Collectionverse timeline

This is the timeline for the Collectionverse's works.

### 1791

* 28 Mar - Governorate of Courland established from the third Partition of Poland.

### 1843

* Ronald (Hephaestus the Blacksmith's ancestor) immigrates from Greece to the United States.

### 1860

* 22 June - Meridian is founded at Kansas, as "Mockingston".

### 1863

* 21 Oct - Crecheville was founded to the northwest of Meridian, as the gold mining town of "Hekaton".

### 1902

* The Grand Theatre of Meridian is built.

### 1918

* 18 Nov - The Latvian government declares independence from Russia.

### 1920

* 11 Aug - The Latvian army drives the Germans and the Soviets out of their country, securing their nation's independence.

### 1940

* The Soviet Union seizes control of Latvia in its war against the Third Reich. Soviet authorities order the deportation of thousands of Latvians to Siberia in the next year.

### 1941

* 1 July - The Third Reich seizes control of Latvia in its war with the Soviet Union. The Nazi leaders immediately order the killing of thousands of Jews and Romanis, with the remainder sent to labour and death camps.
* Some locals organise resistance movements to fight the Nazi authorities.

### 1942

* Gotfrīds Ozols (Andrew's grandfather) is executed by the Nazi authorities for helping his relatives escape to Sweden.

### 1944

* Soviet troops seize control of Riga, starting another era of Soviet rule over Latvia. The resistance movement also fights the Soviet authorities as well.

### 1949

* 25-28 Mar - Operation Pripol takes place. Thousands of inhabitants of the Baltic states (including Latvia) were accused of treason and forcibly sent to camps in Siberia where they worked under harsh conditions, and then replaced by other inhabitants brought in from the rest of the Soviet Union.

### 1959

* 18 May - Frystle's is founded at Meridian. It eventually becomes a large restaurant corporation in this timeline.

### 1965

* The New Vietnam Party emerges in South Vietnam, overthrowing the unpopular US-backed government. With its popularity, it repelled North Vietnamese and American forces, forcing an end to the Vietnam War. Vietnam is divided between a North Vietnam and a South Vietnam, under an armistice similar to the situation in Korea.
* The defeat of the American forces led to occasional celebrations, but it was mostly due to New Vietnam stopping the North Vietnamese from taking over the whole country, and most likely because New Vietnam managed to remain a thriving democracy, the "Yugoslavia of the East".
* New Vietnam (as it is called) becomes the only country in Asia with Mahayana Buddhism as the state religion. However, it combines American democracy with North Vietnamese socialist ideals and Buddhist teachings, while allowing freedom of religion for the Christians, Muslims, and Cham Hindus. It was backed by other SEA states as a bulwark against communist advances, and later against possible American domination.

### 1968

* The Italian film Orlando Furioso plays at cinemas throughout the Western world: it becomes a blockbuster in the United States.
* 3 Aug - The journalist Dennis Hughes marries Lisa Ozols, a waitress (Andrew's mother).

### 1969

* 3 Apr - Teraxyl, a cafe chain, is established in Fryborg, Montana.
* 23 May - Andrew Hughes is born.

### 1973

* 14 Mar - Griffulgar, the greatest of all tabletop games, is founded in the United States.

### 1976

* Several dystopian novels about an extremely corrupt and abusive future society lead to protests in Mexico against corrupt government leaders and the defeat of some criminal cartels. This is known as the Indigo Revolution, which also accuses the cartels of destroying Mexican society for contributing to social chaos.
* 16 November - The Indigo Revolution spreads to America as a protest against growing corporate domination, racism, religious extremism, and political corruption. Initially, its members consisted mostly of Black people, Latinos, and a growing number of young White, Asian, and Native activists.

### 1978

* The two-party system has ended in America: the Democratic party is seen as stooges for corporations, while the Republican party is suspected of harbouring terrorists.
* With the collapse of the two-party system, and the dominant militarist and religious nationalist view of the American government, more countries become affected by the Indigo Revolution. They even reject communism as well, resulting in a new organisation that took away almost half of the world against the United Nations: the Alliance of Justice.

