PtN Time Line

NF 001.12.12

• NIGHTFALL - the Perishing Star strikes the western continent, wiping out the city of Maria. The Nightfall Apocalypse begins, natural disasters happen across the globe. An ever widening wasteland later called the White Sands spreads from the impact site. Competition for resources leads to numerous wars.

NF ?

• Nuclear Restriction Pact - after years of war, survivors ban all nuclear technology, including power plants

NF 014

• Nightfall Declaration, the United Nations officially dissolved, survivors congregate around independent city-states.

NF 021

• Dr. Keylan forms the Black Ring Expedition and enters the Perishing Star impact site to investigate.
• Contact is lost with the Expedition.

NF 023

• Hypercubes discovered when Dr. Keylan emerges as the sole survivor of the Black Ring Expedition. The other 42 are deemed lost

NF 025

• EDGE (Exploration, Defense, and Governance Entente) Accord signed, laying the foundation for DisCity, to be built around the mining, exportation, and study of Hypercubes.

NF 033

• Dr. Keylan passes away. Keylan Square in DisCity’s West District is dedicated to his honor.

NF 034

• The 1st Great Expo

NF 050

• The Grace River, dividing DisCity into East and West districts, begins to slowly dry up

NF 061

• Lakeside Residence sanatorium built, near the south coast of DisSea

NF 061.12.26

• Bloodstaned Whiterose, assassination of the people’s elected Speaker.
• Captain Brock walks out. In the WhiteSands he establishes guerilla forces to resist the metropoles.

NF 062.10.22

• An 11 year old Catherine Agustus infiltrates Brok’s HQ to join the guerillas.

NF 065.10.?

• Metropole Alliance attempts to traverse WhiteSands Valley to eliminate the guerillas. Brock utilizes a Tide of Ashes to annihilate the assault.

NF 066.02.

• Metropoles begin using biochemical weapons against the guerillas.

NF 066.06.13

• Metropole Alliance drops a nuke on Nirvana Port. Hundreds of thousands die.

NF 066.07.22

• Metropoles employ pre-Nightfall weaponry to suppress rebellion.

NF 066.08.27

• DisCity Army mutinies and aligns with the guerillas. The Independence Army is formed. DisCity War of Independence begins.

NF 066.09.15

• Captain Brock dies from radiation poisoning after giving a rousing speech.

NF 068.10.02

• Independence Army discovers an undocumented relic site deep underground near a metropole. Inside they interrupt an Underground ritual. Major Dravyn seizes a crystal flower, which becomes the Rancor Rune. New weapons are developed over the next days.

NF 068.10.07

• Operation Skyfall (AKA Heavenfall). Using Catherine Agustus’ magnetic powers, a nuclear strike is redirected to harmless areas.

NF 071

• Metropole Alliance initiates Operation Raider, publicly described as a counter to DisCity Sinners (then called anomalous power wielders). The true objective was to deploy an array of nuclear weapons to cover a zone including DisCity and regions east of WhiteSands. The operation suspended following the disappearance of key technology, Monolith.

NF 072.12.26

• DisCity is declared an independent city-state.

NF 074.02.-

• DisCorps establishes a network of observation towers, dubbed ‘lighthouses’ along the WhiteSands border.

NF 074.12.27

• Agustus is put into cryo-sleep.

NF 084.06.15

• BR-000 - the DisSea Explosion marks the discovery/expansion of the first Black Ring.
• The ensuing Black Tide overwhelms the Lighthouses
• More than 87 thousand die directly from the incident.
• Over the next 3 months, more than 200 thousand go Maniac from corruption.
• Broken Frontline erected as a barrier to protect DisCity. Hypercube production plummets.

NF 089.06.27

• BR-001 - a black ring appears at the DisCity Carnival 3 days after reopening. Chaos and lawlessness quickly spreads across the West District.

NF 090

• The Fraser City Senate passes a resolution to accept refugees displaced by calamities.

NF 090-98 (exact year unknown)

• The Grace River completely dries up. It becomes a dumping ground and is dubbed The Rust.

NF 099

• West District Order Management Regulations passed by the City Council. All agencies move out except the Public Security Bureau. Gangs become the defaco rulers of the region, giving the area the name Syndicate.

