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=== First War of Gods ===
=== First War of Gods ===
[[File:Hequat.png|right|125px]]
[[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 14000 Years Ago ===
=== 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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=== 1809 ===
=== 1809 ===
* September 19 - [[The Lady Grey]] is born in England.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* September 19 - Elizabeth Grey ([[The Lady Grey]]) is born in England.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1810 ===
=== 1810 ===
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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"/>
=== 1887 ===
* Mysterious bones found near Giza, Egypt.{{Citation needed}} ''Importance?''


=== 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"/>
<br />


== 1920–1929 ==
== 1920–1929 ==


=== 1920 ===
=== 1920s ===
* Europe, during the decade - [[Baron Zoria]] finds clues of location of the the [[Malleus Mundi]] in an abandoned Templar fortress <ref name="pt 20041027"/>
* [[Baron Zoria]] finds clues of location ofthe [[Malleus Mundi]] in an abandoned Templar fortress in Europe.<ref name="pt 20041027"/>
* Striga Isle, during the decade - [[The Family]] begins setting up shop. <ref name="contact tobias"/>
* [[The Family]] begins setting up shop on Striga Isle.<ref name="contact tobias"/>
* America, during the decade - The US Navy destroys a chapter of the [[Cult of the Shaper]] in the coast of Massachusetts (4?)
* The US Navy destroys a chapter of the [[Cult of the Shaper]] on the coast of Massachusetts.<ref name="mission force information"/>
* Paragon City, during the decade - A great number of skyscrapers is built in the jewelers' district. The neighborhood is rechristened as [[Steel Canyon]].<ref name="place steel canyon"/>
* A large number of skyscrapers are built in the Jewelers' District of Paragon City. The neighborhood is rechristened [[Steel Canyon]].<ref name="place steel canyon"/>
* Paragon City, during the decade - [[Southern United Manufacturing Company]] discovered to be a front for [[Nemesis]] by [[Statesman]]. Nemesis is defeated but escapes. Company dissolved.
* Golden age of the [[Circle of Thorns]], which expands like never before. [[Baron Zoria]] finds an entrance to [[Oranbega]].<ref name="kya circle"/>
* Paragon City, during the decade - Golden age of the [[Circle of Thorns]], which grow and expands like never before. [[Baron Zoria]] finds an entrance to [[Oranbega]].<ref name="kya circle"/>
 
* America, July 13 - Shalice Tilman ([[Sister Psyche]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
===1920===
* July 13 - Shalice Tilman ([[Sister Psyche]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1923 ===
=== 1923 ===
* British Isles - The [[Dawn Patrol]] is founded by [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Alistair Sutton|Alistair Sutton]]<ref name="Dawn Patrol">[[Dawn Patrol|Dawn Patrol Article]]</ref> ''Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.''<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The [[Dawn Patrol]] is founded in the British Isles by [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Alistair Sutton|Alistair Sutton]].<ref name="Dawn Patrol">[[Dawn Patrol|Dawn Patrol Article]]</ref> ''Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.''<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1926 ===
=== 1926 ===
[[File:Requiem.jpg|right|100px]]
[[File:Requiem.jpg|right|100px]]
* Italy (presumed) - Paolo Tirelli and the woman who will be later known as [[Arakhn]] meet for the first time.<ref name="mission rescue winslowe"/>
* Paolo Tirelli and the woman who will be later known as [[Arakhn]] meet for the first time in Italy.<ref name="mission rescue winslowe"/>
* Italy, April 22 - Ridolfo Uzzano joins the [[Path of the Dark]].<ref name="arc path into darkness"/>
* April 22 - Also in Italy, Ridolfo Uzzano joins the [[Path of the Dark]].<ref name="arc path into darkness"/>
* Italy, May 6 - First appearance of the villain called "[[Requiem]]".<ref name="arc path into darkness"/>
* May 6 - First appearance of the villain called [[Requiem]].<ref name="arc path into darkness"/>


=== 1929 ===
=== 1928 ===
* Paragon City - The Orion-Majestic Theater, first of its class with sound, is built.<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 ===
* America, October - Crash of the stock market. Thousands lost 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"/>
* Paragon City, date estimated - As the decade ends, depression hits the city. The [[Kings Row]] zone suffers especially, turning 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 ==
=== 1930s ===
* Rise of totalitarianism in Nazi Germany.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* 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.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/>


=== 1930 ===
=== 1930 ===
[[File:Statesman 1930's.jpg|right|100px]]
[[File:Statesman 1930's.jpg|right|100px]]
* Europe - Rise of totalitarianism in Nazi Germany begins.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* July 4 or 10 - Marcus Cole and Stefan Richter drink from the Fountain of Zeus somewhere in Europe.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/><ref name="novel web arachnos"/>
* Europe, July 4 or 10 - Marcus Cole and Stefan Richter drink from the Fountain of Zeus.<ref name="novel web arachnos"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* Paragon City, date estimated - During this decade, the [[Freedom Phalanx]] wages a successful war against organized crime. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> Some of the old families result destroyed. <ref name="kya family"/>
* Rogue Isles, date estimated - During this decade, a great number of villains flee to the [[Rogue Isles]], which become a haven for the supervillains. Among them, [[Arachnos]] infiltrates a number of cells.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/>


=== 1931 ===
=== 1931 ===
* Paragon City - Street and organized crime are rampant in [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="kya family"/> Marcus Cole returns to Paragon. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* As a result of the Great Depression, street crime and organized crime are rampant in [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="kya family"/>
* Marcus Cole returns to Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1932 ===
=== 1932 ===
* Paragon City, February - Swiss architect Rudolph Augustus Seifert arrives to Paragon. <ref name="pt 20050413"/>
* February - Swiss architect Rudolph Augustus Seifert arrives in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050413"/>
* Paragon City, July 4 - [[Statesman]], [[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|Dark Watcher]] and [[Maiden Justice]] form the [[Freedom Phalanx]]. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* July 4 - [[Statesman]], [[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|Dark Watcher]] and [[Maiden Justice]] form the [[Freedom Phalanx]].<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/><ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> For the rest of the decade, the [[Freedom Phalanx]] wages a successful war against organized crime. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> Many of the old crime families are destroyed by their actions.<ref name="kya family"/>
* Paragon City - the hero [[Atlas]] claps out the flames of a building in fire the firefighters couldn't extinguish by themselves.<ref name="badge pupil3"/>
* 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]].<ref name="place steel canyon"/>
* Paragon City, July 11 - [[Brass Monday]].<ref name="place steel canyon"/>
* July 12 - The hero [[Atlas]] claps out the flames of a building on fire that firefighters couldn't extinguish by themselves.<ref name="badge pupil3"/>
* Striga Isle - The tanker Moraine vanishes without a trace on her first voyage.<ref name="pt 20041201"/><ref name="badge ghosthunter3"/>
* December 17 - The tanker Moraine vanishes without a trace on her first voyage.<ref name="pt 20041201"/><ref name="badge ghosthunter3"/>


=== 1933 ===
=== 1933 ===
* Paragon City - The hero [[Dream Doctor]] links the kidnapping of several kids to the [[Circle of Thorns]], prevents their sacrifice and exposes the evil nature of the group to public light. The Circle as a public organization vanishes that same year.<ref name="kya circle"/>
* 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.<ref name="kya circle"/>
* Paragon City - The first Geneva Hotel is built.<ref name="pt 20050413"/>
* The first Geneva Hotel is built in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050413"/>
* Paragon City, January 9 - The [[Midnight Squad]] is founded by the Dream Doctor.<ref name="kya circle"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* January 9 - The [[Midnight Squad]] is founded by the Dream Doctor.<ref name="kya circle"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1935 ===
=== 1935 ===
* Paragon City - The Paragon Times building is built. <ref name="pt 20050302"/>
* The Paragon Times building is built in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050302"/>


=== 1936 ===
=== 1936 ===
* Paragon City - City council and mayoral elections. There's a series of pro-hero candidates. Finally, a mayor and a city council tough on (organized) crime is elected. It's the end of the criminal empires in Paragon.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="kya family"/>
* Pro-hero candidates win Paragon City council and mayoral elections and get tough on organized crime. Criminal empires in Paragon City crumble.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="kya family"/>
 
=== Late 1930s ===
* Somewhere in Europe, [[Requiem]] finds and recruits Othman Doul, the man who will become the villain [[Vandal]].<ref name="vandal"/>  


=== 1937 ===
=== 1937 ===
* Germany - Germany creates super-powered soldiers <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Germany creates super-powered soldiers.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City, January 6 - The heroine [[Maiden Justice]] is sued by the very criminals she arrested. <ref name="badge student2"/>
* January 6 - The heroine [[Maiden Justice]] is sued by the very criminals she arrested.<ref name="badge student2"/>
* Paragon City, September - The [[Citizen Crime Fighting Act]] is passed, 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"/>
* Paragon City, September 12 - First legal arrest made by a hero.<ref name="badge student4"/>
* September 12 - The first legal arrest is made by a hero in Paragon City.<ref name="badge student4"/>  
* Europe (presumed), date estimated - Late in the 1930's, [[Requiem]] finds and recruits Othman Doul, the man who will become the villain [[Vandal]].<ref name="vandal"/>  
* 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 ===
* Europe - Second World War starts. Armies include metahumas or groups of them: The [[Dawn Patrol]] in England, [[Storm Korps]] in Germany, [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Imperial Wind|Imperial Wind]] in Japan. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* 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 [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Imperial Wind|Imperial Wind]] in Japan.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - A parade 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 Serpent 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"/>
<br />


