Moogi
Warlord
Okay, so I'm making a timeline to help keep track of the continuity for this mod. I've been going over the existing pedia entries and adding material as I read. It will all be added to this post.
Current status: I finished with all the existing pedia entires.
Notes on the timeline:
Dates with a '?' are uncertain dates- ones which definitely happen, but do not have a date specified in the pedias. I used my best estimations for these, but can change them if there are any objections. Some of them are vague, and require concrete placement.
Dates with an '*' are material that are not listed in the pedias. These are just my suggestions to add to the universe, and can be removed or fully canonized at cfkane's discretion. These often have little bearing on the mod itself, but I like the flavour that they add.
I'm taking real world history for granted for this timeline. I will only list historical events if they are a) directly related to the works of fiction used in the mod, or b) involve the creation or destruction of a playable nation. Thus, the World Wars are listed, since they appear in many works of fiction that we're using, while the American Civil War is only briefly listed because it isn't particularly important to the mod's setting as of my writing.
Original material:
I've added a reference to the film King Ralph. I've never seen the film, but I like the idea.
I've also equated the character Al-Asad from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with Saddam Hussein. This also allowed me to pull in a minor reference to Arrested Development. I also expanded Al-Asad's role somewhat, making him a former leader of the Global Liberation Army and one of the masterminds behind 9/11.
I got greedy and added in Porco Rosso, mainly because I can.
I wanted to put in more Metal Gear references, but the later games in the series make other aspects of the timeline more difficult to use (for example, using the Patriots would completely defeat the purpose behind Ryan, Bartlet, and Scudder- having them be pawns of the conspiracy would make them seem less 'special', if you know what I mean). I may retcon Metal Gear into the timeline further in a later update, but I want to be able to reconcile the Patriots with what we already have first. I did, however, settle by including the character of Sokolov from MGS3, and used him as the bargaining piece that settled the Stranglove Incident (rather than the Cuban Missile Crisis from the game).
I put in several more references to Lost and Atomic Robo. These are mainly because I love them so much. Plus, I think we can probably connect them to other works.
I changed Jim Hacker's inclusion around a bit, booting Thatcher out of Number 10 four years early. This is mainly because I wanted to keep Yes, Prime Minister in the 80s when it was made, and also because Hacker in the show was more of a moderate, politically, than Thatcher. I thought the idea of Hacker continuing Thatcher's privatizations was good, but I also thought that he'd be more, well, moderate about it than ol' Maggie.
Lastly, I added in the Tunguska Event. This is 'explained' in numerous works, so I thought I'd leave it ambiguous. The Great Old Ones theory is an indirect reference to Atomic Robo (who could've seen that coming?), where the Event is caused by a Lovecraft-esque eldritch abomination (interestingly, in the comic, the beast is defeated by Charles Fort, Nikola Tesla, and Lovecraft himself). I thought this was too good to leave out.
I've taken a few creative liberties with Cervantes, including setting up a definite date for the Soul Calibur games (based on information from the Soul Calibur Wikia) and having him fight in the Spanish Civil War.
Similarly, the recent pedia updates add all of the 'Cold War turned hot' scenarios into one massive cluster...thingy, which works fairly well, but I had to change some things around. The 'Strangelove Incident' is staying exactly where I put it before, since it is very much a 1960s event, since it replaces the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, I have kept the 'Red Storm War' in the place mentioned in the new pedias, since I think it works very nicely.
Also snuck in some more Hellboy, since I only just recently became a fan of the character and decided that he needs more love than just a one-off mention in Hynkel's entry.
Also, a quickie reference to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight comic books. I haven't read them, but they are official series canon according to Joss Whedon, so yeah.
Fictionalization IV: The Timeline, Part 1
~15 billion BCE- The universe is created. This made a lot of people very angry and has since been regarded as a bad move. The entity known as ‘God’ comes into being.
~15 billion-20,000 BCE- The universe forms, and species evolve. Spiritual beings such as the Elohim (gods) and the creatures of Yuggoth (the Great Old Ones) come into being.
~1,000,000 BCE- The Jade Emperor allegedly began his rule of China at around this period.
150,000 BCE- A human-like race of aliens crash land on Earth and interbreed with the native homo sapiens.
Before the dawn of modern civilization- The time known period portrayed in the document The Red Book of Westmarch. The authenticity of this book has been debated heatedly for centuries. The Spirit of Joy is believed to originate from this period.
~20,000 BCE- Mu is home to the first human civilizations. Worship of the Great Old Ones begins at around this time.
~14,000 BCE- Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto found the first society in Japan.
~10,000 BCE- The Stygian people of Mu build a civilization in the Nile Valley. Their culture is eventually destroyed when their subject tribes revolted under the influence of the hunter-gatherer tribe known as the Yagahl. Included among the revolting subjects are the Bantu tribes.
