QFG4 Timeline


 * This article should not be confused with the Mordavia History of Events: A Time Line published in the official Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness Hintbook. Nor should it be confused with the Tetralogy timeline based on the Tetralogy concept.

The Quest for Glory Timeline includes the official references to dates from the games, manuals and hintbooks; including QFG1, QFG2, QFG3, QFG4, QFG5, the Mordavia History of Events: A Time Line and Who's Who in Mordavia from the Shadows of Darkness Hintbook, as well as Quest for Glory: The Authorized Strategy Guide. The Mordavia History of Events implies that a few years passed between the time that Ad Avis died and the Hero was brought to Mordavia. Note there are a few inconsistencies between certain dates listed between the various sources, so this timeline is not perfect (see Conflicting/Alternate dates for further information).

A Time Line

 * -1005 BQFG4
 * The Djinn Wars; Iblis creates the Forbidden City and raises an army of djinn to take over the world. The sultan Suleiman bin Daoud raises an army of djinn to stop the Marid.
 * Iblis is bound in a statue, but a prophecy predicts he may rise again. He Who Waits Behind is bound to a ring to help prevent this.


 * -204 BQFG4
 * King Siegfried the Third gives Spielburg castle to the von Spielburg family.


 * -104 BQFG4
 * Erasmus built his vacation tower on Mount Zauberberg.


 * -74 BQFG4
 * In the land of Silmaria, a young wizard (Ad Avis) seeks out the Dark Master (Katrina) to gain forbidden knowledge.
 * Ad Avis enters into service under the Dark Master, and is bound to her, despite his outrage that she is a woman. He discovers the prophecies of Iblis and begins a plot to summon him.


 * -44 BQFG
 * Laspo Yorick becomes Court Jester to Baron Stefan von Spielburg.


 * -24 BQFG4:The Dark Master grows tired of Ad Avis and releases him. Ad Avis, freed from his servitude to the Dark Master travels to Raseir for the final preparations to unleash Iblis.
 * -22 BQFG
 * Elsa von Spielburg is born in Spielburg Valley. The Baroness died from complications from the birth.


 * -21 BQFG4
 * Signor Ferrari begins searching for the black Falcon.


 * -20 BQFG4
 * King Justinian becomes king of Silmaria.


 * -19 BQFG4
 * Rakeesh Sah Tarna gives up the throne of Tarna to become a Paladin and defeat the Demon Wizard.


 * -16 BQFG4
 * Rajah Sah Tarna becomes King of Tarna in place of his brother.


 * -15 BQFG4
 * Anna is killed outside of town while looking for berries in the forest for Dr. Cranium.


 * -14 BQFG4
 * Elsa von Spielburg was stolen away by magic and left with some brigands. The Baron sends out Baronial Guards to Yaga in retaliation. They are all killed and their skulls placed on the fence surrounding her hut. Yorick starts searching for her (anachronism with -13 BQFG4).


 * -13 BQFG4
 * Elsa is turned down for training by the Weapon Master for being female (anachronism with -14 BQFG4).


 * -12 BQFG4
 * Yorick discovers Elsa with the brigands, and becomes the Brigand Warlock.


 * -9 BQFG4
 * Bernard von Spielburg disappears during a hunt.
 * Samuel moves to Spielburg and begins begging there.


 * -7 BQFG4
 * Heinrich Pferdefedern's wife and mother of Hilde Pferdefedern passes away.


 * -6 BQFG4
 * Signor Ferrari moves into Raseir, searching for the Black Falcon, and quickly learns how to make a profit out of the city.


 * -5 BQFG4
 * Ad Avis deposes of the Emir of Raseir and places his brother on the throne, and the fountain of Raseir begins to dry up, during the Month of the Serpent, Year of the Spear. . Khaveen, military commander, forces all the Katta out of the city.
 * Shameen and Shema journey to Spielburg to search for a Hero, whilst most of the other exiles relocate to Shapeir.
 * Katrina returns to live in Castle Borgov following rumors of the Cult of the Dark One (She had originally moved in decades ago ).


