The Rawn Chronicles Book Four: The Dragon and the Daemon (The Rawn Chronicles Series 4)

by P D Ceanneir

  07th FERRAN: Mortkraxnoss lands. Flight from the Ice Palace. Havoc activates the Guardians and enters the Gateway of Death as the Blacksword. The Cybeleion destroys the Vallkyte Fleet of Sky Ships. The Ice Drake kills Fowyn Ri. The Blacksword leans knowledge of the Great Plan from the My’thos God Hagan and the Spirit Elemental, the Nicbetha. With the Gredligg Orrinn in his possession, Prince Havoc orders a return home.

  King Kasan tears up the Treaty of Haplann in front of the assembly of politicians who are firmly members of the Brethac Ziggurat.

  09th FERRAN: Lord Sernac brings the three dragon eggs to the Brethac Order assembled in the Temple Woods where he hatches them with Rawn Fire.

  12th APRILIA: Shanks saves the lives of King Vanduke and Queen Molna from a Brethac assassin. There are stirrings of revolt in Aquen.

  25th SIN: Klingspur Nethroin moves his host to Aquen.

  17th OPLACUS: The Eternal Forest enhances their defensive borders. Countess Bleudwed learns of the Brethac Army’s intention of sieging Caphun and that they have three dragons. Lord Rett leaves the Pander Pass to rescue her. Prince Creed kidnaps Queen Bronwyn.

  19th OPLACUS: The Battle of Lots Muir. Lord Rett is captured. Lord Elkin dies at Laden Howe. The siege of Caphun begins. The siege of the Eternal Forest begins.

  3040 YOA

  16th APRILIA: King Vanduke marches the Temperance League to the pass after the winter thaws. King Kasan splits his host at Caphun and moves to help Klingspur siege the Eternal Forest.

  14th MALYA: Caphun falls to the Brethac Army, but the Countess’s forces remain safe behind the walls of the White Castle.

  20th JITHI: The Cybeleion arrives home.

  25th AUGRANAIR: Acting upon orders from Prince Havoc, Mad-gellan assembles his Nithi host. Gunach reclaims the Horn of Relin from Chirn and summons Ciriana. Prince Magnus and the Raiders march north to aid the Rogun King.

  10th SIN: With the help of the Blacksword, the siege of Caphun is lifted. Havoc rescues Lord Rett. The Brethac host flees north. The Temperance League marches east to Aquen.

  14th SIN: Lord Ness reaches the Pander Pass.

  21st SIN: The Battle of Aquen. King Vanduke falls. King Kasan escapes to Sonora. Ciriana slays the dragon, Tyre. Havoc is proclaimed King of the Roguns.

  23rd SIN: Lord Rett retakes Aquen. Ness Ri journeys west from the Pass with the Great Orrinn.

  25th SIN: The Raiders arrive at Aquen. The Nithi and Tattoium Militia reach Cosshead and marches into the eastern tribal lands. Prince Creed marches west from Tressel.

  27th OPLACUS: Ness Ri reaches the Tower of Sooth.

  02nd NECTAN: The Raiders march to Castle Cromme.

  3041 YOA

  03rd FERAN: King Havoc splits his host and marches east from Castle Cromme in an attempt to draw Prince Creed into a trap.

  06th FERRAN: The Raiders are ambushed near to the north shore of Lake Furran; they retreat to a disused fort. Death of Mirryn. Prince Creed kills Queen Bronwyn of the Falesti. Havoc and the Raiders escape from the fort via a submerged tunnel system. The Second Battle of Dragorsloth.

  07th FERRAN: Second day of the battle and Creed is slain by the Blacksword. Havoc sends the Rogun Cavalry northeast towards Dulan-Tiss.

  10th FERRAN: A fleet of Ternquin Sky Ships takes the Raiders towards the Vallkyte Kingdom.

  14th FERRAN: King Kasan’s host moves to take back Aquen.

  16th FERRAN: The Fleet attack the fort at Tressel. Creed’s main host reach Haplann and merge with King Kasan’s army. Kasan marches east.

  26rd FERRAN: The Rogun Navy arrive near to the Dutresi Headland.