== 1940–1949 ==
== 1940–1949 ==
=== 1940s ===
[[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"/>
* [[Council|The Council]] splits off from [[Arachnos]].<ref name="contact vendetti"/>


=== 1940 ===
=== 1940 ===
[[File:MekMan1.jpg|100px|right]]
* The Battle of Britain takes place in the skies of the British Isles. The [[Dawn Patrol]] helps the RAF fight German forces.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Europe, date estimated - During this decade, [[5th Column#Mek Man|Mek Man androids]] were first sighted.<ref name="mek man"/><ref name="mission stop production"/>
* May 2 - Tammy Arcanus ([[Numina]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Europe (presumed) - [[Council|The Council]] splits off from [[Arachnos]].<ref name="contact vendetti"/> (51)
* British Isles - Battle of Britain. The [[Dawn Patrol]] helps the RAF fight the Germans. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* America (presumed), May 2 - Tammy Arcanus ([[Numina]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />


=== 1941 ===
=== 1941 ===
* British Isles - [[Freedom Phalanx]] helps defend Great Britian from Nazi incursions.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
 
* Pacific Ocean, December 7 - Japan raids the US Navy base in Pearl Harbor. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* December 7 - Japan attacks the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City, December 7 - A group of German supersoldiers attacks [[Independence Port]], base of the program of lend/leasing of war equipment to the troubled British Isles. Despite the huge material and human damage they cause, the hero [[Atlas]] stops single-handedly the attack, losing his life in the process. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* 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.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* America - The United States declare war on Axis powers. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> Laws are modified to legally allow masked heroes to enlist and fight.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* December 8 - The United States declares war on Axis powers.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Rogue Isles, date approximate - The [[Rogue Isles]] declare themselves neutral, but with Allied leanings. Rogue Isles Army wages a visible "war" on [[5th Column]] members.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/>
* 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 [[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 ===
* Paragon City - The US Army opens special training facilities for metahuman soldiers in [[Paragon City]]. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The US Army opens special training facilities for metahuman soldiers in [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - [[Historical Heroes and Villains#1st Hero Brigade|First Hero Brigade]] formed. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The [[Historical Heroes and Villains#1st Hero Brigade|First Hero Brigade]] is formed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - A force of the [[Fifth Column]], apparently the same who attacked [[Independence Port]], attacks the Hero Brigade in Liberty Plaza as it was getting ready to depart to Europe. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* 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.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Africa, 1942 - First Hero Brigade fights in North Africa, being defeated and reformed in small cells soon after <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />. The [[Dream Doctor]] forms a cell called [[Historical Heroes and Villains#The Sand Kings|The Sand Kings]], who performs numerous acts of sabotage and kidnapping against the Nazi forces. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* The First Hero Brigade fights in North Africa, but suffers heavy casualties and then reforms into small cells soon after.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> The [[Dream Doctor]] forms a cell called The [[Sand Kings]], which performs numerous acts of sabotage and kidnapping against the Nazi forces.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* British Isles - The [[Storm Korps]] attack Buckingham Palace, briefly kidnapping the King <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />. The Storm Korps are re-deployed in North Africa.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* The [[Storm Korps]] attack Buckingham Palace, briefly kidnapping the King of England.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Pacific Ocean - The metahuman forces of Japan and America clash against each other repeatedly. The conflict turns personal and the members of both forces become obsessed with defeating each other, creating a parallel, meaningless war. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The Storm Korps are re-deployed in North Africa to combat the Sand Kings.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* 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.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1943 ===
=== 1943 ===
* Pacific - Japanese [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Imperial Wind|Imperial Wind]] clashes with US heroes in Pacific.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* October 28 - The [[Dawn Patrol]] is formed.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/> ''Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.''<ref name="Dawn Patrol"/>
* England, October 28 - [[Dawn Patrol]] is formed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> ''Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.''<ref name="Dawn Patrol" />


=== 1944 ===
=== 1944 ===
* France - Normandy Landing, where the [[Dawn Patrol]] and [[Freedom Phalanx]] land in the first wave.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> The [[Storm Korps]] defend the German positions. Both sides suffer huge losses, including [[Statesman]], who won't be able to fight during the rest of the war. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* June 6 - The Normandy Landings occur in France, with the [[Dawn Patrol]] and [[Freedom Phalanx]] in the first wave.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> 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.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1945 ===
=== 1945 ===
* Germany - [[Storm Korps]] and the [[Historical Heroes and Villains#1st Hero Brigade|First Hero Brigade]] fight in the black forest. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> Only five of the soldiers of the Storm Korps survive to be judged.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* The [[Storm Korps]] and the [[Historical Heroes and Villains#1st Hero Brigade|First Hero Brigade]] fight in the Black Forest of Germany.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> Only five of the soldiers of the Storm Korps survive to be judged.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Germany - The Storm Korps soldiers are judged found guilty of war crimes. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The Storm Korps soldiers judged are found guilty of war crimes.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Japan - Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> Japan surrenders soon after, but the [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Imperial Wind|Imperial Wind]] refuses to stop fighting.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* August - Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> Japan surrenders soon after, but the [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Imperial Wind|Imperial Wind]] refuses to stop fighting.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* United States - [[Nemesis]] threatens the country with a poison gas. [[Freedom Phalanx]] member [[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|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. <ref name="badge academic"/>
* World War Two ends.
* Pacific Ocean - The leader of the Imperial Wind, [[Historical Heroes and Villains#The Lord of Frosts|Lord of Frosts]], fights the leader of the American metahuman forces in the zone, [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Captain Volcano|Captain Volcano]], defeating and killing him. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> Lord of Frosts eludes pursuit and escapes.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* [[Nemesis]] threatens the United States with a poison gas. [[Freedom Phalanx]] member [[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|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.<ref name="badge academic"/>
* Worldwide - World War II ends.
* The leader of the Imperial Wind, [[Historical Heroes and Villains#The Lord of Frosts|The Lord of Frosts]], fights the leader of the American metahuman forces in the Pacific theatre, [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Captain Volcano|Captain Volcano]], defeating and killing him.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> The Lord of Frosts eludes pursuit and escapes.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1946 ===
=== 1946 ===
[[File:Emblem_V_Council_01.png|right|120px]]
[[File:Emblem_V_Council_01.png|right|120px]]
* America - [[Nemesis (Archvillain)|Nemesis]] attacks Washington and declares himself "Emperor of the Americas". He's fought and defeated by the [[Freedom Phalanx]], being forced to flee once more. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The adventurers [[Lars Hansen|Lars]] and [[Tobias Hansen]] are captured while they were investigating a strange Italian cabal called "[[Council|The Council]]".<ref name="mission retreive heirloom"/>
* Unknown location - The adventurers [[Lars Hansen|Lars]] and [[Tobias Hansen]] are captured while they were investigating a strange Italian cabal called "[[Council|The Council]]".
* [[Atlas Park]] inaugurated.<ref name="pt 20050413"/>
<ref name="mission retreive heirloom"/>
 
* Paragon City, April - [[Atlas Park]] inaugurated. <ref name="pt 20050413"/>  
=== Late 1940s ===
* America - Many veteran heroes turn to a life of crime during the last half of the decade, with [[Paragon City]] as a favorite target. The rise in villains' numbers cause a rise in heroes' numbers 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}}
<br />
 
== 1950–1959 ==
 
=== 1950s ===
[[File:421px-Rndr_Lord_Recluse_02.png|200px|right]]
* The Cold War begins. Soviet and Western metahumans fight and die in secret battles around the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* 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"/>
* [[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"/>
* Mining operations begin in [[Sharkhead Isle]]. First sightings of the strange beings called "[[Slag Golems]]".<ref name="kya slag golems"/>


== 1950–1960 ==
=== 1950 ===
=== 1950 ===
[[File:421px-Rndr_Lord_Recluse_02.png|200px|right]]
* Rudolph Augustus Seifert plans the Olympic installations for the 1956 Games. Paragon City's candidature is rejected.<ref name="pt 20050427"/>
* Worldwide, date estimated - Cold War starts during the 1950's. Soviet and Western metahumans fight and die in secret battles in different parts of the globe. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Paragon City, date estimated - The colossal hero [[Talos]] fights giant monsters during this decade. <ref name="place talos island"/>
* Rogue Isles, date estimated - During this decade, [[Lord Recluse]] performs a military coup d'etat and declares the [[Rogue Isles]] under [[Arachnos]] rule.<ref name="place rogue isles2"/>
* Rogue Isles, date estimated - During this decade, Lord Recluse claims [[Mercy Island]]. Fort Cerberus is erected. <ref name="place mercy island"/>
* Rogue Isles, date estimated - During this decade, mining operations start in [[Sharkhead Isle]]. First sightings of the strange beings called "[[Slag Golems]]".<ref name="kya slag golems"/>
* Rogue Isles, date estimated - During this decade, the island of [[Grandville]] grows into a thriving business center.<ref name="place grandville"/>
* Paragon City - Rudolph Augustus Seifert plans the Olympic installations for the 1956 Games. Paragon's candidature is rejected. <ref name="pt 20050427"/>


