Valdemar Timeline

Here is the timeline for Misty's Valdemar Series. This timeline is adapted from the timeline that appears at the front of each of the Valdemar books.

Beginning Date for the Period	Reigning Monarch	Series Title	Books
1000 B.F.	Prehistory: Era of the Black Gryphon	The Mage Wars	The Black Gryphon, The White Gryphon, The Silver Gryphon
0	Founding of Valdemar
750 A.F.	Elspeth the Peacemaker	The Last Herald Mage Trilogy	Magic's Pawn
798 A.F.	Randale		Magic's Promise, Magic's Price
1077 A.F.	Theran		Brightly Burning
1270 A.F.	Co-Consorts Arden & Leesa	Vows and Honor Duology	The Oathbound Oathbreakers
		Short Stories	Oathblood
1315 A.F.	Roald
1355 A.F.	Sendar
1376 A.F.	Selenay		Take a Thief
		The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy	Arrows of the Queen Arrow's Flight Arrow's Fall
		Kerowyn's Tale	By the Sword
		The Mage Winds Trilogy	Winds of Fate Winds of Change Winds of Fury
		The Mage Storms Trilogy	Storm Warning Storm Rising Storm Breaking
		Darian's Tale	Owlflight Owlsight Owlknight
			"A Herald's Journey" in The Valdemar Companion

Sword of Ice does not fall neatly onto the timeline. It containes tales that stretch from just before Vanyel's time (Savil's first encounter with the Tayledras) up through Selenay's reign.

Copyright Order

This is the order in which Mercedes Lackey copyrighted the various works:

• "Sword-sworn" 1985 (in Oathblood 1998)
• "Turnabout" 1986 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Arrow's of the Queen 1987
• "A Tale of Heroes" 1987 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Arrow's Flight 1987
• "Chap. 6" of Oathbound in different form in Sword and Sorceress, 1988 (in Oathbound 1988)
• Oathbound 1988 (songs 1985)
• "Keys" 1988 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Arrow's Fall 1988
• Magic's Pawn 1989
• Oathbreakers 1989 (songs 1987)
• Magic's Promise 1990
• Magic's Price 1990
• "The Making of a Legend" 1990 (in Oathblood 1998)
• "The Talisman" 1990 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Winds of Fate 1991
• "Stolen Silver" 1991 (in Horse Fantastic 1991)
• By the Sword 1991
• "Wings of Fire" 1991 (in Oathblood 1998)
• "A Woman's Weapon" 1992 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Winds of Change 1993
• "Friendly Fire" 1993 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Winds of Fury 1993
• Storm Warning 1994
• The Black Gryphon 1994
• Storm Rising 1995
• The White Gryphon 1995
• Storm Breaking 1996
• The Silver Gryphon 1996
• Owlflight 1997
• "Sunlancer" in Sword of Ice 1997
• "Introduction" to Sword of Ice 1997
• "Sword of Ice" in Sword of Ice 1997
• "Blue Heart" in Sword of Ice 1997
• Sword of Ice 1997
• "Spring Plowing at Forst Reach" 1998 (in Oathblood 1998)
• "Oathblood" 1998 (in Oathblood 1998)
• Oathblood 1998
• Owlsight 1998
• Owlflight 1999
• Owlknight 1999
• Brightly Burning 2000
• Take a Thief 2001
• "A Herald's Journey" in The Valdemar Companion 2001

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