Timeline

Sigred dies

First contact with the Gronks

Humans something Gronks.

Gronks declare war

Gronks on the road to victory

[this is a sketch. i don't know if it's right and I don't know if it helps. And not all of it is even canon. but I'm gonna write it down cause it is one option.]

• Humans learn of Nomalis, a miraculous life-giving planet (potentially they learn this from the Tome, which at some point here is in the hands of the LPC.)
• Humans, aided perhaps by Sigred and Tamnayal, travel to Nomalis.
• Tamnayal is, if not in contact with, presumably aware of the Gronks being sapient because of her psionic abilities, but choses to tell no one. She only tells them it is inhabited.
• Humans find that Nomalis is inhabited by the sapient Gronks, who attack the human ships, killing Sigred. Option for a misunderstanding causes this show of violence.
• The humans fight back, initially gaining the upper hand and gaining some control over parts of Nomalis.
• The Gronks declare war on humans.
• Dundra, a Gronk warrior, engages in battle with the human forces.
• The Gronks rally and push back against human occupation, leveling the playing field and then turning the tables completely.
• A young Kallisto's parents are killed, but Kallisto, presumably in home or ship wreckage, is taken in by the Gronks.
• The humans retreat (?), speeding back to Earth at near light speed. On Nomalis, the Gronks begin receiving strange visions from Salvador, the Earth's sun, calling them to come and harvest it (? must confirm). Kallisto ages and assimilates into Gronk society, and takes on an important role in the eventual pursuit.
• Tamnayal, with very little relative time having past, arrives back on earth

[ WAIT I HAVEN'T YET WRAPPED MY MIND around how the Gronk pursuit would work. How many years after would they actually arrive, etc ]

POST TIME""SKIP"":

• Officials of Earth and the LPC recognize Tamnayal's talents and enlist her to help fight back against an impending (or present) Gronk invasion. They give her an apprentice, Emile, to train in her stead, hoping he will surpass her skills.
• Tamnayal begins to train Emile.
• The LPC realizes that Tamnayal may be able to understand The Forgotten Tome better than they can, and perhaps think it may lend some insights into the nature of the Gronks and how best to combat their forces. Tamnayal's telepathy and ability to reach out mentally toward the Gronks may allow her to better understand the book.
• The LPC gives Tamnayal The Forgotten Tome. Tamnayal quickly becomes engrossed and begins to neglect her role as teacher to Emile.
• Despite the death of Sigred, her lover, Tamnayal may here begin to be swayed by whatever she finds in the Tome, and perhaps it is here she starts wanting the Gronks to win.
• A masquerade ball is held to honor or represent [???]