1. Timelines

Khalid Radja's Biography

Sixth Astral Era (6AE) 11,000 — 12,572

  • Birth

    24 Third Umbral Moon, 1547 6AE

    Khalid is born to a union of an Azim Steppe Khagan (and the Khatun of the Oronir tribe) of the time, — Borchu, and the only daughter of the main branch of the Radja family that has chosen a life of a warlord, — Frada.

  • Radja Events

    1558 6AE, Autumn

    Many seas over, Khalid's maternal uncle dies at sea while returning from a diplomatic mission yo Ishgard. The surviving members of the crew report an attack perpetuated by a therefore unseen beast that has torn the merchant ships apart.

  • Politics IV

    1560 6AE

    Khalid gains a mocking moniker,— "the Undying", due to his luck in surviving many assassination attempts as a child.

  • Exile

    1561 6AE, Summer

    In an attempt to gain recognition in the tribe, Khalid sneaks into the Bardam's Mettle and, unable to defeat the yol and passing the trials due to wit and not strength, ends up stealing a discarded egg from the nest.

    His actions are discovered when the egg hatches and he is no longer able to hide it. 

    It is decided to send him away from the tribe in punishment. He travels to Radz-At-Han for his exile, bearing his mother's letter in his hands and stories of her homeland in his heart.


  • Events IV

    1561 6AE

    Khalid is officially adopted into the Radja family, but is not shown to the public for the duration of the next year. 

  • Radja Events II

    1562 6AE

    In absence any other children remaining to inherit the family's assets and position, Khalid's grandfather declares Khalid his successor. The decision is met with scrutiny and suspicion due to his uncertain origins. However, the issue of lacking an heir is thus solved.

  • Events V

    1563 6AE

    Khalid is enrolled into an institution of high learning at Sharlayan through Radz-At-Han's treaty with the isolationist state. To fit with the local customs and due to a clerical error, he takes on the alias of C'laude Rahna.

  • End Of The Era

    1566 6AE

    Alerted by his grandfather's declining health, Khalid comes back to Radz-At-Han. By the end of the year, due to the position being unfavorable in the political climate at the time as well as a moral failure of the previous envoy, Khalid is appointed on a mission to Ishgard.

Seventh Umbral Era (7UE) 12,572 — 12,577

  • Calamity

    1 7UE

    Dalamud Falls. Ishgard isolates. C'laude  works to reestablish the trade routes from Sharlayan and Thavnair and bargains for additional provisions from beyond the realm under the table. It remains a drop in the ocean in face of the agricultural crisis faced by Ishgard. 

  • Founded.

Seventh Astral Era (7AE) > 12,577

  • End of the Dragonsong

    2 7AE

    With the embargo lifted on travel and trade from Ishgard, Verdant Wind Mercantile Company's freight and operations expands into Erozea in full.