Timeline

## **Outside of Space-Time**

* The Source Wall comes into existence around all of reality, separating the multiverse from the mysterious source.
* A race of humanoid beings come into existence on the plant Urgrund.
* After over 20 sextillion years of existence, the beings have evolved into all powerful beings known as the Old Gods.
* The Old Gods destroy each other in a brutal conflict, causing the total destruction of Urgrund. The only Old God to survive is Gog, who is sent careening through time.
* The destruction of Urgrund create a cosmic force known as the 'Godwave', which spreads across space-time, creating many god-like beings.
* From the ruins of Urgrund, the two planets New Genesis and Apokolips are created.
* The remains of the Old Gods seed new life on New Genesis and Apokolips, known as the New Gods.
* Over 30 sextillion years, the New Gods evolve into beings comparable in power to the Old Gods.
* An unending battle between the leaders of New Genesis and Apokolips, each side being lead by the righteous Highfather and the insidious Darkseid.
* The war continues for billions of years, until Highfather and Darkseid come to a tentative peace. The two solidify the treaty by Darkseid and Highfather exchanging sons, with Highfather's son Scot being raised on Apokolips and Darkseid's son Orion being raised on New Genesis.
* Scot is raised and tortured in a orphanage run by Darkseid's minion Granny Goodness.
* Scot meets Big Barda at the orphanage, and the two develop an attraction.
* Darkseid becomes obsessed with discovering the Anti-Life Equation, a scientific principle fundamentally proving all life is fundamentally pointless and one must submit to Darkseid's will.
* The mysterious entity known as the Phantom Stranger is born.

## **Prehistory**

### **c. 14,000,000,000 BCE**

* The universe is created, with a universe comprised of antimatter coming into existence as well.
* A race of Monitors comes into existence, tasked with observing and monitoring the entire history of the cosmos.

### **c.** **13,000,000,000 BCE**

* The red star Rao forms in the Andromeda Galaxy.
* The Monitor Mobius is born.

### **c. 12,900,000,000 BCE**

* Obsessed with a quest for total knowledge greater than any other Monitor, Mobius creates a device known as the Mobius Chair, a device allowing him to travel instantaneously across dimensions and time, and to efficiently store all the knowledge he collects.

### **c. 12,000,000,000 BCE**

* The Maltusians evolve on the planet Maltus, possibly becoming the first sentient species in the universe. They become a race dedicated to scientific exploration and discovery.
* While exploring near the Source Wall, Mobius encounters the New God Metron, and recognizing the other's capability for knowledge-seeking, gifts the chair to Metron.
* While trying to find a way to break the Wall, Mobius encounters the Anti-Life Equation, causing it to corrupt him and drive him insane, turning Mobius into the embodiment of Anti-Life and becomes known as the Anti-Monitor.
* The Anti-Monitor is captured by the other Monitors and banished to the Anti-Matter Universe.

### **c. 10,000,000,000 BCE**

* Maltusian scientist Krona performs an unsanctioned experiment on the Source Wall, but in the process causes his entire scientific crew of 30,000 to be absorbed into the Wall.
* Feeling responsible for Krona's rogue action, the Maltusians take it upon themselves to protect the universe, and rechristen themselves the 'Guardians of the Universe'.
* The Guardians relocate to the planet Oa, believing it to be the planet closest to the center of the universe.

### **c. 8,800,000,000 BCE**

* The Guardians develop a group of sentient androids known as Manhunters to help patrol the universe as an intergalactic police force.

### **c. 8,700,000,000 BCE**

* The planet Krypton forms in orbit of Rao.

### **c. 6,000,000,000 BCE**

* The Guardians encounter an entity known as Ion, the physical manifestation of willpower energy.

### **c. 5,000,000,000 BCE**

* The alien scientist Bertron begins experimenting with evolutionary processes on the savage lands of primordial Krypton with the hope of making the ultimate biological weapon.

### **c. 4,600,000,000 BCE**

* Bertron's ultimate creation goes rogue and kills his creator, but Bertron is able to trick the creature into his starship, launching the creature into space.
* The yellow star Sol forms in the Milky Way galaxy.
* Kryptonians emerge on Krypton.

### **c. 4,540,000,000 BCE**

* The planet Earth forms in orbit of Sol.

