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=== First War of Gods === | === First War of Gods === | ||
[[File:Hequat. | [[File:Hequat.jpg|right|125px]] | ||
* One pantheon, lead by [[Lughebu]], discovers how to feed on pain and negative feelings of men instead of worship. The benevolent gods fight against those of them who feed on negative feelings of men. The war ends when the malevolent gods are defeated and banished to the [[Spiritual Plane]], and are now known as the [[Banished Pantheon]].<ref name="pt 20050615"/> | * One pantheon, lead by [[Lughebu]], discovers how to feed on pain and negative feelings of men instead of worship. The benevolent gods fight against those of them who feed on negative feelings of men. The war ends when the malevolent gods are defeated and banished to the [[Spiritual Plane]], and are now known as the [[Banished Pantheon]].<ref name="pt 20050615"/> | ||
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* With the clandestine support of Hequat, an Oranbegan named [[Mu'Rhakmet]] gathers a number of followers and begins to demand a return of the people to the worshiping of the gods and the old ways. A civil war soon follows. Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers are defeated and forced to flee to the sea.<ref name="mission defeat infernal"/> | * With the clandestine support of Hequat, an Oranbegan named [[Mu'Rhakmet]] gathers a number of followers and begins to demand a return of the people to the worshiping of the gods and the old ways. A civil war soon follows. Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers are defeated and forced to flee to the sea.<ref name="mission defeat infernal"/> | ||
=== Founding of Mu - Approximately | === Founding of Mu - Approximately 14,000 Years Ago === | ||
* After their defeat, the goddess [[Hequat]] raises an island from the sea and grants it to Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers to build a powerful nation on it. The previous inhabitants of the island, the [[Coralax]], are forced to leave. One Coralax priest, [[Calystix the Shaper]], summons [[The Leviathan]] to destroy the invaders, but Hequat defeats the beast and imprisons it under the island. The nation of [[Mu]] is born.<ref name="pt 20050615"/><ref name="mission force information"/> Muvians practice eugenic breeding, generation after generation, creating people of incredible magical potential.<ref name="mission disrupt ritual hequat"/> | * After their defeat, the goddess [[Hequat]] raises an island from the sea and grants it to Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers to build a powerful nation on it. The previous inhabitants of the island, the [[Coralax]], are forced to leave. One Coralax priest, [[Calystix the Shaper]], summons [[The Leviathan]] to destroy the invaders, but Hequat defeats the beast and imprisons it under the island. The nation of [[Mu]] is born.<ref name="pt 20050615"/><ref name="mission force information"/> Muvians practice eugenic breeding, generation after generation, creating people of incredible magical potential.<ref name="mission disrupt ritual hequat"/> The goddess [[Merulina]] falls silent, leaving the [[Coralax]] unguided and confused.<ref name="kya coralax"/> | ||
=== The Mu - Oranbega War === | === The Mu - Oranbega War === | ||
* Following [[Hequat]]'s orders, Mu finally attacks, and the civilizations of [[Mu]] and [[Oranbega]] war against each other. The Oranbegans sink their city below the earth to protect themselves. Only a handful of Muvians survive the conflict and are forced to flee. Oranbegans are reduced to spiritual existence and their city of Oranbega is physically abandoned.<ref name="pt 20050615"/><ref name="mission disrupt ritual hequat"/> | * Following [[Hequat]]'s orders, Mu finally attacks, and the civilizations of [[Mu]] and [[Oranbega]] war against each other. The Oranbegans sink their city below the earth to protect themselves. Only a handful of Muvians survive the conflict and are forced to flee. Oranbegans are reduced to spiritual existence and their city of Oranbega is physically abandoned.<ref name="pt 20050615"/><ref name="mission disrupt ritual hequat"/> | ||
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== Antiquity == | == Antiquity == | ||
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=== Ancient Rome === | === Ancient Rome === | ||
* Rome destroys Carthage. Many relics of the god Mot survive the city, being used by metahumans still today.<ref name="police mot"/> | * Rome destroys Carthage. Many relics of the god [[Mot]] survive the city, being used by metahumans still today.<ref name="police mot"/> | ||
* Evidence of activity of the [[Circle of Thorns]].<ref name="mission azuria crystals"/> | * Evidence of activity of the [[Circle of Thorns]].<ref name="mission azuria crystals"/> | ||
* Evidence of activity of the [[Cult of the Shaper]].<ref name="mission force information"/> | * Evidence of activity of the [[Cult of the Shaper]].<ref name="mission force information"/> | ||
* The last Emperor of Rome, [[Romulus Augustus]], joins the [[Path of the Dark]].<ref name="arc path into darkness"/> | * The last Emperor of Rome, [[Romulus Augustus]], joins the [[Path of the Dark]].<ref name="arc path into darkness"/> | ||
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== 12th through 18th centuries == | == 12th through 18th centuries == | ||
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=== 1718 === | === 1718 === | ||
[[File:NightTerror1.jpg|100px|right]] | [[File:NightTerror1.jpg|100px|right]] | ||
* The pirate Blackbeard harasses Fort Hades, on what is now Port Oakes, conquering the fort and leaving behind no survivors.<ref name="badge swashbuckler1"/> When the French try to reclaim it, the hauntings begin.<ref name="kya spectral"/> | * The pirate Blackbeard harasses Fort Hades, on what is now Port Oakes, conquering the fort and leaving behind no survivors.<ref name="badge swashbuckler1"/> When the French try to reclaim it, the hauntings begin.<ref name="kya spectral"/> ''Note: There is some inconsistency whether the Red Hands are murdered French soldiers or murdered pirates.''<ref name="gw journal3"/> | ||
=== 1756 === | === 1756 === | ||
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=== 1766 === | === 1766 === | ||
* The [[Rogue Isles]] declare themselves independent from France.<ref name="place rogue isles" /> | * The [[Rogue Isles]] declare themselves independent from France.<ref name="place rogue isles" /> | ||
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== 19th century == | == 19th century == | ||
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=== 1833 === | === 1833 === | ||
* April 3 - A huge volcano erupts, breaking the isle of [[Grandville]] into four: [[Cap au Diable]], [[Port Oakes]], [[Bloody Bay]] and [[Grandville]]. The isles sink into squalor and poverty.<ref name="place rogue isles"/> ''Note: This bit of lore is seemingly contradicted by the background events of Port Oakes<ref name="place port oakes"/> and Bloody Bay<ref name="place bloody bay"/>, which describe them as separate islands before 1833, as well as the fact that Cap au Diable and Port Oakes are two halves of the same island.'' | * April 3 - A huge volcano erupts, breaking the isle of [[Grandville]] into four: [[Cap au Diable]], [[Port Oakes]], [[Bloody Bay]] and [[Grandville]]. The isles sink into squalor and poverty.<ref name="place rogue isles"/> ''Note: This bit of lore is seemingly contradicted by the background events of Port Oakes<ref name="place port oakes"/> and Bloody Bay<ref name="place bloody bay"/>, which describe them as separate islands before 1833, as well as the fact that Cap au Diable and Port Oakes are two halves of the same island, and the fact that the official map puts several islands between Bloody Bay and the other three locations.'' | ||
=== 1860s === | === 1860s === | ||
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=== 1878 === | === 1878 === | ||
* James "Spanky" Rabinowitz is born in Paragon City.<ref name="badge researcher2"/> | * James "Spanky" Rabinowitz is born in Paragon City.<ref name="badge researcher2"/> | ||
=== 1890 === | === 1890 === | ||
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[[File:Emblem_V_Circle_Of_Thorns_01.png|right|120px]] | [[File:Emblem_V_Circle_Of_Thorns_01.png|right|120px]] | ||
* December 21 - The [[Circle of Thorns]] is officially founded by Baron Zoria in the British Isles.<ref name="kya circle"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * December 21 - The [[Circle of Thorns]] is officially founded by Baron Zoria in the British Isles.<ref name="kya circle"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
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== 1900–1919 == | == 1900–1919 == | ||
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* November 11 - World War One ends. | * November 11 - World War One ends. | ||
* Marcus Cole travels east after World War One ends, rather than returning to Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * Marcus Cole travels east after World War One ends, rather than returning to Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
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== 1920–1929 == | == 1920–1929 == | ||
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=== 1928 === | === 1928 === | ||
* The Orion-Majestic Theater, first of its class with sound, is built in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050316"/> | * The Orion-Majestic Theater, first of its class with sound, is built in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050316"/> | ||
* [[Spanky Rabinowitz|James Rabinowitz]], Mayor of Paragon City, is murdered. Following a special election, he is succeeded by [[John Gryme]].<ref name="novel web arachnos"/> | |||
=== 1929 === | === 1929 === | ||
* The stock market crashes. Thousands lose their jobs and their homes.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * The stock market crashes. Thousands lose their jobs and their homes.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* The Great Depression hits Paragon City. [[Kings Row]] is hit especially hard, and turns into a hotbed of crime.<ref name="place kings row"/> | * The Great Depression hits Paragon City. [[Kings Row]] is hit especially hard, and turns into a hotbed of crime.<ref name="place kings row"/> | ||
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== 1930–1939 == | == 1930–1939 == | ||
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* September - The [[Citizen Crime Fighting Act]] is passed in Paragon City, legally authorizing masked heroes to arrest evildoers.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * September - The [[Citizen Crime Fighting Act]] is passed in Paragon City, legally authorizing masked heroes to arrest evildoers.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* September 12 - The first legal arrest is made by a hero in Paragon City.<ref name="badge student4"/> | * September 12 - The first legal arrest is made by a hero in Paragon City.<ref name="badge student4"/> | ||
* September 27 - [[President Marchand|Gerald T. Marchand]] takes office as President of the Rogue Isles winning a close race against Conrad Oakes.<ref name="pt 20070727"/> | |||
=== 1939 === | === 1939 === | ||
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* A parade in Paragon City, honoring the hero [[Atlas]], is sabotaged by the hero's nemesis, the villain [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Teal Serpent|Teal Serpent]]. The plan is frustrated and the Teal Serpent is defeated.<ref name="badge pupil2"/> | * A parade in Paragon City, honoring the hero [[Atlas]], is sabotaged by the hero's nemesis, the villain [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Teal Serpent|Teal Serpent]]. The plan is frustrated and the Teal Serpent is defeated.<ref name="badge pupil2"/> | ||
* July 14 - Alexis Cole ([[Miss Liberty]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="canon fodder"/> | * July 14 - Alexis Cole ([[Miss Liberty]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="canon fodder"/> | ||
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== 1940–1949 == | == 1940–1949 == | ||
=== 1940s === | === 1940s === | ||
[[File: | [[File:Mek Man.jpg|100px|right]] | ||
* First sighting of [[5th Column#Mek Man|Mek Man androids]].<ref name="mek man"/><ref name="mission stop production"/> | * First sighting of [[5th Column#Mek Man|Mek Man androids]].<ref name="mek man"/><ref name="mission stop production"/> | ||
* [[Council|The Council]] splits off from [[Arachnos]].<ref name="contact vendetti"/> | * [[Council|The Council]] splits off from [[Arachnos]].<ref name="contact vendetti"/> | ||
=== 1940 === | === 1940 === | ||
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* Laws are modified to legally allow masked heroes to enlist and fight.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * Laws are modified to legally allow masked heroes to enlist and fight.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* The [[Freedom Phalanx]] helps defend Great Britain from Nazi incursions.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * The [[Freedom Phalanx]] helps defend Great Britain from Nazi incursions.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* The [[Rogue Isles]] declare themselves neutral, but with Allied leanings. President Marchand's army wages a visible "war" on [[5th Column]] members.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/> | * The [[Rogue Isles]] declare themselves neutral, but with Allied leanings. [[President Marchand]]'s army wages a visible "war" on [[5th Column]] members.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/> | ||
=== 1942 === | === 1942 === | ||
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=== Late 1940s === | === Late 1940s === | ||
* Many veteran heroes turn to a life of crime, with [[Paragon City]] as a favorite target. The rise in the number of villains causes a rise in the number of heroes as well.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * Many veteran heroes turn to a life of crime, with [[Paragon City]] as a favorite target. The rise in the number of villains causes a rise in the number of heroes as well.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* The original [[Arachnos]] founder, [[The Weaver]], is killed by the [[Red Widow]] and [[Lord Recluse]].{{Citation needed}} | |||
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== 1950–1959 == | == 1950–1959 == | ||
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* The colossal hero [[Talos]] fights giant monsters during this decade.<ref name="place talos island"/> | * The colossal hero [[Talos]] fights giant monsters during this decade.<ref name="place talos island"/> | ||
* The island of [[Grandville]] grows into a thriving business center.<ref name="place grandville"/> | * The island of [[Grandville]] grows into a thriving business center.<ref name="place grandville"/> | ||
* [[Lord Recluse]] performs a military coup d'etat and declares the [[Rogue Isles]] under [[Arachnos]] rule.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/> | * [[Lord Recluse]] performs a military coup d'etat and declares the [[Rogue Isles]] under [[Arachnos]] rule.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/> ''Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.''<ref name="arc mender tesseract strike force"/> | ||
* Lord Recluse claims [[Mercy Island]]. Fort Cerberus is erected.<ref name="place mercy island"/> | * Lord Recluse claims [[Mercy Island]]. Fort Cerberus is erected.<ref name="place mercy island"/> | ||
