Timeline of Events

Here is a chronological timeline of all the events that have taken place so far.

## **Pre-Hillbrook Asylum**

### **1869**

**Saturday, March 27, 1869**

The Blackburn Penitentiary opens, and the surrounding 19,200-acre territory is incorporated under the name "The Town of Ebony."

### **1870**

Isaiah Abram Jackson forms a cult dedicated to the demon Draghul, Devourer of Children.

### **1874**

"The Town of Ebony" is condensed to "Ebony Town."

### **1880**

With all the technological advancements, "Ebony Town" changes its name to "Ebony City."

### **1890**

Burnham Victor Weiss is born in mid-Victorian era London, England.

## **Direction under Markway Hillbrook (1915-1927)**

### **1915**

**Thursday, February 11**

The Hillbrook Insane Asylum opens under the guidance of Markway Hillbrook. The first patient, George Dicer is subsequently transferred there to receive treatment.

### **1925**

George Dicer is released from Hillbrook Asylum.

### **1927**

Markway Hillbrook and his wife are murdered by one of his patients, Nora Robbins who was able to escape the asylum and murder the couple from within their own house, before committing suicide. A funeral is put in place, which many people attend, including George Dicer. Peter Lorens takes Hillbrook's place as director of the asylum.

## **Direction under Peter Lorens (1927-1949)**

### **1927**

Peter Lorens becomes the next director of Hillbrook Asylum. He proceeds to implement stricter methods of treating and detaining the criminally insane.

### **1930-1950**

The Victorian is incarcerated at Hillbrook Asylum.

### **1939**

Eternia sends her cellmate into a comatose, forcing her to switch cells.

### **1945**

Serial killer One-Eyed Joe escapes from Hillbrook Asylum and murders Peter Lorens' family. Following this, Lorens kills Joe during his shock therapy session.

### **1945-1949**

Lorens begins his true reign of terror on the asylum, killing twenty to forty inmates during their sessions.

### **1949**

Lorens steps down as Hillbrook Asylum's director, giving place to Dr. Joshua Stone.

## **Direction under Joshua Stone (1949-1974)**

### **1949**

Joshua Stone is appointed as the new director of the asylum.

### **1951**

Joan Kessler and other members of the Cult of Draghul begin kidnapping children and sacrificing them.

### **1955**

Joan Kessler is arrested at a gas station. Her cult committed a mass suicide in a nearby barn. Kessler does the same in Cell #216. She uses her own blood to make indentations on the walls, before suffocating to death.

### **1958**

Stone spends a night in Cell #216, which still remains unoccupied after his investigation.

### **1971**

Eternia sends another cellmate into a coma. She is interviewed, where her interviewer asks her about her immortality. She whispers something to him, killing him.

Nikolai Reznikov defects from the Soviet Union and immigrates to the United States.

### **1972**

Alec LaSalle and his cult destroy a bank.

### **1974**

**Monday, September 9**

Terrible riots start, caused by the followers of Patient #403: Alec LaSalle, with the desire to free their leader. This frees all of Hillbrook Asylum's patients. LaSalle and his cult are able to take control of the asylum and proceed to kill 59 staff members, including the director Joshua Stone. The police are called to help.

**Friday, September 13**

The police are able to stop the riots, resulting in the death of 104 inmates, including Alec LaSalle himself, and 35 of the armed forces. Proceeding this, media begins looking into the past actions of Hillbrook Asylum, including the various murders committed by Peter Lorens. Nikolai Reznikov is placed in charge as Hillbrook's director.

## **Direction under Dr. Nikolai Reznikov (1974-1998)**

### **1980**

Expansions come to Hillbrook Asylum, in order to increase the size of the building.

## **Direction under Dr. Karen Stein (1998 - 2015)**

### **2015**

Karen Stein dies under mysterious circumstances.

## **Direction under Dr. William Wickman (2015 - )**

### **2015**

Dr. William Wickman is appointed as Hillbrook Asylum's director.