Holder of Lightning

Year The first recorded mage-lights appear over Inish 232 Thu-aidh. The Inishlanders would eventually learn to harness the power of the mage-lights through the cloch na thrintri, the "lightning stones" of Bunus Muintir legend. This is the beginning of what will be popularly called the "Before" by the people of Jenna Aoire’s time. Year Mael Armagh, RB of Tuath Infochla, sets out to conquer 711 Inish Thuaidh, and is defeated and killed in the Battle of Sliabh Michinniuint by Severii O’Coulghan, the In-ishlander chieftain.

Year Last reported sighting of mage-lights over Inish Thuaidh. 726 End of the "Before." Over four centuries will pass before the mage-lights return.

Year A reputed cloch na thrintri is stolen from Inishfeirm by 1075 an acolyte named Niall (last name unknown) and is given as a pledge of love to Kerys Aoire.

Year Niall Aoire, son of Kerys Aoire, arrives in Ballintubber 1111 and meets Maeve Oldspring, whom he will marry.

Year Jenna Aoire born in Ballintubber.

1113

Year On the 18th day of Longroot, mage-lights reappear over 1129 the village of Ballintubber in Tuath Gabair. This heralds the beginning of Filleadh — the "Coming Back."

The Holders of Lamh Shabala

(Dates given face indicate in Daoine years and in chronological order. Entries in bold- the cloch was active during the time of Holding.)

The Bunus; Muintir Holders (from Year -160) -144 Lasairiona (F)

to

— 160

— 129 Oengus (M)

to

— 144

— 113 Davali (M) to -129

— 113 RBata (M) The last Bunus Muintir holder of an to-70 active cloch. The magelights failed in the last

years of his Holding, and Lamh Shabhala would rest again for three centuries.

— 70 to None. During these years, the cloch remained in RBata's

— 63 tomb.

— 63 to Breck the Tomb-robber (F) For two days, until she was

— 63 caught and executed.

— 62 to None. Again, the cloch rests in RBata's tomb.

— 53

— 53 to Nollaig the One-Handed (M). Nollaig, like Breck, stole -42 the cloch from RBata's tomb but held it for years, until he was caught pilfering other items from the chieftain Lobharan's clannog. The cloch and other items once belonging to RBata as well as from the other tombs there were found among Nollaig's belongings. Some of the treasure was returned to the tombs, but Lobharan kept the stone. Nollaig lost his hand.

— 42 to Lobharan (M)

— 27

— 27 Ailbhe (F) Lobharan's daughter. to-15

— 15 to Struan (M) Ailbhe's son, father of Cealaigh.

11

11 to Cealaigh (M) First war chief of the Bunus, who were now 37 actively fighting the Daoine in the north of Talamn an

Ghlas. He would wear the cloch in battle under his armor, and was never defeated on the field — he died of an illness.

37 to Mhaolain (M) Mhaolain was Cealaigh's successor as war 42 chief, who (like Cealaigh) wore the cloch as a talisman for victory. When he was finally defeated by Dyved of the North Holdings' army, the cloch passed from Bunus Muintir hands to those of the Daoine.

The Daoine Holders

42 to Dyved of the North Holdings (M)

57

57 to Salmhor O-Dyved (M) Dyved’s son, killed in battle 59 against the Bunus Muintir. The cloch was among his effects, but none of Salmhor’s heirs seems to have inherited the cloch. From here, it passes out of history for nearly two centuries until the magelights come again in 232.

49 to The Lost Years. Sometime during this period, the cloch 232 was moved from the North Holdings (a small kingdom in what would later be part of Tuath Infochla) to Inish Thuaidh. No one knows for certain who held the stone during this time, though several people in later years would claim that their ancestors had been among them. Since none of the Daoine had seen the mage-lights, it’s doubtful that they understood the significance of the stone beyond its recent history as a talisman of the Bunus war chiefs. There is a legend that the Bunus Muintir recovered the cloch after Salmhor’s death on the battlefield, and that the Bunus themselves took the cloch to Inish Thuaidh to hide it. Anotherlegend claims that the cloch was thrown into the sea, and that a blue seal brought the cloch to Inish Thuaidh. The truth of any of these claims can’t be verified.

232 to Caenneth Mac Noll (M) The first Daoine cloudmage, and 241 the return of the mage-lights in the skies. Caenneth was not of royal lineage, but a simple fisherman of Inish Thuaidh, yet he would come to understand the sky-magic, and would reactivate the other cloch na thrintri. Caenneth would die in Thall Coill, attempting the Scrudu.

241 to Gael O Laighin (M)

263

263 to Fearghus O Laighin (M)

279

279 to Heremon O Laighin (M) — died testing himself against the

280 Scrudu.

280 to Maitlas O Ciardha (M)

301

301 to Aithne Lochlain (F)

317

317 to Nuala Mag Aodha (F)

329

329 to Ioseph MacCana (M) Died testing himself against the 333 Scrudu.

333 to Lucan O Loingsigh (M)

379

379 to Naomhan McKenna (M)

382

382 to Kieran MacGairbhith (M)

392

392 to Eilis MacGairbhith (F) Killed in the Battle of Lough Lar

401 by Aod hfin " Liathain, and the control of the cloch moves south from Inish Thuaidh to the mainland of Talamn an Ghlas.