Tarkir/Timeline
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Tarkir's timeline is not straightforward. It is a twin timeline that branches at one point with one influencing the other. The story of Sarkhan Vol is a straightforward path that winds through both timelines.
Tarkir's Timeline
c. -25,000 AR
- Ugin and Nicol Bolas are born on Dominaria[1]
Birth of Tarkir
Between c. -20,000 and c. -15,500
- Ugin's rebirth and subsequent planeswalk to Tarkir.[2]
- Sparking of the Dragon tempests and birth of the future Dragonlords.[2]
- Ugin leaves Tarkir.[2]
Founding of the Khanates
- Founding of the Mardu Horde.
- Founding of the Abzan Houses.
- Founding of the Jeskai Way.
- Ugin teaches the Jeskai the Ways of Ugin's Fire (Soulfire, Mistfire, Deathfire, Bloodfire, Vitalfire, Ghostfire).
- Founding of the Temur Frontier.
- Ugin teaches the Shamans the Mind Whisper
- Founding of the Sultai Brood.
c. 3260
c. 3263
c. 3276
- Alesha chooses her war name.[3]
Crux of Fate
c. 3279
- Alesha becomes khan of the Mardu.[3]
- Nicol Bolas corrupts Yasova Dragonclaw[6]
3279
- Battle between Ugin and Nicol Bolas.[7] Bolas coerces the Dragon broods to attack their progenitor.
Original Timeline
3279
- Ugin dies. The dragon tempests cease.
The End of All Dragons
The Dragons are hunted to extinction:
- Silumgar is slain at Molderfang Falls.
- Ojutai was slain at the Cori Mountain Fortress.
- Kolaghan was slain on the steppes near Scream Reach.
- Atarka was slain in the Karakyk Valley.
- Dromoka was slain and she and her brood were harvested for their scales.
Khans of Tarkir
c. 4509
c. 4537
c. 4543 or earlier
c. 4550
c. 4554
- Sarkhan Vol's Planeswalker's spark ignites and he leaves Tarkir.
c. 4559 or earlier
- Sidisi becomes khan of the Sultai.
- Surrak becomes khan of the Temur.
- Zurgo becomes khan of the Mardu.
- Taigam leaves the Jeskai and joins the Sultai.
- Anafenza becomes khan of the Abzan.[9]
4559
- Sarkhan returns to Tarkir.
- Sorin Markov arrives on Tarkir and finds Ugin dead.[12]
- Varuk takes control of the Mardu after Zurgo's obsession with Sarkhan becomes clear.[13]
- The appearance of the Alabaster Kirin.
- Sarkhan, Narset, and Zurgo reach Ugin's Nexus.[14]
- Zurgo Kills Narset.[14]
- Sarkhan enters the Nexus of Fate and travels 1280 years backward in time.[14]
New Timeline
3279
Khanfall
c. 3282 or later
After the fall of Ugin, the dragon tempests grow in ferocity, giving the dragons the upper hand in the struggle:
- The rakshasa and naga forsake the Sultai.[15] Tasigur surrenders to Silumgar.
- Daghatar decides to ally with Dromoka and her brood, forcing all of the Abzan to give up ancestor worship.[16] The Remembrance is destroyed, and every kin-tree is uprooted.
- Shu Yun, khan of the Jeskai; Alesha, khan of the Mardu; Reyhan, khan of the Abzan holdouts; Yasova, khan of the Temur; and Tasigur hold a meeting at Dirgur stronghold to discuss the future of their clans.[17] Tasigur betrays the location to the dragonlords. Reyhan is killed by Silumgaar. Shu Yun and the other Ghostfire initiates of the Jeskai give up their lives to make peace with Ojutai. Alesha, Yasova, and Tasigur escape.
- Tasigur returns to Silumgar and is turned into a piece of jewelry for the dragon.[17]
- Alesha and the Mardu decide to forsake their previous clan and follow dragonlord Kolaghan.[17]
- Yasova and the Temur begin hunting food for Atarka.[17]
Dragons of Tarkir
- Kolaghan takes full control of the other races that are following her brood.
- the Kolaghan clan adopts cannibalism
c. 4537
c. 4543 or earlier
c. 4558
Before 4559
c. 4559
- Narset's planeswalker spark ignites.[10]
4559
- Sarkhan Vol returns to his present, though he was never born in this timeline.[20][21]
- Sorin Markov arrives on Tarkir and releases Ugin from his Hedron cocoon.[22]
New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse
Sarkhan's Timeline on Tarkir
Pre-sparking
- Sarkhan is born as Vol. He later grants himself the title Sarkhan.
- Sarkhan rises through the Mardu Horde.
- Sarkhan joins Chianul and the Whisperers in the Qal Sisma mountains of the Temur Frontier.
- Sarkhan returns to the Mardu.
c. 4554
- Sarkhan's planeswalker spark ignites.
Khans of Tarkir
4559
- Sarkhan returns to Tarkir.[23]
- Sarkhan befriends Narset.[14]
- Sarkhan finds the tomb of the spirit dragon Ugin.[14]
- Sarkhan is sent back in time to the "Crux of Fate."[14]
Fate Reforged
3279
- Sarkhan arrives in Tarkir's past.[24]
3279
Dragons of Tarkir
4559
Phyrexian Invasion
- Sarkhan returns to Tarkir with Narset.
- Sarkhan loses his planeswalker spark alongside others, including Narset.
References
- ↑ Kate Elliott (June 13, 2018). "Chronicle of Bolas: The Twins". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Kate Elliott (August 15, 2018). "Chronicle of Bolas: The Unwritten Now". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c James Wyatt (January 28, 2015). "The Truth of Names". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Creative Team (January 8, 2015). "Planeswalker's Guide to Fate Reforged". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mike McArtor (February 10, 2015). "In It to Twin It". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015.
- ↑ Kelly Digges (January 15, 2015). "Unwritten". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d Doug Beyer (January 22, 2015). "The Reforged Chain". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Creative Team (September 10, 2014). "Planeswalker's Guide to Khans of Tarkir, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Ari Levitch (December 3, 2014). "Bond and Blood". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Kimberly J. Kreines (March 4, 2015). "The Great Teacher's Student". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Creative Team (September 3, 2014). "Planeswalker's Guide to Khans of Tarkir, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Adam Lee (September 24, 2015). "Sorin's Revelation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille (November 26, 2014). "Victory". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d e f Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (December 11, 2014). "Journey to the Nexus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ James Wyatt (February 4, 2015). "The Doom of the Golden Fang". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Nik Davidson (February 11, 2015). "No End and No Beginning". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d Kelly Digges (February 18, 2015). "Khanfall". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ari Levitch (April 2, 2015). "The Guardian". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (April 8, 2015). "The Poisoned Heart". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kimberly J. Kreines (February 25, 2015). "A Tarkir of Dragons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Kelly Digges (April 22, 2015). "Unbroken and Unbowed". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Adam Lee (September 24, 2015). "Sorin's Revelation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes (August 27, 2014). "The Madness of Sarkhan". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kimberly J. Kreines (December 31, 2014). "A New Tarkir of Old". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.