# Creating Your Chronicle

# Overview

Before beginning, establish the foundation of your chronicle.

# What Are You Recording?

You chronicle the **history of Duskaran civilization** through the eyes of successive Archivists. Each generation inherits incomplete records, must interpret new events, and chooses what knowledge to preserve or suppress.

# Who Are the Archivists?

They are **memory-keepers** who serve in stone libraries, wander between settlements carrying wind-scrolls and data crystals, or hide in caves transcribing forbidden knowledge. Some Archivists serve ruling powers, others preserve truth in defiance of authority. Each generation brings new perspective.

# What Does the Archive Look Like?

The records take many forms:

- Wind-scrolls etched on treated fabric
- Stone tablets carved in sheltered alcoves
- Memory-storing crystals (rare Earth tech)
- Oral traditions passed through song
- Digital fragments from before the crash

Some Archivists maintain all forms. Others specialize. Records are incomplete, contradictory, and contested.

# Time Scale

Each turn represents **one generation** (approximately 20-30 Earth years). The dating system uses **cycles**—a Duskaran orbital period of roughly 30-35 Earth days. By the present era (3000 CE), Duskara has experienced approximately 8,430 cycles since the crash (Cycle 0).

# What Changes Matter?

Track changes across multiple dimensions:

- **Material**: Resources, structures, technology, settlements
- **Cultural**: Traditions, beliefs, languages, customs
- **Knowledge**: What is learned, lost, reinterpreted, or suppressed
- **Power**: Who rules, who resists, what factions emerge or fall