### 1982

* Various fantasy-themed games were released in Canada and the United States on that year.
* Mass protests occur in Latvia and neighbouring countries against Soviet rule.
* In China, protests erupt in Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Heilongjiang, and Wuhan, demanding several reforms and occasional total democratisation. As the initial riot in Beijing led to several more riots, the communist government had to agree with several economic reforms to prevent total collapse.
* The new president of China launches a purge against various officials within the Communist Party, leading to the passage of several reforms. In the following decades, poverty declined, and the citizens of China became richer, allowing the government to quickly integrate nearly every town and city into a infrastructure grid.
* Teraxyl, a cafe chain, creates the unicorn mascots Miss Greenhorn and Oakenfield.

### 1984

* 13-27 Jan - Locals throughout Latvia defend their country from further Soviet attacks.
* 15 Feb - The tabletop wargame Kalendrica is created and released in Britain. It becomes a popular franchise that competes against several other upstarts, both in products and fans.
* 21 Aug - Latvia's independence is restored.

### 1985

* The Indigo Revolution spreads to the Soviet Union, leading to an earlier dissolution and the transformation into Russia and other states.
* Only Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Canada, Iceland, North Korea, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, and several other nations in Africa and Asia remain unaffected by the Indigo Revolution, although they do concede reforms. North Korea and Bhutan later enact reforms in the late 1990s.

### 1986

* North Vietnam undergoes a series of economic reforms. Unlike its northern counterparts, China and North Korea, it maintains friendly ties with New Vietnam, largely due to the latter's rejection of American domination and promotion of socialist ideals (although seen as distorted for rejecting Soviet influence but using Buddhist teachings).

### 1989

* 10 Sept - The science fiction series Reltak is created and released in Japan. As it becomes a popular franchise, its rivalry and competition with Kalendrica intensifies in the next few years between products and fans.

### 1991

* 13-27 Jan - Locals throughout Latvia defend their country from further Soviet attacks.
* 13 June - Jack Zhang is born.

### 1992

* 23 Jul - Ludvig Gerald and Mark Gerald born.

### 1993

* 24 May - Wicker and Wander Flame is released in Britain.
* The Free European Alliance is founded in Ukraine.
* The Baltic League is established in Estonia.

### 1994

* March - Andrew Hughes marries Martha Dickson.
* 13-16 April - Riots break out between extreme Christian fundamentalists and atheist extremists for three days. These are considered the remnants of extremist groups that were defeated by the indigo Revolution - the Christian extremists demanded a return to pre-Consensus society where they would enforce Biblical law, while the militant atheists demanded a total ban on religion. During the riots, Crecheville is populated by pop culture buffs, artists, and neopagans, who went there to escape harassment.
* 13 Apr - Andrew and Martha move to a suburb to escape the Meridian Sectarian Riots.
* 14 May - The local Christians (and their neighbours of different or no religion) rebuild Grace Assembly, Crecheville's local church. It is later voted as the most beautiful building in Crecheville.
* June - Frystle's mascot, Flyover Boy, is made into a more youthful icon to attract young customers.
* 14 August - Crecheville's Asatruar hofs (Norse temples) are built and consecrated.
* 16 August - The Hall of the Twelve, Crecheville's Greek temple, is built and consecrated.
	+ Hephaestus the Blacksmith, himself a Hellenist who worships the god he was named after, took part in the construction of these aforementioned houses of worship.
* 30 Sept - Molly Anderson is born.
* 9 Dec - Victoria Hughes is born.

### 1996

* Jack and Toghrul become close friends.
* The two Vietnams build a high-speed railway to China and Cambodia for three years, backed by Japanese and Chinese corporations.

### 1999

* Widespread protests, influenced by dystopian films, led to the creation of the Anti-Monopoly Act and several new corporations to prevent the existence of monopolies in the United States.
* Some companies also set up places for victims of scams and people seeking to be "rehabilitated" after being banned. The "last-chancers" are companied that take in banned or "cancelled" (if there is such a thing) people to reintegrate them back to society with a new job.
* There are still extremists who resist the Great Consensus, denouncing most of the United States as "bootlickers" (communists), "cowards" (White nationalists), "infidels" (the now-reduced Islamic extremists), and "sheeple" (nationalists, Christian extremists).