 * -4 BQFG4
 * Prologue Begins. Devon Aidendale leaves Willowsby heading towards Spielburg.
 * 2 weeks later: Abdulla Doo is a rich merchant leaving Shapeir, he planned to be the first merchant to enter Spielburg Valley that year.
 * 3 weeks later: Abdulla Doo's caravan is attacked by Brigands in Spielburg Pass, stealing all of his wares.
 * 4 weeks later : QFG1 Begins. The Hero arrives in the valley, and soon becomes trapped by an avalanche from the Dragon Smoke Mountains as the snow melts.
 * ? weeks later: QFG1 Ends. The Hero saves Spielburg. Baba Yaga flees the valley, eventually making her way to Mordavia.
 * QFG2 Begins: 
 * Hero is brought to the south by Shameen and Shema to save the cities of Shapeir and Raseir, during the month of the Serpent, Year of the Djinn.
 * 17th of the Serpent, leaving Shapeir, the Hero joins a caravan headed for Raseir.
 * 29th of the Serpent, the Hero is arrested by guards of Raseir.
 * 30th of the Serpent, Ad Avis is killed in Raseir by the Hero, and the Dark Master summons his body to Mordavia, so that he will be her Vampire Slave.''' QFG2 Ends.
 * More strangers move into the castle (including Ad Avis and the goon guards) and the towns people begin to notice.
 * Katrina starts summoning storms in Mordavia and a swamp begins to form. Travel to and from Mordavia is restricted and the exchange rate for its coinage bottoms out..
 * 1 month later; The Simbani request aid in their war against the Leopardmen. So a Peace Mission is sent out.
 * 3 months later; QFG3 Begins. Hero visits Aziza to discuss Ad Avis missing body, and rumors of war in Tarna.
 * 3 days later; Hero travels to Tarna via magical portal.
 * 2 days later; Rakeesh and the hero stand before the Council of Judgement to speak of peace. Then they travel towards the Simbani Village


 * -3 BQFG4
 * Boris Stovich becomes the Gatekeeper of Castle Borgov.


 * -2 BQFG4
 * The Dark Master has the monster Toby lure the Child Tanya from Hotel Mordavia in town.
 * Tanya becomes the Dark Master's 'daughter'.
 * The Dark Master summons rainstorms to block off Mordavia from the outside world (the pass was blocked as far back as QFG3 at -4 BQFG4.)


 * -1 BQFG4
 * Minos becomes advisor to King Justinian.
 * Dr. Cranium gets one final shipment of supplies before the pass into Mordavia is completely blocked off.
 * The E4 convention is held with lecturers such as Prof. Grant Gottfried and Henk Malan speaking.


 * 0 QFG4
 * There is an Antwerp population explosion in Spielburg during the spring.
 * Months later, during the summer, Dr. Cranium travels to Spielburg to collect Antwerp speciments. He meets with Baron Stefan von Spielburg who agrees to sell the Antwerps to him.
 * The rains completely block the pass with an endless and impassible swamp, preventing Dr. Cranium from receiving supplies.
 * King Justinian is murdered by Bruno. Two days later Hesperian Mercenaries and Roman Invaders invade Silmaria.
 * QFG4 Begins. The Dark Master and Ad Avis cast Entrapment and Teleport spells to summon a Hero to find the missing Rituals. At nearly the same time Erasmus and Fenris attempts a Teleport spell of their own to bring the Hero to Silmaria.
 * The dark magic of the Dark One's Cave distorts the Teleport spell, and thus the Hero appears in the Dark One's Cave itself instead of in the castle. Erasmus ends up teleporting some of the Hero's clothes to Silmaria, while some of the Hero's gear stayed back in Tarna (including the Hero's Katta Ppin).
 * The Dark Master senses the distortion of her spell, and waits outside the cave to use the Mouth Ritual should the Hero be able to reach the cave mouth. She decides to bide her time and see if she can convince the Hero to help her.
 * The Hero begins his journey through Mordavia to learn of the Dark Master and stop the second summoning of Avoozl.
 * ? weeks later: The Hero destroys the Nosferatu Ad Avis, though Katrina's soul is consumed by darkness in the process.
 * Punny Bones travels to Silmaria and leaves.
 * 2 weeks later QFG4 Ends.
 * QFG5 Begins

