Timeline

The world of Bright takes place in an alternate universe where humans and fantasy races like elves, orcs, goblins, dwarves, and others have co-existed since the beginning of time.

## Events

* **13'000'000'000 BC** - The Big Bang occurs.
* **4'000'000'000 BC** - Earth forms.
* **65'000'000 BC** - An asteroid strikes Earth, ending the Mesozoic Era and killing the dinosaurs. Presumably some survive and evolve into Dragons, or they could have evolved from a more ancient ancestor.
* **4'000'000 BC** - Humans evolved in Africa and presumably all the other races evolved there or in other parts of the world.
* **3'100 BC** - Stonehenge is constructed.
* **3'000 BC** - Civilization begins.
* **2900 BC** - Various civilizations were using magic in form of amulets, crystals and other relics with every village having a Wizard as its magical keeper.
* **2600 BC** - The Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu uses magic to build the great Pyramid of Giza.
* **2600 BC** - Sargon the Great uses magic to bless his body, making himself immortal.
* **2334 - 2284 BC** - Presumably Sargon the Great rules as the first Emperor of the Akkadian Empire before stepping down in favor of his son, Rimush.
* **2200 BC** - Sargon is inflected by a mysterious virus which bypasses his immortality and kills him. It is later revealed that a mysterious Elf sorcerer warlord known as the Dark Lord is the culprit, the Dark Lord then creates the worlds very first Magic Wand from the remains of Sargon's dead body.
* **2139 BC** - The Dark Lord and his vast army consisting mostly of Orcs embark on a campaign to conqueror the entire world. However a simple Orc Farmer named Jirak puts together the Shield of Light to combat the Dark Lord and his generals.
* **2139 - 2109 BC** - The War of the Nine Armies rages across Eastern Europe.
* **2109 BC** - Jirak and the Dark Lord meet and begin a duel. The duel ends with Jirak wielding the Dark Lord's wand and using it against him, defeating him and his armies.
* **0 BC/AD** - Jesus Christ is born.
* **1632 - 1653 AD** - Taj Mahal is constructed.
* **February 1692 - May 1693 AD** - The Salem Witch Trials.
* **April 19th, 1775** **-** **September 3rd 1783** - The American Revolutionary War occurs.
* **May 1st , 1776** - The Illuminati is founded by Adam Weishaupt.
* **May 5th, 1789 - November 9th 1799 AD** - The French Revolution occurs.
* **1836 AD** - The Battle of the Alamo.
* **August 30th, 1852 AD** - World Leaders ban the use of magic, with strict punishments for caught practitioners.
* **April 12th, 1861 - May 9th, 1865** - The American Civil War rages.
* **1868 AD** - The Meiji Restoration Begins and the events of Bright: Samurai Soul takes place.
* **June 28th, 1914 AD** - Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo, thus staring World War 1.
* **July 18th, 1914 - November 11th, 1918 AD** - World War 1 rages.
* **1917 AD** - The Inferni wipe out the Illuminati.
* **March 8th, 1917 - June 16th, 1923 AD** - Russian Revolution occurs.
* **September 1st, 1939 AD** - The German dictator Adolf Hitler invades Poland starting World War 2.
* **September 1st, 1939 - September 2nd, 1945 AD** - World War 2 rages.
* **1945 AD** - The Magic Task Force is founded, presumably by Harry Truman after it is suspected that the Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were created with use of a Magic Wand.
* **November 1st, 1955 - April 30th, 1975** - Vietnam War rages.
* **November 22nd, 1963** - U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas.
* **April 10th, 1966 AD** - Fogteeth Leader Dorghu is born in Miami Florida.
* **August 11th, 1967 AD** - Joe Rogan is born in Newark New Jersey.
* **September 25th, 1968 AD** - Daryl Ward is born.
* **June 23rd, 1974 AD** - Nick Jakoby is born.
* **October 19th, 1976 AD** - Montehugh is born.
* **March 3rd, 1977 AD** - Kandomere is born.
* **February 26th, 1979** - Tien is born.
* **December 28th, 1979 AD** - Leilah is born.
* **January 10th, 1985 AD** - Serafin is born.
* **December 25th, 1991 AD** - The Soviet Union Collapses.
* **March 13th, 1992 AD** - Tikka is born.
* **1997 AD** - Kandomere begins hunting Leilah.
* **September 11th, 2001** - 9/11 occurs.
* **January 20th, 2009 AD** - Barack Obama becomes President of the United States of America.
* **2016 AD** - Daryl is shot by an Orc whilst on duty.
* **2017 AD** - The events of Bright take place.

### Undated Events

* Griffins and Fairies evolve from an unknown ancestor.
* The Shield of Light becomes a secret society and prepares for the event when the Dark Lord is somehow resurrected by the Inferni.
* Kōketsu is born.
* Izo and Raiden are born.
* Chihaya and Anna are born.
* Sonya is born.
* Izo and Raiden die.
* Yolbôz Kolden is born in Eastern Europe sometime between 1967 and 1972.
* Sherri Ward is born.
* Daryl joins the Los Angeles Police Academy.
* Sherri becomes a nurse.
* Daryl and Sherri meet and eventually marry.
* Mikey is born.
* Joe Rogan founds Rogan Enterprises.
* Sophia Ward is born.
* Nick joins the Los Angeles Police Academy.