Note: Years "Before XXXX" refer to Before the Imperial Calendar (BIY). Year One of the Imperial Calendar marks the founding of the Gulenia Empire (the timeline is roughly twice as long as real-world history, with later periods converging closer to reality).
Before ???? BIY:The solar system forms, with seven planets, from the innermost to the outermost:Mogris (The Swiftest: God of Time), Lilith (Veiled Maiden: Goddess of Magic, called Venusa by humans, meaning "Golden Virgin"), Shim Amba (The Cool World: Land of Dragons and Neanderthals), Crimson Maris (Glorious Wrathful One: God of War), Deos (The Supreme: Chief Deity, called Zubait by humans), Brigid (Surrounded by Halos: Goddess of Harvest), Azure Posetila (Master of Winter: God of the Sea).
Interstellar space is called the Aetheric Firmament, as the cosmos itself is composed of the fifth element: Aether.
Circa ???? BIY:Dragons and prehistoric giant invertebrates emerge on the third planet, Shim Amba.
Circa ???? BIY:Dinosaurs appear on Shim Amba.
Circa ???? BIY:The Ancient Elves, piloting asteroid-sized arks, traverse from another universe into this solar system, making landfall on the second planet, Lilith (Veiled Maiden: Goddess of Magic).
Before ???? BIY:Certain special events occur. The sun undergoes changes, the planets heat up, and the air fills with sulfur. Even with elven magic, Lilith becomes uninhabitable—its rotation slows, days lengthen, day-night cycles grow unbearable.Most elves evacuate to Shim Amba, save for a handful who remain on Lilith for its unique materials: starwood harder than steel, solidified magical crystals, vast stores of aether, rare "annihilation black spheres" (like black holes, but weaker), and wild quadruple-arcane weathered trisulfur helium aggregates. The immobile holy relic Starbreaker is also left under their protection.
Before ???? BIY:The Stellar War erupts over planetary control between Ancient Dragons and Ancient Elves. Elven supreme magic—Mass Extinction—summons a massive asteroid to strike Shim Amba, annihilating most life including the first Emperor Dragons. Only five second-generation Emperor Dragons and their offspring survive. Realizing the war might destroy their beloved home, the dragons and elves form a tentative alliance.Due to rampant summoning magic, creatures such as orcs, goblins, halflings, lizardfolk, and unicorns are drawn to the world.The five surviving second-generation Emperor Dragons: Gold Dragon "King of Time, Acyun," his mate Sapphire Dragon "Queen of Magic, Idilly," Granite Dragon "Grand Master, Nidhogg," Crimson Dragon "Master of Life, Monasha," and Emerald Dragon "Queen of the Moonlit Night, Tsukuyomi."
Year 41962 BIY:The legendary elven twins, Arien and Marx, are born.
Year 36000 BIY:The Ancient Upper Elven Star Singers—a title reserved for the mightiest elven bards—reshape planetary orbits through the Supreme Words of Creation, making the leylines of Shim Amba richer, but incidentally triggering an ice age.
Year 21500 BIY:A ten-thousand-year ice age causes giant ground sloths, saber-toothed tigers, mammoths, and Neanderthals to go extinct in most regions. Only mammoths and dire wolves survive in the Arctic, and ground sloths nearly disappear from Shim Amba.
Year 18000 BIY:With Neanderthals extinct, humans take the stage of history.
Year 11000 BIY:The first human civilization—the Sumeru civilization—emerges in today's Eta region.
Year 10000 BIY:The first powerful human empire, ruled by Pharaohs—the Ijit Empire—arises in the desert, building pyramids to seek rebirth after death.
Year 9550 BIY:Legendary twin Marx falls in love with Arien's wife, Queen of Elves, Sage, Sword Singer, and Star Singer Ida Belian. Out of jealousy and hatred, Marx breaks with his brother. The elves split into High Elves (led by Arien) and Dark Elves (led by Marx), dragons too choose sides. Marx opens the Gates of Hell; endless demons invade Shim Amba, and the apocalypse begins.
