Timeline for The Sword of Shannara

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The Timeline for The Sword of Shannara is a visual representation of the time frame for the events that take place during The Sword of Shannara. It is a best attempt to piece together the events that happen based on the descriptions of time given by Terry Brooks in the novel. Where ever possible the references to time from the book will be used. In some cases assumptions about time must be made since the author does not provide something more specific. If you discover more information or anything that contradicts what it here, please add it.

Prelude Timeline

The Prelude Timeline lists some of the events that took place prior to the opening of the book. These may or may not be pertinent to the story, but they are listed or can be inferred. Years listed are years before the first event in the main story line.

Be sure to look at the Timeline of the Four Lands for a more detailed historical timeline and events of importance.

Year	Event(s)
~2050	Events of the War of the Warlock Lord
2049	Menion Leah nearly gets Flick and Shea Ohmsford killed in the Black Oaks.[1]
2045	Flick and Shea meet Menion Leah for the first time.[1]

Timeline

This is the timeline tracks the events that are outlined within book as the story unfolds.

Day(s)	Event(s)
1	Flick Ohmsford encounters Allanon,[2] then meets Shea Ohmsford at the Ohmsford Inn[3]
2	Allanon gives Flick and Shea history lesson and tells Shea of his heritage.[4] By evening Allanon has left the Inn. Shea and Flick discover a note warning of the Skull, to watch for Balinor and telling of the Blue Elfstones.[5]
3-6	A heavy torrential rain storm begins in Shady Vale.[6]
7-12	The rain lessons from a steady downpour to a muggy drizzle.[7]
9	Allanon sends Balinor to protect Shea, while he heads to Paranor.[8]
13-24	Shea and Flick clean up around the Inn from the storm.[9]
25	A letter arrives from Menion Leah asking Shea to visit him in the highlands.[10] Balinor comes and warns Shea to flee as he has been followed to the Vale.[11]
26	Sometime after midnight Flick wakes up Shea. There is a Skull Bearer outside. After it leaves, the two flee Shady Vale, they are almost caught at the edge of the Duln Forests when dawn appears.[12] In the late afternoon they cross the Rappahalladran River and sleep till midnight.[13]
27	The brothers hike during the dark, both in early morning and in the evening, while sleeping during the day.[14][15]
28	Before dawn they exit the Duln. Just before dawn they are awoken by a Skull Bearer.[16] By late afternoon they reach Leah.
29	In early morning Shea, Flick and Menion leave Leah reaching the fringes of the Lowlands of Clete by nightfall.[17]
30-32	The three continue traveling east through the Lowlands of Clete.[18]
33	Shea uses the Elstones to find the Black Oaks. By evening the trio is camped on the edge of the Black Oaks.[19]
34	The three cross through the Black Oaks and reach the edge of the Mist Marsh.[20] They are attacked by a Mist Wraith, an survive only through Shea using the Elfstones to destroy it.[21]
35	Early in the morning the brothers are separated from Menion.[22] Shea and Flick exit the Black Oaks and sleep till noon. They head north and by evening reach the Silver River. They are awoken by a Skull Bearer, but are saved by the King of the Silver River.[23] Menion exits the Black Oaks at dawn, sleeps till afternoon awakes and heads North running into a peddler.
36	Shea and Flick are awoken by Balinor in Culhaven.[24] Menion heads east hoping to cross the Valemen's path and enters the Battlemound Lowlands. He is lured by a Siren and is saved by the Dwarf Hendel[25]
38	Hendel returns to Culhaven with Menion Leah.[24]
39	Menion awakes in the morning after his treatment. In the early evening Allanon finally appears and holds council to form a small party to enter Paranor and retrieve the Sword of Shannara.[26] Afterwards he speaks to to Shea, Flick and Balinor in more detail about the history of Brona, the Sword of Shannara and the Shea heritage.[27]
40	In the morning the party, consisting of Allanon, Balinor, Menion Leah, Shea and Flick Ohmsford, Hendel, Dayel and Durin Elessidil, set out to reach Paranor.[28] They camp for the evening in the Anar north of Culhaven.[29]
41	The group begin to enter the Pass of Noose after midday. They are spotted by Gnomes[30] and pushed into an ambush within the Pass of Noose.[31] They manage to escape through the marksmanship of Menion.[32] During the late evening Allanon leaves to group to scout the path ahead.[33]
42	The groups travels through the central Anar. taking a break in the remains of a City from the Old World, the group is attacked by a creature left over from the Old World. Shea and Flick are poisoned before the creature is driven off. [34] Carried on stretchers the group sneaks through the Pass of Jade which is occupied by thousands of Gnomes worshipping the Spirits of the Anar. Hendel is used as a decoy and is seperated from the group.[35]
43	In the very early hours of the morning during their escape, the group runs into a party of Gnomes and ahve to fight their way through.[36] The run into Allanon afterwards and are taken to Storlock. Shea and Flick are treated by the healers.[37]
44	Shea and Flick regain consciousness.[37] At midnight the group leaves Storlock heading out to cross the Rabb Plains before day break.

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