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== Summary of campaign timing ==
This section is intended to have a quick summary with references of the key points in the timeline. This is for ease of reference when updating the timeline.

=== Legend ===
* <span style="color:red">Red: Explicit Dates</span>
* <span style="color:orange">Orange: Inferred Dates</span>
* <span style="color:purple">'''Purple: Conflicting Info'''</span>. If there is conflicting info, we give first preference to official in-game sources and game manuals, then to {{ll}} ({{wll}}) and {{hota}} ({{wh}}) second.
* <span style="color:grey">'''Gray: Likely Errors'''</span> are ignored.
* <span style="color:teal">Teal: Current Best Guesses</span>. These are only recorded if we can narrow it down to a short possible span of years.

=== Restoration of Erathia (<span style="color:orange">1165-1167</span>) ===
* [[Long Live the Queen]] (<span style="color:orange">1165b (begins around March)</span>)
** <span style="color:red">11 June 1165</span>: In the {{mm7}} manual ([[Archibald#Entry 1|The Diaries of Archibald, Entry 1]]), Archibald states Catherine left 5 months ago to attend her father's funeral.
** [[Long Live the Queen]]: Prologue states Seven weeks have passed since Catherine set sail from Enroth. [[Long Live the Queen]] occurs in <span style="color:orange">1165</span>.
* [[Dungeons and Devils]] (<span style="color:orange">1165b (Steadwick falls around May-June)</span>)
** Story: Enacting Sandro's plan from [[Specter of Power]], so [[Dungeons and Devils]] occurs after [[Specter of Power]].
** [[Groundbreaking]]: Prologue mentions an Enrothian fleet landing in Erathia (the events of [[Long Live the Queen]]>[[Homecoming]]), so [[Dungeons and Devils]] is concurrent with [[Long Live the Queen]].
* [[Spoils of War]] (<span style="color:orange">1165b</span>)
** Campaign prologue states Erathia is being invaded by Nighon, so [[Spoils of War]] is concurrent with [[Long Live the Queen]].
* [[Liberation]] (<span style="color:orange">1165c (Steadwick is liberated around September-October)</span>)
** [[Steadwick's Liberation]]: Is about liberating Steadwick from Nighon/Eeofol. Since Steadwick fell to them in [[Dungeons and Devils]]>[[Steadwick's Fall]], [[Liberation]] occurs after [[Dungeons and Devils]].
** {{wh}} [[World on Fire]]>[[Dead or Alive]]: Day 150 event discusses the recent liberation of Steadwick. [[Liberation]] is concurrent with [[World on Fire]]>[[Dead or Alive]].
* [[Long Live the King]] (<span style="color:orange">1165c</span>)
** [[A Gryphon's Heart]]: Prologue mentions Catherine is organizing the last stages of her war with Nighon and Eeofol, so [[Long Live the King]] is concurrent with [[Liberation]].
* [[Song for the Father]] (<span style="color:orange">1166-1167</span>)
** Story: Killing the Lich King Gryphonheart, who was created in [[Long Live the King]], so [[Song for the Father]] occurs after [[Long Live the King]].
** <span style="color:red">5 August 1167</span>: In the {{mm7}} manual ([[Archibald#Entry 143|The Diaries of Archibald, Entry 143]]), Archibald mentions the Lich King Gryphonheart is dead as if it were a recent event. [[Song for the Father]] likely ends in <span style="color:orange">1167</span>.
* [[Seeds of Discontent]] (<span style="color:orange">1167</span>)
** <span style="color:red">5 August 1167</span>: In the {{mm7}} manual ([[Archibald#Entry 143|The Diaries of Archibald, Entry 143]]), Archibald forms a plan to foment a rebellion in the Contested lands. [[Seeds of Discontent]] occurs in or after <span style="color:red">1167</span>.
** Campaign prologue: Mentions the invaders finally driven out of the Contested Lands, so [[Seeds of Discontent]] occurs after [[Song for the Father]].
** [[The Grail (campaign scenario)]] Prologue: Mentions needing independence soon before old hatreds return, so [[Seeds of Discontent]] occurs as early as possible.
=== Armageddon's Blade ===
* [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1167-1171 {{wll}}</span>)
** [[Catherine's Charge]]: Prologue mentions Restoration Wars are over, so [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]] begins no earlier than <span style="color:orange">1167</span>.
** [[Catherine's Charge]]: Day 51 mentions it is the first day of the [[Festival of Life]], so [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]] is concurrent with [[Festival of Life]].
** [[Catherine's Charge]]: Day 90 mentions "In the long months since [Catherine] left Enroth". This must be an understatement as it should have been ~2-6 years by this point.
** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: <span style="color:red">01-02-1172</span>: Catherine and Roland leave for Enroth. As they wanted to get to their son ASAP, [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]] concludes in <span style="color:orange">1171</span>.
* [[Dragon's Blood]]
** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: <span style="color:red">01-26-1172</span>: Mutare is seen as a dragon, so [[Dragon's Blood]] occurs no later than <span style="color:orange">1171</span>.
** {{wh}} A Seer in [[Homecoming (HotA)]] mentions that Ordwald is dead and Mutare is in power, so [[Dragon's Blood]] occurs before [[Homecoming (HotA)]].
* [[Dragon Slayer]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1167-1171 {{wll}}</span>)
** [[Crystal Dragons]] Day 1: Mentioned that the Festival of Life happened "Approximately 30 or so years ago". As it occurs every 30 years, this puts [[Dragon Slayer]] roughly concurrent with [[Festival of Life]].
* [[Festival of Life]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1167-1171 {{wll}}</span>)
** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: <span style="color:red">03-15-1172</span>: Kilgor is directing Krewlod attacks, so is likely king. [[Festival of Life]] occurs before <span style="color:orange">1172</span>.
* [[Playing with Fire]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1167-1171 {{wll}}</span>)
** Story: The antagonist is a reanimated Haart Lich. Since Lord Haart was killed in the epilogue of [[Song for the Father]]>[[For King and Country]], [[Playing with Fire]] occurs after [[Song for the Father]].
** [[Farming Towns]]: Day 20 mentions the Erathians can't help due to being "...attacked by hideous beasts wielding powerful weaponry." and defending from these "demonic beasts". This is likely a reference to Armageddon's Blade, so [[Playing with Fire]] is concurrent with [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]].
** [[March of the Undead]]: Day 30 mentions that the [[Festival of Life]] has started and Day 75 that Kilgor has won it, so [[Playing with Fire]] is concurrent with [[Festival of Life]].
* [[Foolhardy Waywardness]] (<span style="color:orange">1165a (sometime between January-March)</span>)
** [[Hurry Up and Wait]]: Epilogue puts Sir Christian on Queen Catherine's ship on her way to Erathia for her father's funeral, so [[Foolhardy Waywardness]] ends at most a few weeks before [[Long Live the Queen]].
=== Shadow of Death ===
* [[New Beginning]] (<span style="color:orange">1156</span>)
** [[Clearing the Border]]: Prologue states that it has been a year since Archibald was defeated, thus ending the Succession Wars. This means [[New Beginning]] occurs in <span style="color:orange">1156</span>.
* [[Elixir of Life]]
** [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Search for a Killer]]: Story mentions Lord Falorel has been killed. Gelu worked for Lord Falorel in [[Elixir of Life]], so [[Elixir of Life]] occurs before [[Unholy Alliance]].
* [[Hack and Slash]] (<span style="color:teal">1156</span>)
** Campaign prologue mentions Crag Hack is newly arrived from [[Enroth (continent)]]
* [[Birth of a Barbarian]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1141-1157</span>)
** Story: Yog is invited to Krewlod by Duke Boragus. Boragus ruled from <span style="color:orange">~1141-1171</span>
** [[Rise of the Necromancer]]>[[Master]]: Story mentions Vidomina, an ex-wizard lover of Yog, now an apprentice to Sandro, so [[Birth of a Barbarian]] occurs before [[Rise of the Necromancer]].
** [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Harvest]]: Event text describes Yog as a Barbarian, so [[Birth of a Barbarian]] occurs before [[Unholy Alliance]].
* [[Rise of the Necromancer]] (<span style="color:teal">1157a</span>)
** [[Target]]: Day 1 mentions that Sandro has the Armor of the Damned, so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] occurs after [[Hack and Slash]]
** [[Target]]: Day 1 mentions that Sandro has the Cloak of the Undead King, so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] occurs after [[New Beginning]]
** <span style="color:purple">'''Conflicting Info:'''</span> [[Target]]: Sandro encounters Shalongrarg (a pit fiend). Pit Fiends arrived to Antagarich on the {{wll}} [[Night of Shooting Stars]], so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] must occur no earlier than <span style="color:orange">1161</span>
*** NOTE: If pit fiends are present on Antagarich prior to the [[Night of Shooting Stars]], we can ignore this. Maybe some survived the [[Conquest of the Underworld]]?
** [[Duke Alarice]]: Epilogue show Finneas being honored by the king of Deyja. Finneas becomes king of Deyja in [[Unholy Alliance]], so [[Rise of the Necromancer]] occurs before [[Unholy Alliance]].
