House Vaelar · Chronicle

Garren the Elder raises the first stone wall above the Mourning Sea, and a fishing camp becomes a city.

A second son, never meant for the throne, born under the comet the maesters called the Pale Verdict.

After the bloodless Council of Frost, Aldric is crowned and the realm of Toreauun is declared whole.

Lord Cassius breaks from the crown to found the Ashen Order, splitting court and clergy alike.

The heir weds the frost-witch of Frostenwatch, knitting two cold houses into one.

A spring tide swallows the lower wards; Queen Maeve drowns three hundred debts to save as many lives.

The last of the line, born in the long shadow of the Gloomwood.

The old king dies mid-sentence at the high table, leaving a realm and a riddle.

A wandering augur leaves Princess Lyra seven words no scribe has dared write down. Its year is lost.