Timelines

Considering the complexities of timelines and alternate universes, this page is there to clarify all the different timelines. Some of them take place in the same universe as the canon games in the Xyrinfe Shadow Project whereas others take place in their own universes. For example, the Solar Shadow games take place after the canon games where as games such as Gun take place in an alternate universe.

Further still, some games created by RKS and Cibyrll make take place in the same universe but aren't considered canon. Selenic Shadow is one example of this.

## Canon Timeline

#### 1980

* Type 1 and Type 2 Gasmasks are rendered obselte by Type 3 Gasmasks which were created in 1980. Unlike the previous types, they don't need filters and supplied an endless amount of breathable air.

#### 1995

* Alexis Joan Flamberge is born on June 7, 1995

#### 1996

* Eclumbria (nation conquered the continent of Rhudesié, renaming it to Eclumbria. The Eclumbri wage war with the other nations of the world, planning to conquer the world. They use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons.
* Ilina Horton is born somewhere in 1996.
* Aidan Flamberge is born on 2nd September 1996.

#### 2001

* Serenity Horton is born on March 10th 2001 as is Shinica Horton.

#### 2002

* The Eclumbri captured five of the six nations of Ukimara.

#### 2004

* Janelle Rogóz started writing on What are Gasmasks? at the request of her husband Alan.

#### November

* Eleanor Flamberge is born on 26th November 2004.

#### 2005

* Alan Jason Flamberge was murdered by an unknown assailant.
* Valerie Horton is born.

#### 2006

* Ilina Horton became president of of Tirahnys. This lasted until 2013.
* Janelle Rogóz was diagnosed with lung cancer.

#### 2008

* Lunadine Crimstaine leaves the orphanage she grew up in.

#### 2009

* Janelle Rogóz was killed by her own son Aidan Flamberge.
* Kousendia Blom received a copy of What are Gasmasks? while in hospital from Janelle Rogóz on 28th February 2009.

#### 2013

* Ladislaw Smit is transformed into Sycor.
* Ilina Horton was kidnapped by Ciel Sorcière to be corrupted in the Myst Zone along with several other children.
* Events of Lunar Shadow ZER0 Selena Daria hands the Fireball to Evan O'Neill at the Entrance.

#### 2015

* The previously unnamed galaxy is named Serenth on 20th January 2015 after Serenity Horton.
* The Serenity Clones are born. At some point, the book series The Guardian Beasts was also written.
* Events of Lunar Shadow. Serenity Horton goes off to the Lunar Soul Castle, intending to put a stop to the Castle Master. Additionally, 3-HP Mode is the canon version of Lunar Shadow though the differences between it and the regular game are minor at best.
* Serenity either kills Shinica and Lunadine or spares them. The timeline diverts depending on this decision.

**Timeline A (Kill Them)**

* Serenity Horton never fights Sycor 2 and is unaware that Sycor backed himself up into a backup body. With Shinica dead, Sycor wouldn't be able to fufill his "prophecy".
* Serenity travels to the Myst Zone, kills Shiori Shauntel and is too late to save Ilina Horton. Because Mi'aro was dead before the game began and Ilina is now dead, Tirahnys falls into anarchy, with its final fate left unknown.
* Alexis Flamberge is killed due to her Aura's side effects and being bested by Serenity Horton. Serenity then slaughers Ataraxis and Aidan. She then escapes from the Lunar Soul Castle.

**Timeline B (Spare Them)**

* Serenity Horton takes Sycor's offer for a rematch and fights him in Tower RR. Sycor 2 corrupts Shinica Horton and Ignis du Blaze and temporarily turns them into his servants. Sycor2 is killed, reverting his servants to normal.
* Serenity Horton travels to the Sea Zone and meets Ignis du Blaze, getting to know her better.
* Cheriza du Blaze is freed from her imprisonment in the Sea Zone and is eventually killed after being possessed by Kyouki Ataerareta Niku.
* Serenity travels to the Myst Zone, kills Shiori Shauntel and is able to save Ilina Horton who accompanies Serenity to the last few fights.
* Alexis Flamberge is spared, averting her fate after her aura causes her to die after the fight ends in Serenity's favour.
* Ataraxis is slain then Aidan Flamberge falls just minutes before January 15th Serenity ends up taking a route to the Confusion Zone, defeats both Nemesis and Invidia on 15th January after midnight and gets her parents resurrected.