~Pre-9500 BCE- The Picts led by Bran Mak Morn drive the Hyborians out of the Celtic lands. Cuchulainn leads the Celts through these campaigns. The great frost giant Ymir rules over what is now Scandinavia. Reign of Elric VIII, the 428th Emperor of Melnibone,a civilization on Mu. During Elric’s reign, his empire was reduced to a single city. God, who at this time is known as Uranos, sires the Titans, Cyclopes, and other beings with the goddess Gaia. Among the new beings are the race of Giants. He is rendered impotent by Kronos. Enraged by this, He leaves to create a new race of humans in the Garden of Eden. The angel Lucifer rebels against God and becomes Satan. He corrupts Adam and Eve with knowledge, preventing them from being pure and innocent as God intended them to be. God banishes His creations to live with the rest of humanity. Years later, Cain murders Abel and becomes an immortal wanderer. Aspects of Cain and Abel become dream spirits. The Spirit of Joy- previously known as ‘Tom Bombadil’- takes on the form of Mitra. The Aztec gods come into being, and their quarrels create and destroy several civilizations.
~9500 BCE- Fall of Hyboria. God makes an alliance with the new Sumerian gods and a Native American wizard named Wisakejak to flood the planet and wash away the Elohim and the Yuggoth. A man named Utnapishtim builds an ark to save God’s worshippers and the world’s animals. While the Yuggoth’s primary power base was destroyed, the other Elohim survived. Atlantis and the Titans rise to fill the vacuum of power. The few surviving dragons are scattered around the globe.
? Post-Great Flood- Humanity is rebuilt by the gods.
~Post-9500 BCE- The Titanomachy (war with the Titans) occurs, with the Olympians emerging victorious. Zeus frees the Cyclopes from their underground prison. Poseidon gives his son Atlas rule over the new Atlantean Empire. The falcon-headed Ra becomes the first ruler of Egypt. Ymir is slain by Odin, and the Aesir gods become the new rulers of northern Europe. This ‘Paleo-Nordic’ culture grows to be almost the equal of Greece or Egypt, but little is known of its accomplishments today. The cult of Mitra is revived in what is now India and Iran. Giants fleeing the devastation of the Titanomachy and the wars with Ymir flee to other places in the world, among them Britain and Brobdingnag. Huitzilopochtli and Quetzacoatl work together to rebuild what is now Mexico.
~9500-1184 BCE- Atlantean Golden Age. During this period, the Atlanteans wage war on the cult of Cthulhu, sinking R’lyeh to the depths of the sea.
Pre-8000 BCE- The god Set takes control of Egypt after murdering his brother Osiris. He is eventually overthrown by Osiris’ son Horus, who becomes Egypt’s last divine ruler.
~8000 BCE- The kingdom of Wakanda is formed. Its founder, Bashenga, gains strange powers from a heart-shaped herb, taking the title of Black Panther. The Egyptian gods leave Egypt under mortal hands. Mere months later, the Goa’ulds arrive and impersonate the old gods.
~4000 BCE- Akasha, an Egyptian noblewoman living under the Goa’ulds, becomes the first vampire.
~3500 BCE- An African tribe creates the first Slayer by imbuing a young girl with magical powers. The tribe becomes the first Watcher’s Council.
~3100 BCE- The Goa’ulds are driven off the planet by the revolting humans.
3067 BCE- Mathayus the ‘Scorpian King’, known as Menes to the Greeks, unites the kingdoms of Egypt and becomes its first mortal pharaoh. The Egyptian gods return to Earth, but no longer in a ruling position- they serve mainly as advisors and guides to the mortals of Egypt.
2952-2836 BCE- Reign of Fu Xi, China’s first mortal ruler.
2950 BCE- The time traveler Nathaniel Richards meets the mutant En Sabah Nur, who steals some of his advanced technology.
* ~1800 BCE- The Brotherhood of Nod is founded by the immortal Cain, now known as Kane.
~1600 BCE- The bloodthirsty Jie rules China. Peak of the Minoan civilization under the rule of Minos.
1600-1194- Golden Age of Greece, also known as the Mythical Age.
1323 BCE- The Egyptians encounter another alien species, which they imprison with the tomb of Tutankamon.
1303 BCE- Birth of Ozymandias II.
~1300 BCE- Fearing the return of the monotheistic Aten cult, Pharaoh Seti I orders his soldiers to kill all the male Hebrew babies in Egypt in order to eradicate the worshippers of God. One of these infants is set afloat on the Nile and is discovered by Seti’s wife, who adopts him as her own.
1290 BCE- The priest Imhotep is cursed to become an immortal mummy.
1263 BCE- Ozymandias the Great becomes the pharaoh of Egypt. His foster brother, Moses, goes into temporary exile after learning of his true origins. Moses returns and leads the Hebrew slaves to freedom, humiliating Ozymandias.
1263-1204 BCE- Ozymandias builds many monuments and temples, and sires many children, including the superhero Teth-Adam.
1220 BCE- Atlantis fails to conquer Egypt.
1204 BCE- Teth-Adam is corrupted and murders his father Ozymandias. He is stripped of his powers and buried alive in his father’s tomb.
1194-1184 BCE- Trojan War. Achilles is slain towards the end of the conflict. Around this time, Set kills Osiris again, taking control of Egypt once more. Thor’s hammer is stolen by Loki.
