The Dragon Reborn Timeline

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This is a breakdown of the timeline and all the events happening in each chapter in The Dragon Reborn. The main story in the book begins in the spring, few months after the end of the events in The Great Hunt.

The following assumptions have been made:

  • The Great Hunt ends around the month of Danu, 998 NE, and the beginning of The Dragon Reborn is said to be around the beginning of spring, which would make the events start in the month of Saban 999NE, almost a year after departing from Emond's Field.
  • On Bel Tine it is said spring should have fully arrived, which would make the 'beginning of spring' around the beginning of Saban, and Saban 5th is chosen as starting date.
  • It takes Perrin, Moiraine and Lan three more days (after Moiraine helps with the fishing) to reach the town of Jarra
  • After Jarra it takes them around 20 days to reach Remen
  • The girls and Mat take around 10 to 11 days to reach Andor/Cairhien border with boat. From there it takes them around 12 more days to Tear and Mat spends half that because the pushed the captain to sail fast.
  • Whenever there are multiple points of view in a chapter, it's assumed the events are happening at the same time, or at least closely together.


For a broader timeline, please check The Wheel of Time Timeline.


alt A timeline for the book The Dragon Reborn


The following timeline shows characters and groups that got split after the battle at Falme in the previous book. Later they split during the current book too. The following colors were chosen to represent the different fractions:

- Rand;
- Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve;
- Mat, and eventually Thom;
- Perrin, Loial, Moiraine and Lan, and eventually Faile;