NF 102

• Explosion at an old nuclear plant destroys the city of Mayek, 2,000 km or north of DisCity
• An Arms Dealer approaches the Public Security Bureau with a deal to supply weapons to Syndicate so the gangs fight each other instead of encroaching into Eastside.

NF 103

• Mania surge in DisSea. FAC mission Eclipse Operation to protect DisCity is successful but comes at a high price.
• The Mania surge is a cover story, the true purpose of the operation is a raid on the Underground laboratory Lone Island. Paradeisos comes away with research materials and an experimental subject.
• The FAC suffers a plummet in support from both the public and politically.
• Paradeisos initiates the Shepherd Plan.
• Augustus is woken from her cryo-sleep.

NF 104

• Nirvana develops automated mining technologies, then announces they are abandoning Inner Bay and terminating all labor contracts.
• In protest, Rusfire repairs mine W-31, making it operational again.
• Nirvana negotiates with Rustfire and hands W-31 over to Inner Bay workers.
• The Outland War (estimated)
• The Fraser City Senate ratifies the founding of the Fraser Aurum Secretum Research Institute, operating under the Luminaris Society.

NF 104.11.28

• BR-002 erupts from Hypercube mine W-31, caused by a collapse in the mine.
• DisCity declares Hypercubes an emergency strategic resource and suspends exports to the Farlands.

NF 106

• BR-003 erupts during the 12th Great Expo in what is called the Navigator Observatory Incident.
• The Expo is terminated, diplomatic relations collapse
• A year-long Outland War breaks out, lasting for a year.
• The Institute secures the first batch of Aurum Secretum samples
• Calamities caused by an Apostle of Ashes dubbed the Sun Crow causes contact with Eastia across the sea to be lost.

NF 107

• Techniques developed from legends allows Eastia to seal The Sun Crow.

NF 108 (estimated)

• BR-002 mysteriously collapses. The truth is that the Underground Shepherd defeated the Corpus. Half of the Corpus survived and went into hiding.

NF 110

• Laboratory of Parma, located in the Rust, is destroyed. A number of Sinners escape.
• The Underground interferes with the DisCity Prime Minister elections, orchestrating numerous instances of assassination, bribery, forgery and false accusations. David Stewart is elected.

NF 112

• The Inheritance is moved from the Rust to a disused pit in the southern desert
• Campbell forges ties with Underground, and another Inheritance is relocated to Fraser
• Aurum Secretum production technology reaches maturity. The city of Furor becomes the primary testing ground for weapons and equipment. A project to produce their own Black Ring is greenlit.
• The Dark Web first appears

NF 112.08.12 (prologue)

• Suspect R incites a riot at MBCC and wakes SHEPHERD-13, Chief, before memory reconstruction is complete. R escapes with with a white winged creature. Chief instated as MBCC Director

NF 112.08.13-14 (chapters 1-4: SALVA Chaos, Unclaimed Crypt)

• Chief enters the West District to quell riots sparked by escaped Sinners while pursuing Suspect R
• SALVA hospital burned.
• Zoya seals the Inheritance in a White Cube

NF 112.08.20 - 26 (chapters 5-6: Keylan Square)

• A summit between the City Council and Legion takes place. During the summit the Public Security Bureau stages an attack, trying to frame Legion as the instigators and take the Inheritance.
• BR-004 - Parma corrupts Zoya with a Black Cube. A Black Ring appears over Keylan Square.
• Chief takes the Black Ring down and absorbs the Inheritance.

NF 112.08.20

• In Eastia, a catastrophic Tide of Ashes strikes. Several cities, including Goldionville, are destroyed and vast lands sink into the sea.

NF 112.08.28 (chapters 7-8: Carnival)

• Chief takes down BR-001
• MBCC transferred from FAC to 9th Agency

NF 112.09.05 -? (Raging Sands)

• Chief coordinates with the Outlands Affairs Bureau & FAC to escort a battleship disguised as a hypercube freighter across the White Sands on a mission to hunt desert bandits.
• Chief finds the remains of the Usum Experiment and helps the Dreamflower return to the Realm of Truth.

NF 112.09.11 (estimated)

• Chief retrieves documents that link the Public Security Bureau to the weapons deal with Parma.

NF 112.09.29 - 112.10.04 (Dreamy Bubble)

• Chief investigates the Sleepwalker incident in Eastside

NF 112.10.13 - 15

• Paradeisos envoy Shalom temporarily assigned to assist MBCC and tests Chief.

