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Over 2,000 years agoThe Cetra are on their long journey to cultivate life on the Planet.VII
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A being known as "Calamity from the Skies" crashes into the Planet's northern polar on a meteor, gravely injuring the Planet. The Cetra gather at this location to heal the Planet.VII
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The Calamity from the Skies emerges from the crater bringing with it deceit and treachery as a great pestilence falls upon the Cetra and the Planet.VII
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The Planet creates six powerful Weapons to combat the Calamity from the Skies: Jade Weapon, Sapphire Weapon, Diamond Weapon, Ultimate Weapon, Ruby Weapon, and Emerald Weapon.VII
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Having nearly wiped out the entire Cetra race, the Calamity of the Skies is defeated and sealed in a geological stratum. The Weapons remain dormant in the same stratum as they have never had to act.VII
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The Cetra's numbers continue to dwindle, being swallowed up by the ever-growing human population. The Cetra assimilate into human civilization, but maintain their ancient knowledge and powers.VII
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Jenova falls from space and lands in Knowlespole (around modern-day Icicle Area). This creates the Northern Cave.World Preview
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The ancients succeed in sealing Jenova away, but many lives are lost in the process.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1877Bugenhagen is born.VII
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1950Professor Hojo is born.VII
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Lucrecia Crescent is born.VII
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 195013 OctVincent Valentine is born to Grimoire Valentine.DC
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Vincent Valentine is born. His father is Professor Grimoire Valentine.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1959Nanaki (Red XIII) is born to Seto in Cosmo Canyon.VII
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Red XIII is born.World Preview
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Cosmo Canyon is attacked by the Gi tribe. Seto leaves the front lines to hold off a group of Gi tribe forces that plan to use an underground cave to sneak into Cosmo Canyon and flank its defenders. Cosmo Canyon is victorious, but Seto, having been shot with many poison arrows during his defense, is eternally petrified.VII
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23 SeptShinra Manufacturing Works discovers Mako energy.VII
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Shinra Manufacturing discovers an unknown energy source, calling it “mako.”World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 196815 DecBarret Wallace is born.World Preview
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1970Shinra scientists Grimoire Valentine and Lucrecia Crescent, having done extensive research into an ancient legend surrounding two entities born of the Planet known as Chaos and Omega, make new progress in their research when they discover Lucrecia's Cave, the place where Chaos is said to awaken at the appointed time. After mistakenly awakening Chaos's malevolent spirit during an experiment regarding the consistencies of Mako in their research, Grimoire is killed while protecting Lucrecia from the attacking Chaos. The Shinra Science Department scraps the project.DC
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Professor Grimoire and his assistant Lucrecia Crescent discover the Chaos gene.World Preview
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Professor Grimoire dies during a research accident.World Preview
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Professor Gast of Shinra R&D discovers Jenova. Along with Professors Hojo and Hollander, they start the Jenova Project in order to utilize the creature’s cells.World Preview
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Vincent, now a member of the Turks, meets Lucrecia and Hojo while on a mission to protect them.World Preview
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Professor Gast disappears, Hojo takes over the project.World Preview
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1970 - 1975Sephiroth is born.World Preview
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Vincent is shot by Hojo, Lucrecia embeds the Chaos gene in his body, hoping to save his life. Vincent shuts himself away and goes to sleep in the basement of Shinra Manor. Lucrecia manages to disappear.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1970Professor Gast Faremis becomes head of the Shinra Science Department.VII
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1972Reeve Tuesti is born to Ruvie.BC
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15 DecBarret Wallace is born in the coal mining town of Corel.VII
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[ μ ] - εγλ 197522 FebCid Highwind is born.VII
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Cid Highwind is born.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 197624 JunShinra Manufacturing, now known as the Shinra Electric Power Company, begins the construction of a Plate above the city of Midgar as a location to centralize the company with a modernized headquarters at the heart of the Plate. The plate is to consist of eight sectors built above the smaller settlements on the ground, which in turn gradually become nameless slums.VII
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Shinra Manufacturing begins construction in Midgar. The company establishes its headquarters in the city and rebrands itself as the Shinra Electric Power Company.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1977Azul the Cerulean is born.DC
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1977Shinra scientists led by Professor Gast discover Jenova and label her a Cetra. The Jenova Project begins soon after, with the goal of creating a human with the powers of a Cetra.VII
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Professor Hojo and Dr. Hollander have differing opinions for how this process should be carried out and establish two different projects under the Jenova Project: Hojo establishes Project S, while Hollander begins Project G.CC
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1977-1982The Department of Administrative Research, also known as the "Turks", assigns Vincent Valentine to protect the Shinra scientists for Project S much to Lucrecia's surprise.DC