=== 1951 ===
=== 1951 ===
* Paragon City - High trains system enters service. <ref name="pt 20050406"/>
* Elevated train system enters service in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050406"/>
* Paragon City, December - First action of the heroine [[Galaxy Girl]].<ref name="place galaxy city"/>
* December - First action of the heroine [[Galaxy Girl]] in Paragon City.<ref name="place galaxy city"/>


=== 1952 ===
=== 1952 ===
* Paragon City - [[Citizen Crime Fighting Act]] is modified and expanded to include groups and organizations. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The [[Citizen Crime Fighting Act]] is modified and expanded to include groups and organizations.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1953 ===
=== 1953 ===
* Paragon City - [[Freedom Phalanx]] prevents the arrival of a ship full of explosives to [[Independence Port]].<ref name="badge authority3"/> Soon after, the Phalanx becomes the first publicly recognized super-group. The [[Midnight Squad]] and the [[Dawn Patrol]] soon follow. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The [[Freedom Phalanx]] prevents a ship full of explosives from arriving in [[Independence Port]].<ref name="badge authority3"/> Soon after, the Phalanx becomes the first publicly recognized super-group. The [[Midnight Squad]] and the [[Dawn Patrol]] soon follow.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - Evidence of haunting in [[Dark Astoria]]. <ref name="badge authority4"/>
* Evidence of haunting in [[Dark Astoria]].<ref name="badge authority4"/>


=== 1954 ===
=== 1954 ===
* Extra-dimensional, June 11 - The hero [[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|Dark Watcher]] vanishes during an interdimensional patrol.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* June 11 - The hero [[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|Dark Watcher]] vanishes during an interdimensional patrol.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1956 ===
=== 1956 ===
* Paragon City - [[Might for Right Act]] passed. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* [[Might for Right Act]] passed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
<br />


== 1960–1969 ==
== 1960–1969 ==
=== 1960s ===
[[File:Talos.jpg|200px|right]]
* 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"/>
* 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"/>
* The [[Circle of Thorns]] infiltrates  the [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]].<ref name="mission save dyaomesk"/>
=== 1960 ===
=== 1960 ===
[[File:Talos.jpg|200px|right]]
* [[Tub Ci|Tang Tub Ci]] is born in Laos.<ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* Worldwide - Super powered covert ops become commonplace.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* May 8 - Michael White ([[Back Alley Brawler]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Paragon City - Resurgence of organized crime begins in [[Paragon City]]; part of [[The Family]] moves to the [[Rogue Isles]].<ref name="kya family"/>
* Paragon City, date estimated - The colossal hero [[Talos]] fights giant monsters.<ref name="place talos island"/>
* Paragon City, date estimated - During this decade, the villain [[Protean]] ambushes [[Galaxy Girl]] and kills her sidekick, [[Dauntless]].<ref name="place galaxy city"/>
* Earth's core, date estimated - The heroine [[Numina]] loses her body and remains trapped in the body of the supervillain [[Red Threat]].<ref name="numina"/>
* Laos, date estimated - [[Tub Ci|Tang Tub Ci]] is born.<ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* Paragon City, May 8 - Michael White ([[Back Alley Brawler]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />


=== 1962 ===
=== 1962 ===
* Paragon City (presumed) - [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] is born.<ref name="kya outcasts"/>
* [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] is born.<ref name="kya outcasts"/>
* Paragon City, June 16 - Raymond Keyes ([[Positron]]) is born.<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 ===
* Paragon City - First monorail convoy enters into service. <ref name="pt 20050406"/>
* First monorail cars enter service in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050406"/>
* Rogue Isles - Arachnos revolution.<ref name="badge arachnos3"/>
* Arachnos Revolution.<ref name="badge arachnos3"/>
* Paragon City, July 18 - Josh Young ([[Blue Steel]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* July 18 - Josh Young ([[Blue Steel]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Rogue Isles (presumed), October 13 - Belladonna Vetrano ([[Ghost Widow]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* October 13 - Belladonna Vetrano ([[Ghost Widow]]) is born in the Rogue Isles.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1965 ===
=== 1965 ===
* Worldwide - Drafted super soldiers fight in secret across globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* August 17 - Imad Malak ([[Scirocco]]) is born in the middle east.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Middle East, August 17 - Imad Malak ([[Scirocco]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* November 18 - [[Hero 1]] is born in England.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* England, November 18 - [[Hero 1]] is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />


=== 1966 ===
=== 1966 ===
* Paragon City, March 22 - Steven Berry ([[Synapse]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* March 22 - Steven Berry ([[Synapse]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
 
=== Late 1960s ===
* The villain [[Protean]] ambushes [[Galaxy Girl]] while she is working in a Paragon City soup kitchen and kills her sidekick, [[Dauntless]].<ref name="place galaxy city"/>


=== 1967 ===
=== 1967 ===
* Paragon City - Public protests against the [[Might for Right Act]].<ref name="badge expert3"/> Might for Right Act declared unconstitutional and abolished.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge expert2"/>
* Public protests against the [[Might for Right Act]] sweep Paragon City.<ref name="badge expert3"/> The Might for Right Act is declared unconstitutional and abolished.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge expert2"/>
* Malta - Secret meeting of top level intelligence operatives in the island of Malta. The [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]] is born.<ref name="arc melvin and malta"/>
* A secret meeting of top level intelligence operatives takes place on the island of Malta. The [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]] is born.<ref name="arc melvin and malta"/>


=== 1968 ===
=== 1968 ===
* Worldwide, April 20 - [[Rularuu the Ravager|Rularuu]] 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"/>
* Paragon City, December 12 - Justin Sinclair ([[Manticore]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* December 12 - Justin Sinclair ([[Manticore]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1969 ===
=== 1969 ===
* Unknown location, January 15 - [[Serpent Drummer]] is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* January 15 - [[Serpent Drummer]] is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
<br />


== 1970–1980 ==
== 1970–1979 ==
 
=== 1970s ===
* Publicly known supergroups are involved in Cold War conflicts.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* The highway systems of [[Skyway City]] are built.<ref name="place skyway city"/>


=== 1970 ===
=== 1970 ===
* Worldwide, throughout decade - Publicly known supergroups involved in Cold War conflicts. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* April 12 - Christopher Thales ([[Castle]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Paragon City, date estimated - During the 1970's, the highway systems of [[Skyway City]] are built. <ref name="place skyway city"/>
* Paragon City, April 12 - Christopher Thales ([[Castle]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />


=== 1971 ===
=== 1971 ===
* Paragon City, March 14 - Gideon Ray ([[Captain Mako]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* March 14 - Gideon Ray ([[Captain Mako]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1974 ===
=== 1974 ===
* Location unknown, April 22 - Twins [[Borea]] and [[Levantera]] are born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* April 22 - Twins Anne Connelly ([[Borea]]) and Sarah Connelly ([[Levantera]]) are born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1975 ===
=== 1975 ===
* Paragon City - [[Tub Ci]] arrives in Paragon City.<ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* [[Tub Ci]] arrives in Paragon City.<ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* South America, December 9 - Ernesto Rodriguez ([[Black Scorpion]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* December 9 - Ernesto Rodriguez ([[Black Scorpion]]) is born in South America, likely Nicaragua.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1976 ===
=== 1976 ===
* Soviet Union - American spy plane is shot down by a soviet metahuman. [[Statesman]] is sent to rescue the crew. Soviet general launches a nuclear warhead against him, nearly killing the hero and putting the world at the verge of a nuclear war. Metahumans sabotage the weapons of both superpoweres. [[Hero One]] offers himself as negotiator to find a peaceful solution. Relations between supergroups and governments result badly damaged and will never be completely restored. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* 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.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1977 ===
=== 1977 ===
* Paragon City (presumed), 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 ===
[[File:villains_outcasts_frostfire.jpg|right|200px]]
[[File:villains_outcasts_frostfire.jpg|right|200px]]
* Paragon City, February - [[Back Alley Brawler]] founds the [[Regulators]]. <ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* February - [[Back Alley Brawler]] founds the [[Regulators]] in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Paragon City, September - [[Frostfire|Leonard Calhoun]] arrested 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"/>
* America, date estimated - As the decade ends, a deep economic recession begins. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* A deep economic recession begins in the United States.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
<br />


== 1980–1989 ==
== 1980–1989 ==
=== 1980s ===
* Early in the decade, [[Roger Vrabel]] dies. Neil McIntosh follows soon after. The [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]] falls into turmoil.<ref name="kya malta"/>
* [[Talos Island]] begins to experience a real estate boom during the early years of the decade.<ref name="pt 20050323"/><ref name="place talos island"/>
* 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.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="contact ewell"/>
* The hero Scirocco comes to [[Paragon City]].<ref name="scirocco"/>