NF 112.11.3 (Night of Wonders)

• A Mania crisis at the Belphegor Art Museum results from the Witching Hour exhibit.

NF 113.01.19 (Beyond DisCars)

• Chief uses a vacation as a cover to hunt an Apostle of Ashes

N.F 113.01.24

• Abnormal incidents begin to appear across Dillywood, including multiple accounts of strange blue creatures.

N.F 113.01.27

• A monster appears in Dillywood and wrecks havoc before being defeated.

NF 113.02.23 (Dragon & Isle of Sky)

• Chief investigates Mania activity at an Eastside game shop

DATES UNKNOWN: I have not found any dates for these events. There is evidence they took place in the months between Ch. 8 -9.

NF 112-3.? (The Phantom of the Mist)

• A strange fog envelops Sloane Street. Urban legend of Mad Shears resurfaces.

NF 112-3.? (Insatiable Fiesta)

• Chief, along with Kelvin and Macchiato investigate a high class pool party.

NF 112-3.? (Velvety Susurration)

• While on vacation, Chief investigates the urban legend of Ghost Calls sweeping across Eastside.

NF 112-3.? (Toybox Terror)

• Chief discovers Mania activity at the Buonanotte Toy Factory while searching for a missing Sinner

N.F 113.03.14-15  (chapter 9 & 10: Drifter Camp)

• Chief tracks down a Corpseborne to Drifter Camp, narrowly avoids a Black Ring from being created

NF 113.03.18 (chapters 11-12: Oblivion Depth)

NF 113.03.20

• Chief’s descends into former Hypercube mine W-31
• The Executive Committee invades Drifter Camp

NF 113.03.22

• Chief falls into a coma after confronting the Corpseborn of BR-002  A ritual is held where Rustfire forces are able to partake of the Shackles for themselves.

NF 113.03.22

• In Eastia, the Sun Crow breaks from its seal, severely damaging Sunsink City

NF 113.03.23

• Rustfire forces occupy the mines around Inner Bay

NF 113.03.25

• Rustfire drives back FAC and occupy the site of BR-004

NF 113.03.26

• Rustfire occupies the Executive Committee Headquarters. Documents are found that implicate members of Rustfire, causing them to descend into turmoil and infighting.

NF 113.03.29

• Rustfire completes internal purges. United, they vow to take vengeance and reclaim everything that belongs to Syndicate.

NF 113.04.01

• Rustfire had taken over all major locations in West District. This ends what came to be known as Ten Days of Rustfire
• BR-002 detonates, bringing the Black Ring back. Rustfire Sinners succumb to Mania. Drifter Camp is overrun by Corruptors.
• Syndicate falls deeper into chaos. BR-002 quickly develops into the largest Secondary Black Ring.

NF 113.04.20 (Eternal Nightmare - Illusionary Moon Rising)

• Energy surge at BR-000.  An unidentified Singularity appears, and proceeds to break through the BFL lines over the next several days.

NF 113.04.29

• Acting Chief Nightingale arrives to lend support.

NF 113.04.30

• The Mania entity is subdued and later identified as a scientist from the Black Ring Expedition. The Illusionary Moon recedes.

NF 113.?

• The Ring Research Institute of Paradeisos assumes command of MBCC.

NF 113.06.21

• Paradeisos launches a covert operation to retrieve Chief, lead by HUSH. In the end, Shalom lets Donald take Chief. Chief is delivered to the Romanesque Monument under Drifter Camp.

NF 113.07.19-24 (Rain Burst)

• The chaos has calmed, leaving Eastside in relative peace while remaining troubles are concentrated in the West District. Assassins sent by Underground, including Sinners and Corruptors, begin targeting Paradeisos members.

NF 113.08.07

• The Sunken Blossom Incident - “Bloom” incidents begin happening, targeting people involved in the FAC operation of NF 103.

NF 113.08.08 (Flora Unfurl)

• FAC holds a memorial service for the 1423 who died in the March catastrophe.
• FAC Commander-in-Chief submits the BR-002 Black Ring Operation to the City Council for authorization.

NF 113.08.11

• The Future Charity Foundation is uncovered to have been misappropriating funds meant for FAC compensation. Members are found at the Sunset Club, victims of the Bloom. This becomes known as The Chamber of Silence Incident, or Hall of Greed Incident.

