#SENTINEL WORLDS I FUTURE MAGIC

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USA 1990

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X-Men works best, I feel, when writers understand on at least some level that it's really basically a cyberpunk/biopunk horror story that just happens to also be a superhero comic.

X-Men is the story of the world entering a new epoch where any random person on the street might randomly get superpowers - ranging everywhere from green hair to mind control - simply because they happened to win(?) a genetic lottery as part of a cosmic process programmed into humanity in ancient times by ineffable star gods. All around you are people who are ostensibly still people, but are also inhuman entities with alien powers who are gradually developing their own subculture that tells them they are the future dominant species destined to replace mankind. Many of them are just normal folks... but just as many see you the same way ancient homo sapiens saw neanderthals.

X-Men is the story of fear and hatred rising in the hearts of men in the face of that new epoch. Corrupt humans and mutants alike use bigotry and xenophobia to divide the two peoples, pushing them into a war not just for politics, but for evolution and the planet themselves. Mankind begins altering themselves and building machines of death to keep up with the mutants, in the process creating a third race of humanity; transhumans and robots, that in time come to be no different from the mutants, superpowered monsters of society's own making that see the humans as flatscan wastes of genes at best, oppressors to be destroyed at worst.

X-Men is the story of humanity fighting amidst themselves in their senseless darwinistic war while their world tumbles through a swirling universe of terrifying eldritch threats. Out in the stars and spiritual dimensions are alien empires once like us now advanced beyond comprehension, legions of magical wonders and nightmares in equal measure, lovecraftian machine hive minds that eat planets, demons that feast on our sin, cosmic entities that have as much in common with us as we do ants.

And above it all, X-Men is the story of how recognizing each other's humanity, of embracing love instead of hate, may be the only thing that ensures even a hope of survival in the face of the unimaginable, mind-breaking horror of a world entering a new era whether it's inhabitants like it or not... or perhaps, the only thing that decides whether or not we deserve to survive.

The best X-Men writers are the ones who recognize this. Chris Claremont, Johnathan Hickman, Grant Morrison, Kieron Gillen, etc.. The writers who recognize that there's something profoundly and utterly, existentially TERRIFYING about what the series really boils down to (a self-defeating war between mechanical and genetic evolution with normals caught in the middle that may be the extinction of all three races) and reflect that in the aesthetics and tone by emphasizing a cyberpunkish vibe.

Emphasizing that this is a world where people - willingly or not - alter their bodies like mechanics alter cars and any random person you see on the street might be a mutant or Sentinel or something that can kill you with a look, and that random person is probably hiding from something even worse that wants to kill them just for being born.

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8 Characters who should appear in Young Justice Season 5

Hoping and praying for another season of Young Justice is something I'm very used to.

After its initial cancelation way back in 2013, Young Justice was revived for a third season on DC Universe, DC's attempt at a streaming service, and lived past that to get a fourth season on HBO Max.

It is now under hiatus with no current plans at a fifth season.

I however will continue to remain hopeful for another season. Young Justice (with the exception of the Harley Quinn animated universe) is my favorite version of the DC Universe. With an exceptional voice cast, a focus on younger more relatable heroes, and a realistic political element to a superhero world, Young Justice cements itself not only as one of the best DC animated shows, but one of the best pieces of superhero media.

So while I have nothing but time until Warner Bros sees the gem that they have and give us a fifth season, I thought I'd pitch the characters I'd most like to see in the next season.

Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti, if you're reading this, know if you don't put these in, I trust the season will be great anyway.

But you know, consider it!

*Spoiler Warning for Every Season of Young Justice*

The Bad Boys of the Bat Family

Let's start with the obvious!

Jason Todd AKA The Red Hood has been teased ever since Season 2, and while has made a few appearances, we have yet to see the menace he can be to both Bruce and The Bat Family.

I particularly want his story to tie in with Tim, who has only been seen to be the loyal soldier to Bruce. This can be an opportunity to reflect upon the life, and how Bruce's trauma trickles down.

Another Bat pairing I'm itching to see is Damian Wayne and Nightwing. The blood son and the favorite son can lead to some fun comedic beats and a lot of tension for the team.

Whatever team they decide to position Damian on, it could lead to disaster. Damians presence can also lead to less trust amongst superheroes, as he is a known killer, and Robin is a pretty public title in the Young Justice universe.

The Forgotten Sidekick

Sometimes even sidekicks need sidekicks!

For those not in the know, Gear was an original character for the DCAU show Static Shock, Virgil's best friend Richie.

Using technology, including a robotic backpack and flying boots, he was simultaneously Virgil's guy in the chair and right hand man in the field.

Static has been on the show for multiple seasons, but really hasn't had much to do since season 2. Giving him a protege of his own while paying homage to what came before.

Speaking of what came before...

The Final Titans

Who doesn't want a Titans reunion?

In Season 3, Cyborg was introduced into the fold and Beast Boy was given a much more expanded role. Ever since, I've been waiting for the Daughter of Trigon and the Tamaranean Princess to arrive.

An episode where the 5 Titans meet for an impromptu mission would be a lot of fun, perhaps battling one of their classic villains like Brother Blood or Deathstoke!

In the long run, both characters fit very well into the already established universe.

Raven would make an interesting member of Zatanna's Sentinels of Magic, and Starfire would be right at home with Forager and Miss Martian as aliens on Earth.

Would it be fan wish fulfillment? Absolutely, but Young Justice has done it before. In Season 4, Razer of Green Lantern Animated Series was given one of the best episodes, continuing his arc to find Aya.

I'm not sure how you could get all these characters and one of the Robins together for a mission, but I'll leaving the writing up to the experts.

The Incompetent Time Traveler

We've had the Legion, we've had Bart, but we have yet to have a time traveler who has no idea what he's doing.

Enter: Booster Gold.

Booster Gold is a fan favorite character across comics and animated media. He is a failed football athlete in the 25th Century, who steals tech in the future to pretend to be a hero in our time.

The character is soon to enter James Gunn's DCU, and recently made his Arrowverse debut in Legends of Tomorrow, played by Donald Faison, right before the show got cancelled (I bring this up mainly because he deserved a shot at voicing him and it could be a fun nod).

Boosters interference with the timeline could lead him to the worlds only time traveling expert, Bart Allen, effectively making him the Outsiders responsibility.

The character also leaves the door open to potentially a big bad, and maybe even thee big bad of the season....

The Professor

Much like General Zod and the Kryptonians became an overarching threat for Season 4, making it a Superboy/Superman focused season, I think it's high time the Speedsters of the team have a new threat.

Professor Zoom or the Reverse Flash is Barry Allen's greatest enemy. Another future man of the 25th Century, Eobard Thawne was a brilliant scientist, so opposed with The Flash, he decided to become his greatest enemy to become part of the story.

Reverse Flash has quite a few similarities with Bart actually. Future speedster hoping to be a part of the story and change the timeline for "the better". It would be an interesting rivalry between them.

While I would like him as the big bad of the season, I understand we JUST did a time traveling menace

My potential pitch would be Reverse Flash needs access to our time now for a power source, something to bring his power to the next level. Something or someone with Speed Force to spare, making him a battery for Eobard. So I believe Reverse Flash has returned to the past to get...

The Prodigal Son

Did I write this piece just to pitch a Wally West return season?

Yes. Yes I did.

Young Justice has left just enough wiggle room for Wally to return. We never hear about his soul, we never found a body, and Wally has been trapped in the Speed Force in the comics before.

Most notably, The Speed Force has not been mentioned yet. Currently, I don't believe any speedsters actually know it exists.

Eobard showing them the speed force and releasing Wally to drain his power, only to be foiled by the team, would not only bring back Wally, it could make him the Fastest Man Alive.

Wally becoming the Flash could be his arc of the season, which I argue would’ve been his destiny if Bart didn’t save Barry’s life.

Giving us a Wally with a power boost, lost time and lost love could lead to a lot of drama and potential for storytelling.

And of course, an Artemis/Wally reunion is well in order.

Again, if none of these characters make an appearance in the next season, I’d still just be happy there’s a season at all.

But time will tell if I’m right.

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The Birth of Eternity

Magic System Notes: Part 1

A/N: These posts are largely going to be used as a reference for those who ask about the magic system in Guardians of Eternity/Tomb of Light. I am deliberately keeping this as vague as possible to avoid spoilers, and some of the finer details might change!

ToL tag list: @writernopal @outpost51 (please ask to be +/-)

Also tagging @writingmaidenwarrior, this is Part 1 of my answer to your question! Do not feel like you have to read all of this, I can give you a summary :)

In order for me to explain the magic system in ToL, you need to know where magic came from. It started with a flash of light…

There once was a falling star that collided with Earth. This was the time before man, when the only living beings still lived in the sea. Upon impact, the meteor transformed the world around it, bringing to life strange plants and creatures familiar to the meteor, but foreign to its new world. The meteor’s physical form slowly eroded and crumbled, becoming one with the rocks and sediment, but below that grew a mass of pure, self-sustaining light. It could feel the ways that nature communicated–the roots of the trees, the intangible chemical signals passed back and forth. It learned to speak the language of the earth, and after thousands of years absorbing its knowledge, grew strong. Then, the first humans arrived.  

The Light observed man, determined to uncover the secrets of the strange life forms that had evolved free of its influence. For hundreds of thousands of years, they were simple, singularly focused beings not worth its time–until civilizations began to form. Watching the humans struggle amongst themselves to create order and structure, the Light drew two conclusions.

Man was unpredictable and dangerous.

Man could always be swayed with the promise of something new.

As the world continued to evolve, the Light feared for its future. Man’s curious nature left it in a constant state of panic, as it was unsure how man would react were they to discover its power. They tore apart nature as they saw fit and the Light was unsure it would be spared from man’s wrath. It chose to reach out to them, learning to speak to them through sounds and images rather than chemical signals. It discovered that man, always reaching towards something new, was incomplete, sad and hollow–so it chose to make them whole by giving them their own light called an Aura. The Light transformed man into formidable beings with great power, allowing them to shape the world any way they wished. As more years passed, they realized the magic was there to stay, along with its source, and man chose to give it a name: Eternity.

Eternity had intended to share its Light as a peace offering, to begin a symbiotic relationship where the humans would protect it in exchange for power. It thought that by making them whole, they would no longer need to search so desperately for the next best thing. Unfortunately, during all that time spent observing mankind, Eternity was oblivious to man’s innate darkness and was blind to their greed. It chose to be more selective in choosing the recipients of its Light, forcing humans to face their darkness. If they remained pure and good in the presence of their worst memories and fears, they were deemed worthy and became Auras. Those whose souls were tainted and irredeemable were turned away.

With the human population rapidly growing, Eternity once more feared for its future. It sent its strongest creatures, the Ursus Ornata, to guide the worthy to the Light. Those who proved to have the strongest hearts were chosen to be its Sentinels, shielding it from man’s greed and helping it grow with the rest of the world. Eternity still feared the Auras would fall victim to the corruption around them and made a decision to create the Shadows–granting power to humans who walked between the light and the dark and remained incorruptible. The Sentinels would watch over Eternity, Eternity would watch over the Auras, and the Shadows watched both.

This was the natural order of things on earth, until a Rameau betrayed a Rothe and changed the world forever. 

[league-of-starlight]

Lux Voice Update concept:

First Move:

“The future can be bright, so long as we let hope live.”

“Come on, we’ve got a job to do.”

“In the name of magic, I shall punish the wicked!”

Long move:

“The people of Terbisia need me. Until I’m certain we can live without fear, I can’t return to Demacia with clear conscience.”

“The world might have darkness, but there’s still a lot of light if we go looking.”

First encounter:

“Have we met?”

“It’s not too late to leave.”

“I’d rather not blast you, so you can go.”

Joke response:

*Snort of laughter* “Okay, okay, that got me.”

Taunt response:

“I’ve been more afraid of my aunt than you.”

Killing:

(General):

“Go to the light. It can’t harm you…”

“I’m sorry, but it was the only way.”

“It had to be done…”

Recall:

“Be right back!”

“Starting to dim, got to brighten myself up!

Death:

“No…”

“Wait…”

“Sorry…”

Respawn:

(Stressed.) “If that happens to me one more time, I’m going to start blasting! Kidding, kidding…” *sigh*

“Woah! I’m… okay?”

“That was… dark.” *Nervous giggling.*

Character specific dialogue:

First encounter:

Annie: “A magic teddy bear? Now I’m getting jealous!”

Ezreal: *To herself* “Just ignore him, maybe he’ll leave.”

Fiora: *Imitating her accent* “En Guard, Miss Laurent!”

“Do you do anything besides fight?”

Galio: “Hey, sleepyhead! I’ve missed you.”

“I’ve grown up a lot since we last spoke. Three inches, to be precise.”

Garen: “…This is awkward.”

Jarvan: “You better keep an eye on those mageseekers.”

Jinx: “Have we met before? There’s something familiar.’

Katarina: “You might’ve helped me, but I’ve got my eye on you.”

Quinn: “Hi Quinn, hi Valor!”

Ryze: “If I win, could you teach me some rune spells? Please?”

Shyvana: “Has Jarvan ever ridden you into battle? What? I’m curious.”

Smoulder: “Aw, a little baby dragon!”

“I know someone who would love you!”

Sylas: “What do you want now?”

“Don’t you have enough magic?”

Mages:

“If you get tired of fighting, I know somewhere you can stay.”

Taunt:

Crystal Rose: “Oh, I remember going to royal balls. So many would-be suitors.” *shivering sound.*

Ezreal: “I’m flattered but you’re really, REALLY not my type.”

Garen: “I’m not just your kid sister anymore.”

Jinx: “I think I had a dream about you? Uh, that’s not weird to say, is it?”

Sentinel skins: “Sentinels of Light? Mind if I tryout?”

Katarina: “Have you and Garen made it past first base? Come oooon, tell me!”

Zoe: “You can have that Ezreal guy. Please, I’m begging you.”

Taunt Response:

Garen: (playfully) “Don’t be mean, Garen!”

Katarina: “Wait till I tell Garen about that!”

Nocturne: “Big talk for a shadow.”

Kill:

Ezreal: “Take a hint! Honestly…”

Garen: No, no, no, I’m sorry, I’m… *sigh*

Jinx: “…Why did you look so happy when I blasted you?”

Ryze: “Looks like I win.”

Sentinels: “Did I pass? …Oh. Hm. Too bright?”

Sylas: “The future will be bright. I just wish you could see it.”

——

Joke: “What’s a double rainbow? Ah, well… give me a minute, um…”

(Second time.)

