Kirith Kirin (The City Behind the Stars) (88 page)

The Sisters refuse to teach Cunavastar any of the Wyyvisar that they know

Cunavastar withdraws from Arthen and builds Cunevadrim with the help of the Other and the Orloc, who are friendly to him for a time

Cunavastar learns Ildaruen from the Other

Cunavastar builds the first stone circle on the foundation rock of what will become Yruminast

Cunavastar woos Commyna in Arthen

V. The First War

The Two Sisters make Sister Mountain

Commyna conceives a child by Cunavastar

The Two Sisters fight Cunavastar and southern Arthen dies

Commyna bears a child, Falamar

Cunavastar tries to steal the child but YY takes Falamar into the Deeps of Inniscaudra

Commyna and the Two Sisters defeat and bind Cunavastar but cannot destroy Cunevadrim

YY banishes the Sisters from Arthen and they cross the mountains to Zaeyn.

VI. The Forty Thousand

YY creates Forty Thousand humans and sets them on the hills around Inniscaudra

The Forty Thousand waken. A language has already been made for them.

They live in Inniscaudra for seven generations

Jisraegen writing is developed, Clans arise, and the Jisraegen meet the Uncreated Peoples

Early Jisraegen begin to move in nomadic groups throughout Aeryn

Of the Forty Thousand who awaken, Twelve do not die

VII. The Clans and the Evaenym

Clans arise as groups of extended family, but all persons have two Clan affiliations of equal importance, the Mother-Line and the Father-Line Clans

The first priests learn the worship of YY from the Sisters, among them Curaeth Curaesyn

Jurel Durassa leads a group of Jisraegen into the eastern mountains at the site of a river gorge

The Twelve Who Did Not Die gradually emerge as leaders among the Jisraegen

Falamar finds his father’s house, Cunevadrim, and lives there with his followers

Falamar learns Ildaruen

The Sisters teach Wyyvisar to Jurel Durassa and Edenna Morthul

VIII. Mountain and Forest

The Jisraegen settle either in the mountains or in Arthen

Jisraegen explorers reach the shore of the Bay of Anyn and explore east as far as Keikilla Bay

Jurel Durassa provides aid to the Orloc who are at war with the Untherverthen and the Orloc build Chalianthrothe

Edenna Morthul settles in Inniscaudra and becomes the first Keeper of the Keys

The Tervan complete work on Halobar, the last of the main halls to be completed

Falamar and his Clans settle along the banks of the Isar in Arthen

IX. Cities

The Praeven and Falamar organize the Clans in Arthen

Cunuduerum is founded and the Jisraegen in Arthen begin to organize a style of life that floats between the urban center and a nomadic existence in the forest

The Praeven build the first Library in Cunuduerum

Falamar and Itheil Coorbahl go south to live in Cunevadrim, dissatisfied with the Praeven’s control of the city

Jurel Durassa and the Orloc build Montajhena in the mountains, intended only as a ceremonial center, though soon the mountaineers all build homes of stone in the city

X. The People of Drii

The Drii appear and ask Jurel Durassa for shelter in Montajhena

He and the Jisraegen welcome them after the long trek under the mountains

Jurel and Evynar explore Cundruen all the way to the end

Evynar and his people found a city at the end of the passes

Falamar is suspicious of the friendship between the mountain Jisraegen and the Drii and returns with Itheil to Cunuduerum

XI. The Good Age

The cities grow and prosper

The Praeven and Edenna Morthul begin the deriving of the akana alphabet and the Maleikarte

The tradition of the kyyvi begins as a result of this

Jisraegen weaving and glass-working become increasingly advanced

Jisraegen abandon the study of astronomy

Jisraegen literature, theatre, opera and visual arts flourish in Cunuduerum, Montajhena, and Genfynnel

XII. Falamar

Falamar begins to teach Ildaruen to a small set of followers

Cunuduerum is dominated by his faction and, it is thought, by magic

The forest Jisraegen become less nomadic and settle in or near Cunuduerum through much of the year

The forest-folk become estranged from the mountain Jisraegen

Edenna Morthul and the Praeven begin the construction of the first akana chant

The Orloc complete work on Chalianthrothe, finishing the room of three circles

XIII. The War of the Towers

Falamar enlists the Tervan to build Seumren

The Praeven begin the first of the Immorthraeguls of Power

Falamar uses Seumren to destroy the Praeven though Edenna and the last of the Praeven adepts manage to close and seal the Library

Falamar spreads the story that the Praeven were singing the Breaking Song that will end the universe as we know it

Jurel builds Yrunvurst and places the Tervan muuren-stone in the summit

Edenna Morthul retires to Inniscaudra and begins work on the base of Ellebren on Thrath Rock