Before -74 BQFG4

 * Julanar becomes a healer, one of the first women to do so. She is tricked by brigands and, while attempting to escape, is transformed into a tree by a djinn that heard her cries for help.
 * The Dragon of Doom is created by powerful magic out of the element of fire. It lays waste to much of the Med Sea, and sinking Atlantis; the mages there are forced to transform into Tritons to survive. Dragon Pillars are raised on the isle of Marete to bind the Dragon into the temple at the Dragon Blood Pool.
 * The wizard Katrina is expelled from the Wizards Institute of Technocery for her exploration of dark magic.
 * Katrina dies for the first time rising as a vampire and becoming the Dark Master.

Around -74 BQFG4

 * Mordavia is ruled by Boyar Borgov.
 * Drawn by the magic of this valley, the Mad Monk Amon Tillado brings his 'Cult of the Dark One' into Mordavia.
 * The Mad Monk convinces Sergei Borgov to join his cult.
 * The cult constructs the the Dark One Monastery in town.

Between -74 BQFG4 and -24 BQFG4

 * In Mordavia, Amon Tillado grows increasingly mad as he creates the Seven Rituals to Summon Avoozl.
 * Amon Tillado is found dead in a pool of blood beside the Necrophilicon.
 * Borgov takes over the cult, and conceals copies of the rituals throughout the land, retaining the only copy of the Essence Ritual himself.
 * Borgov leads the cult to a cave south of town to summon Avoozl.
 * The archmage Erana senses Avoozl's awakening, and contacts the Paladin Piotyr.
 * Piotyr leads an army into Mordavia, as Erana battles Avoozl in the 'place between worlds'.
 * As the Cult members perform the Rituals to summon Avoozl, the cave begins to transform, forming a huge body for Avoozl to inhabit this world.
 * Soldiers and cult members alike die horribly as the cave absorbs their essences for energy.
 * Dark Magic transforms the remaining cult members into monsters (Chernovy).
 * Piotyr battles with the transformed Borgov-monster to prevent him from performing the last Ritual.
 * Erana closes the gate between worlds, but fails to banish Avoozl completely.
 * Erana's soul and Avoozl are trapped together between worlds.
 * Sergei Borgov, still a monster, flees into the darkness of the cave.
 * Piotyr finds Erana's Staff, and escapes the cave just as the Mouth shuts.
 * Piotyr makes it to town before collapsing from his wounds.
 * When he is healed, Piotyr places Erana's Staff in the town center, so that its magic can protect the town.
 * Piotyr learns that Erana's soul is trapped between worlds, and attempts to locate the rituals of summoning. He is killed by a Barrow Wraith who guards one of the rituals.
 * Dark Magic continues to leak from the Dark One's Cave, distorting the land, and causing monsters to breed.

Between -24 BQFG4 and -20 BQFG4

 * Years later, the Dark Master enters Mordavia, drawn by the lure of the dark magic and rumors of the Cult of the Dark One and Avoozl. She takes over Castle Borgov (according QFG5 this occured decades before QFG4).

Between -18 BQFG4 and -10 BQFG4

 * Baba Yaga enters Spielburg after leaving Surria. She puts a curse on the Baron and his children.

Occurs between -3 BQFG4 and late -2 BQFG4

 * The Gypsies enter Mordavia and start trading with the Gatekeeper. They become trapped in the valley of Mordavia after the rains started to fall.

