Timeline of the Events on Earth

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Below is a timeline of everything that has happened on the Earth Kim Rok Soo resided in before his transmigration to the Birth of a Hero world.

For a timeline of the events that had happened in Cale Henituse's world, see this page.

For a timeline of the events that had happened in The Birth of a Hero novel that Kim Rok Soo read before his transmigration, see this page.

## **Summary of Known Ages of Everyone in the First Year of the Cataclysm from Oldest to Youngest**

Note: [number] are chapter references.

Kim Po-Chul is 40+ [580], Baek Song-Yi is late 20s [579], **Lee Soo Hyuk is 26+ [583]**, Lee Chul Min is 22-23 [558], **Choi Jung Soo is 20 [417]**, **Kim Rok Soo is 20 [340, 560]**, Jang Man Soo’s daughter is 20 [558], Lee Jin Joo is in college [557], Lee Seung Won is 17 [561], Kim Min Ah and Bae Puh Rum are high school students [564]

## **Earth 1 Timeline [656]**

Note: [number] are chapter references. (number) are ages of the character at that time. Since the years (20XX) is unknown, I used Kim Rok Soo's age for the timeline instead. In Korea, kids are 1 years old when they are born so '**1:'** refers to the year when Kim Rok Soo is born. Similarly, '**36:**' refers to the year when Kim Rok Soo turns 36.

Note: Timeline is fan made and may be inaccurate.

### **The Choi Family Disappearances**

**Generations ago,** the Choi family begins to learn martial arts and research the old Joseon dynasty sword art, resulting in their family members to become extremely talented with the sword [383]. The martial arts household becomes famous enough that ancient sword arts researchers would often stop by their home to ask for information [417]. At some point in time, members of the Choi family begin to suddenly involuntarily disappear and never be heard from again [415].

**Two generations ago,** Choi Jung Gun is born on November 8 [393]. When Choi Han’s father is in his early twenties, his youngest brother, Choi Jung Gun (15), disappears while playing in the creek with his friends [378]. Choi Jung Gun appears in the Forest of Darkness [377, 385].

**One generation ago,** Choi Han is born on November 8 [383]. From a young age, Choi Han trains in ancient martial arts [447]. One day when Choi Han is in sixth grade (12), Choi Han overhears his father talking about the story of his uncle with his aunt [378]. He later sees the picture of his uncle’s face in his grandmother’s album [378]. At some point in time, Choi Han dreams of becoming a martial artist and teacher [590]. Sometimes, Choi Han’s mother would remind him to bring his wallet [447]. One day when Choi Han (17) is going to school, Choi Han disappears from Earth and appears in the Forest of Darkness [377, 386, 446].

###  **From Kim Rok Soo's Birth to the Cataclysm**

**1:** Choi Jung Soo and Kim Rok Soo are born on November 8 [393, 394]. Choi Jung Soo is born in the early morning [417]. Kim Rok Soo is given the name Rok Soo to always grow green (Rok) even in the winter and bloom exceptionally (Soo) [425].

When Choi Jung Soo is young, his grandfather, Choi Jung Gun’s older brother and Choi Han’s uncle, tells Choi Jung Soo that their family stays in the village for the sake of their missing family members [383, 415]. From a young age, Choi Jung Soo trains his body and foundation and spars many times with his family to gain experience [595].

When Kim Rok Soo is young, he loses both his parents [425]. Overtime, Kim Rok Soo becomes good at cooking Korean food, having lived on his own for a long time [480].

**19:** After graduating from high school, Kim Rok Soo works part-time at a restaurant and takes his college entrance exams [40, 280]. Choi Jung Soo goes to Seoul to take his practical skills exam to enter college in the physical education department [415, 603].

### **The Start of the Cataclysm**

**20:** In early January, monsters and powers appear in the world, starting the cataclysm [340, 280, 421]. Shelters, places where monsters never approach, appear [556].

Choi Jung Soo’s family members were in the family house of his hometown when the cataclysm began [417]. When they hear about a safe zone on the radio, some of his family stay at the village to fight against the monsters while others leave to protect the villagers heading for the safe zone [417]. Too many monsters, however, appear and the village becomes destroyed and the mountain desolate [417].

