Timeline

The **timeline** is a record of notable events that occur in the *Argent RWBY* universe.

## Lost Age

* With little to no written records, the Lost Age is the period of time between the annihilation of intelligent life by the Gods of Light and Darkness, and the evolution of archaic new age humans and faunus.

## Transitional Age

### 0 TA

* The first archaic new age humans and faunus evolve after millions of years. Year 0 of the Transitional Age is established as the earliest date for evidence of written records.
* The Creatures of Grimm are mentioned with regularity.

### Circa 4100 TA

* Humans and faunus begin their gradual transition into modern civilization.

## Second Age

### 0 SA

* Year 0 is generally accepted by historians as the beginning of modern civilization.
* Humans and faunus discover Dust, an energy source.

### 2311 SA

* Fragments from Remnant's moon descend into the atmosphere, impacting various locations in Remnant.
	+ Manteli: The kingdom suffers devastating losses. Many of their citizens die, both from the disaster and the subsequent Grimm invasions. One impact leads to the creation of Remanere Lake in the North Pole.
	+ Mistralia: The kingdom suffers some losses, as some of the impacts affect their northernmost regions.
	+ Valeria: The kingdom is barely affected, as their territory fell outside of the impact radius.
	+ Vacutio: The kingdom is barely affected, as their territory fell outside of the impact radius.

### 2315 SA

* In an attempt to combat the increase in Grimm attacks, the Kingdom of Manteli passes legislation heavily restricting the freedom of speech and expression, banning any type of art from being produced.

### 2328 SA

* The Kingdoms of Valeria and Mistralia work out an agreement to settle the eastern coast of Sanus.

### 2329 SA

* The Kingdom of Mistralia accuses Valeria of allowing settlers of the eastern coast of Sanus to encroach on Mistralian territory. The kingdom of Valeria denies the claims.
* On the eastern coast of Sanus, Valerian settlers are found dead near the border between the Valerian and Mistralian territories. A no man's land is created due to rising tensions between the kingdoms.

### 2330 SA

* The first battle of the Great War takes place on the eastern coast of Sanus between settlers from the Kingdoms of Mistralia and Valeria.
* The Kingdom of Mistralia declares war on Valeria. The First Great War begins.
* Days later, the Kingdom of Manteli joins the war on the side of Mistralia, forming the Manteli-Mistralia Coalition.

### 2333 SA

* The Kingdom of Vacutio declares war on the Coalition, allying itself with the Kingdom of Valeria and forming the Sanusian Alliance.

### 2340 SA

* The First Great War ends. The Vytal Peace Accords are drafted and signed on the island of Vytal.
* The Hunter Academies, Cross Continental Transmit System, color naming tradition, and Vytal Festival are established as conditions of the treaty.
* New constitutions are drafted for each Kingdom.
* The continent of Menagerie is given to the faunus.
* The unofficially known "0th" Vytal Festival is held in the Kingdom of Valeria to celebrate the end of the First Great War.

### 2342 SA

* The 1st Vytal Festival is held in the Kingdom of Manteli.

### 2359 SA

* Civil rights movements develop across Remnant.

### 2363 SA

* Menagerie is reorganized into the Union of Meridean States.
* The Faunus Revolutionary War begins.

### 2367 SA

* The Faunus Revolutionary War ends. The Treaty of Vale is drafted and signed.
* The White Fang is founded.

### 2385 SA

* The settlement of Mountain Glenn is established. This is Valeria's first serious attempt at expansion.

### 2390 SA

* The settlement of Swaleston is established.

### 2392 SA

* Mountain Glenn's defenses are breached by the Grimm, forcing its inhabitants to flee to the Glenn Underground.

### 2393 SA

* The Glenn Underground falls to the Grimm.
* Merlot Industries files for bankruptcy.

### 2408 SA

* Summer Rose is declared missing in action.

### 2415 SA

#### July 15

* Pyrrha Nikos is crowned champion at the Mistralia Regional Tournament.

### 2417 SA

* Pyrrha Nikos is crowned champion for the third time at the Mistralia Regional Tournament. She announces her early retirement when accepting her award, and subsequently disappears from the public eye.

### 2420 SA

#### April 1

The events of *Argent RWBY* Volume 1 begin.

* Beacon Academy opens its doors for the start of a new school year.
* Nocturne Argentum regains memories of his past life while on the airship flying to Beacon Academy.

#### April 2

* First-year students at Beacon Academy undergo the Initiation.
* Team NNPR and Team RWBY are formed.

#### April 12

* Nocturne Argentum and Blake Belladonna meet Jaune Arc and his employers, Cedric and Desiree Aquila.

#### June

* Preparations for the 40th Vytal Festival take place.
* Sun Wukong arrives in Valeria.
* Nocturne Argentum is captured and tortured by the Black Hand for information on the whereabouts of Blake Belladonna, under the erroneous notion that she was still a member of the White Fang.

#### July

* Blake Belladonna, Sun Wukong, and Nocturne Argentum prevent Roman Torchwick from stealing a major shipment of Dust.
* Blake Belladonna falls into a coma due to severe injuries.
* Luciana Argentum arrives in Valeria.

#### August

* Tukson leaves for Vacutio earlier than expected.
* High General James Ironwood arrives in Valeria with a division of the Atlesian Armed Forces.

#### August 9

* Blake Belladonna wakes up from her coma.

#### September 9

The events of *Argent RWBY* Volume 2 begin.

#### September

* Teams NNPR and Team RWBY battle against Roman Torchwick and Neo Politan.
* The Beacon Promenade takes place.
* The Swaleston Incident takes place.
* The Mountain Glenn Incident takes place.
* The Vale Defensive begins.

#### October

* The Merlot Industries Incident takes place.

The events of *Argent RWBY* Volume 3 begin.

* The Vytal Festival Tournament Preliminaries begin.
* The 40th Vytal Festival officially begins.
* The Fall of Valeria begins.

### 2421 SA

#### March

Operation Searching takes place.
Operation Demon Soul takes place.

#### June

* The events of *Argent RWBY* Volume 4 begin.