The Timeline

**The Official Timeline**

*As Cor Mechanica spans over many many years, a timeline is required to keep track of events and major happenings. This page contains the official timeline of Cor Mechanica, from the very establishment of Draidrune up until the most recent events in the story.*

**Era of Unrest**

Around 800 - The Division War - Draidrune operates as one united state. However, after a number of groups disagree over practically everything there is to disagree on, massive civil war breaks out, coming to be known as the Division War. Following the victory of the divisionists, Draidrune is divided into nine nations, with one nation state - the Capitol - being established in order to rule over them all and maintain order.

1298 - The Wasteland Rebellion - Unhappy with their treatment by the people of the Capitol, the Wasteland residents band together to invade and cause mayhem in other parts of Draidrune. In response, the Capitol establishes several mercenary groups posted in villages neighbouring the Wasteland.

**1700s - mid 1800s**

1767 - Fanny Sanctus is born in the Capitol.

1786 - Fanny becomes a nun for the Capitol Cathedral. Later that same year, Malcom Weatherby becomes the newly canonised Archbishop of the cathedral.

1819 - Alastor Blackwater is born in the Capitol.

1824 - Ozias Luxorin is born in the Capitol. Lucille Madlocke (at the time Abernathy) is born later that year.

1831 - Atticus Madlocke is born in Millwick.

1835 - Simon Culpepper is born in the Capitol. Later that year, Kassian Selcouth is born in the Capitol.

1837 - Molly Oakley is born in a small settlement in the Wasteland.

1840 - George McGuire is born in Millwick.

1841 - Clara McGuire is born in Millwick.

1845 - Alastor flees from the Capitol to the Wasteland following the consequences of his fake medicine scheme. There, he meets Reed, and they establish the Blackwater Raiders. Lord Luxrae becomes Minister of the Capitol later that year.

1846 - Dandi Valentine is born in the Capitol.

1847 - Falcata Liir is born in the Wasteland.

1849 - Iris Brumal is born in Fragladar.

1851 - Adalynn Farley is born in the Wasteland. Archbishop Weatherby dies, and Kassian becomes the new Archbishop of the Capitol Cathedral at the age of only 16.

1855 - Lucille gives birth to her and Atticus' son, Florian Madlocke. Simon flees the Capitol in shame after accidentally causing the deaths of a number of people. He arrives in the Wasteland and joins the Blackwater Raiders as a medic.

**Creation of the Portal and the fall of the Capitol**

1856 - Simon Culpepper gives the Capitol Police information on the Blackwater Raiders following a job gone wrong in which three innocent people were killed. On the 20th of February, all of the gang members are killed, with the exception of Falcata and Simon. The two survivors go on the run.

1859 - Tyrese Buchanan is born in the Capitol. Florian's leg is permanently disfigured by his mother.

1860 - In a frenzied act of self-defence, Kassian stabs Lucille to death with a pair of stitch rippers. Destroyed by the horrific events of the last few years and overwhelmed with guilt for being an accomplice in covering up Lucille's murder, Atticus commits suicide by jumping from the roof of the Cathedral.

1863 - Sebastian Tao is born in the dingy slums beneath the Capitol.

1873 - An accident on a field trip causes many of the orphans at St. Francis' Orphanage in the slums to drown, with Sebastian being one of the only survivors. He fends for himself from that point on.

1876 - Dandi is murdered via poisoning by her husband following her affair with a scientist specialising in simulating necromancy. She is clumsily brought back to life by him with less than half of her mental capabilities left. A few days after, Lord Luxrae puts the first steps of his portal campaign into action, recruiting 6 individuals (Kassian, Fanny, Sebastian, Iris, Adalynn, Dandi) and establishing the L.E.P.D.

1878 - With the last required material for Luxrae's portal almost gathered, the L.E.P.D celebrate. At this celebration, Kassian uses George's vulnerability at his miserable home life and his intoxication to coerce him into doing what he wants. These encounters continue regularly for the rest of the year.

1879 - In January, George ingests cyanide, killing himself. This sends Kassian into a spiral, and he isolates himself from the rest of the L.E.P.D for almost a year. Later that year, Sebastian drowns on the final mission to retrieve the last material for the Portal.

1880 - For several years, Kassian has unknowingly had tuberculosis, caught during one of the first missions the L.E.P.D ever went on down in the slums. He leaves a letter for his friends confessing to many things and passes away in his sleep. At his funeral, Luxrae decides to open the portal in his honour, which brings forth beings of unimaginable power. One of them takes over Kassian's dead body, using it as a vessel. In this possessed state, Kassian kills both of his parents, as well as Fanny, before Florian is able to subdue the god taking host in him. The other beings from the portal ravage the Capitol, utterly destroying it and the energy that keeps it afloat. It crashes to the ground, and thousands of lives are lost. Thanks to Iris' ability to float, the remaining members of the L.E.P.D survive, as does Florian, who has accidentally bound the spirit of Kassian to himself as his patron. Draidrune is now in a state of utter chaos as the gods from the Portal continue to wreak havoc.