Series:Saga of the Skolian Empire

 TIME LINE   Ancient Ruby Empire Circa 4000 BCGroup of humans moved from Earth to Raylicon Circa 3600 BC         Rise of the Ruby Dynasty Circa 3100 BC         Raylicans launch their first interstellar flights <BR>Rise of the ancient Ruby Empire</TD></TR> Circa 2900 BC         Ruby Empire declines</TD></TR> Circa 2800 BC         Last interstellar flights Ruby Empire collapses</TD></TR> <td COLSPAN=3><CENTER><HR WIDTH=50%>

<th COLSPAN=2> Modern Skolian Empire

Circa AD 1300         Raylicans begin to regain lost knowledge AD 1843               Raylicans regain interstellar flight AD 1866               Rhon genetic project begins AD 1871                <B>Aristos found Eubian Concord (aka Trader Empire)</b> AD 1881               <TD>Lahaylia Selei born <TR><TD>AD 1904               <TD>Lahaylia Selei founds Skolian Imperialate <TR><TD>AD 2005               <TD>Jarac born <TR><TD>AD 2111               <TD>Lahaylia Selei marries Jarac <TR><TD>AD 2119               <TD>Dyhianna Selei (daughter of Lahaylia and Jarac; heir to Ruby Throne) born <TR><TD>AD 2122               <TD> <B>Earth achieves interstellar flight with the inversion drive</b> <TR><TD>AD 2132               <TD> <B>Allied Worlds of Earth formally established</b> <TR><TD>AD 2144               <TD>Roca (2nd daughter of Lahaylia and Jarac) born <TR><TD>AD 2169               <TD>Kurj (Roca's son "by" her first husband, Tokaba Ryestar) born <TR><TD>Circa AD 2171         <TD>After death of Tokaba Ryestar, Roca marries Darr Hammerjackson, with disastrous results <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2203  <TD>Roca marries Eldrinson Althor Valdoria<TD rowspan=5>(Skyfall) [1] <TR bgcolor=pink><TD rowspan=4>AD 2204     <TD>Eldrin Jarac Valdoria born (firstborn of Roca and Eldrinson) <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>Jarac Skolia, Patriarch of the Ruby Dynasty, dies when Kurj tries to join the dyad that runs the Skolian Web <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>Kurj becomes Imperator, military leader of Imperialate <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>Death of Lahaylia Selei, the first modern Ruby Pharaoh, followed by the ascension of Dyhianna to the Ruby Throne

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2205 <TD>Major Bhaaj hired by the House of Majda to find Prince Dayj<TD>("The City of Cries") [2]

<TR><TD>AD 2206               <TD>Althor Izam-Na Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2207               <TD>Del-Kurj (Del) and Chaniece Roca born (twins) to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2209               <TD>Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2210               <TD>Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2211               <TD>Denric Winward Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2213               <TD>Shannon Eirlei Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2215               <TD>Aniece Dyhianna Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2219               <TD>Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin Valdoria born to Roca & Eldrinson <TR><TD>AD 2220               <TD>Eldrin and Dehya marry <TR><TD>AD 2221               <TD>Taquinil Selei born

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2223  <TD>Vyrl and Lily elope at age fourteen and create a political crisis<TD>("Stained Glass Heart") [3]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD rowspan=2>AD 2227     <TD rowspan=2>Soz enters Dieshan Military Academy<TD>(Triad 1: Schism) [4] <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>("Echoes of Pride”) [5]

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2228  <TD>First declared war between Skolia and Traders<TD> (Triad 2: The Final Key) [6]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>~2236-2237 Denric travels to the planet Sandstorm to teach literature.<TD>("The Edges of Never-Haven") [7]

<TR><TD>AD 2237               <TD> <B>Jaibriol II born</b>

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2240 <TD>Soz meets Jato Stormson<TD>("Aurora in Four Voices") [8]

<TR><TD>AD 2241               <TD>Kelric marries Admiral Corey Majda Corey

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2243 <TD>Corey Majda assassinated<TD>("Light and Shadow") [9]

