Got a preliminary timeline for Counter-Earth here. Still working on completing it.
Also, TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE WORLD LIST IS LOCKED.
~
Antiquity: While some
remain hidden amongst humanity, sapient magical creatures, whether aggressive
or passive towards one another or humanity, begin to form enclaves separate
from both one another and from humans. Over time, methods of magically hiding
these enclaves will be discovered and utilized as humanity begins its assertion
of dominance over the Earth.
~1300
to 1600:
In many cases around the world – but especially in western civilizations –humans
capable of magic take a page from magical creatures and begin to hide, not
themselves, but their activities from the non-magical majority. Eastern
civilizations follow suite at a much more sedate pace. To enforce the worldview
of the non-existence of magic, families and groups begin to utilize memory
repression, alteration, and outright erasure spells to cover-up magic-related
incidents, including those involving magical creatures. Despite this, even up
to the late 20th/early 21st century many non-mages around
the world know of the existence of magic, but remain hush about the subject to
those they do not know are ‘in the loop.’
1551
(The Twelve Clans):
Go-Nara, 105th Emperor of Japan, gathers the first of what will
eventually be the “Twelve Onikiriyaku Clans,” declaring these twelve families
to be “honored guardians of the Our Realm, charged by Us with the punishment
and destruction of those of non-human descent who violate the laws of Our
Realm, possessing the unique abilities necessary for the fulfillment of their
appointed tasks,” and grants them a status of nobility.
1551-Onwards
(Pride before Fall):
Despite it not being the intent, a hierarchal structure slowly but surely
develops among the Twelve Onikiriyaku Clans. While some, whether individually
or the entire clan, do not become involved, the majority of the twelve clans
see themselves as superior to even other noble clans due to being personally
chosen by the Emperor. They further see themselves as superior to other members
within the twelve based upon the order in which they were added to the twelve
clans, with the Tsuchimikado being ranked first, and the last to be added to
the clans, the Jinguji, being last at twelfth. This attitude continues through
the Tokugawa and Meiji eras and even survives the end of WWII despite half of
the clans themselves not surviving. Most disturbing, however, are the gradual
humanocentric views developed by the majority of the clans, eventually coming
to see their charge of policing non-human magicals as a mandate of ‘extermination.’
1870s: The events of Gunsmoke occur.
1930s
(Dark Tidings Begin):
A group of magic-users in the Nazi Party known as the Knights of Faust
essentially become the “Magic Division” of the party. They are charged with the
consolidation and utilization of magic in the preservation and expansion of the
Third Reich. Their public face will become known as the Thule Society.
Early
1945 (A Vanishing Act): Records both official and unofficial regarding the Knights
of Faust and the Thule Society begin to disappear from circulation. Actual
members follow suit.
8
May 1945 (The Reich Falls): Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allies.
6
& 9 August 1945 (Children of Trinity): The only atomic weapons used in
warfare are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.
15
August 1945 (The Empire Falls): Imperial Japan surrenders to the Allies.
24
October 1945 (New World Order): The United Nations officially comes
into existence with the ratification of its Charter.
Late
1940s (Heirs of Evil): Military and police behind the Iron Curtain “in the
know” regarding magic begin to respond to crimes of various severity throughout
the Eastern Bloc. These cases are connected by the ‘calling card’ of various
forms of graffiti indicating “Faust Lives!” In cases of attacks and vandalism,
targets are always related to either the Communist Party or those of Jewish
descent.
21
August 1951 (Tides of Woe): A disbelieved KGB study indicates the belief that the
“Faust Attacks” are a remnant Nazi group utilizing anti-Party sentiment to
recruit and expand its numbers. This report is not widely circulated and the
author later vanishes without a trace.
31
October 1954 (Ten Years Post-War): The State of Japan creates the Public
Peace Agency, an agency supposedly under the control of the National Public
Safety Commission, and supposedly meant to promote cooperation and
understanding between the public and the police. In reality, it is the cover
name for an agency directly under the Office of the Prime Minister’s control
which is meant to handle all manner of supernatural issues. It has several
branches, among them the Defense Branch for Public Peace (?????4??), which
handles such things as the cover-up of supernatural incidents and acting as
intermediaries between the government and the remnants of the Twelve
Onikiriyaku Clans.
17
September 1976 (The Space Shuttle): The prototype for the first reusable
space vehicle, Enterprise, is rolled
out of its assembly facility in Southern California.
1984
(The Next Step):
In his State of the Union address, United States President Ronald Reagan
announces the construction of a permanent American space station.