* Mining operations begin in [[Sharkhead Isle]]. First sightings of the strange beings called "[[Slag Golems]]".<ref name="kya slag golems"/> | * Mining operations begin in [[Sharkhead Isle]]. First sightings of the strange beings called "[[Slag Golems]]".<ref name="kya slag golems"/> | ||
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=== 1956 === | === 1956 === | ||
* [[Might for Right Act]] passed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * [[Might for Right Act]] passed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
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== 1960–1969 == | == 1960–1969 == | ||
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* Super powered covert operations become commonplace.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * Super powered covert operations become commonplace.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* Resurgence of organized crime begins in [[Paragon City]]. Part of [[The Family]] moves to the [[Rogue Isles]].<ref name="kya family"/> | * Resurgence of organized crime begins in [[Paragon City]]. Part of [[The Family]] moves to the [[Rogue Isles]].<ref name="kya family"/> | ||
* The colossal hero [[Talos]] continues to fight giant monsters.<ref name="place talos island"/> | * The colossal hero [[Talos]] continues to fight giant monsters, culminating in his final fight with the Chimera and the creation of [[Talos Island]].<ref name="place talos island"/> | ||
* In a cavern near the Earth's core, the heroine [[Numina]] loses her body and becomes trapped in the body of the supervillain [[Red Threat]].<ref name="numina"/> | * In a cavern near the Earth's core, the heroine [[Numina]] loses her body and becomes trapped in the body of the supervillain [[Red Threat]].<ref name="numina"/> | ||
* The [[Circle of Thorns]] infiltrates the [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]].<ref name="mission save dyaomesk"/> | |||
=== 1960 === | === 1960 === | ||
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* [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] is born.<ref name="kya outcasts"/> | * [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] is born.<ref name="kya outcasts"/> | ||
* June 16 - Raymond Keyes ([[Positron]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * June 16 - Raymond Keyes ([[Positron]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
=== 1963 === | |||
* [[President Marchand]] of the Rogue Isles is assassinated in his presidential building in [[St. Martial]]. Assassin unknown.<ref name="arc mender tesseract strike force"/> | |||
=== 1964 === | === 1964 === | ||
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=== 1968 === | === 1968 === | ||
* April 20 - [[Rularuu the Ravager|Rularuu]] is trapped in the [[Shadow Shard]].<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * April 20 - [[Rularuu the Ravager|Rularuu]] is trapped in the [[Shadow Shard]] by the [[Midnight Squad]].<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* December 12 - Justin Sinclair ([[Manticore]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * December 12 - Justin Sinclair ([[Manticore]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
=== 1969 === | === 1969 === | ||
* January 15 - [[Serpent Drummer]] is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * January 15 - [[Serpent Drummer]] is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
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== 1970–1979 == | == 1970–1979 == | ||
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=== 1977 === | === 1977 === | ||
* May 22 - Eddie Polstra ([[Maelstrom]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * May 22 - Eddie Polstra ([[Maelstrom]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
=== Late 1970s === | |||
* [[Protean]] attacks [[Manticore]]'s house and kills both of his parents.<ref name="top cow 7"/> | |||
=== 1979 === | === 1979 === | ||
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* September - [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] arrested in Paragon City for the first time. The [[Outcasts]] are born soon after.<ref name="kya outcasts"/> | * September - [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] arrested in Paragon City for the first time. The [[Outcasts]] are born soon after.<ref name="kya outcasts"/> | ||
* A deep economic recession begins in the United States.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * A deep economic recession begins in the United States.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
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== 1980–1989 == | == 1980–1989 == | ||
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=== Late 1980s === | === Late 1980s === | ||
* [[Arachnos]] rebuilds and occupies Fort Hades.<ref name="place port oakes"/> | * [[Arachnos]] rebuilds and occupies Fort Hades.<ref name="place port oakes"/> | ||
* Clarissa Van Dorn is murdered by Julianne Thompson.<ref name="arc evil countess crey"/> | |||
* [[Crey Industries|Crey Biotech]] is founded in Switzerland.<ref name="kya crey"/> | |||
* [[Count Crey|Count Alphonse Crey]] falls into a coma.<ref name="kya crey"/> | |||
* [[Crey Industries]] moves its headquarters to Paragon City.<ref name="kya crey"/> | |||
* Monica Cole (Maiden Justice) passes away from old age complications in the hospital. The soon-to-be Freedom Phalanx (II) defeats the Tyranny Legion and foils Operation: WEB. Statesman, with Manticore, Positron, Sister Psyche, and Synapse as his teammates, declares a second Freedom Phalanx.<ref name="novel freedom phalanx"/> | |||
=== 1988 === | === 1988 === | ||
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=== 1989 === | === 1989 === | ||
[[File:AxisAmerica1.jpg|right|150px]] | [[File:AxisAmerica1.jpg|right|150px]] | ||
* While exploring a dimension where the | * While exploring a dimension where the United States fell to Nazi Germany, Dr. Webb and his expedition are captured, tortured and killed by that dimension's version of [[Statesman]], the [[Reichsman]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* Nazi supersoldiers, led by the [[Reichsman]], invade [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge scholastic3"/> The [[Freedom Phalanx]] confronts and defeats them.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> Reichsman is captured and imprisoned.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> [[Portal Corp]] installations are destroyed in the battle. The widow of Dr. Webb starts a long legal battle to retain control of the now ruined firm.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | * Nazi supersoldiers, led by the [[Reichsman]], invade [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge scholastic3"/> The [[Freedom Phalanx]] confronts and defeats them.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> Reichsman is captured and imprisoned.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> [[Portal Corp]] installations are destroyed in the battle. The widow of Dr. Webb starts a long legal battle to retain control of the now ruined firm.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* A multinational force of heroes launches an attack against the alien entity known as "[[Shiva]]" in deep space. The heroes are never heard from again.<ref name="kya shivan"/> | * A multinational force of heroes launches an attack against the alien entity known as "[[Shiva]]" in deep space. The heroes are never heard from again.<ref name="kya shivan"/> | ||
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* April 2 - A [[Night Widows|Night Widow]] named [[Ghost Widow|Belladonna Vetrano]] dies during a disastrous [[Arachnos]] operation against [[the Family]]. Only one member of the Arachnos force survives.<ref name="ghost widow"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | * April 2 - A [[Night Widows|Night Widow]] named [[Ghost Widow|Belladonna Vetrano]] dies during a disastrous [[Arachnos]] operation against [[the Family]]. Only one member of the Arachnos force survives.<ref name="ghost widow"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* October 30 - Eve Salvatore ([[Desdemona]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/><ref name="signature rogues"/> | * October 30 - Eve Salvatore ([[Desdemona]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/><ref name="signature rogues"/> | ||
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== 1990–1999 == | == 1990–1999 == | ||
=== Early 1990s === | |||
* Founding of the [[Freakshow]].<ref name="kya freakshow"/> | |||
* The [[Freakshow]] attack a [[Crey]] transport carrying the military-grade drug later known as "[[Excelsior]]".<ref name="kya freakshow"/> | |||
=== 1990 === | === 1990 === | ||
[[File: | [[File:Tub_Ci.jpg|right|135px|]] | ||
* | * The dirigible Spirit of Freedom starts patrolling [[Atlas Park]].<ref name="pt 20050330"/> | ||
* | * May - [[Atta|Haripual "Harry" Atta]] is arrested for the first time.<ref name="kya trolls"/> | ||
* | * [[Tub Ci]] is found guilty of manslaughter in Paragon City and imprisoned. <ref name="kya tsoo"/> | ||
* | * The Governor of [[Cap au Diable]] is killed by extradimensional attackers. [[Dr. Aeon]] comes to Cap au Diable, builds the [[Power Transfer System]] and is appointed by [[Lord Recluse]] as the new governor.<ref name="place cap au diable"/> | ||
=== 1991 === | === 1991 === | ||
* | * Fall of the Soviet Union and communism. End of the Cold War.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> | ||
* | * A schism forms in the [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]] regarding their purpose after the fall of the Berlin Wall.<ref name="mission defeat helix"/> | ||
* | * The [[Gold Brickers]] plunder the central vault of Aeon City's bank.<ref name="kya goldbrickers"/> | ||
* | * The Yugoslav Wars begin. Refugees in Paragon City later form the [[Skulls]].<ref name="kya skulls"/> | ||
=== 1992 === | === 1992 === | ||
* | * Old Soviet heroes form powerful metahuman mafias which control oil in the Russian region.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
=== 1993 === | === 1993 === | ||
* | * The [[Valiant Defenders of the Motherland]], the first independent Russian organization of heroes, is formed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
=== 1994 === | === 1994 === | ||
* | * [[Rebecca Foss]] forms [[Hero Corps]] in London.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * Metahuman mercenaries begin working for corrupt governments, drug cartels and terrorist groups among others.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * May - Harry Atta arrested for the second time.<ref name="kya trolls"/> | ||
=== 1995 === | === 1995 === | ||
[[File:Hero Corp.png|right|120px]] | [[File:Hero Corp.png|right|120px]] | ||
* | * Hero Corps opens its first branch in Mexico City. Branches in Rio de Janeiro, Jakarta and Johannesburg follow.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * The US Army creates the Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion (aka Vigilance) to deal with high risk crises.<ref name="kya sky raiders"/> | ||
* | * [[Arachnos]] sends exploration and engineering teams to [[Bloody Bay]].<ref name="place bloody bay"/> | ||
* | * The [[Freakshow]] try to hijack the Talos - Peregrine ferry.<ref name="pt 20050323"/> | ||
* | * [[Tub Ci]] is released from prison and later forms the Tsoo.<ref name="kya tsoo"/> | ||
* | * The original [[Luminary]] becomes spokesman for [[Hero Corps]] in Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * The hero Invisible Falcon vanishes without a trace.<ref name="badge birdwatcher"/><ref name="mission investigate disappearance"/><ref name="arc revenant hero project"/> | ||
=== 1998 === | === 1998 === | ||
* | * [[Hero Corps]] has now more than 30 branches around the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * [[Atta|Harry Atta]] joins the [[Trolls]].<ref name="kya trolls"/> | ||
* | * [[Portal Corp]] re-opens, under new management.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * Hero Corps tries to open a branch in Paragon City, the first one in the United States.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * The [[Freedom Phalanx]] declares itself not under the laws or politics of any country.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
=== 1999 === | === 1999 === | ||
[[File: | [[File:Crey Logo.jpg|right|150px]] | ||
* | * Public protests occur against the construction of the [[Hero Corps]] building in Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge disciple3"/> Previously unknown supervillains attack Paragon.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> [[Countess Crey]] deplores that [[Statesman]] and the Freedom Phalanx are trying to prevent the establishment of Hero Corps in [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * February - First clash between Hero Corps and the Freedom Phalanx. In the confusion, a villain escapes.<ref name="badge disciple4"/> | ||
* | * March - Over a three week period, the hero [[Luminary]] makes a public demonstration of his powers as part of his campaign for Hero Corps.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge disciple2"/> | ||
* | * Spring/Summer - Power-armored soldiers destroy the recently finished Hero Corps building.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge disciple7"/> | ||
* | * May - Countess Crey publicly announces her sponsorship of Hero Corps.<ref name="badge disciple6"/> | ||
* | * September - Metahuman mercenaries use poison gas on a secret installation of the [[Midnight squad]] in [[Terra Volta]], killing 47 people.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge historian5"/> | ||
* | * October - Hero Corps leaves Paragon City.<ref name="badge disciple5"/> They have spent five times their expected budget.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
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== | == 2000–2009 == | ||
=== 2000 === | === 2000 === | ||
[[File:Salvage_CarnivalofShadowsMask.png|right]] | [[File:Salvage_CarnivalofShadowsMask.png|right]] | ||
* | * UN Special Council of Super Human Activities formed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * [[The Hollowing]] occurs in Paragon City.<ref name="place the hollows"/> | ||
* | * July - Art History student [[Vanessa DeVore]] travels from Paragon City to Italy to study in Florence.<ref name="kya carnival"/> | ||
* | * During a weekend trip to Venice, [[Vanessa DeVore]] buys an old porcelain mask and uses the mask for the first time. Frightened by the power of [[Giovanna Scaldi]], Vanessa resolves to never touch the mask again, and moves back to Paragon City.<ref name="kya carnival"/> | ||
=== 2001 === | === 2001 === | ||
* | * [[Hero Corps]] has now over 100 branches all over the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * January 11 - The hero Bastion ([[Citadel]]) is created in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* | * Spring/Summer - First sightings of [[Clockwork]].<ref name="kya clockwork"/> | ||
=== 2002 === | === 2002 === | ||
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* | * May 23 - Thousands of lights appear all over the world. It is determined that they are portals. [[Star Strider]] volunteers to be the first to enter one of these mysterious portals and is never seen or heard from again.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * May 23 - The start of the [[Rikti War|Rikti Invasion]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> | ||