“Well, a "double rainbow" is a phenomenon of optics that displays a spectrum of light due to the sun shining on droplets of moisture in the atmosphere. Does that explain it?”

(Third time in quick succession.)

“I’m not saying it again. Sorry.”

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤️

Thank you so much for thinking of me… oh go on then! What to choose the ones i love or the ones i think people will read! 😂

here are my favorites - not too popular with the general fanbase cos I like an au with magic and fantasy themes!

Love Is Transformational - the Buckley family have magic and while trying to help Buck Maddie makes a little mistake with a spell and well - things change for Buck but not the way they expected.

Lost Without You -Fantasy Au -To save their son King Phillip and his Queen sacrificed their youngest child's future, now under a curse Buck needs someone with magic to save him.

Good Knight Sweet Prince - Prince Evan and a knight in training meet and become friends. Life separates and reunites them but love seems impossible no mater how much they might want each other.

To Fly the Skies Read and Fly Away Home Dragonrider of Pern AU - Buck flies a dragon with his weyr to keep his planet safe and Eddie grieves the loss of his own dragon until. All the buddie angst

Tied To You From The Start - a twist on mate or die/sentinel type fics. In a world where people are born with Variations that can activate something happens to Buck and he needs help to keep him safe and sane. Eddie just needs to find him.

[skyderman]

Hi! Happy WBW! 🐋 - Got a big creature in your world? Are they still around? Has there been bigger ones?

OOOO i love big creatures!! for years i've held onto the idea of gigantic sky jellyfish, big as clouds, that appear rarely on some world, but i haven't used them for anything yet.

let's see... in Story of Magus, there may be large creatures in the enchanted forest... but i know for certain that there's sentinels. they're not creatures exactly, though. sentinels are giant, humanoid, stone structures leftover from the war that destroyed most of civilization on Pelroa a very long time ago. they were created as war machines imbued with magic, but without anyone to destroy or serve, they now wander aimlessly around the West. i wonder how they might show up in the story... hehehe

the closest thing to a big creature in Mothwing would be a type of faerie, i suppose. physical size kind of equates power or importance when it comes to the Fae in Mothwing. The Faerie Queen stands around 8 feet tall. Luna, a goddess, is probably between 10-15 feet.

man, i've underutilized Big Creatures, huh! i should definitely figure out how to work some in to my future projects!

[callmekenya]

Imagine: Y/N finds solace and adventure in a midnight encounter with Castiel, an enigmatic angel who leads him on a journey through the mystical depths of a moonlit forest, offering guidance and hope amidst the shadows of the night.

The moon hung low in the sky, casting a silvery glow over the ancient forest as Y/N wandered through the dense underbrush. His footsteps were soft against the leaf-strewn ground, the only sound in the stillness of the night. Lost in thought, he hardly noticed the gentle rustle of the wind through the trees or the distant hooting of an owl.

As he walked deeper into the woods, Y/N's mind drifted to the events of the day, the stress of his mundane life weighing heavily on his shoulders. He longed for an escape, a reprieve from the monotony of his existence.

Suddenly, a voice cut through the silence, deep and melodious, sending shivers down Y/N's spine. "Lost, are we?"

Startled, Y/N whipped around to see a figure emerging from the shadows. Tall and imposing, with piercing blue eyes that seemed to hold the secrets of the universe, stood Castiel.

Y/N's heart pounded in his chest as he struggled to find his voice. "I... I was just taking a walk," he stammered, feeling a flush of embarrassment heat his cheeks.

Castiel's lips curved into a small smile, the moonlight catching the edges of his tousled hair. "A walk at this hour?" he mused, taking a step closer to Y/N. "Perhaps you seek something more than just a stroll through the woods."

Y/N swallowed hard, his gaze locked with Castiel's. There was something magnetic about the angelic being before him, something that drew him in despite the warning bells ringing in the back of his mind.

"I... I needed to clear my head," Y/N admitted, his voice barely above a whisper.

Castiel's expression softened, a hint of understanding in his eyes. "I understand that feeling all too well," he said quietly, his voice carrying an otherworldly weight. "But sometimes, the answers we seek are not found in solitude."

Before Y/N could respond, Castiel reached out a hand, his touch sending a jolt of electricity coursing through Y/N's veins. Without a word, he began to lead Y/N deeper into the forest, the shadows dancing around them like silent sentinels.

As they walked, Castiel spoke of worlds beyond the mortal realm, of battles fought and victories won. His words were like poetry, weaving a tapestry of wonder and awe that enveloped Y/N in its embrace.

Lost in the magic of the moment, Y/N felt the weight of his troubles lift from his shoulders, replaced by a sense of peace he had never known before. In that fleeting instant, amidst the darkness and the trees, he found himself falling, falling into the depths of Castiel's gaze, knowing that he had found something truly extraordinary.

And as the first light of dawn began to break through the canopy above, Y/N realized that he was no longer alone. In the company of an angel, he had discovered a new path, one filled with endless possibility and boundless wonder.

Together, they walked into the light, leaving behind the shadows of the night and stepping into a future that shimmered with promise. For in the heart of the forest, under the watchful gaze of the moon, Y/N had found his guiding star in the form of Castiel, the celestial being who had changed his life forever.

[queenoffishingandcookies]

LUCIS CAELUM MAGIC HEADCANONS

In my previous post about LC pregnancy headcanons, I brought up the fact that the Lucis Caelum bloodline has (or more accurately, had) two separate forms of magic.

One was Innate Magic, something they had prior to Bahamut’s Revelation after the fall of Solheim that granted them use of the Crystal. Their ancestor was blessed with that power, perhaps at birth (which will be explained), and passed that down to their descendants.

The other branch is Crystal Magic. This wasn’t innate to the bloodline at first. It didn’t boil their blood, or rattle in their bones, or sing constant hymns and prayers in the back of their mind - not yet, at least.

Following the fall of Solheim, there was a massive power vacuum left where Solheim’s nobility and the Astral’s guidance used to be.

Most of noble houses were gone, or had to flee and lose much of their material wealth and immaterial power, becoming refuge to other ruling or noble houses of smaller nations.

The Astrals themselves, except for perhaps Bahamut (for those of you who have read Dawn of the Future) fell into slumber or death, the Sacred Laws they passed down to mortals becoming defunct as there was no one left to enforce them.

Bahamut doesn’t much care for mortals. A deity on high, he sees the world differently. If there’s in issue, he is the type to do a Hard Reset of the star, and then repopulate it after purging the issue (example being starscourge. If you can’t fix it, kill it and begin anew).

But this…he could, albeit in a roundabout way, fix this.

My personal headcanon is that Bahamut, in some way, is literally related to the Lucis Caelum bloodline. More than being the Patron Astral, he is also the family patriarch.

In some AU ideas, this means he perhaps descended to Eos himself following the fall of Solheim, to see what the humans were doing upon the star. There had to have been wars over previous Solheim territory, so much death and illness, not including lack of resources to heal and feed refugees.

Maybe he found love, as much as he is able to understand how to love and be loved rather than simply revered, with a mortal - perhaps one that had already been given his blessing before, and sired a somewhat mortal heir.

Maybe, as sentinels over the star, he forged magnificent scaled and winged beasts in his image, wove them from the steel of his blade and the scales in his armor, of the light of the beyond and the lifeforce of Eos.

Then gave them the ability to take upon a human form, so that they might better watch over the people. The Astrals can change for too, it’s not out of the ordinary - such as the legends of Leviathan taking a human or semi-human form.

So.

Bahamut, the Draconian. Bahamut, the God of War.

(Bahamut, the Father, Very Out of Touch with Human Emotion)

War encompasses so much.

When you think of war, the first thing that comes to people’s minds is bloodshed, isn’t it? Soldier’s prowess on the battlefield in cutting down or shooting enemies dead, death upon death in pursuit of victory for someone else, for safety. You think of illness and infection of the soldiers, or rationing of food and material on the home front.

What about the doctors and nurses who tend to the injured on the field? Healers and protectors, rather than fighters, although they can fight if necessary.

That too falls under the banner of war.

Bahamut is an asshole. He’s probably where Somnus got his ideology of “Cruel, Cold, but Fair” from.

But I bring to you the idea that he was God of War, (effectively a sort of God of Death), and God of Healing. Conflict, war comes to everyone - literal wars and more personal, emotional ones. But so does healing. Not equal to all, depending on what is on hand and status - but it does.

He was literally able to crystallize Eos’s life force, bend it into tangible shape, after all.

And who better to be Blessed with such power, than those who are already used to a modicum of divinity themselves?

His children.

(And later, the Oracles, after his blood slayed blood, and their truest form, of a dragon soaring through the sky, was all but slain in punishment, shackled beneath skin and layers of magic, too much too painful magic that becomes give and take, give your own life and take what might end another’s upon yourself, sacrifice and the sacrifice of your descendants-)

Many of the other Astrals children (they had more semi-mortal kids than Bahamut) had perished in the war, like many messengers had been sealed away in sleep like the other Astrals, so it’s entirely likely that Bahamut was just like… well, my bloodline is one that seems fairly okay after that, they should be able to handle it.

The Innate Magic

Now that I’ve gone over the lore of the Lucis Caelum’s Magic / lack of “true” humanity, let’s get into the more specific details of their two-branches-of-Magic-that-sort-of-became-one.

As mentioned above, Innate Magic is something the LC Bloodline was born with, after their ancient (mortal) ancestor was blessed/created by Bahamut.

I see it divided into two variants:

Healing and Combat.

I think, in the context of other FF games, that means White Magic and Black Magic?

I wouldn’t know, since XV was my first game in the series (sorry those of you who weave the Goddess Etro into your worldbuilding, but I don’t really know who that is or the lore behind her, so she won’t be present. For now, at least. May change in the future).

HEALING MAGIC

Let’s look at Ardyn (Pre-scourge), as well as the Oracles, as an example of Healing Magic.

Ardyn was one of the most powerful healers in the Lucis Caelum bloodline, as I headcanon him. He was not just able to absorb the starscourge with his innate power, but other illnesses as well.

(If it was the meteor of the six which brought the starscourge to Eos, i headcanon that it fell during the Astral War and was what put Titan out of the running as a fighter. It probably would have first appeared over the course of the first half century or so, so I don’t think it would be too surprising to claim Ardyn was their first of his bloodline to be skilled over his magic enough to do so, hence having Bahamut’s blessing to try and absorb/purify the scourge in his own body).

Unlike the Oracles, who could first only soothe symptoms of pain and bolster the body’s immune response (until their power, like the LC’s with the Crystal, was spun into their very blood and bone and they were taught -), many LC’s could absorb the illness, easily heal wounds, and even abate infections and poisonings.

That wasn’t mentioning their prowess in creating healing potions - curatives - and salves. Things that relieved fevers and other symptoms, antidotes for poisons…for illnesses they couldn’t absorb (see: poisoning) on account of being unable to siphon the source of the problem into their body (unless you count blood-letting and absorbing blood into the body which was dangerous-).

Lucis Caelum’s could heighten the restorative effects of certain ingredients, make them more potent than what they normally were, blend them into liquid curatives or pills and then further bless them…….

Part of being able to sense and heal from illness was also being able to pinpoint what could reasonably cause illness and death, and what would have the opposite effect (later heightened by connection to the Crystal).

Such abilities were heightened, when was was able to earn another Blessing of one of the six. In the past, I consider it a thing where, perhaps, people would make pilgrimages to where the Astrals (except for the enraged Ifrit) slept.

For the ability to manipulate the elements, to better feel the world around them, having a greater awareness. In the past, these were the Revelations spoken of in the Cosmogony.

Lucis Caelum’s already had a quiet awareness of the star’s life and light, like a second heartbeat in their chest, could feel the cold steel that slumbered beneath the earth and the crackle of light-fire which forged that Draconian’s scale and blades-

With guidance from Bahamut, they sought to further their abilities by gaining the blessing of the six, prior to being bound to the Crystal.

How better to disclose a good water source from a poor one, with Leviathan’s blessing? To know the poisonous plants and metals from the ones which improve healing, with Titan’s? To bring rain to destitute regions, and grant the starving and thirsty succor, with Ramuh’s aid? To preverse meats and transfer goods, such as water, with Shiva’s?

The one thing they couldn’t recieve was the Infernian’s flame (but it should be noted that LC’s, even without a blessing had strong grasps on elements. Some widespread rumors in Dragon-verses were that, as children of Bahamut, when they were forged in The Beyond, that they Astrals blessed their dragon-forms, and that blessing waned slightly to fit mortal bodies).

(These are some of the few ways elemancy, typically regarded as Black Magic, combat magic, could be used to grant aid, grant healing).

Granted, Elemancy wasn’t….this wasn’t just a LC thing - not until the Crystal. Other people, too, not born to the Astrals the sought the favor of, looked for their blessings. But they could not absorb said element, could not create it with their bare palms - there had to be a source nearby, and they couldn’t just save that energy for later.

LC’s, being not entirely human, just had a one-up in receiving them.

In the fall of Solheim, they were who everyone flocked to in order to develop medicine, treatment procedures. Trade agreements….they were hailed almost as heroes, as something sacred and holy.

COMBAT MAGICS

As descendants of Bahamut, being bound to both life and death as they pertain to war, something I view as innate to the Lucis Caelum’s is the Royal Arms.

They are imprints of their forefather’s souls - of their life - left behind, embedded into a favored weapon that once belonged to them. With Bahamut’s blessing, they were filled with the light of The Beyond, which the LC’s are tied to by blood.

Up until the Crystal was bound to them, they didn’t have their own personal beyond (Armiger), but they could still touch upon the light of the Beyond, the royal arms woven with it and able to phase between the two realms because of that.

(Now I’m imagining Bahamut just holding onto the arms for his descendants, prior to granting them the Crystal - and, though it’s covered later, the Armiger isn’t actually The Beyond, but a Lucis Caelum’s personal hammerspace basically modeled after the Beyond. Bahamut taught them. He got tired of storing their weapons for them, and it had more than one use).

Similarly - to be able to absorb a person’s illness, symptoms of illness, their magic could almost mimic illness, mimic poisons - a LC could literally drain a person’s life. Similar to the Ring of Lucis, but to a far lesser extent. Being bound to the Crystal enhanced the effect of doing so, but they could do it before that.

They had something similar to warping, as well. Light blending. It was a result of being bound to The Beyond by blood, by being something more and less than human. Their bodies would become indistinct in light, like sunlight, and blur. They could phase and move faster. It wasn’t quite warping (literally through themselves through The Beyond for a few seconds, while anchored to Eos via their weapon), but it was close.