## 2000-2010

### 2002

* The rock band Baronitsa is founded in New York City by a group of Serbian immigrants.

### 2004

* OrlandoTube established by three bored college students.

### 2006

* Crecheville's locations are renamed after astronomic bodies.
* Victoria gets less and less visits from her friends, and her friends become unavailable as they get carried away in other pursuits: she then becomes sad as almost no one is around to play with her. After joining in her brothers' games, she becomes more like a tomboy. However, she later becomes more aggressive to "prove" herself as not being a pushover. She briefly forms her own gang of brawlers, but due to so many quarrels the members split apart within a few months.

### 2009

* Enraged by a fly in his soup, the billionaire reality TV star Orvigens de Paubillesons goes on a rampage, destroying Tabourna (an Arabic restaurant) in Los Angeles and adding to a long list of horrible, cringeworthy deeds by his so-called "household". His outburst makes him so notorious that many other celebrities and artists avoid him and his fellow stars.

## 2010-2019

### 2010

* Q. O. Belarnes becomes a millionaire after Palsen Studios' film adaptations of his trilogy have earned huge sums of income.
* Jack attends a surfing competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He only wins some money as a consolation prize.

### 2011

* Jack was fired from being a surfing coach after an outburst and a fight with an angry student.

### 2012

* Jack goes on various part-time jobs, including being a birthday clown.

### 2013

* 19-22 Jun - Andrew Hughes takes his family to Latvia to visit their relatives.

### 2015

* A "duel" takes place between two DJs, DJ Colchis of Oaxaca, Mexico and DJ Kolkhis (later DJ Kolkh) of Tetritsqaro, Georgia in Philadelphia. DJ Kolkhis wins the duel.

### 2016

* Three men -- the eccentric maverick Alex Paratomou, the leathered biker Draco Stygian, and the erudite farmer Ulysses Leghorn, run campaigns to become the next President of America.
* 4 Aug - The first episode of *Reltak*'s reboot airs, produced by Palsen Studios. Its scenes of interstellar combat by geometric ships, incomprehensible aliens, absurdist faux-philosophy, psychedelic animations, and quarrelsome love triangles made it the subject of many twisted memes.
* November - Alex Paratomou wins the election, and celebrates his inauguration with a monster truck rally. Some of his fans celebrate him as the first asexual president of America.
* 14 Nov - The Green Locust E-Sports Championship takes place. Ludvig Gerald emerges as one of the winners.

### 2017

* 20 May - The 16th Ranch-ez takes place. During a rock band's performance, a dozen celebrities' quarrels with their fans and each other trigger a large fight.

### 2018

* 6 Jul - Mockingston Faire's first-ever international event is held in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
* 14 Jul - AstraCon takes place in Russia. Quarrels between several celebrities cause it to end in a big brawl.
* 17 Jul - Several Internet users stop some trolls from harassing Palsen Studios, sparking a bitter division within the *Reltak* fanbase.
* 29 Nov - The Forum Wars of Black Friday take place.

### 2019

* April - The final season of *Reltak Reborn* ends. Fans celebrate and give it higher ratings than the most recent *Kalendrica* movie, which aired on the previous day.
* 3 May - *Gunfighter III* is released.
* 12 May - Baronitsa releases its latest single, "Existence Extinguished".
* 18 May - Mockingston Faire takes place in Meridian. Several famous bands perform there, including Baronitsa, Screaming Seagulls, and Ounce Ounces. Fights break out over rivalries between several fandoms and internal factions.
	+ Scarvin, IY-XtheTuneman, and Storkonda (a techno musician, his former technician, and a well-known animation artist) fight.
	+ Dr. Firestoke, the organiser of the Faire, announces his plan to retire and seeks for a successor. Donald accepts his offer and raises funds with his friends for a second Mockingston Faire.
	+ The fights worsen when several Reltak-kens set some Kalendrica merchandise on fire. This caused the more extreme members of both fandoms to start attacking each other and anyone with their rivals' merchandise. The fights ended when the other fans and security personnel defeated them.
	+ The more extreme fans force Victoria, Jack, and Ludvig to take a side, but all three of them refuse and avoid them.