* | * June 5 - [[Vanguard]] is formed.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* | * Summer - [[Vanessa DeVore]] uses the mask for the second time against the [[Rikti]] in Paragon City, sealing her fate.<ref name="kya carnival"/> | ||
* | * August 30 - First sighting of the [[Clockwork King]] in Paragon City.<ref name="kya clockwork"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* | * November 27 - The [[Vanguard]] form into two teams, the [[Alpha Team]], led by [[Statesman]], and the [[Omega Team]], led by [[Hero 1]]. At great cost, the teams succeed in shutting the main Rikti portal, sparking the end of the [[Rikti War]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
=== Post-Rikti War === | |||
Due to the chaos and destruction of the Rikti War, the rise of many villain groups in the period between the end of the war and the beginning of the arrival of new heroes has only circumstantial dates available. The following events occurred after the Rikti War: | |||
* The Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion vanishes without a trace.<ref name="kya sky raiders"/> | |||
* The [[Banished Pantheon]] takes over [[Dark Astoria]].{{Citation needed}} | |||
* The neighborhood of [[Overbrook]] is destroyed by the villain Faultline.{{Citation needed}} | |||
* The neighborhood of Paragon Heights is renamed [[Galaxy City]].<ref name="place galaxy city"/> | |||
* First encounter with [[The Lost]] in Paragon City.<ref name="kya lost"/> | |||
* The [[Sky Raiders]] commit a series of terrorist acts in the African country of West Libertalia.<ref name="arc mysterious general z"/> | |||
=== 2003 === | === 2003 === | ||
* | * [[Hero Corps]] returns to Paragon City.<ref name="badge disciple1"/> | ||
* Paragon City, March 8 - [[Hamidon]] is created.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" /> | * The ecoactivist Hamidon Pasalima leads a raid on the Paragon City University, and creates The Will of the Earth. The raid is stopped by heroes, but Pasalima escapes.<ref name="arc terra conspiracy"/> | ||
* | * March 8 - The [[Hamidon]] is created.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* First sighting of [[Devouring Earth]] creatures.{{Citation needed}} | |||
* April 28 - The [[Sky Raiders]] attack [[Paragon City]].<ref name="kya sky raiders"/> | |||
=== 2004 === | === 2004 === | ||
* | * [[Snakes]] are allowed to take over the south part of [[Mercy Island]].<ref name="place mercy island"/> | ||
* | * August - Local authorities declare the [[Malleus Mundi]] lost from the Lubyanka Museum in Moscow.<ref name="pt 20041027"/> | ||
* | * September 17 - The [[Soldiers of Rularuu|Rularuu]] attack Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20040917"/> The use of the Malleus Mundi is implied.<ref name="pt 20041027"/> | ||
* | * October - [[Peacebringers]] arrive in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20041021"/> | ||
* | * October 31 - Mythic creatures, including [[Eochai]], invade [[Paragon City]].<ref name="badge alumnus1"/> | ||
* | * October/November - [[Fifth Column]]/[[Council]] war in Paragon City. [[Quantum Array Gun|Quantum array guns]] appear for the first time.<ref name="pt 20041103"/> | ||
* | * November - The hero [[Sunburst]] suffers a tragic accident, devastating the zone of [[Siren's Call]] and leaving it uninhabitable.<ref name="pt 20050914"/><ref name="gw journal5"/> | ||
* | * November 22 - First sighting of [[Lusca]] in [[Independence Port]].<ref name="pt 20041124"/> | ||
* | * November 24 - Moraine's sinking place discovered.<ref name="pt 20041201"/> | ||
* | * November 28 - First sighting of the [[Ghost Ship]] Moraine in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20041201"/><ref name="badge ghosthunter1"/> | ||
* December - The [[Clockwork Paladin]] seen in [[Kings Row]] for the first time.<ref name="pt 20041208"/> | |||
=== 2005 === | === 2005 === | ||
[[File:COH_Times10-27_05.jpg|250px|right]] | [[File:COH_Times10-27_05.jpg|250px|right]] | ||
* | * January - The [[Winter Horde]] attacks Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050105"/> | ||
* | * April - Arenas open in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050427"/> | ||
* | * April - The heroine [[Sister Psyche]] recovers her body.<ref name="pt 20050420"/> | ||
* | * Late April - Paragon City [[Power Crash]].<ref name="scirocco"/><ref name="top cow 1"/> | ||
* | * May - [[Lord Recluse]] begins [[Operation: DESTINY]] in Paragon City.<ref name="gw journal1"/> | ||
* | * May 16 - Construction of the Darwin's Landing fort begins on [[Mercy Island]].<ref name="gw journal2"/> | ||
* | * August - First mention of [[Longbow]], organized by [[Ms. Liberty]].<ref name="gw journal4"/> | ||
* | * August - [[Hellions|Hellion]] arsonists act in [[Steel Canyon]] for the first time.<ref name="pt 20050810"/> | ||
* | * September 13 - [[Siren's Call]] zone re-opened to heroes.<ref name="pt 20050914"/> | ||
* | * October 26 - [[Statesman]], [[Freedom Phalanx]] and [[Longbow]] attack the [[Rogue Isles]].<ref name="pt 20051027"/> | ||
* | * October 31 - [[Arachnos]] forces stage a massive breakout of prisoners at the Zigursky prison in Brickstown.<ref name="issue 6"/> | ||
* October 31 - [[Longbow]] begins Operation Beachhead in [[Bloody Bay]].<ref name="issue 6"/> | |||
* Marshal Blitz rebels against [[Arachnos]] and declares [[Warburg]] independent.<ref name="place warburg"/> | |||
* The [[Paragon Police Department]] force is reformed to deal with the increasing superpowered threat from the Rogue Isles.<ref name="kya ppd"/> | |||
*[[Longbow]] reports the first [[Coralax]] sightings in the [[Rogue Isles]] and on the shores of [[Paragon City]].<ref name="kya coralax"/> | |||
=== 2006 === | |||
* [[Faultline|Overbrook]] is rebuilt.<ref name="issue 8"/> | |||
=== 2007 === | === 2007 === | ||
* | * April 30 - [[Grandville]]'s WEB evil purpose suspected. [[Statesman]] requests volunteers to investigate it.<ref name="pt 20070430"/> | ||
* | * May 1 - [[Dr. Brainstorm]] Patents the Hypothetical Framework in the Rogue Isles.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* | * July 24 - The [[Issue 10|Second Rikti Invasion]] begins.<ref name="pt 20070724"/> | ||
* | * November 28 - [[Menders of Ouroboros]] [[Issue 11|make contact]] with Paragon City's heroes and the Rogue Isles' villains.<ref name="issue 11"/> | ||
=== 2008 === | === 2008 === | ||
* | * February 14 - Wedding of [[Manticore]] and [[Sister Psyche]] in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> | ||
* | * May 20 - The land of [[Cimerora]] is [[Issue 12|seeking help against homeland and foreign enemies]], even if the help comes from the future.<ref name="issue 12"/> | ||
* | * May 20 - The [[Midnight Squad]] seeks new members to help bring the [[Rikti]] assault [[Montague Castanella#Story Arc|to an end]].<ref name="issue 12"/> | ||
* | * May 20 - [[Soldiers of Arachnos|Members]] of [[Arachnos]] decide they want in on [[Operation: DESTINY]] even if it means striking it out on their own.<ref name="issue 12"/> | ||
* | * December 2 - [[Daedalus]] and [[Sister Airlia]] [[Issue 13#New Cimerora Missions|make contact]] with Paragon City's heroes and Rogue Isles' villains.<ref name="issue 13"/> | ||
=== 2009 === | === 2009 === | ||
* | * April 8 - [[Architect Entertainment]] is opened to the public in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles by [[Dr. Aeon|Dr. Thaddeus Aeon AQSA]].<ref name="issue 14"/> | ||
* | * June 29 - [[Reichsman]] is sprung free from his Boomtown stasis prison on bequest of [[Roderick Mueller]].<ref name="issue 15"/> | ||
* | * November 27 - [[Omega Team]]'s time capsule is opened.<ref name="misc time capsule"/> | ||
<br /> | |||
== 2010 - Present == | |||
=== 2010 === | === 2010 === | ||
* | * August 17 - [[Tyrant|Emperor Cole]] begins to make his preparations in [[Praetoria]] to invade [[Primal Earth]].<ref name="issue 18"/> | ||
* | * November 30 - The Primal-Praetorian War begins with the preemptive [[Apex Task Force|Alpha Strike]] to halt Praetoria's initial assault.<ref name="issue 19"/> | ||
* | * November 30+ - Citizen unrest begins in the streets of [[Nova Praetoria]].<ref name="issue 19"/> | ||
=== 2011 === | === 2011 === | ||
* April 5 - [[Prometheus]] arrives in Ouroboros.<ref name="issue 20"/> | |||
* September 13 - Shivan meteors destroy Galaxy City. Arachnos uses the destruction to attempt an incursion into the heart of Paragon City.<ref name="issue 21"/> | |||
* September 13 - [[Longbow]] assaults Mercy Island, taking over Fort Darwin.<ref name="issue 21"/> | |||
* November 8 - [[Miss Liberty]], [[Statesman]]'s daughter, is killed by Marshal Blitz | |||
=== 2012 === | |||
* January 17 - [[Statesman]] is killed by [[Darrin Wade]]. | |||
* February 21 - [[Manticore]] is forced to kill [[Sister Psyche]]; [[Aurora Borealis]] escapes to [[Tyrka]]'s mind. | |||
* February 27 - [[Darrin Wade|Rula-Wade]] is defeated by [[Lord Recluse]] and his allies; Wade is currently in [[Vanguard]] custody. | |||
* May 31 - The Primal-Praetorian War ends with the defeat of [[Tyrant|Emperor Cole]] and the [[Well of the Furies]]' withdrawal of its support of him; his current status is unknown. | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist|2|refs= | |||
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<ref name="kya arachnos">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114532/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/arachnos.php "Know Your Adversary: Arachnos"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya demons">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114219/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/cap_au_diable_demons.php "Know Your Adversary: Cap au Diable Demons"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya carnival">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114410/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/carnival_of_shadows.php "Know Your Adversary: Carnival of Shadows"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya circle">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114401/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_circle_of_thorns.php "Know Your Adversary: The Circle of Thorns"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya clockwork">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114338/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/clockwork.php "Know Your Adversary: Clockwork"]</ref> | |||
= | <ref name="kya contaminated">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114452/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_contaminated.php "Know Your Adversary: The Contaminated"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya coralax">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114300/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/coralax_hybrids.php "Know Your Adversary: Coralax Hybrids"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya council">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114806/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_council.php "Know Your Adversary: The Council"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya crey">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114356/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/crey_industries.php "Know Your Adversary: Crey Industries"]</ref> | |||
== | <ref name="kya family">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114502/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_family.php "Know Your Adversary: The Family"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya freakshow">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114318/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/freakshow.php "Know Your Adversary: Freakshow"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya goldbrickers">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114342/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_gold_brickers.php "Know Your Adversary: The Gold Brickers"]</ref> | |||
<ref name="kya hellions">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114440/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/hellions.php "Know Your Adversary: Hellions"]</ref> | |||
< | <ref name="kya igneous">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114328/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_igneous.php "Know Your Adversary: The Igneous"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya knives">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114519/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/knives_of_artemis.php "Know Your Adversary: Knives of Artemis"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya legacy chain">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114527/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_legacy_chain.php "Know Your Adversary: The Legacy Chain"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya longbow">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114254/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/longbow.php "Know Your Adversary: Longbow"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya lost">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114549/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_lost.php "Know Your Adversary: The Lost"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya luddites">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114350/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/luddites.php "Know Your Adversary: Luddites"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya malta">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114431/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/malta.php "Know Your Adversary: Malta"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya mooks">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114323/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/mooks_and_marcones.php "Know Your Adversary: Mooks and Marcones"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya nerva demons">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114506/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/nerva_spectral_daemons.php "Know Your Adversary: Nerva Spectral Daemons"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya outcasts">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114405/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/outcasts.php "Know Your Adversary: Outcasts"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya ppd">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114629/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/paragon_police_department.php "Know Your Adversary: Paragon Police Department"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya rikti">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114515/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_rikti.php "Know Your Adversary: The Rikti"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya rip">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114602/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/rogue_island_police.php "Know Your Adversary: Rogue Island Police"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya shivan">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114448/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/shivan.php "Know Your Adversary: Shivan"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya skulls">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114624/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/skulls.php "Know Your Adversary: Skulls"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya sky raiders">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114346/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/sky_raiders.php "Know Your Adversary: Sky Raiders"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya slag golems">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114523/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/slag_golems.php "Know Your Adversary: Slag Golems"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya snakes">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114757/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/snakes.php "Know Your Adversary: Snakes"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya spectral">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114313/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/spectral_pirates.php "Know Your Adversary: Spectral Pirates"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya trolls">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114553/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/trolls.php "Know Your Adversary: Trolls"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya tsoo">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114247/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/tsoo.php "Know Your Adversary: Tsoo"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya vahzilok">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114333/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/vahzilok.php "Know Your Adversary: Vahzilok"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya | <ref name="kya warriors">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114511/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_warriors.php "Know Your Adversary: The Warriors"]</ref> | ||