NF 113.08.15

• Commander-in-Chief of FAC is kidnapped and later rescued.
• The Black Ring Blockade Operation is approved.

NF 113.08.26

• The West District’s Black Ring defense line is fully operational.

NF 113.09.08 (Eternal Nightmare - Hunting Shade)

• Mania surge at BR-000, a swarm of Mutant Bugs appear. They recede when the Mantis Queen is subdued.

NF 113.11.10 (Chapter 13: Towering Black)

• An unusual surge of activity at BR-002 is first noticed and linked to the Underground, it is believed their Shepherd is on the way.

NF 113.11.25 - 12.01

• FAC operation into the contamination belt to take out the Underground sorcerer believed to be exacerbating Mania.
• Paradeisos leads a raid on the Exile camp to recover Chief. But this is a setup by Underground to incite panic and spread Mania.
• BR-002 erupts and expands
• Chief awakens and is taken to the Exile camp. Paradeisos issues a Purge Order, giving 48 hours to evacuate West District.
• Chief, with assistance, takes down BR-002

NF 113.12.03

• Chief resumes command of MBCC. The contamination of Sinners is brought under control. It is confirmed Shackles are more resistant to Mania.

NF 113.12.-

• The long advocated Sinner Bail Regulations by MBCC are finally approved.
• The West District Reconstruction Committee agrees to a restructure. Local reps have been accredited to fight for people’s rights.
• Over 60% of infected people are confirmed to be converted to low M-value Sinners.

NF 113.12.- close to New Year (Quixotic Troupe)

• Chief and a group of Sinners go to the Fortuna Theater, where the audience gets caught in a Mania event that makes them believe they are living the life they desire.

NF 114.01.09 (Eternal Nightmare - Heart of Eternity)

• Chief goes to BR-000 to investigate Mania intensification before the next Illusionary Moon cycle. The Moon rises 72 hours ahead of schedule. After resolving a temporal anomaly, the Illusionary Moon recedes.

NF 114.01.31 (Ode to Sun)

• Envoys from the Eastian Alliance arrive in DisCity, hunting the Sun Crow.

• The Sun Crow advances from the White Sands towards the DisSea. Chief leads a defense line to hold it back. The Eastia envoys use their sorceries and experience to assist..

NF 114.02.1-3

• Corruptors show characteristics of Eastian mythological monsters as Chief gathers materials to craft the Almighty Bow, believed to be able to defeat the Sun Crow.

NF 114.02.6

• The Sun Crow advances again. After a failed attempt to subdue it, the Sun Crow causes a massive Mania surge and heat wave across DisCIty

NF 114.02.7

• The Sun Crow is defeated.
• A reborn Seer is found as a child and called Yao.

NF 114? Unspecified time later

• A massive Tide of Ashes rises. A now grown Yao is able to fight it back.

NF 114.02.26 (Ditty Nightsong)

• While returning from a mission, Chief is abducted.

NF 114.03.02

• Chief settles into a routine of taking care of Angell’s apartment and finding jobs for her while waiting.

NF 114.03.19 (estimated)

• After 3 weeks, Chief is returned to MBCC.
• A string of assassinations allows a joint investigation to track down backers behind an operation to disrupt the West District’s new Hypercube mine.
• The number of assassinations targeting Chief on DisMyth plummet.

NF 114.04.02 - 04 (Perfect Vote)

• Reputation as ‘Exterminator’ on the Grey Mirror app leads Chief to investigate strange disappearances in Eastside.
• Chief discovers that the Underground found a way to infect the internet through a proxy, who is later subdued.
• About 150 of the over 2000 who were infected suffered mental trauma that remains incurable.

NF 114.05.30 (Eternal Nightmare - Embers of Long Night)

• A strange contamination begins spreading from BR-000. Contact lost with DisSea Monitoring Station 1.
• Paradeisos believes the DisSea tide may be a trap designed for Chief.

NF 114.05.31

• While trying to get some sleep, Chief’s consciousness is drawn into the anomaly. Chief falls into a coma on the 3rd time.

NF 114.06.01 (estimated)

• The phenomena area starts shrinking, but grows in intensity.
• Later, the anomaly ends and the Illusionary Moon recedes.