1184 BCE- Following the Trojan War, an outraged Poseidon betrays his people in Atlantis and uses the cyclops Gargarensis in an attempt to bring the Titans back to Earth, but is defeated by the Atlantean Arkantos. Set’s worshippers are driven out of Egypt. Thor’s hammer is returned. Atlantis sinks in the process. One camp of survivors go to Mesoamerica, where they influence the Mayan civilization. The New Atlantis camp settles Antarctica. Aeneas of Troy leads a group of survivors to Italy, where their descendants would eventually found the city of Rome. Odysseus is cursed by Poseidon.
1177 BCE- The people of New Atlantis, who now worship the Titans, attempt to conquer the world. They are ultimately defeated.
~1177 BCE-5th Century CE- The Paleo-Nordic civilization collapses due to unknown reasons. While the Norse gods remain in power, the Norse peoples are reduced to barbarian tribes until the arrival of Gefjon.
? Post-1177 BCE- Pharaoh Atem creates the Millennium Items. The New Atlanteans evolve into merpeople. The Cyclops species is driven to extinction.
1100 BCE- First human colonists arrive on Britain, led by Brutus of Troy. Later, Brutus and his ally Brennus would gain magical powers from the Goddess Andraste. Brutus uses his powers to create an entirely new system of magic. Brennus uses his to become immortal.
~800-500 BCE- The Zoroastrian faith, one of the first large religions set up around God, appears in Persia.
753 BCE- Romulus and Remus argue over where to start their new city. Romulus slays his brother, and founds Rome on the Palatine Hill.
717 BCE- Romulus disappears. He is believed to have ascended to Olympus to become the god Quirinius, making him one of only four mortals to have become Olympians- the others being Heracles, Arkantos in 1184 BCE, and Kratos in 490 BCE.
711-585 BCE- Life of Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan.
530 BCE- The romance of Orpheus and Eurydice.
519 BCE- Birth of Xerxes the Great of Persia.
509 BCE- The king of Rome is deposed and the Roman Republic is formed.
Pre-490 BCE- Kratos of Sparta becomes a servant of Ares.
490 BCE- The first Persian invasion of Greece is held back at the Battle of Marathon by Kratos. The Persian Emperor Darius is killed by Kratos. His son, Xerxes, vows revenge on Greece. Kratos challenges and eventually slays Ares, becoming the new Olympian God of War. To do so, he opened Pandora’s Jar, unleashing terrible evils which infected the Olympians.
Post-490 BCE- Kratos rebels against the Olympians, releasing the Titans and starting a third Titanomachy, though he himself is betrayed by the Titans soon after. The warrior known only as the ‘Hero of Helos’ comes to the gods’ aid during this final war. A mortally wounded Kratos sacrifices himself so that he may restore the dead and corrupted Olympians, who seal away the Titans once more. The Olympians sever their ties to the mortal world, though they later return to prominence as the guardians of the Roman Empire.
484 BCE- Xerxes confiscates and melts the golden statue of Marduk in Babylon, outraging the city’s people.
483 BCE- Ahura Mazda appears to Xerxes, telling him that the Olympians have left Greece. This leaves Greece open to invasion and conquest by Persia.
480 BCE- Xerxes of Persia leads another invasion of Greece, which is delayed at Thermopylae by the 300 Spartans.
479 BCE- Most of Greece unites to defeat Xerxes at the Battle of Platea.
465 BCE- Xerxes’ wife Amastre dies. He briefly remarries, but his new wife, Vashti, is soon banished. He begins searching for a new bride.
461 BCE- Xerxes emancipates the Jews of Persia. He is assassinated by his own son soon afterward. Ahura Mazda curses him for failing to conquer Greece, and he is transformed into a flying eel familiar to the sorcerer Mozenrath.
431-404 BCE- Athens and Sparta go to war with each other for dominance of Greece. The war ends when Lysistrata organizes the women of both cities to hold a collective sexual strike until the fighting stops. Athens sues for peace.
387 BCE- Brennus and his soldiers invade and sack Rome.
359-323 BCE- Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander embark on their campaigns of conquest in Greece and Persia.
~206 BCE- Han the Dragon Emperor becomes the first ruler of the Han Dynasty, before being turned into stone.
192 BCE- The Celts are driven out of Italy by the Romans. Later, Brennus makes an alliance with Hannibal Barca against the upstart Republic, resulting in the destruction of Carthage and death of Brennus.
146 BCE- Greece falls under Roman hegemony. 

73 BCE- Spartacus leads a failed slave uprising in Rome.
49 BCE- The Roman Civil War begins. It ends with Julius Caesar taking power as dictator for life.
44 BCE- Julius Caesar is slain on the Ides of March.
31 BCE- The Battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide.
~30-1 BCE- Last years of resistance against the Romans in Greece. The heroine Xena- who appears to suffer from a form of chronic time travel- has many adventures starting in this time period. A Roman invasion of Sparta is foiled by the champion known only as ‘the Spartiat’. Despite his efforts, Sparta is eventually destroyed by the Romans.
30 BCE- Egypt is annexed by the Roman Empire.
1 CE- The Gregorian Calender begins this year, supposedly dated to the birth of Christ. Later research would show this to be off by a few years. In any event, a man named Joshua bar Joseph is born as the son of God. He is more commonly known as Jesus Christ. The Spirit of Joy is present at this event, and declares Christ’s birthday to be a holy day of giving and light.