28
January 1986 (The Challenger Disaster): Space Shuttle OV-099 is destroyed; all seven crew members are
killed. An in-depth examination of the shuttle fleet and the accompanying
service-life extension program delays the construction of the American space
station.
13
May 1988 (Connections Most Curious): On Friday, authorities in eastern
Ukraine investigate a large explosion at an industrial warehouse. Seven bodies
of local missing persons are identified, killed via beheading, in a circle
composed of pure sea salt and ground silver shavings. The perpetrators are never
identified. Never connected to the incident, no Faust Attacks occur after this
date.
24
April 1990 (A Far-Seeing Eye): The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed.
10
July 1994 (Ten Years Later): Despite being plagued with financial
problems, naysayers, and continuous redesigns, Freedom Space Station is
completed by the United States of America.
8
August 1995 (The USSR Dissolves): Despite holding out for longer than in
other timelines, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formally declares its
dissolution in a press conference the world had been predicting for over two
years. The newly organized Russian Federation will absorb the USSR’s nuclear
arsenal, its UN Security Council seat, and its space program.
5
May 1997 (The Luxembourg Conference): Nations of western Europe meet in
Luxembourg to discuss the future of pan-European cooperation in the wake of the
collapse of the USSR.
January
to March 1998:
Rumors begin to circulate about a “permanent coalition of governments” being
formed in Luxembourg in response to the cross-national attitudes that began to
emerge in the early 90s.
5
May 1998 (The Luxembourg Declaration): One year to the day since the start of
the talks, conference participants confirm the rumors which had been
circulating the past four months. As of the first day of the new millennium, a
presidential republic in the form of the European Federation (EF) will exist,
with its capital in Paris.
8
July 1999 (The Second Peace): The Russian Federation completes its Mir-2
Space Station. Rather than deorbit her predecessor, she is connected to her
successor via the Generation Module.
1
January 2000 (The Unification Treaty): The nations of France, Germany, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Liechtenstein sign the Traité
d’Unification at the Palace of Versailles. Over the course of the next year, a
unified currency known as the Euro will come to be, as will the European
Council, the Office of the President of Europe, the European Parliament, and
the combined military known as the EF Army, Navy, Air Force, and a special
forces/marine hybrid unit known as the Enforcer Corps.
28
January 2000 (The Next Generation): From seemingly nowhere, NASA declares
that the present fleet of ‘Enterprise-class’ space shuttles will be retired at
the end of the year. A new generation of shuttle will replace them at the same
time. Unlike the previous generation, legislation is passed to have the new
shuttles bear the United States Ship designator.
30
November 2000 (With Honored Memory…): The first of the new generation
shuttles, Orbital / Space Vehicle USS Challenger
(OSV-01), is delivered to NASA at Cape Canaveral. USS Voyager (OSV-02), USS Pioneer
(OSV-03), USS Adventure (OSV-04),
USS Frontier (OSV-05), USS Journey (OSV-06), and USS Resolute (OSV-07) will follow over the
course of the next five years.
11
September 2001:
Undercover federal air marshals force a landing of not one, two, or even three,
but four hijacked aircraft. Two crash into New York’s East River with an 83%
loss of life. A Congressional movement to halt the funding of the air marshal
program is quietly withdrawn from the table.
17
May 2002 (The E.F. Expands): The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
the Republic of Finland sign the Traité d’Unification.
14
June 2002 (Countdown to Moonwalk): The European Federation Space Agency
(EFSA) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) announce an agreement to
begin a joint space station development program, with the goal of eventually
establishing a “permanent, international moon base.” Other nations are invited
to participate in the second phase of the project.
18
October 2002 (E.F. Expansion Continues): Iceland signs the Traité d’Unification.
2003 to 2019: Being Written
1
January 2020 (The Modern Clans): By this point in time, the Twelve
Onikiriyaku Clans have been reduced to seven: Tsuchimikado (1st Rank;
Onmyouji), Kagamimori (3rd Rank; Shinto Magic), Amakawa (6th
Rank; empowerment of objects into weapons), Kawahira (7th Rank; Some
Magic, and Pacts Formed With Inugami Partners), Jibashiri (8th Rank;
Super-Strength; survived only by the Mikari branch family, whose powers are
inactive), Yakouin (11th Rank; Rapid Data Gathering and
Interpretation [Near-Precognition; Kills Brain Cells]), and Jinguji (12th
Rank; ‘Dark’ Magic; looked down upon by most of the other clans).
