Timeline for Star Gazer Trilogy One

Characters

Jack

Becomes Guardian of the Second, King of The Outlands, but avoids the role of Emperor. He and n'Gnung often bear the brunt of Da Phai Nai's broom, her weapon of choice, and joke about wearing padded pants.

Jien Noi

Known as Jinnie by her husband, Jack, she is only the third person to ever hold the titles of Empress and Gatekeeper.

Ræm

Daughter of Jinnie and Jack, Ræm becomes Empress Elect and future Gatekeeper. But, her destiny lies along the Third and Windy Way.

n'Gnung

n'Gnung is Jack's closest friend, and becomes First Warrior of the Second, and Guardian Elect.

Ælkræleinnoire

Kay, unlike any other Elf, has black hair and white eyes, except for the first ever Elf Queen, and Oma.

Da Phai Nai

Matronly Innkeeper renowned for her broom.

Lo Si

Lo Si, Sun Kist's father, and The Keeper of Ancient Knowledge.

Gung Loi

General of the Second's covert forces, adapts easily to modern weapons, and those of the Ancestors.

Sar Tan

Sar Tan was kidnapped by the Great Ogre when she was very young. It is presumed her body was harvested for DNA, and she died as a result.

Dawn

Jack's oldest and best friend; she finds a new reason for living on The Island.

Ancestor Oma

After their release from the purgatory of being un-dead, the Ancestors live with the Second, making a new home for themselves at the University.

Supporting Information

Appendices: Timeline for First Trilogy

Timeline

Timeline
Note: The island is in the southern hemisphere, so seasons are 6-months out from what most people know.

Book 1

2010	12th August	Jack Leaves Canton.
	24th August	Jack is washed ashore on the Island.
	1st September	Day 9 on the island.
	23rd December	Day 123 – Jack is transported to the interior.
	28th December	Day 128 – Jack catches Jien Noi leaving the food parcel, and later arrives at Forest Meade.
	30th December	Arrival at Grimwaldi Rinns after swimming. Jack is imprisoned that night.
	31st December	Jack is released by Jien Noi (Friday).

2011	1st January	Ch 1 – Assimilation (Relative time-fix).
	Mid-February	Jack spends about 5 weeks in the city, this is not precisely defined.
	Late February	Days teaching at the hot springs – 6 days there before they go to the city - the rise of Sar Tan.
	End of February	Day 7 sees Jack return to the City, and then leave that night when dark.
	Next Day	Jack with n'Gnung and meet Won Long; Jinnie is told she will be executed midday the next day.
	Next next Day	Ch 7 – Jack rescues Jien Noi and escapes to the shore. This is late summer = correct in Southern Hemisphere.
	Early March	On the third day of their headland sojourn Sar Tan kills the Empress. Restoration.
	Weeks pass…
	18th April	Harvest Moon 2011.
	Ch 20	The Prince completed the Trials of Passage.
	August 2011	Jack passes the point of being on the island for 1 year.

2012	Late February	Many months pass with this short section.
	6th April	Harvest Moon 2012.
	One year passes	The story picks up again in spring 2013.

2013	Early March	Jinnie starts acting strangely (Baby); Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
	27th March	Harvest Moon 2013 is early that year. Lunar date.
		Marriage of Jack and the Empress.
	Next Day	They discover the Ring of the Ancestor, late at night.
	29th March	Discover the control room, Chapter 27.
		They meet Ælthrelntheine via hologram, and learn of the impending attack. Ch. 28.
	30th March	3rd day after the Full Moon – 11.5 days until new Moon.
	10th April (4 am)	Theodosius Quinn invades and is defeated. Jack meets the Eleventh and the Seventh.
	Last Page	Jack sends a note to Dawn.

Book 2
Book 2 begins – 12th April 2013

2013 continued
	April 2013	Ælkræleinnoire arrives, they make slow progress understanding the now suspected spacecraft.
	Late September	The Giants arrive the day before Spring Festival.
	19/20th September	Spring Moon 2013. Ræm is born at Midnight of the Full Moon (Northern Hemisphere Harvest Moon).
	22th September	The Vernal Equinox, and beginning of the new Sun Calendar.
	Several weeks pass: Chapters 11 – 14 span about 3-weeks, ill-defined.
	Less than 2-months Pass quickly, a couple of paragraphs.
	21st December Summer Solstice	The Giants are returned to the Himalayas; southern hemisphere seasonal time used.

2014	16th March	The full Moon preceding Harvest Home. The phase of the Moon is correct, the eclipse of the Sun is artistic licence.
		Return of The Ring of the Earth; the Shaman is restored, and the old religion reinstated.
	21st June	The Sword of Destiny is forged.
	2nd July	Jack and Kay fall comatose.

2015	7th December	Kay wakes up.
	12th December	Henry is introduced to the plot.
	16th December	Jack and Kay put the spaceship back together (Arbitrary date).
	28th December	Jack visits Henry’s family.

