Timeline of Xenogears

This page details all of the events that occur prior to Xenogears in chronological order, sorted by episode from Xenogears Perfect Works ~The Real Thing~.
While Xenosaga also uses Transcend Christ (T.C.) as a calendar system, it is not related to the events of Xenogears.
== Episode I: Era of Interplanetary War ==
2001 A.D. 	A mysterious artifact is excavated.
2000’s A.D. 	Research is done on the artifact.Due to its mysterious properties and immense age, the scientific world is shaken.The artifact becomes known as Magnetic Abnormal Matter, or MAM.MAM research is frozen by the government.One research group received a part of it and dubbed it the name of "Zohar".
2510 A.D. 	A project for emigration into space gains motion.The Directorate is founded.The era name is changed to "Transcend Christ".
0016 T.C.(2526 A.D.)	The project is complete as a fleet of emigrant ships depart from Earth.The planet becomes a forbidden region, and is renamed to Lost Jerusalem.
0294 T.C. 	The emigrant fleet reach the M24 Archer constellation.The colonists settle on a planet that would be dubbed Neo Jerusalem.
0295 T.C. 	The Galaxy Federation is founded.Neo Jerusalem becomes the first Prime Star of the Federation.The Directorate is reorganized.The first president of the Federation is elected.Mankind continues its voyage across space.
Blank SpaceEra 	Humanity continues to expand in science, but not in spirituality.
4700's T.C. 	A period of interstellar war begins.Details about it are unknown, but two known factions are the Galaxy Federation and the Immigrant Fleet.
4743 T.C. 	MAM is found in an Immigrant Fleet ship.
4744 T.C. 	Research on MAM continues.
4750 T.C. 	The theory of "Phenomenon Phase Shift" emerges.
4751 T.C. 	"Project Zohar" begins.
4760 T.C. 	Abel is born.
4765 T.C. 	Project Zohar causes the destruction of a planet due to an accident.
4766 T.C. 	Project Zohar is nearly completed, with a control system known as Kadomony installed on to MAM.Deus, a war machine using the Zohar as a power source, is completed.
4767 T.C. 	A space station is built in orbit of Miktam04β as the planet begins colonization.Due to an accident, Deus goes out of control and begins to attack Miktam.Abel makes contact with the Zohar.Abel's contact and wish for his mother causes Kadomony's protocol "Persona" to create an artificial human: the first Antitype.Deus is subdued after many casualties.Deus is put into suspended animation and dismantled into its cores.The Eldridge space cruiser is requisitioned to investigate the accident behind Deus's rampage and take in the survivors of Miktam.
== Episode II: Time of the Genesis ==
4767 T.C. 	Deus reawakens and hijacks the Eldridge, changing course to Lost Jerusalem.After a failed attempt to reclaim the ship and passengers dying, Colonel Shigeyoshi Inoue decides to self-destruct the ship.The ship lands on a remote planet, with its several pieces separating.
0000 Est.(4768 T.C.)	System Hawwa activates and takes over the artificial human in Kadomony, who would come to be known as "the mother of humanity".She creates the first new humans on the planet; Cain and the Gazel Ministry.She then creates two copies of herself, each operating under one of her two programs: Elhaym (the Antitype) and Miang (the Complement).She then returns to rest in the Kadomony.Abel, the sole survivor of the Eldridge crash, befriends Elhaym.The first new humans are created by Cain and the Gazel Ministry using the Kadomony.
0010 Est. 	The new breed of humans begin to worship Cain.Abel and Elhaym rebel against this. Cain plots to kill Abel.
0011 Est. 	While being hunted by Cain, Elhaym sacrifices herself to save Abel. The fate of Abel is unknown.
== Episode III: Zeboim Culture ==
Blank SpaceEra	In the span of six thousand years, two civilizations have risen and fallen.Zeboim, the third major human civilization, arises during this time.Due to genetic damage, many humans are unable to reproduce and they live only thirty years.
6053 Est. 	Twin sisters awaken as Miang (611) and (612). The duo gains several connections with politicians to influence Zeboim.