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2255  <TD>Soz leads rescue mission to colony on New Day<TD>("Pyre for a New Day") [10]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2258 Kelric crashes on Coba where he will spend the next 20 years assumed dead by the rest of the universe<TD>(The Last Hawk) [11]

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>2259 early Soz meets Jaibriol<TD>(Primary Inversion) [12] <TR bgcolor=b041ff><TD><TD> <B>The eBook version of Primary Inversion is rewritten from the original and considered the best version.</b> <TD>
 * the first written Skolian tale/novel

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>2259 late Soz and Jaibriol go into exile<TD rowspan=3>(The Radiant Seas) [13]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2260 <TD>Jaibriol III born, aka Jaibriol Qox Skolia

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2263 <TD>Rocalisa Qox Skolia born

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>         <TD>Althor Izam-Na Valdoria meets Coop. <TD>("Soul of Light") [14]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2269 <TD>Vitar Qox Skolia born<TD rowspan=5>(The Radiant Seas) [13]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2273 <TD>del-Kelric Qox Skolia born

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2275 <TD>Jaibriol II captured by Eubian Space Command and forced to become puppet emperor of the Eubian Concord <bR>Soz becomes Imperator <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2276 <TD>Radiance War begins, also called the Domino War <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2277 <TD>Radiance War ends when Soz "captures" Jaibriol Qox II and that party return to Prism

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>         <TD>Traders capture Eldrin; Taquinil & Dehya jump into inversion and become mathematical constructs<TD>(Spherical Harmonic) [16]

<TR BGCOLOR=aeebec><TD>AD 2277–8 <TD>Kelric returns home and becomes Imperator (Ascendant Sun) [15] <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>         <TD>Dehya coalesces<TD>(Spherical Harmonic) [16] <TR bgcolor=aeebec>       <TD>Jaibriol III becomes the Trader emperor in exchange for Eldrin's release<TD>(The Moon's Shadow) [17] <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>         <TD>Dehya stages a coup in the aftermath of the Radiance War<TD>(Spherical Harmonic) [16] <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>       <TD>Jason Harrick crashes on the planet Thrice-Named<TD>("The Shadowed Heart") [18] <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>         <TD>Vyrl goes to Balumil and meets Kamoj; They are transported to Lyshriol where Vyrl leads planetary act of protest<TD>(The Quantum Rose) [19]

<TR><TD>AD 2279               <TD>Althor Vyan Selei born (the second son of Dyhianna and Eldrin). <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>       <TD>Del sings “The Carnelians Finale” and nearly starts a war<TD>(Diamond Star) [20]

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD rowspan=2>AD 2287<TD rowspan=2>Jeremiah Coltman trapped on Coba<TD>("A Roll of the Dice") [21] <TR bgcolor=pink><TD>(The Ruby Dice) [22]

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>       <TD>Jeejon dies<TD>("The Ruby Dice) [23] <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD rowspan=2>AD 2288<TD rowspan=2>Kelric and Jaibriol Qox attempt peace treaty<TD>("The Ruby Dice) [23] <TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>(Carnelians) [24]

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2298  <TD>Jess Fernandez goes to Icelos<TD>("Walk in Silence") [25]

<th COLSPAN=2> 30 YEAR GAP

<TR bgcolor=aeebec><TD>AD 2326 <TD>Tina and Manuel return to New Mexico<TD>"Ave de Paso" [26]

<TR bgcolor=pink><TD>AD 2328  <TD>Althor Vyan Selei meets Tina Santis Pulivok<TD>(Catch the Lightning) [27]

<TR bgcolor=b041ff><TD><TD> <B>♦ (also the duology Lightning Strike, Book I and Lightning Strike, Book II)</b> <TD> <TR bgcolor=b041ff><TD><TD> <B>♦ Author’s notes: Lightning Strike, Book I and Lightning Strike, Book II are the same story as told in Catch the Lightning, but substantially rewritten and expanded for the eBook release.</b> <TD>