=== 1980 ===
=== 1980 ===
* Iran, April 24 - Eddie Polstra's father is killed in the failed rescue attempt of the U.S. embassy workers being held hostage. <ref name="maelstrom"/>
* April 24 - Eddie Polstra's father is killed in the failed rescue attempt of the U.S. embassy workers being held hostage in Iran.<ref name="maelstrom"/>
* Paragon City - [[Talos Island]] begins to experience a real estate boom during the early years of the decade.<ref name="pt 20050323"/><ref name="place talos island"/>
* Paragon City, date estimated - At some point in the decade, the hero Scirocco comes to [[Paragon City]].<ref name="scirocco"/>


=== 1981 ===
=== 1981 ===
* Paragon City - [[Back Alley Brawler]] and the [[Regulators]] launch war on street drugs.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* [[Back Alley Brawler]] and the [[Regulators]] launch a war on street drugs in Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - Rudolf Augustus Seifert dies, at age 83.<ref name="pt 20050413"/>
* Rudolf Augustus Seifert dies in Paragon City, at age 83.<ref name="pt 20050413"/>
* Paragon City - Ferry service between [[Talos Island]] and [[Peregrine Island]] starts.<ref name="pt 20050323"/>
* Ferry service between [[Talos Island]] and [[Peregrine Island]] begins.<ref name="pt 20050323"/>
* Worldwide, date estimated - Early in the decade, [[Roger Vrabel]] dies. Neil McIntosh follows soon after. The [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]] falls into turmoil.<ref name="kya malta"/>


=== 1982 ===
=== 1982 ===
* Paragon City - The leader of [[The Family]], [[Harry Frost]], dies accidentally during a clash with the [[Regulators]].<ref name="kya family"/><ref name="badge justsaidno5"/>
* The leader of [[The Family]], [[Harry Frost]], is accidentally killed during a clash with the [[Regulators]].<ref name="kya family"/><ref name="badge justsaidno5"/>
* Rogue Isles - Weapons treaty with [[Paragon City]]. Nuclear weapons are removed from the isle of [[Warburg]].<ref name="badge arachnos3"/>
* The Rogue Isles sign a weapons treaty with [[Paragon City]]. Nuclear weapons are removed from the isle of [[Warburg]].<ref name="badge arachnos3"/>
* Unknown location - [[Council|The Council]] launches the [[Scion Experiment]].<ref name="mission rescue leon"/>
* [[Council|The Council]] launches the [[Scion Experiment]].<ref name="mission rescue leon"/>
* Paragon City, February 3 - Katherine Stevens ([[Mynx]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* February 3 - Katherine Stevens ([[Mynx]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>


=== 1983 ===
=== 1983 ===
* Worldwide - War on Drugs: The [[Dawn Patrol]] and [[Regulators]] attack Asian and South-American drug fields. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The [[Dawn Patrol]] and [[Regulators]] attack Asian and South-American drug fields in the continuing war on street drugs.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />


=== 1984 ===
=== 1984 ===
[[File:Superadine2.jpg|150px|right]]
[[File:Superadine2.jpg|150px|right]]
* Rogue Isles - [[Lord Recluse]] sells the island of [[Bloody Bay]] to the villain named [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Malocchio|Malocchio]]. <ref name="place bloody bay" />  
* [[Lord Recluse]] sells the island of [[Bloody Bay]] to the villain named [[Historical Heroes and Villains#Malocchio|Malocchio]].<ref name="place bloody bay"/>  
* Paragon City - First appearance of the drug called "[[Superadine]]". <ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> Economic recession as well as shortages in heroin and coca lead to the rise of the drug<ref name="Paragon City backstory" /> and to the appearance of [[Trolls]].<ref name="badge justsaidno3"/> The source of the drug is unknown.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* First appearance of the drug called "[[Superadine]]" in Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> Economic recession as well as shortages in heroin and coca lead to the rise of the drug<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> and to the appearance of [[Trolls]].<ref name="badge justsaidno3"/> The source of the drug is unknown.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - The economic recession and rise of drugs in the mid-1980's leads to a moral crisis for heroes: threats, beatings and torture become relatively common methods.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="contact ewell"/>
* February 19 - Andrew Crenshaw ([[Gaussian]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Unknown location, February 19 - [[Gaussian]] is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* June 25 - Clarissa Moore ([[War Witch]]) is born in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* Paragon City, June 25 - Clarissa Moore ([[War Witch]]) is born.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />


=== 1985 ===
=== 1985 ===
* Paragon City - [[Tub Ci]] arrested for heroin dealing. <ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* [[Tub Ci]] is arrested in Paragon City for heroin dealing. <ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* Paragon City - Horrifying nature of drug manufacturers discovered.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1986 ===
=== 1986 ===
* Paragon City - 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]]. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge justsaidno4"/>
* 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]].<ref name="badge justsaidno4"/> ''Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.''<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Rogue Isles - [[Statesman]] attacks [[Lord Recluse]] by himself.<ref name="badge arachnos4"/>
* [[Statesman]] attacks [[Lord Recluse]] by himself.<ref name="badge arachnos4"/>
 
=== Late 1980s ===
* [[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 ===
* Paragon City, July 7 or 12 - A Freedom Phalanx researcher, [[Dr. Brian Webb]], publicly announces the discovery of technology able to pierce the interdimensional barrier. Planar travel is born. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" /> <ref name="badge scholastic1"/>
* 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. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/><ref name="badge scholastic1"/>
* Rogue Isles, date estimated - Late in the 1980's, [[Arachnos]] rebuilds and occupies Fort Hades.<ref name="place port oakes" />


=== 1989 ===
=== 1989 ===
[[File:AxisAmerica1.jpg|right|150px]]
[[File:AxisAmerica1.jpg|right|150px]]
* Axis America -  Dr. Webb and his expedition are captured, tortured and killed by an extradimensional Nazi copy of [[Statesman]], the [[Reichsman]]. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* 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"/>
* Outer space - A multinational force of heroes launches an attack against the alien entity known as "[[Shiva]]" in deep space. The heroes are never seen again.<ref name="kya shivan"/>
* 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"/>
* Rogue Isles - A rain of meteorites falls on the isle of [[Bloody Bay]], leaving it uninhabitable. <ref name="place bloody bay" />
* 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"/>
* Paragon City - The Nazi supersoldiers of 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 captured and imprisoned. <ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> [[Portal Corp]] installations result destroyed in the fight. The widow of Dr. Webb starts a long legal battle to retain control of the now ruined firm.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* A rain of meteorites falls on the island of [[Bloody Bay]], leaving it uninhabitable.<ref name="place bloody bay"/>
* Rogue Isles, April 2 - A [[Night Widows|Night Widow]] named [[Ghost Widow|Belladonna Vetrano]] dies during a disastrous [[Arachnos]] operation against [[the Family]]. Only a single member of the whole 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"/>
* Unknown location, 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"/>
<br />


== 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:Tub_Ci1.jpg|right|135px|]]
[[File:Tub_Ci.jpg|right|135px|]]
* Paragon City - The dirigible Spirit of Freedom starts patrolling [[Atlas Park]].<ref name="pt 20050330"/>
* The dirigible Spirit of Freedom starts patrolling [[Atlas Park]].<ref name="pt 20050330"/>
* Paragon City, May - [[Atta|Harry "Atta"]] arrested by the first time.<ref name="kya trolls"/>
* May - [[Atta|Haripual "Harry" Atta]] is arrested for the first time.<ref name="kya trolls"/>
* Paragon City - [[Tub Ci]] found guilty of manslaughter and imprisoned. <ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* [[Tub Ci]] is found guilty of manslaughter in Paragon City and imprisoned. <ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* Rogue Isles - [[Power Transfer System]] is built in [[Cap au Diable]].
* 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"/>
* Rogue Isles - Governor of Cap au Diable is killed by extradimensional attackers. [[Dr. Aeon]] comes to Cap au Diable and appointed by [[Lord Recluse]] as new governor.