#### October

* Construction of Marshussu began on Planet Iquarox on 21st October 2016.

#### 2017

* Events of Lunar Shadow X play out. Aidan Flamberge is resurrected with the power of Lunar Shadow. Due to special measures designed to keep Valkyries out, the Horton clan are unable to intervene. Amariss Ritchers and her friends decide to go and put a stop to Aidan's plans and are able to make sure that Aidan stays dead this time.

### March

* Construction of Marshussu on Planet Iquarox is finished on 21st October 2016.

### October

* Several Apocalyptic Towers start emerging in Serenth.

### December

* Events of Apocalyptic Shadow. Three characters decide to scale the titular Apocalyptic Shadow Tower and wind up in a plot much larger than expected. They end up having to fight Kim Ethenarch, one of the Serenthian Overseers who sometime ago was corrupted by Qwertyuiop's influence. After a gruelling two treks in Red Hell, Qwertyuiop's hold on the goddess is severed and the Overseers resurrect those who died outside the Apocalyptic Towers and Red Hell.

#### 2019

* Ilina Horton and Dixon Redd have a child called Eunice. They later divorced.

#### 2026

* R.K. José-von Karma, the author of the Ginny Anderson series and it's sequel series Mayl Anderson is assassinated on 28th February 2026.

## Fanon Timelines

### (Solar Shadow Timeline)

#### 1995

* Terrah Horton becomes the first Castle Master and builds the original version of the Lunar Soul Castle.

#### 2011

* Aidan Flamberge becomes the new castle master. Terrah disappears.

#### 2015

* Sometime after the events of Lunar Shadow, Selena Daria gets drunk at a party celebrating Serenity's victory over the castle master. She then blacks out before waking up in Yes Town with a hangover the following morning. The events of Solar Shadow are a dream sequence and are non-canon.

#### 2017

* Sometime after the events of Lunar Shadow X, the New Lunar Soul Castle was built on top of the ruins of the original Lunar Soul Castle by Eron Araia Armweak, who took over the position of Castle Master after the death of Aidan Flamberge.

#### 2022

* Selena Daria van der Merwe is sent by the TIA to shut down the New Lunar Soul Castle after it's previous Castle Master is deposed of by Nought Celeritas. This starts of the events of Solar Shadow 2.
* Selena defeats Ataraxis and Terrah Horton at the top of the Hidden Attic. He survives, but is knocked out and Eron Araia Armweak is able to regain power. Before he faints, however, Terrah presses a button and fills the New Lunar Soul Castle with poison gas, killing Serenity, Kascan Rizou, Demaseor, Mitsuru, and Venton Leroi. Selena leaves, having completed her mission, and Steve Leroi also leaves because there is nothing left. It is obtained by defeating Venton and Steve, then backtracking and ascending the upper path, defeating Death's Head and Demaseor.

## Non-Canon Timelines

### (Xyrinfe Shadow Project)

#### ????

* Events of Selenic Shadow. Takes place after Lunar Shadow. Selena Daria is the main character here but is a minor NPC in Lunar Shadow.
* Events of Ecliptic Umbrae. Aziza is the main character, having found herself in a dream world of sorts.

### (Solar Shadow Timeline)

#### 1995

* Terrah Horton's 43rd birthday.
* Terrah uses his powers to create the first iteration of the Lunar Soul Castle for her daughter Valkyrie Horton.

#### 2011

* Terrah Horton's 59th birthday.
* Terrah Horton is defeated by Aidan Flamberge, who becomes the new Castle Master. Terrah is then missing for the next 11 years.

#### 2022

* The Curse of the Castle Masters is unbound from the Castle Master and released on the world. In a related incident, Serenity Horton is killed and is later resurrected as Shadow Serenity by The Curse. This turns out to be nothing more than a drunken dream of Selena's and it turns out that her only canon adventure in 2022 is the events of Solar Shadow 2.
* Terrah Horton's 70th birthday.
* Terrah Horton reemerges and takes back the castle or rather the New Lunar Soul Castle which had been built over the remains of the original. He challenges the Castle Master Eron Araia Armweak and steals both the Curse of the Castle Masters and her powers from her. He later takes one of Eron's prototype gynoids **4ZC-1009** and places the curse within her, allowing Terrah to create a synthetic Castle Master that he intended to use as a puppet ruler.
* Serenity Horton is captured and has a mind control device implanted into her empty eye socket by the Castle Master, before she is sent to guard the Ice Prison.
* Terrah is defeated and manages a last ditch effort to kill Serenity Horton, Kascan Rizou, Demaseor, Mitsuru, and Venton Leroi by flooding the New Lunar Soul Castle with poisonous gas, taking them all with him. Having completed her mission to shut down the castle, Shinica leaves. Venton also parts ways, with his son now dead and the Ice Prison now inert.