<ref name="kya wyvern">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025114812/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/know_your_adversary/wyvern.php "Know Your Adversary: Wybern"]</ref> | |||
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<ref name="pt 20070724">"[[Paragon Times/20070724|Invasion!]]". Paragon Times, July 24, 2007</ref> | <ref name="pt 20070724">"[[Paragon Times/20070724|Invasion!]]". Paragon Times, July 24, 2007</ref> | ||
<ref name="pt 20070727">"[[Paragon_Times/20070927|President Marchand Celebrates 70th Year]]". Paragon Times July 27, 2007</ref> | |||
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<ref name="mission azuria crystals">Mission: "[[Template: | <ref name="mission azuria crystals">Mission: "[[Template:StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls#Talk_to_Azuria_about_crystals|Talk to Azuria about crystals]]" in the Story Arc "[[Template:StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls|The Library of Souls]]" from [[Allison King]] or [[Peter Stemitz]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission brickstown security">Mission: "Talk to the Security Chief" (Brickstown Briefing)</ref> | <ref name="mission brickstown security">Mission: "[[Mission:Common - Talk to the Brickstown Security Chief|Talk to the Brickstown Security Chief]]" (Brickstown Briefing)</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission defeat helix">Mission: "[[Crimson#Defeat_Helix_Black_0-9-0|Defeat Helix Black 0-9-0]]" from [[Crimson]].</ref> | <ref name="mission defeat helix">Mission: "[[Crimson#Defeat_Helix_Black_0-9-0|Defeat Helix Black 0-9-0]]" from [[Crimson]].</ref> | ||
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<ref name="mission force information">Mission: "[[Diviner Maros#Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain|Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain]]" in the Story Arc "[[Diviner Maros#The Cult of the Shaper|The Cult of the Shaper]]" from [[Diviner Maros]].</ref> | <ref name="mission force information">Mission: "[[Diviner Maros#Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain|Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain]]" in the Story Arc "[[Diviner Maros#The Cult of the Shaper|The Cult of the Shaper]]" from [[Diviner Maros]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission help soul">Mission: "[[Template: | <ref name="mission help soul">Mission: "[[Template:StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls#Help_the_soul_within_the_crystal_orient_itself|Help the soul within the crystal orient itself]]" in the Story Arc "[[Template:StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls|The Library of Souls]]" from [[Allison King]] or [[Peter Stemitz]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission investigate disappearance">Mission: "[[Gordon_Stacy#Investigate_the_disappearance_of_the_Invisible_Falcon|Investigate the disappearance of the Invisible Falcon]]" from [[Gordon Stacy]].</ref> | <ref name="mission investigate disappearance">Mission: "[[Gordon_Stacy#Investigate_the_disappearance_of_the_Invisible_Falcon|Investigate the disappearance of the Invisible Falcon]]" from [[Gordon Stacy]].</ref> | ||
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<ref name="mission Nemesis Council Battle">Mission: "[[Maxwell Christopher#Stop Nemesis/Council battle|Stop Nemesis/Council battle]]" from [[Maxwell Christopher]].</ref> | <ref name="mission Nemesis Council Battle">Mission: "[[Maxwell Christopher#Stop Nemesis/Council battle|Stop Nemesis/Council battle]]" from [[Maxwell Christopher]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission recover antiques">Mission: "[[ | <ref name="mission recover antiques">Mission: "[[Mission:Common - Recover the antiques from the Banished Pantheon|Recover the antiques from the Banished Pantheon]]" from [[Miriam Bloechl]] or [[Laura Brunetti]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission rescue leon">Mission: "[[Colleen_Nelson#Rescue_Leon_Natale_from_the_Council|Rescue Leon Natale from the Council]]" from [[Colleen Nelson]].</ref> | <ref name="mission rescue leon">Mission: "[[Colleen_Nelson#Rescue_Leon_Natale_from_the_Council|Rescue Leon Natale from the Council]]" from [[Colleen Nelson]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission rescue winslowe">Mission: "[[Template: | <ref name="mission rescue winslowe">Mission: "[[Template:StoryArc_Winslowe_and_the_Cosmotron#Rescue_Dr._Winslowe_on_Striga_Island|Rescue Dr. Winslowe on Striga Island]]" in the Story Arc "[[Template:StoryArc_Winslowe_and_the_Cosmotron|Winslowe and the Cosmotron]]" from [[Shadowstar]] or [[Sunstorm]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="mission retreive heirloom">Mission: "[[Tobias_Hansen#Retrieve_Tobias.27_heirloom_from_Vampyr_Mountain|Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain]]" from [[Tobias Hansen]].</ref> | <ref name="mission retreive heirloom">Mission: "[[Tobias_Hansen#Retrieve_Tobias.27_heirloom_from_Vampyr_Mountain|Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain]]" from [[Tobias Hansen]].</ref> | ||
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<ref name="arc evil countess crey">Story Arc: "[[Janet_Kellum#The_Evil_Countess_Crey_.2840-44.29|The Evil Countess Crey]] from [[Janet Kellum]].</ref> | <ref name="arc evil countess crey">Story Arc: "[[Janet_Kellum#The_Evil_Countess_Crey_.2840-44.29|The Evil Countess Crey]] from [[Janet Kellum]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="arc iron widow">Story Arc: "[[Captain_Petrovich#Iron_Widow|Iron Widow]] from [[Captain Petrovich]].</ref> | <ref name="arc iron widow">Story Arc: "[[Captain_Petrovich#Iron_Widow|Iron Widow]]" from [[Captain Petrovich]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="arc melvin and malta">Story Arc: "[[Indigo#Missing_Melvin_and_the_Mysterious_Malta_Group_.2840-44.29|Missing Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group]]" from [[Indigo]].</ref> | <ref name="arc melvin and malta">Story Arc: "[[Indigo#Missing_Melvin_and_the_Mysterious_Malta_Group_.2840-44.29|Missing Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group]]" from [[Indigo]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="arc mender tesseract strike force">Story Arc: "[[Mender Tesseract#The Spider Weaves His Web|The Spider Weaves His Web]]" from [[Mender Tesseract]]</ref> | |||
<ref name="arc mysterious general z">Story Arc: "[[Christine_Lansdale#The_Mysterious_General_Z_.2825-29.29|The Mysterious General Z]]" from [[Christine Lansdale]].</ref> | <ref name="arc mysterious general z">Story Arc: "[[Christine_Lansdale#The_Mysterious_General_Z_.2825-29.29|The Mysterious General Z]]" from [[Christine Lansdale]].</ref> | ||
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<ref name="arc revenant hero project">Story Arc: "[[Gordon_Stacy#Revenant_Hero_Project_.2835-39.29|Revenant Hero Project]]" from [[Gordon Stacy]].</ref> | <ref name="arc revenant hero project">Story Arc: "[[Gordon_Stacy#Revenant_Hero_Project_.2835-39.29|Revenant Hero Project]]" from [[Gordon Stacy]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="arc scroll of tielekku">Story Arc: "[[Template: | <ref name="arc scroll of tielekku">Story Arc: "[[Template:StoryArc_The_Scroll_of_Tielekku|The Scroll of Tielekku]]" from [[Miriam Bloechl]] or [[Laura Brunetti]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="arc terra conspiracy">Story Arc: "[[Ginger_Yates#The_Terra_Conspiracy_.2835-39.29|The Terra Conspiracy]]" from [[Ginger Yates]].</ref> | <ref name="arc terra conspiracy">Story Arc: "[[Ginger_Yates#The_Terra_Conspiracy_.2835-39.29|The Terra Conspiracy]]" from [[Ginger Yates]].</ref> | ||
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<ref name="adamastor">[[Banished_Pantheon#Adamastor|Adamastor's]] Description.</ref> | <ref name="adamastor">[[Banished_Pantheon#Adamastor|Adamastor's]] Description.</ref> | ||
<ref name="black scorpion">[http:// | <ref name="black scorpion">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125317/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/signature_villains/black_scorpion.php Signature Villains: Black Scorpion]</ref> | ||
<ref name="captain mako">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125309/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/signature_villains/captain_mako.php Signature Villains: Captain Mako]</ref> | |||
<ref name="contact ewell">[[Dennis_Ewell#Information|Dennis Ewell's]] Contact Information.</ref> | <ref name="contact ewell">[[Dennis_Ewell#Information|Dennis Ewell's]] Contact Information.</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="ghost widow">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125313/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/signature_villains/ghost_widow.php Signature Villains: Ghost Widow]</ref> | ||
<ref name="contact tobias">[[Tobias_Hansen#Information|Tobias Hansen's]] Contact Information.</ref> | <ref name="contact tobias">[[Tobias_Hansen#Information|Tobias Hansen's]] Contact Information.</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="lord recluse">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121014173605/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/signature_villains/lord_recluse.php Signature Villains: Lord Recluse]</ref> | ||
<ref name="maelstrom">Maelstrom's official CoH Going Rogue [http:// | <ref name="maelstrom">Maelstrom's official CoH Going Rogue [http://web.archive.org/web/20111201030119/http://goingrogue.na.cityofheroes.com/en/game-info/characters/maelstrom.html profile]</ref> | ||
<ref name="mek man">[[5th_Column#Mek_Man|Mek Man]] Description.</ref> | <ref name="mek man">[[5th_Column#Mek_Man|Mek Man]] Description.</ref> | ||
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<ref name="numina">[[Freedom_Phalanx#Numina|Numina's]] Description</ref> | <ref name="numina">[[Freedom_Phalanx#Numina|Numina's]] Description</ref> | ||
<ref name="scirocco">[http:// | <ref name="scirocco">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125259/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/signature_villains/scirocco.php Signature Villains: Scirocco]</ref> | ||
<ref name="contact shadowstar">[[Shadowstar#Information|Shadowstar's]] Contact Information.</ref> | |||
<ref name="tv recon officer">[[Reconnaissance Officer#Terra Volta|Terra Volta Reconnaissance Officer]].</ref> | <ref name="tv recon officer">[[Reconnaissance Officer#Terra Volta|Terra Volta Reconnaissance Officer]].</ref> | ||
<ref name="vandal">[[5th_Column#Vandal|Vandal's]] Description.</ref> | <ref name="vandal">[[5th_Column#Vandal|Vandal's]] Description.</ref> | ||
<ref name="contact vendetti">[[Angelo Vendetti#Information|Angleo Vendetti's]] Contact Information.</ref> | |||
<ref name="woodsman">[[Vindicators#Woodsman|Woodsman's]] Description.</ref> | <ref name="woodsman">[[Vindicators#Woodsman|Woodsman's]] Description.</ref> | ||
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<ref name="place | <ref name="place atlas park">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121003/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_atla.php Paragon City: Atlas Park]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place bloody bay">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121104/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_b.php Rogue Isles: Bloody Bay]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place cap au diable">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121113/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_c.php Rogue Isles: Cap au Diable]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place creys folly">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121100/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_crey.php Paragon City: Crey's Folly]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place galaxy city">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025120938/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_gala.php Paragon City: Galaxy City]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place grandville">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121017034640/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_7/issue_7_grandville.php Rogue Isles: Grandville]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place kings row">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121056/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_king.php Paragon City: Kings Row]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place mercy island">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121031/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_m.php Rogue Isles: Mercy Island]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place perez park">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121118/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_pere.php Paragon City: Perez Park]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place port oakes">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025120947/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_p.php Rogue Isles: Port Oakes]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place sharkhead isle">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121014/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles.php Rogue Isles: Sharkhead Isle]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place skyway city">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121019/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_skyw.php Paragon City: Skyway City]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place steel canyon">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121023/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_stee.php Paragon City: Steel Canyon]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place | <ref name="place talos island">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025121109/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_talo.php Paragon City: Talos Island]</ref> | ||