=== 1991 ===
=== 1991 ===
* Soviet Union - Fall of Soviet Union and Communism. End of Cold War.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Fall of the Soviet Union and communism. End of the Cold War.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Worldwide - Schism forms in the [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]].<ref name="mission defeat helix"/>
* A schism forms in the [[Malta Operatives|Malta Group]] regarding their purpose after the fall of the Berlin Wall.<ref name="mission defeat helix"/>
* Rogue Isles - The [[Gold Brickers]] plunder the central vault of Aeon City's bank.<ref name="kya goldbrickers"/>
* The [[Gold Brickers]] plunder the central vault of Aeon City's bank.<ref name="kya goldbrickers"/>
* Europe and Paragon City - Yugoslav Wars begin. Refugees in Paragon City later form the [[Skulls]]. <ref name="kya skulls"/>
* The Yugoslav Wars begin. Refugees in Paragon City later form the [[Skulls]].<ref name="kya skulls"/>


=== 1992 ===
=== 1992 ===
* Russia - Old heroes form powerful metahuman mafias which control oil in the region. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Old Soviet heroes form powerful metahuman mafias which control oil in the Russian region.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1993 ===
=== 1993 ===
* Russia - The [[Valiant Defenders of the Motherland]], the first independent Russian organization of heroes, is formed. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* The [[Valiant Defenders of the Motherland]], the first independent Russian organization of heroes, is formed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>


=== 1994 ===
=== 1994 ===
* London - [[Rebecca Foss]] forms [[Hero Corps]]. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* [[Rebecca Foss]] forms [[Hero Corps]] in London.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Worldwide - Metahuman mercenaries begin working for corrupt governments, drug cartels and terrorist groups among others. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Metahuman mercenaries begin working for corrupt governments, drug cartels and terrorist groups among others.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City, May - Harry Atta arrested for the second time.<ref name="kya trolls"/>
* 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]]
* World - Hero Corps opens its first branch in Mexico. branches in Rio de Janeiro, Jakarta and Johannesburg follow. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* Hero Corps opens its first branch in Mexico City. Branches in Rio de Janeiro, Jakarta and Johannesburg follow.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* America - The US Army creates the Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion to deal with high risk crises.<ref name="kya sky raiders"/>
* The US Army creates the Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion (aka Vigilance) to deal with high risk crises.<ref name="kya sky raiders"/>
* Rogue Isles - [[Arachnos]] sends exploration and engineering teams to [[Bloody Bay]]. <ref name="place bloody bay" />
* [[Arachnos]] sends exploration and engineering teams to [[Bloody Bay]].<ref name="place bloody bay"/>
* Paragon City - The [[Freakshow]] try to hijack the Talos - Peregrine ferry.<ref name="pt 20050323"/>
* The [[Freakshow]] try to hijack the Talos - Peregrine ferry.<ref name="pt 20050323"/>
* Paragon City - [[Tub Ci]] is released from prison and later forms the Tsoo.<ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* [[Tub Ci]] is released from prison and later forms the Tsoo.<ref name="kya tsoo"/>
* Paragon City - The original [[Luminary]] becomes spokesman for [[Hero Corps]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* The original [[Luminary]] becomes spokesman for [[Hero Corps]] in Paragon City.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City, date unknown - The hero Invisible Falcon vanishes without a trace.<ref name="badge birdwatcher"/><ref name="mission investigate disappearance"/><ref name="arc revenant hero project"/>
* 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 ===
* Worldwide - [[Hero Corps]] has now more than 30 branches all over the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* [[Hero Corps]] has now more than 30 branches around the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - Harry [[Atta]] joins the [[Trolls]].<ref name="kya trolls"/>
* [[Atta|Harry Atta]] joins the [[Trolls]].<ref name="kya trolls"/>
* Paragon City - [[Portal Corp]] re-opens, under new management.
* [[Portal Corp]] re-opens, under new management.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - Hero Corps tries to open a branch in Paragon, the first one in America.<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"/>
* Paragon City - The [[Freedom Phalanx]] declares itself not under the laws or politics of any country.<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:CreyIcon1.jpg|right|150px]]
[[File:Crey Logo.jpg|right|150px]]
* Paragon City - Public protests against the construction of the [[Hero Corps]] building.<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 try to prevent the establishment of Hero Corps in [[Paragon City]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, February - First clash between Hero Corps and Freedom Phalanx. In the confusion, a villain escapes.<ref name="badge disciple4"/>
* February - First clash between Hero Corps and the Freedom Phalanx. In the confusion, a villain escapes.<ref name="badge disciple4"/>
* Paragon City, March - During three weeks, The hero [[Luminary]] makes a public demonstration of his powers as a part of his campaign for Hero Corps.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/> <ref name="badge disciple2"/>
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, circa spring/summer - Power-armored soldiers destroy the recently finished Hero Corps building.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge disciple7"/>
* Spring/Summer - Power-armored soldiers destroy the recently finished Hero Corps building.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/><ref name="badge disciple7"/>
* Paragon City, May - Countess Crey publicly announces her sponsorship of Hero Corps.<ref name="badge disciple6"/>
* May - Countess Crey publicly announces her sponsorship of Hero Corps.<ref name="badge disciple6"/>
* Paragon City, 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"/>
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, October - Hero Corps leaves Paragon.<ref name="badge disciple5"/> They have spent five times the expected budget. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* October - Hero Corps leaves Paragon City.<ref name="badge disciple5"/> They have spent five times their expected budget.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
<br />


== 2000–Present ==
== 2000–2009 ==


=== 2000 ===
=== 2000 ===
[[File:Salvage_CarnivalofShadowsMask.png|right]]
[[File:Salvage_CarnivalofShadowsMask.png|right]]
* Worldwide - UN Special Council of Super Human Activities formed. <ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* UN Special Council of Super Human Activities formed.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City - [[The Hollowing]].<ref name="place the hollows"/>
* [[The Hollowing]] occurs in Paragon City.<ref name="place the hollows"/>
* Paragon City, July - Art History student [[Vanessa DeVore]] travels to Italy to study in Florence.<ref name="kya carnival"/>
* July - Art History student [[Vanessa DeVore]] travels from Paragon City to Italy to study in Florence.<ref name="kya carnival"/>
* Italy - 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"/>
* 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 ===
* Worldwide - [[Hero Corps]] has now over 100 branches all over the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* [[Hero Corps]] has now over 100 branches all over the globe.<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Paragon City, January 11 - Bastion ([[Citadel]]) is created.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* January 11 - The hero Bastion ([[Citadel]]) is created in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Paragon City, spring/summer - First wave of [[Clockwork]].<ref name="kya clockwork"/>
* Spring/Summer - First sightings of [[Clockwork]].<ref name="kya clockwork"/>


