Timeline — The Weaving of an Exile
All dates are relative to the Shipyard’s common reckoning: Before Stitch (BS) and After Stitch (AS), counting from the first public covenant between the Exile-God and the people who would become the Yard.
Ages at a Glance
- The Unmooring (Before Stitch)
- The First Binding (0 AS)
- The Long Dimming (38–101 AS)
- The Rebraiding (102–current)
The History of Shuttle's Shipyard
First Whispers of the Reverse
Rumors of a reversed place at the world's underside. Sailors report edges that taste of metal and honey.
Night Thread Hauled Ashore
A thread of night is hauled ashore; it frays into lantern-fiber. First edges are knotted in public.
The Weaver-in-Exile Arrives
The Weaver-in-Exile is pulled by prayers and work to the reverse-of-the-world. Patterns appear in the frost of mirrors.
The First Binding
The god speaks through a shuttle and offers covenant. A plaza is chalked, the three Laws are taught, and the first loom-ship is commissioned.
Edge-Runners Sworn
Treadwork rings with measured song; the first cohort of Edge-Runners swears to tie off loose ends.
Spindle Square Opens
Spindle Square opens as a market where oaths are weighed with thread.
Edge Thread Extended
Edge Thread extends its Walk; lamps are raised in braided pairs.
The Long Dimming Begins
Rival powers test the seams; famine of fiber and oil; the god sleeps longer between breaths. The yard never closes, but crossings slow.
The Forgetting Riot
Citizens refuse to tithe memory. A storm tears three seams. Calm returns with the Tying Fair covenant renewal.
The Knotted Saint Named
The Knotted Saint is named by strangers saved at the fringe. Pilgrimages begin.
The Rebraiding
Trade resumes; fiber co-ops form; new patterns are certified.
Rival Yard Betrayal
A jealous yard across another seam lures ships; their boons fail under stress. Refugees are taken in; the Rival is named False-God of Bright Thread.
The Edge Ledger Started
Names of those pulled back from the dark are read each Edge Night.
46th Blood Bond Tournament
The tournament disrupted by foul play. The participants fight off the Undoers' work, and ascend to Edge Runners.
Festivals & Observances Through the Year
Annual Festivals
Pattern Day
Masterworks unveiled, free clinics and drills.
Tying Fair
Vows made public under the canopy; ribbons everywhere.
Edge Night
Lamps along the Walk, names of the saved are read.