Chronology
The chronological history of the world from the ancient past to the distant future.
Pre-Cataclysm
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jesus Christ is born.[1][1.1][note 1] |
| 4 | The second Germanic War begins.[1.1] |
| 30 | Jesus Christ is crucified.[1.1][note 2] |
| 64 | The Great Fire of Rome breaks out.[1.1]
Christians are persecuted by the violent Roman emperor Nero.[1.1] |
| 100 | The Roman Empire is on the rise.[1.1] |
| 165 | The 16th Germanic War begins, and Best disease spreads from West Asia into the Empire's territory.[1.1] |
| 250 | The Decian persecution of Christians takes place.[1.1] |
| 311 | The Edict of Toleration by Galerius is issued, and a flag with a cross is first created.[1.1] |
| 313 | The Edict of Milan is issued.[1.1] |
| 379 | Theodosius the Great is born.[1.1] |
| 395 | Theodosius the Great dies, resulting in the Roman Empire being split between East and West.[1.1] |
| 440 | Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, is born.[1.1] |
| 449 | Anglo-Saxons invade Britannia.[1.1][note 3] |
| 476 | The Western Roman Empire falls.[1.1] |
| 585 | The Slavic migrations begin.[1.1] |
| 610 | Muhammad receives his first revelation, leading to the establishment of Islam.[1.1] |
| 726 | The Catholic Church bans religious icons.[1.1][note 5] |
| 731 | The Catholic Church banishes iconoclasts.[1.1][note 6] |
| 732 | The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers, takes place.[1.1] |
| 747 | Plague spreads throughout the Byzantine Empire.[1.1] |
| 756 | The caliphate is split between East and West.[1.1][note 7] |
| 800 | Normans begin ravaging parts of Europe.[1.1] |
| 843 | The Treaty of Verdun divides the Frankish Kingdom into three.[1.1]
The Council of Constantinople convenes.[1.1] |
| 856 | There are earthquakes in Corinth, Tunisia, Iran and Kyoto.[1.1] |
Post-Cataclysm
Pre-DOD3
| Year | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 856 | The Cataclysm happens.[1.1][2][2.1]
A huge city appears overnight on the Iberian Peninsula.[1.1][2.1] |
Looting and other crimes by refugees and rioters skyrocket.[1.1]
Sightings of strange creatures are reported. There is an increase in incidents of people being attacked.[1.1] |
| 858 | The Byzantine Empire falls.[1.1][note 8] | Oral tradition says that swarms of huge dragons flew in and reduced the empire's capital to ashes overnight.[1.1] |
| 862 | The monarchies of the West, Middle and East Frankish Kingdoms fall one after another.[1.1] | Riots begin spreading to other countries after Louis II of Middle Francia is murdered by a mob.[1.1][note 9] |
| 865 | The concept of Midgard begins to form.[1.1]
Rumours of the Cathedral City begin to spread.[1.1] |
After the Cataclysm, and following the collapse of several nations, the European region becomes known as Midgard around this time.[1.1]
People begin calling the city that appeared after the Cataclysm the "Cathedral City." Some settle in, and a local government is established.[1.1] |
| 867 | The Pythagorean Institute is found.[1.1] | Nobles and intellectuals who fled to the Cathedral City from their former kingdoms found the Pythagorean Institute, a research institute dedicated to the study of disasters, calamities and the rising occurence of abnormalities across the world.[1.1]
Refugees from the world over begin mass migrating to the Cathedral City in search of salvation.[1.1] |
| 868 | The Chaldean Gate is built.[1.1]
The Ten Nights of Tragedy occur.[1.1] |
The Cathedral City is unable to accept any more refugees due to a severe food shortage. In order to restrict the influx of refugees, the Chaldean Gate is built over the course of three nights. A battle ensues between the refugees and the City Self-Defense Forces, which lasts for a further seven nights. (Ten Nights of Tragedy)[1.1] |
| 869 | One after another, people arise from the general populace who can perform "miracles", such as superhuman destruction and the ability to detect water underground.[1.1] | |
| 870 | The Pythagorean Institute confirms the existence of "magic."[1.1] | |
| 872 | People who perform "miracles" establish a strict order and social hierarchy in the Cathedral City.[1.1] | |
| 875 | The Pythagorean Institute create a system for the registration and authorisation of people who perform miracles. The Pythagorean Institute thus begins to dictate social status.[1.1]
Miracle Performers, or simply Performers, bring order and social hierarchy to the Cathedral City.[1.1] | |
| 878 | The Chaldean Gate opens.[1.1] | The Chaldean Gate is opened for the first time in ten years, and the city expands. A Performers' district is established, and the religions of the past begin to transform. Belief in the "Performers and Miracles of the Pythagorean Institute", or simply the "Church", begins to spread.[1.1] |
