Article by: Suzee, Avery

The books start their timeline from the date colonists landed on Pern. Then they count the Turns based on the Pass or Interval. Triad had a large gap of over 1200 turns between the last pass and the current one. Therefore we thought we'd help you figure out your dates by providing the following data.

TURNS SINCE LANDING	EVENT	DETAIL	BOOK
1	Landing	Admiral Paul Benden and Governor Emily Boll plant flags and claim Pern	Dragonsdawn
8	First Pass	First Threadfall at Landing; evidence of earlier fall at Ierne Island	Dragonsdawn
8 m4	First Pass	Kitti Ping Yung begins dragon project	Dragonsdawn
8 m8	First Pass	Sean Impresses Carenath Sorka Impresses Faranth	Dragonsdawn
28	First Pass	Benden Weyr and Hold established Telgar, & Ista Weyrs picked for development in near future	Chronicles ofPern
58	First Interval	Honshu Evacuated	Chronicles ofPern
258	Second Pass
308	Second Interval
508	Third Pass
558	Third Interval
758	Fourth Pass
808	Fourth Interval	First long Interval
1258	Fifth Pass
1308	Fifth Interval
1508	Sixth Pass	Begins
1530	Sixth Pass	Moreta Searched from small Keroon runnerhold; Impresses Orlith at Ista Weyr	Moreta
1550	Sixth Pass	Feline Fever transmitted from Southern Continent	Moreta
1550 m4	Sixth Pass	Masterharper Tirone gives first performance of "The Ballad of Moreta's Ride"	Moreta
1558	Sixth Interval
1758	Seventh Pass
1808	Seventh Interval
2008	Eighth Pass
2058 m6	Eighth Interval	Lessa and Ramoth arrive back in time at Ruatha and are transported to Fort	Dragonflight
2058 m7	Eighth Interval	Lessa and Oldtimers begin leaping forward in time	Dragonflight
2452	Eighth Interval	Robinton is born	Masterharper of Pern
2484	Eighth Interval	Lessa is born	Dragonflight
2495	Eighth Interval	Fax takes over 7th Hold - Ruatha	Masterharper of Pern
2505	Eighth Interval	F'lar searches Ruatha, Kills Fax, Finds Lessa; Lessa Impresses Ramoth	Dragonflight
2508	Ninth PassBegins	Only one Weyr to protect Pern	Dragonflight
2508	Ninth Pass	Lessa jumps /between/ times to end of 8th pass; F'nor brings 72 dragons forward from Southern	Dragonflight
2519	Ninth Pass	Jaxom first allowed to fly Ruth	The White Dragon
2523	Ninth Pass	Jaxom confirmed as Lord Holder	The White Dragon
2523	Ninth Pass	Opening of the Southern Continent
2525	Ninth Pass	Aivas Discovered; Dolphins rediscovered	All the Weyrs of Pern; The Dolphins ofPern
2543	Ninth Pass	Dragonsfall Weyr opens	Triad Timeline
2558	Tenth Interval Begins	The Tenth Interval begins. It is believed to be the end of Thread forever.
2561	Tenth Interval + 3	Far Island Weyr opens	Triad Timeline
2598	Tenth Interval +	Thayan Peak Weyrhold opens. Dragonriders become self sufficient and disperse closing the northern Weyrs	Triad Timeline
3718	Tenth Interval + 1160	Plague breaks out in the south. Holds are abandoned and populations decimated	Triad Timeline
3748	Tenth Interval + 1190 to 1195	Search is allowed in the North to rid holds of surplus population	Triad Timeline
3748 m4	Tenth Interval + 1190	Dragonsfall's senior queen, Cusyanth, rises; the clutch the next month is oversized and contains a queen egg	Triad Timeline
3748 m5	Tenth Interval +1190	Thayan Peak's senior queen rises	Triad Timeline
3748 m6	Tenth Interval + 1190	Dragonsfall clutch hatches. Two dragonets die for lack of a lifemate.	Triad Timeline
3753	Tenth Interval +1195	An earthquake levels Thayan Peak Weyrhold, killing its Lady Weyrholder and others. Lord Weyrholder S'honan opens an old Weyrhold location for his people, but names the location Dolphin Cove Weyr. (Current Pass +8)	Triad Timeline
3755	Tenth Interval + 1197	Dream's End Weyr opens; Windswept Islands Weyr opens (Current Pass +6)	Triad Timeline
3756	Tenth interval + 1198	Rising Moons Weyr is opened to relieve overcrowding. (Current Pass +5)	Triad Timeline
3757	Tenth Interval + 1199	Igen Weyr © reopens after agreements are negotiated with the Igen(tm) Lord Holder to accept holdless from his Hold to staff part of the Lower Caverns. Other Lord Holders in the North show interest. (Current Pass +4)	Triad Timeline
3758	Tenth Interval + 1200	Northern Weyrs reopen. Fort Weyr ©; IstaWeyr©; High Reaches Weyr ©; Telgar Weyr ©; Benden Weyr © (location not permissible for personas)	Triad Timeline
3760 m4	Tenth Interval +1202	Dragonsfall's advisor, a harper greenrider, jumps forward in time. His injuries upon leaping into Threadfall convince Opal Cove's Lord Holder that Thread will indeed return.	Triad Timeline
3760 m5	Tenth Interval + 1202	A standoff between Lord Eiwyn of Opal CoveHold and his Halls ends with both of them staying, despite Craftmasters wishing to put the same ban on Opal Cove as Topaz Sea Hold.	Triad Timeline
3761 m2	Tenth Pass begins	Silvery masses of Thread appear over Emerald Falls Hold and are met successfully by Dragonsfall Weyr and Dolphin Cove Weyr.	Triad Timeline

* The notation of ((Current Pass +8) means to take the current Turn number and add 8 turns to know how far in the past from the current turn this event occurred. This is particularly important for knowing how long ago your dragonrider could have Impressed at this location.

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