Timeline

This is a timeline of events in ***Zirra's Return***.

## **History**

### Ancient History

* **4,732 years ago, 0** – Orinacien the Great Bird becomes the first Chronicler for the First Age for 500 years.
* **4,232 years ago, 500** – Aerian the Star Dragon becomes the second Chronicler for the Second Age for 306 years.
* **3,599 years ago, 1133** – Hanara the Mirror Dragoness becomes the third Chronicler for the Third Age for 306 years.
* **3,293 years ago, 1439** – Faeira the Music Dragoness becomes the fourth Chronicler for the Fourth Age for 163 years.
* **3,130 years ago, 1602** – Hugari the Snow Dragon becomes the fifth Chronicler for the Fifth Age for 200 years.
* **2,930 years ago, 1802** – Tology the Electricity Dragon becomes the sixth Chronicler for the Sixth Age for 1,029 years.
* **1,901 years ago, 2831** – Garudan the Earth Dragon becomes the seventh Chronicler for the Seventh Age for 789 years.
* **1,112 years ago, 3620** – Zephyre the Wind Dragon becomes the eighth Chronicler for the Eighth Age (the Age of Guardians) for 1,112 years.
* At some point, Island Hirakue was founded by an Earth Dragon named Hirakue, who chose to live in isolation away from the other Dragon Lands. Eventually Dragons started liking his idea and moved there as well. Hirakue allowed it as long as they followed his rules. Even after his death, Dragons have lived there in isolated peace ever since.
* **303 years ago, 4425** – Emberticus is born.
* **304 years ago, 4426** – Tempestier is born.
* **305 years ago, 4427** – Artocus and Phlororo are born.
* **297 years ago, 4435**– The Earth Guardian before Phlororo died in an avalanche, trying to protect the Cheetah clan. Emberticus, Artocus, Tempestier and Phlororo were chosen for Guardianhood after the Earth Guardian's death.
* **200 years ago, 4532** – Wingball is invented by an Earth Dragon Sergeant named Dalgon, who created the "exercise" to train his soldiers in wing maneuverability. It's now a game played today in honor of the ancestral history, for training and for fun.
* **93 years ago, 4639**
	+ Zirra's egg is discovered and adopted by Mesphito and Phonorius in the Hidden Grove on Island Hirakue.
	+ Zirra is born, and was named Zeisrera, a Faun word for "curious one".
* **88 years ago, 4644**
	+ Malefor's egg is conceived.
	+ The Hermit casts a spell upon Island Hirakue to make the Dragons living there fear and hate Zirra as part of his plan.
	+ When Alcenice became pregnant, Balvalor became scared, and ran from Alcenice and the clan. Alcenice was torn and hurt, but she quickly discovered the joy of motherhood, and forgot about Balvalor and raised Frillisean on her own, and also with the love and encouragement of the clan.
* **87 years ago, 4645** – Frillisean is born. She is the only Dragon on Island Hirakue who wasn't affected by the Hermit's spell.
* **84 years ago - 46 years ago, 4648 - 4686**
	+ The events of ***A Tale of Hope*** and ***Connected Bonds*** takes place.
		- **84 years ago, 4648**
			* Zirra and Frillisean meet.
			* Zirra learns to fly for the first time.
		- **74 years ago, 4658** – When Frillisean was close to becoming a teenager, Balvalor came back to the clan and confronted Alcenice. He was extremely lonely and ashamed for what he did. It took almost a whole year before he could get her to fall in love with him again. Alcenice was uncertain, but Balvalor, when he proved to her that he was here to stay this time, soon won her love back, and Frillisean gained a father.
		- Pyron’s family comes to Island Hirakue. Frillisean falls in love with Pyron.
		- **68 years ago, 4664** – Pyron and Frillisean start dating.
		- **67 years ago, 4665**
			* Mesphito is killed by Zirra with her new element, Fear, that manifested itself from her fear.
			* Malefor is brought to the Dragon Temple by Phonorius, fearing Zirra would be after the purple egg next. Frillisean has come to the Temple after refusing to join the hunt for Zirra and decided to stay with the purple egg from now on and look after it, seeing as how she was the only family it had left.
			* Zirra's Fear element tried to take control of her, but she quickly conquered it and followed Phonorius to the Dragon Temple and, instead of destroying it, observed the purple egg, as she was too curious to what this rare Dragon would bring.
			* Malefor is born to the Guardians and Frillisean.
		- **61 years ago, 4671** – Illuzo, Mullison and Terria are born.
		- **55 years ago, 4677** – Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril and Terrador are born.
		- **50 years ago, 4682**
			* Malefor turns to evil, kills then-Ice Guardian Artocus and is exiled at age 17. Frillisean joins the army. Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril and Terrador were chosen for Guardianhood after Artocus' death.
			* Meanwhile, Zirra was preparing herself for the fight. She started creating more elements and mastered the elements of Poison and Wind.
		- **49 years ago, 4683** – Serinus is born. She was very close to Frillisean, but she never knew her mother Lila.
		- **47 years ago, 4685**
			* Malefor forms an alliance with an army of Apes.
			* Malefor sends his greatest army to attack the Dragon City of Warfang. This assault, the Warfang Massacre, was the worst tragedy known to Dragonkind, but it also birthed the Golden Light belief.
			* In the battle, Phlororo was killed by Malefor himself.
		- **46 years ago, 4686** – Frillisean destroyed the immortality gem and is killed by Malefor on the Battlefield of Fallen Warriors.