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During their time in Nibelheim, Vincent and Lucrecia get romantically involved, but this comes to an end when Vincent discovers Lucrecia not only knew his father, but was involved with his death. Lucrecia distances herself from Vincent, seeking comfort from her colleague, Hojo, to whom she later bears a child.DC
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Hojo convinces Lucrecia to use their unborn child as a test subject for Project S by injecting Jenova cells into the fetus.VII
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1978Rude is born.BC
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1980Genesis Rhapsodos, Angeal Hewley, and Sephiroth are born as subjects of the Jenova Project.CC
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Following Genesis's birth, Shinra forms Deepground to continue experimenting in the wake of the Jenova Project.CC
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1980Professor Gast leaves Shinra, setting out on a journey across the Planet to find answers to the many questions he has about Jenova, the Ancients, and the Planet.VII
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In Gast's absence, a power struggle occurs within the Shinra's Department of Scientific Research between Professor Hojo and Dr. Hollander. Hojo obtains the position, his achievements in Project S being more recognized by Shinra than Hollander's Project G.CC
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Early 1980Gast visits Cosmo Canyon, home to people who study the Planet. Gast provides Bugenhagen with scientific equipment so he may better monitor the Planet.BC
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Professor Gast meets a woman named Ifalna, one of the last Ancients. He takes an interest in her, wanting to learn more about her people and the Planet. They fall in love and retire to Icicle Inn on the Northern Continent.VII
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1982Reno is born.BC
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Rufus Shinra is born.BC
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1984Lucrecia becomes ill from the experiments performed on her. When an enraged Vincent confronts Hojo about this, the scientist shoots him. Hojo performs experiments upon Vincent, increasing his body's durability and giving him the power of metamorphosis, but Vincent dies during the experiment.VII
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Lucrecia uses Vincent's body in an experiment to make him a vessel for Chaos. She resuscitates him by infusing pure Mako into him, and merges Chaos's spirit with Vincent's essence, putting the Protomateria in his chest to keep Chaos under control. Lucrecia leaves Nibelheim, hiding away from the rest of the world in the Crystal Cave.DC
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Vincent awakens in the Shinra Mansion basement where he changes into the Galian Beast. Vincent thinks this is punishment for his failure to stop Lucrecia and her unborn child to be experimented upon. He finds a room full of coffins in the basement of Shinra Mansion and shuts himself away inside one of them. Because of Hojo's experiments, Vincent can stay asleep without aging or having to sustain himself, having become biologically immortal.DC
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Zack Fair is born in Gongaga.CC
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1984Zack Fair is born.World Preview
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1985War breaks out between Shinra and Wutai.World Preview
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Cid is assigned to Shinra’s Space and Aeronautics Division, where he distinguishes himself as a skilled pilot.World Preview
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1985 - 1990Sephiroth is promoted to SOLDIER First Class and later hailed as a hero.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1985Rosso, the first genetically-engineered child to be infused with Genesis's genes, is born in Shinra's Deepground facility.DC
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07 FebAerith Gainsborough is born to Gast and Ifalna in Icicle Inn.VII
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Aerith Gainsborough is born.World Preview
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27 FebHojo tracks Gast down to his home in Icicle Inn. Professor Gast is shot by the troops accompanying Hojo, who takes both Ifalna and Aerith into custody at the Shinra Building in Midgar.VII
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Aerith and her mother, Ifalna, are taken to the Shinra Building and confined there.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1986Shalua Rui is born.DC
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11 AugCloud Strife is born in Nibelheim.VII
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Cloud Strife is born.World Preview
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1987Weiss is born in Deepground.DC
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1987Nero is born in Deepground as the result of experiments involving the injection of stagnant Mako into fetuses. As he was born, a void of darkness formed around his body, pulling his mother into it, never to be seen again. Nero is the only successful result of these stagnant Mako injection experiments.DC
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03 MayTifa Lockhart is born in Nibelheim.VII
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Tifa Lockhart is born.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1991Shelke Rui is born.DC
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20 NovYuffie Kisaragi is born to Kasumi and Godo Kisaragi in Wutai.VII
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Yuffie Kisaragi is born.World Preview
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Circa [ μ ] - εγλ 1992The Wutai War begins between the forces of Wutai and Shinra when Wutai, the last major land free of their influence, denies Shinra permission to build a Mako Reactor on sacred Wutai grounds. Among the Shinra troops deployed to Wutai are Elmyra Gainsborough's husband and Sephiroth, now a SOLDIER 1st Class.VII
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Sephiroth's unparalleled strength and skill gain recognition during the war, making him a world-famous war hero.VII
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Deepground SOLDIERs are secretly charged with recovering the injured from the battlefield in Wutai, and returning them to Deepground where some are nursed back to health, and others fall victim to torturous experiments. SOLDIER Unit 14: Lost Force specializes in these extractions throughout the war.DC