* [[Unholy Alliance]] (<span style="color:teal">1157b</span>)
** [[Gathering the Legion]]: Day 1 mentions that Crag Hack has spent "days and weeks searching for Sandro after his betrayal". This means [[Unholy Alliance]] occurs shortly after [[Hack and Slash]]
** [[Search for a Killer]]: Story mentions Lord Falorel has been killed. Gelu worked for Lord Falorel in [[Elixir of Life]], so [[Unholy Alliance]] occurs after [[Elixir of Life]].
** [[Final Peace]]: Prologue implies that Gem went to go see Lord Fayette shortly after being tricked by Sandro in [[New Beginning]], only to find him dead. Lord Fayette was killed while investigating the death of Lord Falorel, so  [[Unholy Alliance]] occurs shortly after [[New Beginning]].
* [[Specter of Power]] (<span style="color:orange">1164</span>)
** [[Poison Fit for a King]]: Story mentions that Sandro has lost to Crag Hack, Yog, Gelu and Gem, so [[Specter of Power]] occurs after [[Unholy Alliance]].
** Campaign story is preparing to assassinate King Nicolas Gryphonheart and invade Erathia with Nighon/Eeofol, so [[Specter of Power]] occurs shortly before [[Long Live the Queen]]
=== Horn of the Abyss {{wh}} ===
* [[Under the Jolly Roger]]
** [[Pirates and Palms]] Day 2: Patris' history lesson puts this after <span style="color:orange">1162</span> (and maybe even after <span style="color:orange">1164</span>).
* [[Terror of the Seas]] (<span style="color:teal">Sometime between 1170-1171 {{wh}}{{wll}}</span>)
** [[Prisoner of Doom]]: Day 1 mentions that the Festival of Life is currently running/just ended, so [[Terror of the Seas]] occurs immediately after [[Festival of Life]].
** [[Evenmorn]]: Continues Jeremy's story from [[Under the Jolly Roger]], so [[Terror of the Seas]] occurs after [[Under the Jolly Roger]].
** [[In Search of the Horn]]: Dargem appears in jail, having failed to acquire the Horn of the Abyss in All In, so [[Terror of the Seas]] occurs concurrently with or after [[All In]].
* [[Horn of the Abyss (campaign)]] (<span style="color:orange">1171 {{wh}}{{wll}}</span>)
** The story is a direct continuation of [[Terror of the Seas]], so [[Horn of the Abyss (campaign)]] occurs after [[Terror of the Seas]].
** [[Treachery]] Day 12 mentions "...strange cities with golden-domed castles have begun appearing out of thin air all across the continent." (which are the Confluxes appearing during [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]]). That puts [[Horn of the Abyss (campaign)]] concurrent with [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]]. 
* [[Forged in Fire]] (<span style="color:orange">1161-1170</span> {{wll}} {{wh}})
** [[World on Fire]] (<span style="color:orange">1161</span> {{wll}})
*** Story: This scenario tells the story of the [[Night of Shooting Stars]], so [[World on Fire]] occurs in <span style="color:orange">1161</span>
** [[Beyond the Horizon]] (<span style="color:orange">1161</span> {{wll}} {{wh}})
*** Day 14 event says "Three weeks have passed since we left Eeofol." ([[World on Fire]]), so [[Beyond the Horizon]] occurs in <span style="color:orange">1161</span>
** [[Dead or Alive]] (<span style="color:orange">1165</span>)
*** Day 30 event discusses the recent fall of Steadwick. [[Dead or Alive]] is concurrent with [[Dungeons and Devils]]>[[Steadwick's Fall]]
*** Day 150 event discusses the recent liberation of Steadwick. [[Dead or Alive]] is concurrent with [[Liberation]]>[[Steadwick's Liberation]]
** [[Tomb Raiders]] (<span style="color:orange">1169</span> {{wh}})
*** Day 1: "Four years have passed since we defeated Dargem’s pirates." (aka [[Dead or Alive]]), so [[Tomb Raiders]] occurs in <span style="color:orange">1169</span>.
** [[Deus Ex Machina]] (<span style="color:orange">Likely 1170</span> {{wh}})
*** [[Tomb Raiders]]: The event text when finding Henrietta says she has been gone "all these months"
*** Day 14: Mentions the artifact Henrietta found at the conclusion of Tomb Raiders is back in Burton, so [[Deus Ex Machina]] occurs after [[Tomb Raiders]].