9- The Batlle of Teutoburg Forest is won by an alliance between the Cheruscans and the Dwarves.
* 12-32- Joshua bar Joseph and his childhood friend Levi bar Alphaeus (also known as Biff) travel to Asia to learn from the Three Wise Men.
33- The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Roman Jew Casca Longinus mocks Christ on the Cross, and is cursed to wander the earth for all eternity. At around this time, Brain Cohen, another Jew from Jerusalem, is also believed to be the Messiah. The Brianite sect was Christianity’s primary rival for its first few decades, but has since faded into relative obscurity. Nonetheless, Brianism is still practiced by a few thousand people today, and remains one of the better-known Gnostic sects.
43- The Romans establish a presence on Britain.
169-269- Reign of Empress Jingu, the first female Regent of Japan.
285- Administration of the Roman Empire is split.
? ~4th Century- Reign of Emperor Keiko, who wages war on the eastern Japanese tribes. His son, Yamato Takeru, becomes the most glorious and brutal leader of the Yamato dynasty.
? 310- Prince Hondawake becomes the god Hachiman.
313- Constantine declares religious toleration throughout the Roman Empire. The Empire adopts Christianity as its state religion.
? Pre-5th Century- The Goddess Gefjon leads the settlement of Norway.
5th Century- Period of unification in Scandinavia. Age of Sigurd and Beowulf. The Asian warlord Etzel the Hun invades Eastern Europe.
5th/6th Century- Life of Beowulf. He slays Grendel and Grinhilda, and becomes King of the Geats. After a half century of rule, he dies slaying a dragon. The Geats are eventually driven out of their home by the Swedes. The Merovingian dynasty is extent in Europe. They claim to be the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, though current research speculates that they may in fact be descendants of Jesus’ childhood companion Biff instead.
? Years before 453- Saga of Siegfried
453- Death of Etzel the Hun. Start of the Great Migration.
467- Artorius, a Roman commander, defeats a Saxon army and unites the remaining British Romans and the Woads, founding the kingdom of Albion. Artorius dies not long after, and rule of Albion passes to his half-brother Uther.
476- Romulus Augustulus abdicates on the Ides of March, bringing about the end of the Western Roman Empire.
480- Arthur Pendragon is born to Uther and Ignera.
495- Uther Pendragon dies. Arthur takes the throne after obtaining the sword Excalibur. He forms the Knights of the Round Table.
517- The Saxons are repelled once again by Arthur.
~Pre-537- The Knights of the Round Table learn of the Holy Grail, and many knights die trying to find it. During Arthur’s absence, Camelot is governed by his illegitimate son Mordred. Mordred is manipulated by Morgana and tries to usurp power from Arthur.
537- The final battle for Camelot takes place. Arthur’s loyalists and Mordred’s hordes both destroy each other in the fighting. Death of Arthur Pendragon.
539- The English knight Constantine defeats Morgana and reunites Albion.
580- Beginning of the Sui Dynasty in China
610- God appears to Muhammed, who founds the Islamic faith.
Late 8th Century- Viking raids on Britain begin.
794-1185- The Heain Period, Japan’s Golden Age.
800- Foundation of the Carolingian Empire.
~800-1800s- Jadis the Snow Queen comes to power. From her fortress on Spitsbergen, her rule outlasts the Viking Age.
823- Birth of Pepin-Gaston II of Aquitaine, also known as Prince Charming. He is born as the illegitimate son of the Fairy Godmother and Louis the Pious, the Emperor of the Carolingian Empire.
840- Death of Louis the Pious.
843- Division of the Carolingian Empire. Among the new territories that resulted are Fort Fort Lointain ruled by Harold I, and Aquitaine ruled by the Fairy Godmother with Prince Charming as regent.
? 843-853- Prince Charming takes part in the seduction of countless princesses.
845- The Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok attacks Paris.
? 853- Charming and his mother’s plan to take the throne of Fort Fort Lointain is thwarted when an ogre named Shrek marries the kingdom’s princess.
? 855- Prince Charming leads a military coup over Fort Fort Lointain. He rules the kingdom with an iron fist for only a few days before being overthrown by a coalition of magical creatures led by Shrek. Disgraced, Charming flees into the countryside, changing his name to Gaston.
865- Death of Ragnar Lodbrok.
866- Gaston falls to his death fighting at the Beast’s castle.
10th Century- Ahmad ibn Fadlan helps a Viking clan defeat the Wendols.
~10-11th Centuries- The Golden Age of China
~10-13th Centuries- Manco Capac is sent to Earth by the gods Inti and Mama Quilla, and founds the Inca Empire. He rules over a glorious golden age for thirty or forty years.
919- Duke Heinrich I declares himself to be the king of all the Germans.
936- Heinrich is banished to another dimension by a wizard.
962- Heinrich’s son Otto becomes the first Holy Roman Emperor.
~1000- The Norse briefly settle in the Americas. Some Native Americans are sacrificed to Odin. The explorer Bjarni Ericsson travels from Vinland to the Yucatan in a search for the ‘sun shards’. The wizards Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff found Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland. One of their first students is Merlin, who- due to suffering from a rare variant of Button’s Syndrome which causes the victim to live their life backwards- attends his schooling shortly before his death. King Gesar rules over the legendary kingdom of Ling.