Choi Jung Soo gains a Grade 10 physical ability with which he combines with his martial arts and sword arts [421, 585].

Although Lee Soo Hyuk used to only drink americanos, Lee Soo Hyuk finds and drinks instant coffee because he needed coffee even when the world was in chaos [423]. At some point in time, Lee Soo Hyuk awakens with two abilities, Slash and Embrace [423, 464].

**In early January**, on the first day of the cataclysm, Jang Man Soo immediately returns home to save his family, but finds them having already been killed by a monster [557]. He tries to kill the monster, but ends up losing both his legs [557]. Lee Soo Hyuk saves Jang Man Soo and brings him to a shelter [557].

Kim Rok Soo, who had been working part-time at the restaurant, is stuck inside the debris of the restaurant for three days [340]. Lee Soo Hyuk, who has awakened his ability already, finds Kim Rok Soo, feeds him a chocolate bar, and brings him to a shelter [340].

At some point in time, Park Jin Tae awakens with two abilities, joins the shelter, and follows the commands of Lee Soo Hyuk who was stronger than him [560].

**Before the end of January**, Lee Soo Hyuk leaves the central shelter Kim Rok Soo is in to go to help more dangerous areas [556]. Although Lee Soo Hyuk leaves the central shelter in Grandma Kim and Park Jin Tae’s care, Park Jin Tae begins to rule over the central shelter like a tyrant [556].

**Around early March**, almost all gas stations are destroyed or exploded [585].

### **The Fall of the Original Central Shelters**

Over ten months after Lee Soo Hyuk leaves, in late fall on **October 24**, Park Jin Tae and Lee Chul Min beat up Kim Rok Soo for the first time and then go hunting for food [556, 557, 569].

One day later on **October 25**, central shelters around the world are destroyed at noon and new central shelters do not open until 24 hours after the original central shelters have been destroyed [557, 558]. Waves of monsters attack [559]. Jang Man Soo uses his shield ability to protect people [557]. Lee Chul Min runs away while Park Jin Tae fights a wave of monsters to help the weak, elderly, and people without any abilities escape [556, 558]. That day, Jang Man Soo, Grandma Kim, Park Jin Tae, Lee Jin Joo, Lee Seung Won and countless others die [556, 557]. That day, Kim Min Ah's brother, Kim Min Joon, also dies and Kim Min Ah runs away with Bae Puh Rum [564, 566]. Later, it is recorded that only the leader of the taster monsters that appear on this day in the cataclysm have the ability to communicate [568].

One day later on **October 26**, the monsters temporarily disappear and new larger central shelters appear at noon [556]. Lee Soo Hyuk and a large number of strong ability users survive and go to the new central shelter in Seomyeon, Busan [579]. Lee Soo Hyuk becomes the rescue team leader of Seomyeon, Busan [584].

Choi Jung Soo joins a group of five people heading to Busan while trying to head to his hometown in Gyeongnam [579]. The group Choi Jung Soo is with dies [580]. Possibly two days later, Choi Jung Soo meets Lee Soo Hyuk at the Seomyeon, Busan’s central shelter [580].

The entire Yeonsan-dong rescue team except for Lee Soo Hyuk and one other person is annihilated by Grade 1 monsters known as Mirror Masks [584, 585]. After this incident, people began to start observing the attribute and special abilities of monsters instead of just their physical strength [586].

### **The First Unranked Monster and The Beginning of Guilds**

**On November 6**, the first unranked monster comes out of the ocean by Gwangalli, heads to Seomyeon, Busan, destroys the central shelter there, and causes a large number of people to die [555-556, 560, 584].

**21:** About a year after the cataclysm begins **(December or January)**, ability users defeat the unranked monster [620]. After the battle, Lee Soo Hyuk names the unranked monster the Electric Eel [593]. The incident causes many people in the world to gather together and create societies again [555]. The few who survive the first unranked monster, including Lee Soo Hyuk and Choi Jung Soo, end up becoming central figures of the Korean society, causing many to say that it was fate that the first unranked monster appeared in Seomyeon, Busan of all places [555, 579].

