River Twine Timeline

Timeline of events for River Twine Holt. Events are sorted earliest first. Display latest first

DateEvent(s)
-1 Wolfsister and her band of companions part ways with their tribe of origins.
1 Chieftess Wolfsister gives birth to a son, Badger..  Wolfsister and her companions discover the River Twine Holt region and decide to settle. The Holt is founded.
8 Burn born to Wolfsister and Redmane.
155.07.17 Wolfsister and Feverease discuss the tribe’s future ("Grooming", C. T.)
166 Chieftess Wolfsister dies..  Burn becomes chief after a contest of wills with his brother Badger.
169 Foxsly born to Sparrow & Burn.
327 Chief Burn and a hunting party are caught out on the grasslands during a summer wildfire. While the hunters all manage to escape, Burn, Bravestride and Raincaller are badly burned and die later of their injuries. .  Foxsly becomes chieftess.
689 A summer of forest fires scorch the Holt; in one particularly bad blaze, four are killed (Blackberry, Ivy, Ambergold & Streak)
751 Easysinger born to Foxsly & Reedweaver.
1002 Trolls are discovered; .  Chieftess Foxsly & lovemate Crest track trolls back into an underground labyrinth, and are killed in a troll-made trap..  Easysinger becomes chieftess; her first act as chief is to declare the troll tunnels off-limits to elven exploration.
1014 Three drown in a raging spring flood (Carver, Harmony & Riversong).
1072 Kestrel born to Stormdancer & Leather.
1189 One-Leg born to Dove & Wolfmane.
1207 Blacksnake born to Dove & Wolfmane.
1227.02.13 An account of Farscout’s genesis. ("Labors of Love", S. Clawfoot)
1229 Farscout born to Ice & Hawkcall (already deceased)
1235.05.18 Brightwood’s birth warrants her father Lynx’s asking a jealous boy for a favor to the family… ("Promises", W. Ware)
1243 Hope born to Easysinger & Oakhand.
1244 A plague decimates the wolfpack and then affects elves; several die from the disease.
1245 Chieftess Easysinger is forced to kill Owl after he goes mad, leaving the tribe without a healer.
1247 Moon born to Stormdancer and Leather.
1250.01.13 A young Farscout struggles with his preoccupation with Brightwood… ("Losing The Game", W. Ware)
1250.07.15 A father protects those he loves... ("An Old Promise Kept, A New Promise Made", S. Clawfoot)
1330 Suddendusk born to Dove & Skinner.
1409 Newt born (out of Recognition) to lifemates Lacewing, Strand & Turtle.
1418 Newt is mortally poisoned by a snowmouth snake and is placed in wrapstuff.
1431 Starskimmer born to Agate & Dagger.
1438.05.14 A look at the life of a remarkable wolf. ("An Uncanny Wisdom", S. Clawfoot)
1450 Snowfall born to Dreamberry & Bearheart.
1465 Riskrunner born to Easysinger & Blacksnake.
1472.10.05 Riskrunner displays his independence while his father reflects on his own strengthening family ties. ("Bonds", C. T.)
1477 Moss born to Cider & Rhythm.
1502 True Edge born to Shyheart & Cedarwing.
1512 Bowflight born to Kestrel & Boar.
1545 Oakhand, Hunt Leader and Recognized of Chieftess Easysinger, dies during a hunt.
1570 Moon, sister of Kestrel, dies during a hunt.
1579 Cloudfern born to Frost & Lynx..  Boar, Recognized of Kestrel, dies during a hunt.
1596 Finch born to Sunlight & Raven..  Brightwood & Farscout Recognize
1597 Whitestag born to Snowfall & True Edge..  A hunting party out on the edges of the grasslands runs into a war party of the Fierce Ones; Cedarwing, Shyheart, Lynx and Frost are killed, and while Farscout, Brightwood and a very young Cloudfern manage to escape with their lives, Brightwood is mortally wounded and must be placed into wrapstuff. (Story in progress)