Also, TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE WORLD LIST IS LOCKED.
~
Antiquity: While some
remain hidden amongst humanity, sapient magical creatures, whether aggressive
or passive towards one another or humanity, begin to form enclaves separate
from both one another and from humans. Over time, methods of magically hiding
these enclaves will be discovered and utilized as humanity begins its assertion
of dominance over the Earth.
~1300
to 1600:
In many cases around the world – but especially in western civilizations –humans
capable of magic take a page from magical creatures and begin to hide, not
themselves, but their activities from the non-magical majority. Eastern
civilizations follow suite at a much more sedate pace. To enforce the worldview
of the non-existence of magic, families and groups begin to utilize memory
repression, alteration, and outright erasure spells to cover-up magic-related
incidents, including those involving magical creatures. Despite this, even up
to the late 20th/early 21st century many non-mages around
the world know of the existence of magic, but remain hush about the subject to
those they do not know are ‘in the loop.’
1551
(The Twelve Clans):
Go-Nara, 105th Emperor of Japan, gathers the first of what will
eventually be the “Twelve Onikiriyaku Clans,” declaring these twelve families
to be “honored guardians of the Our Realm, charged by Us with the punishment
and destruction of those of non-human descent who violate the laws of Our
Realm, possessing the unique abilities necessary for the fulfillment of their
appointed tasks,” and grants them a status of nobility.
1551-Onwards
(Pride before Fall):
Despite it not being the intent, a hierarchal structure slowly but surely
develops among the Twelve Onikiriyaku Clans. While some, whether individually
or the entire clan, do not become involved, the majority of the twelve clans
see themselves as superior to even other noble clans due to being personally
chosen by the Emperor. They further see themselves as superior to other members
within the twelve based upon the order in which they were added to the twelve
clans, with the Tsuchimikado being ranked first, and the last to be added to
the clans, the Jinguji, being last at twelfth. This attitude continues through
the Tokugawa and Meiji eras and even survives the end of WWII despite half of
the clans themselves not surviving. Most disturbing, however, are the gradual
humanocentric views developed by the majority of the clans, eventually coming
to see their charge of policing non-human magicals as a mandate of ‘extermination.’
1870s: The events of Gunsmoke occur.
1930s
(Dark Tidings Begin):
A group of magic-users in the Nazi Party known as the Knights of Faust
essentially become the “Magic Division” of the party. They are charged with the
consolidation and utilization of magic in the preservation and expansion of the
Third Reich. Their public face will become known as the Thule Society.
Early
1945 (A Vanishing Act): Records both official and unofficial regarding the Knights
of Faust and the Thule Society begin to disappear from circulation. Actual
members follow suit.
8
May 1945 (The Reich Falls): Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allies.
6
& 9 August 1945 (Children of Trinity): The only atomic weapons used in
warfare are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.
15
August 1945 (The Empire Falls): Imperial Japan surrenders to the Allies.
24
October 1945 (New World Order): The United Nations officially comes
into existence with the ratification of its Charter.
Late
1940s (Heirs of Evil): Military and police behind the Iron Curtain “in the
know” regarding magic begin to respond to crimes of various severity throughout
the Eastern Bloc. These cases are connected by the ‘calling card’ of various
forms of graffiti indicating “Faust Lives!” In cases of attacks and vandalism,
targets are always related to either the Communist Party or those of Jewish
descent.
21
August 1951 (Tides of Woe): A disbelieved KGB study indicates the belief that the
“Faust Attacks” are a remnant Nazi group utilizing anti-Party sentiment to
recruit and expand its numbers. This report is not widely circulated and the
author later vanishes without a trace.
31
October 1954 (Ten Years Post-War): The State of Japan creates the Public
Peace Agency, an agency supposedly under the control of the National Public
Safety Commission, and supposedly meant to promote cooperation and
understanding between the public and the police. In reality, it is the cover
name for an agency directly under the Office of the Prime Minister’s control
which is meant to handle all manner of supernatural issues. It has several
branches, among them the Defense Branch for Public Peace (?????4??), which
handles such things as the cover-up of supernatural incidents and acting as
intermediaries between the government and the remnants of the Twelve
Onikiriyaku Clans.
17
September 1976 (The Space Shuttle): The prototype for the first reusable
space vehicle, Enterprise, is rolled
out of its assembly facility in Southern California.
1984
(The Next Step):
In his State of the Union address, United States President Ronald Reagan
announces the construction of a permanent American space station.
