Timeline (Legacies of the DCAU)

***Legacies***
*This article contains information revolving around Legacies of the DC Animated Universe.*

Timeline of events that occur within Legacies of the DCAU.

## The Big Bang

* Only before creation can the door between matter and anti-matter be opened, allowing the future to be changed at will.
* The creator shaped all of reality by his own hands, and declared that it was good.

## 20th Century

### 1986

* Timothy "Tim" Drake is born to small-time crook Steven "Shifty" Drake.

### 1993

* **September - December** - Andrea Beaumont arrives to Gotham 10 years after leaving in order to get revenge and kill the men responsible for her father’s murder, taking up the identity of the Phantasm. Her murders are pinned on Batman and he works to investigate this case, eventually learning that Andrea is the Phantasm as Andrea learns Bruce is Batman. Bruce finds that the gunman who killed Andrea’s father is the Joker and he runs to stop her. Bruce and Andrea fight the Joker as Bruce tries desperately to persuade her not to do this, to no avail, as Andrea and Joker seemingly perish in a firefly explosion, later shown that both survive.

### 1995

* **December 24:** Mr. Freeze escapes Arkham to bring about a Christmas Eve with snow.

### 1997

* Jonathan Crane commits suicide in his cell in Arkham Asylum.

### 1999

* Timothy Drake becomes involved with Batman while dealing with a case involving his father and Two Face. Tim is eventually able to prove his worth and chooses to be the new Robin, with Bruce training him. Around this time, Dick Grayson returns to Gotham after a long absence and adopts the new identity Nightwing to fight crime as his own superhero separate from Bruce’s shadow.
* Jonathan Crane is reborn after selling his soul to Lord Hades.
* Superman is captured by Granny Goodness and Darkseid and reprogrammed into an agent of Apocalips, using him to take over many worlds for the glory of Darkseid. Eventually, Clark arrives on Earth with an army to take over as Earth’s military turns against him. Snapping out of his mind control and Supergirl being caught in the crossfire of the battle, Superman resorts to desperate actions as he threatens Emil Hamilton to help Kara and travels to Apokalips to stop Darkseid once and for all, to no avail. With the world hating and being scared of him for what Darkseid made him into, Superman works to regain Earth’s hope in him one piece at a time.
* Superman becoming rogue is one of the catalyst events for the United States Government to start Project Cadmus, headed by Amanda Waller, to start procedures to ensure that Superman or any other heroes are dealt with before they go rogue. Hamilton’s lost trust in Superman as well as his vast experience at STAR Labs led him to be significantly involved in their projects regarding creating clone metahumans for use against them.

## 21st Century

### 2000

* **October - November:** The Justice League forms for the first time to stop the Imperium Invasion and have their first few adventures as a team.

### 2002

* The Thanagarian invasion of Earth occurs leading to Hawkgirl betraying the group to help her people. The original Watchtower is destroyed and the group is left defenseless. Eventually, Shayera changes sides again and the Thanagarians are defeated but she is deemed a traitor by most of the world and quits the League, ending her relationship with John Stewart and going into self-imposed exile.
* The Justice League learns from the aftermath of the invasion and expands to include a large amount of different members from the superhero community with Martian Manhunter, and later Mr Terrific in 2004, serving as Watchtower monitor, coordinating different teams to take care of missions across the world.

### 2004

* Darkseid invades the Earth after being resurrected by Lex Luthor.
	+ Arkham Asylum was hit during the invasion, nearly all the inmates escaped.
	+ The Lex and Darkseid were trapped in the Source Wall after touching the Anti-Life Equation.
	+ The Justice League help rebuild the damages left behind by Darkseid's armies.
	+ Checkmate attempts to Atom Bomb Apokolips but stop after realizing New Genesis would be caught in the crossfire.
	+ After the Atom Bomb crisis, Orion takes Darkseid's place as ruler of Apokolips.
* **September** - Legion of Superheroes villains Emerald Empress and Validus, alongside Emerald Empress’ Emerald Eye of Eckron, are sent back in time from the 31st Century to be placed in holding cells on Oa.
* **November** - The rest of the Fatal Five travel back in time via time sphere to save their other members while 31st Century Hero Starboy follows them. However, Starboy, losing the medication needed to assist with his mental health, is arrested by Batman and placed in Arkham Asylum to help treat him, his warnings of the Fatal Five’s plan being ignored.