  30th FERRAN: Captain Carbaum’s Sky Ship fleet of War Galleys begin their attack on the Vallkyte citadel. The Great Sky Battle and sea battle begins. Mad-gellen’s host is attacked by the two remaining Vallkyte dragons near to the Temple Woods, but they break off the attack to join the sky battle. King Kasan defeats a small force of Rogun Naval Marines on the Dutresi shore.

  01th MARACH: Mad-gellan’s host engages the Goldcoats near to the Temple Woods.

  02rd MARACH: The Raiders meet the Nithi Host.

  03th FERRAN: The Cybeleion enters the Sky Battle. Ciriana slays Amphorae. Havoc slays Basilica. The Shadowfall Storm hits the east coast of the continent.

  07th MARACH: The Battle of Eveni Neuk. The Brethac Army reach the Stormeade Fells.

  09th MARACH: Lord Soneros arrives to aid Lord Ness inside the Tower of Sooth, but both are attacked by Cinnibar, Saltyn Ri, Varix Ri and Nestor Ri. Lord Sernac reveals himself to Lord Ness. Death of Lord Ness. The Battle of Blood. Death of King Kasan, Lord Nethroin, Sir Velnour and Sir Felcon.

  10th MARACH: The Gredligg Orrinn is taken to Sonora.

  16th MARACH: King Havoc learns of Lord Ness’s death from Lord Soneros and that the last of the Brethac Order now have the Gredligg Orrinn at Sonora.

  19th MARACH: March to Sonora.

  22nd APRILIA: The Siege of Soneros begins.

  23rd APRILIA: Havoc/Blacksword talks to the Brethac Order offering then the choice of life or death. Most of the populace fleet the citadel after the king returns to his host.

  24th APRILIA: Morden reaches the Rings of Port with the Earth Orrinn. Death of Morden. The Rogun Army gains entry into Sonora. Death of Lord Rett, Sir Foxe and Mistress Tia. The Blacksword and Bleudwed confront Lord Sernac and the Earth Daemon. Death of Cinnibar. Ciriana intervenes and sacrifices herself to give Havoc time to insert the Sword that Rules into the Great Orrinn and end the domination of the Dark Force of the Earth. Death of Lord Sernac. The Dragon War ends.

  The Golden Age of Cromme

  As the Third Era ends, there are still several dates of interest to consider after the end of the Second Civil War.

  3041 YOA: Havoc is crowned King of the Roguns and Vallkytes. By royal decree, the new king renames the continent of Tattoium-Tarridun, Assassi-Al, the Land of the Devine Children. Gunach becomes the Lord of the Vale. Birth of Lady Vara’s daughter, Erin.

  3042 YOA: the Great Memorial is built on the Whaleback Ridge to commemorate the fallen at the Battle of Blood on both sides. Havoc and Bleudwed are married in Aln-Tiss; they begin the Royal Pilgrimage of their kingdom, which becomes a tradition throughout their reign. The first pilgrimage is cut short due to the queen’s pregnancy. Prince Magnus becomes the new Red Duke.

  3043 YOA: Sir Powyss becomes the Viscount of Zent and Regent of Sonora. Sir Furran becomes the new Lord of Laden Howe. Sir Whyteman accepts the roll of Triel’s Thane. Sir Jericho becomes the Regent of Dulan and begins to rebuild the former capital. Prince Vanduke Cromme, Havoc’s third son, is born.

  3045 YOA: Dolment and Lady Elli of Le Fern are married. Sir Mactan becomes the Lord of The Shorre; he begins the construction of Dunshorre Castle. Birth of Tallyus Cromme, Havoc’s fourth son.

  3047 YOA: Sir Hexor marries Ashleen, the Maid of Burgess Lee. Hexor becomes the Lord of Storridge and the Warden of the Southern March.

  3048 YOA: with the help of the Queen Molna, Queen Bleudwed and Sir Linth, all of the major Mormaerdoms sign the Treaty of Unification. The Second Crowning, Havoc and Bleudwed now become the reigning monarchs of Assassi-Al.

