Timeline

This is a timeline meant to put the events in the Wings of Fire series in chronological order.

Do note that the second arc takes place six months after the first arc, but for the sake of convenience they are split into two years in this timeline. Everyone whose age was only mentioned in the first arc might therefore in fact be one year younger than depicted here (same goes for events).

If you're looking for detailed summaries of the books, please go to their individual pages instead. This is just an overview of main events.

As with in the books themselves, AS stands for After Scorching.

The Scorching

0 AS (5,012 years ago)
Events	The Scorching takes place, an event where the dragons of Pyrrhia overthrow the scavengers and become the continent's dominant lifeform. The tribes are created and queens are chosen, followed by a 500 year period of transformation and resettlement.

Darkstalker's Time

Roughly 2,956 AS (2,056 years ago)
Events	Penguin creates the Gift of Diplomacy: three bracelets that allow the wearer to get over the Great Ice Cliff despite their tribe and keep warm in the Ice Kingdom, as well as a heated dome near the border with the Kingdom of Sand.

Roughly 2,972 AS (2,040 years ago)
Events	Queen Vigilance ascends to the NightWing throne.

Roughly 3,001 AS (2,011 years ago)
Events	Prince Albatross begins with the creation of the Summer Palace.

Roughly 3,002 AS (2,010 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,003 AS (2,009 years ago)
Events	Princess Manta marries Reef on the sunset beach of the Island Palace.

Roughly 3,004 AS (2,008 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,005 AS (2,007 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,006 AS (2,006 years ago)
Books	Darkstalker (Legends) (prologue), Runaway
Events	Prudence, Starclaws, and Discretion go on a diplomatic mission to the Ice Kingdom, taking Foeslayer with them so she can have dragonets with Prince Arctic and bring animus genes into the NightWing tribe. Arctic and Foeslayer fall in love, and during their escape from the Ice Kingdom, Arctic permanently damages Snowflake's wing by using his magic to direct Foeslayer's fire at her. A war between the IceWings and NightWings erupts, creating the hatred for each other that still exists in present day.
Hatchings	SeaWings: Fathom, Pearl, Indigo

Roughly 3,007 AS (2,005 years ago)
Books	Darkstalker (Legends)
Events	The brightest night occurs. Darkstalker hatches, receiving the powers of the three moons, but chooses not to help his sister Whiteout out of her egg. She hatches a night later.
Hatchings	NightWings: Darkstalker, Whiteout, Thoughtful

Roughly 3,008 AS (2,004 years ago)
Books	Darkstalker (Legends)
Events	During the Talons of Power Ceremony, Fathom discovers that he is an animus. Taken into training by Albatross, he helps him with the construction of the Summer Palace, and creates Blob for his friend Indigo.
Hatchings	NightWings: Clearsight, Listener

Roughly 3,009 AS (2,003 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,010 AS (2,002 years ago)
Books	Darkstalker (Legends)
Events	Queen Diamond sends an offer to Arctic: he may return to the IceWing tribe and the war between them and the NightWings will be over, on the condition that he kills his two dragonets. He refuses (for now), however.

Roughly 3,011 AS (2,001 years ago)
Books	Darkstalker (Legends)
Events	Albatross murders most of the members of the royal SeaWing family in a massacre, as well as one of the two SkyWings that had come to negotiate with Queen Lagoon about SeaWing villages on the coast of SkyWing territory. As a result, the villages are abandoned and tributes are paid to the SkyWings for the next five years. As one of the only survivors, Queen Pearl ascends to the SeaWing throne. After staying away for two years because of her overwhelming visions, Clearsight starts attending the NightWing school, where she meets Darkstalker, her soulmate. They find Current who had fled the SeaWing massacre, and he is allowed to stay in Queen Vigilance's Palace. Darkstalker then shows Clearsight his talisman - a scroll that contains his animus power so he won't lose his soul -, and reveals his magic to his parents when Arctic accidentally finds out. They immediately tell Queen Vigilance who then informs the rest of the tribe.
Deaths	SeaWings: Albatross, Eel, Humpback, Lagoon, Manta, Reef, Scallop, Splash SkyWings: Sunset