<ref name="place the hollows">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025120957/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_the.php Paragon City: The Hollows]</ref> | |||
<ref name="place rogue isles">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125036/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/history/the_rogue_isles_the_colonial_p.php The Rogue Isles: The Colonial Period]</ref> | |||
<ref name="place rogue isles2">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125027/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/history/the_rogue_isles_the_20th_centu.php The Rogue Isles: The 20th Century and Beyond]</ref> | |||
<ref name="place warburg">[[Warburg#History|History of Warburg]]</ref> | |||
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<ref name="issue 1">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123322/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_1/overview.php Issue 1: Through the Looking Glass]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 2">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123303/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_2/overview.php Issue 2: A Shadow of the Past]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 3">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123127/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_3/overview.php Issue 3: A Council of War]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 4">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123213/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_4/overview.php Issue 4: Colosseum]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 5">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123343/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_5/overview.php Issue 5: Forest of Dread]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 6">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123256/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_6/overview.php Issue 6: Along Came a Spider]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 7">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121017084448/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_7/overview.php Issue 7: Destiny Manifest]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 8">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123115/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_8/overview.php Issue 8: To Protect and Serve]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 9">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123312/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_9/overview.php Issue 9: Breakthrough]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 10">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123148/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_10/overview.php Issue 10: Invasion]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 11">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123239/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_11/overview.php Issue 11: A Stitch in Time]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 12">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123458/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_12/overview.php Issue 12: The Midnight Hour]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 13">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123209/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_13/overview.php Issue 13: Power and Responsibility]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 14">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123110/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_14/overview.php Issue 14: Architect]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 15">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123309/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_15/overview.php Issue 15: Anniversary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 16">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123316/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_16/overview.php Issue 16: Power Spectrum]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 17">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123235/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_17/overview.php Issue 17: Dark Mirror]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 18">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123218/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_18/overview.php Issue 18: Shades of Gray]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 19">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123352/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_19/overview.php Issue 19: Alpha Strike]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 20">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123153/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_20/overview.php Issue 20: Incarnates]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 21">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123251/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_21/overview.php Issue 21: Convergence]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 22">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123450/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_22/overview.php Issue 22: Death Incarnate]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 23">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123159/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_23/overview.php Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie]</ref> | |||
<ref name="issue 24">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123119/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/game_updates/issue_24/overview.php Issue 24: Resurgence]</ref> | |||
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<ref name="canon fodder">[http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=133915 Canon Fodder: Official CoH Lore Q+A]</ref> | <ref name="canon fodder">[http://web.archive.org/web/20120905181929/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=133915 Canon Fodder: Official CoH Lore Q+A]</ref> | ||
<ref name="gw journal1">[http:// | <ref name="gw journal1">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123222/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_may_4_2.php Ghost Widow's Journal - 4 May 2005]</ref> | ||
<ref name="gw journal2">[http:// | <ref name="gw journal2">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123231/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_may_16.php Ghost Widow's Journal - 16 May 2005]</ref> | ||
<ref name="gw journal3">[http:// | <ref name="gw journal3">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123136/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_july_7.php Ghost Widow's Journal - 7 July 2005]</ref> | ||
<ref name="gw journal4">[http:// | <ref name="gw journal4">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123328/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_august.php Ghost Widow's Journal - 5 August 2005]</ref> | ||
<ref name="gw journal5">[http:// | <ref name="gw journal5">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121025123414/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_septemb_1.php Ghost Widow's Journal - 22 September 2005]</ref> | ||
<ref name="misc magic origin">Descriptions on magic origin enhancements.</ref> | <ref name="misc magic origin">Descriptions on magic origin enhancements.</ref> | ||
<ref name="misc time capsule">[[Omega_Team#Opening_the_Capsule|Omega Team: Opening the Capsule]]</ref> | |||
<ref name="novel web arachnos">Novel: The Web of Arachnos.</ref> | <ref name="novel web arachnos">Novel: The Web of Arachnos.</ref> | ||
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<ref name="novel freedom phalanx">Novel: The Freedom Phalanx.</ref> | <ref name="novel freedom phalanx">Novel: The Freedom Phalanx.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Paragon City backstory">[http:// | <ref name="top cow 7">Top Cow Comics: Bloodlines (Issues 7-9) - [http://web.archive.org/web/20121014173246/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/media-and-downloads/comic-archive/ Comic Archive]</ref> | ||
<ref name="top cow 1">Top Cow Comics (Issues 1-3) - [http://web.archive.org/web/20121014173246/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/media-and-downloads/comic-archive/ Comic Archive]</ref> | |||
<ref name="Paragon City backstory">[http://web.archive.org/web/20121014173555/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/history/paragon_city_an_introduction.php CoH Official Site, Paragon City backstory]</ref> | |||
<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar">[http://web.archive.org/web/20110924103844/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/media-and-downloads/wallpapers/#wallpaper Official Site, 4 Year Anniversary Calendar]</ref> | |||
<ref name=" | <ref name="signature rogues">[http://web.archive.org/web/20120904212709/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=142004 Going Rogue - Signature Rogues] developer diary</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:09, 2 January 2024
This article is about background events in the game. For important game updates and changes, see Timeline.
Prehistory
Cretaceous period (between 146 and 65 million years ago)
Birth of Mankind
- First human tribes form in northern Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Nature spirits reach godhood status, starting to require human believers and worshipers. These gods eventually form pantheons that align themselves with human tribes.[2]
First War of Gods
- One pantheon, lead by Lughebu, discovers how to feed on pain and negative feelings of men instead of worship. The benevolent gods fight against those of them who feed on negative feelings of men. The war ends when the malevolent gods are defeated and banished to the Spiritual Plane, and are now known as the Banished Pantheon.[2]
Second War of Gods
- The goddess Tielekku learns the secrets of Magic and teaches them to other gods. Among her pupils are the gods Ermeeth and Hequat. The god Ermeeth reveals the secrets of magic to his worshipers. As a result, they stop worshiping the gods. Tielekku's faction, led by Hequat, defeat Ermeeth and his followers, effectively forcing them to flee. They cross the Atlantic Ocean and form the city of Oranbega.[2]
Oranbegan Civil War
- With the clandestine support of Hequat, an Oranbegan named Mu'Rhakmet gathers a number of followers and begins to demand a return of the people to the worshiping of the gods and the old ways. A civil war soon follows. Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers are defeated and forced to flee to the sea.[3]
Founding of Mu - Approximately 14,000 Years Ago
- After their defeat, the goddess Hequat raises an island from the sea and grants it to Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers to build a powerful nation on it. The previous inhabitants of the island, the Coralax, are forced to leave. One Coralax priest, Calystix the Shaper, summons The Leviathan to destroy the invaders, but Hequat defeats the beast and imprisons it under the island. The nation of Mu is born.[2][4] Muvians practice eugenic breeding, generation after generation, creating people of incredible magical potential.[5] The goddess Merulina falls silent, leaving the Coralax unguided and confused.[1]
The Mu - Oranbega War
- Following Hequat's orders, Mu finally attacks, and the civilizations of Mu and Oranbega war against each other. The Oranbegans sink their city below the earth to protect themselves. Only a handful of Muvians survive the conflict and are forced to flee. Oranbegans are reduced to spiritual existence and their city of Oranbega is physically abandoned.[2][5]
Antiquity
Ancient Egypt
- The great mage Nectanebo rules during the 30th Dynasty, leaving behind a legacy of magic items and relics still used today.[6]
- The Kheldian half of the being that will be known later as Shadowstar looks to leave behind the ways of the Nictus and finds refuge in a priestess of an ancient Egyptian Moon cult. Together they create the path of the Warshades.[7]
Ancient Rome
- Rome destroys Carthage. Many relics of the god Mot survive the city, being used by metahumans still today.[8]
- Evidence of activity of the Circle of Thorns.[9]
- Evidence of activity of the Cult of the Shaper.[4]
- The last Emperor of Rome, Romulus Augustus, joins the Path of the Dark.[10]
12th through 18th centuries
12th century
1529
- Girolamo da Verrazano draws a map with the supposed location of the legendary Oranbega, in the American East Coast.[12]
1592
- A book of ancient magic is written that includes a number of dark rituals, including the summoning of a powerful demon called "The Envoy of Shadows".[13]
17th Century
- The sect known as "Children of Enos" colonizes the Rogue Isles, enslaving the local population.[14]
- On the island of Malta, the Malta Knights separate from the Malta Templars.[15]
1602
- Novus Cartago expedition launches from the island later known as Terra Volta.[16] More evidence of Circle of Thorns activity.[17]
- Spells of the First Order, a translation of the first spells taught to men, is written.[18]
1641
- The village of Salamanca is established.[19]
Late 17th Century
- Giovanna Scaldi is born in Padua, Italy, near Venice.[20]
- Venice throws itself into a debauched frenzy, led by "Duchess" Giovanna Scaldi. Abelard Vernoux investigates the situation and defeats Giovanna.[20]
1698
- Giovanna Scaldi dies in Venice while waiting to be executed.[20]
1718
- The pirate Blackbeard harasses Fort Hades, on what is now Port Oakes, conquering the fort and leaving behind no survivors.[21] When the French try to reclaim it, the hauntings begin.[22] Note: There is some inconsistency whether the Red Hands are murdered French soldiers or murdered pirates.[23]
1756
- A huge influx of colonists from Europe and America arrive in the Rogue Isles.[24]
1766
- The Rogue Isles declare themselves independent from France.[24]
19th century
Early 1800s
- The village of Dockside is founded in the harbor below Fort Hades.[25]
1801
1809
- September 19 - Elizabeth Grey (The Lady Grey) is born in England.[27]
1810
- The Rogue Isles experiences a revival of the sect of The Children of Enos.[24]
1817
- Slaves incite a failed revolt in Oceanview. Because of the resulting massacre, the island will change its name to Bloody Bay.[26]
1823
- Smithport unites with neighboring communities to become Paragon City.[28]
1830s
- The Jesuit priest Father Henri partially exorcises the ghosts of Port Oakes.[25]
- First firefighting services are established in Paragon City.[29]
1833
- April 3 - A huge volcano erupts, breaking the isle of Grandville into four: Cap au Diable, Port Oakes, Bloody Bay and Grandville. The isles sink into squalor and poverty.[24] Note: This bit of lore is seemingly contradicted by the background events of Port Oakes[25] and Bloody Bay[26], which describe them as separate islands before 1833, as well as the fact that Cap au Diable and Port Oakes are two halves of the same island, and the fact that the official map puts several islands between Bloody Bay and the other three locations.