### **c. 4,300,000,000 BCE**

* The Manhunters go rogue from the Guardians and wipe out all life in space sector 666 before the Guardians can stop them.
* The only survivor of the massacre, Atrocitus, tries to attack the Guardians, but they capture him and place him in stasis on the planet Ysmault.
* The Guardians believe they can use Ion's energy to create a more efficient policing force.
* The Guardians try and concentrate Ion's willpower energy into a ring for use, but it is two powerful to be contained.
* The Guardians further refine the willpower energy and found the Green Lantern Corps.

### **c. 3,500,000,000 BCE**

* The Greek Gods are created in the pocket dimension of Olympus as a result of the Godwave.

### **c. 2,000,000,000 BCE**

* The primal entity of fear and arch nemesis of Ion, Parallax attacks the Green Lantern Corps.
* The Corps are finally able to subdue Parallax and trap him in on the Central Power Battery on Oa, creating a slight imperfection in every future Green Lantern power ring.

### **c. 65,000,000 BCE**

* The dinosaurs are rendered extinct after a meteor crash, but several survive on the south Pacific island later known as the Dinosaur Island.

### **129,400 BCE**

* Metron appears to a prehistoric boy, Anthro, and presents him with the gift of fire.
* Dying after a battle with Anthro, an unnamed man is exposed to a crashed meteorite and becomes immortal.

### **c. 175,000 BCE**

* Green and White Martians diverge in evolution.

### **12,942 BCE**

* Gog crashes in Central Africa and is entombed in molten rock.

## **Early History**

### **c. 3,000 BCE**

* A large tribe of warrior women known as Amazons are born from Ares and Harmonia.
* Hippolyta becomes the first leader of the Amazons.

### **c. 2,600 BCE**

* Powerful spirit and force for good Nabu is banished into the Helmet of Fate and banished to Egypt.

### **c. 1,300 BCE**

* The alien species known as the Reach create multiple super weapons known as the Scarabs.
* A blue scarab crashes on Earth in ancient Egypt.

### **1,242 BCE**

* The city of Atlantis is founded by a group of sorcerers and regular people alike on a small island in the Mediterranean.
* Poseidon becomes the patron god of Atlantis.

### **c. 1,200 BCE**

* The Amazons, sick of 'man's world' decide to isolate themselves from society and live by themselves on the island of Themyscira.

### **1,001 BCE**

* The mind-controlling alien resembling a starfish Starro launches an invasion of Atlantis.
* The king of Atlantis, Cleitos, summons all of the magic available from the island's sorcerers and with help from Poseidon to create the Trident of Poseidon and incapacitate Starro.
* This incredible condensation of magic causes Atlantis to sink beneath the ocean, but it's inhabitants are given the ability to breathe underwater and live in harmony with the ocean.

### **c. 500 BCE**

* The ancient Greek civilization begins to worship the Gods of Olympus.

## **First to Eighteenth Century**

### **124**

* A man later known as Felix Faust sells his soul to the devil in exchange for immortality and mystic powers.

### **526**

* Arthur assumes control of parts of England and Wales, declaring himself king.

### **565**

* The sorceress Morgaine le Fey attempts a coup against King Arthur.

### **566**

* Merlin accidentally summons the demon Etrigan to fight le Fey.
* Unable to contain the demon, Merlin bonds the demon to Blood, granting him immortality.
* Ystin is fatally slain while leading troops against le Fey's forces, but Merlin revived them to fight again via the Holy Grail
* Le Fey is defeated by Arthur's forces, but survives in France, extending her lifespan via magic use.

### **578**

* King Arthur dies and Camelot collapses to Saxon invaded.

### **1209**

* An Arab man discovers the life-extending Lazarus Pits, granting himself near immortality.

### **1210**

* Tannarak begins to experiment with alchemy, granting him an extended lifespan and mystical powers.

### **1226**

* The man names himself Raʾs al-Ghūl (literally "the head of the demon") and founds his sect of loyal warriors, the League of Assassins.

### **1609**

* Jon Valor begins working as a privateer on the behalf of the English crown.

### **1640**

* Jon Valor is falsely accused of murder and hanged in the American port later known as Opal City, but he vows to haunt the city as a ghost.

### **1635**

* Gotham City is founded by Norwegian mercenary Jon Logerquist.

### **1754**

* 30 August - Victor Frankenstein is born to a wealthy family in Switzerland.

