Timeline of Events

## The Beginning

No-one really knows what the beginning is.

## First Aeon

History begins to be recorded.

The Age of Division:

   - The Shaitan receives his epiphany. He falls, followed by his brothers, Sabaid and Malōchi.

   - Follows the Miltonic version of events, except that there is no divine interference.

   - More angels fall. Hell is established, as well as the Devil’s Keep, its capital.

(DEFCON 4) - \*\*The Shaitan\*\*

## Second Aeon

Tensions rise between Heaven and Hell.

The Age of Division:

- Heaven creates a barrier.

- The Devil’s Keep is established.

(DEFCON 4)

## Third Aeon

The first werewolves emerge.

The Age of the Bloodoath:

- The Great Spirit offers lycanthropy to the Shaitan, Sabaid, and Malōchi.

- The First Etherean War commences.

(DEFCON 3)

## Fourth Aeon

The First Etherean War is fought.

The Age of Conflict:

- Archangel Zin Heit takes the Devil’s Keep. He banishes all demons, including the Shaitan, from the Keep.

- All demons are left to roam the harsh wilderness of Hell.

(DEFCON 2)

## Fifth Aeon

The Devil’s Keep is taken back.

The Age of Conflict:

- Lycanthropy becomes an asset to the Demons.

- The demonic princes gain lycanthropy through drinking the Shaitan’s blood through a golden chalice.

- The angels are pushed back from Hell.

(DEFCON 3)

## Sixth Aeon

Lycanthropy is used on the battlefield.

The Age of Conflict:

- War continues. The angels and the demons are locked in a stalemate.

- The Shaitan, Sabaid, and Malōchi manifest themselves as giant beasts. Werewolves are witnessed for the the first time.

- Lycanthropy begins to be studied closely.

(DEFCON 3)

## Seventh Aeon

The War is moved to the Gate.

The Age of Conflict:

- War machines begin to be used on the battlefield.

- The First Ethereal War is now fought at the Gate.

- Espionage is put into practise. Some Angels clip their wings to disguise themselves as newly fallen.

(DEFCON 2)

## Eight Aeon

The Shaitan receives a prophecy.

The Age of Conflict:

- The Shaitan receives a prophecy about having a child.

- Fighting becomes less fervent.

- Espionage seemingly stops being put into practise after some angels realise the clipping is permanent. Those who have clipped their wings are now demons.

(DEFCON 3)

## Ninth Aeon

Diplomatic ties between angels and demons begin to form.

The Age of Conflict:

- Diplomatic ties between angels and demons begin to form. Some soldiers start accidentally sharing camps with the other race.

(DEFCON 4)

## Tenth Aeon

War machines begin to be deranged.

The Age of Derangement:

- War machines start to turn against their masters. They are abandoned, left to roam the wilderness of the Gate, and are no longer used in battle.

- The first Dire, a permanently changed werewolf, is recorded.

- The first of the Lycanthropy Acts are put in place.

(DEFCON 4)

## Eleventh Aeon

The First Ethereal War comes to an end.

The Age of Armistice:

- The War in Aether comes to an end.

- The landscape of the Gate is permanently changed. The fauna now primarily consist of war machines and fires.

- Marana Ul Mawt is born. The Shaitan temporarily abdicates his throne to raise his daughter.

(DEFCON 5)

## Twelfth Aeon

Fighting completely ceases. The Aether enters an era of peace.

The Age of Sunrise:

- Fighting has completely abated.

- Lycanthropy is further studies.

(DEFCON 5)

## Thirteenth Aeon

The Aether exists in an uneasy peace.

The Age of Sunrise:

- Dionysus is born. He is the first angel to be born without wings, and is therefore considered a demon.

- The Second Prince goes missing.

(DEFCON 4)

## Fourteenth Aeon

The situation in the Aether begins to deteriorate.

The Age of Sunfall:

- The research into Lycanthropy is published. Lycanthropy begins to be viewed in a different light, as a curse more than a blessing.

(DEFCON 4)

## Fifteenth Aeon

Hell discovers the existence of the Instrument assassins, causing disorder.

The Age of Sunfall:

- Hell finds out, through a prophetic dream, about the experimental Instrument assassins.

- Hell threatens war and accuses Heaven of the disappearance of the Second Prince. Heaven denies it, saying that he became a dire.

## Sixteenth Aeon

Marana becomes the Grim Reaper.

The Age of the Reaper:

- Marana Ul Mawt becomes the first Grim Reaper.

- She makes contact with a dire, who gives her a scythe.

- Luth is appointed scribe.

- Benacles Nuntius is born.

## Seventeenth Aeon

A lot of research is conducted on the Gate.

The Age of the Gate:

- Luth publishes a book, entitled “The Creations of the Gate”, on the flora and fauna of the Gate.

## Eighteenth Aeon

Lycanthropy is researched even further.

The Age of the Wolf:

- The moon’s influence on lycanthropy is discovered.

- Dionysus becomes the last person to take the blood oath and become a werewolf.

- Malōchi unsuccessfully experiments with reverting dires.

- It is discovered that lycanthropes have a small chance of shifting permanently.

## Nineteenth Aeon

Dires storm the Devil’s Keep.

The Age of the Wild:

- A pack of dires unexpectedly storm the Devil’s Keep.

- The dires seem to target non-lycanthropes.

- Sabaid is bitten by a dire and therefore “dies”.

- The dires destroy a large portion of the Keep. The Devil’s Keep is partially rebuilt.

- As a consequence of this, paranoia against lycanthropes and direwolves increases. Direwolf killings are considered murders after large numbers are slaughtered.

## Twentieth Aeon

The ties between Heaven and Hell begin to be repaired.

The Age of the Messenger:

- Benacles attempts to repair ties between Heaven and Hell by becoming a messenger for both parties.

## Twenty-First Aeon

Humans begin existing.

The Age of Sentience:

- Life had existed on Earth for aeons prior to this Age. However, it is at this point where sentient life emerges in the form of humans, who bear a striking resemblance to the angelic race

- Research, monitoring, and assessing human genetic material is carried out.

## Twenty-Second Aeon

Heaven and Hell discuss the cause of the human race.

The Age of Sentience:

- Both Heaven and Hell find out that humans are the offspring of angels.

- Conflict begins to brew again.

## Twenty-Third Aeon

Materials are sent to Earth.

The Age of Influence:

- Heaven and Hell both send materials to Earth in order to spring civilisation.

- The Battle for Influence commences.

## Twenty-Fourth Aeon

Demons and angels battle for dominance on Earth.

The Age of Influence:

- Humans begin to worship demons and angels as deities.