=== 2002 ===
=== 2002 ===
[[File:Villains_rikti.jpg|right|300px]]
[[File:Villains_rikti.jpg|right|300px]]
* Paragon City, 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.
* 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"/>
* Worldwide, May 23 - The start of the [[Rikti War|Rikti Invasion]]<ref name="Paragon City backstory" />
* May 23 - The start of the [[Rikti War|Rikti Invasion]].<ref name="Paragon City backstory"/>
* Worldwide, June 5 - [[Vanguard]] is formed.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* June 5 - [[Vanguard]] is formed.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Paragon City, summer - [[Vanessa DeVore]] uses the mask for the second time against the [[Rikti]], sealing her fate.<ref name="kya carnival"/>
* Summer - [[Vanessa DeVore]] uses the mask for the second time against the [[Rikti]] in Paragon City, sealing her fate.<ref name="kya carnival"/>
* Paragon City, August 30 - First sighting of the [[Clockwork King]].<ref name="kya clockwork"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* August 30 - First sighting of the [[Clockwork King]] in Paragon City.<ref name="kya clockwork"/><ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Worldwide, 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" />
* 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 ===
* Paragon City - [[Hero Corps]] returns to Paragon City. <ref name="badge disciple1"/>
* [[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"/>
* Paragon City, April 28 - The [[Sky Raiders]] attack [[Paragon City]].<ref name="kya sky raiders"/>
* 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 ===
* Russia, August - Local authorities declare the [[Malleus Mundi]] lost from the Lubyanka musseum in Moscow. <ref name="pt 20041027"/>
* [[Snakes]] are allowed to take over the south part of [[Mercy Island]].<ref name="place mercy island"/>
* Paragon City, 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"/>
* August - Local authorities declare the [[Malleus Mundi]] lost from the Lubyanka Museum in Moscow.<ref name="pt 20041027"/>
* Paragon City, October - [[Peacebringers]] arrive.<ref name="pt 20041021"/>
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, October 31 - Mythic creatures invade [[Paragon City]].<ref name="badge alumnus1"/>
* October - [[Peacebringers]] arrive in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20041021"/>
* Paragon City, circa October/November - [[Fifth Column]]/[[Council]] war. [[Quantum Array Gun|Quantum array guns]] appear for the first time.<ref name="pt 20041103"/>
* October 31 - Mythic creatures, including [[Eochai]], invade [[Paragon City]].<ref name="badge alumnus1"/>
* Paragon City, 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"/>
* October/November - [[Fifth Column]]/[[Council]] war in Paragon City. [[Quantum Array Gun|Quantum array guns]] appear for the first time.<ref name="pt 20041103"/>
* Paragon City, November 22 - First sighting of [[Lusca]] in [[Independence Port]].<ref name="pt 20041124"/>
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, November 24 - Moraine's sinking place discovered.<ref name="pt 20041201"/>
* November 22 - First sighting of [[Lusca]] in [[Independence Port]].<ref name="pt 20041124"/>
* Paragon City, November 28 - First sighting of the [[Ghost Ship]] Moraine. <ref name="pt 20041201"/> <ref name="badge ghosthunter1"/>
* November 24 - Moraine's sinking place discovered.<ref name="pt 20041201"/>
* Paragon City, December - [[Clockwork Paladin]] seen in [[Kings Row]] for the first time.<ref name="pt 20041208"/>
* 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]]
* Paragon City, January - The [[Winter Horde]] attacks Paragon.<ref name="pt 20050105"/>
* January - The [[Winter Horde]] attacks Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050105"/>
* Paragon City, April - Arenas open. <ref name="pt 20050427"/>
* April - Arenas open in Paragon City.<ref name="pt 20050427"/>
* Paragon City, April - The heroine [[Sister Psyche]] recovers her body.<ref name="pt 20050420"/>
* April - The heroine [[Sister Psyche]] recovers her body.<ref name="pt 20050420"/>
* Rogue Isles, May - [[Lord Recluse]] starts [[Operation: DESTINY]].<ref name="gw journal1"/>
* Late April - Paragon City [[Power Crash]].<ref name="scirocco"/><ref name="top cow 1"/>
* Rogue Isles, May 16 - Construction of the Darwin's Landing fort begins in [[Mercy Isle]].<ref name="gw journal2"/>
* May - [[Lord Recluse]] begins [[Operation: DESTINY]] in Paragon City.<ref name="gw journal1"/>
* Paragon City, circa August - First mention of [[Longbow]], organized by [[Ms. Liberty]].<ref name="gw journal4"/>
* May 16 - Construction of the Darwin's Landing fort begins on [[Mercy Island]].<ref name="gw journal2"/>
* Paragon City, circa August - [[Hellions|Hellion]] arsonists act in [[Steel Canyon]] for the first time. <ref name="pt 20050810" />
* August - First mention of [[Longbow]], organized by [[Ms. Liberty]].<ref name="gw journal4"/>
* Paragon City, September 13 - [[Siren's Call]] zone re-opened to heroes.<ref name="pt 20050914"/>
* August - [[Hellions|Hellion]] arsonists act in [[Steel Canyon]] for the first time.<ref name="pt 20050810"/>
* Rogue Isles, October 26 - [[Statesman]], [[Freedom Phalanx]] and [[Longbow]] attack the [[Rogue Isles]].<ref name="pt 20051027"/>
* September 13 - [[Siren's Call]] zone re-opened to heroes.<ref name="pt 20050914"/>
* Paragon City, October 31 - [[Arachnos]] forces stage a massive breakout of prisoners at the Zigursky prison in Brickstown. (?)
* October 26 - [[Statesman]], [[Freedom Phalanx]] and [[Longbow]] attack the [[Rogue Isles]].<ref name="pt 20051027"/>
* Rogue Isles, circa October 31 - [[Longbow]] starts Operation Beachhead in [[Bloody Bay]]
* 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 ===
* Paragon City, April 30 - [[Grandville]]'s WEB evil purpose suspected. [[Statesman]] requests volunteers to investigate it.<ref name="pt 20070430"/>
* April 30 - [[Grandville]]'s WEB evil purpose suspected. [[Statesman]] requests volunteers to investigate it.<ref name="pt 20070430"/>
* Rogue Isles, May 1 - [[Dr. Brainstorm]] Patents the Hypothetical Framework <ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* May 1 - [[Dr. Brainstorm]] Patents the Hypothetical Framework in the Rogue Isles.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* Paragon City, July 24 - [[Issue 10|Second Rikti Invasion]] <ref name="pt 20070724"/>
* July 24 - The [[Issue 10|Second Rikti Invasion]] begins.<ref name="pt 20070724"/>
* Paragon City, November 28 - [[Menders of Ouroboros]] [[Issue 11|make contact]] with Paragon City's heroes and the Rogue Isles' villains. (?)
* 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 ===
* Paragon City, February 14 - Wedding of [[Manticore]] and [[Sister Psyche]].<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar" />
* February 14 - Wedding of [[Manticore]] and [[Sister Psyche]] in Paragon City.<ref name="4 Year Anniversary Calendar"/>
* The World, May 20 - The land of [[Cimerora]] is [[Issue 12|seeking help against homeland and foreign enemies]], even if the help comes from the future.
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, May 20 - The [[Midnight Squad]] seeks new members to help bring the [[Rikti]] assault [[Montague Castanella#Story Arc|to an end]].
* 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"/>
* Rogue Isles, 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.
* 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"/>
* Cimerora, December 2 - [[Daedalus]] and [[Sister Airlia]] [[Issue 13#New Cimerora Missions|make contact]] with Paragon City's heroes and Rogue Isles' villains.
* 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 ===
* The World, April 8 - [[Architect Entertainment]] is opened to the public in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles by [[Dr. Aeon|Dr. Thaddeus Aeon AQSA]]
* 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"/>
* Paragon City, June 29 - [[Reichsman]] is sprung free from his Boomtown stasis prison on bequest of Roderick Mueller
* June 29 - [[Reichsman]] is sprung free from his Boomtown stasis prison on bequest of [[Roderick Mueller]].<ref name="issue 15"/>
* Paragon City, November 27 - [[Omega Team]]'s time capsule is opened.
* November 27 - [[Omega Team]]'s time capsule is opened.<ref name="misc time capsule"/>
<br />
 
== 2010 - Present ==


=== 2010 ===
=== 2010 ===
* Praetoria, August 17 - [[Tyrant|Emperor Cole]] begins to make his preparations in [[Praetoria]] to invade [[Primal Earth]]
* August 17 - [[Tyrant|Emperor Cole]] begins to make his preparations in [[Praetoria]] to invade [[Primal Earth]].<ref name="issue 18"/>
* Interdimensional, November 30 - the Primal-Praetoria War begins with the preemptive [[Apex Task Force|Alpha Strike]] to halt Praetoria's initial assault
* 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"/>
* Praetoria, November 30+ - Citizen unrest begins in the streets of [[Nova Praetoria]]
* 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=
<!-- KNOW YOUR ADVERSARY, ALPHABETICAL -->
<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>


== Still to be added ==
<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>


These are the events still in need of concrete date and/or place:  
<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>


* Unknown location - The goddess [[Merulina]] falls silent, leaving the [[Coralax]] unguided and confused. <ref name="kya coralax"/>
<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>
* Paragon City - The [[Banished Pantheon]] finds [[Adamastor]] and brings it to [[Paragon City]].<ref name="adamastor"/>
* Rogue Islands - Arrival of [[Stheno]] to the [[Rogue Isles]].
* Rogue Islands - Massacre of the Red Hands pirates.<ref name="gw journal3"/>
* Paragon City, estimated 1960's - [[Talos]] and Chimera's last battle.<ref name="place talos island"/>
* Unknown location, after World War II - The original [[Arachnos]] founder, [[The Weaver]], is killed by the [[Red Widow]] and [[Lord Recluse]].
* Paragon City - The Zig is built
* Rogue Isles - The Golden Giza is built
* Paragon City, estimated 1960's - The [[Circle of Thorns]] infiltrates into the [[Malta Group]].<ref name="mission save dyaomesk"/>
* British Isles, estimated early 1990's - Clarissa Van Dorn is murdered by Julianne Thompson.<ref name="arc evil countess crey"/>
* Paragon City, estimated early 1990's - Founding of the [[Freakshow]].<ref name="kya freakshow"/>
* Paragon City (presumed) - [[Protean]] attacks [[Manticore]]'s house and kills both of his parents.
* Europe - [[Manuel Marcone]] arrested by Interpol and sentenced to 35 years in an European prison. Gang wars start in [[Port Oakes]].<ref name="kya mooks"/>
* Paragon City (presumed) - [[Statesman]] forms [[Freedom Corps]] as a direct response to [[Hero Corps]]
* Switzerland, estimated 1987 to 1989 - [[Crey Industries|Crey Biotech]] is founded.<ref name="kya crey"/>
* Unknown location - [[Count Crey|Count Alphonse Crey]] falls into a coma.<ref name="kya crey"/>
* Paragon City, estimated 1987 to 1989 - 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"/>
* Paragon City - The [[Freakshow]] attack a [[Crey]] transport carrying the military-grade drug later known as "[[Excelsior]]".<ref name="kya freakshow"/>
* Sharkhead Isle - The local hero [[Ghost of Scrapyard|Scrapyard]] is murdered by [[Captain Mako|Mako]].<ref name="place sharkhead isle"/><ref name="arc iron widow"/>
* Paragon City - The ecoactivist Hamidon Pasalima attacks the Paragon City University, being stopped by heroes.<ref name="arc terra conspiracy"/>
* Paragon City - First sighting of [[Devouring Earth]] creatures
* Paragon City - Woodsvale attacked by Devouring Earth creatures; the hero [[Woodsman]] is killed.<ref name="woodsman"/>
* America, after the Rikti War - The Joint Command Special Threat Response Battalion vanishes without a trace.<ref name="kya sky raiders"/>
* Paragon City, after the Rikti War - [[Banished Pantheon]] takes over [[Dark Astoria]]
* Paragon City, after the Rikti War - The neighborhood of [[Overbrook]] is destroyed by the villain Faultline.
* Paragon City, after the Rikti War - The neighborhood of Paragon Heights is renamed as [[Galaxy City]]. <ref name="place galaxy city"/>
* Paragon City, after the Rikti War - First encounter with [[The Lost]].<ref name="kya lost"/>
* Africa, after the Rikti War - The [[Sky Raiders]] commit all sorts of terrorist acts in the country of West Libertalia. <ref name="arc mysterious general z"/>
* Rogue Isles, estimated 2004 - [[Snakes]] are allowed to take over the south part of [[Mercy Isle]].<ref name="place mercy island"/>
* Paragon City (presumed) - Founding of the [[Hellions]]
* Paragon City (presumed) - [[Tempter]] is arrested and imprisoned.<ref name="kya hellions"/>
* Paragon City - [[Upstart]] is arrested and sent to the Zig
* Paragon City - Demetrios Vasilikos ([[Dr. Vahzilok]]) turns crazy
* Unknown location - Imad Malak finds [[Scirocco]]'s relics.<ref name="scirocco"/>
* Unknown location - The mercenary Ernesto Rodriguez finds the Black Scorpion's battlesuit.<ref name="black scorpion"/>
* Rogue Isles - [[Project FURY]] starts
* Warburg - Marshal Blitz rebels against [[Arachnos]] and declares [[Warburg]] independent.
* Paragon City - [[Power Crash]].<ref name="scirocco"/>
* Paragon City (presumed) - [[Longbow]] reports first [[Coralax]] sightings in [[Paragon City]] coast and [[Rogue Isles]]. Coralax hostile towards humans.<ref name="kya coralax"/>
* Paragon City, after the Rikti War - [[Paragon Police Department]] force reformed.<ref name="kya ppd"/>
* Paragon City, after the Rikti War - [[Overbrook]] rebuilt