1005- Birth of Macbeth of Scotland.
Current status: I finished with all the existing pedia entires.
Notes on the timeline:
Dates with a '?' are uncertain dates- ones which definitely happen, but do not have a date specified in the pedias. I used my best estimations for these, but can change them if there are any objections. Some of them are vague, and require concrete placement.
Dates with an '*' are material that are not listed in the pedias. These are just my suggestions to add to the universe, and can be removed or fully canonized at cfkane's discretion. These often have little bearing on the mod itself, but I like the flavour that they add.
I'm taking real world history for granted for this timeline. I will only list historical events if they are a) directly related to the works of fiction used in the mod, or b) involve the creation or destruction of a playable nation. Thus, the World Wars are listed, since they appear in many works of fiction that we're using, while the American Civil War is only briefly listed because it isn't particularly important to the mod's setting as of my writing.
Original material:
I've added a reference to the film King Ralph. I've never seen the film, but I like the idea.
I've also equated the character Al-Asad from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with Saddam Hussein. This also allowed me to pull in a minor reference to Arrested Development. I also expanded Al-Asad's role somewhat, making him a former leader of the Global Liberation Army and one of the masterminds behind 9/11.
I got greedy and added in Porco Rosso, mainly because I can.
I wanted to put in more Metal Gear references, but the later games in the series make other aspects of the timeline more difficult to use (for example, using the Patriots would completely defeat the purpose behind Ryan, Bartlet, and Scudder- having them be pawns of the conspiracy would make them seem less 'special', if you know what I mean). I may retcon Metal Gear into the timeline further in a later update, but I want to be able to reconcile the Patriots with what we already have first. I did, however, settle by including the character of Sokolov from MGS3, and used him as the bargaining piece that settled the Stranglove Incident (rather than the Cuban Missile Crisis from the game).
I put in several more references to Lost and Atomic Robo. These are mainly because I love them so much. Plus, I think we can probably connect them to other works.
I changed Jim Hacker's inclusion around a bit, booting Thatcher out of Number 10 four years early. This is mainly because I wanted to keep Yes, Prime Minister in the 80s when it was made, and also because Hacker in the show was more of a moderate, politically, than Thatcher. I thought the idea of Hacker continuing Thatcher's privatizations was good, but I also thought that he'd be more, well, moderate about it than ol' Maggie.
Lastly, I added in the Tunguska Event. This is 'explained' in numerous works, so I thought I'd leave it ambiguous. The Great Old Ones theory is an indirect reference to Atomic Robo (who could've seen that coming?), where the Event is caused by a Lovecraft-esque eldritch abomination (interestingly, in the comic, the beast is defeated by Charles Fort, Nikola Tesla, and Lovecraft himself). I thought this was too good to leave out.
I've taken a few creative liberties with Cervantes, including setting up a definite date for the Soul Calibur games (based on information from the Soul Calibur Wikia) and having him fight in the Spanish Civil War.
Similarly, the recent pedia updates add all of the 'Cold War turned hot' scenarios into one massive cluster...thingy, which works fairly well, but I had to change some things around. The 'Strangelove Incident' is staying exactly where I put it before, since it is very much a 1960s event, since it replaces the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, I have kept the 'Red Storm War' in the place mentioned in the new pedias, since I think it works very nicely.
Also snuck in some more Hellboy, since I only just recently became a fan of the character and decided that he needs more love than just a one-off mention in Hynkel's entry.
Also, a quickie reference to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight comic books. I haven't read them, but they are official series canon according to Joss Whedon, so yeah.
Fictionalization IV: The Timeline, Part 1
Spoiler :
~15 billion BCE- The universe is created. This made a lot of people very angry and has since been regarded as a bad move. The entity known as ‘God’ comes into being.
~15 billion-20,000 BCE- The universe forms, and species evolve. Spiritual beings such as the Elohim (gods) and the creatures of Yuggoth (the Great Old Ones) come into being.
~1,000,000 BCE- The Jade Emperor allegedly began his rule of China at around this period.
150,000 BCE- A human-like race of aliens crash land on Earth and interbreed with the native homo sapiens.
Before the dawn of modern civilization- The time known period portrayed in the document The Red Book of Westmarch. The authenticity of this book has been debated heatedly for centuries. The Spirit of Joy is believed to originate from this period.
~20,000 BCE- Mu is home to the first human civilizations. Worship of the Great Old Ones begins at around this time.
~14,000 BCE- Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto found the first society in Japan.
~10,000 BCE- The Stygian people of Mu build a civilization in the Nile Valley. Their culture is eventually destroyed when their subject tribes revolted under the influence of the hunter-gatherer tribe known as the Yagahl. Included among the revolting subjects are the Bantu tribes.