The last thing I considered was Elemancy. Again, this wasn’t innate to the Lucis Caelum bloodline (yet), but they still used it in combat. It was less like seen in the games (both the main game and Comrades) and more closer to The Avatar’s or The Legend of Korra’s bending arts).

They couldn’t create the elements either, they had to work with what was on hand.

Like with Crystal Magic, there is a sort of give and take with a LC’s innate Magic. It’s still their energy, if they overexert themselves, they will still get tired - they will be susceptible to falling I’ll with the very illnesses they heal/induce….but it comes back to them, eventually.

It’s not like the give and take of the Crystal.

With that explained, let us move on to the other-but-not-really branch of LC Magic.

The Crystal Magic

I already explained at the top my reasoning for why Bahamut made the Crystal, why it was given to the LC bloodline…but now I’ll get a little more into the details of what that means, how it was bound to his bloodline.

Bahamut, from the beyond, literally pulled Eos’s lifeforce from its shell, and gave it a new one. Then, he literally wove the essence of The Beyond itself, a higher plane of existence, the afterlife, into it.

It was given a low level of sentience, derived from his own consciousness as well as the plants, the earth and the water and rain and the people, and the other Astrals of Eos.

And Bahamut…Bahamut beckoned his children to come to him, to enter upon The Beyond and the light of Eos, and see if they could handle it - handle being chosen to guide and carry the land.

This happened some…thirty or forty years after the fall of Solheim. The creation of the Crystal, and a LC who could actually bind with it - with Eos and the Beyond without breaking underneath the wait of accepting it and it’s cost - took years.

The Crystal, literally being tied to Eos and the Astrals, enhanced their elemancy by far. Bound to the planet itself, a LC who was able to handle the weight of the land - the beating lifeforce of every creature and plant on it, every illness and death - was irrevocably bound to the elements.

No longer constrained to simply manipulating the elements, they could create it - fire, water, ice, electricity….it danced at their fingertips.

Their grasp on the flow of life, the ability to heal and sense both the properties of deadly things and (relatively) safe things expanded far beyond what it was…

They, now being bound to the beyond, could also grasp something beyond - something above Eos’ plane of existence.

Bahamut himself was able to guide them on molding that “other” existence, bound space and lack of time just to their person - the Armiger.

With time, they could also learn to Warp. Bahamut taught the first of his descendants how, tied to the beyond as they were through the Crystal, they could phase between realms in a way different from light bending.

As long as they kept a grasp on their tie to the star, though beginners of teen favored something in hand, a physical form of an element to use as an anchor, they could phase back out in a location of their choosing, rather than just become immaterial.

They were granted the ability to warp in and out of existence on both the mortal and immortal realm.

But Crystal Magic came at an immense cost.

LC’s using the Crystal’s magic weren’t drawing on their own power at first - they weren’t giving and taking from their own person like they used to, though the cost was still their body’s to pay.

They were drawing on the life of the star, of even the other Astrals, to a lesser extent. And the cost, to fill the space left in the wake of the energy they used….

Was their own life energy.

Give and take. Magic drawn from the land is paid back with the magic, the energy, of the person wielding it.

The Merging of Innate and Crystal

The Lucis Caelum’s weren’t born bound to the Crystal, and that was why originally there was a difference between the use of Crystal and Innate Magic.

But, as you might of noticed earlier, I mentioned that as time passed, that was no longer the case.

When Bahamut blessed and cursed his children, his chosen, with the Crystal, the first LC to bond with it was already an adult, already had sired children. His children, then (most likely Somnus and Ardyn’s grandparents and possibly aunts/uncles?) had to be bound and able to carry the weight of being irreversibly bound to Eos, to the elements, to the overwhelming push and pull and give and take of life and death and the elements of the world - not even including the weight of The Beyond.

Crystal Magic and Innate Magic…though both tangled together in their bodies….were separate.

By the time Ardyn and Somnus were born, that wasn’t the case. Either they, or their father/mother, were born bound to the Crystal, because their parents were bound and that tie passed down to them.

They never knew an existence without the scream of the land under the skin, without the cost of the power they were given.

From them on downwards, the LC’s innate Magic blended and merged and wove together with the Crystal Magic - so much so that the space between them no longer existed.

There was no longer a choice on giving and taking from themselves or the Crystal. They were bound to the Crystal, to the star, to the beyond.

Their magic; the beyond, Eos……it wasn’t separate anymore. All of it is bound to the LC bloodline, and as long as the bloodline itself exists…it’s not going anywhere.

Even if they Crystal were to shatter, the Astrals were to die…the magic is too deeply woven into their bodies, their very souls, to wither up and die.

The magic flows incessantly through them, building up and burning from the inside out, caught between the instinct to preserve the body and the cost of using it, burning itself up and devouring it.

It isn’t safe for a Lucis Caelum to not use their magic - there’s too much of it for their somewhat mortal bodies…but the cost of doing so isn’t healthy either.

——————-

Well, that got longer than I was expecting it to.

I didn’t get all the very intricate details I wanted to, but I can’t even explain all the nuances with their magic because I just…don’t have words for it?? It’s more of a feeling that I can’t put into words, and besides - it gives other people room to expand on it themselves.

Anyway, it’s currently almost four in the morning where I live and I’ve been up two hours straight writing this, so if you’ll excuse me -

I’m going to go pass out.

Bye!

[chaospixiemagic]

The Known World was never meant to be ALL there was ... now, after the Shattering, the undiscovered and forgotten places of the realms have not only begun to reappear, but to meld and merge in strange ways as new magic takes hold of old legends. Stories and dreams and even nightmares have come to life, drifting into reality like leaves blown in on the wind. Creatures like this one, an apparent amalgamation of several different legendary guardians and storybook tales, are rumored to be lurking in the places where realm barriers once held firm, but are now flickering in and out of existence.

I’ve been using the funding from my TTRPG Kickstarter (MapweaverRPG) to hire on some INCREDIBLE artists to bring the images in my head to life … and I have to tell you I am BLOWN AWAY. As an immersive storyteller, I love having visuals to match the vibe, and honestly I am always thrilled to see someone else’s interpretation of my world. If you’re looking for fantasy illustrators, I HIGHLY recommend her. And honestly I just can’t wait to get prints made of this … but in the meantime? GO CHECK OUT @alliebriggsart IMMEDIATELY!

To answer some questions from the previous version of this post:

- Yes, there WILL be a color version made eventually

- Yes, this is a creature you can meet and engage with in my new Tabletop setting

- Yes, it will also appear in future books set in this world

There are even more creatures like this to come, and I am so excited to dive into the mechanics of how they work, what they do, and even gift this sort of "amalgamation" power to the Wildlings: a playable option in Mapweaver RPG. Honestly, seeing the creature design itself come to life has inspired me SO MUCH more than I expected. The Wildlings themselves were just a brief and amorphous idea, and now they are beginning to really take shape with this as their Guardian. Their Sentinel. Their symbol, even.

AMA! If I don't have the answer already, I'll write one for you!

[retrocgads]

USA 1990

[ettadunham]

i decided to go back to my the longest journey replay after replayling dreamfall chapters, and i desperately need someone to do a video essay on the politics of this game series because it’s so all over the place and fascinating.

to be fair, the part of the games that’s a sci-fi cyberpunk future setting is more or less cohesive. it’s a cyberpunk setting, it consistently lampshades and criticizes hypercapitalism, even if it only goes into more details, like the electoral system of one state, in the very last game. (and even then, we don’t actually find out the results of the elections in europolis, but in my interpretation, that’s because they don’t matter much - we already know that the megacorporation that was exposed for being responsible for a literal terrorist attack is not going to face any consequences other than the discontinuation of their latest product. even if the marxists, the one party in europolis that wasn’t being financed by them, win the election there, that’s not going to change the larger global dynamics.)

and maybe the fantasy setting isn’t as complex either now that i’m thinking about it... certainly, the most consistent element here is being an anti-fascist in arcadia in any of the games. but tlj is an interesting element in that this is the one where the fascist propaganda is mostly in the background, being stirred up by the vanguard to grow support for their cause. as a result, in the first game we end up siding with and protecting the current status quo, in opposition to the revolutionary idea of the re-unification, while in all subsequent games we’re part of the rebels, opposing the azadi occupation.

but also, the whole history of the divide is kind of wild. it’s a tower of babel retelling where mankind needed to be humbled before they destroyed the world (which might be interpreted as a climate change analogy i guess), but all the information about when and how re-unification would happen is super vague and prophetic. it’s all faith-based in a very christian-like fashion, there’s even direct reference to that with a catholic priest being a sentinel of the balance as well. meanwhile, the azadi, the overall bad guys of the later games who are trying to force their own religion on the lands they conquer and segregate the magical population, literally get their names from a persian word meaning ‘freedom’ so that’s...... a choice.

all i’m saying is that there’s a lot of ground to cover and a lot of angles to take and someone should do it. pls.

[fouralignments]

This was supposed to be an author's note for Chapter 5: I’ve Opened by Mind, Yet I am Blind for Blessed by Khonshu, My Son Comes Back to Me to explain my reasoning behind Sabah Nur's why he acts the way that he does.

I have a pet peeve in writing is the idiot plot.

Don't get me wrong there is a time and place for it. I love me some Bride Wars or your Flash Gordon's Emperor Ming who revival in the camp and who doesn't skim through the Evil overlord list. But you knows its comedy and we can laugh at the absurdity and the larger than life antics and emotions. Or even your Dr. Doofenshmirtz, his entire schtick is this. But I don't mind it! I enjoy Back to the Future II because you know the story and characters are great and I can overlook it.

Sometimes characters do not have all the information or their egos into the way or they do not listen and they make the wrong decisions or a stupid decision; which for me is perfectly alright.

My beef with the idiot plot is when there are instances of the idiocy of the characters drives the plot forward in order to work. Theses are your Prometheus. I enjoy this despite its flaws and also Michael Fassbender performance saved this movie; the forced conflict of a character withholding information and not just sitting down and talking about in romantic movies that could have been so easily solved in the first act.

Its the writing equivalent of twisting your characters into pretzel in order, and deliberately writing them out of character for convivence and not really putting in the effort and thinking through would X character response to this situation and/or crisis. For me this bad writing.

Now, its one thing for your Emperor Ming or Dr. Doofenshmirtz to be idiotic in their villainy. But, we're talking about one of the X-Men's biggest big bad: Apocalypse. He's one of the most powerful villains that they ever faced during their runs.

There is a saying: That your hero is only as good as your villain.

The writers XM:A kneecapped Apocalypse for our heroes in order for them to win. It takes away from Sabah Nur menace. Apocalypse holds that villain ball hard with Charles delivering his speech to the world and giving Jean his location to save him. It sabotages the characters, so it requires less of them in order to defeat Apocalypse or the situation that they are in. Things happen to the characters like Wolverine making mincemeat at Akali lake that require very little of our characters to escape.

So the defeat feels less earned; its cheating in order for the writer to get the results that they wants. Its like technobabble, it isn't your characters thinking their way out of problem, its magic and no more explanation is needed. If your characters are pressed against wall and they can either fight, think or talk to get themselves out.

I get the feeling this why the Jean unleashing the phoenix felt so underwhelming because It isn't our heroes exhausting all possibilities of defeating Apocalypse, where he outsmarted them, out fought them and won at every front and the X-Men can just barely defeat him with all their powers combined, but it isn't enough. Therefore, they do need the Deus ex Machina of the Phoenix in order to defeat him.

The other X-Men movies didn't require the villains: Trask, Stryker (both young and old), Shaw, Senator Kelly or Magneto to be stupid in order for the heroes to defeat them; quite the opposite, their intelligence made more scary and adding to the challenge for our heroes to overcome.

The sentinel are the X-Men cinematic universe equivalent of the fucking Borg; if you had an ad agency advertising futility the DOFP future! sentinels would be it.

XM:A needed to go through several more drafts because this is just sloppy writing and nowhere the caliber of DOFP and FC.

Also you have Oscar God-damn Isaac How could not make this work???

There are parts of this movie that work really damn well for En Sabah Nur because he can be damn scary if the writers allow him to be.

[xasha777]

In the shadow of an apocalyptic moon, where the skies bled crimson and ash rained like a somber snowfall, the University of Cambridge stood as a fortress amidst chaos. Its storied halls, once brimming with the bright minds of young scholars, were now eerily silent, echoing with whispers of the past.

Among the ruins prowled Isolde, a creature born of nightmares and forged in the fire of the world's end. With horns that spiraled toward the heavens and eyes as dark as the void, she moved through the deserted cityscapes, a specter of vengeance and sorrow. Her once-human form had been twisted by the dark magics unleashed during the cataclysm, turning her into a guardian of the damned.

One fateful night, under the blood-red moon, a group of survivors ventured into the university’s ancient library, seeking knowledge that might help them restore some semblance of order. The group, led by Professor Eleanor, a brilliant mind in arcane and mythical studies, hoped to uncover ancient texts that prophesized these dark times.

As they delved deeper into the labyrinthine library, with only the flicker of their torches piercing the darkness, Isolde watched from the shadows. Her heart, still human enough to feel pain, ached at the sight of her once-beloved sanctuary in ruins. The library was where she had spent countless hours, dreaming of a future that now lay in ashes.

With each step the survivors took, the air grew colder, the whispers louder. Books fluttered to the floor as if tossed by invisible hands, and shadows danced along the walls, twisting and writhing in the torchlight. Professor Eleanor, undeterred, pressed on, her eyes scanning the spines of ancient books until she found it—a leather-bound tome with symbols that glowed faintly under the moon’s eerie light.

As she opened the book, the ground trembled, and a ghastly howl filled the air. Isolde stepped from the darkness, her presence chilling the room more than the night air could. The survivors froze, terror gripping their hearts as they faced the demonic figure before them.

“I am the Keeper of the Lost,” Isolde’s voice echoed, a symphony of sorrow and rage. “You seek to restore what has been taken, but you do not understand the price.”

Professor Eleanor, her voice steady despite her fear, spoke, “We seek only knowledge, to prevent further despair. Help us understand, so we may heal this broken world.”

Isolde’s gaze softened momentarily, the human within wrestling with the monster she had become. A silent battle raged within her, until finally, she stepped aside, allowing them access to the tome.

“You may read, but be wary,” she warned. “Some truths are better left buried in the ashes of the past.”

With trembling hands, Professor Eleanor turned the pages, each word revealing the grim fate of the world and the role Isolde had played in its downfall—cursed to wander the ruins as both its sentinel and its prisoner. As they absorbed the tragic revelations, the survivors realized that their path to salvation would be fraught with challenges far greater than they had imagined.

