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Timeline – Religions

This is a timeline of all of the major events in D’ni history that relate to religion. All of the dates are based on D’ni Era.

  • 1 – Religion is imported into D’ni with the Ronay people.
  • 48 – Construction of the Great Temple begins.
  • 63 – Construction of the Great Temple finishes.
  • 598 – Design of the King’s Arch begins
  • 600 – Construction of the King’s Arch begins.
  • 625 – Construction of the King’s Arch finishes.
  • 643 – Construction on the Temple of the Great King finishes after many years.
  • About 813 – King Veesha enacts many strict laws based on his religious beliefs in regards to marriage, adultery, oaths and vows.
  • 974 – King Veesha claims that Yahvo will heal his son Mararon who enters a deep coma and remains true to this conviction despite protests from two prophets from the Church of Yahvo.
  • About 1000 – King Mararon revokes many of King Veesha’s strict laws that were based on Veesha’s religious beliefs.
  • 1159 – The various sects begin to make their causes known among the common people.
  • 1303 – A writer mysteriously vanishes from the Guild of Writers a few days before book and ink disappear from the Guild of Books and Guild of Inks. The Judges of Yahvo also become quite well known.
  • 1320 – The Judges of Yahvo write the Pento description book.
  • 1323 – Judges from the Judges of Yahvo attack the D’ni palace with aid from Pento warriors which begins the Pento War on the day that Ahlsendar is born
  • 1352 – King Koreen is murdered by Judges and the Judges of Yahvo assume control of the D’ni government.
  • 1376 – Ahlsendar leads a force into Pento and helps Mekarr win the civil war, thus ending the Pento War ends. The leaders of the Judges of Yahvo are sent to Prison Ages.
  • 1466 – Mekarr kills Ahlsendar’s wife and is later killed by Ahlsendar before Ahlsendar’s plague is released.
  • 1501 – Ahlsendar locks himself in the Temple of the Great King with a number of linking and description books.
  • 1502 – The Temple of the Great King is renamed the Tomb of the Great King.
  • 1520 – Nemiya writes The Book of Nemiya
  • 1527 – Nemiya vanishes.
  • 1735 – King Solath marries Jolatha who is a member of The Tree religion against the advice of his prophet .
  • 1817 – King Me’erta proposes the construction of the Temple of the Tree along a new line from the Great Zero.
  • 1843 – The Temple of the Tree is built.
  • 1902 – New religions begin forming.
  • 2070 – The amount of people turning to numerous religions and sects begins to increase.
  • 2500 – The largest number of registered religious sects is recorded with the number totaling over 2500. King Naygen also suggests a new Council chamber for the Guilds be built over the Tomb of the Great King.
  • 2502 – Construction on the new Council chamber begins.
  • 2504 – Construction on the new Council chamber finishes.
  • 3000 – Tevahr is born.
  • 3065 – Tevahr begins speaking publicly and quickly gathers a following.
  • 3077 – For the first time, Tevahr criticizes the D’ni government for not adhering to the teachings of Yahvo.
  • 3081 – Tevahr become’s King Rakeri’s main prophet.
  • 3100 – There are only 47 registered sects, with most D’ni following the teachings of the Church of Yahvo.
  • 3112 – King Rakeri announces extensive renovations for the Great Temple.
  • 3218 – Tevahr dies.
  • 3422 – Hailesi writes The Lost Son.
  • 4334 – The Watcher is rumored to be born in this year.
  • About 4440 – D’ni religion shows signs of beginning to fracture into more separate cults and religions.
  • 4500 – The Watcher writes Words.
  • 4502 – Against his prophet’s advice, King Ji marries Milane.
  • 4527 – King Ji divorces Milane.
  • 4565 – King Ji supposedly marries the daughter of the Watcher.
  • 4606 – The Watcher dies.
  • 4645 – King Ji’s wife dissapears under mysterious circumstances.
  • About 4692 – King Demath denounces the Watcher as a lonely man who only sought attention.
  • 4784 – Goshen is leading the Blood of Yahvo sect.
  • 4815 – Goshen is imprisoned on a prison Age.
  • 4865 – Goshen is released and the Blood of Yahvo kill King Yableshan’s son. The religious sects grow in power.
  • 4954 – The One D’ni set off an explosion on Meanas that kills 400 outsiders and 78 D’ni.
  • 5081 – King Emen takes the throne and the religious sects’ power diminishes in large part due to Guild Master Faresh of the Guild of Illusions.
  • 5102 – Interest rises in the Watcher’s Words, beginning a new resurgence of religions and sects.
  • About 5540 – The role of prophet to the king begins to grow in power.
  • 5574 – Gish begins preaching.
  • 5675 – The Relyimah kill Gish as instructed by King Adesh, resulting in extreme outcry from the Church of Yahvo.
  • 6430 – Violent groups and sects willingly become part of the Followers of Yahvo.
  • 6731 – Although there aren’t a lot of religions and sects, no sect has a clear majority among the D’ni populace as its followers.
  • 6970 – Construction begins on a new Guild Hall, burying the Tomb of the Great King even further.
  • 6977 – Most people claim to be Followers of Yahvo.