Roughly 3,012 AS (2,000 years ago)
Books	Darkstalker (Legends)
Events	After a year of solitude, Fathom is sent to the Night Kingdom to stop Darkstalker from using his animus magic, along with Indigo, Lionfish, and Wharf. After Indigo nearly kills him when they first meet, Darkstalker enchants his scales to be invincible, and creates the soul reader to keep Fathom from worrying about his magic. Clearsight becomes Queen Vigilance's head seer after she foresees an IceWing attack while secretly releasing pet scavengers with Listener. On her hatching day, she is given a carved NightWing by Fathom, as well as one of Darkstalker's three dreamvisitors. He gives another to Fathom and keeps the third one for himself. Foeslayer takes off her enchanted earring after an argument with Arctic, allowing Queen Diamond to capture her and create the Diamond Trial. On Vigilance's orders, Darkstalker enchants an invisible shield around the Night Kingdom that kills all IceWings, and later traps Indigo in a wooden carving, making Fathom believe she left him. On Vigilance's festival to celebrate 40 years of her being on the throne, Clearsight introduces Whiteout to Thoughtful. Darkstalker is nearly assassinated by Quickdeath, but protected by his enchanted scales. Using his magic, he finds out that Vigilance was the one to send the assassin, and plots to kill her in return. However, Arctic takes Whiteout to the Ice Kingdom, and Darkstalker enchants him to follow him back to the Night Kingdom, where he then forces his father to disembowel himself. Clearsight tells the NightWings to leave the Talon Peninsula, takes Darkstalker's scroll, and with Fathom's help, manages to trick him into accepting her bracelet that would then put him to sleep for hopefully forever. Clearsight decides to fly to the Lost Continent, while Fathom releases Indigo from the carving she was trapped in and moves to an island near the rainforest with her.
Deaths	IceWings: Arctic NightWings: Quickdeath

Roughly 3,013 AS (1,999 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,014 AS (1,998 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,015 AS (1,997 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,016 AS (1,996 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 3,017 AS (1,995 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	SeaWings: Clearpool, Cowrie, Ripple

Before Oasis's Death

Roughly 4,901 AS (111 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	RainWings: Tapir

Note: No actual timespan was given between the first events of Deserter and the death of Queen Oasis. The book states "after all these years", so the following events assume a timespan of ten years.

Roughly 4,973 AS (39 years ago)
Events	After Princess Blister hatches, Queen Oasis kills her first sister to keep her number of heirs at three.
Hatchings	SandWings: Prince Smolder, Princess Blister
Deaths	SandWings: Oasis's first sister

Roughly 4,974 AS (38 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 4,975 AS (37 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	SandWings: Six-Claws

Roughly 4,976 AS (36 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 4,977 AS (35 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 4,978 AS (34 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	SandWings: Dune

Roughly 4,979 AS (33 years ago)
Events	No known events

Roughly 4,980 AS (32 years ago)
Books	Deserter
Events	After Princess Blaze hatches, Queen Oasis kills her second sister to keep her number of heirs at three.
Hatchings	SandWings: Princess Blaze
Deaths	SandWings: Oasis's second sister

4,981 AS (31 years ago)
Events	Scarlet becomes Queen of the SkyWings.

Roughly 4,982 AS (30 years ago)
Books	Deserter
Events	Six-Claws saves Princess Blaze from an approaching sandstorm. As a reward, King Char lets him join the army together with his new friend Dune.

Between then and the death of Oasis
Events	A plague hits the SandWing palace and kills several dragons.
Deaths	SandWings: King Char, Quicksand

The Death of Oasis

4,992 AS (20 years ago)
Books	The Brightest Night (prologue), Deserter, Darkness of Dragons (prologue)
Events	Palm flees from the SandWing palace after being caught trying to elope with Smolder. She hides in the hut of Prickle, her twin, who is mistakenly arrested instead of her, and then flees into the direction of the Claws of the Clouds Mountains to raise her dragonet from Smolder's egg in peace. Three scavengers break into the palace to steal the SandWing treasure. Queen Oasis goes after them but is killed in the process. Burn manages to track them down and burns their dens while Blister steals the treasure for herself in her sister's absence. Councils and trials on who should be the next queen follow.
Deaths	SandWings: Queen Oasis

4,993 AS (19 years ago)
Events	Blister allies with the SeaWings and MudWings, so Burn gets the SkyWings on her side. She also contacts the IceWings, but as it turns out, they are already with Blaze, just like the majority of SandWings. With alliances formed, the War of SandWing Succession begins.
Hatchings	SandWings: Onyx

4,994 AS (18 years ago)
Events	No known events

4,995 AS (17 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	SkyWings: Tourmaline

4,996 AS (16 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	SeaWings: Orca, at least two brothers

4,997 AS (15 years ago)
Events	No known events

4,998 AS (14 years ago)
Events	No known events

4,999 AS (13 years ago)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	NightWings: Deathbringer

5,000 AS (12 years ago)
Events	The volcano on the NightWing island erupts, destroying part of the fortress.
Hatchings	NightWings: Strongwings SkyWings: Ruby

5,001 AS (11 years ago)
Events	Following the volcano eruption, Morrowseer and Queen Battlewinner come up with the Dragonet Prophecy, their plan to take over the rainforest with the help of Blister (who would be queen of the SandWings in this scenario). Morrowseer delivers the prophecy and affiliates himself with Nautilus and the Talons of Peace, while Stonemover is sent to the mainland to create the NightWing Tunnels.