~Pre-9500 BCE- The Picts led by Bran Mak Morn drive the Hyborians out of the Celtic lands. Cuchulainn leads the Celts through these campaigns. The great frost giant Ymir rules over what is now Scandinavia. Reign of Elric VIII, the 428th Emperor of Melnibone,a civilization on Mu. During Elric’s reign, his empire was reduced to a single city. God, who at this time is known as Uranos, sires the Titans, Cyclopes, and other beings with the goddess Gaia. Among the new beings are the race of Giants. He is rendered impotent by Kronos. Enraged by this, He leaves to create a new race of humans in the Garden of Eden. The angel Lucifer rebels against God and becomes Satan. He corrupts Adam and Eve with knowledge, preventing them from being pure and innocent as God intended them to be. God banishes His creations to live with the rest of humanity. Years later, Cain murders Abel and becomes an immortal wanderer. Aspects of Cain and Abel become dream spirits. The Spirit of Joy- previously known as ‘Tom Bombadil’- takes on the form of Mitra. The Aztec gods come into being, and their quarrels create and destroy several civilizations.
~9500 BCE- Fall of Hyboria. God makes an alliance with the new Sumerian gods and a Native American wizard named Wisakejak to flood the planet and wash away the Elohim and the Yuggoth. A man named Utnapishtim builds an ark to save God’s worshippers and the world’s animals. While the Yuggoth’s primary power base was destroyed, the other Elohim survived. Atlantis and the Titans rise to fill the vacuum of power. The few surviving dragons are scattered around the globe.
? Post-Great Flood- Humanity is rebuilt by the gods.
~Post-9500 BCE- The Titanomachy (war with the Titans) occurs, with the Olympians emerging victorious. Zeus frees the Cyclopes from their underground prison. Poseidon gives his son Atlas rule over the new Atlantean Empire. The falcon-headed Ra becomes the first ruler of Egypt. Ymir is slain by Odin, and the Aesir gods become the new rulers of northern Europe. This ‘Paleo-Nordic’ culture grows to be almost the equal of Greece or Egypt, but little is known of its accomplishments today. The cult of Mitra is revived in what is now India and Iran. Giants fleeing the devastation of the Titanomachy and the wars with Ymir flee to other places in the world, among them Britain and Brobdingnag. Huitzilopochtli and Quetzacoatl work together to rebuild what is now Mexico.
~9500-1184 BCE- Atlantean Golden Age. During this period, the Atlanteans wage war on the cult of Cthulhu, sinking R’lyeh to the depths of the sea.
Pre-8000 BCE- The god Set takes control of Egypt after murdering his brother Osiris. He is eventually overthrown by Osiris’ son Horus, who becomes Egypt’s last divine ruler.
~8000 BCE- The kingdom of Wakanda is formed. Its founder, Bashenga, gains strange powers from a heart-shaped herb, taking the title of Black Panther. The Egyptian gods leave Egypt under mortal hands. Mere months later, the Goa’ulds arrive and impersonate the old gods.
~4000 BCE- Akasha, an Egyptian noblewoman living under the Goa’ulds, becomes the first vampire.
~3500 BCE- An African tribe creates the first Slayer by imbuing a young girl with magical powers. The tribe becomes the first Watcher’s Council.
~3100 BCE- The Goa’ulds are driven off the planet by the revolting humans.
3067 BCE- Mathayus the ‘Scorpian King’, known as Menes to the Greeks, unites the kingdoms of Egypt and becomes its first mortal pharaoh. The Egyptian gods return to Earth, but no longer in a ruling position- they serve mainly as advisors and guides to the mortals of Egypt.
2952-2836 BCE- Reign of Fu Xi, China’s first mortal ruler.
2950 BCE- The time traveler Nathaniel Richards meets the mutant En Sabah Nur, who steals some of his advanced technology.
* ~1800 BCE- The Brotherhood of Nod is founded by the immortal Cain, now known as Kane.
~1600 BCE- The bloodthirsty Jie rules China. Peak of the Minoan civilization under the rule of Minos.
1600-1194- Golden Age of Greece, also known as the Mythical Age.
1323 BCE- The Egyptians encounter another alien species, which they imprison with the tomb of Tutankamon.
1303 BCE- Birth of Ozymandias II.
~1300 BCE- Fearing the return of the monotheistic Aten cult, Pharaoh Seti I orders his soldiers to kill all the male Hebrew babies in Egypt in order to eradicate the worshippers of God. One of these infants is set afloat on the Nile and is discovered by Seti’s wife, who adopts him as her own.
1290 BCE- The priest Imhotep is cursed to become an immortal mummy.
1263 BCE- Ozymandias the Great becomes the pharaoh of Egypt. His foster brother, Moses, goes into temporary exile after learning of his true origins. Moses returns and leads the Hebrew slaves to freedom, humiliating Ozymandias.
1263-1204 BCE- Ozymandias builds many monuments and temples, and sires many children, including the superhero Teth-Adam.
1220 BCE- Atlantis fails to conquer Egypt.
1204 BCE- Teth-Adam is corrupted and murders his father Ozymandias. He is stripped of his powers and buried alive in his father’s tomb.
1194-1184 BCE- Trojan War. Achilles is slain towards the end of the conflict. Around this time, Set kills Osiris again, taking control of Egypt once more. Thor’s hammer is stolen by Loki.
1184 BCE- Following the Trojan War, an outraged Poseidon betrays his people in Atlantis and uses the cyclops Gargarensis in an attempt to bring the Titans back to Earth, but is defeated by the Atlantean Arkantos. Set’s worshippers are driven out of Egypt. Thor’s hammer is returned. Atlantis sinks in the process. One camp of survivors go to Mesoamerica, where they influence the Mayan civilization. The New Atlantis camp settles Antarctica. Aeneas of Troy leads a group of survivors to Italy, where their descendants would eventually found the city of Rome. Odysseus is cursed by Poseidon.
