The Silence After Seven Bells

On the morning after the bells rang, every child born within Karn Vey was silent until sunset.

What happened

Later copies disagree on the number of births and whether the silence lasted until sunset or only until the bells were dismantled.

Outcome

The event was omitted from civic records but preserved in midwives’ rolls.

Timeline role

This entry demonstrates an event with incidental importance, approximate certainty and day date precision.

It shares a date with another event and uses editorial order 2 to demonstrate deterministic same-day sorting.