1618 Flash born to Tallow & One-Leg.
1625.02.16 Flash’s first wolf-bond ends in tragedy. ("Letter of the Law", C. T.)
1642 Thornbow born to Tallow & Birdcatcher.
1644.10.01 From the first Blacksnake heard her soul-name, he could not take it from his mind... ("A Little Night Music", J. Milligan)
1646 Windburn born to Easysinger & Blacksnake.
1650.06.25 After losing his eye, Suddendusk learns that there is more to perspective than sight alone. ("Perspective", H. Henderson)
1658 Suddendusk loses an eye.
1659.06.09 Always hungry for something new, Suddendusk tries to rejuvenate hobby and spirit. ("Garnet Guided Reasons", M. Jeffers)
1664.07.16 In which Axehand comes to terms with a difficult choice. ("Running Through My Dreams", M. H.)
1664.07.22 When his brother's life is in danger, Suddendusk only wants to help. ("Out On A Limb", G. C.)
1665 Honey born to Tallow & Birdcatcher.
1665.05.29 One-Leg re-affirms his life with a little help from his daughter. ("Another Very Long Walk", C. T.)
1675 Greenweave born to Nettle & Tossfur.
1685.01.23 A young Honey finds that finding true love isn’t an easy as she dreamed it would be... ("Winter's Chill", W. Ware, Ellen Million)
1687 Fletcher born to Beesting & Snaptwig.
1698 Goldspice born to Ice & Riskrunner.
1703.12.25 A young Goldspice listens to her grandmother, Chieftess Easysinger, tell the origin story of the tribe. ("Grandmother Spirit", W. Ware)
1708 Riskrunner, Windburn and Farscout find the body of a drowned troll. Two metal blades are recovered from the body..  Obsessed with her desire to learn the secret of metalworking, Ice attempts to make her way through the troll labyrinth and is killed.
1710.10.02 Upon his brother Riskrunner’s death, everything changes for Windburn. ("Flesh & Blood", J. Milligan)
1726 Chicory born to Easysinger & Blacksnake..  Blacksnake's muses over his newborn child... ("A Father's Musing", A. Chandler)
1736 Windsong born to Sunlight & Raven.
1746.06.14 Young Windsong meets the wolf she wants for her first wolf-friend... ("Crackbone", W. Ware)
1755 Notch is born to Starskimmer & One-Leg..  Rainpace born to Doeskin & Ringtail.
1769.10.24 Young Fletcher is mortally wounded, leaving Farscout to ask questions without any answers. ("Fletcher", W. Ware)
1788 Whispersilk born to Dreamberry & Bearheart.
1805 Willow born to Finch & Bowflight.
1813 Nightstorm born to Dreamberry & Bearheart.
1815.05.19 Coyote tries a different approach to rid himself of an adoring cub. Will it work? ("The Challenge", H. Henderson)
1825.03.15 Chieftess Easysinger dies, killed by a spirit bear.  Windburn becomes chief.
1825.03.18 Easysinger marks the years of Newt’s long sleep. ("Keepsakes", C. T.)
1825.03.20 After Blacksnake has gotten revenge on his lifemate's killer, what comes next? ("Undecided", W. Ware)
1825.03.25 Windburn’s elevation to Chief leaves Blacksnake stinging. ("Consequences", C. T.)
1827 Flash flooding takes hunting parties by surprise; several escape, but three elves are killed (Beesting, Sunlight & Tallow).
1828 Beetle born to Starskimmer & Cloudfern
1832 Flash, daughter of Tallow & One-Leg, dies by misadventure.
1848 Quick Fang born to Snowfall & True Edge.
1848.08.30 True Edge sees reflections of old tales in his daughter’s behavior on a momentous day. ("Living History", C. T.)
1850.04.14 A rainy day improves for Chicory -- thanks to an unexpected friend. ("Chicory's Good Day", S. Clawfoot)
1851.01.16 Young Snowflake and family have a "bite" of a problem... ("Fangs", J. Milligan)
1853.06.28 Beetle’s not certain she wants to approach someone. (""Initiation"", L. Cavalier)
1855.12.10 Fadestar born to Stormdancer & Leather; Stormdancer dies of childbirth fever several days later. ("Fadestar", W. Ware)
1857.07.29 Snowfall tries to teach her daughter to focus. ("I Spy", L. Aarts)
1858 Pathmark is born to Finch & Bowflight.
1862 Doeskin is bitten by a venomous spider and dies in her sleep; her lifemate Ringtail and son Rainpace are devastated.