<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>


== References ==
<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>
{{Reflist|2|refs=
 
<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>


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<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 arachnos">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/arachnos.html "Know Your Adversary: Arachnos]</ref>
<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 carnival">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/carnival_of_shadows.html "Know Your Adversary: Carnival of Shadows"]</ref>
<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 circle">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_circle_of_thorns.html "Know Your Adversary: The Circle of Thorns"]</ref>
<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 clockwork">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/clockwork.html "Know Your Adversary: Clockwork"]</ref>
<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 coralax">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/coralax_hybrids.html "Know Your Adversary: Coralax Hybrids"]</ref>
<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 crey">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/crey_industries.html "Know Your Adversary: Crey Industries"]</ref>
<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 family">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_family.html "Know Your Adversary: The Family]</ref>
<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 freakshow">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/freakshow.html "Know Your Adversary: Freakshow]</ref>
<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 goldbrickers">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_gold_brickers.html "Know Your Adversary: The Gold Brickers]</ref>
<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 hellions">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/hellions.html "Know Your Adversary: Hellions]</ref>
<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 lost">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_lost.html "Know Your Adversary: The Lost]</ref>
<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 malta">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/malta.html "Know Your Adversary: Malta]</ref>
<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 mooks">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/mooks_and_marcones.html "Know Your Adversary: Mooks and Marcones]</ref>
<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 ppd">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/paragon_police_department.html "Know Your Adversary: Paragon Police Deptartment]</ref>
<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 shivan">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/shivan.html "Know Your Adversary: Shivan"]</ref>
<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 skulls">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/skulls.html "Know Your Adversary: Skulls"]</ref>
<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 sky raiders">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/sky_raiders.html "Know Your Adversary: Sky Raiders"]</ref>
<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 slag golems">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/slag_golems.html "Know Your Adversary: Slag Golems"]</ref>
<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 spectral">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/spectral_pirates.html "Know Your Adversary: Spectral Pirates]</ref>
<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 trolls">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/trolls.html "Know Your Adversary: Trolls]</ref>
<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 tsoo">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/tsoo.html "Know Your Adversary: Tsoo]</ref>
<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 outcasts">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/outcasts.html "Know Your Adversary: Outcasts]</ref>
<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:Mission_StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls#Talk_to_Azuria_about_crystals|Talk to Azuria about crystals]]" in the Story Arc "[[Template:Mission_StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls|The Library of Souls]]" from [[Allison King]] or [[Peter Stemitz]].</ref>
<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:Mission_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:Mission_StoryArc_The_Library_of_Souls|The Library of Souls]]" from [[Allison King]] or [[Peter Stemitz]].</ref>
<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: "[[Template: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 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:Story_Arc_Common_Winslowe_and_the_Cosmotron#Rescue_Dr._Winslowe_on_Striga_Island|Rescue Dr. Winslowe on Striga Island]]" in the Story Arc "[[Template:Story_Arc_Common_Winslowe_and_the_Cosmotron|Winslowe and the Cosmotron]]" from [[Shadowstar]] or [[Sunstorm]].</ref>
<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:Mission_StoryArc_The_Scroll_of_Tielekku|The Scroll of Tielekku]]" from [[Miriam Bloechl]] or [[Laura Brunetti]].</ref>
<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://www.cityofheroes.com/about_the_game/signature_villains/black_scorpion.html Signature Villains: Black Scorpion]</ref>
<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="contact shadowstar">[[Shadowstar#Information|Shadowstar's]] Contact Information.</ref>
<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="contact vendetti">[[Angelo Vendetti#Information|Angleo Vendetti's]] Contact Information.</ref>
<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="ghost widow">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/about_the_game/signature_villains/ghost_widow.html Signature Villains: Ghost Widow]</ref>


<ref name="maelstrom">Maelstrom's official CoH Going Rogue [http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrogue/en/lore_maelstrom.html profile]</ref>
<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://www.cityofheroes.com/about_the_game/signature_villains/scirocco.html Signature Villains: Scirocco]</ref>
<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 bloody bay">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_b.html Rogue Isles: Bloody Bay]</ref>
<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 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 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 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 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 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 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 creys folly">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_crey.html Paragon City: Crey's Folly]</ref>
<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 galaxy city">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_gala.html Paragon City: Galaxy City]</ref>
<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 grandville">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/game_updates/issue_7/issue_7_grandville.html Rogue Isles: Grandville]</ref>
<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 kings row">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_king.html Paragon City: Kings Row]</ref>
<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 mercy island">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_m.html Rogue Isles: Mercy Island]</ref>
<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 port oakes">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_p.html Rogue Isles: Port Oakes]</ref>
<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 sharkhead isle">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles.html Rogue Isles: Sharkhead Isle]</ref>
<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 skyway city">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_skyw.html Paragon City: Skyway City]</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 steel canyon">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_stee.html Paragon City: Steel Canyon]</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 talos island">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_talo.html Paragon City: Talos Island]</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 the hollows">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_the.html Paragon City: The Hollows]</ref>
<ref name="place warburg">[[Warburg#History|History of Warburg]]</ref>


<ref name="place rogue isles">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/history/the_rogue_isles_the_colonial_p.html The Rogue Isles: The Colonial Period]</ref>


<ref name="place rogue isles2">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/history/the_rogue_isles_the_20th_centu.html The Rogue Isles: The 20th Century and Beyond]</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>


<!-- MISCELLANEOUS -->
<!-- MISCELLANEOUS -->


<ref name="gw journal1">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_may_4_2.html Ghost Widow's Journal - 4 May 2005]</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://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://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_may_16.html Ghost Widow's Journal - 16 May 2005]</ref>
<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://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_july_7.html Ghost Widow's Journal - 7 July 2005]</ref>
<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://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_august.html Ghost Widow's Journal - 5 August 2005]</ref>
<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://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_septemb_1.html Ghost Widow's Journal - 22 September 2005]</ref>
<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://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/history/paragon_city_an_introduction.html CoH Official Site, Paragon City backstory]</ref>
<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="4 Year Anniversary Calendar">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/media_and_downloads/wallpaper/wallpapers.html#wallpaper Official Site, 4 Year Anniversary Calendar]</ref>
<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>


<ref name="signature rogues">[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.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Prehistory

Cretaceous period (between 146 and 65 million years ago)

  • The Goddess Merulina arrives from outer space to what will become later the Atlantic Ocean.[1]

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

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  • 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


12th through 18th centuries

12th century

Shivan2 thumb.jpg
  • The alien entity known as Shiva destroys the planet of the Arcosians.[11]

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

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

1718

NightTerror1.jpg
  • 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


19th century

Early 1800s

  • The village of Dockside is founded in the harbor below Fort Hades.[25]

1801

  • Oceanview is settled by slave traders and other nefarious merchants.[26]

1809

1810

1817

  • Slaves incite a failed revolt in Oceanview. Because of the resulting massacre, the island will change its name to Bloody Bay.[26]

1823

1830s

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

Nemesis.jpg
  • 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

1893

1896

1898

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1900–1919

Early 1900s

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  • Paragon City enters a period of intense industrialization.[33]
  • Arachnos is founded in Italy.[34]

1901

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

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

1920

1923

1926

Requiem.jpg
  • 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

Statesman 1930's.jpg
  • 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

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

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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

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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

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  • 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

1953

1954

1956


1960–1969

1960s

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1960

1962

1963

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

  • March 22 - Steven Berry (Synapse) is born in Paragon City.[27]

Late 1960s

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

1969


1970–1979

1970s

  • Publicly known supergroups are involved in Cold War conflicts.[28]
  • The highway systems of Skyway City are built.[80]

1970

  • April 12 - Christopher Thales (Castle) is born in Paragon City.[27]

1971

1974

1975

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

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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

1982

1983

1984

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1985

  • Tub Ci is arrested in Paragon City for heroin dealing. [74]

1986

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

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  • 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

1990

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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

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

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  • 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

1999

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  • 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

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  • 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

2002

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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

