Storm Kesocascay
Minstrel
Well, I came across good progress in my series and now it's time to date everything.
The series is going to focus on 4 different races/cultures. Listed by size, they are Kaiyumae, Templarian, Semigoian, and Reig.
I won't go into detail as to what happened yet, but right now, I need to come up with a way to categorize them. I was going to copy the Elder Scrolls method. For example, the day Alduin attacks Helgen in Skyrim is "17 Last Seed, 4E 201", 17th of August, 201 years into the Fourth Era. (which makes sense. Martin Septim started the Fourth Era with the ending of the Oblivion Crisis and Skyrim happened about 200 years later when Titus Mead was emperor)
A similar method to that (different months and stuff) seems to make sense. I'm going to make months, but I want to find a way to record the dates along the 4 major timelines. So like the date that the series starts could be "K 6E 2,021". (Kaiyumian timeline, 2,021 years into the 6th Era.)
The one thing is that perspectives change so some way to identify the timeline used would be great. for example, the series may happen 2,021 years into the 6th Era according to the Kaiyumae, but to the Reig, it may be 5,893 years into the 18th Era.
Now I would stick with the above method, but it appears too much like Elder Scrolls, and I already have too many references. (considering that Reig, the dragons in my book, are based off of Dovah, just overhauled)
So if you guys know any method or suggestions, that would be appreciated. Here's a list off all of the timelines.
Reig-18 Eras, each lasting about 1,000,000 years, making a total of 18 million years total.
Semigonian-4 Eras, each lasting about 5,000 years, making a total of 20,000 years. (started 2 eras into the Reig timeline)
Templarian-5 Eras, each lasting about 100,000 years, making a total of 500,000 years. (starts after the Semigonian timeline ends)
Kaiyumian-6 Eras, each lasting about 2,000 years, making a total of 12,000 years. (starts 4 eras into the Templarian timeline)
What's really hard to understand is that all of the timelines are ongoing, except for the Semigonian timeline, which ends on 5E 789,350 and is picked up by the Templarian timeline. By the end of the book, each timeline gets an era so Reig will have 19 eras, Templarian will have 6 eras, and Kaiyumian will have 7. (Semigonian timeline stopped so it doesn't get one)
So, any easy-to-understand way to categorize these?
The series is going to focus on 4 different races/cultures. Listed by size, they are Kaiyumae, Templarian, Semigoian, and Reig.
I won't go into detail as to what happened yet, but right now, I need to come up with a way to categorize them. I was going to copy the Elder Scrolls method. For example, the day Alduin attacks Helgen in Skyrim is "17 Last Seed, 4E 201", 17th of August, 201 years into the Fourth Era. (which makes sense. Martin Septim started the Fourth Era with the ending of the Oblivion Crisis and Skyrim happened about 200 years later when Titus Mead was emperor)
A similar method to that (different months and stuff) seems to make sense. I'm going to make months, but I want to find a way to record the dates along the 4 major timelines. So like the date that the series starts could be "K 6E 2,021". (Kaiyumian timeline, 2,021 years into the 6th Era.)
The one thing is that perspectives change so some way to identify the timeline used would be great. for example, the series may happen 2,021 years into the 6th Era according to the Kaiyumae, but to the Reig, it may be 5,893 years into the 18th Era.
Now I would stick with the above method, but it appears too much like Elder Scrolls, and I already have too many references. (considering that Reig, the dragons in my book, are based off of Dovah, just overhauled)
So if you guys know any method or suggestions, that would be appreciated. Here's a list off all of the timelines.
Reig-18 Eras, each lasting about 1,000,000 years, making a total of 18 million years total.
Semigonian-4 Eras, each lasting about 5,000 years, making a total of 20,000 years. (started 2 eras into the Reig timeline)
Templarian-5 Eras, each lasting about 100,000 years, making a total of 500,000 years. (starts after the Semigonian timeline ends)
Kaiyumian-6 Eras, each lasting about 2,000 years, making a total of 12,000 years. (starts 4 eras into the Templarian timeline)
What's really hard to understand is that all of the timelines are ongoing, except for the Semigonian timeline, which ends on 5E 789,350 and is picked up by the Templarian timeline. By the end of the book, each timeline gets an era so Reig will have 19 eras, Templarian will have 6 eras, and Kaiyumian will have 7. (Semigonian timeline stopped so it doesn't get one)
So, any easy-to-understand way to categorize these?