#### 2023

* The Curse begins corrupting people who wronged Serenity Horton. Its first victim was unknown; however considering this was only mentioned in Solar Shadow, the canonicity of this event is debatable.

#### 2024

* Events of Solar Shadow. Selena Daria is taken. She wakes up at 6 PM with several years of missing memories. She has until 3PM before she ends up becoming Shadow Selena. This event of course is a drunken dream of Selena's which took place after Aidan's first death after the end of Lunar Shadow, which makes these events non-canon.

#### 2025

* Valerie Horton becomes corrupted by the Curse of the Castle Masters, and declares war on president Mi'aro Genryutsukei and his government.

#### 2029

* Alice Veilnight and her various friends and allies travel to Archon City to retrieve the Absolution of Meodus. In so doing, the Solar Shadow is defeated along with the three corrupted goddesses.
* The Tirahnysan War ends once Valerie Horton is no longer corrupted and is able to be reasoned with.

#### 2030

* Valerie founds the nation of Jalista, along the Northern coast of Tirahnys.

#### 2030s

* The Ralar Federation is formed.
* Jace is born.
* The Grand Newerthian Council begins to meet.

#### 2059

* Events of Solar Shadow 4. The character Milo Oceanstep is the main character here but is a minor character in The Misery of Magic.

### 2011

* Shane Neumann is chosen to become a member of the Dragon RIders. He eventually meets Kim Tyranto, and although they have enough chemistry intially, their relationship doesn't go any further than platonic friendship.
* Both Shane and Kim resent the idea of the Dragon Rider Manacles forcing their users to marry each other and both work to overcome this limitation, because neither of them want to die if the manacles decide to kill them.
* Shane eventually meets Ellen Van Zylle and the two eventually have far better chemistry than Kim and Shane ever did. Kim decides that this is for the best, though on some level, she does still love Shane.
* Bloom Seymour is a friend of Kim Tyranto's and she ends up joining the Dragon Riders around the end of the year. Though seemingly less competent, she eventually proves that she's every bit the Dragon Rider that Kim, Ellen and Shane are.

#### 2012

* Project Mechanto begins development. M and several other machines are created and due to possessing artificial intelligence, are set to become a new breed of machines capable of making independent decisions during war akin to Surfacian soldiers.
* The legendary demon Pacen is sealed away by all four members of the Dragon Rider Monarchy in the Apocalyptic Wind Tower, which is located on a different planet.

#### 2013

* Project Mechanto is cancelled due to the concerns of Shane Neumann, who considers the project unethical due to the debate of A.I being considered sentinent life. The founder of the project grows to resent the Dragon Rider Prince and after this resentment reaches boiling point, he is sentenced to life imprisonment for high treason. M and his fellow machines are sent to an unknown island which later becomes Mechanto Isles and all mentions of the project are covered up.
* Overtime, M desires revenge against Shane Neumann for being left to rot in Mechanto Isles. He formulates a plan, having created various new machines in order to build an army but eventually realizes that something is missing. That something being a powerful leader who can act outside of Mechanto Isles due to him being bound to the island and unable to leave it.
* The Dragon Rider Prince Shane Neumann and Dragon Rider Princess Ellen Van Zylle are married, becoming the Dragon Rider King and Dragon Rider Queen respectively.
* Shane Neumann ends up split into light and dark halves, both of whom disappear to fufill their own agendas. His wife Ellen Neumann is left to run the Draconian Monarchy.
* One of the members of the Dragon Rider Monarchy, Bloom Seymour is exiled by Ellen. Kim Tyranto is unhappy with this, but reluctantly stays with Ellen in order to maintain the monarchy.