* At some point, Cynder's parents met during the dark times of Malefor's rule.
* **40 years ago, 4692**
	+ Malefor and Zirra battle when he attempted to summon the Destroyer. Their battle was bloody, and it resulted in Malefor's essence being trapped in the realm of Convexity and his soul imprisoned in the Mountain of Malefor, while Zirra's body was destroyed and her soul was cased in a crystal.
	+ Gaul, the Ape King and Malefor's most loyal servant, found the crystal and took care of it, promising to find Zirra a new body, which perplexed Zirra.
	+ Spending over 3 decades in the Mountain of Malefor, the dark influence of that place was twisting Zirra's mind to be cruel and bloodthirsty.

### Modern History

* **36 years ago, 4696** – Ceriss is born to Frozure and Deries.
* **29 years ago, 4703** – Bajeira is born to Frozure and Deries.
* **25 years ago, 4707** – Paetha is born to Frozure and Deries.
* **16 years ago, 4716** – Merona is born to Scorthin and Ceriba, who both lived in isolation from other dragons. Not long after Merona's hatching, her father, Scorthin, was charmed into a cult of purple dragon worshipers. He loved his daughter, but found himself spending more time in the cult with his friends than with his mate, Ceriba, who was clingy and obsessed with him. She would often get very jealous of his time spent with his friends, or even with their own daughter. While Scorthin was very loving with Merona, sometimes it seemed that he was the only one Ceriba cared for.
* **15 years ago, 4717**
	+ The Year of the Dragon event had begun. During that time, many Dragon parents took their eggs to be guarded in the Dragon Temple, while many other parents were too scared of Malefor and his army at the time to leave their eggs there and instead kept it with themselves.
	+ Spyro’s egg is brought to the temple.
	+ Cynder’s egg is brought to the temple.
	+ The Night of the Raid took place. The Apes destroyed all the eggs to prevent the Birth of the Purple Dragon. Ignitus brings Spyro’s egg to the swamp. Cynder’s egg is stolen.
	+ Cynder’s mother is crowned Empress of the Frozen Empire and is currently in distraught.
	+ Sparx is born.
	+ Spyro's egg drifted down the river and was soon discovered by a family of Dragonflies, Nina and Flash, from a Dragonfly clan. Upon hatching, they were frightened at first, but were amazed by the newborn Dragon. Spyro was adopted into the dragonfly family, as the Dragonflies knew the swamp to be a very dangerous place, and raised him as one of their own alongside their own son, Sparx, who was born the same day. Spyro was led to believe that he himself is a Dragonfly who just happens to be slightly bigger and more purple than the other Dragonflies. Spyro's birth came about with the ancestors breaking the law of the Purple Dragon being born once every ten generations in order to fight Malefor.
	+ Cynder’s egg is brought to the Mountain of Malefor.
	+ Cynder is born and is raised by Apes.
	+ Selgion, Briar, Taius, Glacius, Hayle and Haylia are born to Gallead. When his mate, Ceriss, laid 6 eggs, it took a toll on her and she died soon after, leaving Gallead to prepare to raise them as tough and strong dragons, with absolutely no chance of ever befalling a fate like their mother had.
	+ Flame and Candol are born to Pyralis and Dawn.
	+ Ember is born to Celosia and Dagan.
* **14 years ago, 4718**
