According to other legends, this is also the time when the castle of Storm's End is built in the south, and the designer of the Wall, Brandon Stark (called Bran the Builder), also constructs Winterfell and becomes the first King in the North. The Sworn Brotherhood of the Night's Watch is created to man and guard it. This is the time when the Wall is built, a giant fortification in the north of the continent protecting the races of men from the menaces of the north. The Others are finally defeated in the War for the Dawn by an alliance of men wielding fire and obsidian weapons led by a great hero, who in an eastern tradition is named ' Azor Ahai', and wields a great sword of fire named Lightbringer. 8000 BC) At the time of a terrible winter that seems to last for a generation, a demonic race called the Others invades from the north and nearly conquers Westeros. The fortress of Moat Cailin is built circa 10,000 years ago. The First Men adopt the gods of the Children, the nameless gods of the forest. After the initial clashes with the Children of the Forest, which includes the destruction of the land bridge and the abortive destruction of the Neck, the First Men reconcile with the Children and sign the Pact on the Isle of Faces, which brings about a four thousand year peace in Westeros. The First Men introduce bronze, leather shields, and horses to the continent.

12000 BC The First Men come to Westeros from the eastern continent, via a land bridge then connecting the two land masses.

noted: (ca.) means 'circa' (approximately) in latin. Though it didn't start right after the end of the conquest it started with Aegon's second coronation in Oldtown.īefore Aegon's Conquest Dawn Age (before 12000 BC) In the Dawn Age, Westeros is inhabited by the Children of the Forest, and possibly by giants in the far North.

This timeline attempts to lay out the history of Westeros and Essos based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material.ĭates are given in the calendar of the War of Conquest.

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