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1992Elmyra receives a letter saying her husband is coming home on leave. Elmyra goes to the Sector 7 Slums train station every day in hopes of being reunited with her husband.VII
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Ifalna and Aerith escape the Shinra Building, fleeing to the Sector 7 Slums by train. Upon arriving at the Sector 7 Slums train station, Ifalna collapses and dies. Elmyra adopts Aerith.VII
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Elmyra's husband dies. Aerith senses his death and tells Elmyra, but she does not believe her. A few days later Elmyra receives a notice saying her husband has died.VII
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Ifalna and Aerith escape from the Shinra Building, but it costs Ifalna her life. In her last moments, she entrusts Aerith to a woman named Elmyra in front of the Sector 7 slums station.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1995Tifa's mother dies.VII
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A grieving Tifa climbs Mt. Nibel believing she will find her mother waiting for her. She falls from a suspension bridge along with Cloud, who had followed her. Suffering severe injuries, Tifa remains in a coma for seven days while Cloud suffers only minor injuries but is blamed for the incident. The guilt causes him to become aggressive, getting into fights with other kids.VII
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Tifa’s mother passes away. Hoping to reunite with her, Tifa climbs Mount Nibel. Cloud follows, and the pair of them take a fall in which Tifa sustains serious injuries.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 1997Determined to join SOLDIER, Zack Fair leaves Gongaga and heads off to Midgar.CC
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An anti-Shinra activist group led by a man known as the "Death God of the Battlefield" meets with a weapons dealer to negotiate a deal with him. Unbeknown to them the weapons dealer betrays them and they are attacked by Shinra. Only the leader survives.BC
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Tseng, a rookie member of the Turks, is sent to Costa del Sol to investigate the kidnapping of a Shinra infantryman from one of Shinra's Mako Reactors. Finding him aboard an unmarked ship in the harbor, Tseng learns from the infantryman, who was being tortured for information about the reactor, that the people holding him are a part of an anti-Shinra militant group that has been stockpiling weapons aboard the ship from a black market weapon seller. Not wanting to leave the infantryman for death, Tseng abandons his mission and rescues him, instead of investigating the ship further like he was ordered.BC
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Several days after Tseng's mission in Costa del Sol, Veld, the Turks' commanding officer, tells Tseng he has failed in his duty as a Turk by choosing the infantryman's life over protecting company secrets. President Shinra orders the Turks to destroy the weapons and data the anti-Shinra group has and to locate the leak within the company providing the black market weapon seller with information. Tseng is included in the mission, much to his surprise.BC
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Tseng arrives in Costa del Sol, this time with Veld, as they infiltrate the ship. While Tseng deletes the data on the ship's computers, Veld investigates the weapons. Before Tseng can delete all of the data, anti-Shinra operatives make off with a hard copy. In the cargo hold Veld discovers an army of Proto Golems, a robotic weapon developed by Shinra. Tseng tracks down the operatives and eliminates them, recovering the data. Tseng helps Veld fight off the Proto Golems, but an explosion goes off within the ship. Tseng is trapped under wreckage as he insists Veld leave him and report back what they've found to Headquarters. Veld abandons his duty as a Turk to save Tseng, and makes it out alive with him.BC
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Tseng awakes days later in intensive care, where he is commended for uncovering stolen weapons plot. He learns the Shinra leak originates from Kalm.BC
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Kalm is firebombed by Shinra to eliminate the company leak. The order is given by Veld, and is unhindered by Kalm being his hometown and that his wife and daughter, Felicia, are there.BC
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The survivors, including Veld himself, are taken to the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim where they are used as test subjects, but most die. Veld is given a prosthetic arm with a Materia slot and is freed. He is told both his wife and daughter died in the bombing, but in reality Felicia is being used as an experiment where a unique Materia is grafted into the back of her hand.BC
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Veld assists Shinra in covering up Kalm's destruction.BC
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Zack leaves Gongaga hoping to become a member of SOLDIER.World Preview
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[ μ ] - εγλ 199910 NovTseng meets the Legendary Turk, who turns out to be the former anti-Shinra activist, Death God of the Battlefield. Tseng is to oversee the Legendary Turk's mission to Wutai.BC
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The Legendary Turk arrives at a secret Shinra military base in Wutai where he must rescue a Shinra weapons trader and eliminate the anti-Shinra operatives occupying the base before information about the secret base can be leaked. After planting bombs all over the installation the Legendary Turk finds the weapons dealer is being guarded by a former comrade from his anti-Shinra days. The Legendary Turk defeats his former comrade, and as he dies, tells him the one responsible for betraying him at the Mako Reactor back in 1997 was the weapons dealer. The Legendary Turk recognizes the weapons dealer he is supposed to rescue as the same weapons dealer who had betrayed him. The Legendary Turk demands the dealer admit he was the one to sell him out, but he refuses. Because of the weapon dealer's unwillingness to admit his betrayal, the Legendary Turk leaves him inside as the bombs go off.BC
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The Legendary Turk is put under house arrest in Costa del Sol for abandoning his mission, avoiding a more serious sentence due to still having protected the company's secrets.BC
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[ μ ] - εγλ 2000 / [ ν ] - εγλ 0000Cloud declares to Tifa that he intends to join SOLDIER and leave Nibelheim.World Preview