### 2005

* **September** - The Fatal Five escape from their containment, searching for current Green Lantern Jessica Cruz to assist with rescuing their former members. Starboy is eventually escapes prison and along with Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice Leaguer-in-Training Miss Martian, Mr Terrific and Superman help fight the Fatal Five but the Fatal Five manage to capture Jessica regardless, releasing Emerald Empress and Validus from Oa. The Fatal Five attempt to escape the 21st Century but Emerald Empress comes up with a plan to prevent the 31st Century Legion from existing by destroying the Sun using the Emerald Eye, dooming Earth. Ultimately, Starboy sacrifices himself to restore the Sun and the Fatal Five are stopped. A small funeral is held where several members of the Legion attend and Miss Martian is made a member of the Justice League.

### Sometime Between September 2005-2007

* The Joker kidnaps Tim Drake for one final showdown between himself and Batman, brainwashing Robin into becoming a perfect clone of himself as well as finding out Bruce’s identity. Batman get wind of this and finds Joker, Harley and Tim (now Joker Jr) at the old Arkham Asylum building. A fight ensues which ends in Harley faking her death and being presumed dead and Joker getting the upperhand of Batman. Joker tries to manipulate Tim to shoot Bruce but Tim fights back against the control and shoot Joker instead, finally killing him once and for all.
	+ There events leave the Batfamily shattered and eventually to dissolve as time goes by. What happened that night only stays between the Batfamily and Commissioner Gordon who helps cover up these events
	+ Tim deals with PTSD from these events and Bruce forbids him to become Robin ever again (unbeknownst to both of them, Joker had the last laugh as he left a mind control chip in Tim’s head).
	+ Barbara eventually quits the Batfamily and as Batgirl, choosing to instead become a GCPD officer and succeed her father as Commissioner, though still holds the Oracle name to communicate with Bruce.
	+ These events also lead to Bruce to distance himself from working with others including the rest of the Justice League and Batfamily, not wanting to repeat what happened to Tim as well.

### 2009

* The Near Apocalypse of 2009 happens, where Ra’s Al Ghul nearly succeeded in his plans, causing Batman and Talia to work together to defeat him. This is an event with great significance, being talked about even about 40-50 years after the aftermath.

### 2019

* **May 18** - James Gordon retires after suffering a heart attack in the line of duty and discovering his partner to be an Imperium-led scout. He starts work on a book about his time helping Batman called the Batman Chronicles. Barbara Gordon becomes the new GCPD Commissioner.
* **June 21** - Bruce Wayne uses a state of the art Batsuit to adjust his body to continue fighting as Batman to assist him on a mission. The mission fails and he suffers a heart attack in middle of fighting criminals, resorting to him carrying a gun to wade one of them away. Regretting his action, Bruce decides to retires in shame, proclaiming that he will never again be Batman
* James Gordon dies, not long after finishing his Batman Chronicles book
* **September 28** - James Gordon’s funeral is held for close friends and family of him.
* **November 17** - The Justice League holds a press conference to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the Near Apocalypse of 2009 and the impact it left on this universe. The conference is interrupted by an Imperium-led scout, impersonating Snapper Carr, who tries to turn the public against the Justice League for Superman’s absence during the event. The scout tries to attack the Justice League directly but is quickly disintegrated by Superman, warning the public that the Imperium-led army has returned. Things go from bad to worse as Pariah appears, only able to watch, as a mysterious alien ship arrives, with seemingly malicious purposes.
	+ Wonder Woman and a group of ARGUS agents, led by Sarge Steel, investigates the almost destroyed Castle Checkmate, looking for something of great importance.
	+ John Stewart mourns Shayera Hal, whose fate is unknown.
	+ Wally races alongside a seemingly timeline displaced Impulse across the futuristic Central City.
	+ Barbara, having taken the Oracle identity, tries to persuade Bruce to attend the event, to no avail.

### 2039

* Teenager Terry McGiniss discovers Bruce’s identity and after the death of his father, uses the augmented suit to hunt down his father’s killer. Bruce accepts Terry as his ward as Terry chooses to become the new Batman Beyond.

### 2056

* Bruce Wayne frees Chronos from his time travel hypnosis.

## Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Strange Visions
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqPWC0yS8Q
3. ↑ *The Batman Adventures Holiday Special*, "White Christmas"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Scary Things*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Destroyed (Part 1/3)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Anno Domini: 2019
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Destroyed (Part 3/3)
8. ↑ Destroyed (Part 2/3)
9. ↑ Anno Domini: Prebirth
10. ↑ Anno Domini: Chronicles
11. ↑ The Beginning of the End