#### 2014

* Vresun Ciraian Ruins is formed. A new society on a distant planet which is inhabited by the Dragon Rider Monarchs and several chosen members, and the beginning of what will prove to be a dark legacy.
* Events of **Parallel Phantasm**. Anarchi Horton has been trained by her mother in combat and finally decides to free Surfacia from the tyrannical grip of the Castle Master, braving the Phantasm Palace which is home to powerful monsters and loyal servants of the Castle Master.
* The Taboo infest a large lake, leading to an rumor about a creepy man near the pink lake. Anarchi Horton eventually learns that the man is named Sur but is unable to discern his connection to the Taboo. She then dives into the lake, which turns out to be connected to the Taboo Zone.
* Anarchi defeats The Taboo and drives them out of the lake, forcing them to disappear and relocate elsewhere.
* The Superweapon is transported to Mechanto Isles by the Draconian Intelligence agency after being defeated by Anarchi Horton.
* The first Gunnoid-0 is created and subjected to harsh training to build a new leader strong enough to leave Mechanto Isles in M's stead. It eventually breaks down before it can reach it's final trial. M is devastated by this loss and starts over, hoping to create a warrior strong enough to help him carry out his revenge.
* The Parallel Phantasm is located on the Moon and killed by Anarchi after the death of the Castle Master.

### 2015

* The Taboo -defeated by Anarchi Horton- relocate to Mechanto Isles and surround the island before biding their time. This causes M to lock down the most of Mechanto Isle's water tunnels to prevent their evil influence spreading any further.
* Several Gunnoid-0s attempt their training. Most of them barely make it outside the first area and are slain by War Machine. The few that do make it past War Machine don't fare much better either due to placing themselves in the Anticharger to kill themselves or because they weren't strong enough to reach the end.
* The Superweapon awakens and it is furious. Mechanto Force is sent to deal with this hostile threat, and is eventually forced to retreat. 4 of it's 7 forms are severely damaged and are made to undergo repairs.

#### 2016

* The Vresun Apocalypse happens on August 30th 2016. Unlike the one during the Aeonian Night, this one plays out differently and with more dire consequences. The Dragon Rider King, Shane Neumann has been missing for several years though M and his forces don't know this.
* Events of **Gun**. Gunnoid-0 is created and is trained in order to fufill his mission. He takes down War Machine, the Diamond Dogs and Big Boy in that order before taking on the final challenge ahead. If the player chooses to get in the Anticharger, Gunnoid-0 commits suicide and gets a bad ending. Gunnoid-0 is replaced, and the cycle starts over.
* M is defeated, leading to the Good Ending where Gunnoid-0 spares him and is rewarded as a result. The Bad Ending is non-canon and leads to M's death and the eventual death of everything in Mechanto Isles as Gunnoid-0 mindlessly kills everything in sight. With nothing left to fight and a century gone by, Mechanto Isles succumbs to decay and rot and eventually Gunnoid-0 dies in one last battle.
* M orders the player to exterminate the Taboo, allowing them to obtain all 3 Taboo Pins from them. Gunnoid-0 doesn't accept Taboo-Ga's desperate ploy and exterminates him without mercy. If the player accepts, Taboo-Ga kills Gunnoid-0 due to machinery being unable to handle the Taboo's power and gets a bad ending. After their defeat, the Taboo retreat and try to get revenge on the player by assisting the Superweapon during the player's fight with it.
* The Superweapon is defeated, allowing the player to earn their respect and obtain an item needed for the True Ending.
* After a rematch with M, he's so impressed with the player's newfound power that he concludes that they'd be able to escape from Mechanto Isles and get their revenge on the Surfacians and the Dragon Rider Monarchy in half the estimated time (3 months)
* Mechanto Mode takes place over the 3 months after the rematch with M but before the True Ending itself.
* M's forces leave Mechanto Isles to kickstart their attack on the Surfacians. The Mechanto Incident, as it is later known as, ends up causing multiple injuries and deaths on the Surfacian side. With two of the Dragon Rider Monarchs gone, Ellen and Kim are the only ones left. After storming the Draconian High Palace, the new leader of Mechanto finds out that Shane is gone. Enraged, he declares this mission to be a wash and orders the palace blown up before withdrawing all forces to Mechanto Isles to start another plan.

#### 2020

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**Story Elements** Castle Master • Elements • Taint of the Hortons • **Timelines**