| 882 | The Council of Chaldea takes place.[1.1] | The first council between the Catholic Church, who held power even before the Cataclysm, and the Pythagorean Institute, is held. Together they establish a new organisation known as the Church in order to bring peace to the chaotic world. The Pythagorean Institute becomes a secret organisation under the direct command of the Church, and its name eventually disappears from the historical record.[1.1]
The Church makes the registration system of Performers (now known as Wizards) a lot more strict in order to discourage them from rebelling. At the same time, research into "magic" is actively conducted.[1.1] |
| 885 | A Magic Surge Accident happens.[1.2] | Due to a wizard's out of control magic, a third of the city vanishes. The Church announces that this was suppressed only due to their research into Sealing Magic. (In truth, a Sealing Magic experiment failed, resulting in the wizard's body enlarging until he was only a giant foot. The foot proceeded to trample the city's slums, killing 2000 people in a single night. The official announcement by the Church is as above.)[1.2] |
| 888 | The Fourth Cathedral City Expansion Plan is underway.[1.2] | Progress is made on expanding the city.[1.2]
The Church aims to further expand its territory, advocating for "eternal peace in Midgard through prayer and magic."[1.2] |
| 890 | The Church Survey Brigade is found.[1.2] | The Church Survey Brigade is found in order to recruit volunteers who will help the Church take control of the surrounding self-governing territories.[1.2] |
| 892 | The Church Survey Brigade, armed with large-scale magical weapons approved by their attending wizards, goes on to conquer each self-governing territory around the Cathedral City. They begin to function as the Church's armed forces.[1.2] | |
| 895 | The power of the Church continues to expand to more territories.[1.2] | |
| 904 | The Church takes control of the entire Iberian Peninsula.[1.2] | It becomes common practice for members of the Church Survey Brigade to stay in conquered areas after a successful expedition. They establish self-governing regions and become known as Lords.[1.2] |
| 907 | The Tang dynasty in East Asia falls.[1.2][note 10] | |
| 910 | Magic Academies are created.[1.2] | The Church actively pursues magical research. To facilitate this, Magic Academies are set up in various places.[1.2] |
| 912 | Another Magic Surge Accident happens.[1.2] | Another Magic Surge Accident occurred during the construction of a Magic Academy. However, the damage was contained using Sealing Magic and only resulted in the death of two people: the wizard whose magic caused the surge and the wizard who cast the sealing spell.[1.2] |
| 930 | Magic Academies unravel the fundamentals of magic. From then on, magic begins to spread among the populace, and becomes a commonly used technology.[1.2] | |
| 938 | In order to further expand and stabilise its power, the Church begins to form mutually beneficial relationships with Lords of the Land by means of profit sharing.[1.2] | |
| 951 | Bribing powerful people within the Church becomes common practice for the Lords of the Land. It is also common for the Lords to fight amongst themselves. The lands the Lords govern become known as the "Land of Mountains" and the "Land of Forests."[1.2] | |
| 954 | Gray, Lord of the Land of Mountains, is born around this time.[3][3.1][note 11] | |
| 960 | The Song dynasty is found in East Asia.[1.2][note 10]
Issues within the Church begin to surface.[1.2] |
For the first time, the Director of a Magic Academy is chosen from among the Lords of the Land. This reveals the corruption within the upper echelons of the Church, as the Director in question is not familiar with magic at all. Wizards of the Magic Academies grow restless.[1.2] |
| 971 | The White Revolt takes place.[1.2] | Some young wizards become fiercely opposed to the continued election of Lords of the Land as Directors of the Magic Academies. They surround the Central Magic Academy in the Cathedral City and demand that the current Directors resign, but they are suppressed overnight. (White Revolt)[1.2] |
| c. 980 | Rose, who will go on to become a singularity, is born around this time.[4][4.1][note 11] | |
| 985 | Famine breaks out.[1.2] | A large-scale famine breaks out. The food supply chain from the countryside into the city was severely disrupted for several years. As a result, it became commonplace for the local government and the upper echelons of the Church to trade money, weapons, women, and children to the Lords of the Land in exchange for food.[1.2] |