1177 BCE- The people of New Atlantis, who now worship the Titans, attempt to conquer the world. They are ultimately defeated.
~1177 BCE-5th Century CE- The Paleo-Nordic civilization collapses due to unknown reasons. While the Norse gods remain in power, the Norse peoples are reduced to barbarian tribes until the arrival of Gefjon.
? Post-1177 BCE- Pharaoh Atem creates the Millennium Items. The New Atlanteans evolve into merpeople. The Cyclops species is driven to extinction.
1100 BCE- First human colonists arrive on Britain, led by Brutus of Troy. Later, Brutus and his ally Brennus would gain magical powers from the Goddess Andraste. Brutus uses his powers to create an entirely new system of magic. Brennus uses his to become immortal.
~800-500 BCE- The Zoroastrian faith, one of the first large religions set up around God, appears in Persia.
753 BCE- Romulus and Remus argue over where to start their new city. Romulus slays his brother, and founds Rome on the Palatine Hill.
717 BCE- Romulus disappears. He is believed to have ascended to Olympus to become the god Quirinius, making him one of only four mortals to have become Olympians- the others being Heracles, Arkantos in 1184 BCE, and Kratos in 490 BCE.
711-585 BCE- Life of Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan.
530 BCE- The romance of Orpheus and Eurydice.
519 BCE- Birth of Xerxes the Great of Persia.
509 BCE- The king of Rome is deposed and the Roman Republic is formed.
Pre-490 BCE- Kratos of Sparta becomes a servant of Ares.
490 BCE- The first Persian invasion of Greece is held back at the Battle of Marathon by Kratos. The Persian Emperor Darius is killed by Kratos. His son, Xerxes, vows revenge on Greece. Kratos challenges and eventually slays Ares, becoming the new Olympian God of War. To do so, he opened Pandora’s Jar, unleashing terrible evils which infected the Olympians.
Post-490 BCE- Kratos rebels against the Olympians, releasing the Titans and starting a third Titanomachy, though he himself is betrayed by the Titans soon after. The warrior known only as the ‘Hero of Helos’ comes to the gods’ aid during this final war. A mortally wounded Kratos sacrifices himself so that he may restore the dead and corrupted Olympians, who seal away the Titans once more. The Olympians sever their ties to the mortal world, though they later return to prominence as the guardians of the Roman Empire.
484 BCE- Xerxes confiscates and melts the golden statue of Marduk in Babylon, outraging the city’s people.
483 BCE- Ahura Mazda appears to Xerxes, telling him that the Olympians have left Greece. This leaves Greece open to invasion and conquest by Persia.
480 BCE- Xerxes of Persia leads another invasion of Greece, which is delayed at Thermopylae by the 300 Spartans.
479 BCE- Most of Greece unites to defeat Xerxes at the Battle of Platea.
465 BCE- Xerxes’ wife Amastre dies. He briefly remarries, but his new wife, Vashti, is soon banished. He begins searching for a new bride.
461 BCE- Xerxes emancipates the Jews of Persia. He is assassinated by his own son soon afterward. Ahura Mazda curses him for failing to conquer Greece, and he is transformed into a flying eel familiar to the sorcerer Mozenrath.
431-404 BCE- Athens and Sparta go to war with each other for dominance of Greece. The war ends when Lysistrata organizes the women of both cities to hold a collective sexual strike until the fighting stops. Athens sues for peace.
387 BCE- Brennus and his soldiers invade and sack Rome.
359-323 BCE- Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander embark on their campaigns of conquest in Greece and Persia.
~206 BCE- Han the Dragon Emperor becomes the first ruler of the Han Dynasty, before being turned into stone.
192 BCE- The Celts are driven out of Italy by the Romans. Later, Brennus makes an alliance with Hannibal Barca against the upstart Republic, resulting in the destruction of Carthage and death of Brennus.
146 BCE- Greece falls under Roman hegemony. 

73 BCE- Spartacus leads a failed slave uprising in Rome.
49 BCE- The Roman Civil War begins. It ends with Julius Caesar taking power as dictator for life.
44 BCE- Julius Caesar is slain on the Ides of March.
31 BCE- The Battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide.
~30-1 BCE- Last years of resistance against the Romans in Greece. The heroine Xena- who appears to suffer from a form of chronic time travel- has many adventures starting in this time period. A Roman invasion of Sparta is foiled by the champion known only as ‘the Spartiat’. Despite his efforts, Sparta is eventually destroyed by the Romans.
30 BCE- Egypt is annexed by the Roman Empire.
1 CE- The Gregorian Calender begins this year, supposedly dated to the birth of Christ. Later research would show this to be off by a few years. In any event, a man named Joshua bar Joseph is born as the son of God. He is more commonly known as Jesus Christ. The Spirit of Joy is present at this event, and declares Christ’s birthday to be a holy day of giving and light.
9- The Batlle of Teutoburg Forest is won by an alliance between the Cheruscans and the Dwarves.
