Timeline

## Timeline of Events

* Circa 2000 BCE: Arrival of the Atlanteans, who create the first Precursors.
* Circa 1800 BCE: Precursors are established as gods and emperors in many civilizations. Their teachings lead to significant advances in language, government, and technology.
* Circa 1200 BCE: A skirmish between Precursors destroys several major cities in the Mediterranean region. This leads to a significant backslide in human advancement and an indiscriminate reprimand from the Atlanteans, souring relations between Atlantis and the Precursors.
* 753 BCE: Founding of Rome. It is believed that around this time, Prometheus began conspiring with his allies against the Atlanteans.
* 221 BCE: Qin Shi Huang unifies China. Fragments of ancient texts indicate that this may also have been part of the Ragnarok conspiracy, serving to reduce indirect fighting between Precursors via human proxy wars.
* 146 CE: Roman conquest of Greece. Multiple loyalist Precursors died around this time, likely by assassination.
* 450 CE: Prometheus begins an open rebellion against Atlantis. The ensuing war causes worldwide earthquakes, and directly leads to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Human Age.
* 491 CE: First recorded instances of Metahuman powers.
* 550 CE: Metahuman powers now widespread across the world.
* 1206 CE: Mongol Empire established.
* 1347 CE: The Black Death devastates Europe.
* 1539 CE: Appearance of Aicareus, the first recorded Broken.
* 1573 CE: Oda Nobunaga deposes the Ashikaga Shogunate and sets about unifying Japan.
* 1706 CE: The Precursor Oya reemerges and begins unifying northern Africa under her rule.
* 1713 CE: Tezcatlipoca reemerges and rapidly conquers Central America.
* 1715 CE: Hades and Baba Yaga appear to check Tezcatlipoca’s advance. After a month of fierce battle, a stalemate is reached.
* 1778 CE: Lellorium declares its independence from British Empire.
* 1784 CE: The last remaining British forces retreat from Lellorium.
* 1873 CE: The government establishes a system of officially endorsed Heroes, bound by rules called the Codes of Honor.
* 1875 CE: The Codes are adopted by the United States, and begin to spread to other countries.
* 1914 CE: Beginning of the Great War, which sees metahumans deployed in large numbers on all sides.
* 1925 CE: The Electoral Protection Act is passed in Lellorium, barring metahumans from holding public office.
* 1939 CE: A second Great War briefly flares up, then comes to an end within two years.
* 1963 CE: Arrival of Panopsilos, the first recorded Desolate-class entity, which destroys Greece and kills Hades before disappearing.
* 1964 CE: The International Peacekeeping Treaty Organization (IPTO) is chartered by the United Nations, with the stated aim of maintaining worldwide peace and counteracting threats to human civilization.
* 1970 CE: Arrival of Nightfall, the second recorded Desolate-class.
* 1974 CE: The Sentinels, a prominent hero team, become widely recognized as the top heroes in Lellorium after killing a rampaging Broken.
* 1979 CE: The criminal organization Gehenna makes its first appearance in the country.
* 1987 CE: Gehenna’s presence is stamped out after prolonged crime-fighting efforts.
* 1997 CE: Volten, a member of the Sentinels, is killed and transforms into a Broken. Though the rest of the team succeeds in driving the creature away, the incident tarnishes their reputation and causes them to disband.
* 2002 CE: Gehenna rises once more as the dominant gang in Dusryal. The Broken Kzu-Kzu appears, and is slain by the hero Gungnir.
* 2004 CE: Two Broken, Aicareus and Spyumet, appear in Lellorium in quick succession. Local heroes fend them off, led by the new top team Pantheon.
* 2009 CE: The 'Mad Hatter' bombings result in over ten thousand deaths, followed by the controversial trial of villainous leader Alice. Gehenna attempts to expand its territory into Fhoster.
* 2010 CE: Lonsdaleite, a powerful villain, goes on a rampage in Fhoster. Though he is stopped and killed, the incident triggers widespread public outrage, and further erodes trust in heroes.
* 2011 CE: The Broken Fractal attacks Lellorium and is successfully stopped with minimal casualties. This event is viewed to have restored public confidence in heroes across the nation.
* 2013 CE: The IPTO makes investigative excavations in the oceans around Lellorium, seeking traces of Atlantean technology. The Precursor Lu Bu is murdered at a high-society ball in Central.
* 2015 CE: Desolate-class entities Kimoda and Dorothea both appear in Australia, wiping out the majority of its population.
* 2016 CE: Aurelius Steel is elected Prime Minister of Lellorium. Gehenna begins a major power play in Fhoster, causing devastation across the region.
* 2017 CE: The Broken Tyrannus attacks, causing significant casualties and leveling most of Central before being driven away.
* 2018 CE: Heroes and law enforcement mobilize against Gehenna, and drive the gang out of most of its territory. Though some splinter groups remain, this event shakes the criminal underworld across the country, and firmly establishes the Celestials as the top heroes around.
* 2019 CE: The lone villain Angelfire collapses half of Downtown and unleashes the Broken Fractal, which had been nesting underground after its previous defeat. Before the nation can recover, Aicareus also reappears, and an attack on Alcalva Metaprison triggers a massive breakout. In one of their finest hours, the heroes of Lellorium manage to contain Fractal, defend the prison, and drive off Aicareus within the span of just two days, thanks in part to the sacrifice of the famous hero Themis. Collectively, these incidents would become known as the Angelfire Crisis, and their key perpetrator remains at large to this day.
* 2020 CE: A widespread gang war breaks out, with several villainous factions all competing against each other for power. Heroes do what they can to contain the violence, but tensions across the archipelago steadily rise.
* 2021 CE: IPTO agents, collaborating with heroes and the LPD, discover a hidden a Desolate-worshipping cult stronghold and destroy it in a subsequent raid. Top hero and Celestials leader Eight of Hearts narrowly saves the Prime Minister from an assassination attempt, but is killed by the infamous vigilante Blitzkrieg. Months later, the Desolate-class entity Nightfall attacks the country, and manages to cripple both the military and the LPD. Local hero teams and villain gangs rally to fight back, and are able to drive the Desolate away with the help of a mysterious Precursor calling himself Newton Gripe.
* 2022 CE: Lellorium recovers and rebuilds, mourning its many dead and gradually picking up the pieces. The economy is once again functioning, and the gangs are more powerful than ever in the wake of the disaster, with no major hero teams currently able to stop them.