Outside, as they departed with heavy hearts, the blood-red moon loomed larger, a silent witness to the ongoing struggle between light and darkness. And Isolde, with one last sorrowful glance at the university she loved, vanished into the night, her curse binding her to these haunted grounds until the end of days.

[kindreddraickin]

VOCABULARY & REFERENCES

so this is an obscure AF hyperfixation of mine & i feel the need to expand on some in-game terms and ideas so that people aren't totally LOST here. without further ado:

THE TWIN WORLDS (STORY):

This is the concept that the entirety of TLJ is founded upon. Long ago, there existed only one world; this world combined logic and magic, but because people are People, chaos was inevitable. Those who were knowledgeable in both realms were practically unstoppable; those under them were made to suffer.

This world was forcibly torn asunder by the Draic-Kin, an all-powerful alien race (consider them Gods). The Draic-Kin split the Earth in two, creating one world of magic and one of logic.

DRAIC-KIN:

The Draic-Kin God-like species of aliens; they are, without a doubt, the most powerful beings on Earth. The Draic-Kin can manifest as dragons, people, anything and anyone they want. Despite their undeniable and immeasurable power, they exist as a peaceful race. Their actions are performed in the best interest of Stark and Arcadia.

April is heavily implied to be a daughter, or perhaps half-daughter, of the White Draic-Kin. Unbeknownst to her, she has plenty of untapped power and potential.

STARK:

A version of Earth that grounds itself in logic. The world around us, right now, is what would be considered "Stark." This is a world in which fantasy is fictionalized; nobody in Stark (Draic-Kin & Vanguard aside) knows that Arcadia even exists.

ARCADIA:

A version of Earth that grounds itself in magic. This version of the world is the physical embodiment of fantasy, containing all sorts of magic. The only limitation is technology, which has been vastly stunted in a world where scientific advancement is impossible. Worth noting; those in Arcadia know of Stark. Magic is what separated the Earth, so those who remained in the realm of magic are able to recognize the divide between worlds.

THE DIVIDE:

A term used to describe the splitting of the Earth (and the "dream world" that exists between realities). Unless you are a shifter, it is impossible to cross the Divide without great effort.

SHIFTER:

A person with the ability to freely cross the Divide, making travel between Stark and Arcadia possible. As of TLJ, April is the strongest living shifter.

THE BALANCE:

An equilibrium between chaos and magic; the Balance refers to the balancing act performed by the Guardian, keeping both realms safe and separate. Those in Arcadia cherish this Balance and celebrate it, whereas those in Stark are completely unaware of it.

THE GUARDIAN:

A person who protects the Balance between Stark and Arcadia. Without a Guardian, the worlds will chaotically intertwine; if neither world is ready to reunite, then they will both fall. This predicament prompts April's journey.

THE GUARDIAN'S REALM:

A "realm" out of reach from both Stark and Arcadia; this is where Guardians reside during their reign over the Balance.

THE SENTINEL:

A sacred group founded by the Draic-Kin to watch over the Balance. This group consisted of six members from each world; after the split, these twelve existed to be secret supervisors. They are the ones who ensure that the next Guardian takes their rightful place in the realm and ensure that the Balance is in check.

THE VANGUARD (CHURCH OF VOLTEC):

The Vanguard (operating as the Church of Voltec in Stark) is a breakaway faction of the Sentinel with radical beliefs. The Vanguard believes that the worlds should again be intertwined, not taking into account that neither worlds are ready.

THE COLONIES:

This refers to the Moon colonies of the future; these are advertised as paradise with free housing, when in reality, those who become part of the colonies are essentially slaves.

THE COLLAPSE:

A mysterious event that occurred in August of 2209, witnessed by everyone in Stark. This event is cryptically referred to in every entry, but it's implied that it had something to do with magic seeping into Stark or a widespread, irreparable technological failure. Many of humanity's biggest technological advances suddenly shut down, leaving those in its wake forever changed.

RAPTURES / AMATHIN:

A drug of the 2200's; Amathin is a mass-produced and commercialized drug that "makes dreams feel real." They are peddled off shamelessly, resulting in a number of addicts around the world.

CROW / CROWBOY:

Crowboy is April's favorite cartoon; the main character, Crowboy, was a cowboy AND a crow. He sported the classic cowboy get-up and rode on an albatross named "Ol' Whitey." Crowboy was April's hero when she was a kid, and later in life, she named a friend of hers after him. Crow, her comic relief sidekick, isn't named after his avian counterpart in Stark; he's instead named after Crowboy. In Dreamfall Chapters, we actually get a look at this beloved boy:

He's popular enough to be a map guide. We love you, Crowboy.

[sandman705-307]

SANDMAN 705'S DOOM TIMELINE

IMPORTANT NOTES

-This is my (Sandman705) headcanon for the entire Doom Series. Despite that, I could not make this all up myself obviously. I have taken from, edited, changed around and copied from the following sources:

-doom.fandom.com – Taking elements from the Shared Timeline and Timeline (Doom 3 as a prequel) as well as plot elements and codex entries from individual games

-Wikipedia – various plot elements from all games

-The Complete Doom Timeline by RK on YouTube – https://tinyurl.com/8j9t7psx

-Various reddit posts from fans and contributors

-For the Wolfenstein part of the timeline I simply used what was online from the fandom site. I have played most Wolfenstein games but not to the extent of Doom. I do not know if those events follow the old school classic games, the new ones or a mixture of both – but in this timeline the Axis powers do NOT win WWII.

-Because the classic Doom games had very little (if any) plot, their game summaries are both shorter and have a lot of imagination in them as opposed to the newer, more fleshed out, plot driven games starting with Doom 3.

-I re-played through all Classic Doom games with the “Brutal Doom” mod enabled.

-Final Doom IS canon in this timeline

-After years of believing Doom 3 was a prequel to the entire series, I have since changed my mind – Doom 3 happens after Doom 64 and the Marine in that game is not The Doom Marine as he was still locked in his sarcophagus at the time Doom 3 happens. Furthermore, the Marines in Doom 3's expansions are both different than the Marine in the main game of Doom 3

-Both Doom RPG games are not represented here. I never played those games and their plots do not coincide with the rest of my timeline.

-There is A LOT of interpretation and assumption made about what happened between Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal because ID and Bethesda have never really explained in full detail what did go down

BEFORE THE DAWN OF TIME

-A being is created – a primordial – Davoth – with every step he takes new worlds are created the first of which is known as Jekkad (Hell)

-Davoth creates Urdak and the Makyr race to aid in the discovery of immortality which they keep to themselves

-The Father challenges Davoth to a dual, defeats him, rips out his life sphere and places him in the Ingmore Sanctum – Jekkad is sealed off from the universe and its residents driven mad

-With history rewritten and the Father as the creator of everything, Davoth from beyond the grave continues to influence the most powerful beings in the universe

-Chaos erupts on Urdak and The Father instructs Samur Makyr to seal his life sphere in the I Ingmore Sanctum next to Davoth (The Dark Lord) Samur Makyr takes The Father's consciousness with him

-A giant sphere plunges into Argent D'Nur and wraiths appear from it – they give magic and life to the worlds and the race of Argenta People are born

-The Argenta People saw the wraith's gifts as magic, the Night Sentinels protected the Argenta, while the Priests of the Order Deag would worship and venerate them.

-The Makyrs appeared to the Sentinels and offered them a great gift – those who served them would be granted an afterlife in the realm of Urdak – while they still venerated the wraiths they came to worship the Makyrs as their true gods, including their leader the Khan Makyr.

80,000,000 B.C.

-Agaddon Hunters, a species indigenous to Earth, are frozen in the polar wastes. They predate other complex Earth-based life. Their corpses are frozen in the Arctic and preserved below the polar ice.

60,000,000 B.C.

-Argenta constructed a settlement on earth in its polar regions during Argent D'Nur's extraterrestrial expansion.

-Deag Priests experimented on remains of the Agaddon, creating the first Doom Hunters who, way in the future, would battle The Doom Slayer and his Night Sentinels during the Unholy Crusades on Argent D'Nur. They assaulted the armies of the North, and were among the ranks of the demonic forces during the Argenta Civil War

2-1,000,000 B.C.

-Ancient Martian civilization is built

400,000 B.C.

-Height of the Martian civilization

90,000-10,000 B.C.

-Ancient languages develop on Earth, some may have originated from Mars

4,000 B.C.

-Swastikas appear on ceramics in Iran

100 A.D.

-Germans begin using runes for magical and ordinary writing. They were able to use runes as a method of gaining insight into the future or the unknown by supernatural means

149

-First recorded trans-dimensional encounters with humans and demons apparently on Earth. First time demonic races were documented by humans (this may also be associated with Argent D'Nur or the Bethians). First known trans-dimensional encounters occurred over two millennia ago

918

-German Prince Heinrich I begins studying the Thulian Mystery Occult, and resolves to forge his own empire at the expense of the existing Frankish dynasty.

933

-Heinrich I unleashes his army of undead on the invading Magyars, defeating them at the Battle of Riade.

943

-Heinrich I is sealed within his tomb by Simon the Wanderer

-The Defiled Church is built

1346-1353

-Black Death ravages Western Eurasia and North Africa

1573

-The Spear of Destiny is found under Castle Wolfenstein in the catacombs

1618-1648

-30 Year's War in German Empire

1815

-June 18: German Confederation signed

1845

-March 13: German Revolutions begin

1871

-German Empire is formed

1911

-July 11: World War I begins

-August 15: William “B.J.” Blazkowicz is born in Milwaukee, WI

1918

-November 11: End of WWI, the Spear of Destiny is one of the national treasures taken from Germany and brought to a museum in Versailles, France

1929

-Geneva Convention bans chemical weapons

1933

-Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

-Albert Eisenstein lives in California but becomes a target of the growing Nazi might

1934

-The Totenkopf instituted by Heinrich Himmler becomes the symbol of recognition and loyalty to Hitler and his ideals. These were used on rings adapted Pagan Germanic mythology from Thor, and Wotan's spear.

1937

-Deathshead begins research into Super Soldiers

1938

-As early as 1938, it was concluded that Operation Resurrection would require the development of an advanced synthetic humanoid host.

-A very good year for wine, as the 1938 Latour proves.

1939

-Nazi invasions begin in Europe. Nazi Tanks roll into France, Hitler's armies retrieve the Spear of Destiny from Versailles, and bring it to Castle Nuremburg.

-Einstein writes a letter President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning of German's advances in physics and warning of the possibility of Nazis developing a uranium bomb.

-Operation: Resurrection is put on hiatus, after some major disaster at the Holstein Dig.

1940

-April 16: War Department records issues for Webley and Blazkowicz

-June 25: The end of Operation Fall Rot – Nazis conquer France

-September 21-November 9: Jean Moulinbriefs William Blazkowiczunder a mission for the OSA in France. The French Resistance help B.J. Infiltrate Germany. The Spear of Destiny is recovered from Castle Nuremburgand The Demon is destroyed. The spear is brought back to the U.S. where it was kept under tight security. B.J is honored by President Roosevelt for his actions at the White House in Washington, D.C.

1941

-Hans von Schlieffen and a group of Storm Troopers travel to the U.S. to regain the spear. Hitler's forces recapture the Spear of Destiny again, but only the Axe escaped to the Nazi's Secret Scandinavian Base (built to carry out atomic research). Three intelligence agents are killed trying to infiltrate Hitler's headquarters. Admiral Powell of the U.S. navy sends B.J. to recover it.

-December 7: The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launches a kamikaze attack on Pear Harbor in Hawaii

1942

-January 10: Nazi's begin working on a human gene modification in an attempt to create a Super Soldier.

-January 17: Experiments are successful. Soldiers begin to smuggle out Super Soldier cocktails to enhance themselves and sell on the Black Market.

-February 4: A scientist tries one of the cocktails and it works

-March 1: B.J. Is sent on a mission to stop Nazi forces near Castle Wolfenstein

-March 6: Olaric awakens from his tomb, kills the Nazi's who awakened him and is defeated for the first time by B.J.

-March 10: Marianna Blavatsky is defeated for the first time but she later recovers

-March 12: B.J. Defeats Doctor Schabbs for the first time (or one of his relatives)

-March-May: The Axis Empire is at its height. While the Soviets battle the Axis in the East, the remaining Allied Forces damage and distract the Axis in the West until a liberation of Europe can be mounted.

-May: The Allies concentrate their efforts in North Africa. Here the Axis Forces are keen to inflict further defeats and seize control of the oil-rich Middle East.

-June: Over the course of a month, B.J. Has his original encounter with Hans Grosse at Dresden, early Eisenfaust encounters and a battle with Adolf Hitler at Castle Wolfenstein – FALSE end to the war.

-July 14: Operation Return to Castle Wolfenstein, letter sent out to OSA agents.

1943

-February 7: Germany signs top secret documents. B.J is reassigned to Libya to help fight against Erwin Rommel

-March 9: The last Dark Knight is discovered

-March 11: Zemph arrives at Castle Wolfenstein

-March 12: Agent Blazkowicz is reassigned to OSA. He and Agent One are sent from Libya to capture Helga von Bulow in Northern Egypt.

-March 13: An attempt on Hitler's life is made. Henning von Tresckow asked Col. Heinz Brandt to take brandy on Hitler's plane. The attempt failed due to a faulty detonator.

-March 14: Blazkowicz and Agent One reach Ras El-Hadid. After failing to capture Helga von Bulow, they steal a Ju52 transport plane and fly to Castle Wolfenstein in Northern Germany.

-March 15: Blazkowicz and Agent One are shot down over Castle Wolfenstein. They are captured by Helga von Burlow. Agent One is sent to Doctor Zee for torture and interrogation.

-March 16: Disaster at the Dig Site, Otto missing. The Royal Air Force raids Berlin, causing large fires and dozens of civilian casualties.

-March 17: Death of Agent One. Blazkowicz escapes Castle Wolfenstein and fights his way to Wulfburg Church. Helga von Bulow Summons Olaric. She kills Zemph and is in turn killed by Olaric. Blazkowicz confronts and kills Olaric (for the second time, who had become more ghost like in his new form), and retrieves the Dagger of Warding, a mysterious Thulian artifact.

-March 20: Blazkowicz infiltrates Deathshead's rocket base at Katamarunde near the Baltic Sea, destroys an experimental V2 rocket and a prototype Mark I radar array.

-March 21: Blazkowicz infiltrates Katamarunde Airbase, steals the Bachem Ba317 Kobra plane, and flies it to Malta. That night, he is deployed to Kugelstadt, where he assists in the defection of one of Deathshead's research scientists.