Occurs between -2 BQFG4 and 0 QFG4

 * The Dark Master learns that she needs the 'Seven Rituals of Summoning' to draw Avoozl into this world. The Dark Master wants night to last forever, so that she will never be helpless in her coffin again.
 * The Dark Master locates and takes the Mouth ritual, hidden in the arch by the Dark One's Cave.

Miscellaneous

 * Erana creates Erana's Peace in Spielburg Valley.
 * Erana creates the Pool of Peace in Tarna.
 * Erana creates Erana's Garden near her homeland in Mordavia.
 * Heinrich is attacked by the Brigands (a few months before QFG1).
 * Bernard von Spielburg becomes the new Baron (before or during QFG4). Stefan was Baron at least into the Summer according to Dr. Cranium.
 * Zayishah becomes the new Emir (between the end of QFG2 and the start of QFG5)
 * Johari and Yesufu are married (between the end of QFG3 and the start of QFG5).

Conflicting/Alternate dates
This is the list conflicting dates for events found within the games or other material.


 * Between decades ago (sometime before -15 BQFG4) and/or -5/-4 BQFG4
 * Sometime before Anna's death, she learned of a stranger, the 'Dark Master', moving into the castle from other towns people. Soon after she heads outside of town to find materials for Dr. Cranium and is killed. Dr. Cranium says she died "15 years ago". Olga states that it has been years since Anna disappeared (it occured before the Stovich's were married).


 * Yet other characters and information indicates that Katrina (and other strangers) moved into Castle Borgov 4-5 years before QFG4. There is also implication that Olga and Boris were married over four years before.


 * However, according to QFG5, it is said that Katrina had been living in Mordavia for decades, ruling over the land . According to the Mordavia History of Events she moved into Mordavia and took over the castle about the same time. This would imply that Katrina moved into the castle decades ago, and had been traveling in and out of the castle over the years. Sometime before Anna's death townspeople discussed rumors of 'the Dark Master' moving into the castle and Vampires, but the talk gradually faded. Five years ago she apparently returned to the castle. Apparently rumors that "strangers" (plural) had moved into the castle began four years ago, implying that several of townsfolk hadn't noticed that Katrina had moved in long before that. This implies that "strangers" that the townsfolk were referring to were actually Ad Avis or the Goons who had moved into the castle later.


 * -19 BQFG4 or 16 BQFG4
 * Two dates are given concerning the timeframe of Rakeesh's abdication and Rajah's rise to the throne.


 * Between -15 BQFG4 and "several years" BQFG4
 * Dr. Cranium claims to have been living in Mordavia at least 15 years before QFG4. According to Yuri Makarov, Dr. Cranium moved into Mordavia several years before the swamp closed off the pass (as noted below it seems the pass was blocked off various points in time).


 * Between -14 BQFG4 or -13 BQFG4
 * At the age of nine (or was she eight), Elsa is turned down for training by the Weapon Master for being female (or was it prior to -14 BQFG4).


 * Wolfgang Abentuer implies that Elsa was eight years old when she kidnapped by Baba Yaga, Yorick claims at the age of nine, Elsa was still living at the palace. According to Karl, at the time of QFG1, she was about eighteen . All three characters as well as Stefan von Spielburg agree that she was kidnapped "ten years ago".