Year 9223 BIY:During the apocalypse, the King's Sword—first among the Elven Three Sacred Swords—appears in today's Zhendan. High Elves and the Xuanyuan Tribe defend the sword together, using it to destroy a Hell Lord. The sword, called the Xuanyuan Sword by the locals, unifies the Zhendan tribes for the first time.
Year 9217 BIY:A hell-like pocket universe parallel to reality, known as the Demon World, draws Marx's attention. Its Demon Emperor is second only to the seven Hell Princes in power, stronger even than the mightiest dragon king, Acyun. Marx summons the Demon Emperor into reality.
Year 9216 BIY:The King's Sword vanishes from history. Some say an old human once found it and used it to destroy the Demon Emperor's avatar.
Year 9215 BIY:High Elven High King Arien, wielding the Warrior's Sword—Holy Sword, Flame Sun—strikes down his brother Marx with the world-shattering Arien's Strike, splitting today's Britannia (Aililand) and Erni Islands from Rosenland.Marx, wielding the Mage's Sword—Holy Sword, Moonlight—has already turned it into the Demon Sword, Dark Moon, which is blasted into an Ijit pyramid during a dark ritual, striking the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh, absorbing all of Marx's hatred and dark power, is cursed as the first vampire—the original Undead.
Due to a chain of misunderstandings, the dwarves—intended allies—kill Arien as he lies dying, forging a millennia-old enmity with the elves.
Year 9214 BIY:The ancient apocalypse ends. Most dark elves retreat underground, save for a few in the southernmost new world and Antarctic dark towers. Of the five dragon kings, only Acyun survives, and only his and Idilly's child, Narsasha, inherits her mother's magical power.
Of the thirteen Elven Sages, only one survives: the eternal queen of High, Wood, and Sea Elves; mother of all kings; born in the radiance of the stars; sword singer, star singer, dragon-tongue, Lilith's emissary, friend to dragons, pure and flawless, astral wanderer, seer and prophet, the Ever-beautiful, Jewel of Shim Amba, Keeper of the World Tree, Master of Aether, Steward of the Holy Relics, Eternal, the Resplendent Star, Light of Lights, Ellen Anka (Elvish: Brightest in the Sky), Ida Belian.
Year 9207 BIY:Ijit's Prince Ramesses and his sister, with ten other heroes, defeat the first vampire progenitor, dividing the twelve shares of the progenitor's bloodline. Prince Ramesses becomes the first Dominax; his sister founds the Safisanis family. Through the power of the vampire king's contract, Ramesses can control vampires absolutely.
Year 9131 BIY:Prince Ramesses and his sister seal their necromancer sister Annette Nitocris as a bound mummy in her pyramid. Originally, all his sisters were to be bound, but at his sister's request, Ramesses alters the seal at the cost of his soul. In gratitude, his sister forges the Ramesses Covenant—a one-time absolute obligation she can never refuse.
Year 8600 BIY:A powerful nine-tailed fox appears in Zhendan.
Year 8500 BIY:Elves withdraw to the western overseas Fairyland from their global colonies, which become homes for humans, especially those who once fought beside the elves. The old elven colony of Gereka becomes Rosenland's most advanced region, home to countless philosophers, scientists, and mages, who revere the elven gods and mimic sage lives.
Year 8000 BIY:The greatest, and only, human bard to rival the planet-shifting Ancient Elven Star Singers emerges: Blind Homer of Gereka.
Year 7355 BIY:The famed beauty Daji appears in Zhendan, her true identity a powerful nine-tailed fox.
Year 7331 BIY:Zhendan's Yin Dynasty falls. The new rulers forbid the old elite from holding much land or armies; their descendants turn to commerce, called Shang ("Merchants"). Emperor Guwu overthrows Yin and founds the Gu Dynasty.
Year 7038 BIY:Prince Ramesses journeys to Sylvania, then known as Dacia. Hunting dragons with young chief Vlad, he is moved by Vlad's honor. A wounded Vlad is turned into a royal vampire. Ramesses adopts Vlad's tribal name—Dominax—as his family's name. Due to the dragon's influence, Vlad's hair turns purple.