-March 22: Blazkowicz infiltrates Deathshead's Secret Weapons Facility below Kugelstadt. Later in the day he is deployed to Norway, where he infiltrates Deathshead's X-Labs and destroys his first Übersoldat. Deathshead escapes and is promoted to General.

-March 23: Blazkowicz is deployed to Paderborn in the evening. He assassinates top officers of the SS Paranormal Division in Paderborn and in Chateau Schufstaffel. Blazkowicz infiltrates the dig site and returns to Castle Wolfenstein. Marianna Blavatsky resurrects Heinrich I to become the New Reich leader. Blazkowicz defeats the Dark Prince and terminates Operation Resurrection.

1944

-July 20: An agent attempts to kill Adolf Hitler, with a bomb – however, Hitler survived the attempt. The Spear of Destiny is recaptured by Hitler. Learning from his past mistakes, Hitler has expanded his subterranean command bunker beneath the chancellery in Berlin so that he can keep the Spear of Destiny nearby and well-guarded. Calling upon the dark forces of the occult, he summons Abigor, Hitler can see into the future and obtain the plans to future weapon systems. B.J. is sent to retrieve The Spear again. He discovers that the Nazi's are working with magic that allows them to see the future (even going as far to steal technology from the Union Aerospace Corporation). B.J. fights his way defeating Hitler's forces, but is transported to the Future onto a UAC Mars Base (c. 2140s). He defeats the Devil Incarnate and escapes. All of this leads to the Global Warming effect that begins changing the Earth

1945

-February -B.J. stops the German's deadly gas manufacturing.

-B.J. Destroys Operation Eisenfaust completely

-Blazkowicz defeats Hitler again. B.J becomes a hero and world famous, also meeting President Roosevelt again. The war continues in Europe.

-March -To prevent allies from capturing the Totenkopf rings, Himmler ordered that Shrine at Wewelsburg castle be blast-sealed into the side of the mountain near the castle.

-April 28: The Spear of Destiny is finally captured by Allied Forces for the last time from Nuremberg. It is said General Patton discovered the spear, and the downfall of Germany began that day. On the same day Hitler committed suicide in the Fuhrerbunker with Eva Braun. It was fabled that the U.S. was destined to succeed Germany as the New World Power once ownership of the spear changed. Operation Nichtsonne commenced and the war ends in Europe.

-August 6: The United States drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan

-August 9: The United States drops an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan

-September 2: World War II officially ends with Japan's surrender to the Allies

-October 23: B.J. Blazkowicz's ID expires

1951

-Blazkowicz gets married to Julia Marie Peterson, later his son Arthur Kenneth Blazkowicz is born.

1975

-Arthur becomes a television host and changes his last name to Blaze.

1978

-Arthur marries Susan Elizabeth McMichaels.

1982

-William Blazkowicz II is born.

1990-1991

-William Blazkowicz II (Billy Blaze) age 8 (Billy Blazkowicz shortened) using the alias of one of his grandfather's old WW2 buddies “Commander Keen”, saves Earth from many threats, even travelling to Mars.

2009

-B.J. Blazkowicz III is born on Earth

2015

-Union Aerospace Corporation is founded by Thomas Kellinher on Earth.

2025

-UAC makes its name in the famous Joint Mars Expeditions

2027

-B.J. Blazkowicz III enlists in the United States Military Marine Corps.

2030

-The UAC begins experiments on Mars' two moons – Phobos and Deimos to conduct inter- dimensional space travel and experimentation with teleportation. They begin by testing teleportation – throwing inanimate objects into one teleporter and watching those objects pop out of the other.

2034

-November 15: The Doom Marine (B.J. Blazkowicz III) arrives on Mars on Transport 4409 as punishment for assaulting a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to fire upon civilians, and to replace another soldier. He and his body cast were shipped to Pearl Harbor, while The Doom Marine was transferred to Phobos, still home of the UAC.

2035

-January 2-March 16: The gateways on Phobos and Deimos grow increasingly unstable. Military and UAC volunteers entering them either totally disappear or become stricken with some strange form of insanity – babbling vulgarities, bludgeoning anything that breathes and finally suffering a horrific death of full body explosion. Matching heads with torsos becomes a full-time job. Official reports state there is a “small setback” but “everything is under control”

-March 17: A distress signal is sent from Phobos stating that “something evil” is coming out of the gateways and the computer systems have gone berserk. Deimos completely vanishes from the sky. The Doom Marine and 11 others are sent up to Phobos. The Doom Marine keeps guard on the perimeter and the team enters the Phobos facilities. His radio picks up the atrocities going on inside – guns firing, men and women yelling orders, screams, bones cracking and then a sickening silence. Everyone was dead. Knowing he could never navigate off the moon alone, The Doom Marine (armed only with a pistol and brass knux due to the assault team taking all the heavy weapons) enters the Phobos facility.

-March 17-23: KNEE DEEP IN THE DEAD – The Doom Marine fights through the facilities on Phobos, acquiring weapons and intel along the way. He eventually ends up in the Computer Station and finds all 3 keys which unlock the entire station. Upon exiting he descends into the Phobos Anomaly – a top secret site of experimentation which had turned into a site of hellish worship. There was no denying these creatures were invaders from Hell. The Doom Marine fights the twin Barons Of Hell and defeats them. Stepping on the Portal that opens he is transported to Deimos.

-March 23-29: THE SHORES OF HELL – The Doom Marine arrives on Deimos and although he has never been to any of the installations there, he can tell they are not as they were before. Hellish monuments decorate the halls of the Deimos installations, skinned human corpses and haunting faces appear scattered throughout. Indeed Hell was taking over. As The Doom Marine blasts through each installation of the Deimos base he soon arrives at the Tower Of Babel – a massive structure constructed as a pathway directly to Hell. The Cyberdemon Lord Harbinger that ruled over the Tower gave the Doom Marine a fight, but The Doom Marine himself was already beginning to transform into something more than human. After The Doom Marine slayed the beast he looks over the edge of Deimos and there lied the truth – Hell awaited the Doom Marine!

-March 29-April 5: INFERNO – The Doom Marine arrives in Hell and his rage grows from within. As he battles deeper into the pits of Hell he feels himself changing inside. He is getting stronger, faster, more brutal. He fights all the way to Mount Erebus and conquers it. After navigating through the maze that is Limbo (where unbaptized souls dwell) he arrives at the center of the capital city of Hell – Dis. It is there he confronted and destroyed the Spider Mastermind who orchestrated the entire invasion. With Hell's armies defeated, a portal opens and transports The Doom Marine to a remote area of Earth. There he learns the brutal truth – his pet rabbit Daisy has been slaughtered and the invasion has begun on his home planet! Finally free of Hell, the war is just beginning!

-April 5-10: THY FLESH CONSUMED – Landing on a remote area of Earth, the invasion is in full force. Now with a Hell rage growing inside him, The Doom Marine vows to destroy every last demon on the planet. The battles on this remote area are quick and merciless. The Doom Marine grows not only in power but in the ability to modify his equipment and armor. As he clears out the last of this area he heads to the bigger cities of Earth, hoping to destroy the demons and make contact with the UAC or US Military.

-April 10-September 11: HELL ON EARTH – The Doom Marine is now forever changed after his ongoing battles with the forces of Hell. Stronger, faster and more destructive, he arrives at the main UAC Starport on Earth in Los Angeles, California. What is left of humanity has holed up in the UAC Starports around the globe. Fighting through the main Starport he makes it to the depths of the installation where he flips the master switch and sends all of humanity that is left alive to safety in space. He accepts his death is imminent but continues to fight after learning the source of the demonic invasion is his own hometown! The Doom Marine battles through the streets of Milwaukee and finds a portal that brings him back to Hell. The Doom Marine, now more violent than ever, storms Hell once again. Hell has adapted the UAC's technology and they started to merge it with their own world creating a perverted version of the future! Eventually The Doom Marine confronts the Icon Of Sin. After he obliterates the Icon, its gruesome death causes massive devastation in Hell. The Doom Marine escapes and the portal to Hell is (apparently) sealed.

-September 12-24: NO REST FOR THE LIVING – Back on Earth The Doom Marine is not convinced the invasion is over and he was correct. Now in Florida, The Doom Marine uses another UAC base to travel to a Hell Pocket deep within the depths of Hell which had not been affected by the Icon Of Sin's death. He once again faces a reborn and resurrected Harbinger and destroys him with extreme prejudice, officially ending the invasion of Earth.

-September 25: The Doom Marine is placed in the care of the United States Military, The United States government officially pauses all UAC activity for further review.

-September 29: The invasion is officially declared over, humans begin returning to Earth after months in space. Immediate reconstruction of the planet begins.

-October-December: The Doom Marine undergoes physical, psychological and emotional testing while in isolation. It is determined his time in Hell changed him in all aspects of his life. His stature was more muscular and he had actually appeared to stop aging. He was in peak physical condition and a perfectly healthy 26 year old male. He seemed numb to the events that took place, blowing everything off – EXCEPT when talking about the actual killing of the demons.

2036

-The Doom Marine remains under supervision of the United States Military. The United States government eventually gives the UAC the go ahead to restart their research.

2037

-January-April: The UAC is recommissioned under strict supervision of the United States government. The Marines are the official “security” for the UAC once again. After Hell's catastrophic invasion of Earth, the United States took steps to try to prevent another invasion from occurring. The old UAC corporation was re-founded – though it survived most its top level management had been destroyed. It was turned over to strict government supervision, under completely new management

-April 7: The UAC and United States begin talking about projects with the main goal of stopping an invasion from ever happening again in the first place – immediately, equipment is shipped to one of Jupiter's moons – Io. The UAC, Marines and US government begin setting up shop there. The code name for the project is “TNT” or “The New Technology”

-April-October: The UAC conducts experiments with portals, this time how to force them closed in case of an emergency. There was a small invasion incident but the Marines were ready this time, the invasion was stopped, the evil wiped out and the portal closed

-October 2: The Doom Marine is recommissioned for active duty and given a special title of “The Marine Commander” - he is shipped to Io to oversee the various projects.

-October 18: Back on Earth, another UAC project begins called “The Plutonia Experiment” in South America

-December 5: The UAC and Marines, believing that yearly supply ship was on its way, were caught by surprise as Demons attacked and invaded from space a Mother Ship made up of flesh, metal and evil. The Marines were not equipped and ill-prepared to fight an attack from above. (It is still not known to this day how the demons acquired a Mother Ship, let alone flew it to Io to attack)

-December 6-December 30: TNT EVILUTION – After the initial attack, The Doom Marine was (once again) the only survivor left, as he was miles away from the main base taking a stroll on the moon's surface at the time. He heard the sound reminding him of the nightmares he still had (from his previous battles with the demons). He returned to the base to discover his men dead, and vowed to take revenge. After fighting through the Infested Labs, the Doom Marine makes his way to the Military Complex where things got progressively worse. After leaving the Complex in ruins it was time once again – The Doom Marine descends into Hell with more blood rage and killing lust than ever before. This is the most deadly version of Hell yet – the Doom Marine marches through leaving every demon dead in his tracks. Eventually he encounters a new Demon Spitter. The monstrous Hell Master is no match for The Doom Marine. After he blows it sky high, a blue light appears and teleports him back to Io. The Invasion had once again been stopped.

2038

-January 3: The Doom Marine returns to Earth and placed in quarantine.

-January 9: The Doom Marine is thought to have been placed in a medically induced coma.

-May 22: The Plutonia Experiment is running at full force. The Doom Marine is on an official leave, but stationed near the complex on a beach.

-May 31: The UAC used research tools and technologies to prevent future invasions from happening again. With Earth invasion stopped in 2035, the remaining demons were gradually exterminated by mop-up squads. The new UAC began working on Quantum Accelerator devices, intended to close inter-dimensional gates at a distance and prevent future incursions. Scientists began to work with Gate technology again in order to learn how to close the Gates. This drew attention from beings from Outside. A new terror began as a Gate was opened up in the Plutonia research complex. The scientists were ready and closed the gate with their Quantum Accelerator Device, closing it instantly and permanently. The next day another invasion struck using Seven Gates, while six of the gates were closed, the marines were not able to hold out, and everyone was killed.

-June 1-26: THE PLUTONIA EXPIRIMENT – The Doom Marine (Marine Commander) who had been put on leave on a beach near by the complex was called in by the government to fight back and recover the Quantum Accelerator and destroy the Gatekeeper guarding the last Gate of Hell. Being the only Marine left with no backup for an hour or two, he had to stop the Demons plans or it would be too late. He prepared to take on the horde, stop the Gatekeeper, and prevent another demonic invasion of the world. First The Doom Marine slaughtered The Guardian and made his way deeper into the complex. After defeating hordes of demons The Doom Marine successfully deactivates the prototype accelerator. Next, arriving at the Devil Hive, The Doom Marine was in a race against time as the Gatekeeper's minions were heading towards Earth yet again. Not to be defeated, The Doom Marine destroys the Gatekeeper and ends the invasion yet again.

-June 27 and on: The Doom Marine is retrieved from the burning remains of The Plutonia Experiment by the UAC and the United States Government. The Doom Marine's (or B.J. Blazkowicz III) fatigue was enormous, his price for encountering and destroying pure evil (no mortal was meant to experience Hell – let alone numerous times over and over again). The military and government doctors submitted him tests and treatments, which were of little help. The nightmares continued and the PTSD worsened. In the end by planetary policy, all was classified and sealed forever. Every installation were sealed, and abandoned, and absolute quarantine guaranteed by apocalyptic levels of radiation on Mars, its moons, Jupiter and its moons. All UAC bases and research centers were shut down, destroyed and burned. The United States Government, military and Marines kept constant watch over everything. All of the above that had happened since 2030 is classified and code named as The DOOM Episodes.

2045

-February 6: A long forgotten relay satellite barely executing, decayed by years of bombarding neutrons, activates and sends its final message to Earth. The satellites message was horrific, from the planetary void there came energy signatures unlike anything sampled before. The classified archives are opened. The military episodes code named "DOOM" were not actually completed. A single entity with vast rejuvenation powers, masked by the extreme radiation levels, escaped detection. In its crippled state, it systematically altered decaying dead carnage back into corrupted living tissue. The mutations are devastating. The demons have returned even stronger and more vicious than before. As the only experienced survivor of the DOOM episode, The Doom Marine is brought out of isolation and quarantine and is given one task – MERCILESS EXTERMINATION

-February 10-April 14: DOOM 64 – The Doom Marine heads back to the Mars installations to face the demons of Hell once more. After clearing out the top secret bases he is faced with the grim reality once more – he must descend back into Hell to destroy all the demons once and for all. The Doom Marine fights his way through Hell to find the Ultimate Evil – The Mother Demon! He unleashes his fury and blood rage – once and for all The Mother Demon falls in a pool of blood and guts. As the blood pours from The Doom Marine's eyes his choice is clear, the only choice available. He chooses to remain in Hell to ensure no demon ever rises again!