* 29 June - With support from its fans and the Convention Centre, Mockingston Faire is held again.
	+ With most of the extreme fans barred from the fan convention, it becomes a roaring success.

### 2020

* A virus emerges from China and is spread throughout the world due to lack of proper controls during trade and tourism.
	+ The lockdowns on Meridian began on March, forcing its thousands of residents to stay at home.
	+ In May, protests broke out against proposed excessive restrictions, which range from barring people from coming outside to exercise to prohibiting people from buying groceries. Although the mayor of Meridian threatened to arrest the protesters (who are already following procedures to avoid spreading the virus, such as keeping distances and wearing masks), and intellectuals and bloggers condemned the protests as "reckless" (like several other protests that led to riots), eventually, the mayor had to loosen certain restrictions.
* Governments around the world impose lockdowns and quarantines to protect their people.
	+ As people in the Collectionverse are more careful and socially-aware, their compliance led to lesser deaths and infections than in OTL. As governments tend to support the poor more often, less people become anti-maskers. A few Western Internet users denounce this for not resolving overpopulation by killing more people, and others accuse the rest of the world as being "stupid sheep" because they are outnumbered by people who take vaccines and wear masks, causing the virus to decline within one year.
* A faction of police officers and government officials tried to reverse the Indigo Revolution by staging a failed coup. A nationwide investigation by activists found out that many police departments were being infiltrated by the same group, attacking minorities as a "backlash" against the loss of their social dominance.

### 2021

* The Backlash - The extremist groups attempt to fight back against American society, as their views begin to become more unwelcome. The conflict against the growing peace and prosperity only lasted for three years, and then fully subsides in 2027.

### 2022

* May - An attempted invasion of Ukraine by militants, who sought to establish their own headquarters there, was thwarted and repelled.

### 2024

* February - Victoria gives birth to a son.

### 2027

* End of the Backlash.

## To be sorted

* Jack befriends Ludvig and Gupta.
* Victoria was a bully at high school, picking on other girls and boys to get a good fight.
* Nargis was also a bully at high school, beating up anyone whom he did not approve of. Ludvig was among the few students who resisted him and fought against him, although his friends tell him not to brawl against Nargis as he seems to enjoy watching Ludvig lose the fights.
* Although Victoria likes to pick on Ludvig, he stands up to her and most of the other bullies in the school. Even as they continue to attack him for resisting them and stopping them from hurting the other students, many students look up to him as one of several heroes who helped them.
* To ensure that the bullies will not hurt him again, Ludvig takes up more exercise schedules. Eventually, he becomes strong and muscular, that not only some of the bullies refused to target him any more (some do attack him for a last chance, and they lose), but he also attracts several girls, including Molly.
* Victoria and Nargis date, but then break up as they start to quarrel. Molly and Ludvig also date, but he breaks up with her as she becomes too excessive.
* Even as other students continued to fight with Victoria and dislike her, Ludvig remains to help her solve her own anger and insecurity issues. As she slowly accepts her own weaknesses, she learns to regain her friends.
* Victoria joins Ludvig's club.
* Jack and Ludvig befriend Victoria.
* Ludvig tries to help Nargis, as he wanted to know what circumstances turned him into a bully.
* Eventually, Victoria and Ludvig start to become attracted to each other. They eventually date and fall in love.
* October - The extreme fans of Reltak and Kalendrica attempt to attack Victoria and her friends.
* November - To mock them back, other fans host a third fan convention at Meridian that gathers *both* Reltak and Kalendrica fans and artists, and they invite Victoria and her brothers to support them. It catches the attention of both franchises and receives their endorsement, so they add the Meridian convention to nine other conventions held to celebrate Christmas.
* More extreme fans try to attack the Reltak-Kalendrica convention, seeking to ensure that their fanbase prevails and becomes supreme. Before they succeed in forcing the authorities to cancel the convention, the other visitors stop them and force them out.
* As two of the conventions are assaulted by extreme fans and hooligans, many people began to condemn both franchises for their fans. The extreme fans and their motives are then exposed: some wanted revenge for flame wars on the Internet, others were envious with their rivals' successes, and still others want to force more people into the fandoms.

## See also

* Rinnarverse timeline
* List of American locations
* Fictional works in the Collectionverse