| 986 | The Blue Order is formed.[1.2] | The poor, who are dissatisfied due to the food shortages, and the wizards, dissatisfied with the corruption within the Magic Academies, form an underground revolutionary group known as the "Blue Order."[1.2] |
| 990 | Shaxor, Lord of the Land of Forests, is born around this time.[3.1][note 11] | The Blue Order begins to gain traction. Many young wizards and lords who are dissatisfied with the Church support their cause. The Cathedral City's weaknesses are exposed; specifically their lack of military equipment and human resources due to years of food shortages and bribery.[1.2] |
| 991 | The Blue Revolt takes place.[1.2]
The Cathedral City announces and begins working on a large-scale renovation of the city's waterways.[1.2] |
A massive revolt by the Blue Order breaks out in the Cathedral City (Blue Revolt). They occupy the Central Magic Academy with the aim of abolishing the power of the Lords of the Land within the institution, and creating free and independent Magic Academies. However, the Blue Order is destroyed overnight by a large-scale Sealing Magic attack seen across the city. Eighty percent of the citizens living within two of the city's wards are used as catalysts for the Sealing Magic and die as a result. Meanwhile, the survivors go insane. Work begins to bury them alive.[1.2] |
| 993 | Following the Blue Revolt, the number of wizard applicants approved by the Magic Academies decreases sharply. The local government and Church become more and more dependent on the military might of the Lords of the Land. Independent magical research and original magical research funded by the Lords of the Land becomes widespread. This leaves the Magic Academy and the Church in an uncertain position.[1.2] | |
| 994 | Finally, not a single Magic Academy Director across all the Magic Academies is a Lord of the Land. Although the Magic Academies found their independence, they also lost all support from Lords of the Land, leading to their somewhat ironic decline.[1.2]
Independent magical research is ongoing. It is uncovering all the secret arts that were forbidden by the Magic Academies, and the balance of magical power in Europe grows unstable.[1.2] | |
| 995 | The Cathedral City becomes a ghost town.[1.2][2.1] | An accident of unprecedented magnitude occurs at the Central Magic Academy in the Cathedral City. The specifics of the accident, which allegedly involved a chanting error during the casting witch's use of a secret art, are unknown. The dust from the resultant explosion was later described as a giant flower blotting out the night sky. The impact of the accident that engulfed the city was severe, with people vanishing from the city overnight, rendering it a ghost town. However, there was no major impact on the buildings and the like.[1.2] |
DOD3
| Y | M | D | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 997 | 6 | The parasitic "flower" latches itself onto Rose (Zero).[4.2] | The "flower" parasitizes the dead body of Rose. She begins to call herself Zero after obtaining the Power of Song.[4.2] | |
| 998 | 2 | One, Two, Three, Four and Five are born.[4.2] | Zero tries to kill herself after finding out the threat the "flower" poses to the world. Her attempt is unsuccessful, resulting in the birth of One, Two, Three, Four and Five.[4.2] | |
| 3 | 11 | Zero meets Michael.[4.2][2.2] | Zero is looking for the strongest dragon in the world in order to kill the "flower." She meets Michael along the coast of the Land of Seas.[4.2][2.2] | |
| 12 | Michael begins to test Zero.[2.3][2.4] | Michael and Zero fly through the Land of Sands to a tower atop a mountain in the Land of Mountains, where Michael tests Zero's strength. He plans to keep testing her further.[2.3][2.4] | ||
| 5 | Zero completes Michael's final test and he agrees to help her.[2.5] | Zero and Michael fight in the Shrine of Sands. After she bests him, he finally agrees to help her kill the flower.[2.5] | ||
| Bass, Lord of the Land of Sands, is killed by the Intoners.[3.2] | The five Intoner sisters fight Bass, and One strikes the killing blow. They recruit his former servant Partition and set sail for the Cathedral City.[3.2] | |||
| One meets Gabriella.[4.2][3.3] | One meets the dragon Gabriella.[3.3] Women with the Power of Song become known as Intoners throughout the world.[4.2] | |||
| 6 | All Lords of the Land go missing.[4.2] | Each nation's Lord goes missing. This is kept secret from the general public.[4.2] |
Notes
- ↑ In our world, Christian scholars generally place Jesus' birth between 6 to 4 BC.
