Timeline

## Reign of Generation 1

### Year 1

1. Luna - a wolfdog - leaves her mother and ventures out to Yellowstone due to her instincts, and due to the tight collar scratching and choking her neck.
2. Fenrir - a pure-blooded wolf - tears her collar off.
3. Luna and Fenrir pair up.
4. The pair travel to Slough Creek and create the Moon Pack, denning in Saddle Meadows.

### Year 2

1. Gold, Galaxy, Jupiter and Saturn are born.
2. Fenrir is killed by a bear over a cow elk carcass, leaving Luna alone.
	1. Luna desn't know what to say to the pups who were still fairly young at that point, so as she gazes up into the sky, an idea pops into her head. All who pass away join the *Pack of the Starlit* and wander among the stars.
3. Luna continues to mourn for a long while before finding Red.
4. Luna and Red pair up.
5. All the younglings survive their first year.
6. Luna and Red den in the Bison Peak Cutoff tree cavity.

### Year 3

1. Fawn, Huntress, Opal and Juniper are born.
2. Opal's leg is crushed by a coyote after Juniper convinces her to sneak out.
3. Opal barely survives alongside the others.

## Reign of Generation 2

### Year 4

1. When the offspring of the first litter are 2 years old, and those of the second litter are yearlings, everyone travels back to Amethyst Mountain for further training.
2. A massive forest fire - The Burning - breaks out.
	1. Saturn, Luna and Jupiter are killed.
		1. They discover that Luna was right about the existence of the *Pack of the Starlit*.
	2. Opal and Juniper are separated from Red, Fawn and Huntress. The two younger siblings go to Slough Creek, while the others go to Hellroaring Mountain which was unscathed.
	3. Galaxy and Gold run from the fire successfully, but not without horrid burns.
	4. Galaxy is taken by wildlife preservationists and taken to a rehabilitation center, leaving Gold alone.
3. Opal and Juniper pair up with Hydra and Snowcone.
4. Galaxy pairs up with Orbit at the wildlife center.
5. Snowcone leaves the group.
6. Nightfall joins the group and pairs up with Opal, while Juniper and Hydra stay together.

### Year 5

1. Gold kills most of the mountain's remaining pack wolves in a blind rage, but manages to pair up with Meteorite at 3 years of age.
2. Gold and Meteorite become the heirs to the Moon Pack, while the other group creates the Meadow Pack.
3. Galaxy and Orbit have a nameless litter in the wildlife center.
4. Galaxy and Orbit are separated from the younglings in the winter, and they're released to Lost River where they create the Galaxy Pack.
	1. Some of the other wolves from the wildlife center are released near them, and the Lucky, Lost River and Templeton Packs are founded.
5. The Meadow Pack wolves den at the Sunset Viewplace on Sandy Slopes.
6. Gold and Meteorite den at Saddle Meadows.
7. Galaxy and Orbit den at Whispering Woods.

### Year 6

1. Primrose, Moon, Karma and Cloud are born to Gold and his mate.
2. Moose, Shadow, Twilight, Snowdrift, Aurora, Cryo and Snowy are born to Opal and Nightfall.
	1. Aurora, Cryo and Snowy are adopted by Juniper and Hydra due to their actual parents' decaying health.
3. Cosmo, Andromeda, Izar, Alioth, Solace and Namid are born to Galaxy and Orbit.
4. As Allison Acres floods, the humans of Lost River slowly begin to evacuate.
5. The very first sickness epidemic occurs.
	1. Moon and Karma fall ill very shortly and recover just fine.
	2. Cloud falls ill and barely recovers.
	3. Izar falls ill and dies.
6. Due to the trauma of his brother's death, Cosmo begins harshly training himself to grow as strong as possible.
7. Shadow is taken by an eagle.
8. Everyone beside Izar and Shadow *(Primrose, Moon, Karma, Cloud, Moose, Twilight, Snowdrift, Aurora, Cryo, Snowy, Cosmo, Andromeda, Alioth, Solace and Namid)* survives younghood.

## Reign of Generation 3

### Year 8

1. On everypup's second birthday, the first heir ceremonies are held.
	1. Cloud becomes the heir to the Moon Pack.
	2. Snowy becomes the heiress to the Meadow Pack.
	3. Cosmo becomes the heir to the Galaxy Pack.
2. Cloud and Snowy travel to the remnants of Amethyst Mountain alongside their respective littermates, while Cosmo stays in Lost River.
3. Cloud and Snowy realize that three new packs - Junction Butte, Wapiti and Lamar Canyon - have settled into the mountain's peaks.
4. Cosmo pairs up with Alya.
5. Snowy pairs up with Kuma.
6. Cloud pairs up with Astrid.
7. The Moon and Meadow heirs travel back to Slough Creek.
8. As the next winter closes in, each heir recieves a prophecy foretelling their self-sacrifice and death - all in the shape of a song.
	1. Cloud is creeped out but brushes it off after a while, having never been taught about the *Pack of the Starlit*.
	2. Snowy takes some time to realize that it's actually an omen from the Starlit.
	3. Cosmo instantly listens to the song's chime and is intent on keeping himself strong and ready.

### Year 9

1. Tulip, Silver, Artemis, Canyon and Terra are born to Cloud and his mate.
2. Sirius, Night Sky, Usagi, Gloom and Lunar are born to Snowy and her mate.
3. Leo, Ursa, Mimosa, Azia, Rigel, Nova and Ara are born to Cosmo and his mate.
4. Everything is fine for the first month or so, but the Moon Pack begins having feuds with the Prospect Peak Pack due to Cloud's unintentional recklessness around borders.
5. The typical sickness epidemic doesn't come around this season.
6. All the younglings survive their first year of life.
	1. Cloud almost forgets about the prophecy in its entirety.
	2. Snowy's memory of it begins to fade, slowly.
	3. Cosmo remains on edge.

### Year 10

1. When the pups of generation 4 turn into yearlings, Prospect Peak attacks and all hell breaks loose in the Moon Pack.
	1. Tulip is killed before anyone can do anything.
	2. Cloud suddenly remembers the omen and ends up sacrificing himself after all.
	3. The pack's remaining members are badly injured and barely manage to run away due to Cloud buying them time.
		1. Canyon is alright.
		2. Artemis and Silver are wounded but holding up.
		3. Astrid and Terra are barely hanging on *(Terra is left with her iconic half-tail)*.
			1. As Terra's strength wanes, Cloud visits her in the form of a spirit and names her the heir to the Moon Pack.
2. A massive battle breaks out between the Lucky, Lost River and Templeton packs, and the Galaxy Pack is dragged in as it borders each *(with the younglings of the pack being a year and two months old)*.
	1. Cosmo is quick to realize that his time is running short, and he hurls himself off Big Baer Cliff as the attackers follow, leading to the deaths of everyone that jumped *(including his own demise)*.
	2. The survivors all scatter, and the battle is over.
		1. Rigel is named the heir to the Galaxy Pack by Alya.
3. Nearing the end of Year 10, the Meadow Pack's pups are a year and ten months old. A huge snowstorm takes place, causing the plants to dry up and the prey to become scarce.
	1. Snowy always eats last, *if at all*, and the realization that everyone may starve if food isn't rationed properly slowly dawns upon her.
		1. When the pack finally makes a kill, Snowy doesn't eat anything and prioritizes her family over herself.
			1. Snowy loses her life to starvation as Night Sky watches, and seeing he's horribly distraught and pleading her to eat, she pronounces him the heir and says she'll always stay right by him, no matter what.