Timeline of Madlax

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This article discusses the fictional **timeline of *Madlax***. The series is primarily set in 2011, during the Civil War of Gazth-Sonika, yet the history of this world can be roughly divided into two parts, the **Old Era** (for the most part) and the **New Era**. Prior to the civil war in 1999, Friday Monday had gathered the three books. The era would have changed had Friday gone all the way as opposed to just inciting the war. In 2011, Margaret Burton went all the way, opening the Door of the Era, ushering in a new era.

The chronology can be complicated due to the nonlinear storytelling of the latter episodes.

## Timeline

### Old Era

#### Prior to the Civil War

**1941**

* The Kingdom Army of Gazth-Sonika is inaugurated.

**1967**

* Guen McNichol graduates from High School and enters the military academy right away.

**1974**

* Guen McNichol is assigned to the cavalry brigade.

**1992**

* Margaret Burton is born, July 16th.

**Unknown date before 1999**

* One of Soldophine University's professors went to Gazth-Sonika to study cave paintings. The investigative team was attacked on site when one of them read the Elies on the walls, leaving the professor as the sole survivor. Since the discovery, many of the researchers were involved in bizarre incidents. The surviving professor killed his own family and committed suicide a few months later.
* Gazth-Sonika's monarchy begins pushing to modernize their kingdom. Their push is met with religious friction from the Galza resistance group.
* Vanessa's father is appointed a diplomat in Nafrece in charge of relations with Gazth-Sonika. Once appointed, tensions leading to civil war started to simmer between the Gazth-Sonika and Galza.

#### Civil War

**1999**

* At the age of seven, Margaret and her mother were on a plane to Gazth-Sonika to meet her father, Richard Burton. At the same time, Friday Monday uses the three books to begin the Civil War of Gazth-Sonika.
* Colonel Richard Burton shoots Friday Monday while looking for his wife and daughter. Poupée is shot and killed trying to defend Margaret, but through the Gift, he is later reincarnated as Carrossea Doon. Margaret is caught in a dilemma, either shoot her bewitched father or die by his hand. Margaret shoots Richard dead, but through the Gift, Madlax and Laetitia are created.
* A few months later, Margaret manages to make it back to the Burton estate all by herself.

**1999 — 2011**

* At some point in 2000, Guen McNichol's wife is killed in a presumed terrorist attack by Galza. He then becomes army commander in 2003.
* During this time:
	+ Madlax holds onto her father's dog tags and the torn page of Secondari. At first, she's caught in the middle of a war zone, then she spends most of her childhood in an orphanage until she is adopted by SSS. For the next three years, Madlax is trained to become a highly skilled mercenary.
	+ Margaret Burton is taken care of by Elenore Baker's grandfather. He then dies, but not before Elenore promises to take care of Margaret. Three years into being taken care of, at the age of ten, Vanessa was her tutor.
	+ Vanessa Rene's parents are framed for inciting the civil war and are arrested. At some point, they die in custody.
	+ Limelda Jorg enlists in the Government Army and works up to 2nd Lieutenant of the Elite Guard.
	+ Carrossea Doon is taken in by Friday Monday and becomes a commanding Enfant informant.
	+ Friday Monday pulls the strings of Gazth-Sonika's Civil War through Enfant while searching for Secondari. He covers any tracks that could lead to Enfant's involvement.

**2011**

* Guen McNicol is assassinated by Madlax while giving a speech for the 70th anniversary of the Kingdom Army's inauguration.
* Before Chris Krana's mother dies, she tells him that his father, Min Durk, is in Gazth-Sonika. A month later, Chris sneaks into the country, but his fate at Friday's hands is unknown.
* Vanessa and Badgis hack into Bookwald's database for information on Enfant's involvement in the civil war. The data is transferred to another computer that Vanessa has to obtain in person in Gazth-Sonika.
* Vanessa and Madlax are framed by Enfant for the assassination of Jihan Korslan; they're on the most-wanted list. The data is given to Limelda.
* Carrossea, Vanessa, and Elenore are killed. The books are brought together once again, along with the missing page of Secondari.
* Friday Monday uses Margaret Burton to summon the Door of Truth. She sees the truth of her father's death and Madlax's creation. Chaos then descends on the world by Friday chanting the Holy Words of Saruon, but Madlax intervenes.
* Madlax and Laetitia merge with Margaret Burton. Margaret then opens the Door of the Era.
* Quanzitta Marison dies.

### New Era

* Madlax returns. She brings down Enfant - their supercomputer is destroyed and Friday Monday is killed. The three books burn up.
* Margaret and Madlax go their separate ways. Nakhl prays over Quanzitta's body.