1865 Leather is killed during a hunt; his young daughter Fadestar develops a dangerous fever soon after, and must be placed in wrapstuff
1868 Finch dies; her Recognized Bowflight goes into a dangerous depression.
1871 Dreamflight born to Honey & Greenweave.
1873.05.15 In sending, there was only truth, and this was the truth... ("Too Much Truth", E. Million)
1878.09.04 The best of friends do not always the best of lovers make. ("Against Better Judgement", L. Cavalier, B. Kita)
1897 Foxtail born to Windburn & Whispersilk.
1897.12.12 Windburn faces fatherhood for the first time… and struggles to overcome his own inner demons. ("Newborn Fears", W. Ware)
1908 Longshot born to Nightstorm & Moss.
1913.08.22 Snowfall teaches young Foxtail a valuable lesson. ("Crossing Boundaries", L. Aarts)
1925.12.12 Chicory pursues time and a familiar presence... ("Time Prints", M. Jeffers)
1933.09.19 Beetle’s curiosity just might get the best of her. ("Explosive Experience (Part 1)", L. Cavalier)
1945.07.25 An archery contest settles things among the tribe's best archers… for now. ("The Night Tournament", A. Chandler)
1954.08.15 Once upon a steamy summer night... Longshot & Chicory spend some time together ("Situating", M. Jeffers)
1968.08.12 Thunderstorms bring back sweet memories for Farscout. ("Miles From The Lightning", W. Ware)
1968.09.28 After an usually long, hot summer, apples have fermented on the bough, leaving Notch to issue Nightstorm a foolhardy challenge she finds herself unable to resist... ("Autumn Cider", W. Ware)
1969.02.19 The old river is always hungry, and even the most experienced hunters can make a potentially fatal mistake… ("Catch of the Day", W. Ware)
1970.03.08 Only days after his Recognized is placed in wrapstuff, Greenweave is reminded that nothing in life is permanent... ("Permanent", E. Million)
1970.03.15 Shortly after Honey is placed in wrapstuff, Greenweave's thoughts return to Cloudfern. ("Yearning", S. Campos)
1971.05.14 Ebean colonists arrive and settle in the River Twine forest, much to the Holt's dismay ("First Contact (Part 1)", H. Hutchison, W. Ware, J. Milligan)
1975 Evervale born to Windsong & Suddendusk.
1975.05.01 With Windsong and Suddendusk’s cub almost born, One-Leg makes a wager. ("Guesses", J. Milligan)
1975.06.11 What's in a name for Windsong... ("Lost In Song", S. Clawfoot)
1983.05.05 Suddendusk experiments with a new form of hunting... ("Skyfishing", S. Clawfoot)
1984.06.15 Young Evervale wants so badly to learn how Willow gathers honey. Will she succeed in tracking the bee charmer and learning her secrets? ("For The Last Time, No!", H. Henderson, V. Stephenson)
1984.08.05 During a second year of drought, a forest fire overtakes two hunting parties before they can reach safety; six elves are killed (Bearheart, Dreamberry, Cider, Rhythm, Birdcatcher & Ringtail).
1986 Whitestag, son of Snowfall & True Edge, dies in a hunting accident.
1986.06.09 When Starskimmer comes up pregnant outside of Recognition, it's a question who the baby's father might be... ("All the Possibilities", W. Ware)