1860s
- A unit of the US Army is sent to fight a strange witch cult, which turns out to be the Banished Pantheon.[30]
1861
- Paragon City becomes a major Army and Navy depot for the Union during the Civil War.[28]
1864
- Nemesis fights on the Confederate side of the Civil War, but is defeated by General Sherman and forced to flee.[31]
1878
- James "Spanky" Rabinowitz is born in Paragon City.[32]
1890
- The mysterious Baron Zoria arrives in the British Isles, from Russia.[12]
1893
- September 9 - Stephan Richter (Lord Recluse) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1896
1898
- December 21 - The Circle of Thorns is officially founded by Baron Zoria in the British Isles.[12][27]
1900–1919
Early 1900s
1901
- Sergeant Westin Oakes rechristens Dockside as Port Oakes.[25]
1911
- South End Rail Riot occurs in Paragon City. Dozens are wounded or killed, and federal troops are called in. Railway Consolidation Act passed.[35]
1912
- Paragon Rail Company founded.[35]
1914
- World War One begins. The Circle of Thorns flees en masse to America.[12]
1918
- A huge fire destroys the neighborhood that will be later known as Brickstown.[36]
- Marcus Cole departs to the front lines of World War One in Europe.[28]
- September 1 - Devon Wilcox (Dark Watcher) is born in Paragon City.[27]
- November 11 - World War One ends.
- Marcus Cole travels east after World War One ends, rather than returning to Paragon City.[28]
1920–1929
1920s
- Baron Zoria finds clues of location ofthe Malleus Mundi in an abandoned Templar fortress in Europe.[37]
- The Family begins setting up shop on Striga Isle.[38]
- The US Navy destroys a chapter of the Cult of the Shaper on the coast of Massachusetts.[4]
- A large number of skyscrapers are built in the Jewelers' District of Paragon City. The neighborhood is rechristened Steel Canyon.[39]
- Golden age of the Circle of Thorns, which expands like never before. Baron Zoria finds an entrance to Oranbega.[12]
1920
- July 13 - Shalice Tilman (Sister Psyche) is born.[27]
1923
- The Dawn Patrol is founded in the British Isles by Alistair Sutton.[40] Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.[28]
1926
- Paolo Tirelli and the woman who will be later known as Arakhn meet for the first time in Italy.[41]
- April 22 - Also in Italy, Ridolfo Uzzano joins the Path of the Dark.[10]
- May 6 - First appearance of the villain called Requiem.[10]
1928
- The Orion-Majestic Theater, first of its class with sound, is built in Paragon City.[42]
- James Rabinowitz, Mayor of Paragon City, is murdered. Following a special election, he is succeeded by John Gryme.[43]
1929
- The stock market crashes. Thousands lose their jobs and their homes.[28]
- The Great Depression hits Paragon City. Kings Row is hit especially hard, and turns into a hotbed of crime.[44]
1930–1939
1930s
- Rise of totalitarianism in Nazi Germany.[28]
- A large number of villains flee to the Rogue Isles, which become a haven for the supervillains. Among them, Arachnos infiltrates a number of cells.[45]
1930
- July 4 or 10 - Marcus Cole and Stefan Richter drink from the Fountain of Zeus somewhere in Europe.[27][43]
1931
- As a result of the Great Depression, street crime and organized crime are rampant in Paragon City.[28][46]
- Marcus Cole returns to Paragon City.[28]
1932
- February - Swiss architect Rudolph Augustus Seifert arrives in Paragon City.[47]
- July 4 - Statesman, Dark Watcher and Maiden Justice form the Freedom Phalanx.[27][28] For the rest of the decade, the Freedom Phalanx wages a successful war against organized crime. [28] Many of the old crime families are destroyed by their actions.[46]
- July 11 - After the secret of the Southern United Manufacturing Company is revealed, Statesman and Nemesis battle in the streets of Steel Canyon in what becomes known as Brass Monday.[39]
- July 12 - The hero Atlas claps out the flames of a building on fire that firefighters couldn't extinguish by themselves.[48]
- December 17 - The tanker Moraine vanishes without a trace on her first voyage.[49][50]
1933
- The Dream Doctor links the kidnapping of several Paragon City children to the Circle of Thorns, prevents their sacrifice and exposes the evil nature of the group to the public. The Circle as a public organization vanishes that same year.[12]
- The first Geneva Hotel is built in Paragon City.[47]
- January 9 - The Midnight Squad is founded by the Dream Doctor.[12][27]
1935
- The Paragon Times building is built in Paragon City.[51]
1936
- Pro-hero candidates win Paragon City council and mayoral elections and get tough on organized crime. Criminal empires in Paragon City crumble.[28][46]
Late 1930s
- Somewhere in Europe, Requiem finds and recruits Othman Doul, the man who will become the villain Vandal.[52]
1937
- Germany creates super-powered soldiers.[28]
- January 6 - The heroine Maiden Justice is sued by the very criminals she arrested.[53]
- September - The Citizen Crime Fighting Act is passed in Paragon City, legally authorizing masked heroes to arrest evildoers.[28]
- September 12 - The first legal arrest is made by a hero in Paragon City.[54]
- September 27 - Gerald T. Marchand takes office as President of the Rogue Isles winning a close race against Conrad Oakes.[55]
1939
- World War Two begins. Armies include individual metahumans as well as groups of them: The Dawn Patrol in England, The Storm Korps in Germany, and the Imperial Wind in Japan.[28]
- A parade in Paragon City, honoring the hero Atlas, is sabotaged by the hero's nemesis, the villain Teal Serpent. The plan is frustrated and the Teal Serpent is defeated.[56]
- July 14 - Alexis Cole (Miss Liberty) is born in Paragon City.[57]
1940–1949
1940s
- First sighting of Mek Man androids.[58][59]
- The Council splits off from Arachnos.[60]
1940
- The Battle of Britain takes place in the skies of the British Isles. The Dawn Patrol helps the RAF fight German forces.[28]
- May 2 - Tammy Arcanus (Numina) is born.[27]
1941
- December 7 - Japan attacks the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.[28]
- December 7 - A group of German supersoldiers attacks Independence Port, the base of the Lend/Lease Program sending war equipment to the troubled British Isles. Despite the huge material and human damage they cause, the hero Atlas single-handedly stops the attack, losing his life in the process.[28]
- December 8 - The United States declares war on Axis powers.[28]
- Laws are modified to legally allow masked heroes to enlist and fight.[28]
- The Freedom Phalanx helps defend Great Britain from Nazi incursions.[28]
- The Rogue Isles declare themselves neutral, but with Allied leanings. President Marchand's army wages a visible "war" on 5th Column members.[45]
1942
- The US Army opens special training facilities for metahuman soldiers in Paragon City.[28]
- The First Hero Brigade is formed.[28]
- A force of the Fifth Column, apparently the same who attacked Independence Port, attacks the First Hero Brigade in Liberty Plaza as they prepare to depart for Europe.[28]
- The First Hero Brigade fights in North Africa, but suffers heavy casualties and then reforms into small cells soon after.[28] The Dream Doctor forms a cell called The Sand Kings, which performs numerous acts of sabotage and kidnapping against the Nazi forces.[28]
- The Storm Korps attack Buckingham Palace, briefly kidnapping the King of England.[28]
- The Storm Korps are re-deployed in North Africa to combat the Sand Kings.[28]
- The metahuman forces of Japan and America repeatedly clash in the Pacific theatre. The conflict turns personal and members of both forces become obsessed with defeating each other, creating a parallel but meaningless war.[28]
1943
- October 28 - The Dawn Patrol is formed.[27] Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.[40]
1944
- June 6 - The Normandy Landings occur in France, with the Dawn Patrol and Freedom Phalanx in the first wave.[28] The Storm Korps defend the German positions. Both sides suffer huge losses, including Statesman, who won't be able to fight again for the rest of the war.[28]
1945
- The Storm Korps and the First Hero Brigade fight in the Black Forest of Germany.[28] Only five of the soldiers of the Storm Korps survive to be judged.[28]
- The Storm Korps soldiers judged are found guilty of war crimes.[28]
- August - Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[28] Japan surrenders soon after, but the Imperial Wind refuses to stop fighting.[28]
- World War Two ends.
