BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection/Chronology

This chronology is a direct translation of the chronology provided in the BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection. It details the timeline of BlazBlue up until the events of BlazBlue: Central Fiction. It makes use of the Gregorian calendar.
==Chronology==
 	 	
* The "Susano'o Unit" is excavated from deep within the earth in the island nation of "Japan"
 	 	
* The Susano'o Unit is later sent to and stored at Alucard Castle
 	 	
* The "Cauldron" is discovered even deeper than the Susano'o Unit, and the unfathomable space within it, the "Boundary," first becomes known
 	 	
* Important figures congregate to check the inside of the Boundary and debate how to make contact
 	 	
* After partly understanding that the Boundary could affect the construction of the world's time and space, the autonomous system "Takamagahara" is built to monitor it
 	 	
* After the Takamagahara System begins service, someone Interferes
 	 	
* It is partially discovered that the source of the Intervention is an existence in the Boundary greater than either the Susano'o Unit or the Tsukuyomi Unit, the "Amaterasu Unit"
 	AD2099.12.31 	
* Relius Clover and Shuichiro Ayatsuki create the first Boundary Interface Prime Field Device and begin to experiment. However, because the 1st PFD obtains the power of the "Eye," it is thrown into the depths of the Boundary
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	Starting Point of the Loop ※1
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	
* The "Black Beast" appears in Japan and the First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) begins
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	
* Jin Kisaragi, having fallen into the Cauldron in the future and slipped through time, obtains the Susano'o Unit from Rachel Alucard and becomes "Hakumen"
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	
* The whereabouts of Relius Clover and Shuichiro Ayatsuki become unknown
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	
* Hakumen fights the Black Beast alone, but is bitterly defeated
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	
* A fighting force is raised against the Black Beast, but they couldn't even scratch it (Because of this, Japan is annihilated)
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2100 	
* The Black Beast begins to advance on Eurasia.
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2106 	
* Kazuma Kval makes contact with the Boundary in Ishana's Cathedral.
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2106 	
:This causes him to awaken as "Yuuki Terumi"
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2106 	
:Terumi murders Tomonori (Jubei's younger brother), and Tomonori's "Eye" that saw Terumi's true form becomes Jubei's prosthetic eye
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2106 	
:Terumi is sealed away by Clavis Alucard
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2106 	
* Ragna the Bloodedge arrives from AD2200 after slipping through time, and meets Celica A. Mercury
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2106 	
:Ragna and Celica participate in the fight against the Black Beast and force it to stop its activity
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2107 	
* The Orbis Librarius Norma is founded.
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2107 	
* Celica's older sister, "Nine of the Ten Sages" conveys to humanity how to use magic and creates Ars Magus.
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2107 	
* Six warriors gather together (Terumi is released from his seal by Nine)
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2108 	
* The Black Beast begins moving again and Eurasia's resistance unfolds
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2108 	
* Armed with Ars Magus, humanity experiences its first victory against the Black Beast
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2108 	
* The Orbis Librarius Norma, in collaboration with Nine, begin work on the Ars Armegis and Nox Nyctores
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2108 	
:The organization begins to monitor Grimoires
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2108 	
* Ars Armegis begin to be used in war
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2109.12.31 	
* The deciding battle with the Black Beast
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2110.01.01 	
* The Black Beast is defeated, and high concentrations of "seithr" contained in the Black Beast's body are spread across the world
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2110.01.01 	
* The six warriors begin to be called the "Six Heroes"
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2110.01.01 	
:Terumi throws Nine and Trinity of the Six Heroes into the Boundary (Trinity seals her soul into the Muchourin)
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2110.01.01 	
:Terumi is sealed again by Jubei and Hakumen (At the same time, Hakumen is sealed away)
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2110.01.01 	
* The remaining Six Heroes disappear
First War of Ars Magus (the Dark War) 	AD2110.01.01 	
* After the end of the Dark War, about half of humanity's population remains
 	AD2111 	
* Reconstruction with the use of Ars Magus begins, and construction begins on the Hierarchical Cities in order to escape from seithr
 	AD2111 	
* The Orbis Librarium Norma changes names to Novus Orbis Librarium
 	AD2111 	
* The "Izanagi" is completed.
 	AD2111 	
* The NOL forms the First Squadron of "soldiers."
 	AD2111 	
* As a result of the ecosystem being destroyed, a large amount of new lifeforms appear
 	AD2111 	
* To oppose these new lifeforms, the NOL licenses "vigilantes," who fight with their own weapons and equipment.
 	AD2111 	
* Construction begins on the 13th Hierarchical City of "Kagutsuchi"
 	AD2111 	
* Construction begins on the 23rd Hierarchical City of "Wakumusubi"
 	AD2111 	
* Around 100 or more cities flourish, rapidly approaching humanity's heyday.
 	AD2111 	
* Of the twenty three Hierarchical Cities, one is declared the (Integrated City)
 	AD2111 	
* Takamagahara uses its power to release Terumi's seal in the Boundary
 	AD2190 	
* Those with high aptitudes for Ars Magus are given preferential treatment, causing dissatisfaction to rise among some of the citizens
 	AD2190 	
* The 5th Hierarchical City of "Ibukido" begins to act separately from the NOL
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2191 	