After the battle with the Electric Eel, people begin to restore the central shelter and subway system of Seomyeon, Busan [584].

At some point in time, Heo Sook Ja becomes the Busan Precinct Leader and Ma Seung Jin becomes the guild leader of the strongest guild in Daejeon [584].

At some point in time, Lee Chul Min becomes a guild leader [569].

At some point in time, Joo Ho-Shik creates a one person guild and church named Joo Ho-Shik [575]. Although Joo Ho-Shik creates a religion of his own, Joo Ho-Shik prevents anyone from getting involved with his religion or finding any information about it [575]. Over time, Joo Ho-Shik accepts many requests for money and spends all his money on restoring the destroyed lands of Korea [575].

Eventually, Choi Jung Soo returns to his hometown and realizes that he is the only survivor of his family [415]. Choi Jung Soo tries to repair his house, but he leaves his home with the promise to return and repair it more next time [415].

Over time, Lee Soo Hyuk begins to wear out after fighting many monsters, saving countless people, and yet watching many bases fall and people die [581-583]. Lee Soo Hyuk eventually organizes his thoughts and gets rid of his doubts and burdens [583].

### **The Soos and The Company They Worked In**

**Early 20s:** Kim Rok Soo and Choi Jung Soo begins to work in their twenties [306]. When Kim Rok Soo and Choi Jung Soo join the company, they document their birthdays along with some other personal information and Lee Soo Hyuk begins to celebrate their birthdays [601]. As a rookie, Kim Rok Soo sits in the seat closest to team leader Lee Soo Hyuk in the office [423].

Kim Rok Soo and Choi Jung Soo work for a company based in Seoul that was neither a guild nor a government entity and thus was able to take on all sorts of jobs [415, 453]. Choi Jung Soo becomes a fighter in the vanguard [415]. Once, Kim Rok Soo goes out to take care of business with Lee Soo Hyuk, but they end up failing the mission and being beaten up [283].

Someone asks Lee Soo Hyuk what kind of person he was before the cataclysm at a get-together [465]. Lee Soo Hyuk answers that he was a slacker with no job, but he had a dream to become an actor for an action movie [465]. Lee Soo Hyuk tells Kim Rok Soo about his ability, Embrace [465]. Lee Soo Hyuk doesn’t get drunk at all despite drinking shots of soju [465].

Kim Rok Soo gains his ability, Record, and develops a habit of unbuttoning his top button when he works [358]. Although he becomes hot and sweaty when he uses his ability, Kim Rok Soo never fully undo his buttons or pull up his sleeves because of his scars [361].

**In their first year,** Grade 1 monsters suddenly appear in section C-1 of Korea [306]. All the ability users of the area run away, leaving Lee Soo Hyuk and his men to defend the area from monsters until others from the government appear to help [306]. At this time, Kim Rok Soo cannot fully activate his ability still [306]. Kim Rok Soo gets injured and as Choi Jung Soo carries him out, Kim Rok Soo resolves to kill all his enemies and become a slacker [306]. Choi Jung Soo tells him to take Lee Soo Hyuk’s motto ‘Being alive is the best’ to heart and asks Kim Rok Soo what he wants to do after telling him that they wanted to own a farm and an orchard after they retire [306].

At some point in time, Kim Rok Soo begins to memorize numerous records and data on monsters and guilds, becoming an important rear support member of the team who oversees the strategical planning [394, 575].

One day, Kim Rok Soo finds Choi Jung Soo reading fantasy novels for the happy endings [383]. Choi Jung Soo invites Kim Rok Soo to farm with him and Lee Soo Hyuk in Choi Jung Soo’s hometown [383]. Choi Jung Soo eventually manages to convince both Lee Soo Hyuk and Kim Rok Soo [415].

Choi Jung Soo thinks of Kim Rok Soo as his dongsaeng and hyung [447].