** [[Tarred and Feathered]] (<span style="color:orange">1170</span> {{wh}})
*** Based on scenario order, [[Tarred and Feathered]] occurs after [[Deus Ex Machina]] and before [[New Order]].
** [[New Order]] (<span style="color:orange">1170</span> {{wh}})
*** Day 4: mentions "...not a year had passed..." since they worked with their betrayers (the beginning of [[Tarred and Feathered]]), so [[New Order]] occurs less than a year after the start of [[Tarred and Feathered]].
*** A Seer mentions " Only a year ago, I was helping Frederick on his quest for Agar's lab" (i.e. [[Tomb Raiders]]), so [[New Order]] occurs a year after [[Tomb Raiders]].
** [[Homecoming (HotA)]] (<span style="color:orange">1170</span> {{wll}} {{wh}})
*** Story: Coincides with [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]]>[[Oblivion's Edge]], so [[Homecoming (HotA)]] is concurrent with [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]].
*** Day 4: Henrietta discusses everything that happened "over the past nine years" with a Halfling who never left Eeofol, so [[Homecoming (HotA)]] occurs 9 years after [[World on Fire]].
* [[All In]] (<span style="color:orange">1170</span> {{wh}})
** NOTE: The story in this campaign does not appear to have large breaks, so the campaign likely occurs over the span of 1 year.
** [[A Friendly Visit]]: Day 1 mentions fighting halflings and an undead in Jadame, so [[All In]] occurs after [[Dead or Alive]] (<span style="color:orange">1165</span>).
** [[A Friendly Visit]]: Day 11 mentions a civil war currently going on in Nighon which was started by Mutare, so [[All In]] occurs concurrently with or after [[Dragon's Blood]].
*** [[A Friendly Visit]]: A rumor mentions that Mutare is not yet the queen of Nighon.
*** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: <span style="color:red">01-26-1172</span> Mentions Mutare as the Dragon Queen, so presumably the civil war is over. [[All In]] occurs before <span style="color:red">1172</span>.
** [[The Life Guard]]: Story is about rescuing the new king Kilgor, so [[All In]] occurs after [[Festival of Life]] (which likely occurs sometime between <span style="color:teal">1167-1171</span>).
** [[The Life Guard]]: A rumor mentions that Xanthor was captured by the ocrs, so [[The Life Guard]] occurs shortly before [[Terror of the Seas]]>[[Prisoner of Doom]]
** [[The Tree Killer]]: Day 23 mentions there is some infighting between the halflings of Jadame, so [[The Tree Killer]] is concurrent with [[New Order]] (<span style="color:orange">1170</span>)
** [[Terror of the Seas]]>[[In Search of the Horn]]: Dargem appears in jail, having failed to acquire the Horn of the Abyss in All In, so [[All In]] occurs earlier than or concurrently with [[Terror of the Seas]].

=== Heroes Chronicles ===
* [[Warlords of the Wasteland]]
** This is the story of Tarnum before he dies and is resurrected by the Ancestors, so it is the first Tarnum scenario.
* [[Conquest of the Underworld]]
** Story: This is the story of Tarnum's niece Allison, so it is the second Tarnum scenario.
** Story: Tarnum is assigned this quest by the Ancestors, so [[Conquest of the Underworld]] occurs after [[Warlords of the Wasteland]].
* [[Masters of the Elements]]
** Story: Tarnum is assigned this quest by the Ancestors, so [[Masters of the Elements]] occurs after [[Warlords of the Wasteland]].
** (There is no further evidence for when this campaign occurs, so it was added in the order that {{hc}} campaigns were released.)
* [[Clash of the Dragons]] (<span style="color:orange">1173-1174</span> {{wll}})
** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: Mutare's offensive against AvLee occurs in <span style="color:red">1173-1174</span>. Mutare is killed in <span style="color:red">1175</span>
** [[Dragon's Blood (campaign scenario)]]: Story is fighting against Dragon Queen Mutare in AvLee, so [[Clash of the Dragons]] occurs after [[Dragon's Blood]] (in <span style="color:orange">1173 or 1174</span>)
** [[Dragon's Blood (campaign scenario)]]: Epilogue says "...it wasn't long before the Ancestors called him away." This means [[Clash of the Dragons]] isn't the final Chronicles campaign.
** <span style="color:purple">'''Conflicting Info:'''</span> [[The Dragontalker]]: Day 2 mentions Adrienne living in a hut in AvLee she built with Tarnum while they were lovers (maybe before <span style="color:teal">1167</span>). She is busy fighting Haart Lich around <span style="color:orange">1167-1171</span> and is seen as a diplomat to Erathia on <span style="color:red">03-15-1172</span> {{wll}} (assumingly immediately going on to fight Kilgor until the Reckoning (<span style="color:red">1177</span> {{wll}})). The only way I can think of to reconcile this is fairly unbelievable - Maybe Adrienne likes to vacation in AvLee during breaks in fighting for Tatalia's survival?