Year 6777 BIY:Through the intrigues of House Estruch and the Zhao family, royal vampire Sargon Strigoi betrays King Ramesses. As he dies, Ramesses curses the entire Gossain clan, turning them forever into monstrous bat-like vampires, incapable of human form. Ramesses is the only vampire king before Sophia; after this, the king's contract is weakened to a mere symbol of inviolability, no longer allowing absolute command. Only the Markov family, who never joined the king's pact, are immune. The Estruch's true plot is to reforge Ramesses into the artifact Blood Scepter, which can control all vampires except the Markovs. The scepter vanishes after bloody struggles.
This event also makes Dominax and Gossain eternal mortal enemies. Vlad and Sophia will slaughter every Gossain vampire they meet.
Year 6420 BIY:Vampire Zhao family allies with two local nobles to overthrow the state of Jing, dividing its lands. Zhendan enters the Warring States Era.
Year 6000 BIY:The Republic of Rolsen is founded on the modern Chitalia peninsula.
Year 5215 BIY:The legendary Eastern nine-tailed fox, originating from Indika, reappears in Indika and is "slain" by King Ashoka.
Year 5200 BIY:A figure known as the Dragon Emperor, wielding the power of the divine dragon, ends the Warring States period, unifies Zhendan, and founds the True Dynasty. He becomes the first emperor in Zhendan's history.
Year 4990 BIY:The Dragon Emperor appears immortal, unmoved by women. He proclaims himself a god and names his court the Celestial Palace, but a trickster named "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" stages a riot in the palace, miraculously defeating him. After the Dragon Emperor's defeat, his successors fail to maintain unity, and the True Dynasty soon collapses.
Year 4890 BIY:A hundred years after the Dragon Emperor's death, Zhendan is divided by Dan and Wu-Yue. Dan conquers Wu-Yue's unmatched warlord, establishing the Dan Dynasty. Later, the area is referred to as "Zhendan"—a merger of the True and Dan dynasties.
Year 4500 BIY:The Rolsen Empire is established in Rosenland, ruling much of Rosenland, most of Eta, and parts of northern Soth. The Rolsen Empire is the strongest human mage state in history; its magical prowess rivals even fallen elven colonies.
[Note: The three greatest human mage civilizations are: the Rolsen Empire, Ancient Indika Empire, and Ancient Zhendan during the Yin-True Dynasty period.]
Year 4400 BIY:The second greatest human bard, with the power of a Star Singer, Virgil of Rolsen, is born.
Year 3550 BIY:End of the Dan Dynasty; the land splits into Xichuan, Beikui, and Xinwu—the Three Kingdoms. Liu Bo, Xiahou Pi, and Wei Ji each found one. At this time, vampire Zhao Liao Yuan aids Liu Bo, while Xiahou Pi recruits the Sima family, masters of yin-yang and esoteric arts.
Year 3000 BIY:Elven Sage, "Elna the Buried," is born.
Year 2400 BIY:Elna the Buried teams with mortals for her first adventure.
Year 2255 BIY:Tuoba Shiyin of Zhendan founds the Li Dynasty.
Year 2200 BIY:Onitake becomes a vampire.
Year 2000 BIY:Onitake usurps the supreme rule of Ancient Yamatai, imprisoning the head of the Onitake clan.
Year 1200 BIY:The Rolsen Empire collapses. Numerous ancient magical texts vanish.
Year 1150 BIY:With the Rolsen Empire's fall, Arthur Dodelagon, the Knight King, unites Britannia (Brithun Isle) around Camelot with his Knights of the Round Table, under the tutelage of the legendary mage Mels Ambrosius (a recorded name; his true name unknown), said to be the greatest archmage in multiversal history (according to himself and his student Sophia). The Kingdom of Aililand is founded.
Year 1000 BIY:The nine-tailed fox returns to the East with the Emissary of Zhendan.
Year 890 BIY:Female samurai Ningxiang attempts to assassinate Onitake in the East but fails. She is captured, trained, and becomes Onitake Kyoko's wife.
Year 400 BIY:Vampire Zhao family finally conquers Zhendan, beginning wars with Donghu and Western Xia.