One day, Choi Jung Soo takes Kim Rok Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk to the entrance to the mountain where his village hometown is [417]. Choi Jung Soo explains what happened to his family and asks if they could buy the mountain to turn it into an orchard [417]. Kim Rok Soo doesn’t deny that he is Choi Jung Soo’s dongsaeng when they say he is [417]. Kim Rok Soo records their laughs [417].

One day, Choi Jung Soo decides to create a new sword art that matches both his abilities and the modern world [416]. Choi Jung Soo reads a book on pure Korean to come up with the name for his sword art [416]. Choi Jung Soo shows Kim Rok Soo the page which had the pure Korean word for ‘Joyful’ (Raon) and ‘Dragon’ (Miru) [416].

With the company nearby, the people in Seoul become more relaxed and the world slowly recovers its vitality and hope for the future [453]. While Kim Rok Soo would often immediately disappear after work and Choi Jung Soo would often head straight home to write down all the ancient martial arts and swords arts the Choi household had trained for generations to leave behind a record of his family’s research [453]. Choi Jung Soo creates a Yong with the collection of things his family had left behind [453]. Choi Jung Soo names his Grade 1 ability ‘White Miru’ [420]. Choi Jung Soo begins to fight with a white Yong that sometimes became a sword, a whip, or an extension of his hands [421].

During Kim Rok Soo’s time on the team, he eats a lot of kimchi, cup ramen, pork belly, green onion pancakes, veggie tempura, gochujang, doenjang-jigae, and jokbal [416].

**25:** Choi Jung Soo and Kim Rok Soo goes to meet the guild leader of Korea’s largest guild responsible for Seoul’s Section A [433]. The guild leader asks Kim Rok Soo to join their guild, but Kim Rok Soo refuses [433].

At some point in time, many people including Kim Rok Soo are able to use multiple abilities [423].

### **The Second Unranked Monster**

**25+:** One day, Kim Rok Soo foresees the appearance and location of the second strongest monster ever seen in the history of the Earth one hour prior to its arrival [394, 552]. Kim Rok Soo leads his teammates to the location, not realizing that the monster is stronger than he had originally anticipated [394, 441]. In one hour, the large guild in charge of the area runs away while Lee Soo Hyuk’s team arrives and evacuate most of the people in the area [394]. They try to hold off the monster until reinforcements arrive [394]. During the fight, Choi Jung Soo hears the God of Death who gives Choi Jung Soo a chance to live and go to the world of The Birth of a Hero like some of his ancestors had [415]. As Choi Jung Soo is being distracted by the voice, Kim Rok Soo saves Choi Jung Soo twice from attacks from the monster [415]. Choi Jung Soo snaps out of it, pulls Kim Rok Soo back to the rear, and chooses to fight to the death with his teammates [415].

Choi Jung Soo’s last memory is the expression on Kim Rok Soo’s face [403]. Although Kim Rok Soo is supposed to have died, Choi Jung Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk saves him and dies instead [393, 423]. Kim Rok Soo explains the monster’s abilities and fighting patterns to the reinforcements who come [394].

Lee Soo Hyuk, Choi Jung Soo, and the original members of the team die [351]. Since none of them have any living family members since the cataclysm, Kim Rok Soo alone attends the funeral [351]. Many people think badly of him because of his expressionless face during the proceedings [351].

### **Kim Rok Soo as Team Leader**

Although many people did not trust that he’d do a good job as team leader, Kim Rok Soo becomes the team leader as per Lee Soo Hyuk’s request [351-352, 591].

After Lee Soo Hyuk, Choi Jung Soo, and his other team members die, Kim Rok Soo begins to gather and record every piece of information he could find about monsters, especially the unrankable monsters [553].

As team leader, Kim Rok Soo takes care of many corrupt and/or illegal guilds [273, 355]. Although many people call him an emotionless bastard or a snake, they admit that he is good at his job [352]. Sometime in his career, he investigates a Monster’s Swamp in Korea [355].

At some point in time, Kim Rok Soo activates Instant, a time-related ability that severely strains his body [642]. With this ability, Kim Rok Soo is able to lead the attack team [646]. Because of this ability, Kim Rok Soo's entire body becomes scarred and he begins to wear long-sleeved shirts all the time [646].