XIV. The Massacre in the Hills of Slaughter

In Cunevadrim, Falamar broods, hires Tervan builders, begins work on Yruminast, over the foundations of Cunavastar’s ritual circle

Falamar marries and fathers a child, when it was thought that the Evaenym were barren. The child is Drudaen, who learns his father’s arts

The Anyn land on the north shore of the Bay of Anyn at the present-day site of Charnos

Settlers from Montajhena found Ivyssa along the river delta to the south and Cordyssa in the mountains

Itheil Coorbahl is killed in southern Aeryn by an Anyn scout party

Falamar leads an army against the Anynae and several thousand, or more, are massacred in the Hills of Slaughter

Falamar enslaves the Anynae, though some escape to eastern Arthen, where the mountain Jisraegen give them shelter

Jurel and Falamar go to war

Charnos is founded and the Tervan build the Great Wall to protect the Anynae from Falamar

Arroth is founded, and later Teliar and other southern cities

XV. The Hundred Years War

Falamar and the largest army of Jisraegen ever assembled besiege Montajhena

Jurel and his folk continue to be supplied from Drii

Jurel and Falamar are matched powers of the Fourth Level and neither can gain the advantage for nearly a century

Jurel goes to Chalianthrothe, is absent for a long time, and for the first time uses the room of three circles

Jurel builds the room in Yrunvurst that allows him to travel to Seumren instantly

Jurel drives Falamar out of Seumren

Falamar besieges Montajhena, and Jurel defeats his army

Falamar, in fighting Jurel, understands how Jurel is moving third-level power and does so himself

The ensuing force destroys Yrunvurst Tower and kills both Falamar and Jurel

XVI. YY intervenes

A time of chaos ensues

YY intervenes in the affairs of Aeryn for the sake of Arthen

She gives the Law of Change and names Kirith Kirin and Athryn Ardfalla as King and Queen

When Queen Athryn I was old, she summoned Kirith Kirin and he came to Aerfax and took the Crown from her, and he became King, and she rode to Arthen and became young again, and the cycle was established

Some of the Twelve who had been immortal were now taken with YY to Zaeyn and others were named

The lives of the Twelve were merely prolonged and they would no longer be immortal in Aeryn

The Tervan build Senecaur, the Tower of Change, over Aerfax, and place an Eyestone there attuned to the Karnost gems in the possession of Kirith Kirin and Athryn Ardfalla; the rune-work is completed by Edenna Morthul, and later Drudaen is allowed to add Ildaruen lines to the kirilidur as well

XVII. The Rule of Law

Athryn Ardfalla and Kirith Kirin reign in peaceful succession

Kentha Nurysem learns Wyyvisar at Illyn Water, though this knowledge is hidden

Edenna Morthul completes the building of Laeredon and begins a shenesoeniis in Ivyssa, called Karomast

Settlers go to Novris and found a city there, the first jointly made by Anynae and Jisraegen

Edenna Morthul retires to Laeredon when Kentha Nurysem attains the Fourth Circle of magic

Kentha Nurysem takes over building of Karomast and Ellebren

Drudaen builds Thoem and also begins a Tower in Arroth, but there only lays the foundation

Drudaen builds Goerast and Kentha rebuilds Yrunvurst in Montajhena

XVIII. Discontent

Drudaen and Kentha become lovers in secret

They exchange gifts. Drudaen gives Kentha a sapphire he has kissed

They explore the ruins in Montajhena and Kentha shows him the room in Yrunvurst, which Edenna showed her

They go in secret to the Library of the Praeven in Cunuduerum

They part for a while

Kentha is troubled that she has taken Drudaen to the Library and withdraws to Inniscaudra

She works intently on Ellebren Tower and guards that part of Inniscaudra from Drudaen; she refuses to leave Arthen even when Kirith Kirin is King

IXX. Aretaeo

In the thirty-third change, when Kirith Kirin was King, Kentha returned to Inniscaudra and Drudaen and she became lovers again

Near the time of the summons, Drudaen convinced her to return to Cunuduerum, and she did

They remain in Arthen and returned to Cunuduerum many times after the thirty-fourth Change, when Athryn Ardfalla became Queen

In some manner they conceive a child, though the Jhinuuserret were rarely able to engender or bear children

Drudaen attempts to force the secret of the Praeven magic from Kentha and she uses the Gem he has given her to read his thoughts

Drudaen attempts to kill Kentha

They contest one another to no conclusion and Kentha goes to work completing Ellebren Tower

She seals the Praeven Library and locks him out of Yrunvurst, and thus out of Cunuduerum as well

Kentha foresees the Long War

Drudaen attacks her while she is completing Ellebren Tower and Kirith Kirin and Athryn Ardfalla use the Karnost Gems together to force them to make peace