2004

2005

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2006

2007

2008

2009


2010 - Present

2010

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

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  2. ↑ a b c d e f "Beyond Contact: Azuria and MAGI". Paragon Times, June 15, 2005.
  3. ↑ a b Mission: "Defeat Infernal" in the Story Arc "The Secret of the Circle" from Magus Mu'Drakhan.
  4. ↑ a b c d Mission: "Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain" in the Story Arc "The Cult of the Shaper" from Diviner Maros.
  5. ↑ a b c Mission: "Disrupt the ritual and look for signs that Hequat is returning" in the Story Arc "The Envoy of Shadows" from Cadao Kestrel.
  6. ↑ a b Descriptions on magic origin enhancements.
  7. ↑ a b Shadowstar's Contact Information.
  8. ↑ a b Retrieval Police Radio mission, Scepter of Mot.
  9. ↑ a b Mission: "Talk to Azuria about crystals" in the Story Arc "The Library of Souls" from Allison King or Peter Stemitz.
  10. ↑ a b c d Story Arc: "A Path Into Darkness" from Colleen Nelson.
  11. ↑ a b c "Know Your Adversary: Shivan"
  12. ↑ a b c d e f g h "Know Your Adversary: The Circle of Thorns"
  13. ↑ a b Mission: "Investigate the scene in Kings Row and recover the book" in the Story Arc "The Envoy of Shadows" from Cadao Kestrel.
  14. ↑ a b Lorekeeper Badge.
  15. ↑ a b Mission: "Take laptop to Indigo" from Crimson.
  16. ↑ a b Terra Volta Reconnaissance Officer.
  17. ↑ a b Mission: "Help the soul within the crystal orient itself" in the Story Arc "The Library of Souls" from Allison King or Peter Stemitz.
  18. ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Scroll of Tielekku" from Miriam Bloechl or Laura Brunetti.
  19. ↑ a b Alumnus Badge, Monument 2.
  20. ↑ a b c d e f g "Know Your Adversary: Carnival of Shadows"
  21. ↑ a b Swashbuckler Badge, Monument 1.
  22. ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Spectral Pirates"
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  25. ↑ a b c d e f Rogue Isles: Port Oakes
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  32. ↑ a b Researcher Badge, Monument 2.
  33. ↑ a b Paragon City: Crey's Folly
  34. ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Arachnos"
  35. ↑ a b c d e "Getting You Where You're Going". Paragon Times, April 6, 2005.
  36. ↑ a b Mission: "Talk to the Brickstown Security Chief" (Brickstown Briefing)
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  38. ↑ a b Tobias Hansen's Contact Information.
  39. ↑ a b c Paragon City: Steel Canyon
  40. ↑ a b Dawn Patrol Article
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  44. ↑ a b Paragon City: Kings Row
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  48. ↑ a b Pupil Badge, Monument 3.
  49. ↑ a b c d "Ghost Ship Sightings Reported". Paragon Times, December 1, 2004.
  50. ↑ a b Ghost Hunter Badge, Monument 3.
  51. ↑ a b "The Paragon Times Building: Rebirth of an Icon". Paragon Times, March 2, 2005.
  52. ↑ a b Vandal's Description.
  53. ↑ a b Student Badge, Monument 2.
  54. ↑ a b Student Badge, Monument 4.
  55. ↑ a b "President Marchand Celebrates 70th Year". Paragon Times July 27, 2007
  56. ↑ a b Pupil Badge, Monument 2.
  57. ↑ a b Canon Fodder: Official CoH Lore Q+A
  58. ↑ a b Mek Man Description.
  59. ↑ a b Mission: "Stop the production of Council robots and retrieve some parts for analysis" from Merisel Valenzuela or Jose Escalante.
  60. ↑ a b Angleo Vendetti's Contact Information.
  61. ↑ a b Academic Badge.
  62. ↑ a b Mission: "Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain" from Tobias Hansen.
  63. ↑ a b c d Paragon City: Talos Island
  64. ↑ a b Rogue Isles: Grandville
  65. ↑ a b c Story Arc: "The Spider Weaves His Web" from Mender Tesseract
  66. ↑ a b c Rogue Isles: Mercy Island
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  68. ↑ a b c "Arenas". Paragon Times, April 27, 2005.
  69. ↑ a b c d Paragon City: Galaxy City
  70. ↑ a b Authority Badge, Monument 3.
  71. ↑ a b Authority Badge, Monument 4.
  72. ↑ a b Numina's Description
  73. ↑ a b Mission: "Save Dyaomesk" from Crimson.
  74. ↑ a b c d e f "Know Your Adversary: Tsoo"
  75. ↑ a b c "Know Your Adversary: Outcasts"
  76. ↑ a b c Arachnos Rising Badge, Monument 3.
  77. ↑ a b Expert Badge, Monument 3.
  78. ↑ a b Expert Badge, Monument 2.
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  80. ↑ a b Paragon City: Skyway City
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  85. ↑ a b c Signature Villains: Scirocco
  86. ↑ a b Maelstrom's official CoH Going Rogue profile
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  88. ↑ a b Mission: "Rescue Leon Natale from the Council" from Colleen Nelson.
  89. ↑ a b Just Said No to Superadine Badge, Monument 3.
  90. ↑ a b Just Said No to Superadine Badge, Monument 4.
  91. ↑ a b Arachnos Rising Badge, Monument 4.
  92. ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Evil Countess Crey from Janet Kellum.
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  94. ↑ a b Novel: The Freedom Phalanx.
  95. ↑ a b Scholastic Badge, Monument 1.
  96. ↑ a b Scholastic Badge, Monument 3.
  97. ↑ a b Signature Villains: Ghost Widow
  98. ↑ a b Going Rogue - Signature Rogues developer diary
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  102. ↑ a b Rogue Isles: Cap au Diable
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  104. ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: The Gold Brickers"
  105. ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Skulls"
  106. ↑ a b c d "Know Your Adversary: Sky Raiders"
  107. ↑ a b Bird Watcher Badge.
  108. ↑ a b Mission: "Investigate the disappearance of the Invisible Falcon" from Gordon Stacy.
  109. ↑ a b Story Arc: "Revenant Hero Project" from Gordon Stacy.
  110. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 3.
  111. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 4.
  112. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 2.
  113. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 7.
  114. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 6.
  115. ↑ a b Historian Badge, Monument 5.
  116. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 5.
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  119. ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: The Lost"
  120. ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Mysterious General Z" from Christine Lansdale.
  121. ↑ a b Disciple Badge, Monument 1.
  122. ↑ a b Story Arc: "The Terra Conspiracy" from Ginger Yates.
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  130. ↑ a b Ghost Hunter Badge, Monument 1.
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  139. ↑ a b c Issue 6: Along Came a Spider
  140. ↑ a b History of Warburg
  141. ↑ a b "Know Your Adversary: Paragon Police Department"
  142. ↑ a b Issue 8: To Protect and Serve
  143. ↑ a b "Statesman's Call to Arms". Paragon Times, April 30, 2007
  144. ↑ a b "Invasion!". Paragon Times, July 24, 2007
  145. ↑ a b Issue 11: A Stitch in Time
  146. ↑ a b c d Issue 12: The Midnight Hour
  147. ↑ a b Issue 13: Power and Responsibility
  148. ↑ a b Issue 14: Architect
  149. ↑ a b Issue 15: Anniversary
  150. ↑ a b Omega Team: Opening the Capsule
  151. ↑ a b Issue 18: Shades of Gray
  152. ↑ a b c Issue 19: Alpha Strike
  153. ↑ a b Issue 20: Incarnates
  154. ↑ a b c Issue 21: Convergence
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  156. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Contaminated"
  157. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Council"
  158. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Hellions"
  159. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Igneous"
  160. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Knives of Artemis"
  161. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Legacy Chain"
  162. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Longbow"
  163. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Luddites"
  164. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Mooks and Marcones"
  165. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Nerva Spectral Daemons"
  166. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Rikti"
  167. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Rogue Island Police"
  168. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Snakes"
  169. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Vahzilok"
  170. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: The Warriors"
  171. ↑ "Know Your Adversary: Wybern"
  172. ↑ Story Arc: "Iron Widow" from Captain Petrovich.
  173. ↑ Adamastor's Description.
  174. ↑ Signature Villains: Black Scorpion
  175. ↑ Signature Villains: Captain Mako
  176. ↑ Signature Villains: Lord Recluse
  177. ↑ Woodsman's Description.
  178. ↑ Paragon City: Atlas Park
  179. ↑ Paragon City: Perez Park
  180. ↑ Rogue Isles: Sharkhead Isle
  181. ↑ Issue 1: Through the Looking Glass
  182. ↑ Issue 2: A Shadow of the Past
  183. ↑ Issue 3: A Council of War
  184. ↑ Issue 4: Colosseum
  185. ↑ Issue 5: Forest of Dread
  186. ↑ Issue 7: Destiny Manifest
  187. ↑ Issue 9: Breakthrough
  188. ↑ Issue 10: Invasion
  189. ↑ Issue 16: Power Spectrum
  190. ↑ Issue 17: Dark Mirror
  191. ↑ Issue 22: Death Incarnate
  192. ↑ Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie
  193. ↑ 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.

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