- ↑ In our world, Christian scholars generally believe Jesus' crucifixion happened in either the year 30 or 33.
- ↑ This date seems to come from Bede the Venerable's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
- ↑ In our world, Muhammad only began to preach publicly some three years later after his first revelation, circa 613. Further, the first caliphate (イスラム帝国, lit. "Islamic Empire"), the Rashidun Caliphate, was only established after Muhammad's death in 632.
- ↑ The Chronology in Drag-On Dragoon World Inside says the Catholic Church (ローマ教会, lit. "Roman Church") banned religious icons. However, in our world, the veneration of religious icons was actually banned by Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian.
- ↑ In our world, Pope Gregory II summoned a synod in 727 (four years earlier) to condemn iconoclasm.
- ↑ This likely refers to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate after the Umayyad Caliphate was overthrown by the Abbasid Revolution in the year 750. The Umayyad prince Abd al-Rahman I fled west and established the independent Emirate of Córdoba in southern Iberia in 756.
- ↑ In our world, the Byzantine Empire collapsed with the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
- ↑ In our world, Louis II was not murdered, and died in the year 875 instead.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Despite taking place post-Cataclysm, this is the same as in our world.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 This person's year of birth is inferred from information about their age. Therefore, it should be understood as an approximation.
References
- ↑ Drag-On Dragoon World Inside. Released by Square Enix as part of the Drag-On Dragoon 10th Anniversary Box on December 19, 2013.
- ↑ 1.1.00 1.1.01 1.1.02 1.1.03 1.1.04 1.1.05 1.1.06 1.1.07 1.1.08 1.1.09 1.1.10 1.1.11 1.1.12 1.1.13 1.1.14 1.1.15 1.1.16 1.1.17 1.1.18 1.1.19 1.1.20 1.1.21 1.1.22 1.1.23 1.1.24 1.1.25 1.1.26 1.1.27 1.1.28 1.1.29 1.1.30 1.1.31 1.1.32 1.1.33 1.1.34 1.1.35 1.1.36 1.1.37 1.1.38 1.1.39 1.1.40 1.1.41 1.1.42 1.1.43 1.1.44 1.1.45 1.1.46 1.1.47 1.1.48 1.1.49 1.1.50 1.1.51 1.1.52 1.1.53 1.1.54 1.1.55 Page 244: Chronology.
- ↑ 1.2.00 1.2.01 1.2.02 1.2.03 1.2.04 1.2.05 1.2.06 1.2.07 1.2.08 1.2.09 1.2.10 1.2.11 1.2.12 1.2.13 1.2.14 1.2.15 1.2.16 1.2.17 1.2.18 1.2.19 1.2.20 1.2.21 1.2.22 1.2.23 1.2.24 1.2.25 1.2.26 1.2.27 1.2.28 1.2.29 1.2.30 1.2.31 1.2.32 1.2.33 1.2.34 1.2.35 1.2.36 Page 245: Chronology.
- ↑ Drakengard 3. Developed by Access Games. Published as Drag-On Dragoon 3 by Square Enix on December 19, 2013.
- ↑ Drag-On Dragoon Utahime Five. Written by Jun Eishima. Illustrated by IsII. Supervised by Yoko Taro.
- ↑ Drag-On Dragoon 3 Setting Document Collection + The Complete Guide. First edition produced by ASCII Media Works and published by Kadokawa Future Publishing on April 10, 2014.