- Nemesis threatens the United States with a poison gas. Freedom Phalanx member Dark Watcher finds the source of the gas in the sewers of Paragon City and neutralizes it, while Dr. Mnemonic develops an antidote. The antidote is distributed across the country by the Freedom Phalanx with only minutes to spare.[61]
- The leader of the Imperial Wind, The Lord of Frosts, fights the leader of the American metahuman forces in the Pacific theatre, Captain Volcano, defeating and killing him.[28] The Lord of Frosts eludes pursuit and escapes.[28]
1946
- The adventurers Lars and Tobias Hansen are captured while they were investigating a strange Italian cabal called "The Council".[62]
- Atlas Park inaugurated.[47]
Late 1940s
- Many veteran heroes turn to a life of crime, with Paragon City as a favorite target. The rise in the number of villains causes a rise in the number of heroes as well.[28]
- The original Arachnos founder, The Weaver, is killed by the Red Widow and Lord Recluse.[Citation needed]
1950–1959
1950s
- The Cold War begins. Soviet and Western metahumans fight and die in secret battles around the globe.[28]
- The colossal hero Talos fights giant monsters during this decade.[63]
- The island of Grandville grows into a thriving business center.[64]
- Lord Recluse performs a military coup d'etat and declares the Rogue Isles under Arachnos rule.[45] Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.[65]
- Lord Recluse claims Mercy Island. Fort Cerberus is erected.[66]
- Mining operations begin in Sharkhead Isle. First sightings of the strange beings called "Slag Golems".[67]
1950
- Rudolph Augustus Seifert plans the Olympic installations for the 1956 Games. Paragon City's candidature is rejected.[68]
1951
- Elevated train system enters service in Paragon City.[35]
- December - First action of the heroine Galaxy Girl in Paragon City.[69]
1952
- The Citizen Crime Fighting Act is modified and expanded to include groups and organizations.[28]
1953
- The Freedom Phalanx prevents a ship full of explosives from arriving in Independence Port.[70] Soon after, the Phalanx becomes the first publicly recognized super-group. The Midnight Squad and the Dawn Patrol soon follow.[28]
- Evidence of haunting in Dark Astoria.[71]
1954
- June 11 - The hero Dark Watcher vanishes during an interdimensional patrol.[27]
1956
- Might for Right Act passed.[28]
1960–1969
1960s
- Super powered covert operations become commonplace.[28]
- Resurgence of organized crime begins in Paragon City. Part of The Family moves to the Rogue Isles.[46]
- The colossal hero Talos continues to fight giant monsters, culminating in his final fight with the Chimera and the creation of Talos Island.[63]
- In a cavern near the Earth's core, the heroine Numina loses her body and becomes trapped in the body of the supervillain Red Threat.[72]
- The Circle of Thorns infiltrates the Malta Group.[73]
1960
- Tang Tub Ci is born in Laos.[74]
- May 8 - Michael White (Back Alley Brawler) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1962
- Leonard Calhoun is born.[75]
- June 16 - Raymond Keyes (Positron) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1963
- President Marchand of the Rogue Isles is assassinated in his presidential building in St. Martial. Assassin unknown.[65]
1964
- First monorail cars enter service in Paragon City.[35]
- Arachnos Revolution.[76]
- July 18 - Josh Young (Blue Steel) is born in Paragon City.[27]
- October 13 - Belladonna Vetrano (Ghost Widow) is born in the Rogue Isles.[27]
1965
- August 17 - Imad Malak (Scirocco) is born in the middle east.[27]
- November 18 - Hero 1 is born in England.[27]
1966
Late 1960s
- The villain Protean ambushes Galaxy Girl while she is working in a Paragon City soup kitchen and kills her sidekick, Dauntless.[69]
1967
- Public protests against the Might for Right Act sweep Paragon City.[77] The Might for Right Act is declared unconstitutional and abolished.[28][78]
- A secret meeting of top level intelligence operatives takes place on the island of Malta. The Malta Group is born.[79]
1968
- April 20 - Rularuu is trapped in the Shadow Shard by the Midnight Squad.[27]
- December 12 - Justin Sinclair (Manticore) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1969
- January 15 - Serpent Drummer is born.[27]
1970–1979
1970s
- Publicly known supergroups are involved in Cold War conflicts.[28]
- The highway systems of Skyway City are built.[80]
1970
1971
- March 14 - Gideon Ray (Captain Mako) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1974
1975
- Tub Ci arrives in Paragon City.[74]
- December 9 - Ernesto Rodriguez (Black Scorpion) is born in South America, likely Nicaragua.[27]
1976
- American spy plane is shot down over the Soviet Union by a Soviet metahuman. Statesman is sent to rescue the crew. A Soviet general launches a nuclear warhead against him, nearly killing the hero and putting the world on the verge of a nuclear war. Heroes sabotage the weapons of both superpowers. Hero One offers himself as negotiator to find a peaceful solution. Relations between supergroups and governments are badly damaged as a result and will never be completely restored.[28]
1977
Late 1970s
1979
- February - Back Alley Brawler founds the Regulators in Paragon City.[27]
- September - Leonard Calhoun arrested in Paragon City for the first time. The Outcasts are born soon after.[75]
- A deep economic recession begins in the United States.[28]
1980–1989
1980s
- Early in the decade, Roger Vrabel dies. Neil McIntosh follows soon after. The Malta Group falls into turmoil.[82]
- Talos Island begins to experience a real estate boom during the early years of the decade.[83][63]
- The economic recession and rise of drugs in the mid-1980's leads to a moral crisis for heroes in Paragon City. Threats, beatings and torture become relatively common methods.[28][84]
- The hero Scirocco comes to Paragon City.[85]
1980
- April 24 - Eddie Polstra's father is killed in the failed rescue attempt of the U.S. embassy workers being held hostage in Iran.[86]
1981
- Back Alley Brawler and the Regulators launch a war on street drugs in Paragon City.[28]
- Rudolf Augustus Seifert dies in Paragon City, at age 83.[47]
- Ferry service between Talos Island and Peregrine Island begins.[83]
1982
- The leader of The Family, Harry Frost, is accidentally killed during a clash with the Regulators.[46][87]
- The Rogue Isles sign a weapons treaty with Paragon City. Nuclear weapons are removed from the isle of Warburg.[76]
- The Council launches the Scion Experiment.[88]
- February 3 - Katherine Stevens (Mynx) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1983
- The Dawn Patrol and Regulators attack Asian and South-American drug fields in the continuing war on street drugs.[28]
1984
- Lord Recluse sells the island of Bloody Bay to the villain named Malocchio.[26]
- First appearance of the drug called "Superadine" in Paragon City.[28] Economic recession as well as shortages in heroin and coca lead to the rise of the drug[28] and to the appearance of Trolls.[89] The source of the drug is unknown.[28]
- February 19 - Andrew Crenshaw (Gaussian) is born.[27]
- June 25 - Clarissa Moore (War Witch) is born in Paragon City.[27]
1985
1986
- The Midnight Squad discovers the laboratory where the Superadine is being created. Back Alley Brawler assaults the place, giving all material found there to the Freedom Phalanx.[90] Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.[28]
- Statesman attacks Lord Recluse by himself.[91]
Late 1980s
- Arachnos rebuilds and occupies Fort Hades.[25]
- Clarissa Van Dorn is murdered by Julianne Thompson.[92]
- Crey Biotech is founded in Switzerland.[93]
- Count Alphonse Crey falls into a coma.[93]
- Crey Industries moves its headquarters to Paragon City.[93]
- Monica Cole (Maiden Justice) passes away from old age complications in the hospital. The soon-to-be Freedom Phalanx (II) defeats the Tyranny Legion and foils Operation: WEB. Statesman, with Manticore, Positron, Sister Psyche, and Synapse as his teammates, declares a second Freedom Phalanx.[94]
1988
- July 7 or 12 - A Freedom Phalanx researcher, Dr. Brian Webb, publicly announces the discovery of technology able to pierce the interdimensional barrier. Dimensional travel is born. [28][27][95]
1989
- While exploring a dimension where the United States fell to Nazi Germany, Dr. Webb and his expedition are captured, tortured and killed by that dimension's version of Statesman, the Reichsman.[28]
- Nazi supersoldiers, led by the Reichsman, invade Paragon City.[28][96] The Freedom Phalanx confronts and defeats them.[28] Reichsman is captured and imprisoned.[28] Portal Corp installations are destroyed in the battle. The widow of Dr. Webb starts a long legal battle to retain control of the now ruined firm.[28]
- A multinational force of heroes launches an attack against the alien entity known as "Shiva" in deep space. The heroes are never heard from again.[11]
- A rain of meteorites falls on the island of Bloody Bay, leaving it uninhabitable.[26]
- April 2 - A Night Widow named Belladonna Vetrano dies during a disastrous Arachnos operation against the Family. Only one member of the Arachnos force survives.[97][27]
- October 30 - Eve Salvatore (Desdemona) is born.[27][98]
1990–1999
Early 1990s
- Founding of the Freakshow.[99]
- The Freakshow attack a Crey transport carrying the military-grade drug later known as "Excelsior".[99]
1990
- The dirigible Spirit of Freedom starts patrolling Atlas Park.[100]
- May - Haripual "Harry" Atta is arrested for the first time.[101]
- Tub Ci is found guilty of manslaughter in Paragon City and imprisoned. [74]
- The Governor of Cap au Diable is killed by extradimensional attackers. Dr. Aeon comes to Cap au Diable, builds the Power Transfer System and is appointed by Lord Recluse as the new governor.[102]
1991
- Fall of the Soviet Union and communism. End of the Cold War.[28]
- A schism forms in the Malta Group regarding their purpose after the fall of the Berlin Wall.[103]
- The Gold Brickers plunder the central vault of Aeon City's bank.[104]
- The Yugoslav Wars begin. Refugees in Paragon City later form the Skulls.[105]
1992
- Old Soviet heroes form powerful metahuman mafias which control oil in the Russian region.[28]
1993
- The Valiant Defenders of the Motherland, the first independent Russian organization of heroes, is formed.[28]
1994
- Rebecca Foss forms Hero Corps in London.[28]
- Metahuman mercenaries begin working for corrupt governments, drug cartels and terrorist groups among others.[28]
- May - Harry Atta arrested for the second time.[101]
1995
- Hero Corps opens its first branch in Mexico City. Branches in Rio de Janeiro, Jakarta and Johannesburg follow.[28]
- The US Army creates the Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion (aka Vigilance) to deal with high risk crises.[106]
- Arachnos sends exploration and engineering teams to Bloody Bay.[26]
- The Freakshow try to hijack the Talos - Peregrine ferry.[83]
- Tub Ci is released from prison and later forms the Tsoo.[74]
- The original Luminary becomes spokesman for Hero Corps in Paragon City.[28]
- The hero Invisible Falcon vanishes without a trace.[107][108][109]
1998
- Hero Corps has now more than 30 branches around the globe.[28]
- Harry Atta joins the Trolls.[101]
- Portal Corp re-opens, under new management.[28]
- Hero Corps tries to open a branch in Paragon City, the first one in the United States.[28]
- The Freedom Phalanx declares itself not under the laws or politics of any country.[28]
1999
- Public protests occur against the construction of the Hero Corps building in Paragon City.[28][110] Previously unknown supervillains attack Paragon.[28] Countess Crey deplores that Statesman and the Freedom Phalanx are trying to prevent the establishment of Hero Corps in Paragon City.[28]
- February - First clash between Hero Corps and the Freedom Phalanx. In the confusion, a villain escapes.[111]
- March - Over a three week period, the hero Luminary makes a public demonstration of his powers as part of his campaign for Hero Corps.[28][112]
- Spring/Summer - Power-armored soldiers destroy the recently finished Hero Corps building.[28][113]
- May - Countess Crey publicly announces her sponsorship of Hero Corps.[114]
- September - Metahuman mercenaries use poison gas on a secret installation of the Midnight squad in Terra Volta, killing 47 people.[28][115]
- October - Hero Corps leaves Paragon City.[116] They have spent five times their expected budget.[28]
2000–2009
2000
- UN Special Council of Super Human Activities formed.[28]
- The Hollowing occurs in Paragon City.[117]
- July - Art History student Vanessa DeVore travels from Paragon City to Italy to study in Florence.[20]
- During a weekend trip to Venice, Vanessa DeVore buys an old porcelain mask and uses the mask for the first time. Frightened by the power of Giovanna Scaldi, Vanessa resolves to never touch the mask again, and moves back to Paragon City.[20]
2001
- Hero Corps has now over 100 branches all over the globe.[28]
- January 11 - The hero Bastion (Citadel) is created in Paragon City.[27]
- Spring/Summer - First sightings of Clockwork.[118]
2002
- May 23 - Thousands of lights appear all over the world. It is determined that they are portals. Star Strider volunteers to be the first to enter one of these mysterious portals and is never seen or heard from again.[28]
- May 23 - The start of the Rikti Invasion.[28]
- June 5 - Vanguard is formed.[27]
- Summer - Vanessa DeVore uses the mask for the second time against the Rikti in Paragon City, sealing her fate.[20]
- August 30 - First sighting of the Clockwork King in Paragon City.[118][27]