  3051 YOA: The first Rejuvenation, Havoc uses his power to keep Bleudwed young.

  3052 YOA: Havoc and Bleudwed’s only daughter is born; they call her Verna after Havoc’s late sister.

  3058 YOA: Tallyus Cromme turns thirteen; his mother passes the Mormaerdom of Haplann to him and Caphil, the White Spear of Haplann.

  3061 YOA: Death of Dolment, the Dwarves of the White Haven in Erndall take his body back to Ifor.

  3070 YOA: Tallyus meets the dragon, Cloud. The Rawn Trinity is set.

  3071 YOA: The mysterious tyrant known as the Overlord invades Assassi-Al with a Fyrandian Army. Death of Duke Magnus and Havoc Valient. Magnus’s second son, Rett becomes the new Red Duke.

  3079 YOA: Death of Mad-gellen, Chirn becomes the new Overlord of the Nithi. Death of Lady Vara, she is buried in the family vaults in the Rouge.

  3083 YOA: D
eath of Telmar. The second Rejuvenation.

  3084 YOA: Death of Mad-chirn. Succession crisis in the Wildlands, the War of the Bastard Sons begins. Opeac the Historian writes the famous, Reign of Fire: The Life of Baron Telmar based on the notes inside Vanduke’s Black Ledger. The Atyd Lorimar dies; he is buried out at sea according to his wishes. He is the first Atyd in history not to be buried in the Eternal Forest.

  3085 YOA: Sir Kith visits a, now very old, Sir Furran who dies shortly after saying goodbye to his old friend. Baron Jericho dies from a heart attack as he fishes in the lake at his home in Sidon Maze, both knights are buried in the Paladins Vault. Prince Vanduke becomes King Vanduke II when Havoc abdicates according to Rogun law. Havoc and Bleudwed become the Duke and Duchess of Mulvend.

  3086 YOA: Mactan dies as he falls over a cliff with his horse during a hunting trip. His sons bury his heart in the foundations of Dunshorre and Havoc, Gunach and Count Tallyus who were with him on the hunt, take his body to the Paladin’s Vault.

  3087 YOA: Death of Sir Hexor. His son Baron Foxe, Count Tallyus, Duke Havoc, Sir Kith, Gunach, Sir Whyteman, Sir Linth and the Viscount Powyss take his body on pilgrimage from Storridge to the Paladins Vault. According to his wishes, they intern his body beside his brother. Later that year, Powyss becomes a Ri, he passes his Palace on Zent to Erin, the Countess of Sonora, and disappears. Many believe he returns home to Hoath, he visits Havoc at Mulvend on the way.

  3094 YOA: Exactly fifty years to the day of the continents Unification, Molna, the Duchess of Carras dies. All of the bells on the Ken’s toll throughout the land for six days and six nights in honour of her memory. Havoc and a very sad Sir Linth jointly lay her body beside the remains of her husband in the Rogun Royal Tomb.

  3099 YOA: Sir Whyteman and Sir Linth die a month apart. A memorial is built to their memory in both the Eternal Forest and Caphun. Count Tallyus and Duke Havoc deliver their bodies to the Paladin’s Vault on the back of the dragon, Cloud.

  3101 YOA: The Champion of the Assassi, Little Kith, undefeated even in old age, dies in his sleep. He is buried in the Paladin Vault, the last of the mortal Paladin-knights.

  3120 YOA: The third and last Rejuvenation.

  3085 YOA: King Vanduke abdicates in favour of his son who becomes King Havoc II. Death of Bleudwed. Duke Havoc gives all of his worldly possessions to Verna who becomes the Duchess of Mulvend. He only takes the Gredligg Orrinn and the Sword that Rules with him as he sails away from Assassi-Al to become a Ri, it is believed he travels to Erndall.

  With the passing of Havoc Cromme, the Third Era ends.

  Appendix Two

  Royal Family Charts

  P.D.Ceanneir is the penname, in Gaelic, of Peter David Kinnear.

  He is the author of the highly successful Rawn Chronicles Series and is currently writing its prequel, Dragor-rix.

  He lives with his wife in a small village in Scotland.