6055 Est. 	The next incarnations of the Contact and Antitype, Kim and Elhaym are born.
6071 Est. 	Kim enters the Federal University's medical school.
6074 Est. 	Kim enters the Faculty of the Biological Sciences Department, studying nanomachines.Elhaym begins work in the federal hospital as a nurse.
6075 Est. 	Kim earns his graduate degree.
6077 Est. 	Kim publishes his thesis of a plan to revert humanity's genetic damage: using nanomachines.It is seen as blasphemy, and Kim is banished from the academic world.
6078 Est. 	Miang judges the current state of humanity as being too defective to serve as parts for Deus.After consulting with the Gazel Ministry, she begins plans to cause a nuclear war.
6079 Est. 	Kim becomes a doctor at the federal hospital, where he meets Elhaym. Soon after, they fall in love.
6081 Est. 	Kim and Elly celebrate the New Year together.An attack from the organization Ravine causes a blackout in half of the capital city, including the federal hospital.This led to the deaths of five people, including a young girl under Kim's care.Kim is distraught, as he begins to lose faith in humanity.Miang takes notice of Kim's thesis and offers to sponsor his research. Kim accepts and continues his molecular research.Ravine also discovers Kim's thesis, and they contact Kim due to its potential for advanced weaponry.
6082 Est. 	Kim rejects Ravine's offer, but they continue to contact him regardless.During Thanksgiving, Emeralda is created as both the end result of Kim's research and as a daughter of Kim and Elly.
6083 Est. 	Kim discovers Miang's true intentions, moving Emeralda to a facility prepared by Ravine.Miang orders the military to raid the facility. During the raid, Elly sacrifices herself as Kim seals up himself and Emeralda in the facility. The fate of Kim is unknown.Seeing no more use in this generation of humanity, Miang causes nuclear annihilation and the death of 90% of humanity.The capital city of Zeboim sinks into the depths of Aquvy.
6084 Est. 	As the nuclear winter sets in, indigenous animal test subjects manage to escape their genetic research facilities, and evolve into the Ooki tribe.
== Episode IV: Solaris War ==
9088 Est.	Adorielle founds the Nisan Sect.
9164 Est.	Cain and the Ministry decide humanity has reached its "final stage" of evolution.Solaris is founded.
9288 Est.	Shevat is founded on Babel Tower.
9301 Est.	The Kingdom of Nimrod is founded.
9440 Est.	The Laodicia Dynasty rises as Nimrod's fifth king, Kusel Laodicia, is coronated.
9453 Est.	Nimrod adopts the Nisan Sect as its official religion.
9457 Est.	Bishop Penuel becomes the head of Nisan's State Affairs Committee.
9458 Est.	The Penuel Monastery is established.
9465 Est.	Krelian is born as an illegitimate child.Elazar, his mother, passes away.
9469 Est.	Rene and Roni Fatima are born.
9475 Est.	The next incarnations of the Contact and Antitype, Lacan and Elhaym are born in Eastern Ignas and Ashera Monastery respectively.
9477 Est.	Zephyr is born?While Zephyr says she is 522 in-game, she is said to have been born in 9486 in Perfect Works. However, the latter may be referring to her coronation.
9481 Est.	Lacan's parents pass away.
9482 Est.	Cardinal Penuel adopts Elhaym.
9483 Est.	Elhaym returns to Ashera Monastery for medical treatment, meeting Lacan there.When she returns to Penuel Monastery, Lacan hands her a sketch of her as a parting gift.Elhaym then changes her name to Sophia.
9486 Est.	Zephyr is born?
9488 Est.	Penuel Monastery is attacked. Krelian kills Cardinal Penuel.Krelian fails to assassinate Sophia.Turmoil amongst Nisan begins.
9490 Est.	The Laodicia Dynasty collapses as Kusel Laodicia is assassinated.Nisan suffers from decline.
9493 Est.	Lacan gets caught up in an uprising involving Solaris.Lacan meets Krelian, who is currently working with Sophia.
9495 Est.	Sophia becomes the Holy Mother of Nisan. The sect's name is changed to the Nisan Orthodox, and many of its teachings are changed too.Jaquelinde is appointed as her aide.A defense force is also founded, with Krelian as its leader.