- November 27 - The Vanguard form into two teams, the Alpha Team, led by Statesman, and the Omega Team, led by Hero 1. At great cost, the teams succeed in shutting the main Rikti portal, sparking the end of the Rikti War.[28][27]
Post-Rikti War
Due to the chaos and destruction of the Rikti War, the rise of many villain groups in the period between the end of the war and the beginning of the arrival of new heroes has only circumstantial dates available. The following events occurred after the Rikti War:
- The Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion vanishes without a trace.[106]
- The Banished Pantheon takes over Dark Astoria.[Citation needed]
- The neighborhood of Overbrook is destroyed by the villain Faultline.[Citation needed]
- The neighborhood of Paragon Heights is renamed Galaxy City.[69]
- First encounter with The Lost in Paragon City.[119]
- The Sky Raiders commit a series of terrorist acts in the African country of West Libertalia.[120]
2003
- Hero Corps returns to Paragon City.[121]
- The ecoactivist Hamidon Pasalima leads a raid on the Paragon City University, and creates The Will of the Earth. The raid is stopped by heroes, but Pasalima escapes.[122]
- March 8 - The Hamidon is created.[27]
- First sighting of Devouring Earth creatures.[Citation needed]
- April 28 - The Sky Raiders attack Paragon City.[106]
2004
- Snakes are allowed to take over the south part of Mercy Island.[66]
- August - Local authorities declare the Malleus Mundi lost from the Lubyanka Museum in Moscow.[37]
- September 17 - The Rularuu attack Paragon City.[123] The use of the Malleus Mundi is implied.[37]
- October - Peacebringers arrive in Paragon City.[124]
- October 31 - Mythic creatures, including Eochai, invade Paragon City.[125]
- October/November - Fifth Column/Council war in Paragon City. Quantum array guns appear for the first time.[126]
- November - The hero Sunburst suffers a tragic accident, devastating the zone of Siren's Call and leaving it uninhabitable.[127][128]
- November 22 - First sighting of Lusca in Independence Port.[129]
- November 24 - Moraine's sinking place discovered.[49]
- November 28 - First sighting of the Ghost Ship Moraine in Paragon City.[49][130]
- December - The Clockwork Paladin seen in Kings Row for the first time.[131]
2005
- January - The Winter Horde attacks Paragon City.[132]
- April - Arenas open in Paragon City.[68]
- April - The heroine Sister Psyche recovers her body.[133]
- Late April - Paragon City Power Crash.[85][134]
- May - Lord Recluse begins Operation: DESTINY in Paragon City.[135]
- May 16 - Construction of the Darwin's Landing fort begins on Mercy Island.[136]
- August - First mention of Longbow, organized by Ms. Liberty.[137]
- August - Hellion arsonists act in Steel Canyon for the first time.[29]
- September 13 - Siren's Call zone re-opened to heroes.[127]
- October 26 - Statesman, Freedom Phalanx and Longbow attack the Rogue Isles.[138]
- October 31 - Arachnos forces stage a massive breakout of prisoners at the Zigursky prison in Brickstown.[139]
- October 31 - Longbow begins Operation Beachhead in Bloody Bay.[139]
- Marshal Blitz rebels against Arachnos and declares Warburg independent.[140]
- The Paragon Police Department force is reformed to deal with the increasing superpowered threat from the Rogue Isles.[141]
- Longbow reports the first Coralax sightings in the Rogue Isles and on the shores of Paragon City.[1]
2006
2007
- April 30 - Grandville's WEB evil purpose suspected. Statesman requests volunteers to investigate it.[143]
- May 1 - Dr. Brainstorm Patents the Hypothetical Framework in the Rogue Isles.[27]
- July 24 - The Second Rikti Invasion begins.[144]
- November 28 - Menders of Ouroboros make contact with Paragon City's heroes and the Rogue Isles' villains.[145]
2008
- February 14 - Wedding of Manticore and Sister Psyche in Paragon City.[27]
- May 20 - The land of Cimerora is seeking help against homeland and foreign enemies, even if the help comes from the future.[146]
- May 20 - The Midnight Squad seeks new members to help bring the Rikti assault to an end.[146]
- May 20 - Members of Arachnos decide they want in on Operation: DESTINY even if it means striking it out on their own.[146]
- December 2 - Daedalus and Sister Airlia make contact with Paragon City's heroes and Rogue Isles' villains.[147]
2009
- April 8 - Architect Entertainment is opened to the public in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles by Dr. Thaddeus Aeon AQSA.[148]
- June 29 - Reichsman is sprung free from his Boomtown stasis prison on bequest of Roderick Mueller.[149]
- November 27 - Omega Team's time capsule is opened.[150]
2010 - Present
2010
- August 17 - Emperor Cole begins to make his preparations in Praetoria to invade Primal Earth.[151]
- November 30 - The Primal-Praetorian War begins with the preemptive Alpha Strike to halt Praetoria's initial assault.[152]
- November 30+ - Citizen unrest begins in the streets of Nova Praetoria.[152]
2011
- April 5 - Prometheus arrives in Ouroboros.[153]
- September 13 - Shivan meteors destroy Galaxy City. Arachnos uses the destruction to attempt an incursion into the heart of Paragon City.[154]
- September 13 - Longbow assaults Mercy Island, taking over Fort Darwin.[154]
- November 8 - Miss Liberty, Statesman's daughter, is killed by Marshal Blitz
2012
- January 17 - Statesman is killed by Darrin Wade.
- February 21 - Manticore is forced to kill Sister Psyche; Aurora Borealis escapes to Tyrka's mind.
- February 27 - Rula-Wade is defeated by Lord Recluse and his allies; Wade is currently in Vanguard custody.
- May 31 - The Primal-Praetorian War ends with the defeat of Emperor Cole and the Well of the Furies' withdrawal of its support of him; his current status is unknown.
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- ↑ a b c d e "Rudolph Augustus Seifert and the Memory of Heroes". Paragon Times, April 13, 2005.
- ↑ a b Pupil Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b c d "Ghost Ship Sightings Reported". Paragon Times, December 1, 2004.
- ↑ a b Ghost Hunter Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b "The Paragon Times Building: Rebirth of an Icon". Paragon Times, March 2, 2005.
- ↑ a b Vandal's Description.
- ↑ a b Student Badge, Monument 2.
- ↑ a b Student Badge, Monument 4.
- ↑ a b "President Marchand Celebrates 70th Year". Paragon Times July 27, 2007
- ↑ a b Pupil Badge, Monument 2.
- ↑ a b Canon Fodder: Official CoH Lore Q+A
- ↑ a b Mek Man Description.
- ↑ a b Mission: "Stop the production of Council robots and retrieve some parts for analysis" from Merisel Valenzuela or Jose Escalante.
- ↑ a b Angleo Vendetti's Contact Information.
- ↑ a b Academic Badge.
- ↑ a b Mission: "Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain" from Tobias Hansen.
- ↑ a b c d Paragon City: Talos Island
- ↑ a b Rogue Isles: Grandville
- ↑ a b c Story Arc: "The Spider Weaves His Web" from Mender Tesseract
- ↑ a b c Rogue Isles: Mercy Island
- ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Slag Golems"
- ↑ a b c "Arenas". Paragon Times, April 27, 2005.
- ↑ a b c d Paragon City: Galaxy City
- ↑ a b Numina's Description
- ↑ a b Mission: "Save Dyaomesk" from Crimson.
- ↑ a b c d e f "Know Your Adversary: Tsoo"
- ↑ a b c "Know Your Adversary: Outcasts"
- ↑ a b c Arachnos Rising Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b Expert Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b Expert Badge, Monument 2.
- ↑ a b Story Arc: "Missing Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group" from Indigo.
- ↑ a b Paragon City: Skyway City
- ↑ a b Top Cow Comics: Bloodlines (Issues 7-9) - Comic Archive
- ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Malta"
- ↑ a b c d "Queen of the Islands". Paragon Times, March 23, 2005.
- ↑ a b Dennis Ewell's Contact Information.
- ↑ a b c Signature Villains: Scirocco
- ↑ a b Maelstrom's official CoH Going Rogue profile
- ↑ a b Just Said No to Superadine Badge, Monument 5.
- ↑ a b Mission: "Rescue Leon Natale from the Council" from Colleen Nelson.
- ↑ a b Just Said No to Superadine Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b Just Said No to Superadine Badge, Monument 4.
- ↑ a b Arachnos Rising Badge, Monument 4.
- ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Evil Countess Crey from Janet Kellum.
- ↑ a b c d "Know Your Adversary: Crey Industries"
- ↑ a b Novel: The Freedom Phalanx.
- ↑ a b Scholastic Badge, Monument 1.
- ↑ a b Scholastic Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b Signature Villains: Ghost Widow
- ↑ a b Going Rogue - Signature Rogues developer diary
- ↑ a b c "Know Your Adversary: Freakshow"
- ↑ a b "The View From Above". Paragon Times, March 30, 2005.
- ↑ a b c d "Know Your Adversary: Trolls"
- ↑ a b Rogue Isles: Cap au Diable
- ↑ a b Mission: "Defeat Helix Black 0-9-0" from Crimson.
- ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: The Gold Brickers"
- ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Skulls"
- ↑ a b c d "Know Your Adversary: Sky Raiders"
- ↑ a b Bird Watcher Badge.
- ↑ a b Mission: "Investigate the disappearance of the Invisible Falcon" from Gordon Stacy.
- ↑ a b Story Arc: "Revenant Hero Project" from Gordon Stacy.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 3.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 4.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 2.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 7.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 6.
- ↑ a b Historian Badge, Monument 5.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 5.
- ↑ a b Paragon City: The Hollows
- ↑ a b c "Know Your Adversary: Clockwork"
- ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: The Lost"
- ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Mysterious General Z" from Christine Lansdale.
- ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 1.
- ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Terra Conspiracy" from Ginger Yates.
- ↑ a b "Paragon City Attacked by Strange Beings from Another Dimension!". Paragon Times, September 17, 2004.
- ↑ a b "A New Type of Alien Visitor". Paragon Times, October 21, 2004.
- ↑ a b Alumnus Badge, Monument 1.
- ↑ a b "The 5th Column in Turmoil". Paragon Times, November 3, 2004.
- ↑ a b c "Siren's Call". Paragon Times, September 14, 2005
- ↑ a b Ghost Widow's Journal - 22 September 2005
- ↑ a b ""Giant Monster" in Independence Port?". Paragon Times, November 24, 2004.
- ↑ a b Ghost Hunter Badge, Monument 1.
- ↑ a b "Clockwork Threaten Kings Row". Paragon Times, December 8, 2004.
- ↑ a b "Intense Cold Approaching". Paragon Times, January 5, 2005.
- ↑ a b "Dreams Before the Storm". Paragon Times, April 20, 2005.
- ↑ a b Top Cow Comics (Issues 1-3) - Comic Archive
- ↑ a b Ghost Widow's Journal - 4 May 2005
- ↑ a b Ghost Widow's Journal - 16 May 2005
- ↑ a b Ghost Widow's Journal - 5 August 2005
- ↑ a b "Statesman's Strike". Paragon Times, October 27, 2005
- ↑ a b c Issue 6: Along Came a Spider
- ↑ a b History of Warburg
- ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Paragon Police Department"
- ↑ a b Issue 8: To Protect and Serve
- ↑ a b "Statesman's Call to Arms". Paragon Times, April 30, 2007
- ↑ a b "Invasion!". Paragon Times, July 24, 2007
- ↑ a b Issue 11: A Stitch in Time
- ↑ a b c d Issue 12: The Midnight Hour
- ↑ a b Issue 13: Power and Responsibility
- ↑ a b Issue 14: Architect
- ↑ a b Issue 15: Anniversary
- ↑ a b Omega Team: Opening the Capsule
- ↑ a b Issue 18: Shades of Gray
- ↑ a b c Issue 19: Alpha Strike
- ↑ a b Issue 20: Incarnates
- ↑ a b c Issue 21: Convergence
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Cap au Diable Demons"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Contaminated"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Council"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Hellions"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Igneous"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Knives of Artemis"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Legacy Chain"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Longbow"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Luddites"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Mooks and Marcones"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Nerva Spectral Daemons"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Rikti"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Rogue Island Police"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Snakes"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Vahzilok"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Warriors"
- ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Wybern"
- ↑ Story Arc: "Iron Widow" from Captain Petrovich.
- ↑ Adamastor's Description.
- ↑ Signature Villains: Black Scorpion
- ↑ Signature Villains: Captain Mako
- ↑ Signature Villains: Lord Recluse
- ↑ Woodsman's Description.
- ↑ Paragon City: Atlas Park
- ↑ Paragon City: Perez Park
- ↑ Rogue Isles: Sharkhead Isle
- ↑ Issue 1: Through the Looking Glass
- ↑ Issue 2: A Shadow of the Past
- ↑ Issue 3: A Council of War
- ↑ Issue 4: Colosseum
- ↑ Issue 5: Forest of Dread
- ↑ Issue 7: Destiny Manifest
- ↑ Issue 9: Breakthrough
- ↑ Issue 10: Invasion
- ↑ Issue 16: Power Spectrum
- ↑ Issue 17: Dark Mirror
- ↑ Issue 22: Death Incarnate
- ↑ Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie
- ↑ Issue 24: Resurgence
Disclaimer
Please note that the conclusions reached in this article are based on the facts and clues discovered in-game. If those facts turn out to be false in a later date (as it was Statesman's origins history, for example), then this page will need to be redone.