Imperial Year 0 (IY 0):Charlemagne and his paladins reunite most of Western Rolsen, founding the Gulenia Empire.
IY 145:The Gulenia Empire splits into western Gulens, central Burgundy, and eastern Alamanthia.
IY 450:Duke Vlad von Dominax unites Trawa, Sranzen, and Modova, founding the Principality of Sylvania.
IY 550:The Turk Empire invades Sylvania; the Crusades begin.
IY 552:As allies against the Turks, Sylvania's prince gains the title of Elector of Alamanthia.
IY 598:Through the secret collusion of the Turks and Alamanthia, Sranzen rebels from Sylvania and joins Alamanthia, seizing the Electorship.
IY 599:The First Crusade ends—Sylvania, Gulens, and Alamanthia fail due to disunity.
IY 620:The Montague people invade Zhendan. With shamans, cavalry, and beasts summoned by the Eternal Sky, the vampire Zhao family is finally defeated.
IY 677:Elna the Buried embarks on another adventure with mortals.
IY 684:Elna's group becomes heroes of Aililand; her companions part ways.
IY 707:Elna's companions die off one by one.
IY 723:The Second Crusade begins.
IY 732:All of Elna's human companions have passed.
IY 740:Gulens knight, red-haired Lyon Belmont is born. The same year, Thorn Markov is born.
IY 745:Sara Cartoul, the beautiful maiden of Castle Carcassonne in Gulens, is born.
IY 752:At seven, Sara meets her peer, werewolf William Deathclaw, who falls in love at first sight.
IY 754:William transforms into a werewolf before Sara for the first time; she isn't afraid, which deepens his love, though she regards him as a friend.
IY 758:Fifteen-year-old Sara meets the young knight Lyon Belmont, 20; they fall in love.
The same year, Lyon wins the triple crown in the Gulens knightly tournament—horse, lance, sword—the youngest ever lance champion.
IY 763:Lyon and Sara become engaged. That year, Lyon joins the Crusades.
IY 767:William Deathclaw is defeated by Lyon in a duel and swears to stop pursuing Sara.
IY 768:On her way east to see her fiancé, Sara is captured by Sylvania's prince Vlad von Dominax, who hides his identity. She is tied up but treated well.
IY 769:After over a year of captivity, Sara falls for Vlad. To spare Lyon, she fakes news of her own murder. Sara marries Vlad. That year, William is maimed by Vlad, losing an eye, but spared at Sara's request.
IY 770:Heartbroken, Lyon forsakes knighthood to become a vampire hunter, killing nearly half the vampires in Sylvania. He crafts the Demon-Hunting Whip Vampire Bane and the half-sword Sara's Revenge.
IY 772:Sophia Dracula Sara von Dominax is born, the only child of Sara and Vlad—a miracle, since vampires, male or female, cannot normally reproduce. Sophia, the contradiction incarnate, is a fateful union of life and death. The world's vampires all hunt this prophesied threat. William Deathclaw, transferring his love for Sara to Sophia, leads his werewolf clan to protect her, always watching from the shadows.
Lyon, meanwhile, lingers in Sara's hometown, Carcassonne, haunted by memories, unaware Sophia is also born there. This year, Lyon unknowingly protects Sophia, slaying countless vampires who come to kill her.
IY 778:Laurena Bathory is born. That same year, six-year-old Sophia becomes Duchess of Modova. The Second Crusade ends.
IY 779:Lyon marries Isabella Cartoul, Sara's sister.
IY 786:Due to disputes between House Markov and House Catan, Dominax mediates. Forty-six-year-old Thorn Markov (biologically much younger) is sent as a hostage to Dominax Castle, becoming like a brother to the 14-year-old Sophia.
IY 790:The Third Crusade begins.
IY 793:A poor knight of Nidicia, with his wife and two daughters, joins the Crusade but is killed en route by bandits. His wife is raped and murdered; the elder daughter is enslaved defending the younger, Laurena Bathory, who begins a life of hardship.
IY 800:The nine-tailed fox Tamamo-no-Mae is exposed in the East and "destroyed" by the onmyoji Abe Yasunari. That year, 28-year-old Sophia ceases to age physically.