5,002 AS (10 years ago)
Events	Queen Battlewinner gets attacked by an IceWing who blasts their frostbite into her mouth. She manages to return to her tribe and jumps into lava in an attempt to die, but survives thanks to the lava counteracting the frostbreath. From then on, she resides in a lava-filled cauldron in a hidden room in the NightWing fortress, using her daughter, Greatness, as her voice.
Hatchings	RainWings: Jambu

5,003 AS (9 years ago)
Books	Assassin, Deserter
Events	A few months after Battlewinner vanishes, Quickstrike and Deathbringer are sent to kill Commander Tempest to lower the chances of Blister winning the war soon, which Deathbringer manages with a MudWing spear after his mother gets struck by lightning. As a result, the MudWings leave Blister's army altogether, and Deathbringer becomes a full assassin, his next target being Six-Claws. Prince Singe is killed by Burn for "annoying her". Two weeks later, Burn's forces are trying to find Blaze's Fortress, but with the recent news, Burn decides to get the MudWings on her side first (which she eventually accomplishes by threatening them). When Six-Claws refuses to give up their current position, she cripples Dune, which leads Six-Claws to desert the army and go to the Scorpion Den after Deathbringer, in hiding, suggests he does so. He is joined by Dune and Kindle. Princess Orca challenges her mother, Coral, for the SeaWing throne, but is accidentally killed in the process. Her previously enchanted statue, however, continues to kill Coral's heirs. Stonemover meets Thorn for the first time.
Hatchings	NightWings: Fierceteeth SeaWings: Riptide
Deaths	NightWings: Slaughter, Quickstrike SandWings: Singe SeaWings: Tempest, Orca

5,004 AS (8 years ago)
Events	Kestrel's eggs hatch, one with too much fire and one with too little. She attempts to escape with them, but Scarlet tracks her down, telling her to kill one of the dragonets. Kestrel follows the order, killing the one with too little fire, but instead of forgiving her as promised, Scarlet chases her off. Kestrel's attempt of saving her other dragonet fails because she burns her talons on its firescales, so she has to leave it with Scarlet. She eventually joins the Talons of Peace. Stonemover flees to Jade Mountain and turns his magic against itself so instead of losing his soul, his scales start slowly turning to stone instead.
Hatchings	SkyWings: Peril, Peril's Brother
Deaths	SkyWings: Peril's Brother

The Brightest Night

5,005 AS (7 years ago)
Books	Prisoners: The Dragonet With No Destiny, The Dragonet Prophecy (prologue), Escaping Peril (prologue)
Events	Asha buys Clay's egg from her sister Cattail. While bringing it to the Talons of Peace, she gets caught in the crossfire between Blister and Blaze's forces, and dies of her wounds after delivering the egg. Scarlet forces Peril to destroy all SkyWing eggs due to hatch on the brightest night. Princess Tourmaline vanishes without a trace. Hvitur gets caught by Burn while stealing the prophecied SkyWing egg from Scarlet's palace. Burn throws the egg off the mountain and stabs Hvitur before throwing him off as well. Webs flees from a battle and is found by the Talons of Peace ten days later. He returns to the Kingdom of the Sea to steal Tsunami's egg, and later steals an egg from the RainWings after learning of the destroyed SkyWing egg. Morrowseer takes Starflight's egg and brings it to the Talons of Peace. On his way out of the NightWing hatchery, Fierceteeth unintentionally gives him the idea for the False Dragonets of Destiny. Dune betrays Thorn by stealing her egg. The brightest night occurs, and the Dragonets of Destiny hatch.
Hatchings	IceWings: Hailstorm MudWings: Clay, Reed, Crane, Sora, Marsh, Pheasant, Umber, Ochre NightWings: Starflight, Fatespeaker RainWings: Glory SandWings: Sunny, Viper SeaWings: Tsunami, Squid SkyWings: Flame
Deaths	IceWings: Hvitur MudWings: Asha

