'Yet, even as you searched, this man, our once brother, spoke against me.' In House of Chains, in the prologue it says Rhulad was present, at least part of the time with the fleet. Since the colony with the Edur that they found was not on the same continent as Letheras it is safe to assume it took them at least a couple of months to find it. This is a reference to the Edur that they found while the fleet was searching for challengers for Rhulad. He called them Pure Kin and said we should not kill them.' 'Worse he spoke to defend the new enemies we had found' In the prologue of House of Chains they say Repeat after me 'The timeline is not important. So, what do you all think? Is there any way we can rationalize this, or is it an inconsistency that just can't be cleared up no matter how hard we try? I'll just stop now because I'm starting to confuse the hell out of myself.

But that'd mean Trull didn't get Shorn until 1164, meaning he was in the Nascent for maybe a few months. Meaning the Withal date would be only one year off (1158 B.S., maybe 1159 could be right if it was a beginning-end of year thing). And yet, from MoI didn't someone (Envy, perhaps) mention that the Edur had been travelling the globe for three years? If that's right, then that means they started travelling in 1161 B.S. That means he was chained in the Nascent for several years, but it was said that there was sorcery in the Shorning to prolong is suffering (not to mention time is weird in Warrens). Add three years to that for the Seventh Closure, then three more years and we're up to 1159 and Trull being Shorn.

So, to rationalize this I have to assume that the date in the prologue for Withal is wrong, and it should be 1153 B.S. doesn't make much sense, as I'm pretty sure HoC takes place before that (63-64, I think?). (this is from prologue of HoC, where it says it's the 943rd day of the search). Then, they spend almost 3 years sailing around the world, which would put them somewhere around 1165 B.S. And yet the Edur don't conquer the Letherii until 1162 Burn's Sleep (in MT prologue, in the scene with Withal, it's 1159 B.S. I'm more or less inclined to think it's the latter - very easy to see how he could make mistakes, considering how deep and complex the world is.Īnyway, in the prologue of House of Chains, Trull is being Shorn in 1159 Burn's Sleep. Or, Erikson simply made a mistake with the dates. Probably another 'timeline doesn't matter' case here.

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