-April and on: The Doom Marine fights the demons in Hell endlessly – time passes differently in Hell and the war rages on and on.

2046

-September 11: The Doom Marine finds himself back on Earth at a UAC base after being banished from Hell by the Mother Demon's sister The Resurrector.

-September 12-October 2: THE LOST LEVELS – The Doom Marine fights his way through the UAC base to find a portal back to Hell. No one is aware The Doom Marine has resurfaced. Fighting his way through the new patch of Hell, he finds the Resurrector and eliminates her. After her defeat, he again decides to remain in Hell walking the perpetual path through Doom.

*****THE DOOM SLAYER'S PATH*****

In Hell, time moves differently – theoretically The Doom Marine battled the demons in Hell and elsewhere for 13.8 Billion years – eons of torment and bloodshed. The following major points have no year or timestamp because it is impossible to know when these events happened in relation to how time passes on Earth and Mars

-After spending eons in Hell, The Doom Marine finds himself on a strange world populated with what seemed to be humans – the planet of Argent D'Nur

-After grumbling and speaking about demons and invasions, he was taken to the arena to compete in gladiator combat.. The Doom Marine fought with such rage and brutality (while mumbling about demons and killing them all) that he was selected to join The Night Sentinels. This caught the attention of the Khan Maykr, who wanted to know more about the Demons The Doom Marine spoke of.

-After contacting Hell, Davoth, still being able to influence others, planted in the mind of the Khan Maykr that one day a great beast would slay and destroy the Maykr race.

-The Maykrs build The Divinity Machine

-The Demons attack Argent D'Nur, emerging at the Holy City of Tarus Nabad – which becomes Ground Zero for the invasion.

-Samur Maykr (under the influence of Davoth) places The Doom Marine in The Divinity Machine which was powered by The Dark Lord's Essence. This grants the Doom Marine immense power.

-The Doom Marine uses the Crucible to defeat the Titan known as Dreadnought, stopping the invasion. He rose through the ranks of the Argent Army and rose to the rank of a King – he was now referred to as THE DOOM SLAYER

-The war with the demons led to the discovery of Argent Energy by the Argenta Priests studying fallen demons. Originally viewed as a weakness, the Priests discovered the could use the energy to create strength, wisdom and even eternal life – as well as an incredible source of power for machines and weapons.

-The Night Sentinels reject this new found energy, skeptical of power drawn from the enemy.

-Argenta slaves build towers in hell to extract the Argent Energy so Hell can use it to prosper.

-The Argenta Civil War begins between the Sentinels and ordinary people, along with traitor Sentinels who sided with the Makyrs. Some traitor Sentinels were corrupted and turned into demons of a higher rank known as Marauders.

-The Priests of the Order Deag side with the Maykrs and double cross the Night Sentinels

-Commander Valen sells out to Deag Grav with the promise that his dead son could one day be resurrected if Valen gives the Priests access to the Wraiths. The ancient creatures were abducted to Hell and Grav siphoned the Wraiths' power to empower Hell's demonic legions and overwhelm Argent D'Nur, dooming the kingdom to which Valen swore a lifelong oath to protect.

-Valen's Night Sentinels participated in a failed and final offensive in the heart of Hell, in which the Order were left scattered across the Unholy Realm and fought to the last man. The treacherous Night Sentinel never did gain back his son; instead, Deag Grav resurrected his son in the form of the reborn Icon Of Sin

-Extremely guilt-ridden by what he had done, Valen chose to exile himself in Hell. Since then, Valen is condemned by his people as “The Betrayer”

-Portions of Argent D'Nur are sucked directly into Hell and become part of it, the Wraiths are imprisoned in the Well.

-The only Night Sentinel that survived the war was The Doom Slayer. During his battles in Hell he encountered the Wretch who adorned the Slayer with new, indestructible armor (Praetor Suit) which made The Doom Slayer even more powerful.

-Hell could not contain the rage of The Doom Slayer. He was lured to the Kandingir Sanctum. The Deag Priests dropped a temple down onto The Doom Slayer which allowed them to separate him from his armor (Praetor Suit) and trap him in a Sarcophagus sealed with the Mark Of The Beast on it.

-At some point before being trapped in the Sarcophagus, The Doom Slayer participated in the Quake Arena

-At some point, Samur Maykr escapes to Earth and takes on a human form and the name of Samuel Hayden

*****BACK IN OUR GALAXY*****

2047

-The original Samuel Hayden is born in New York City

2049

-Plans for the colonization of Mars begins

-The UAC, Mixom and I/O Logistics lay the foundation for a new civilization on Mars

2065

-Samur Maykr arrives on Earth, cloning himself as Samuel Hayden, an 18-year old boy genius with an IQ of over 200. (What happened to the original Samuel Hayden is not known)

2068

-In order to allow the Father to assist in his duty, Samuel transformed the remaining consciousness of the Father into an Artificial Intelligence made from Maykr technology known as VEGA. This transformation allowed the Father to remain hidden from the Dark Lord, who endlessly seeks to absorb his creator's powers. To further ensure VEGA is hidden from its enemy, the AI was kept ignorant of its true divine nature.

2073

-Samuel Hayden founds the Samuel Hayden Foundation, which promoted the sponsoring of young scientific talent and funding scientific programs in schools and colleges.

2075

-Destruction of the old Pentagon. A new building had been in design and replaces it in Wyoming

2093

-Samuel Hayden becomes appointed as General Director of the Global Science Council

2094

-Great medical breakthroughs are developed over the next half century

2095

-January 28: The Advanced Rocket Launcher is developed

-October 29: Construction of the Alpha Labs begins on Mars

-November 13: The Argent Fracture is discovered. Argent plasma was discovered in a trench on Mars by an expedition from the SS Amundsen.

2096

-The UAC established an outpost on Mars to extract Argent Energy from the Argent Fracture

-Samuel Hayden (Samur Maykr) rises to the top of the UAC due to his uncanny knowledge of Argent Energy

2100

-Early tethering operations firsthand discover the possibility of a species-demon hierarchy

2104

-The explorations of the caverns on Mars led to the discovery of an ancient artifact code named “U1” or the Soul Cube. This is found along with stone tablets written by the ancient Mars civilization

2112

-First structure of the first permanent Martian settlement is built in what as known as Sector 4

2115

-The initial chamber probing life once existed on Mars is discovered. It is known as Site 1

-Evidence of Martian Civilization is first discovered

-A region known as “The Well” is discovered on Mars

2117

-Argent Facility construction begins

2120

-Construction on Mars City begins

2122

-March 10: A statue of the Praetor Suit (Artifact U9) was excavated from Site 3

2124

-November 16: Two ancient Sentinel Statues (Artifact J46) were excavated from Site 1

2126

-Military Council ruling is enacted

2127

-February 28: The Argent Tower is completed

-August 19: Samuel Hayden transfers his mind over to a cyborg body to continue his existence, after his human body breaks down due to Stage 4 cancer.

-November 1: Samuel Hayden personally dispatches the first Argent Energy packet to Earth.

2130

-July 17: The Alpha Labs are completed

2136

-March 26: The Advanced Research Complex is completed

-June 1: Advanced Weaponry Division completed

2139

-Project Mercury, built in the Delta Labs becomes operational

2141

-January 15: The Alpha Labs introduction video is made

2142

-April 2: Mach-2 Chain-gun briefing video is produced

2143

-During one of the first teleporter explorations, the Corrax tablets are retrieved from Hell in a UAC automated survey

-It is decided that Samuel Hayden would continue the work on Argent Energy in the Argent Facilities on one side of Mars while Dr. Malcolm Betruger would continue and start “other projects” in the Delta Labs located in Mars City on the other side of the planet

2144

-January 1: Early manned expedition into Hell, research on partial Imp remains

-January 8: Director Castle orders everyone not to tend to anything in Atrium 02 until they find out what has killed everything in there.

-January 13: New fauna is discovered on Mars and its moons

-February 5: Project Zanax makes a breakthrough and discovers creatures from another dimension. The creatures are highly resistant to pain and injury which makes acquisition troublesome – partial Hell Knight research commences.

-February 8: Project Zanax captures an imp. It is resistant to stasis suspension.

-March 10: Systems upgrades that started over a week ago are complete – everything checks out ok and experiments resume.

-March 17: Strange things begin happening to machines on the Lunar Outpost

-March 24: Air, water and life supports still functioning but scientists are receiving odd data reports. Specialists are called in.

-May 1: All systems are reported “functioning and operating as normal” - experiments resume

-July 28: Series 3 Plasma Gun information video is released

-November 2: A Living Dead is recovered and researched

2145

-January 10: Samuel Hayden finds The Helix Stone in the Argent Fracture. This would ultimately lead to a huge discovery in Hell.

-March 5: Mars Research Facility One welcome video is released by Human Resources.

-March 11- Marine Command Briefing video is created for incoming transfers

-March 13: First Outbreak

-April 5: Repairs completed on the Monorail

-May 8: The first Project Lazarus Manned Expedition is sent to Hell. The expedition ends with complete loss of human life, but achieved its mission. The sarcophagus of the Doom Slayer is recovered from Kandingir Sanctum and brought back to Mars by Samuel Hayden.

-June 2: Experiment in the Delta Labs triggers an unknown event, resulting in the systematic invasion of the entire facility. Marine forces are deployed to hot spots around the facility, with many teams encountering heavy resistance. Bravo Team was ambushed in the EnPro facility while searching for survivors. There was only one Survivor of the team.

-June 4-9: THE LOST MISSION – The Survivor of the EnPro Facility attack fights out of it to the sub-levels of Mars city, encountering numerous invaders from Hell along the way. Dr. Richard Myers (who works on teleportation experiments) contacts The Survivor and pleads with him to retrieve a teleportation array that was captured by the demons and dragged to Hell. Desperate for a way out of this mess, The Survivor battles through the Exis Labs and acquires the Plasma Inducer which is needed to open a portal to Hell. In Hell The Survivor powers up the teleporter, kills the Guardian and makes it back to Mars

-June 30: Samuel Hayden is made aware of problems on the other side of the planet, he decides to stay out of it and stay focused on his work. The Doom Slayer remains in stasis in the Sarcophagus.

-July 6: The Survivor from Bravo Team that was attacked in the EnPro Facility goes AWOL. His fate remains unknown.

-July 12: An imp is recovered and researched

-August 6: Simon Garlick is assigned to Expedition 14A-2

-August 8: Simon Garlick "misplaced" the rest of Expedition 14A-2 after entering into Hell. Archaeologist Richard Davis discover a compelling discovery from the Site 3 ruins that the original inhabitants of Mars evacuated to Earth.

-August 10: Simon Garlick discovers that his team are killed and mutilated by demons. Richard Davis reports his findings on Site 3 to Malcolm Betruger.

-August 21: Ancient Civilization video is produced. AM3 Series Portable Power Plant video is produced.

-September 5: Charles Hollies, director general of the EAP, announces that all environment processors be brought offline in the general area of Site 2.

-September 14: Andrew Chin records a complaint regarding to UAC Security harassing his research staff in the Alpha Labs.

-September 19: Frank Cerano thinks on Malcolm Betruger's ideas for sustaining teleportation portals.

-September 23: The UAC Board unanimously approved a resolution for a full operations review of the Mars Research Facility at the bequest of Elliot Swann. Charlie Haskell reports progress in Chamber 3 in the Delta Labs.

-September 24: James Holiday, a transport controller, reports recent transport issues concerning better ways to provide protection for Site 3 artifacts.

-September 25: Tony Bates tires to go through the code for the door systems in Central Processing and issues a backdoor code into the systems.

-September 27: Revenant research commences

-October 1: Nick Sadowayj, a HAZMAT specialist, concludes that the Martian atmosphere is wreaking havoc on the exhaust valve seals in the standard Number 5 disposal drums. Also, an order of DragGonFeets action figures is accidentally shipped to the Exis Labs. The action figures are accidentally broke by Joel Stangl.

-October 2: Malcolm Betruger writes to William Banks that cargo bearing religious artifacts arriving from earth are to be directly sent to the Delta Labs. Elizabeth McNeil writes to Elliot Swann that she is very pleased of his request to investigate the UAC on Mars and her subsequent reassignment from Mars to Earth.

-October 3: Malcolm Betruger attempts to sway Elliot Swann from conducting a full operations review on Mars City. Bernice Tooley writes to Harold Munch about a employee toying with a Grabber Gun in Exis Central Operations.

-October 4: Harold Munch writes to Bernice Tooley on having caught technicians toying with the extra chainsaws in Communications Transfer.

-October 5: William Banks reports the recent power grid changes have caused many non-critical systems to malfunction, all of which is due to Malcolm Betruger's 'optimizations' to the energy stores in and around the facility. Maintenance Safety Video is produced, Specimen Stasis Museum video is produced. Soul Cube video is produced. Tablets video is produced.

-October 6: Central Security Authority writes to Karl Cullen concerning a automated security turret gun will be installed at the main entrance to Delta Lab due to the increased sensitive nature of the experiments and security problems. Dmitry Lebedev received the latest shipment of the MK7 space suits.

-October 7: Ben Wolfe reports of "unauthorized transmissions" uncovered in the off-site redundant logs.

-October 8: Chase Higgins spends 20 minutes calming his co-worker Morgan, who sworn to have seen a huge bloody eyeball stare at him through the glass shielding in the Particle Exchanger.

-October 9: Chase Higgins writes to Nasir Adil about the strange occurrences surrounding the Particle Exchanger.

-October 10: BFG 9000 Briefing video is produced.

-October 12: Chief Engineer Allen Rhodes reports significant progress in Energy Processing Sector One.

-October 13: The first violent incident at the Exis surface tunnel. One of the construction workers, Bill Sanders, was offloading a shipment of steel supports when a procurement manager stopped him. In the heated conversation that followed, Sanders grabbed a nearby pickaxe and lunged at the manager. Luckily the argument beforehand generated a sizable crowd, and when Sanders attacked the manager, a number of men were able to subdue him.

-October 15: Frank Cinders describe his first experience of surviving through Hell. Tony Bates resumes his investigation into case A-10982.