* [[The World Tree]]
** Story: Tarnum is assigned this quest by the Ancestors, so [[The World Tree]] occurs after [[Warlords of the Wasteland]].
** (There is no further evidence for when this campaign occurs, so it was added in the order that {{hc}} campaigns were released.)
* [[The Fiery Moon]]
** The story is a direct continuation of the story from [[The World Tree]], so [[The Fiery Moon]] occurs after [[The World Tree]]
* [[Revolt of the Beastmasters]]
** Story: This is the story of the founding of Tatalia.
** Story: Tarnum is assigned this quest by the Ancestors, so [[Revolt of the Beastmasters]] occurs after [[Warlords of the Wasteland]].
** (There is no further evidence for when this campaign occurs, so it was added in the order that {{hc}} campaigns were released.)
* [[The Sword of Frost]] (<span style="color:orange">1176</span> {{wll}})
** [[Tarnum the Overlord]]: Day 1 mentions that he took over the Nighon forces in the power vacuum left by Mutare's death, so [[The Sword of Frost]] occurs after [[Clash of the Dragons]].
*** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: <span style="color:red">1175</span>: Mutare is killed by Dracon, so [[The Sword of Frost]] occurs during or after <span style="color:orange">1175</span>.
** [[Tarnum the Overlord]]: Day 1 mentions that Gelu has Armageddon's Blade, so [[The Sword of Frost]] occurs after [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]].
** [[A New Enemy]]: Prologue mentions " Kija, the wife of the brutal Barbarian King Kilgor", so [[The Sword of Frost]] occurs after [[Festival of Life]].
** [[The Protectors of the Sword]]: Epilogue mentions that Kija has acquired the Sword of Frost for Kilgor, which occurs shortly before [[The Reckoning]].
=== Other Important Events ===
* [[The Silence]] (<span style="color:red">0</span>)
** The [[Antagarich]] calendar uses [[BS]] (Before the Silence) and [[AS]] (After the Silence), so by definition, this occurs at <span style="color:red">0</span>
* [[Succession Wars]]>Second War of Enrothian Succession (<span style="color:orange">{{unk}}-1155</span>)
*** <span style="color:red">11 June 1165</span>: In the {{mm7}} manual ([[Archibald#Entry 1|The Diaries of Archibald, Entry 1]]), Archibald states that he was a stone statue for the last 10 years. As this event ended {{homm2}}, the [[Succession Wars]] must have ended in <span style="color:orange">1155</span>.
*** <span style="color:purple">'''Conflicting Info:'''</span> {{wll}} [[Catherine#Queen Catherine|Queen Catherine]]: "in <span style="color:red">May of 1154</span> King Gryphonheart made arrangements for the marriage of Catherine to King Roland Ironfist of Enroth, who had earlier that year defeated his brother, Archibald...", so the [[Succession Wars]] must have ended in <span style="color:orange">1154</span>.
* [[Night of Shooting Stars]] (<span style="color:orange">1161</span> {{wll}})
** The [[Night of Shooting Stars]] is the Kreegan invasion of Enroth.
** <span style="color:grey">'''Error (ignore)'''</span>: [[Roland#Letters to Catherine|Roland's letters]] from the {{mm6}} manual describe the Night of Shooting Stars (likely erroneously) as occurring in <span style="color:red">1152</span>. 
** {{wll}} [[Kreegan#Kreegan reference]]: <span style="color:red">August 6th, 1164</span>: This letter states that about 3 years ago, the Kreegans invaded Eeofol, so this occurs in <span style="color:orange">1161</span>.
* [[The Reckoning]] (<span style="color:red">1177</span> {{wll}})
** {{wll}} [[Lost Manuscripts]]: [[The Reckoning]] occurs in <span style="color:red">1177</span>
=== Useful unsorted data ===
* [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)]]>[[Return of the King]]: Day 33 mentions Roland was imprisoned for seven years. He was captured just after the [[Night of Shooting Stars]] ({{mm6}}) and freed in {{mm7}}.
* [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Agents of Vengeance]]: Day 9 mentions "Ethric said it had been decades Sandro was his apprentice."
* [[Unholy Alliance]]>[[Agents of Vengeance]]: Day 25 mentions Gem once met Yog in [[Enroth (nation)]].
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