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World Timeline

A broad, relative chronology across both campaigns. No absolute dates are given because the source material doesn't provide them (the campaign's internal timeline is explicitly non-linear — see Truce — and character ages are the only anchors available). Entries are ordered by relative sequence and labeled with their canon status.

Deep past (prehistoric era)

  • The Jurassic-era village of Ayla and Kino exists, worshipping Lavos as a red star, and is later renamed "Battleborn" after Onyx wins the Chief's Stone from Kino. (Played Canon, Sessions 34–38)

Distant past — the age of Blood Hunter Orders

  • The Order of the Diamondback, the Order of the Succubus, the Order of the Chimera, the Order of the Dragon, and others are active; the Schism reorganizes several orders away from single-Grandmaster demonic patronage toward draconic power and shared councils. (Backstory Canon — Quinon Hexshade's and Trout's backstories)
  • Quinon Hexshade leads the War of the Snake at Castle Shain, killing Grandmaster Achulon. (Backstory Canon)
  • Quinon buys the infant Trout and raises him at Castle Shain. (Backstory Canon)
  • The Dread Gloom destroys Castle Shain, killing Quinon and most of the order; Trout (17) and Rodrick survive. (Backstory Canon)
  • Trout's independent hunting years (17–19), ending when he wanders into the Millennium Fair. (Backstory Canon)

The age of Truce/Enhasa (spans centuries, visited non-linearly)

  • Present day (party's baseline): The Millennium Fair; Laethan, Onyx, Belgarian, and Arthur meet. (Played Canon, Sessions 0–1)
  • ~150 years before the Fair: Truce at war with "monsters"; the party saves the King and Queen from a poisoning plot; Laethan and Daphne are imprisoned and tortured. (Played Canon, Sessions 2–10)
  • 258 AL ("After Lavos"): A ruined, zombie-infested future Truce, ruled by a cannibal-cultist chieftain. (Played Canon, Sessions 11–15)
  • A further future: "Battleborn"-named settlements (unconnected to the Jurassic-era Battleborn village by name alone, per the sources), warehouse robots, and an aged William. (Played Canon, Sessions 16–20)
  • Enhasa, Queen Zeal's floating city: The party's final destination — site of Sessions 46–51 and the entirety of the Ending Outline. (Played Canon through Session 51; Planned Canon thereafter)

The events of the Ending Outline (Planned Canon — never played)

  • Queen Zeal's death in Kaelion's coup; Magus's death; Kaelion's escape.
  • Daphne's sacrifice to banish Lavos.
  • The Gap Year — a full year of separation among the party.
  • Daphne's resurrection at the volcano; the Windsor wedding; the Onyx/Marle wedding.

Between the campaigns (Bridge Material)

  • The Windsor triplets are born and raised on the Windsor Estate.
  • At 16, the triplets are targeted by House Sableflame's grooming scheme; Wolfgang is abducted in Demyra's place.
  • Wolfgang is held captive for over a year, tortured, and infected with lycanthropy.
  • Daphne, aided by the pantheon, rescues him; the family spends time recovering.
  • Wolfgang trains under Trout Brightshield at Castle Orion for roughly four years, returning home at 21.
  • Trout, independently, hunts down and kills the Dread Gloom and founds the Order of the Stars at Castle Orion at some point in this same broad window.

The start of Gods and Dragons

See Starting State (Campaigns/Gods and Dragons/Starting State.md) for the fullest available snapshot of where the current campaign begins.

Sources

  • All sources listed in Source Inventory; this page synthesizes relative sequencing stated or clearly implied across them. No absolute dates are invented.