* 12-32- Joshua bar Joseph and his childhood friend Levi bar Alphaeus (also known as Biff) travel to Asia to learn from the Three Wise Men.
33- The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Roman Jew Casca Longinus mocks Christ on the Cross, and is cursed to wander the earth for all eternity. At around this time, Brain Cohen, another Jew from Jerusalem, is also believed to be the Messiah. The Brianite sect was Christianity’s primary rival for its first few decades, but has since faded into relative obscurity. Nonetheless, Brianism is still practiced by a few thousand people today, and remains one of the better-known Gnostic sects.
43- The Romans establish a presence on Britain.
169-269- Reign of Empress Jingu, the first female Regent of Japan.
285- Administration of the Roman Empire is split.
? ~4th Century- Reign of Emperor Keiko, who wages war on the eastern Japanese tribes. His son, Yamato Takeru, becomes the most glorious and brutal leader of the Yamato dynasty.
? 310- Prince Hondawake becomes the god Hachiman.
313- Constantine declares religious toleration throughout the Roman Empire. The Empire adopts Christianity as its state religion.
? Pre-5th Century- The Goddess Gefjon leads the settlement of Norway.
5th Century- Period of unification in Scandinavia. Age of Sigurd and Beowulf. The Asian warlord Etzel the Hun invades Eastern Europe.
5th/6th Century- Life of Beowulf. He slays Grendel and Grinhilda, and becomes King of the Geats. After a half century of rule, he dies slaying a dragon. The Geats are eventually driven out of their home by the Swedes. The Merovingian dynasty is extent in Europe. They claim to be the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, though current research speculates that they may in fact be descendants of Jesus’ childhood companion Biff instead.
? Years before 453- Saga of Siegfried
453- Death of Etzel the Hun. Start of the Great Migration.
467- Artorius, a Roman commander, defeats a Saxon army and unites the remaining British Romans and the Woads, founding the kingdom of Albion. Artorius dies not long after, and rule of Albion passes to his half-brother Uther.
476- Romulus Augustulus abdicates on the Ides of March, bringing about the end of the Western Roman Empire.
480- Arthur Pendragon is born to Uther and Ignera.
495- Uther Pendragon dies. Arthur takes the throne after obtaining the sword Excalibur. He forms the Knights of the Round Table.
517- The Saxons are repelled once again by Arthur.
~Pre-537- The Knights of the Round Table learn of the Holy Grail, and many knights die trying to find it. During Arthur’s absence, Camelot is governed by his illegitimate son Mordred. Mordred is manipulated by Morgana and tries to usurp power from Arthur.
537- The final battle for Camelot takes place. Arthur’s loyalists and Mordred’s hordes both destroy each other in the fighting. Death of Arthur Pendragon.
539- The English knight Constantine defeats Morgana and reunites Albion.
580- Beginning of the Sui Dynasty in China
610- God appears to Muhammed, who founds the Islamic faith.
Late 8th Century- Viking raids on Britain begin.
794-1185- The Heain Period, Japan’s Golden Age.
800- Foundation of the Carolingian Empire.
~800-1800s- Jadis the Snow Queen comes to power. From her fortress on Spitsbergen, her rule outlasts the Viking Age.
823- Birth of Pepin-Gaston II of Aquitaine, also known as Prince Charming. He is born as the illegitimate son of the Fairy Godmother and Louis the Pious, the Emperor of the Carolingian Empire.
840- Death of Louis the Pious.
843- Division of the Carolingian Empire. Among the new territories that resulted are Fort Fort Lointain ruled by Harold I, and Aquitaine ruled by the Fairy Godmother with Prince Charming as regent.
? 843-853- Prince Charming takes part in the seduction of countless princesses.
845- The Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok attacks Paris.
? 853- Charming and his mother’s plan to take the throne of Fort Fort Lointain is thwarted when an ogre named Shrek marries the kingdom’s princess.
? 855- Prince Charming leads a military coup over Fort Fort Lointain. He rules the kingdom with an iron fist for only a few days before being overthrown by a coalition of magical creatures led by Shrek. Disgraced, Charming flees into the countryside, changing his name to Gaston.
865- Death of Ragnar Lodbrok.
866- Gaston falls to his death fighting at the Beast’s castle.
10th Century- Ahmad ibn Fadlan helps a Viking clan defeat the Wendols.
~10-11th Centuries- The Golden Age of China
~10-13th Centuries- Manco Capac is sent to Earth by the gods Inti and Mama Quilla, and founds the Inca Empire. He rules over a glorious golden age for thirty or forty years.
919- Duke Heinrich I declares himself to be the king of all the Germans.
936- Heinrich is banished to another dimension by a wizard.
962- Heinrich’s son Otto becomes the first Holy Roman Emperor.
~1000- The Norse briefly settle in the Americas. Some Native Americans are sacrificed to Odin. The explorer Bjarni Ericsson travels from Vinland to the Yucatan in a search for the ‘sun shards’. The wizards Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff found Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland. One of their first students is Merlin, who- due to suffering from a rare variant of Button’s Syndrome which causes the victim to live their life backwards- attends his schooling shortly before his death. King Gesar rules over the legendary kingdom of Ling.
1005- Birth of Macbeth of Scotland.