5,006 AS (6 years ago)
Events	No known events

5,007 AS (5 years ago)
Events	Hailstorm reaches the top of the First Circle.
Hatchings	IceWings: Winter, Icicle NightWings: Mightyclaws SandWings: Qibli SeaWings: Turtle, Cerulean, Octopus

5,008 AS (4 years ago)
Books	Moon Rising (prologue)
Events	No known events
Hatchings	NightWings: Moonwatcher RainWings: Kinkajou SeaWings: Pike

5,009 AS (3 years ago)
Books	Talons of Power (prologue)
Events	Abalone gets injured protecting Coral's most recent eggs. King Gill asks his son, Turtle, to get Snapper so that Gill could take Abalone to the healers while saving the eggs. However, Turtle fails to do so, and the eggs die as Gill leaves to get the healers. Gill gets mad at Turtle, and Coral has both Abalone and Snapper executed, vowing to watch over their next daughter - Anemone - herself.
Hatchings	SandWings: Ostrich
Deaths	SeaWings: Abalone, Snapper

5,010 AS (2 years ago)
Books	Prisoners: Brains and the Beast, Winter Turning (prologue)
Events	Fierceteeth runs into Strongwings, who takes her to the mainland for the first time. She becomes aware of his feelings for her and they eventually become a couple. Hailstorm and Winter are looking for a scavenger den in the Sky Kingdom when they are ambushed by SkyWings. Hailstorm manages to convince them to let Winter go and only take him, and is then brought to Scarlet's palace, where the Pyrite mask is put on him by Chameleon. Thorn takes Qibli away from his abusive mother Cobra and he joins the Outclaws, which soon take over the Scorpion Den. King Gill of the SeaWings gets captured by SkyWings and put into Scarlet's arena.
Hatchings	SeaWings: Anemone

Main Series

5,011 AS (1 year ago)
Books	The Dragonet Prophecy, The Lost Heir, The Hidden Kingdom, The Dark Secret, The Brightest Night, Prisoners
Events	During the Talons of Power Ceremony, Turtle enchants his sister Anemone to be an animus so that his own powers aren't discovered. Following their guardians' plan of killing Glory to please Morrowseer, the Dragonets of Destiny escape their cave but are immediately caught by Queen Scarlet. After several battles in her arena, as well as Kestrel being on trial for disobeying Scarlet a few years ago, Glory attacks Burn with her venom, but Scarlet is hit instead. The Dragonets flee with Peril's help, Clay meets his family in the Mud Kingdom, and Ruby becomes Queen of the SkyWings. The Dragonets of Destiny reach the Summer Palace of the SeaWings, where they meet Tsunami's family, the royal SeaWings. After being discovered by Tsunami, Orca's enchanted statue is destroyed, stopping the murdering of Coral's daughters. The Summer Palace is attacked by Burn's forces, causing the SeaWings to retreat to the Deep Palace. In the rainforest, the Dragonets discover that RainWings have gone missing and also find the NightWing Tunnels. After Glory gets captured by the NightWings as well and escapes again, she challenges the RainWing queens for their throne and wins. Starflight gets kidnapped by Morrowseer and discovers the NightWings' plan to take over the rainforest. He meets the False Dragonets of Destiny and finds a dreamvisitor he uses to contact Glory. This leads to the RainWings attacking the NightWing Island and freeing the kidnapped RainWings as the volcano erupts. When Queen Battlewinner dies, the NightWings flee to the rainforest as well, accepting Glory as their new queen. Morrowseer reveals that the prophecy is made up, and is killed by the volcano eruption that also blinds Starflight. Sunny is kidnapped by Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and Preyhunter, but manages to escape and follows them to the Scorpion Den, where she meets her mother Thorn. She is taken to Burn's stronghold by Addax, but flees with the help of Thorn's Outclaws and Peril, who also frees the imprisoned Scarlet. Sunny contacts the three SandWing sisters with a dreamvisitor she was given by the scavengers Holler and Fluffy, and everyone meets at Burn's stronghold as a comet passes Pyrrhia. After Burn dies from the bite of a dragonbite viper and Blister is killed by the Eye of Onyx, Sunny makes Thorn the new queen of the SandWings. Due to the comet, Darkstalker's enchanted bracelet is destroyed, and he awakes from his 2,000 year sleep. Fierceteeth and Strongwings escape from Thorn's prison with the help of Saguaro. The Dragonets of Destiny make plans to open an intertribal school at Jade Mountain.
Hatchings	SeaWings: Auklet SkyWings: Cliff
Deaths	IceWings: Fjord MudWings: Crane, Crocodile NightWings: Vengeance, Battlewinner, Morrowseer, Preyhunter RainWings: Tapir, Bright, Orangutan SandWings: Dune, Horizon, Viper, Sandstorm, Blister, Burn SeaWings: Gill, Tortoise, Whirlpool SkyWings: Kestrel, Osprey