NF 114.06.04 (estimated)

• 3 days later, Chief regains consciousness.

NF 114.06.? (Into the Blue)

• The Elyisland app sweeps across the Dark Web, that pulls people into a VR space that promises all wishes come true.
• Chief, with the help of Nirvana Cybersecurity Center, hacks into Elyisland and prevents a Mania outbreak.
• During the incident, nearly 300 people were affected, with more than 10 going missing.

NF 114.07.04

• The first report of a wave of hackings, causing mischief.

NF 114.07.25 (Glitchwave Nihil)

• Chief believes a Mania attack is happening through the Dark Web, though no one else can detect it.

NF 114.08.01

• Medical evaluation determines Chief has been suffering from stress, and over exposure to contamination from the Dark Web.
• While exiting the hospital, Chief experiences another Mania incident, this time others also detect it.

NF 114.08.02

• Chief is abducted and pulled into the Dark Web. A few Sinners are also pulled in while contacting Chief. Chief discovers the whole anomaly is caused by a Mania entity apparently created in “another world” and seeks to steal power from its creators.
• With assistance from Nirvana Cybersec, the Mania entity is subdued.

NF 114.07.25 (again)

• “Time resets” in the other world also results in a reset in DisCity. Only those who were directly involved remember what happened.
• Further investigation leads Chief to delve deep into the heart of the Dark Web and is able to resolve the anomaly.

NF 114.07.25 (again)

• “Time reset” in the other world also results in a reset in DisCity. Few, if any, remember what happened.

NF 114.?

• The mastermind behind the Dark Web is rooted out and confronted. The servers powering the Dark Web are discovered and.shut down.
• The Underground claims they no longer need the hardware. Digitized Mania is mature, and anyone who has touched the Dark Web will become a server for a new Mania network.

NF 114.08.27-31 (No Gang’s Land Wilderness)

• Hella discovers a group of thieves and scammers operating out of the White Sands town of Tuco.

NF 114.09.? (Verdant Promises)

• The Outlands Affair Bureau uses a Mania anomaly at the town of Désir as an excuse to send Chief to investigate a suspected smuggling operation that brings immigrants into DisCity.
• Chief discovers the datura flowers around the town contain compounds in their scent that create a sense of euphoria, and hide humans and corruptors from each other. No one had actually left Désir, they had become corruptors.
• The flowers wither and the facade collapses. Chief calls in reinforcements to rescue the remaining townsfolk, who get relocated to Drifter Camp.

NF 114.10.24 (Eternal Nightmare - Echoless Dive)

• Paradeisos prepared for the next Illusionary Moon cycle by developing a method to limit the Shackles in order to suppress the corruptive influence upon Chief.
• This cycle, Chief appears to be part of an aquatic research expedition. After many trials, Chief is able to break the singularity free from the Mania influence.
• Paradiesos makes plans to use the data gathered to refine their protocols.

NF 114.11.-

• At Fraser’s instigation, Farlands extremists infiltrate DisCity to surveil its leadership and sow chaos.

NF 114.11.26 (Chapters N1-N2: Undercurrents)

• Explosion at a new West District factory. No casualties are reported. Rumors circulate that it is somehow tied to the upcoming elections.

NF 114.11.27

• Prime Minister Stewert and his cabinet are assassinated during a meeting.
• 9th Agency releases a statement that an explosion happened as a cover story..
• A state of emergency is declared. Benjamin Carder, Head of the Health Committee announced as overseeing government operations till the election, as all ten officials above him were dead.

NF 114.11.28

• Chief investigates the site of the assassination. The remains of several Underground puppets are found. Chief is troubled as such overt operations are not Underground’s usual methods.
• Bernadette Cavendish, one of the electoral candidates, entreats Chief to protect Elvira Stewart, the late PM’s daughter.

NF 114.11.29

• Underground puppets begin openly attacking sites across Eastside.
• Chief attends the David Stewart Memorial Service. Underground puppets attack.
• Elvira is taken to MBCC for her safety.

NF 114.11.30

• Election Season Assaults Joint Investigation Team is formed, a joint operation between MBCC, FAC and 9th Agency.

NF 114.12.01

• Elvira, along with Chief, are abducted while transporting her to the 9th Agency. But it is a ruse so they can capture several suspects.

