arrive on Toman Head by Portal Stone.
239	Nesan 22	Nov 17	TGH 41	Rand's party arrive at a deserted village. Rand encounters Ba'alzamon again.
240	Nesan 23	Nov 18	TGH 42 - TGH 43	Min visits Egwene in the damane quarters. Outside, she is found by Nynaeve and Elayne, who she takes to meet Bayle Domon to arrange for passage away from Falme.
242	Nesan 25	Nov 20	TGH 44	Perrin, Mat and Hurin are spotted by Whitecloaks. Fain's trail is finally found. Verin selects a party of five to enter Falme tomorrow.
243	Nesan 26	Nov 21	TGH 45	Nynaeve, Elayne and Min capture the sul'dam Seta. They take her with them to the damane quarters.
			TGH 45	Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin and Ingtar enter Falme. Hurin leads them to Turak's house. Rand glimpses Egwene. Battle with Turak and his men; Rand kills Turak. They escape with the Horn and the dagger.
			TGH 46	The girls rescue Egwene. Outside, they fight against Seanchan damane.
			TGH 46 - TGH 47	Seanchan pursue Rand's party. Ingtar reveals he was a Darkfriend, and sacrifices himself so the others can escape. They see Seanchan and Whitecloaks approaching from opposite directions. Mat sounds the Horn. The Heroes appear, and Rand orders them to drive out the Seanchan. The Whitecloaks charge, and battle begins. Rand confronts Ba'alzamon, who wounds him in the side but is apparently killed in turn.
			TGH 48	Bayle Domon and Spray escape from Falme during the battle.
			TGH 48	Min finds Rand in Falme. She is confronted by Lanfear.
244	Nesan 27	Nov 22	TGH 49	Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve, together with Verin, Hurin and Mat, leave to head back to Tar Valon.
248	Danu 3	Nov 26	TGH 49 - TGH 50	Rand wakes. Moiraine has arrived, and shows him two broken Seals, recovered from Falme. She persuades Rand that he must proclaim himself the Dragon.
251	Danu 6	Nov 29
252	Danu 7	Nov 30	TSR 1	Suroth takes command of the remnants of the Hailene, and sends a message back to Seanchan telling of events at Falme.
258	Danu 13	Dec 06
265	Danu 20	Dec 13
273	Danu 28	Dec 21		The Feast of Lights.