2016	First Weekend	Meeting with U.S. and Chinese Presidents.
	11th January	The first war with the Great Ogre.
	12th January	Nuclear attack on Bushehr.
	Friday, 13th January	A date mentioned in the book as reference, when interviewing the Trolls.
	18th January	The Trolls are granted Tribal status as The New Tenth.
	23rd	The Commandments of the Troll are agreed.
	29th February	Wedding of n'Gnung and Gung Loi.

Book 3
Book 3 begins – 1st March 2016

2016 continued
	1st March	Jack discovers Cynthia has cancer.
	2nd March	The Mexicans arrive. The spacecraft is remodelled.
	3rd March	The Mexicans work, as the islanders sleep.
	Days pass
	More days pass
	Circa 7th March	Behrouz is found and transported back. Gary and Sheila arrive.
	10th March	The scientist's revelations of Gaia's Wrath.
	11th March	The last Arabian daybreak.
	12th March	Early hours, Bushehr gasfield blows. Jack speaks with the Shaman at the end of the day.
	Days later	South Pars / Northfield blows; the world’s largest gasfield.
	20th March	Ghawar, the world’s largest oilfield blows.

	Time speeds up gradually, as we warp into the future over the next couple of chapters. Notable:
	Late March	Many are rescued or protected: Billy and Gilly come to the island. The Eden Project is protected.
	End of March	They discover the world is no longer in orbit around the Sun.
	1st April	They target the Middle East, the earth’s orbit is corrected.

	Weeks pass Gaia's wrath subsides.
	August	NASA visits, they work with the international spacestation.
	December	Gung Loi gives birth to a boy, Zhong Zhi; Jinnie also to Jason.

2017	Late January	Contact with the Pope established.
	February	Jack and Kay, supported by, and later superceded by Finity Gael, begin to unravel the Great Cobweb.
	March	The third spacecraft is discovered.
		Kay spends a lot of this period researching hermeneutics.
	11th April 2017	Harvest Moon. Weid Noi marries Ali, she was already with child.
	August	Won Long Dies.
	October	Weid Noi gives birth to a son, Wong Kai, the next Seer.

2018	March	Lo Si dies.
	July	Ræm begins school.
	Winter	Timeline ill defined: Chapter 17, Masks of the Allegory.

Circa 2022		Ræm begins learning Ancestor, and is educated at the University.

2023	December	Only 90 million people left alive in the world.

2026	April	Harvest Home celebrations attended by all the Tribes. Ræm celebrates her 13th Birthday, and becomes the Shaman’s Apprentice.

2027	April	Harvest Home sees the first Games of the Tribes. The Great Ogre strikes as they return to their homelands.

2028	Olympiad	The first officially planned Olympiad of the 12 Tribes.

2029		The Emperor dies.

2031		The future crew of the spacecraft begin training, Peni becomes Science Officer.

2033	September	Ræm returns from her instruction with the Shaman.
		An Ogre fortress is attacked, Kay and Jack almost die.
		Jack has problems with the Core.
	Spring Moon	The fifth Olympiad, Jack competes in the marathon, a 5-way tie. The Games were moved from Harvest Moon to Spring Moon, hence the extra year.

2035		7th Olympiad (abridged, deleted), Jack's team win the Cricket.

2036	Sunday, 5th October	Spring Festival and the eighth Olympiad. The final wars with the Great Ogre begin .
	October	The Ancestors are restored.
	December	Jack learns what happened when Taris landed on Gaia.

2037		Both spacecraft fly.
		Ræm marries Iydm.
		The immaculate Conception.

2038		Ræm and Iydm call their first child and daughter Eve Ning.

Snippets

Why a Timeline?

Both the author, and editor Susan, used the Timeline to check for consistency, and to refer to particular events.

It is reproduced here in its latest form, although final editing has since been undertaken.

This was not devised with the reader in mind, but some may find it useful.

Full Moon

One variable that the Timeline fixes in place, are the various important full moons, plus one dark of the moon (Quinn invades). These map precisely to the Lunar Calendar page.

More Characters

Ælthrelntheine

She is entitled, High Lord Protector of Gaia, a role that includes protecting all the Twelve Tribes.

Owain

Owain and his men are instrumental in defeating the Great Ogre.

The Shaman

An enlightened, and perhaps, elemental being? As the trilogy progresses, the Shaman becomes increasingly entwined within the plot.

Rambling Longshanks

The King of the Twelfth is a gentle Giant, and proud that his Tribe assisted the Ancestors in pre-history.

Volkar

Representing the New Tenth or Trolls, Volkar grows into leadership of his people.

The Fourth

Image: King Ruaidhrí Ó Riáin - Click to enlarge

King Ruaidhrí Ó Riáin,
Red King of the Fourth. This mischievous race are akin to leprechauns, even down to their Gaelic roots.

Peni

Peni walks the fine line between genius and madness, occasionally putting a toe across the line.

Ancestor Taris

His image was painted on stone walls thirty thousand years ago, and bears an uncanny resemblance to Jack.

Horovitz

Mercenary who changed sides and fought for the Second.

Matron

Leading Medic 37851, shows her humanity in Book Three.

Image: The Ancestors came from the stars ... Alpha Centauri - click for larger image

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