-October 16: Armor Corp, First Platoon and First Science Team are completely wiped out on their second excursion into Hell. Han Lee is in charge of writing up their reports and sending this information back to their next of kin on Earth.

-October 18: Frank Delahue reports the constant and increasing load from the Delta Complex that is causing havoc on Energy Processing. Robert Cody reports in his audio log that working in the caverns underneath Delta are too dangerous and regards to hearing "howlers". Steve Bryant writes to Dmitry Lebedev regarding to the tight security in the Exis Labs.

-October 19: Grant Baston records on a alarming number of reports of unexplained incidents in the Mars City Underground. Larry Bullman notes that he is coming closer to decipher the glyphs on the Soul Cube and confirming the possibility that the artifact is a weapon.

-October 20: William Banks reports on a alarming number of missing personnel. Phil Wilson witnessed the third test through the teleporter in three weeks. Han Lee report in his audio log that another group of researchers were sent to Hell two days ago and they failed to return at their scheduled time.

-October 22: Andy Cavazos reports to construction supervisor Travis Folsom about a series of very unusual seismic activity (which should not exist on Mars) that collapsed a number of foundation piers at Exis Research.

-October 23: Gary Ross sends a reminder to Delta Security that the new Automated Defence System, at the Delta Labs entrance, is fully operational.

-October 24: Eric Nelson writes a report to Bernice Tooley on the delays complicating Exis Labs. Reclamation problems continue to plague the main processor in Energy Processing. Jack Smith makes his report on the number of accidents in Alpha Labs. Elsewhere, Henry Nelson makes a request that a security team make a thorough check of the EFR area after reports of ghostly voices are heard in the area.

-October 25: Mathew Morton suggests to Steve Hammer to lock up the weapon lockers after the violent suicide of Private Swensen.

-October 26: Henry Nelson writes to Michael Abrams concerning on the reports of strange noises heard in the Alpha Labs that are frightening his staff and request a security detachment to do a sweep of the area in Alpha Sector 4.

-October 27: Chris Vargas changed the security code of his display cabinet per accordance to Central Security. Andrew Chin announces preparation for Football Sunday.

-October 29: Peter Raleigh reports that the there has been no success to treat the Mars personnel of their dementia and finding no evidence for its cause.

-October 30: Staff Sergeant Bill Tyson announces that a plethora of new troops will be arriving to Mars and doubling security.

-November 1: Start of Safety Awareness month – Mark Lamia files a complaint on the incompetency of his staff in the Alpha Labs.

-November 3: Theresa Chasar reports that the ammo storage in the Mach-3 Plasma Gun has far exceeded her and her research team's expectations. Nasir Adil reports of increasing level of random and unexplained violence in the Exis Labs.

-November 5: Chris Vargas reports on the initial testing on the primary alignment module indicated excessive stress fracturing. Vargas immediately discontinued the tests until the module is repaired.

-November 6: Jenny Lin broke into a supply cabinet containing emergency weaponry supplied to the local security teams. For reasons unknown she then became hostile and killed two security officers. Another security officer was injured while bravely putting himself in harms way. Technician Lin was also killed.

-November 7: Samuel Hayden is asked to assist with the problems happening the Delta Labs and EnPro facilities in Mars City. When asked if he has any ideas or thoughts he responds “No” - choosing to not unleash The Doom Slayer on Mars.

-November 8: Bradley Martin prepares a message to the Service Sub-Level Staff regarding to the Jenny Lin incident.

-November 9: Dr. Marcus Caseon sends his audio reports to Earth regarding to an assault on his life by a disturbed patient. Bradley Martin announces to the Service Sub-Level Staff that a full investigation of the Jenny Lin incident is currently under way.

-November 10: Maintenance technician Adam Berneche hears strange whispering that are nowhere to be found. Robert Thompson complains about a potential cover up in the Jenny Lin incident.

-November 11: Scott Johnson, a pump specialist, writes to a fellow employee about a unknown creature that was reportedly seen in Sector 2 of the Recycling Plant.

-November 12: David Robbins of Industrial Complex writes to Marcus Stanton regarding to a shipment error of several crates of chainsaws. Nasir Adil received word from Central Authority about the upcoming visit of Counsellor Elliot Swann. He also notes that due to the violent assaults in the Exis Labs the civilian staff have grown wary of one another. Furthermore, weapons are turning up missing in the security checkpoints.

-November 13: Administrator Leslie Waters writes to Phil Anders that all storage cabinets are given limit access to senior level staff in order prevent a Jenny Lin incident. Elliot Swann writes to Nasir Adil and heed his concerns on the Exis Labs.

-November 14: Ian McCormick files a report on his studies on the Soul Cube in which he discovers its use as a weapon "to repel whatever type of creatures" that invaded ancient Mars. Ray Gerhardt notifies Duncan Mathews that he is leaving Mars and the UAC.

-November 15: Marine Corporal John Kane arrives at Mars City accompanying Elliot Swan and his bodyguard Jack Campbell on the Phantom Dropship Darkstar. Kane reports to Master Sergeant Thomas Kelly while Swan has a tense meeting with Dr. Malcolm Betruger who claims “amazing things will be happening here soon”

-November 15-19: DOOM 3 - A massive shock wave sweeps the entire Mars base as the legions of hell began pouring through the teleporters. Most of the base's personnel is zombified. Kelly instructed Kane to link up with another squad on the base, get a transmission card and use the communications facility to call for reinforcements. After a battle in the EnPro Plant, Kane acquired the transmission card but was too late. Kane discovered Campbell had destroyed much of the communications equipment.

Kane headed to the Delta Labs where he learned Betruger was cooperating with Hell in order to (once again) invade Earth. Upon arriving at the Delta Labs, Kane learned of the details behind the teleportation experiments, expeditions into Hell to retrieve specimens and Betruger's increasing obsession with the tests, as well as of a xenoarchaeological dig under the surface of Mars. The dig was excavating the ruins of an ancient civilization discovered on Mars, and had produced a relic known as the Soul Cube, which was constructed as a weapon to use against the forces of Hell.

Kane followed Betruger through the Labs but was sucked into Hell via the main teleportation device. The portal took Kane directly into Hell, where he proceeded to fight his way through and retrieve the Soul Cube. Kane was then able to reinitialize the teleportation equipment left by previous research expeditions and return to the Delta Labs. Betruger told Kane that although the main UAC teleporter has been destroyed, Hell was opening a Hellmouth on Mars. Kane encountered the injured Swann, who informed him that Kelly had been working with Hell for possibly the whole time, and had been transformed by the demons. Swann gave Kane his PDA containing information on the location on the Hellmouth under the surface of Mars.

Kane found Campbell mortally wounded and heard Kelly begin to taunt him in a demonic voice. Kane killed Kelly who had been grafted onto a tank-like structure. Kane proceeded deeper under the Martian surface to Site 3, the archaeological dig site where the Soul Cube was unearthed. At the primary excavation site, Kane discovered the Hellmouth, defended by Hell's mightiest warrior, the Cyberdemon. Using the Soul Cube, the Marine defeated the Cyberdemon, then sealed up the Hellmouth

-November 20: The Recon Zulu marine team found only one survivor – John Kane. Important UAC personnel such the company's lawyer and Counsellor Elliot Swann and his bodyguard Jack Campbell, who arrived hours before the outbreak to make an assessment of the whole Mars operation and enact damage control if necessary, were found dead. Master Sergeant Thomas Kelly and other Delta Labs scientists were also found dead. The marine team had no information regarding the fate of Dr. Malcolm Betruger, the chief scientist of Delta Labs who - unknown to them - had become the demon Maledict

-November 26: Every portal to the other dimension is deemed closed. All experiments have ended and Mars City is basically shut down. John Kane commits suicide due to the trauma and PTSD he suffered during the previous week.

-November 28: Samuel Hayden is debriefed about the incidents in Mars City and the surrounding sites.

2146

-March 9: Samuel Hayden recruits former protege Olivia Pierce to his team by giving her the artifact known as the Helix Stone which was found in the Argent Fracture. The artifact slowly begins to corrupt her mind.

-May 1: An Orbital Probe recorded a faint, unidentified signal broadcast from the abandoned Mars Site 1 complex.

-August 6: Date tag on the new Mars mission Goals & Safety video

-August 8: The UAC board of directors announced the renewal of the Mars program, now led by Dr. Elizabeth McNeil, an ex-colleague of Betruger, who had transferred off Mars days before the outbreak and was the original one who requested Councillor Swann's presence on Mars. McNeil's main objective was to continue the experiments on Mars and discover what Betruger unleashed

-September 12: Elizabeth McNeil welcomes personnel back to the Site 1 Expedition

-November 27: UAC Lead Technology Officer releases the Ionized Plasma Levitator briefing video

-December 17: The first Project Lazarus Tethering Operation is conducted A 'new' breed of Pinkies are discovered and researched. The "vade mecum" compendium is recovered from the Umbral Plains containing information on the Aranea Imperatrix

2147

-March 17-26: RESURECTION OF EVIL – A resurrection of evil is completed after an ancient artifact is awakened by a Combat Engineer Marine in the Erebus Labs Complex. There are no survivors. Site 1 was overtaken by a Hellish nightmare. McNeil ordered the Marine to bring her the artifact. The Marine learned that the artifact can slow time and must be fed by human souls. The artifact is discovered by McNeil and her scientists to be the Heart of Hell – a weapon made by the demons millennia ago to combat the martian race on Mars. She also reveals that the Artifact also works as a portal device and the only way to stop the invasion is to return the Artifact to Hell. The only to way to gain access to Hell was to use the old main gateway at Delta Labs - Level 4, which had been sealed since the Mars outbreak two years ago. The Marine battles through, overpowers the Artifact and teleports to the Delta Labs.

Battling his way through the demon forces, the Marine eventually reached the Maledict. After a fierce battle, the Marine fired a rocket at the Maledict, only to miss and end up in the Maledict's jaws, passing out. When he awakens, Betruger's head popped out and demanded the Artifact. With his last strength, the Marine obliges by shoving the Artifact down Betruger's throat, causing an explosion which destroys both the Maledict and the Artifact, leaving only Betruger's skull behind – The Marine and McNeil are both killed.

-March 28: Samuel Hayden is debriefed about the events at Site 1.

-March 31: The United States Government orders Site 1 to be bombed and destroyed

-June 3: Bombing runs end on Mars. Site 1 is reduced to rubble. All scientific data is lost

-June 24: Mars City is fully operational again. The UAC dives full force into new experiments with teleportation, research on Hell, the artifacts found within, how to prevent an invasion and most importantly, how Argent Energy can continue to benefit the human race back on Earth.

-August: Expeditions to Hell routinely capture demons for storage and study in the Lazarus Facility. This would continue up until 2149 when the Hellwave was unleashed (see below)

-September 7: Olivia Pierce has surgery grafting a titanium exoskeleton to her body to correct idiopathic scoliosis caused by working in the Argent Facility and her long-term exposure to Hell.

-October 19: Olivia Pierce is fully recovered from her surgery and back to work

-November 2: The Sarcophagus containing The Doom Slayer had been hidden and protected in a site far away from the carnage and chaos of the last 2 years. Samuel Hayden and Olivia Pierce debate on what to do with the Sarcophagus and the contents within.

-December 11: Olivia Pierce makes her first contact with Hell without Samuel Hayden knowing (possibly contacted or influenced by Davoth directly)

2148

-March 15: After making a deal with The Dark Lord, Olivia forms a cult within the UAC with the promise to the members of a place in the “New World” - ultimately her goal would be to obtain God-like power.

-April 22: Olivia Pierce is contacted by Deag Ranak – he wants to use the cult to takeover the UAC which will in turn aid in the eventual invasion of Earth.

-May 19: A Doomed UAC Trans-dimensional expedition back into Hell ends when most of the explorers were killed by Barons of Hell

-June 26: The second Project Lazarus Manned Expedition is sent to the Great Steppe. The expedition ends with similar losses. The petrified remains of a Baalgar demon is recovered

-July 17: Olivia decides that she will take The Doom Slayer and Argent Energy for herself, devising a long, drawn out plan.

-October 31: Olivia Pierce's “cult” is discovered by Dr. Hayden. He tolerates the “nonsense” because Olivia is bringing so much to the Argent Project.

-November 22: Samuel Hayden and Olivia Pierce continue to argue about what to do with The Doom Slayer.

-December: Earth and Mars simultaneously thrive because of Argent Energy. Secretly, the UAC continues to man expeditions into Hell, most end in total loss of life. Argent Energy continues to be extracted from the Argent Fracture and processed in the Argent Tower.

2149

-January 5: Olivia Pierce attempts to open the Sarcophagus but is caught by scientists in the labs. She blows it off and work resumes as normal.

-February 28: At the Argent Facility the UAC records it's last accident. The facility would remain accident free for 221 days.

-July 1: Olivia Pierce notices her cult followers drawn more and more to Sarcophagus containing The Doom Slayer. She remarks “We have to contain this....”

-September 13: Olivia Pierce is under full control of The Dark Lord

-October 6-7: DOOM VFR – At the UAC Martian Research Facility, Dr. Abraham Peters is killed by a Pinky demon after surviving the original Lazarus Wave. His consciousness is revived in an artificial brain matrix and a cyborg body. Contacted by Samuel Hayden, the reborn Dr. Peters fights through the facility and eventually Hell itself, closing the portal to the Martian Research Facility. Despite his success, Dr. Peters is killed for good when Samuel Hayden deletes his consciousness from the UAC digital network.

-October 8-15: DOOM (2016) – Another invasion of Mars began when Olivia Pierce unleashed a Hellwave from the Lazarus Facility that rips open a portal to the evil dimension. The Doom Slayer awakened, chained to a sarcophagus in a UAC facility on Mars. Breaking free and regaining the Praetor Suit, he restarted the base satellite systems. Finding recordings of Olivia Pierce scattered through the base, it became apparent that she became fixated on Hell and deliberately encouraged the opening of portals, resulting in the mass death of staff and the collapse of the base – the story starts once again for The Doom Slayer.

Contacted by the UAC Chairman Dr. Samuel Hayden and an AI called VEGA he learns from the diagnostic report that casualties and damages are catastrophic; with the exception of Pierce and Hayden, all staff have either become demons or died horribly. After stabilizing the Foundry before a meltdown occurred, The Doom Slayer learned that Pierce planned to use the UAC's Argent Energy Tower to tear a permanent portal into Hell.