	+ Serinus had a bounty on her placed by Malefor’s Apes because of her affiliation with Frillisean. Mullison still fell for her and accepted living in hiding if it meant staying with her. They set up a hiding place as their home to protect them and their 3 eggs from the Apes.
	+ They soon learned that the Apes were very close to finding them, so Mullison travelled alone to find a new hiding place for him and Serinus. As he searched, an earthquake occurred within the Molded Mountains. A rockslide caused it to block him in, and it took him days to find a way out.
	+ While he was gone, the Apes found Serinus and their hiding place. As they tried to restrain her, they started smashing her eggs which enraged her, and she killed all the Apes there with an unusually powerful Electric Fury. Serinus only managed to save one egg. She would take her last child and flee to a new place to hide. With Mullison being gone for days, she started to accept that he must have been killed.
	+ Mullison eventually escaped the cave, but when he returned to their hideout, he found it empty with obvious signs of an attack. He thought the Apes killed Serinus and their eggs. His heart was broken, and he ran. To where, he didn't know.
	+ Serinus escaped to the marshlands, close to the Dragon Temple. Frisha is born to Serinus.
* **9 years ago, 4723** – Cynder is raised to a certain age before the Apes arranged the ritual that allowed Zirra to take control over her body. In return for her new body, Gaul requested that Zirra worked towards freeing Malefor from Convexity. Zirra agreed, with the secret intention of killing Malefor when he was free. Evil Cynder's reign lasted for 6 years.
* **6 years ago, 4726** – Goadus, Shevina, Electo and Infrit are born.
* **5 years ago, 4727** – Cosmo is born to Celosia.
* **3 years ago,** **4729**
	+ The events of ***A New Beginning*** take place.
		- Evil Cynder captures the Guardians.
		- Spyro finds Ignitus, frees the Guardians and reverted the ritual and turned Cynder back to her old form, locking Zirra out of control.
	+ Colta is born.
	+ The events of ***The Eternal Night*** takes place.
		- The Night of Eternal Darkness occurs.
		- Spyro, Cynder, Sparx and Zirra disappear. The Apes figured that the Dragons would try to go looking for Spyro in the Mountain of Malefor. So they decided to moved them to the Catacombs were no one would know to look.
		- Malefor returns. When he returned, he attacked the Dragon Temple and the Dragons living there fled. He soon immediately attacked Warfang and reclaimed the throne at the city's temple. With dark magic, he suspended the structure and several surrounding architecture above the land as a symbol of his dominance.
		- Many family members were killed during Malefor’s reign, resulting in a lot of Dragons orphaned or barely having any family left.

### Recent History

* **2 nights ago, 4732**
	+ The events of ***Dawn of the Dragon*** take place.
		- Spyro, Cynder, Sparx and Zirra were found by Grublins and Hunter of Avalar.
		- Ignitus dies in the Belt of Fire to get Spyro and Cynder across.
		- Ignitus becomes the ninth Chronicler for the Ninth Age (the Age of Restoration).
		- Goadus, Shevina, Electo and Infrit were chosen for Guardianhood after Ignitus' death.
		- Spyro, Cynder and Zirra defeat Malefor.

* **Present, 4732**
	+ The events of ***Zirra's Return*** take place.

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