1986.08.15 Quick Fang and One-Leg lock horns during a fishing trip. ("Turnabout", K. Kliefoth, C. T.)
1986.11.12 A mother needs to deal with her despair after losing her beloved son. ("Conquering Despair", L. Aarts)
1987.12.07 What won't a mother do to defend her cub? ("Warrior", J. Milligan)
1988 Otter is born (out of Recognition) to Starskimmer.
1988.02.08 Starskimmer’s good news is bittersweet to One-Leg’s ears. ("It's a Boy!", C. T.)
1989 Bowflight is killed during a hunt.
1990.11.03 With the gray skies and cold rain of early winter comes the wintertime blues for Chicory… ("Dandelion Wine", W. Ware)
1992.07.04 Windsong has a little talk with Crackle, her newborn cub. ("First Glance", G. C.)
1992.11.08 Cloudfern urges Farscout to winter over at the Holt. ("Ghosts", W. Ware)
1993.06.06 Windburn unwittingly teaches Crackle her first word... ("Grouch", J. Milligan)
1993.09.08 Evervale makes a shocking discovery -- a strange new tribe of humans (the Bukno-Baha) are invading the Holt's forest. ("First Contact (Part 2)", W. Ware)
1993.09.09 The chief and his hunting-party meet up with Farscout and Evervale, to deal with the invasion of their forest by a new group of humans (the Bukhno-Baha). ("First Contact (Part 3)", H. Hutchison).  The chief and his hunting-party meet up with Farscout and Evervale, to deal with the invasion of their forest by a new group of humans (the Bukhno-Baha). ("First Contact (Part 3)", H. Hutchison)
1993.09.10 With a new tribe of humans (the Bukno-Baha) slowly approaching Holt territory, chief Windburn and his hunting party must face the threat to save the tribe. ("First Contact (Part 4)", J. Milligan)
1995.06.05 Mysteries continue to exist in the woodlands, and some may wonder whether Quick Fang is more in touch with her elven self than she realizes. ("Quick Blows of Fortune", M. Jeffers)
1996.09.25 Deep currents lurk beneath shallow pools. ("Abstracts", M. Jeffers)
1996.11.24 Snowfall follows her instincts to save a tiny life. ("Bird Saving", )
1997.07.17 Chicory, Crackle, and Otter explore a river. ("Field Trip", G. C.)
1998.01.05 Evervale is injured while hunting. ("Good Hands", W. Ware)
1998.05.08 A cub meets the world – and something else… ("Out Into the World", J. Milligan)
1998.05.11 Who will give Crackle a little brother? ("Cubs By Request", J. Milligan)
1998.06.19 Evervale & Willow come to a mutual understanding ("For the First Time, Yes!", H. Henderson, V. Stephenson)
1998.07.24 Longshot does some bartering while Notch proves he knows how the game is played. ("Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained", A. Chandler)
1998.09.15 Somehow, history gets changed when Snowfall tries to tell Crackle a story. ("Changing History", L. Aarts)
1999.05.07 Quick Fang realizes that although independence has its virtues, so too does belonging to a pack. ("Fever Dreams", S. Clawfoot)
1999.05.13 Crackle is in a less than sunny mood.... ("Grumpy & Grumpier", H. Hutchison)
1999.06.05 Evervale adjusts to her newly discovered plantshaping powers. ("A Plantshaper's Choice", V. Stephenson)
1999.06.07 Revenge can take many forms... ("Grumpy Revisted", M. Jeffers)
1999.09.04 Good ideas may be gleaned from even a bad scientific method. ("Attitude Decides", M. Jeffers)
1999.09.28 Farscout spends a day at the beach trying to save lives, and maybe improving his own. ("Not on Beds of Down", M. Jeffers)
1999.10.01 After the events in “Attitude Decides”, Chicory continues to experiment with a potentially deadly substance. ("Phantoms", A. Chandler)