IY 801:Laurena Bathory is noticed in a brothel by the Queen of Safisanis and reborn as the royal vampire Laurena Bathory Safisanis.
IY 802:At 24, Laurena Bathory Safisanis arrives at Dominax Castle.
IY 803:All those who violated the poor knight's daughters die mysteriously; even their families aren't spared.
IY 810:The Third Crusade ends.
IY 817:William Deathclaw, wishing to protect Sophia for eternity (though she no longer needs it), sacrifices his life to become a death knight—undead and tormented forever. Sophia is ungrateful.
IY 840:Abe Yasunari dies; his wife is inconsolable.
IY 855:Vlad Dominax finds a way to extend Sara Cartoul's life, binding her soul to an interplanar realm between shadow and reality. She gains immortality but is confined to that plane. Vlad abandons all, even his daughter, to live there with Sara forever.
IY 873:Sophia, Laurena, and Thorn encounter the King of Time, Acyun. Defeated, Sophia is captured and sent to Avalon for training under Mels in magic and swordsmanship.
IY 875:Elna's dwarf companion passes; all her mortal friends are gone.
IY 876:Elna, realizing her late companions' love, binds herself forever at her human friend's birthplace.
IY 1000:Sophia von Dominax returns from Mels with Divine Swordsmanship and Supreme Magic. She soon falls for Thorn Markov. Sophia, Laurena Safisanis, and Thorn Markov embark on their Century of Adventure aboard the ancient elven magical coach Bloody Rose.
IY 1013:Laurena triggers an ancient demon-summoning circle, conjuring a two-headed demon lord. Thorn is killed defending Sophia, who incinerates the demon. That autumn, Sophia sacrifices the lives and souls of several Sylvania villages to resurrect Thorn—the only way to revive a vampire. The trauma becomes her rare heart-demon; only Ding Yangchun would later haunt her more.
IY 1022:With the help of wood elf bard Elirin Lingo, Sophia, Laurena, and Thorn find the lost elven interstellar ship Azure Skies. Joined by Elirin, they meet dark elf ranger Durist Delden, dwarf engineer Bal Baldson, lizardman warrior Da-Kada, human thief Kelly Evelyn, paladin Nigel Linnet, and mage Kate Laffey. The ten form an adventuring party, journeying the world and even other stars, visiting Lilith and exoplanetary systems known as the Aetheric Firmament, acquiring starwood and hydrogen/helium steel, and even encountering alien life.
IY 1037:After eleven years, the party disbands. The three vampires park the Azure Skies in planetary orbit, then continue adventures on the ground.
IY 1097:Laurena wishes to be Thorn's lover, but as he is dating Sophia, they break up. After half a year, Laurena cannot bear life without Sophia, apologizes, but the adventure party is over.
IY 1130:The Blood Scepter and an eldritch entity appear in Moscow, triggered by a cult, nearly destroying the city. Royal vampires Hasan Hayreddin, Thorn Markov, Richard Catan, and Sophia Dominax unite. Other participants: archmage Thomas Ryan, two paladins, demon-hunters Gist Belmont and Alexander Izarov, and Daoist Master Guanghua. Ryan is quickly incapacitated; Sophia teleports him to safety and saves Gist. Richard, controlled by the scepter, kills Hasan; Sophia hurls Richard to the moon. Thorn is gravely wounded by the entity. Only the Markovs, never bound by the vampire king's pact, are immune. With Ryan and Richard out, Thorn—backed by Guanghua and the paladins—barely saves Sophia. The King of Time, Acyun, appears, aiding Sophia and marking his own fall. The Blood Scepter is thought destroyed, but agents of Zhao recover two fragments, hatching a new plot.
IY 1220:The Montagues retreat from Zhendan; the Mirror Dynasty is founded.
IY 1265:A branch of the Belmonts, the Alighieri family, produces another of the four greatest human poets: Red-haired Dante Alighieri.
