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Codex Alera Timeline
Maat:
I'm trying to hammer out a timeline for Raucus Antillus in particular and others incidentally, and I'm running into a frustration.
In the Princeps' Fury Prologue, we have "Raucus had cut his teeth in battle at fourteen years of age." And it's been "forty years since" then.
BUT, in Chapter 32, Aria says that she's been close to Raucus "since I was fourteen years old" at the Academy. Then (same chapter) Araris says that "Thirty years ago" he was in his "first term at the Academy when [Raucus] and Septimus were in their second."
For that to work, Raucus would have to be 24 in his second term at the Academy (when Aria sent her sons at 16--Ch. 32 again--and that sounded typical, especially since Amara started at 13 at the latest--FoC, Ch.35--and Tavi started at 15/16). He would also have to be close friends with a 14/15 year old girl (which I find mildly creepy, but that could just be me being judgmental).
Have I gotten any of my years wrong? Unfortunately, I got the book out of the library and can't double-check to make sure my notes are right. Do you think the "forty years" and "thirty years" statements could be rounding, so that it's actually slightly less than 40 and slightly more than 30?
Maat:
--- Quote from: DLFSquints on January 16, 2009, 03:39:10 PM ---So far we have seen 6 Gauis' referenced
Gauis Primus (Preface Writing Foc)
Gauis Secondus (Preface Writing, AF, Possibly more than One)
Gauis Quartus (Preface Writing CuF)
Gauis Sextus
Gauis Septimus
Gauis Octavian
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We've also seen a Tertius, whose policies stopped inflation and allowed the beginning of the silkbat industry. He isn't explictly a Gaius, but considering he's setting fiscal policy for Alera, he probably is. (AF Ch.34) And we've seen a Gaius Pentius, who kept a secret passage from his study to his mistress Lady Annalisa's bedchamber. (AF 52) My personal pet theory is that this was Gaius Sextus' father, and that's why he's so obsessive about not taking a mistress/shaming Caria, despite everything. But that's a pet theory.
Mpol:
These books take place around the time of Christ?
Gallowglass:
--- Quote from: Maat on March 29, 2009, 04:00:07 AM ---We've also seen a Tertius, whose policies stopped inflation and allowed the beginning of the silkbat industry. He isn't explictly a Gaius, but considering he's setting fiscal policy for Alera, he probably is. (AF Ch.34) And we've seen a Gaius Pentius, who kept a secret passage from his study to his mistress Lady Annalisa's bedchamber. (AF 52) My personal pet theory is that this was Gaius Sextus' father, and that's why he's so obsessive about not taking a mistress/shaming Caria, despite everything. But that's a pet theory.
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While the same family has been ruling Alera for a thousand years, it hasn't always been the same branch. The first of each family calls himself Primus, his son/heir Secondus, with Secondus's son/heir being Tertius. Branches of the family die out, starting the entire naming procedure again. The current family in charge has lasted 8 generations, thus Gaius Octavian.
Gallowglass:
--- Quote from: Mpol on May 20, 2009, 01:20:31 AM ---These books take place around the time of Christ?
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According to my memory of what JB said, the Legion was taken about 100ad. Alerans have approximately a 2,000 year history with the Gaius Family having ruled for the last 1,000 years, essentially making the Codex our time equivalent. Who knows, JB might decide to have an entire division of the Waffen SS show up to help defeat the Vord which given that Furies=Pokeman, is possible, just as a bad example of duex ex machina or something saves the day for the good guys, from somewhere nobody knew about.
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