9496 Est.	Lacan and Sophia reunite at Ashera Monastery.Many land-dwelling nations, led by Shevat, ally against Solaris.The Solaris War breaks out.Turmoil breaks out in Solaris on when to awaken Deus.The Gazel Ministry wants to awaken him immediately and unite with their Anima Relics to become his weapons.Miang (970) wants to wait until enough humans develop ability, who would be ideal parts for Deus.
9497 Est.	Nisan is flooded with refugees from the war due to its neutrality.Lacan meets Rene and Roni Fatima, who operate a caravan doing business with the anti-Solaris soldiers.
9499 Est.	Due to the number of refugees, Nisan gains immense influence.Zephyr is sent as an ambassador to Nisan.Nisan officially joins the war effort.Soylent System facilities begin being built.Lacan is recommended by Krelian to paint Sophia's portrait.
9500 Est.	Lacan and his party begin searching for the Anima Relics.Lacan learns about the Zohar's existence.Four members of the Gazel Ministry align with their respective Anima Relics before being killed by Lacan and his party.The Shevat Elders and Gazel Ministry make an agreement to trade Sophia and Miang.Sophia sacrifices herself by ramming Excalibur into Merkabah to prevent it from destroying Ignas.Miang is frozen in carbonite and becomes a prisoner of Shevat.The Solaris War comes to an end.Lacan and Krelian are distraught; the former begins searching for the Zohar while the latter starts Project Noah to make "god" real.
9501 Est.	Roni Fatima finds an ancient vessel and hands it over to his caravan for repairs, intending to leave it for future generations.Lacan travels to Shevat and sets Miang free.Lacan then travels to Bethlehem and makes contact with the Zohar.Due to his mental state and Sophia's death, the contact is imperfect and it gives rise to a new personality, Grahf.Grahf awakens the Diabolos, beginning the Days of Collapse.In the Days of Collapse, 96% of humanity is eradicated. The remaining survivors fight back to resist Diabolos.The remaining eight members of the Gazel Ministry are killed.Rene Fatima dies shielding his brother from harm.The survivors incapacitate Alpha Weltall, the core of the Diabolos, escaping total annihilation.Grahf disappears.
9502 Est.	Nisan is refounded.Jacquelinde gives birth to Rene Fatima's daughter, Isolde, who would soon become the second Holy Mother of the Nisan Orthodox.
9505 Est.	Shevat is restored by Zephyr and the the three sages.
9506 Est.	Krelian contacts Cain, and builds a machine to extend his life.The eight Gazel Ministry members killed in the Days of Collapse are resurrected as programs in the SOL-9000.
9510 Est.	Roni Fatima founds Aveh.Lacan's body dies, as Grahf continues to exist by possessing other people, similar to Miang.
9511 Est.	Krelian visits Shevat, giving life extension treatment using Kim's nanomachine research to Zephyr and the three sages.Solaris founds the Ethos, planning to control the surface-dwellers less blatantly.
9513 Est.	Kislev is founded.
== Episode V: Xenogears ==
9698 Est. 	Solaris invades Shevat for the first time.Krelian places limiters on the surface-dwellers, now called Lambs.
9701 Est. 	Solaris invades Shevat for the second time.
9715 Est. 	Kislev declares war on Aveh.
9959 Est. 	Krelian makes contact with Miang (996) as he begins to plan for the fifth stage of the Malakh Plan; to transform humanity into Wels.
9965 Est. 	Jesiah Black is born.
9969 Est. 	Rico is born as the heir to Kislev.His mother, Anna, was used as a guinea pig by the Ethos to give Rico more demi-human traits.Due to the Ethos's meddling, he and his mother were expelled, with Sigmund being told they died.
9970 Est. 	Hyuga Ricdeau is born.Sigurd Harcourt is born as a bastard.
9975 Est. 	Ramsus is created as an artificial Contact and a clone of Cain.
9978 Est. 	Jesiah joins Jugend Academy.
9979 Est. 	Anna passes away.
9981 Est. 	The next incarnations of the Contact and Antitype, Fei Fong Wong and Elhaym Van Houten, are born.Bartholomew Fatima is born.Sigurd's mother, Shalimar, dies. He later manages to join the Imperial Court.