### **1784**

* The Kryptonian Planetary Council is founded.

### **1788**

* Wayne Manor is constructed on the outskirts of Gotham on the behalf of revolutionary war Darius Wayne.

### **1791**

* Darius Wayne founds a real estate business in Gotham.

### **1797**

* Frankenstein's monster is created by Victor Frankenstein.

### **1797**

* Victor Frankenstein dies after exposure to extreme cold while pursuing the monster and the monster is frozen in ice.

## **Nineteenth Century**

### **1816**

* 5 November - Max Marston is born in Indiana.

### **1831**

* 1 November - Jonah Hex is born in Northwestern Missouri to abusive parents Woodson and Virginia Hex.

### **1832**

* 10 September - Bob Dickering is born in Virginia.

### **1838**

* Working as a scout for the US Cavalry, Max Marston is granted speed powers by a dying Native American shaman.
* Marston begins to use his speed to fight for justice across the US, becoming a legend across the country.

### **1852**

* While experimenting with his speed powers, Marston travels so fast that he accesses the Speed Force and is thrust through time.

### **1864**

* June - While fighting as a Confederate doctor during the American Civil War, Bob Dickering saves the lives of several union soldiers.
* 9 July - Dickering is found out by his superiors and hanged.
* After his death, Dickering returns as a ghost, seeking revenge on those who commit evil acts.

### **1866**

* 9 April - Brian Savage is born in New Mexico.

### **1868**

* Jonah Hex begins to work as a bounty hunter in the American west.

### **1869**

* Marston emerges from the Speed Force.
* Solomon Wayne founds Wayne Shipping and Wayne Manufacturing under the collective title of Wayne Enterprises.

### **1871**

* Martson is once more thrust through time.

### **1875**

* 27 December - The Green Martian J'onn J'onzz is born on Mars.

### **1884**

* 15 December - Hans von Hammer is born to an aristocratic family in Berlin, Germany.

### **1889**

* Brian Savage becomes the sheriff of Seguro, New Mexico.

### **1894**

* 10 June - Cyrus Gold is born in Gotham.

### **1897**

* 13 June - Xavier Simon is born in Massachusetts.
* 20 July - Saul Erdel is born in Gotham.
* 12 December - Brian Savage's son, Steven, is born.

### **1899**

* Marston emerges from the Speed Force.
* 31 December - Two babies are rescued being sacrificed at the hands of a satanic cult by a cult member who has a change of heart.

## **Twentieth Century**

### **1900**

* Zator begins to raise the two children, naming them Richard and Rose Siegel, teaching them the ways of magic.
* Marston travels through time again while running.

### **1901**

* Haly's Circus is founded on the outskirts of Gotham.

### **1904**

* 19 April - James Corrigan is born to a travelling evangelical preacher.
* Jack Woods begins to work as a gunslinger in the American west.
* 1 November - Jonah Hex is murdered by bank robber George Barrow.

### **1914**

* 23 February - Alan Scott is born.
* 2 March - Janos Prohaska is born in Poland.
* 11 October - Al Pratt is born.
* Hans von Hammer begins to fight as a German ace pilot on the Western Front.

### **1915**

* 8 May - Brandon Mayhew is born in England.

### **1917**

* 28 February - Helmut Streicher is born in Germany.
* 3 May - Jason "Jay" Garrick is born.
* June - Steven Savage, Jack Woods, and Xavier Simon, as well as many others, enlist in the American forces in World War I.
* December - After being beaten in battle by Savage, Hammer faces an existential crisis, deserting and fleeing to France.

### **1918**

* 9 March - Joan Williams is born.
* 22 October - Jack Woods serving on the western front.
* A brutal war begins between the white and green Martians

### **1920**

* Hans von Hammers is recruited as an agent of the French government.

### **1921**

* Ace Chemicals is founded.
* 2 September - Veronica Sinclair is born.

### **1927**

* June - While on a mission for the French government flying in the south Pacific, Hans von Hammer discovers Dinosaur Island.
* 17 December - Adam Strange is born.

### **1931**

* 9 June - As Adam Blake is born in Smallville, Kansas, the overhead radiation of a passing comet grants him incredible power.

### **1935**

* Richard Siegel begins working as a private investigator specializing in the occult, with Rose as his closest aide and confidant.