* The 5th Hierarchical City of Ibukido and 5 of its surrounding hierarchical cities declare themselves the independent "Ikaruga Federation"
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2191 	
* The NOL refuses to acknowledge the Ikaruga Federation and moves to suppress them
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2191 	
:From this, the Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War) begins
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2191 	
* Sector Seven uses the Ikaruga Civil War to begin experiments on smelting a "Black Beast"
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2192 	
* The Ikaruga Federation expands their territory
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2192 	
* In response to this, the NOL criticises their aggressiveness
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2192 	
* Terumi attacks the church, kidnaps Saya, and kills the Sister
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2192 	
:After Ragna's right arm is cut off, he suffers deep wounds in a fight with his changed younger brother, Jin.
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2192 	
:However, by transferring the Black Beast's corpse [to Ragna], Rachel is able to take back his life
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2192 	
* Jin is adopted into the Kisaragi family
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2193 	
* The NOL discovers the Nox Nyctores "Deus Machina: Nirvana" in the 4th Hierarchical City of Naobi
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2193 	
* Tager succumbs to nearly fatal wounds and undergoes modifications from Kokonoe
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2193 	
* Litchi Faye-Ling becomes Kokonoe's assistant
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2193 	
* Jin Kisaragi enrolls in the NOL's Military Academy
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2194.12.25 	
* Ibukido, located in the center of the Ikaruga Federation, is destroyed in an attack from the Nox Nyctores "Gigant: Takemikazuchi"
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2194.12.25 	
:In its scorched ruins, Noel is discovered with amnesia
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2194 	
* Noel is adopted into the Vermillion family
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2195 	
* Carl Clover enrolls in the NOL's Military Academy
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2195 	
* The "Phenomena Weapon Dispossession Operation" that Relius thought up is put into action by Sector Seven
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2195 	
* Although Nirvana is secured successfully, Bullet's mercenary squad is wiped out by Azrael
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2196 	
* The Ikaruga Federation attempts to negotiate for peace, but the NOL refuses
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2196 	
* Noel Vermillion enrolls in the NOL's Military Academy, and meets Jin Kisaragi, Makoto Nanaya, and Tsubaki Yayoi
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2196 	
* Kokonoe discovers Hakumen in The Edge and retrieves him
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.05 	
* Litchi Faye-Ling defects from Sector Seven in order to search for Arakune
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.06 	
* Bang Shishigami receives the 55-inch Nail (the Nox Nyctores "Phoenix: Rettenjo") from the leader of the Ikaruga Federation, Tenjo
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.06 	
* Tenjo is defeated by Jin Kisaragi (but Jin loses his memory of this)
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.06 	
:Homura is protected by Kagura Mutsuki under Tenjo's instructions
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.06 	
:The NOL completes its suppression of Ikaruga and the end of the Ikaruga Civil War is declared
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.06 	
* For his achievements, Jin is promoted to Major, becoming the youngest squadron leader
Second War of Ars Magus (the Ikaruga Civil War)	AD2197.06 	
* Carl, after the completion of Nirvana, leaves the Military Academy and disappears
 	AD2198 	
* Branches of the NOL are destroyed one by one
 	AD2198 	
* The NOL names the culprit, "Ragna the Bloodedge," a wanted criminal and places a huge bounty on his head
 	AD2198 	
* Noel Vermillion enters the Fourth Thaumaturgist Squadron and becomes Major Jin Kisaragi's secretary
 	AD2198.12 	
* Litchi Faye-Ling begins practicing as a doctor in the 13th Hierarchical City of "Kagutsuchi"
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
* Ragna the Bloodedge appears in Kagutsuchi
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
* Kokonoe sends Tager to Kagutsuchi
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
* Arakune begins to act
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
* Jin ignores his orders to standby
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
:Noel receives orders to force him to return and chases him
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
* After chasing Hakumen who is headed for Kagutsuchi, Jubei also ends up in Kagutsuchi
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
:The others, like Rachel and Carl, show up in Kagutsuchi one by one.
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
* Ragna confronts Nu-13 at the Cauldron in the lowest layer of Kagutsuchi
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
:Nu-13 merges with Ragna and they awaken as the Black Beast.
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	Looping World
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
:In the looping world, Ragna and Jin (independently of each other) fall into the Cauldron and time-travel to the age of the Dark War
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
:Kagutsuchi is wiped out by an attack from "Takemikazuchi"
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31 	
:When Ragna and Nu-13's fusion seems about to complete, "Takamagahara" returns to "Starting Point of the Loop ※1"
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31(Escaping the Loop)	Loop Ends
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31(Escaping the Loop)	
* Noel awakens to the power of the , and by saving Ragna ends the time loop
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31(Escaping the Loop)	
* Ragna, Jin, and Noel are saved, Nu-13 falls into the Cauldron
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31(Escaping the Loop)	