Date, Month, Year (Farede Calendar) Day of Timeline Chapter Name Characters and Events
beginning of Saban, 999 NE A day or two before the beginning of the story Prologue: Fortress of the Light Pedron Niall meets with Jared Byar, Jaichim Carridin and Ordeith. Carridin is visited by a Myrdraal
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.1, Waiting Perrin and the Shienarans meet a Tuatha'an woman, Leya, and bring her to their camp
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.2, Saidin Rand fights with Moiraine and retreats to his hiding place. Perrin finds him and then Rand channels and causes an earth quake
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.3, News from the Plain Moiraine tells the others the news brought from Leya
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1, during the night Ch.4, Shadows Sleeping Perrin has a dream, he dreams some of the Forsaken and in the end he dreams of Callandor
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1, during the night Ch.5, Nightmares Walking Perrin wakes up and realizes the camp is under Trolloc and Myrdraal attack
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2 Ch.6, The Hunt Begins Rand has left the camp, Moiraine makes plans about going after him and sending Min to Tar Valon
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2 Ch.7, The Way Out of the Mountains Perrin, Loial, Moiraine and Lan set out from the Mountains of Mist into Ghealdan. "In a few hours riding, the weather started warming and becoming more spring like"
9th, Saban, 999 NE Day 5, three days after setting out Ch.7, The Way Out of the Mountains Moiraine helps Perrin and Loial catch fish
11th, Saban, 999 NE the day before Perrin arrives in Jarra, in the morning Ch.8, Jarra Rand comes to Jarra and there are many weddings happening, some Whitecloaks go crazy
12th, Saban, 999 NE Day 8, a day after sighting the first field, in the evening Ch.8, Jarra They reach Jarra, Perrin sees Noam, who also has golden eyes, and starts getting afraid that he might end up like him
12th, Saban, 999 NE during the night Ch.9, Wolf Dream Perrin dreams a very weird dream, then Hopper wakes him up
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1, the beginning of spring Ch.10, Secrets Verin, Nynaeve, Elayne and Egwene (Hurin and Mat) go back to Tar Valon, they meet Whitecloaks on the way
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.11, Tar Valon Hurin leaves them before they enter the Tower, the girls are taken to their rooms where they should wait the Amyrlin's call
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.12, The Amyrlin Seat Verin meets with the Amyrlin to tell her of the happenings on Almoth Plain
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.13, Punishments Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are taken to the Amyrlin to hear their punishments
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.14, The Bite of the Thorns The Amyrlin gives Egwene and Nynaeve the task to hunt the Black Ajah
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.15, The Gray Man Egwene and Nynaeve are attacked by and capture a Gray Man
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.16, Hunters Three Elayne joins Nynaeve and Egwene in the search for the Black Ajah
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.17, The Red Sister The girls are visited by Elaida who asks them where have they been all these months
5th, Saban, 999 NE Day 1 Ch.18, Healing Mat is healed by 10 Aes Sedai linked, Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne watch inside the room
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2 Ch.19, Awakening Mat wakes up after being healed and tries to remember everything that has happened
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2 Ch.20, Visitations Mat is visited by Selene and later by the Amyrlin Seat
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2, during the evening, into the night Ch.21, A World of Dreams Verin summons Egwene and gives the dream ter'angreal while explaining about the the World of Dreams
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2, during the evening, into the night Ch.22, The Price of The Ring Egwene is tested to become Accepted
6th, Saban, 999 NE Day 2, during the evening, into the night Ch.23, Sealed Egwene comes out after her third test and realizes that there was a problem with the ter'angreal, possibly because of the dream ter'angreal Verin gave her
7th, Saban, 999 NE Day 3, the morning after Mat wakes up after the Healing Ch.24, Scouting and Discoveries Mat goes to check on the bridge guards and finds out he will not be let out of the Tower or the city. Later he defeats Gawyn and Galad in a sparring match.
7th, Saban, 999 NE Day 3, the day after Egwene's test Ch.25, Questions The girls discuss the documents given by Verin about the Black Sisters and the stolen ter'angreal
7th, Saban, 999 NE Day 3 Ch.26, Behind a Lock The girls find the Black Ajah's supposed left over belongings and a trace of clues that lead them to Tear
7th, Saban, 999 NE Day 3 Ch.27, Tel'aran'rhiod Egwene enters the world of dreams for the first time and has several encounters - with Perrin, Rand and in the Heart of the Stone with a woman who calls herself Silvie
8th, Saban, 999 NE Day 4, the day after Mat defeats Galad and Gawyn Ch.28, A Way Out Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve visit Mat and give him one of the Amyrlin's letters so that he can take a letter from Elayne to Morgase
8th, Saban, 999 NE Day 4, day after the girls have decided to leave for Tear Ch.29, A Trap to Spring Amyrlin visits Nynaeve and the others in the kitchens and Nynaeve tells her of their plans to spring the trap and go to Tear
8th, Saban, 999 NE Day 4 in the evening Ch.30, The First Toss Mat goes into the city of Tar Valon and gambles all night, winning a lot of money and escapes from men who want to murder him
8th, Saban, 999 NE Day 4 in the evening Ch.31, The Woman of Tanchico Mat meets Thom in an inn and convices him to join him traveling to Caemlyn
8th, Saban, 999 NE Day 4 in the evening Ch.32, The First Ship Mat and Thom board the first ship leaving the harbor, Mat kills assasins sent after him on the ship
4th, Aine, 999 NE Day 28 Ch.33, Within the Weave Perrin, Moiraine, Lan and Loial come to the town of Remen