IY 1269 (start):The King of Time, Acyun, finally goes mad, stopping all time for five years. Prophecy says only Sophia can oppose him, but she dares not face the unstoppable king. His madness results from repeatedly rewriting history—each change creates a time shard, driving him insane. Most of these changes are for Sophia's sake, dooming him.
IY 1269 (end):After five years, a past Acyun travels forward to aid Sophia in killing his own future self. Unable to attack himself, he guides Sophia's every move, reveals his true name, and lets her succeed. After, he erases all memory of Sophia, preventing future madness from threatening her again.
IY 1274:Dante meets Beatrice, a year his junior, and falls instantly.
IY 1290:Beatrice dies at 24.
IY 1304:After writing the Divine Comedy, Dante, hunter and bard, leaves the mortal world for Hell to seek Beatrice, hunting endlessly. Time in Hell nearly stops; he barely ages.
IY 1366:Thorn Markov and Sophia break up, entering a cold war lasting two centuries, until the Onitake incident.
IY 1367:A great magic city in Alamanthia, once visited by Sophia after her breakup, is rumored destroyed in 1374 by the eruption of Mount Gasco, erasing all memory of its name.
IY 1397:The Demon Emperor invades Shim Amba, but is crushed by Sophia. That year, the Hundred Years' War erupts between Gulens and Aililand.
IY 1412:Laurena, as "Carmilla," seduces the Duke of Styria, becoming his duchess. Under her, Styria becomes the richest duchy but suffers annual famine, plague, and the youth mortality rate soars.
IY 1446:The Duke of Styria, aged and spent, is drained by Laurena, who continues to feast, bathe in virgin blood, and cause suffering.
IY 1451:Legendary demon-hunter Ricardo van Dyne is born in Bassarenaya, Kingdom of Ision.
IY 1453:Constantinople falls to the Turks; the Eastern Rolsen Empire ends.
IY 1455:The Habsburgs, rulers of Alamanthia and Styria, note Styria's horrors. Before investigators arrive, Dracula of Sylvania "kills" Carmilla. With no heirs, the Habsburgs grant Styria to Elsabeth's grandfather.
IY 1456:Legendary demon-huntress Sonia Belmont is born.
IY 1470:Ricardo van Dyne and Sonia Belmont fall in love.
IY 1478:Sophia captures van Dyne in her castle.
IY 1480:Van Dyne falls for Sophia. Sonia attacks to rescue him, is captured. Van Dyne asks Sophia to alter Sonia's memory to believe him dead. The world thinks Ricardo van Dyne was killed by Sophia.
IY 1482:Sophia and van Dyne part ways, both unwilling.
IY 1483:Legendary demon-hunter Jonathan Harker is born.
IY 1484:Believing her lover dead, Sonia marries another.
IY 1486:Simon Belmont is born.
IY 1490:The Hundred Years' War ends; Elsabeth of Graz is born.
IY 1491:Right after the war, Aililand erupts in the Wars of the Roses.
IY 1497:The Wars of the Roses end; the House of Lancas is demoted to earldom.
IY 1506:Young lawyer Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mia is kidnapped by the vampire "Dracula." He joins Simon Belmont and the mysterious Van Helsing. With help from the enigmatic "Miss Alucard," they slay Dracula. Jonathan Harker becomes a demon-hunter.
IY 1514:Dwarf craftsman Thurin Gatling forges a Gatling gun for van Dyne and a bow-blade for Simon Belmont.
IY 1528:Anna's father is born.
IY 1531:At van Dyne's request, Simon Belmont brings news of the collar to Sophia but is killed in Sylvania, framed on Sophia. Before leaving, Simon entrusts his bow-blade to van Dyne.
IY 1532:Half-elf dragonborn paladin Charnam Drake is born.
IY 1534:At 83, van Dyne completes Sophia's collar.
IY 1535:Gonzalez of Ision becomes governor of Nine Winds, a Zhendan colony.
IY 1540:Vampire Thorn meets the angel Celestial Messenger Kaelyn and falls in love.
IY 1541:Ninety-year-old van Dyne dies.
IY 1544:Knight Stone is born.
IY 1544:Countess Gabrielle de Chanel is born. In the same year, Baron Olivier de Quiny III is also born.
