Timeline

This lists a timeline of the events that have occurred in the world of Deathloop.

##### Unknown Date

* A small Tyvian fishing village is established on the Northern Isle of Blackreef. During its heyday, it becomes subject to numerous witch trials.

## 1850 to 1910

##### Indeterminate Period

* Decline of the Empire of the Isles following the events of Death of the Outsider. Tyvia secedes from the declining Empire, becoming the sovereign state known as The Motherland. Blackreef is forgotten by the rest of the Isles and becomes subject to numerous rumors and legends about supernatural and magical events.

## 1910

##### 1912

* The Imperial Institute of Cartography enacts the *Exploration Edict of 1912*, which sets the mapmaking standards used to survey the Isle of Blackreef in the 1930s.

## 1930

##### Unknown Date

* Tyvia's Army of the Motherland conducts various experiments on Blackreef to study The Anomaly, a supernatural occurrence that manifested nearly a century ago, under the auspices of Operation Horizon. A military base is constructed, complete with various defensive batteries and underground bunkers.

##### 1938

* Colt Vahn, then a member of Operation Horizon, flies an experimental aircraft known as the *Rakyetoplan* into the Anomaly. He vanishes from the reality of The Motherland and is trapped in his own personal timeloop for 17 years. Subsequently, the military base on Blackreef is evacuated by The Motherland following the disappearance of The Anomaly.

## 1950

##### 1955

* Colt emerges from his timeloop to find the Isle deserted. He makes his way back to the Motherland, crashlanding near Huishui Village, where no one believes his account of the events that transpired in 1938. He is institutionalized at a Tyvian mental asylum known as the Dargyey Institute.

##### Late 1950s

* The AEON Program is established by wealthy citizens of the Motherland and the Isles, such as the ammunition industry heiress and New Age-religious leader Harriet Morse, the Tyvian "pseudoscientist" Egor Serling, and the physicist Wenjie Evans. Egor finds Colt institutionalized at the Dargyey Institute and secures his release.

## 1960

##### Early 1960s

* Following countless wars, the former Empire of the Isles seems to be at the breaking point, as a major socio-economic crisis looms that could spell the end of human civilization.

##### 1960

* Amidst this crisis, the AEON Program is led to Blackreef by Colt. They uncover what is left of Operation Horizon, and rediscover the Anomaly; Wenjie harnesses the abilities of the Anomaly into Trinkets and Slabs, as well as the advanced equipment meant to maintain the timeloop. The AEON program becomes focused on the preservation of the timeloop in order to secure a future for humanity.

## 2100

##### 2102

* Roughly 139 years into the Loop, Julianna Blake learns the technique of "compressing", managing to preserve her memories with each iteration of the timeloop.

## 2250 (possible outcome)

##### 2254

* Depending on the actions of Colt Vahn , the loop is broken and Blackreef is returned to the reality of the Isles. Colt and a few Eternalists make their escape from Blackreef, wandering out into the desolate world.

## Trivia

* Some references to the world of Dishonored exist within the events of the timeline:
	+ The historic witch trials that occurred on Blackreef during the distant past may be a nod towards the Abbey of the Everyman, an antagonistic religious faction in the Dishonored games that focused on the burning of witches and heretics up to the 1850s.
	+ The Anomaly and the apocalyptic events that consume the outside world are heavily implied to be related to The Void, the otherworldly magical dimension of the Dishonored games.
	+ The "Imperial Institute of Cartography" suggests that the Empire (or a rump version of it) continued to exist up to the early 20th Century.