* Rachel activates the Sankishin "Tsukuyomi Unit" and protects Kagutsuchi from "Takemikazuchi"
Story of Calamity Trigger 	AD2199.12.31(Escaping the Loop)	
* With Noel's power of "Observation", Terumi's existence is established
 	AD2200.01 	
* begin(s) to occur, events are born
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* First Lieutenant Tsubaki receives orders to assassinate Jin and Noel and arrives at Kagutsuchi
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* Colonel Relius Clover and Captain Hazama (Terumi) travel together to Kagutsuchi
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* Kokonoe settles Nu-13's soul into the 11th PDF, and she is reborn as Lambda-11
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* Hakumen and Rachel desert Sector Seven together to chase after Terumi
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* Jin escapes from the he's being held in
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
:The Power of Order begins to awaken, allowing [his] control over the Nox Nyctores "Mucro Algesco: Yukianesa" to succeed
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
* According to Hazama's plans, Noel despairs in the world and awakens as Mu-12
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
* Tsubaki goes blind from using the power of the Sealed Weapon "Izayoi"
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
* In protect Ragna from Hazama's attack, Lambda-11 receives an injury she cannot recover from
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
:Ragna absorbs Lambda-11's Idea Engine to overwhelm Hazama, and futhermore sacrifices his left arm to return Mu-12 to Noel's form
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
* "Takamagahara" Observes Mu-12 for an instant, allowing Terumi to slip in and take over
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
* The highest ranking figure of the NOL, the "Imperator," appears before Ragna and co.
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
:Tsubaki's eyesight is restored with the Imperator's power
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01.07 	
:Litchi returns to the NOL in order to return Arakune to his original form
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* Jin becomes Jubei's disciple
Story of Continuum Shift 	AD2200.01 	
* In order to lure out the Master Unit "Amaterasu," Hazama gathers relevant people at the Hierarchical Cities of the "Ikaruga" Federation.
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Noel and Makoto accompany Tager to the 6th Hierarchical City "Yabiko"
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Tsubaki is promoted two levels to Major for her achievements in repelling Ragna and protecting the Imperator
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Azrael is released from Sector Seven's seal. Kokonoe, whom he is escaping from, appears before Kagura and they join forces
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Azrael receives from the a request to retrieve the Azure Grimoire and heads to Ikaruga
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Nu-13 is resurrected as the "Sword of Hades." She undergoes from Hazama
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Celica A. Mercury is resurrected in the current age by Kokonoe
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Amane Nishiki momentarily leaves his position as first seat of the dance troupe to search for Carl Clover in Ikaruga
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Bullet looks for Kokonoe in order to determine the true culprit behind her prior mercenary squad's annihilation
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Platinum is led to Alucard Castle. Trinity and Celica meet again
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Ragna, Jin, and Noel agree to work together due to Kagura's efforts
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Bang meets Homura again with Kagura's guidance
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* The NOL-sponsored tournament "Battle of Ragna the Bloodedge" begins
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Azrael intrudes upon the tournament grounds and is confined to a dimensional prison
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Tsubaki's "Sealed Weapon Izayoi" awakens to "Zero-Type Izayoi." Tsubaki is released from the Imperator's Mind Eater
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Ragna travels through the Boundary to the age of the Dark War. After experiencing battle with the Black Beast, he returns
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* The Imperator erases the Takamagahara System. The Phenomenon Intervention occurring in Ikaruga ends
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* According to [the wishes of] the world's citizens, the Imperator transfers all power over the NOL to Homura
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Izanami releases "Cauldrons" around the world. The overflowing seithr begins absorbing peoples' lives, which gathers around Ikaruga's Altar.
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:v-13 assimilates Noel. With the power of the "Successor of the Azure," the "Nemesis Horizon" is opened and the "Master Unit Amaterasu" descends
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:"Takemikazuchi" appears on the ground. Together with Nu-13, it attacks the Master Unit. Rachel uses the "Tsukuyomi Unit" to protect [the Master Unit]
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Bang successfully activates "Kushinada's Lynchpin"
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Ragna expels Nu-13 [from Takemikazuchi], and Takemikazuchi is stopped
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
*Izanami causes Ragna's "Azure Grimoire" to run amok. Jin and Noel are injured while trying to stop it
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Takemikazuchi floats into the sky over Ibukido and transforms into a black ball that absorbs seithr, the "Embryo"; seithr disappears from the world
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
* Ragna's whereabouts become unknown
Story of Chrono Phantasma 	AD2200.02 	
:Tsubaki travels in search of Ragna
Story of Central Fiction 	 	
: —During a Continuum Shift—
==Notes==
==Credits==
* Translated by Chao
* Source material provided by Wisedrow
==References==
* BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Material Collection, Chronology, pp.252-253
Category:Timelines