IY 1547:Charles of Lancas is born.
IY 1549:Gracia White Moon of the Highlands is born.
IY 1550:The greatest swordsman of Gulens, Charles de Calmor, Earl of Dadarian, is born.
IY 1551:Isaac Rickwell is born. In the same year, Jane of Lancasis born.
IY 1554:Anna Belmont is born.
IY 1555:The eldest daughter of Governor Gonzalez, Mary, is born and given the Zhendan name Li Muxun.
IY 1558:Echo of Lancas is born.
IY 1560:The last of humanity's four greatest Star Singers, William Kingspeare, is born. In his youth, he becomes the dearest pen pal of Echo of Lancas.
IY 1565:In pursuit of Kaelyn, Thorn befriends the Virkin berserker Tormund, Hand of Tyr; the two journey together.
IY 1568:A mob in Florasalen, fearing connections between demon-hunters and unholy things, overruns the Belmont estate. Anna's brother, father, mother, and all their servants are killed.
IY 1572:The greatest swordsman of Gulens, Charles Dadarian, meets Anna; their duel ends in a draw. In the same year, Elsabeth of Graz rises to the six-person council.
IY 1573:At 15, genius poetess Echo begins corresponding with the 13-year-old Aililand playwright, William Kingspeare, sharing poetry and plays.
IY 1575:The Zhao and Estruchi families conspire to control Sophia; Isaac, as a military transport officer, meets Sophia for the first time and foils Clement's plot. In the subsequent Onitake incident, Anna defeats Onitake. But due to emotional conflict and Laurena's instigation, Anna leaves Isaac. Isaac and Sophia are imprisoned by Laurena.
1575 is a year of major events. Also this year:
Marco Columbus discovers the New World.
Maci Polo, a woman from Chitalia who traveled east, returns and compiles the Travels of Maci Polo.
IY 1576:Isaac and Anna's child, Lyon Belmont (named for his ancestor), is born. Anna entrusts Lyon to Ludwig, the sword saint of Alamanthia, for raising. Isaac and Sophia are ultimately rescued from Laurena.
That same year, Isaac befriends Echo of Lancas and Gracia White Moon. He battles Tamamo-no-Mae, who seeks to capture Sophia and resurrect her husband Abe Yasunari. Defeated, Isaac uses Tamamo-no-Mae's own artifact, the Binding Immortal Rope, to subdue and capture her.
Also this year, the mummy Annette Nitocris, sealed by Prince Rameses, is released. She officially begins her vengeance against the Safisanis and Dominax families.
IY 1577:Annette Nitocris, commanding a floating pyramid and an army of the dead, is defeated. Sylvania is reunified and elevated to a kingdom; Sophia is crowned Queen.
Annette, having betrayed Anubis, is cursed and destroyed. Knight Olivier takes her place under the curse. Isaac's party, seeking to save Olivier's soul and Kaelyn for Thorn, enters Hell.
IY 1597:Over twenty years later, Isaac's party returns from Hell. Their bodies have not aged in the infernal realm.
In the final battle, Sophia defeats all challengers, becoming Vampire Queen. Under the new pact, she cannot be betrayed or opposed by vampires but must also protect all vampires. During Sophia's rescue, the husband of the Gulens princess, Knight Stone, and Thorn's companion Tormund, Hand of Tyr, perish.
In the ultimate duel, Isaac defeats the werewolf death knight William Deathclaw, then weds Sophia. Isaac becomes Duke of Sranzen, Sophia's vassal, husband, and master.
IY 1602:Emperor Zhuyou Shi commits suicide; the Mirror Dynasty of Zhendan collapses. The Donghu invade and establish the Yan Dynasty.
IY 1609:Isaac and Jane's daughter, Ava Lancas, is born. She is far happier than Lyon, living with Charles and often seeing her parents.
IY 1678:Li Muxun brings Ding Yangchun's ashes to Dominax Castle.
IY 1760:The Industrial Revolution begins, ushering in the steam era.
IY 17??:Isaac and Sophia's unexpected son—Victor Rickwell Chanel von Dominax—is born.