NF 114.12.04

• S9, Elvira’s cyborg bodyguard had been controlled, infiltrates MBCC and abducts Chief. Chief is later rescued.
• Gunmen fire upon the crowd at a Max King rally.

NF 114.12.09

• Chief returns to the site where S9 had taken them and confronts the true perpetrator - Sinner Jelena who used her power to take control of puppets in order to create a power vacuum to end discrimination against the Outlands, and implicate Underground for the chaos. Jelena uses an Ash Crystal in an attempt to suppress Chief and the FAC forces gathered, though is ultimately beaten back.

NF 114.11.15

• FAC special operations in DisSea terminated, forces redeployed to WhiteSands.

NF 114.12.26

• Max King is elected as Prime Minister of DisCity.

NF 115.01.01

• Bernadette Cavendish ascends to be EDGE-05

NF 115.02.? (Eternal Nightmare - Abyssal Tentaculum)

• Chief utilizes a machine to help delve into the next Illusionary Moon tide.
• Chief awakes on what appears to be a research ship, having been rescued right after where the previous cycle left off.
• Chief learns that it was a member of the Expedition who betrayed the mission to the Abyss

NF 115.? (Veiled in Violet Vagary) Unspecified days between winter and spring

• A travelling storyteller from Eastia enchants Chief with an illusion of an Eastian celebration day.
• Tree-like arboreal Mania entities appear across DisCity. People in the contamination zone fall unconscious, their vitality drained. Three days later they all begin to revive.
• A message from Eastia tells of a fete that was interrupted when the Perishing Star fell.
• The source is found in the Rust. Chief is able to defeat the corruption. A now cleansed wisteria tree sprouts from the remains.

NF 115.? (Eclipse of Eternal Vows)

• A mysterious book is found in MBCC. After reading it, Chief’s consciousness wakes up in Mordeth Castle

NF 115.? (Exodus: Auric Sanctuary)

• While following a lead on The Inheritance near Frazier City, The Legion is caught in a Black Magnetic Storm, which seems to follow them. They are rescued by people from Furor using Aurum Secretum, a product of Campbell research, to repel the storm.
• Hella learns the storm is the manifestation of an Apostle of Ashes.

NF 115.05.23 (Chapters N3-N4: Aureate Regale)

• City-State Security Bureau discusses security since the election assassination 6 months prior, and how to proceed with the Great Expo proposed by Fraser City

NF 115.06.16

• The 13th Great Expo opens in a rebuilt Kelan Square

NF 115.06.?

• Chief uses the LINK device to connect with Jasmine’s mind, and sees her involvement in an Outlands war.
• Chief learns of the dark history of DisCity and its war for independence

NF 115.06.24

• An outland refuge from Furor appears at the Expo to expose Fraser for using labor to mine Aurum Secretum, controlling the Hypercube trade, and turning people against DisCity, but her cries are ignored.

NF 115.06.25

• Chief pursues Adelaide Campbell
• BR-005 erupts somewhere in the Farlands. Adelaide uses Aurum Secretum to resonate with the Black Ring and infect Chief. Chief survives, but is heavily corrupted.

NF 115.06.21 (Scourge: Eclipsed Scar)

• The evacuation of Furor is complete. The last transport to Fraser City includes a captured Apostle. It is revealed that Apostles are the source of Aurum Secretum.

NF 115.06.22

• It is revealed that The Inheritance was once in Furor, but had been transferred to Fraser City.
• The transport arrives at the Aurum Secretum Research Institute, 100km from Fraser City, which is surrounded by refugee camps by people fleeing disasters in DisSea.
• Hella discovers the Institute had been colluding with Underground.

NF 115.06.23

• Hella discovers the Institute uses a ‘Cocoon,’ a mysterious Apostle matrix gifted to the Institute by Underground, capable of achieving maximum Aurum Secretum resonance, on Mania infected people. Most turn into alchemic beasts. Only a rare few retain their humanity and become Aurum Secretum Warriors.
• Hella discovers what she thought were Mania blocking devices, were actually amplifiers to flood the refugee camp with Mania.

NF 115.06.24

• Synex was intended to become a corpseborn for a new Black Ring, but attempts to suppress the Cocoon for as long as possible, while Hella & others escape.