At some point in time, Kim Min Ah and Bae Puh Rum marry and have a daughter named Bae Eun Soo [564]. At some point in time, Bae Puh Rum finds his mother whom takes care of Bae Eun Soo once in a while [502].

Kim Rok Soo’s new team, unlike his old team, has families [359, 502]. As a result, Kim Rok Soo begins to take care of things overtime by himself and withhold information, giving short orders to his team [269, 359]. Kim Rok Soo also stops talking to people outside of work, drawing a clearer line with his employees [269, 502]. At some point in time, Kim Min Ah becomes Kim Rok Soo’s assistant leader and one of Kim Rok Soo’s attack squad leaders [502].

**34:** A guild shuts down and Jung So Hoon, a healer, joins Kim Rok Soo’s company and becomes his support team leader [502].

Before Kim Rok Soo’s transmigration, six unranked monsters are recorded to have appeared in the world [553].

At some point in time, Bae Puh Rum becomes in charge of the Seoul Central Shelter ‘Ga’ Precinct’s region defense as a section chief and is said to be at the Precinct Leader level in ten years [567].

### **The Birth of a Hero and Kim Rok Soo's Transmigration**

**36**: Kim Rok Soo gets a day off for the first time in a long time [386]. Although Kim Rok Soo usually reads on his phone, he checks out an entire series from the library and reads The Birth of a Hero on his day off until he falls asleep at night after finishing volume five [2, 377]. When he wakes up, he finds himself transmigrated into Cale Henituse [2, 351].

~~(After Kim Rok Soo transmigrates, Jung So Hoon and Kim Min Ah go to Kim Rok Soo’s house [502]. The two either find an empty house, Kim Rok Soo’s corpse, or Cale Henituse in Kim Rok Soo’s body [502].)~~

 While Kim Rok Soo transmigrates into Cale Henituse's body, Cale Henituse transmigrates into Kim Rok Soo's body [656]. When Kim Rok Soo (who is originally Cale) opens his eyes, he finds and reads The Birth of a Hero [656]. While Kim Rok Soo is having a hard time adjusting properly to his new life, Kim Rok Soo's company employees help take care of Kim Rok Soo [657]. Kim Rok Soo frequently works the night shift [657].

 At some point in time, Cale Henituse who has become Kim Rok Soo finds his reincarnated mother who had lost her parents because of an unranked monster's attack [656]. Kim Rok Soo tries to become her family and she begins to call him uncle [656].

 At some point in time, Cale Henituse who has become Kim Rok Soo meets Kim Rok Soo who has become Cale Henituse in a dream [656]. Kim Rok Soo (who is originally Cale Henituse) and Cale Henituse (who is originally Kim Rok Soo) decide to abandon their old names and live in their current world [656]. They share some information about their life and family [656]. After talking to Cale, Kim Rok Soo goes back to work in his office [657].

## **Earth 3 Timeline:**

Dungeons appear on Earth and cause the birth of hunters [593]. Hunters go into dungeons to become stronger by levelling up and gaining stats [593].

One day, the strongest of the unranked monsters, the Lion Dragon, appears [593, 648]. The Lion Dragon fights with an Unbreakable Shield [648]. After seven nights and eight days, the hunters kill the Lion Dragon [648]. Thousands of people died and an area ten times the size of Seoul becomes irreversibly destroyed [648]. The monster rating changes to include EX-Grade for the first time [648]. Some time later, Earth 3’s greatest expert creates Unbreakable Spear Taerang from its bones [590, 593].

At some point in time, the Sun God of the Birth of a Hero world takes Taerang and places the spear in the boulder to be used by a Crossman who has overcome the curse that had been placed on their bloodline [590].

## **Earth 2 Timeline [656]:**

Cale suspects that the sealed god's test is on Earth 2, meaning that Earth 2 would be like the Earth 1 timeline up until October 24 in the year of the apocalypse.

For the rest of Earth 2's timeline (if Cale's conjecture proves true), see the timeline of the events that had happened in Cale Henituse's world on this page.

## Reference

Note: All numbers within [brackets] refer to the chapter the information is presented in the novel.