 * Before -4 QFG4, between -4/-3 QFG4, between -3/-2 BQFG4 and after -2 BQFG4.
 * The rainstorms in Mordavia begins. Several characters state that the rains began not long after the "strangers" moved into Castle Borgov (or at least when those characters started noticing the "strangers"). Dahab Khalis said the pass to Mordavia was blocked or restricted as far back as QFG3 (-4 BFG4). Boris Stovich said it rained before he left his wife (-3 BQFG4). Magda, The Fortune Teller, said it rained after they moved back into the valley, and traded with the Gatekeeper (Boris) a few times (after -3 BQFG4). Tanya states that the rains started before she was kidnapped (-2 BQG4) and the Mordavia History of Events places the rains began after she was kidnapped. Dr. Cranium states the rains started "a few years before", and he made a trip to Spielburg a few months back, and that he hasn't received a shipment "this year" (implying that Mordavia was completely closed off within 0 BQFG4). Travel across the swamp was probably limited to travel by boat; according to Dmitri Ivanov and the Gypsies, wagons and individual travel had become impossible. Although Dmitri and Olga does imply that a few adventurers/visitors have gotten through occasionaly (Punny Bones would be a good example). However, Elyssa seems to imply that boat travel is treacherous (at least on her lake). Each of these details would place the rain storms before -4 BQFG4, between -4 BQFG4 and -3 BQFG4, between -3 BQFG4 and -2 BQFG4, and after -2 BQFG4.


 * Since most characters agree that it had been raining between a "few years" to "many years", the rains had to have began at least two years ago (if not more). It seems that it has rained intermittently with breaks at times allowing people into the valley (but not out). This would mean it rained before Boris became Gatekeeper, before the Gypsies entered the valley and before Tanya was kidnapped, and then again after.


 * The start of the rains could be implied to take place even as far back as -15 BQFG4/-15 BQFG; Anna mentions having learned of the "stranger" (Dark Master) moving into Castle Borgov before she died. According to Dr. Cranium she died "15 years" before. As mentioned by Katrina (Dark Master) in QFG5 she had been in Mordavia for decades. However, that would not fit with Boris account, the Gypsy's account or Tanya's account nor the Mordavia History of Events.


 * -4 BQFG4 or 0 QFG4
 * The Mordavia History of Events places the events of QFG 1-3 before Boris Stovich became the gatekeeper of Castle Borgov, and before Tanya's kidnapping. According to Boris in QFG4, he began work "years ago, or several years ago", and that he received the job the same day he walked out on Olga. Olga Stovich is more specific and states that he disappeared three years ago. Several characters mention noticing, "strangers" moving into the castle several years ago, with Olga specifically stating it occured "four years ago" (there are a number of strangers living in the castle including Katrina, Ad Avis, the Daughter (Tanya), and the Goon Guards). This would place the events of QFG1 and QFG2 about four years before QFG4 (Ad Avis was the newest stranger to move into the castle). It is implied that Ad Avis moved into the castle a long time ago . It should be noted that Mordavia History of Events places Ad Avis move to the castle before Tanya's kidnapping (-2 QFG4), although Tanya implies that he was brought to the castle while she was living there. Perhaps he was out on an errand for Katrina and returned after Tanya was brought to the castle.


 * In addition, the event of Katrina and Ad Avis casting Entrapment and Teleport spells to bring the Hero to Mordavia is set after Tanya's kidnapping in the 'Mordavia History of Events'. According to QFG 3 the start of that game began three months after QFG2. This would imply that either that the Hero was in Tarna for about three years (though ingame time implies it to have been only a few weeks to a month at the most), or that it was a slow spell that took three years to bring the Hero to Mordavia, or that some kind of time warping occured bringing the hero from the past to the future instantaneously (I.E. the Hero being brought to Mordavia across space and time). Coincidently the spell was cast near/at the same time Erasmus and Fenris were apparently trying to bring the Hero to Silmaria causing much of his clothing and gear to end up in Silmaria


 * Other QFG4 references imply that the Quest for Glory 1 occured earlier in the same year; that an Antwerp explosion was caused by the Hero in the Spring, that Dr. Cranium travelled there to collect Antwerp samples in the summer, and came back to work on experiments in the Autumn. However, this doesn't seem to fit with references made by various townfolk to the "strangers" or the Mordavia History of Events account.

The Dahab Khalis left Raseir for Tarna when Ad Avis took over, he states this occured many years ago when he was apparently much younger. In QFG2 this was said to be about a year before QFG2.
 * Between many and -1 year ago.