NF 115.06.25

• Hella & crew infiltrate the Institute to stop the Coccoon. Synex is freed from her shackles and consumes the corpus within the Cocoon.The Institute collapses as survivors make their escape.
• BR-005 erupts over Furor, by refugees from the Institute. Hella becomes corrupted.
• The Black Ring Apostle is created when BR-005, Hella, and an Apostle of Ashes merge.

NF 115.07.(early in the month) (Honeyed Night)

• Chief aids DisCorps to track down the source of some strange corruptors, which leads to the luxury sandship Euphoria - Farland’s foothold in DisCity, where the elite can make connections, conduct business, and indulge their desires.
• Chief discovers the Euphoria has been using an Aurum Secretum device to create an artificial Mania storm to hide its movements, and Underground Puppets protecting the interior.
• Recovered intelligence exposes the Farland Alliance’s infiltration of DisCity and war plans. Diplomatic relations deteriorate.

NF 115.07.12-16 (Beacon of the Unsouled)

• While searching with DisCorps for Rancors, Chief is lost among a Black Tide, but manages to come ashore near the last remaining Lighthouse.
• Evidence is uncovered that a failed Aurum Secretum experiment caused the Black Tide

NF 115.? (Eternal Nightmare: City Beyond Tribulation: Tracing Back)

• Something Happens.

NF 115.7.25 (Chapters N5-N6: Shattered Blade)

• DisCorps recovers an Aurum Secretum device that was directing a Tide of Ashes towards an FAC outpost.

NF 115.7.26

• Chief receives a report how Mania fields have been fluctuating across the globe. The rate of Tides of Ashes increases. The number of Apostles of Ashes also increase. Multiple defense outposts have fallen. Despite FAC action, nearly 90% of shipping routes are now impassible, crippling trade. Contact had been lost to two satellite towns. Resonance reactions had been detected in BR-000, and growing stronger.
• Broken Blade Squad 3 engages multiple giant Apostles in an intense Tide of Ashes. It is believed the Apostles were being controlled externally. An Aurum Secretum Warrior is also captured.
• Catherine Agustus Andohar drops the captured Aurum Secretum device on a social soiree.
• A phantom of Hella returns to MBCC

115.07.27

•  Mobilisation Order Dispute.  M.O. aborted after heated debates within the Council.

115.08.03

• DisCity Anti-war Movement. Public opinion turns against the City Council. ‘Spontaneous’ attacks on FAC by civilians.

115.08.04

• Broken Blade Squad 3 tracks down the source of the strongest Mania reaction. After destroying an Aurum Secretum device they transmit images of the Black Ring Apostle leading a swarm of Apostles.

115.08.05

• Tide of Ashes Reaches DisCity. The assault includes Alchemical Beasts, corruptors, and Outlanders armed with Aurum Secretum weapons. Apostles converge on West District. Because of the contamination, Sinners shackled to Chief are having difficulties.

115.08.11

• EDGE calls for an end to the war and reveals BR-003, suspended in the sky, poised as a weapon of deterrence. An uneasy ceasefire follows.
• Chief is taken to a sanatorium after losing control while interrogating a prisoner.

115.08.16

• Chief goes to visit Adelaide Campbell. Then Agustus to join the battlefield.
• Elvira confronts the Aurum Secretum Warrior prisoner and allows to escape in order to follow.

115.08.17

• The Farlands Alliance declines to respond, signalling a resumption of hostilities.
• Agustus interrupts a City Council meeting to vote on war resolutions. She assumes command of the militaries.
• Quinn Enterprises pledges weapons and supplies to support the war.

115.08.21

• The Tide of Ashes advances. Farland forces make their way up the Rust, towards DisSea.

115.08.23

• FAC lures the Farland forces into a position where they can halt the advance. Continued raids on convoys cuts off the attack from supplies.
• Chief enters BR-005 while DisCorps and Nirvana Port creates an opening.
• Underground and Aurum Secretum sorcerers lock Chief in the Apostle Black Ring, severing all external links. The Apostle begins to merge with the Shackles.
• Hella rescues Chief, while Agustus leads a counterattack on the Black Ring Apostle. BR-005 collapses.

115.08.26

• After 3 grueling days, the battle comes to an end. It comes to be known as the Ash Campaign.
• It is later determined BR-005 did not leave Hypercubes to mine at its point of origin or where it fell. Multiple parties begin searching for any left behind along its path.