9982 Est. 	A germ experiment in the Soylent Facility leads to a disease being spread among the third-class Solarians.Hyuga is suspected to be behind it.
9983 Est. 	Marguerite Fatima is born.Billy Lee Blanche is born.Sigurd is abducted and brought into Solaris.
9985 Est. 	Karen Wong, Fei's mother, awakens as Miang (997).Due to having access to the real Contact, she contacts Krelian to dispose of Ramsus.Ramsus kills a second-class Solarian, Kahran Bekker, and assumes his identity. He enrolls in Jugend.Fei and his power is experimented on by Miang, leading to him developing Disassociative Identity Disorder.Two personalities emerge, the Coward keeps all of his happy memories with Karen to himself, while Id keeps all the painful ones.Fei tries to tell his father, Khan Wong, but to no avail.Ten months after the experiments begin, Grahf tries to take Fei's body, as Khan puts up little resistance.Karen resurfaces and dies shielding Fei, leading to the Coward completely receding and Id taking over as the dominant personality.Grahf takes in Id.A female student Ramsus befriended awakens as Miang (998).Hyuga and Sigurd enter Jugend under Jesiah's recommendation.
9986 Est. 	Maria Balthasar is born.Her father, Nikolai Balthasar is abducted by Solaris to assist in the Malakh Plan.The elements are founded, with Jesiah, Hyuga, Sigurd, and Ramsus
9987 Est. 	After Nikolai refuses to work on the Malakh Plan, Solaris abducts his wife, Claudia, and his daughter.Shakhan, prime minister of Aveh, stages a coup and imprisons Bart and Margie.After one month, Sigurd escapes from Solaris and rescues them.
9990 Est. 	Jesiah is appointed as Solaris's next commander-in-chief; but he flees, taking his wife and son.Hyuga becomes a Guardian Angel.Claudia sacrifices herself so Maria can escape on the Gear her father created, Seibzehn.Maria lives with her great-grandfather, Isaac Balthasar.
9991 Est. 	Rico becomes the Battling Champ.
9992 Est. 	Solaris invades Shevat for the third time, with Hyuga as its commander. Jessie serves under Shevat's forces.Hyuga fights Gaspar Uzuki and falls in love with his granddaughter, Yui Uzuki.The Solarian troops are ordered to retreat.Primera Blanche is born.
9993 Est. 	Jessie disappears.Grahf orders Id to attack Elru, destroying the country there and the Solarian forces.Ramsus is mortally wounded by Id.Dominia Yikzor is taken in by Ramsus.Margie becomes the Holy Mother of the Nisan Orthodox.
9994 Est. 	Elly joins Jugend Academy.Hyuga marries Yui.Midori Uzuki is born.Jessie befriends a spy from Shevat named Joshua Black, who is killed.Jessie undergoes plastic surgery to look like Joshua and changes his surname to Black.
9995 Est. 	Bart's Gear, Brigandier, is completed and participates in combat for the first time.Racquel Blanche is killed by Wels.Bishop Stone takes Billy under his wing.
9996 Est. 	Khan Wong fights Grahf and Id once more.Khan becomes Grahf's newest body, but not before Id is sealed in Fei's subconscious.Due to him being a blank slate, Fei develops a third personality.Under the guise of Wiseman, Khan takes Fei to Lahan Village, where he is taken in.
9997 Est. 	Bart and Sigurd each lose a right eye in a slave generator incident.Jessie returns home.
9998 Est. 	Due to an incident involving Drive, Elly goes berserk and mortally wounds her classmates.Her father, Erich Houten, resigns as the head of the Soylent System.Chu-Chu is born.Billy becomes an Etone and opens an orphanage.
9999 Est.(17277 A.D.)	Ten thousand years after the Eldridge crashed on the planet, the events of Xenogears finally take place.
== Episode VI: ??? ==
Episode VI is the one chapter that goes unexplained both in the game and in Perfect Works. All that is known about it is that it was going to follow up on Episode V directly and that it would be "the terminal point" of the world of Xenogears. Due to Tetsuya Takahashi and many of the key staff of Xenogears leaving Square, details about it might never be known.
== Notes ==
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