1999.10.14 A dare gone wrong and a hard landing. ("Half Done", G. C.)
2000.03.03 Windsong and Suddendusk engage in a seasonal grooming ritual. ("Intertwined", S. Clawfoot, G. C.)
2000.04.21 A new outfit creates an unexpected problem for Dreamflight... ("Dreamflight's Relief", )
2000.05.18 Farscout finds unexpected company one afternoon, when most of the tribe is asleep. ("Sleepless in River Twine", J. Milligan)
2000.06.01 Crackle explains why she's hard-pressed to pick a favorite time of the year. ("All The Many Seasons", J. Milligan)
2000.06.07 Out on the hunt, there are some things only an archer can understand. ("Marks Not Missed", J. Milligan)
2000.06.21 Just a little wager between lifemates... ("The Bet", L. Aarts)
2000.07.01 Longshot proves that if he can see it, he can shoot it… ("A Nice Shot", W. Ware)
2000.07.19 A rare solar eclipse takes place..  Farscout failed to notice when the bright afternoon light first began to fail... ("Totality", W. Ware).  A routine hunting trip turns into a chance to witness a rare and special phenomenon. ("The Moon-Wolf Swallows the Sun", H. Hutchison)
2000.08.01 Hot summer nights and boredom can mean just one thing: Crackle creates trouble for somebody... ("The Task At Hand", A. Chandler)
2000.08.28 When Crackle destroys Moss’s favorite drum, he helps teach the child how to repair an old friend. ("Drumbeat", W. Ware)
2000.08.29 An evening of sharing beesweets for Willow & Notch doesn't go at all as planned. ("A Sticky Situation", H. Henderson)
2000.09.10 Sometimes, Suddendusk finds being a father is hard and sometimes scary work. ("A Little Panic to Start the Day", A. Chandler)
2000.09.26 Even the old marrieds of the Holt have lover's quarrels... ("Admitting", L. Aarts)
2000.10.05 Evervale struggles out from under her father Suddendusk's protective shadow ("Harried Footsteps", S. Clawfoot)
2000.10.08 A bad day gets even worse for Snowfall... ("A Bad Day", L. Aarts)
2000.10.30 Crackle & Otter ponder a mystery of elfin life... ("The Greater Mysteries", J. Milligan)
2000.10.31 Crackle tells a horror story. ("Ice-Eye & the Stag", J. Milligan)
2000.11.09 Farscout brings his sister Goldspice a gift from his travels. ("Gifts & Memory", H. Hutchison)
2000.11.26 Crackle tries a time-honored method for falling asleep. ("Try Counting Wolves", J. Milligan)
| 2000
2001.01.01 Untangling knots is what Greenweave does. ("Knots", J. Milligan)
2001.02.14 Suddendusk and Moss have a little talk between fathers. ("Opposites Attract", J. Milligan)
2001.03.01 Suddendusk & Quick Fang Recognize ("Tangled Lives", S. Clawfoot, C. Pruitt).  The first of many ripples from the Recognition of Quick Fang and Suddendusk. ("Aftermath", G. C., S. Clawfoot).  In the wake of unexpected Recognition, Suddendusk, unsurprisingly, worries too much about his daughter Evervale. Again. ("Joys & Difficulties", S. Clawfoot)
2001.03.02 Suddendusk hangs on to the Now for a little while longer before telling young Crackle she's going to get a new sibling. ("Just One More Day", S. Clawfoot)
2001.03.03 Suddendusk breaks the news of his Recognition to his youngest (so far) cub. ("Spreading the News", S. Clawfoot, J. Milligan)
2001.03.05 The unexpected delay of Recognition's fulfillment has Blacksnake and One-Leg concerned about their brother. ("Doing Nothing", H. Hutchison).  Quick Fang finds she cannot run or hide to escape from the truths of Recognition. ("Gone to Ground", J. Milligan, W. Ware)
2001.03.06 In the wake of a Recognition, Crackle has her own take on things. ("A Howl For Smokelost", J. Milligan)
2001.03.07 Windsong takes a moment to contemplate the changes in her life and lifemate. ("Touch", G. C.).  Quick Fang returns to the Holt. ("Resolution", S. Clawfoot)
2001.03.10 Expecting a grandcub, Snowfall can't help but wonder. ("Looking for Hope", J. Milligan)
2001.03.13 Suddendusk is torn between his feelings for Windsong and not wanting to hurt his family, and the memories of passion with Quick Fang. ("Consumed", T. Driessen)
2001.03.21 Not all dreams are equal... ("A Dream Not Lost", W. Ware)
2001.04.01 Two hunters meet in the deep of the forest. ("Through Other Eyes", J. Milligan)
2001.04.10 Chicory and Windburn share a some mud -- and a peaceful moment. ("Muddy Moments", J. Milligan)
2001.04.21 2007 River Twine Holt Treasure Hunt Results ("2007 River Twine Holt Treasure Hunt Results ", G. C., A. Chandler, B. Kita, J. Milligan)
2001.05.18 Willow makes good on a promise. ("Debts Repaid", H. Henderson)
2001.05.29 Crackle just wants to join the fun. ("Tree Ball", J. Milligan)
2001.06.05 Change snaps at Willow's heels. ("A Thicker Skin", H. Henderson)
2001.07.07 Evervale tries to teach her rambunctious little sister a valuable lesson in silence. ("A Lesson in Silence", V. Stephenson)