NF 115.? (When Rain Meets Gunfire)

• Chief enters the Deep Restricted Area, where uncontrollable Sinners were put into cryosleep before the Shackles. Chief uses LINK to connect to the mind of a metropole spy captured in NF 71 to uncover the secrets of the Monolith cryptography device and any useful intelligence.

NF 115.? (Witchwoven Folio)

• Chief takes a rare break to see the immersive production Cirrenfold at Nightwrought theater.

NF 115.09.15 (Chapters N7-N8: The Thorny Roads to Dawn )

• Fraser Senate Council convenes to discuss the state of affairs with DisCIty and deteriorating relationships with the Farlands Alliance.They decide to hold a Unity Gala, planning to stage an attack to unite people against DisCity.
• Hypatia escapes captivity with the help of Margaret, DisCity’s Outland Affairs Officer. It is discovered Hypatia has some sort of Underground brand on her neck.
• An attempt against Margaret by an Underground assassin is thwarted. Hypatia uses an Aurum Secretum drone to track the assassin by detecting Black Ring sorcery. After being rescued, Hypatia embarks on a journey to gain support in the Farlands.

NF 115.09.18

• Hypatia repairs an Aurum Secretum barrier to protect a farlands settlement from a Tide of Ashes.
• A Luminaris Society representative gathers local leaders to lead an expedition into the ruins of Furor with the promise of finding hypercubes. Hypatia is confined and later escapes.

NF 115.09.20

• At the ruins of Furor, a joint DisCity-Nirvana expedition base had been attacked. Records left behind confirm a ‘corruption corridor’ left behind BR-005’s migration path, and that no Hypercubes exist in the area.
• The scheme to kill the Farlands leaders and blame it on DisCity is thwarted. LS and Underground are  prevented from recovering fragments of the Inheritance.
• Margaret allows herself to be taken prisoner by the Farlands leaders.

NF 115.09.2X? Indeterminate days later

• The Farlands leaders meet, and interrogate Margaret, but ultimately fail to come to any consensus. An Aurum Secretum warrior convinces the leaders that Hypatia is a spy and embarks on a mission to assassinate her.
• Hypatia escapes the assassins by driving into a catastrophe zone.

NF 115.09.25

• The Unity Gala. Unexpectedly, an Aurum Secretum Warrior exposes Fraser’s corruption and how they’ve been behind the suffering in the Farlands. The Gala erupts into chaos. In desperation, Fraser summons Underground Puppets which begin slaughtering the crowd. Margaret uses her power to quell the violence.
• Hypatia arrives at the Gala, obviously bearing corruption, and a Hypercube.  The Luminaris Society deploys their Sophos’ weapon, a giant, bird-like creature.  Farlanders unite to protect Hypatia and the Hypercubes. The creature is defeated. Hypatia disassociates herself from the Campbells and pledges to use her talents for the Farlands.
• Blade infiltrates the LS HQ. He proceeds to assassinate everyone, then retrieves intelligence, then blows the place up.
• Fraser City enters a time of turmoil.

NF 11? (unspecified ‘long time later’)

• Chief meets with Hypatia to forge relations with the Farlands Alliance.

NF 115.? (Tales of the Lost Night)

• Chief assists the PSB in the investigation of the Marauder's Case, a series of violent art thefts. During the investigation dimensional energies are detected and a new group of non-violent thieves are encountered, calling themselves Cat’s Eye.

DATES UNKNOWN: I have not found any dates for these events. It is certain they took place after Ch. 13.

NF 115.? (event)

• The Illusionary Moon cycle begins to shift. Chief is pulled into the current cycle’s illusion..

Dates confirmed from looking at game cutscenes, Archive entries, Crimebrand descriptions, and interrogations. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Certain events do not have dates (yet), I placed them in what I feel is the most likely order.

The Black Ring 000 discrepancy:

The Perishing Star crimebrand and Eternal Nightmare events state a Black Ring appeared soon after impact, over the ruins of Maria. Langley and other sources say BR-000 was found in the DisSea after the explosion of NF 84. This creates a bit of confusion. There are two possibilities - either the Black Ring shrunk or even disappeared and the details haven’t been released yet, or BR-000 had been stable for decades, then saw a sudden increase in activity that took its influence beyond the previously established border.