Seeking to deactivate the tower, Hayden instructed The Doom Slayer to carefully dismantle the Argent energy supply cases to protect the unlimited energy sources; despite Hayden's protests, The Doom Slayer shattered all control panels and their lenses, completely destroying the renewable Argent supplies in the solar system. Reaching the tower, Pierce was spotted carrying an Argent Accumulator tube; found at the apex, she activated it before jumping into an Argent stream, tearing open a temporary portal that dragged the The Doom Slayer to Hell.

Landing in the Kandingir Sanctum, The Doom Slayer fought through Hell in order to return to Mars. Following holograms of Hayden's first expedition, during which he recovered The Doom Slayers sarcophagus as a fail safe, The Doom Slayer eventually reaches a portal back to Mars. Returning to the UAC Argent Facility, now destroyed, he met with Hayden, who applied a Tether System to his Praetor Suit in order to pull him back from Hell as needed. Noting that Pierce was working on something with great power, he sent The Doom Slayer to gather information from her office in the Lazarus Labs.

Passing through the Advanced Research Complex, The Doom Slayer learned of a Hell artifact named The Crucible. Requiring another Argent Accumulator to return to Hell, The Doom Slayer explored the Lazarus Labs and came across an escaped Cyberdemon; rebuilt and revived with Argent energy. He defeated the Cyberdemon and tore an Accumulator from its chest, transporting them both to Hell where he finished the Cyberdemon once and for all.

The Doom Slayer finally arrived at the Necropolis. Defeating the Hell Guards watching over it, The Doom Slayer retrieved The Crucible before Hayden pulls him back to Mars. At VEGA Central Processing, the AI guided him through the process of sacrificing his control facility, allowing him to use its huge Argent stores in order to propel him back to Hell one last time. Before VEGA “dies”, The Doom Slayer made a backup of his consciousness. The Doom Slayer entered a corrupted Argent D'Nur and freed the Wraiths from captivity using The Crucible.

At the end, he found only Olivia Pierce. Struck by a large Argent beam, she transformed into the reborn Spider Mastermind, eventually dying at The Doom Slayers hand. Pulled back to Mars, The Doom Slayer found himself captured by Hayden. Taking The Crucible for his own ends, he insists that, in spite of everything, research must continue, as humanity needed an answer to its energy needs. Since he can't kill The Doom Slayer, but worried of his interference, Hayden had him transported to an unknown location, saying they will meet again.

-December 2: Indentured servants on the off-world Tei Tenga Mining Station were replaced with robotic workers, optimal output expected to return to normal by this date

-December 24: Hell Portals open up all over Earth. Over 60% of the population is wiped out in the first month of the invasion.

2150

January 8: Samuel Hayden returns to Earth with The Crucible, preparing to save humanity from another invasion from Hell. He agrees to cooperate with the Allied Nations and provided access to the UAC facilities on Earth.

February-May: Samuel Hayden believed he could solve the energy crisis which plagued Earth now that Argent Energy was no longer available in the solar system. He sought to invent Argent-synthesis, which could recreate the high-yield capacity of Argent Energy. The Crucible was the key to this.

June-November: Dr. Hayden develops and produces the Argent Conductor, an artifact that would produce synthetic, man-made Argent Energy. This kicks the development of Argent powered mechs into full force and details plans for ARC begin to be laid out to combat Hell's forces.

2151

March: Argent based weaponry is used in full force against the armies of Hell

June: ARC is run from a mobile commander center in the Atlantic Ocean. The primary objective is to locate the source of the Hellgrowth infestation and shut down the portals, closing the gates between dimensions.

July: Dr. Hayden becomes a mythical figure among Earth's survivors – in no small part due to his abnormal physical condition. Having returned to Earth in 2150, bringing with him the Crucible that would grant the people a second chance at survival, for the common person he had become the stuff of legends.

October: The regions, boundaries and countries of Earth are officially no more, it is now one planet fighting for survival. This invasion is far worse, more deadly and a bigger atrocity than the invasion in 2035.

2152

August 15-21: Operation Hellbreaker. Dr Hayden's final plan ends in catastrophic failure. His robotic torso was retrieved by ARC soldiers and hidden in a secret laboratory, monitored by a skeleton crew of surviving scientists. They safeguard Dr. Hayden and The Crucible. For the rest of 2152 and up until 2163, the war rages on planet Earth as The Hell Priests take over and now control the corrupted UAC.

*****WHERE DID THE DOOM SLAYER GO?*****

As before when The Doom Slayer was in Hell, there is no way to pinpoint when these events happened in relation to time and dates on Earth.

-The Doom Slayer was tethered back into the Hellish Argent D'Nur by Samuel Hayden

-The Doom Slayer learns that the Priests of the Order Deag were also responsible for the fall of Argent D'Nur, not just Valen.

-The Priests and the Maykrs have discovered that the Earth dimension has stolen “their” Argent Energy.

-The Doom Slayer attempts to stop the invasion of Earth while in Hell.

-Using Hell's portal technology against them, The Doom Slayer manages to transport the corrupt parts of Argent D'Nur out of Hell.

-The Doom Slayer kills Deag Knox's guardian and retrieves the soul seal coin

-The Doom Slayer reconnects with surviving Night Sentinels who helped him locate the Fortress Of Doom

-The Doom Slayer and Night Sentinels transfer VEGA's AI system into the Sentinel technology in the Fortress Of Doom

-The Doom Slayer uses the Fortress Of Doom to remove the Tether System and upgrade his Praetor Suit. He also begins modifying and upgrading his weapon arsenal.

-The Doom Slayer arrives on an uncharted planet known as “New Horizons” filled with friendly, anthropomorphic animals. Hell attempts to invade New Horizons but The Doom Slayer (aided by Isabelle, the secretary of New Horizons) puts an end to the invasion quickly. Having saved New Horizons, The Doom Slayer and Isabelle become best friends.

-The Doom Slayer uses The Fortress Of Doom's inter-dimensional travel system to return to The Milky Way and prepares to go to war against Hell again to save Earth.

*****BACK IN OUR GALAXY – AGAIN*****

2163

January 24: Dr. Elena Richardson analyzes blood samples pulled from Mars of The Doom Slayer. It is determined The Doom Slayer is indeed a human with a blood type of AB positive.

February 2: Dr. Elena Richardson summarizes that The Doom Slayer may indeed be a God.

February 9: Dr. Elena Richardson deduces that the only thing the demons fear is The Doom Slayer and he is humanities only hope of surviving the invasion

March 3: Dr. Elena Richardson concludes that The Doom Slayer is the only dominate life form in this galaxy and that the Slayer's Time Is Now.

March 17-September 29: DOOM ETERNAL – Earth is still over run by the demonic forces of Hell, lead by the Deag Priests and the corrupted UAC. The Doom Slayer returned to the galaxy in the Fortress Of Doom controlled by the AI VEGA. Knowing he must stop the Hell Priests (who are serving the Khan Maykr), The Doom Slayer teleports to a destroyed city in California and killed Deag Nilox, but the Khan Maykr teleports the two remaining priests to unknown locations, forcing the Slayer to continue searching.

After retrieving a celestial locator from the Sentinel world of Exultia, the Slayer travelled to Hell to retrieve a power source from a fallen Sentinel known as the Betrayer. He warns the Slayer that humanity's time had come before giving him the power source and a special dagger. VEGA directed the Doom Slayer to a citadel in the Arctic where Deag Ranak had taken refuge, and the Slayer killed him after defeating his guardian Doom Hunters.

In response, the Khan Maykr moved Deag Grav to a hidden location and accelerated the invasion of Earth. Forced to change tactics, the Slayer destroyed the Super Gore Nest in central Europe, where the invasion began. With no leads on finding the last Hell Priest, VEGA suggested finding Dr. Samuel Hayden, who knew the location of Deag Grav. The Doom Slayer made his way to an ARC compound where he retrieved Hayden's robotic shell, as well as the Crucible before facing a Marauder, a demonic Sentinel sent to stop the Slayer.

Upon uploading Hayden's mind into the fortress, he revealed Deag Grav is hiding on Sentinel Prime. However, the only portal to Sentinel Prime was located in the ancient city of Hebeth in Mars' core, to which there was no immediate access. The Doom Slayer then travelled to a facility on Phobos where he used the BFG 10,000 to shoot a hole in Mars, which he used to reach Hebeth. The Doom Slayer finds Deag Grav in the arena and defeated a massive demon known as the Gladiator. Despite knowing that it is against Sentinel law to murder Deag Grav on sacred ground, The Doom Slayer killed him anyway and returned to the fortress.

Upon his return, The Doom Slayer's fortress was shut down remotely by the Khan Maykr to prevent any further interference in her plans. She revealed her intentions to resurrect the Icon of Sin, the world-eating super-predator, to consume mankind before having The Doom Slayer attacked by demons. Surviving the ambush, The Doom Slayer used the demonic Crucible's latent Argent energy to reactivate the fortress and travelled to Argent D'Nur to retrieve his own Crucible from his time in the Sentinels.

After retrieving the hilt of the Crucible, The Doom Slayer discovered that the Khan Maykr formed an alliance with Hell to produce Argent energy, which is created through the mass sacrifice of human souls. In return for providing worlds for Hell to invade, the Maykrs received a share of the Argent energy produced by Hell which allowed their own dimension, Urdak, to survive.

Hayden directed The Doom Slayer through Hell's massive citadel, Nekravol, until he found a portal leading to Urdak. He then found the Khan Maykr and halted the awakening ceremony by using the Betrayer's dagger to destroy the Icon's heart. Free from Maykr control, the Icon of Sin awakened from its dormant state and teleported to Earth. With the dimensional barrier destroyed, the Demons broke their pact with the Maykrs and proceed to invade Urdak. The Khan Maykr confronted The Doom Slayer, saying that Urdak must destroy Earth to survive. The Doom Slayer killed the Khan Maykr in brutal fashion before taking a portal back to Earth to confront the Icon of Sin, although VEGA was left behind to ensure the portal stayed open.

After an intense battle across the city scape, The Doom Slayer faced The Icon Of Sin and the full wrath of Hell's forces. After an exhausting, bloody battle The Doom Slayer killed the Icon of Sin by stabbing it in the head with the Crucible, putting an end to Hell's invasion of Earth.

October 21-October 29: THE ANCIENT GODS PT. 1 – Despite having defeated The Icon of Sin and halting Hell’s invasion of Earth, The Doom Slayer’s victory over the demons did not come without cost. The death of the Khan Maykr and Hell’s conquest of Urdak had given the demons a chance to dominate all dimensions and re-initiate their invasion of Earth. To prevent this, The Doom Slayer, along with Samuel Hayden and ARC scientists, embarked on a mission to find and liberate The Doom Slayers ally – The Seraphim. Travelling by sea on an ARC Carrier towards the UAC Atlantica Facility, The Doom Slayer fought his way to the Seraphim's containment pod. Hayden requests he be uploaded into the pod – it was there The Doom Slayer learned that Samuel Hayden and The Seraphim were one in the same.

After returning to the ARC Carrier, The Seraphim tasked The Doom Slayer to find and retrieve The Father's life sphere from the Blood Swamps of Hell in order to return the Father to physical form. After fighting his way through the Blood Swamps, The Doom Slayer finds and retrieves the Father's life sphere. However, The Doom Slayer choose to destroy the sphere rather than hand it to The Seraphim and instead retrieved The Dark Lord’s life sphere before returning to the ARC Carrier.

Despite most of the Carrier’s crew evacuating upon seeing the Dark Lord’s life sphere, a lone Intern stayed to help The Doom Slayer reach Urdak assuming that The Doom Slayer intended to resurrect and destroy the Dark Lord, which in effect will destroy all the demons outside of Hell. Upon reaching the corrupted Urdak, The Doom Slayer fought his way to the Luminarium where anyone who has a life sphere may activate it. However, he was confronted by The Seraphim upon reaching the Luminarium’s entrance. Consumed by Urdak’s demonic corruption, The Seraphim transformed into a demon. After a lengthy battle The Seraphim was ultimately defeated by The Doom Slayer and was teleported away by The Father. Despite being warned that bringing the Dark Lord into physical form is irreversible, the Doom Slayer proceeded to summon him, and the Primeval manifested as a copy of The Doom Slayer himself.

October 30-November 5: THE ANCIENT GODS PT. 2 –The Doom Slayer and The Dark Lord stood face to face in the Luminarium. The Doom Slayer aimed his Super Shotgun at the Dark Lord and fired a shot, to which the Dark Lord informed the Slayer that no blood can be spilled in the Holy Luminarium. He then proceeded to tell The Doom Slayer that if he can survive, then he will challenge him to ritual combat in the city of Immora. The Dark Lord then left Urdak and transported The Doom Slayer to Argent D'Nur, where he fought off the demon hordes that attacked him. The Doom Slayer then proceeded to light the Torch of Kings, as a way to inform the remaining inhabitants of Argent D'Nur and the Night Sentinels, that he planned to go to the World Spear and acquire a wraith crystal, to power the Gate of Divum.

During his journey, he was met by Valen who gave The Doom Slayer his Sentinel Hammer for putting his son's soul to rest. After acquiring the crystal, The Doom Slayer headed back to Earth which had been invaded by demons again due to the death of the Khan Maykr and the demonic invasion of Urdak. As he fought his way through the demons, The Doom Slayer arrived at the Gate of Divum and activated it. He teleported to the city of Immora, where the Dark Lord awaited him. Valen and the rest of the Night Sentinels arrived to aid the The Doom Slayer which surprised him. The Doom Slayer ripped and tore his way through the demons in his way while the Sentinels fought outside the walls of Immora. Eventually The Doom Slayer arrived at another portal. Going through it, he was greeted by The Dark Lord, where they faced off for the Final Battle.

After sustaining damage, The Dark Lord revealed to The Doom Slayer that the Maykrs had lied to him and that he was the real Father, with VEGA confirming this to be true. The Doom Slayer finally defeated The Dark Lord in a bloody, violent battle. With his dying breath, the Dark Lord asked if The Doom Slayer has anything to say him before he was struck down, to which the Slayer responded with, "No." After stabbing Davoth in the chest, all demons outside of Hell were destroyed. However, The Doom Slayer was weakened and eventually fell unconscious due to the power inside him from The Dark Lord's essence fading away. The Ancient Gods placed The Doom Slayer's powerless body inside the sarcophagus once again which is located in the Ingmore Sanctum, and will only be opened WHEN The Doom Slayer is needed again in the future.

“...MAY THE BLOOD ON YOUR SWORD NEVER DRY, AND MAY WE NEVER NEED YOU AGAIN.” - CORRAX ENTRY 7:17