4th, Aine, 999 NE Day 28 in the evening Ch.34, A Different Dance Perrin frees Gaul from the cage and they both kill Whitecloaks
4th, Aine, 999 NE Day 28 in the evening Ch.35, The Falcon Perrin, Moiraine, Lan and Loial must flee Remen and take a boat to Illian. Faile follows them and gets on the boat with them
4th, Aine, 999 NE Day 28 in the evening Ch.36, Daughter of the Night Perrin is in the dream world and spies on Ba'alzamon and Lanfear
4th, Aine, 999 NE Day 28 Ch.36, Daughter of the Night Rand kills Dadrkfriends the same night after seeing Perrin in his dream
18th, Saban, 999 NE Day 14, ten days after leaving the White Tower Ch.37, Fires in Cairhien Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are traveling down the river Erinin to Tear, when the ship stops and they must continue on foot
18th, Saban, 999 NE Day 14 Ch.38, Maidens of the Spear The girls are met by several Aiel women asking for Healing, they learn something about the Maidens of the Spear
18th/19th, Saban, 999 NE Day 14 during the night, Day 15 next morning Ch.39, Threads in the Pattern they leave the Aiel women, but shortly after are attacked and kidnapped and brought to a place as prizoners. In the morning they get on another ship to continue their journey to Tear
19th, Saban, 999 NE Day 15, eleven days after leaving Tar Valon, during the night Ch.40, A Hero in the Night Mat and Thom reach Aringil and can barely find a place to sleep for the night, during the night they save Aludra from being killed, but have to leave Aringill immediately
9th, Aine, 999 NE Day 33, five days downriver from Remen Ch.41, A Hunter's Oath Perrin, Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Faile reach Illian, Faile swears an oath and joins them as one of their group
9th, Aine, 999 NE Day 33, same night Ch.42, Easing the Badger the group gets room in an inn, but while having dinner, they are attacked by Gray men. Moiraine leaves them to fight whoever sent the Gray men
9th, Aine, 999 NE Day 33 Ch.43, Shadowbrothers Perrin dreams of Hopper who tells him that the Last Hunt comes, Moiraine comes back and tells them Samael holds Illian
9th, Aine, 999 NE Day 33, during the night Ch.44, Hunted The group leaves Illian and kill darkhounds on the way to Tear
25th, Saban, 999 NE Day 21, six days after leaving Aringill Ch.44, Hunted Mat and Thom kill darkfriends on their way to Caemlyn
26th, Saban, 999 NE Day 22, next day Ch.45, Caemlyn Mat and Thom reach Caemlyn and Mat tries to deliver Elayne's letter, but is chased out of the palace from the Guards
26th, Saban, 999 NE Day 22 Ch.46, A Message Out of the Shadow Mat sneaks into the Royal Palace, overhears someone wanting to kill Elayne, and delivers Elayne's message to Morgase
26th, Saban, 999 NE Day 22 Ch.47, To Race the Shadow Mat goes back to the Queen's blessing and asks about Garbril, but couldn’t figure out what his deal is. He decides to go to Tear and help the girls, Thom will go with him
1st, Aine, 999 NE Day 25, twelve days after leaving Jurene Ch.48, Following the Craft Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne reach tear and go to a Wise Woman's house, who gives them rooms in her house
1st, Aine, 999 NE Day 25 Ch.49, A Storm in Tear Nyanave tells Sandar about the women they are after and warns him that they are dangerous
4th, Aine, 999 NE Day 28, six days after leaving Caemlyn, during the night Ch.49, A Storm in Tear Mat and Thom reach Tear, they visit multiple inns and find Comar, then Mat kills him, Rand is already in Tear
7th, Aine, 999 NE Day 31 Ch.49, A Storm in Tear For three days and three nights Mat and Thom search for the girls in inns
12th, Aine, 999 NE Day 36, three days after leaving Illian Ch.50, The Hammer Perrin, Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Faile reach Tear, Perrin works at a smithy, Moiraine says they will need to go into the Heart of the Stone
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37, twelve days in Tear Ch.51, Bait for the Net Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are captured by the Black Sisters in Mother Guanna's house
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37, eight days in Tear Ch.52, In Search of a Remedy Thom is sick and Mat takes him to Mother Guenna by chance and finds out the girls are taken to the Stone of Tear. He decides to go after them
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37 Ch.53, A Flow of the Spirit While preparing to leave for the Stone of Tear, Faile falls into a dream ter'angreal trap laid out for Moiraine, Perrin follows her into ter'arhan'rhiod
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37 Ch.54, Into the Stone Mat meets Aiel on the rooftops close to the Stone of Tear. They are also joined by Juilin. The Aiel climb the wall to get into the stone, Mat uses fireworks to make an opening in the wall and enters
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37 Ch.54, Into the Stone Egwene, in one of the cells in the Stone of Tear, decisdes to use tel'arhan'rhiod and captures one Black Sister
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37 Ch.55, What is Written in Prophecy Rand enters the Heart of the Stone, Be'lal Is waiting for him and they begin to fight. Moiraine kills Be'lal with balefire, Ba'alzamon is there however. Rand seizes Callandor and is now more powerful. Ba'alzamon runs and Rand follows him. Later Rand kills Ba'alzamon inside TAR which leaves a body in the real world.
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37 Ch.55, What is Written in Prophecy Egwene in TAR shiels Amico outside the cell she is kept in, but that didn't help remove the shield on herself
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37? Ch.55, What is Written in Prophecy Mat and Juilin enter the prison and free the girls. They do not feel thankful
13th, Aine, 999 NE Day 37 Ch.55, What is Written in Prophecy Perrin saves Faile from the TAR trap
Aine, 999 NE Next day? Ch.56, People of the Dragon Moiraine tells the others that Ba'alzamon was just a man and not the Dark One himself. Rhuarc tells them that the Aiel are the People of the Dragon


In total the events in The Dragon Reborn happen during the first days of spring, 999 NE and last around a month. Not very long timeline for this book.