28
January 1986 (The Challenger Disaster): Space Shuttle OV-099 is destroyed; all seven crew members are
killed. An in-depth examination of the shuttle fleet and the accompanying
service-life extension program delays the construction of the American space
station.
13
May 1988 (Connections Most Curious): On Friday, authorities in eastern
Ukraine investigate a large explosion at an industrial warehouse. Seven bodies
of local missing persons are identified, killed via beheading, in a circle
composed of pure sea salt and ground silver shavings. The perpetrators are never
identified. Never connected to the incident, no Faust Attacks occur after this
date.
24
April 1990 (A Far-Seeing Eye): The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed.
10
July 1994 (Ten Years Later): Despite being plagued with financial
problems, naysayers, and continuous redesigns, Freedom Space Station is
completed by the United States of America.
8
August 1995 (The USSR Dissolves): Despite holding out for longer than in
other timelines, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formally declares its
dissolution in a press conference the world had been predicting for over two
years. The newly organized Russian Federation will absorb the USSR’s nuclear
arsenal, its UN Security Council seat, and its space program.
5
May 1997 (The Luxembourg Conference): Nations of western Europe meet in
Luxembourg to discuss the future of pan-European cooperation in the wake of the
collapse of the USSR.
January
to March 1998:
Rumors begin to circulate about a “permanent coalition of governments” being
formed in Luxembourg in response to the cross-national attitudes that began to
emerge in the early 90s.
5
May 1998 (The Luxembourg Declaration): One year to the day since the start of
the talks, conference participants confirm the rumors which had been
circulating the past four months. As of the first day of the new millennium, a
presidential republic in the form of the European Federation (EF) will exist,
with its capital in Paris.
8
July 1999 (The Second Peace): The Russian Federation completes its Mir-2
Space Station. Rather than deorbit her predecessor, she is connected to her
successor via the Generation Module.
1
January 2000 (The Unification Treaty): The nations of France, Germany, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Liechtenstein sign the Traité
d’Unification at the Palace of Versailles. Over the course of the next year, a
unified currency known as the Euro will come to be, as will the European
Council, the Office of the President of Europe, the European Parliament, and
the combined military known as the EF Army, Navy, Air Force, and a special
forces/marine hybrid unit known as the Enforcer Corps.
28
January 2000 (The Next Generation): From seemingly nowhere, NASA declares
that the present fleet of ‘Enterprise-class’ space shuttles will be retired at
the end of the year. A new generation of shuttle will replace them at the same
time. Unlike the previous generation, legislation is passed to have the new
shuttles bear the United States Ship designator.
30
November 2000 (With Honored Memory…): The first of the new generation
shuttles, Orbital / Space Vehicle USS Challenger
(OSV-01), is delivered to NASA at Cape Canaveral. USS Voyager (OSV-02), USS Pioneer
(OSV-03), USS Adventure (OSV-04),
USS Frontier (OSV-05), USS Journey (OSV-06), and USS Resolute (OSV-07) will follow over the
course of the next five years.
11
September 2001:
Undercover federal air marshals force a landing of not one, two, or even three,
but four hijacked aircraft. Two crash into New York’s East River with an 83%
loss of life. A Congressional movement to halt the funding of the air marshal
program is quietly withdrawn from the table.
17
May 2002 (The E.F. Expands): The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
the Republic of Finland sign the Traité d’Unification.
14
June 2002 (Countdown to Moonwalk): The European Federation Space Agency
(EFSA) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) announce an agreement to
begin a joint space station development program, with the goal of eventually
establishing a “permanent, international moon base.” Other nations are invited
to participate in the second phase of the project.
18
October 2002 (E.F. Expansion Continues): Iceland signs the Traité d’Unification.
2003 to 2019: Being Written
1
January 2020 (The Modern Clans): By this point in time, the Twelve
Onikiriyaku Clans have been reduced to seven: Tsuchimikado (1st Rank;
Onmyouji), Kagamimori (3rd Rank; Shinto Magic), Amakawa (6th
Rank; empowerment of objects into weapons), Kawahira (7th Rank; Some
Magic, and Pacts Formed With Inugami Partners), Jibashiri (8th Rank;
Super-Strength; survived only by the Mikari branch family, whose powers are
inactive), Yakouin (11th Rank; Rapid Data Gathering and
Interpretation [Near-Precognition; Kills Brain Cells]), and Jinguji (12th
Rank; ‘Dark’ Magic; looked down upon by most of the other clans).