A Timeline of Xanadu History

2531-2598: Xanadu's Founding (Weyrwoman Breda)

2531: Xanadu Weyr is founded by Weyrwoman Breda and her gold Amaranth, with S'dol and Maliuth as her Weyrleaders.

2552: T'nol and bronze Adith replace S'dol as Weyrleader of Xanadu Weyr.

2598: Weyrwoman Breda steps down at the age of 92.

2598-2630: A New Hand on the Reins (Weyrwoman Auraelia)

2958: After Weyrwoman Breda stepped down, 17 turn old Auraelia's gold Xaladrath is the first gold to rise. She is confirmed as Senior Weyrwoman, and the 57 turn old N'iko, of bronze Terenaeth, as Weyrleader.

2619: After N'iko suffered a heart attack during a leadership flight, Auraelia's gold Xaladrath was caught by B'co's bronze Loenrath.

2630: While still young, Auraelia chooses to retire as Senior.

2630-2660: Five Seniors (Weyrwomen Xandra, Siana, Tristjen, Qyh and Jezzara)

2630: After Auraelia's retirement, Xandra becomes the new Senior when her gold Felinth rises and was caught by K'gan's Pentath

2634: Gold Promith hatches and impresses to Siana.

2635: After a relatively short stint as Weyrwoman, Xandra retires in favor of the young Siana and her gold Promith, who takes over with R'ton and his bronze Lyrath.

2636: Gold Irabeth, Promith's first golden daugther, hatches and impresses to Leann.

2639: Promith clutches Aelith who impresses to Aeris. Eventually they transfer to Telgar Weyr.

2645: While the facts are forgotten, perhaps purposefully, after Siana and R'ton suddenly abandon Xanadu Weyr, a young transfer gold Everenth rose, making her rider Tristjen Senior and J'ham of bronze Branth Weyrleader.

2647: Junior Generaith rises, and clutches gold Biancath, who impresses to Rianya.

2649: Senior Everenth and Junior Biancath rise within days of each other, and clutch on the sands at the same time. The eggs hatch at once, and Everenth's gold daughter Frydath impresses to Qyh.

2649: Rianya and Biancath transfer to Fort Weyr - eventually becoming Senior of the Northern Weyr.

2650: J'ham suffers a fatal heart attack, Branth disappears for ever between, and the sudden, unexpected loss of her Weyrleader and weyrmate is enough to send Tristjen over the edge, the Weyrwoman forced into retirement, leaving Qyh and Frydath as the new Senior pair, and L'sta and Aedhyth as Weyrleader.

2652: Senior queen Frydath's daughter Zaislinth impresses to Jezzara.

2653: L'sta's stint as Weyrleader is short as Aedhyth faltered in the Leadership flight and is replaced by the acrobatic bronze pair, C'ian and Alhenaeth.

2656: C'ian and Alhenaeth remain as Weyrleaders even as Qyh's attention is demanded elsewhere, and the mantle of Seniorship is passed to Jezzara and Zaislinth.

2658: Senior queen Zaislinth's daughter Kilaueth impresses to Niva.

2660: Having hastily assumed Seniorship, Jezzara is soon passing on the Leadership as well, returning to her much preferred craft duties.

2660-2688: Holders and Cultists (Weyrwoman Niva)

2660: After Jezzara's retirement to her craft duties, Kilaueth rises first, making Niva Senior. C'ian and Alhenaeth remain as Weyrleader.

2661: Senior queen Kilaueth's first golden daughter, Branwynth, impresses to Elia.

2663: Junior queen Branwynth is caught by brown Zoith.

2664: Junior queen Zaislinth is caught by brown Zeredyth.

2666: Senior queen Kilaueth clutches Calanth, who impresses Casiella.

2673: Despite twenty turns of experience, C'ian and Alhenaeth falter in the Leadership flight, and visiting bronze Hesketh and R'sul find themselves as the new Weyrleaders of Xanadu Weyr.

2677: Senior queen Kilaueth clutches Avaeth who impresses to Zevida. She remains a perpetual junior. Junior weyrwoman Casiella gets into a disagreement with Niva and leaves the Weyr, eventually becoming a rogue weyrwoman.

2678: Senior queen Kilaueth clutches Lusieth who impresses to Kate, daughter of cult leader Kefai and junior queen Ellemariseth is caught by brown Meluth.

2679: Junior queen Ellemariseth, a Telgari transfer, clutches Seryth, who impresses Thea. Junior weyroman Kate takes two of her younger half-siblings with her, and vanish during a spell of foggy weather. Having gone rogue, the pair reappear only during a surprise flight over Ierne Weyrhold later that Turn. Towards the end of the Turn, five sickly eggs are laid at Igen, resulting in three living hatchlings, one of which is a sickly and none too intelligent gold Zoyeth and her equally airheaded weyrwoman Rochelle. Xanadu's reputation for producing poor weyrwomen is sadly established.

2680: A young, visiting bronze from Ista - Inimeth - upsets the status quo as he, and not the current Weyrleader's bronze Hesketh, is the one to catch Kilaueth in her leadership flight, making the young Istan Wingleader D'son Weyrleader.

2681: Junior weyrwoman Ysa and her gold Ellmariseth are dismissed by Niva on grounds of derelection of duty. Ysa goes on to become Senior at Ista Weyr. Junior queen Solarith, a foreign gold, is caught by brown Saenkarith.

2682: Niva convinced the recently retired Senior of Eastern, Mianyi and her golden Pagnisath, to transfer to Xanadu as a junior. Sianne and her gold Sakrienth, recently Senior of Igen Weyr, transfers to Xanadu as a junior, and quickly produces a clutch.

2683: Kilaueth rises, and once again finds herself caught by a different bronze, propelling R'owan and his Nyuanth into the Weyrleadership.

2686: Kilaueth rises, and G'ene and his bronze Isterreth claim the Weyrleadership.

2688: Long-time weyrwoman Niva suffers a massive heart attack and steps down, leaving the next Senior to be determined in the usual manner.

2688-Present: Ruins and Renegades (Weyrwoman Thea)

2688 While there were three juniors waiting in the wings after Niva's heart attack, it was the youngest gold Seryth who took to the skies to make Thea Senior. D'son's Inimeth caught the gold, returning the Weyrleader's knot to the former Istan rider. The new Senior clutches Sahazyth, who impresses to the Briana, daughter of a Renegade, causing a round and row of gossip and ill feelings towards the new junior.

Notes on succession

Soriana and Ka'el
Innes and E'tan
Esiae and E'tan
Soriana and E'tan
Soriana and T'revs
Calisi and T'revs
Bethari
Risali and D'lei