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Tarkir
 
Timeline
 

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. For clarity, the Khans of Tarkir timeline where the dragons died out is referred to as the "Original timeline", while the Dragons of Tarkir timeline where they dragonlords took over the clans is referred to as the "Current timeline".

Tarkir's timeline

c. -25,000 AR

Birth of Tarkir

Between c. -20,000 and c. -15,500

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

3279

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

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]

Current Timeline

3279

  • Sarkhan encases Ugin in a hedron cocoon.[7] The dragon tempests increase.

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

  • Anafenza is executed by her cousin Oret and returned by him as a kin-tree spirit.[18]

Before 4559

  • Sidisi is killed and resurrected as a sibsig vizier to Silumgar.[19]

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]

Phyrexian Invasion and Reconstruction

4562

4564

  • Elspeth Tirel travels to Tarkir and recruits Narset to investigate the multiversal dragonstorm outbreak.
  • Elspeth and Narset's search leads them via Omenpath to the Meditation Realm, where Ugin is detaining Nicol Bolas, and where they find Jace, Loot and Vraska. In this encounter, Elspeth accidentally tells Bolas his name, and Jace steals the Spirit-Gem in an attempt to exploit the Meditation Realm's power to change past, particularly to undo the Phyrexian invasion. He fails and seemingly dies, and Nicol Bolas escapes in the process. After everyone else has departed the Meditation Realm, Jace beings to reform.
  • Sarkhan Vol and Taigam perform a corrupted ritual and gain control of the plane's wild dragons, which Sarkhan uses to wreak havoc.[23]
  • Ugin returns to Tarkir, defeats Sarkhan, and puts a stop to the dragonstorm outbreak.[24]

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.[25]
  • 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.[26]

3279

  • Sarkhan cocoons the dying Ugin.[7]
  • Sarkhan returns to modern-day Tarkir.[7]

Dragons of Tarkir

4559

  • Sarkhan meets with Ugin.[21]
  • Sarkhan meets Narset again.[21]

Phyrexian Invasion

4562

4564

  • Taigam convinces Sarkhan to perform a corrupted ritual which restores Sarkhan to dragon form, and gives him dominion over the plane's feral dragons. [23]
  • Ugin returns from the Meditation Realm and defeats Sarkhan.[24]

References

  1. ↑ Kate Elliott (June 13, 2018). "Chronicle of Bolas: The Twins". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ a b c Kate Elliott (August 15, 2018). "Chronicle of Bolas: The Unwritten Now". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ a b c James Wyatt (January 28, 2015). "The Truth of Names". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Magic Creative Team (January 8, 2015). "Planeswalker's Guide to Fate Reforged". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Mike McArtor (February 10, 2015). "In It to Twin It". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Kelly Digges (January 15, 2015). "Unwritten". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ a b c d Doug Beyer (January 22, 2015). "The Reforged Chain". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. ↑ Magic Creative Team (September 10, 2014). "Planeswalker's Guide to Khans of Tarkir, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  9. ↑ a b c Ari Levitch (December 3, 2014). "Bond and Blood". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ a b c Kimberly J. Kreines (March 4, 2015). "The Great Teacher's Student". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  11. ↑ Magic Creative Team (September 3, 2014). "Planeswalker's Guide to Khans of Tarkir, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  12. ↑ Adam Lee (September 24, 2015). "Sorin's Revelation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  13. ↑ Tom LaPille (November 26, 2014). "Victory". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  14. ↑ a b c d e f Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (December 11, 2014). "Journey to the Nexus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  15. ↑ James Wyatt (February 4, 2015). "The Doom of the Golden Fang". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  16. ↑ Nik Davidson (February 11, 2015). "No End and No Beginning". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  17. ↑ a b c d Kelly Digges (February 18, 2015). "Khanfall". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  18. ↑ Ari Levitch (April 2, 2015). "The Guardian". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  19. ↑ Sam Stoddard (April 8, 2015). "The Poisoned Heart". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  20. ↑ Kimberly J. Kreines (February 25, 2015). "A Tarkir of Dragons". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  21. ↑ a b c Kelly Digges (April 22, 2015). "Unbroken and Unbowed". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  22. ↑ Adam Lee (September 24, 2015). "Sorin's Revelation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  23. ↑ a b Cassandra Khaw (March 10, 2025). "Heart of Fire". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  24. ↑ a b Cassandra Khaw (March 17, 2025). "Return". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  25. ↑ Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes (August 27, 2014). "The Madness of Sarkhan". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  26. ↑ Kimberly J. Kreines (December 31, 2014). "A New Tarkir of Old". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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