History of the Known World

Thirteen silver spoons are crafted by the world's greatest silversmith, Elminster Buckwald. Supposedly.

An unknown sickness runs rampant through the entire Metaxes family, including relatives in other Winegarden houses. All family members perish from this disease, leaving an empty place among the Thirteen. The Tyrfing family is quickly voted in to take their place.

Police circulate sketches of individuals wanted in connection to a series of Winegarden stagecoach robberies, in which seemingly random and worthless items are stolen; among the reported thieves is a woman with dark hair and striking features, described as ‘wearing vibrant scarlet and hues of crimson'   Presumed sighting of Dee Lestrange, possibly "Red Dee"

For completely unknown reasons, the Kyekan family leaves the City completely in a mass exodus. No reason was ever given or uncovered, nor was their destination revealed. In the sudden vacuum of power, the Inner Circle elected the Nandaka family to take their place, both among the Thirteen and in the eerily empty Kyekan estates.

A small patch of land emerges from the Rivers - it is assumed that geological changes from the Calamity altered the river flow and drained the area.  it is claimed by the City, and after the Troubles, is established as Capricorn Park.

After years of poor financial planning, extravagant excesses, and social bickering, the Almace family was struck particularly hard by the Calamity and the resulting troubles. Eventually they are viewed as politically impotent and unseated from the Thirteen - a vote initiated through pressure from the Volkov family. The Volkovs in turn push their own case and are voted to take the vacate seat among the Inner Circle. The Almace family remains in Winegarden, but eventually the family name dies.

Protest songs created by the counterculture movement at Karma U make multiple references to ‘dark-haired star visitors’ and ‘the bloodless among us’. Over the summer, at least two students are independently apprehended by campus police, trying to break into the university’s experimental physics lab. Each claim ‘the star woman told me to’. The lab is shut down permanently at the end of summer.   Presumed sighting of Dee Lestrange.

Casper Mjolnir founds BluStone Manufacturing, based on what amounts to a bet with his older sister Helga Mjolnir.

The supposed ‘Monster Autopsy’ occurs, performed and recorded by persons unknown. In the video, one can see three figures reflected in the glass over the observation room. One of them is a female figure with dark hair and indistinguishable features, who seems to gesture occasionally to the on-screen personnel performing the autopsy, showing that she is in a position of authority.   The video is 'leaked' to the internet in 2008. The validity of the video, including the date, are still hotly contested.   Presumed sighting of Dee Lestrange.   Mentioned in the Black Report in Episodes 52, 61.

On the day before his wedding to Eugenia Excalibur, Basil Camlann and his father Magus take the family boat, the Siege Perilous, on a trip along the River. They leave the Winegarden docks before noon, intended to enjoy some of the day together before Basil's bachelor party that evening. The boat never arrives in the planned destination that evening, sending all parties into panic. The day of the Wedding becomes a frantic hunt for the boat and its passengers, and crests in the afternoon when Magus' unconscious body is found washed ashore at Capricorn Park, amidst most of the wreckage of the Siege. Magus never recovers, passing away at Apollonia Hospital three days later. Basil's body is never found, and he is eventually declared legally dead as well.

Dr. Mori-Ikeda speaks at a medical conference to a large crowd of eager attendees. In that crowd is a young woman with a notebook that bears the name 'Alexandra' on it.   Mora witnesses herself in that crowd in a vision while riding the Undone Subway.