2001.08.04 Muddypaws teaches Crackle a new trick. ("Cool Ground, Happy Elf", C. T.)
2001.08.10 A curious cub and a sky-watcher contemplate the stars. ("Points of Light", J. Milligan)
2001.08.25 During an exceptionally hot summer tempers flare among both elves and wolves, but an oddly cool day sends Evervale and Longshot on a mission to relieve some tension. ("An Interlude", A. Chandler, V. Stephenson)
2001.09.16 A dare is set, and four pranksters set out to the find who does it best. ("Prank War", G. C.)
2001.10.10 Crackle decides she’s just not growing fast enough. Something must be done. ("Dung", J. Milligan)
2001.10.21 Even for an experienced scout, guarding the Holt's borders can be a life or death struggle. ("Whitechest", W. Ware)
2001.10.22 After Farscout is attacked by a rival wolf pack, Willow and Rainpace are sent to find their elder. ("Secrets", H. Henderson, W. Ware)
2001.10.27 In the sweet depths of the furs, Foxtail presents two suitors with a challenge. ("Knowing By Feel", J. Milligan)
2001.10.28 The lowest wolf in the pack has decided on a new elf-friend… all she has to do is convince Farscout that he wants or needs her, while Farscout himself is distracted with a far more worrisome matter... ("Flea-Bit", W. Ware).  A glimpse into One-Leg’s private world, and an attempt to look into Willow’s. ("Aches and Pains", C. T.)
2001.10.30 Some secrets can only stay hidden for so long. ("The Healer", H. Henderson, B. Kita).  Windburn discovers that Willow isn't the only one keeping secrets. ("Revelations", H. Henderson)
2001.11.03 Windburn's search for answers reveals a rocky road ahead for the tribe's new healer. ("Ripples Outward", H. Henderson)
2001.11.08 Evervale tries to help Willow, but gets another surprise revelation. ("Close to the Edge", H. Henderson, V. Stephenson)
2001.11.15 A dusting-off of some memories in anticipation of sharing. ("The Ancestors She Predated", S. Clawfoot)
2001.11.20 True Edge sees the future in reflections of the past. ("Reflections", M. H.)
2001.12.02 A child of the Ebea drowns in a winter flood, and Kestrel faces an unexpected moral challenge. ("A Lost Child", W. Ware)
2001.12.08 Blacksnake takes matters into his own hands. ("Fight or Flight, Pt. 1", H. Henderson, H. Hutchison).  Blacksnake confronts the tribe's prodigal healer. ("Fight or Flight, Pt. 2", H. Henderson, H. Hutchison).  After the confrontation with Willow, Blacksnake's mind won't let him rest. ("Aftershocks", H. Hutchison)
2001.12.24 Foxtail finds something odd late one winter night. ("She Came Upon a Midnight Clearing", A. Chandler)
| 2000
2002.01.02 Windburn and Whispersilk determine to challenge themselves, in the wake of a second Recognition. ("Second Chance", W. Ware)
2002.03.10 Tragedy strikes, and a split family must cope. ("Love and Loss", J. Milligan)
2002.03.21 The New Green Bliss brings with it an unexpected challenge for Longshot. ("Ambush", C. T.)
2002.04.01 When patience leads to inaction, it’s time for a challenge. ("Patience", L. Cavalier)
2002.05.20 For Notch, a round of Taal is just the first game of many. ("Tokens", C. T.)

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