5,012 AS (Present Day)
Books	Moon Rising, Winter Turning, Escaping Peril, Talons of Power, Darkness of Dragons
Events	Jade Mountain Academy opens for its first 35 students. Moonwatcher meets her new winglet and is contacted in her head by Darkstalker. In an attempt to kill Icicle, Sora sets off an explosion in the history cave, but Icicle survives and Sora decides to flee from the academy with her brother Umber. Icicle, blackmailed by Scarlet with a dreamvisitor, heads for the rainforest to kill Glory. Moon reveals her powers to her winglet and receives a new prophecy. Winter and most of the rest of his winglet manage to track down Icicle on the NightWing Island, and she is taken prisoner by Queen Glory. With the help of Pyrite, they find Scarlet, but Shapeshifter severely injures Kinkajou. Winter discovers that Pyrite is actually Hailstorm, and after taking Kinkajou to Possibility, he and his brother fly to the Ice Kingdom where they undergo the Diamond Trial. Hailstorm goes back to the other IceWings, pretending to have won and killed Winter, while Winter frees Foeslayer and leaves with her. Peril and Turtle leave Jade Mountain to find and kill Scarlet, first heading to Possibility to find the rest of the Jade Winglet. However, Peril runs into Soar, her father, who reveals his true identity (Chameleon) to her before giving her a necklace that removes her firescales, which she eventually takes off again because of an additional spell that made her loyal to Scarlet. Scarlet makes Ruby give up her kingdom, but Ruby challenges her for the throne and wins thanks to changing back into Tourmaline for a few minutes, killing Scarlet. The Jade Winglet manages to take Darkstalker's scroll from Chameleon and Peril burns it, accidentally freeing Darkstalker in the process. Turtle enchants a stick to keep him hidden from Darkstalker, who places spells on the dragons he meets, making them like him instead of being concerned or afraid. Turtle also enchants Qibli's earring to give him immunity from Darkstalker's spells, as well as a bowl that can duplicate objects. Darkstalker heads for the rainforest, giving several NightWings various superpowers before taking them to the old Night Kingdom and becoming their king. Anemone heals Kinkajou, but also puts a love spell on her. After Darkstalker exiles Anemone because of trying to enchant him, Turtle follows her and fights her at the old Island Palace, revealing that he enchanted her to be an animus. Darkstalker uses a spell to teleport them to his palace, and upon seeing Turtle, imprisons him and takes away his animus powers. Darkstalker sends a plague to the IceWings, killing several dragons, most notably Queen Glacier. Her daughter Snowfall becomes queen. Meanwhile, Qibli decides to make everyone immune to Darkstalker's spells by multiplying his enchanted earring with Turtle's bowl. Onyx takes Ostrich to Vulture, the leader of the Talons of Power who is responsible for the bombings that have happened in the Kingdom of Sand. Qibli and Winter help Ostrich escape, along with Qibli's mother Cobra who is then taken prisoner by Queen Thorn for conspiring against her. They learn of the IceWing plague from a hybrid named Typhoon, and he volunteers to take some of Qibli's enchanted earrings to the tribe. Vulture and the revealed-to-be-royal Onyx challenge Thorn for the throne, but Qibli interrupts the duel by casting a sandstorm. While taking cover in the dungeons, Thorn finally releases Prickle. After reuniting in the Night Kingdom, the Jade Winglet heads to Jade Mountain Academy because of the IceWings' planned attack. Darkstalker and the NightWings follow, resulting in the Battle of Jade Mountain which is ended by an empathy spell created by Qibli and Turtle. Darkstalker reunites with Foeslayer and is turned into Peacemaker by Kinkajou, using pieces of the enchanted scroll she took from Chameleon earlier. Jade Mountain Academy fills the empty places in many winglets with new students. Winter helps found a town called Sanctuary, and an observatory is added to the SandWing palace. Qibli and Moon meet the SandWing animus Jerboa and a dragon from the Lost Continent that she is taking care of.
Deaths	IceWings: Glacier, Narwhal NightWings: Bigtail SkyWings: Carnelian, Scarlet