UK Timeline
2021 Events
- December: Ravens in the Tower of London start to die or vanish, reducing their number from twelve to seven.
- November: Unseelie forces sow unrest in advance of claiming their seasonal dominion, spreading discord through the four great Tuatha cities of the Otherworld.
- August:
- Badb, the third aspect of the Morrigan, goes mad. Macha and Nemain plot to kill and replace her.
- Arawn expands his dominion over France after capturing the Paris Catacombs from the Greek god of death, Thanatos.
- Doctor Strange negotiates a deal with Arawn after Thor, Brunnhilde, Lady Death, and other heroes thwarted Thanatos.
- June: Eclipso corrupts Etrigan, forcing him to steal Excalibur from the Tuatha-blessed pool in Cornwall where the sword rests. Several heroes, led by Batman, repulse demons and force Etrigan back to Hell.
- May:
- The Siege Perilous vanishes again.
- Felix Faust evades capture when attempting to seal the Siege Perilous from London, halted by the Scarlet Witch, Doctor Fate, Batman, and Lady Death.
- Batman recruits Jason Blood and other arcane allies to fight against Eclipso.
- March: Meggan Puceanu (Gloriana) and John Constantine (Hellblazer) refound the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
2020 Events
- John Constantine and Chas Chandler relocate unofficially to New York.
- The Justice League prevent Fing Fang Foom from obliterating the East End of London.
Game History
This period covers from the 18th century to 2019, before the game opened.
- 2019:
- John Constantine wins the House of Mystery from Doctor Occult.
- Lara Croft begins her renowned archaeological career.
- 2018:
- Meggan Puceanu vanishes during an anti-Roxxon protest after a duke of Hell captures her.
- Kurt Wagner, Meggan Puceanu, Kitty Pryde, Amanda Sefton, and others come together to form the premier superhero team of the UK: Excalibur.
- The UK government disbands Black Air.
- 2017: Brian Braddock becomes the current Captain Britain.
- 2016: Barbara-Ann Minerva, a British socialite and archaeologist, creates a stir with her BBC television show and investigations into ancient Amazon society.
- 2015: Vision relocates to London for the next five years under the secret identity of “Victor Shade,” a climate activist.
- 2013: Pete Wisdom joins Black Air, a paranormal black-ops intelligence department later found to be corrupted and working against the UK.
- 2007: T’Challa, king of Wakanda, studies incognito at Oxford University.
- 1999: John Constantine becomes the current Laughing Magician.
- 1979: Hellboy briefly wields Excalibur in defense of London against an incursion of Unseelie fae.
- 1960: MI-13 formed to serve in a similar capacity to WAND in SHIELD, handling supernatural and occult matters within the UK and wider European continent.
- 1952: The League dissolves.
- 1945:
- The UK promotes refugee resettlement on Genosha in the Indian Ocean. The island nation quickly attains independence and becomes a lawless outpost.
- Morgan Le Fay attempts to control Doom’s Gate in Themyscira, a bid for power that fails.
- 1942: Jacqueline Falsworth adopts the mantle Spitfire and serves in the Justice Defenders during World War Two.
- 1940: The U.S. and U.K. found the top-secret Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR), a forerunner of SHIELD, to counteract Red Skull and HYDRA’s operations in Europe. Peggy Carter is seconded to the SSR.
- 1914: Morgan Le Fay joins the Harbingers, a supervillain team focused on advancing human evolution.
- 1913: Inhumans settled across the UK vanish, relocating to Attilan in the Himalayas.
- 1900: James Falsworth serves the Crown as Union Jack until the 1950s.
- 1901: Nathaniel Essex revived Apocalypse, and with Martian allies, attacked Britain. The League and time-displaced heroes defeated them both.
- 1899: The League places safeguards around Apocalypse, keeping him in stasis in London.
- 1898: Facing a wave of vampire attacks from Vlad Drakul (Dracula), Wilhelmina Murray founds the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Allan Quartermain, Henry Jekyll, Prince Dakkar, and Rodney Skinner.
- 1874: Members of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen slay Dracula in Romania.
- 1872: Nathaniel Essex, the mutant Mr. Sinister, starts genetic experiments after meeting Apocalypse. Essex relocates to New York in 1882.
- 1838: 104 people die in London when Richard Swift becomes the Shade.
- 1750: The Hellfire Club begins operation in London.
Ancient History
- 1460: Lord Thomas Mallick joins the secret society of HYDRA, assuring Great Britain’s pre-eminence in the society.
- 1189: The mutant Exodus serves Eobar Garrington, the Black Knight. Later, he fails to slay the Black Knight and claim the Ebon Blade at Apocalypse’s command.
- 647: Merlyn creates the Captain Britain Corps to protect Britain. Galahad becomes the first Captain Britain.
- 646: The Tuatha de Danaan receive Excalibur until a hero arises to wield it again.
- 645: Chthon’s efforts to use the Darkhold to invade the Earth fail by the combined effort of Merlyn, the Knights of the Round, and Etrigan bound to Jason Blood.
- 615: Using the Star Stone, Merlyn forges four items and Percival of Scandia receives the Ebony Sword, a cursed item.
- 600: Arthur receives Excalibur from Merlyn.
- 580: The age of Camelot begins with the birth of Arthur Pendragon to the demigoddess Igraine.
Prehistory
- The Tuatha de Danaan (gods of Britain and Ireland) populate the Otherworld, especially Tir-na-Nog.
- 38,000 BCE: Morgan le Fay betrays Merlyn in battle and assumes temporary rulership over the Otherworld. Repopulation by the fae creates the realm of Avalon connected to the Otherworld.
- 39,000 BCE: Morgana of Atlantis (later Morgan le Fay) organize the fae into the Unseelie and Seelie Courts to guard the Otherworld.
- 41,000 BCE: Merlyn and the Vishanti (gods of magic) forge the Otherworld, and Merlyn binds half his life-force to the Otherworld to prevent Nullspace from poisoning reality.
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OOC Faction Information
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| Staff Contact
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Chaucer
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| Player Contact
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Meggan Puceanu
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IC Grid Information
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| Main Location
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London
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| Affiliated Locations
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Otherworld
Fae Realms
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| Additional Locations
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The Empire Club (NYC expat club)
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Active Factions
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: A clandestine organization that hunts down preternatural relics and dangers, often with a focus on monsters, headed by Meggan Puceanu and John Constantine.
- JL Dark: A street-level group dealing with occult-related threats, headed by John Constantine.
- Mystic Arts: British magicians and mystics are affiliated within the general community.
Background Factions
- Excalibur: The premiere superhero team based in Britain was founded in 2018, and reconvene when called to act by the British government. Excalibur is a public-facing group similar to the Avengers or Justice League. Several of its members belong to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or the X-Men.
- MI-13: Part of the official UK government's spy agencies, MI-13 deals almost exclusively with clandestine supernatural threats in the UK, its offshore waters, and occasionally Ireland.
Open Heroes
There are many UK-based heroes from multiple comics. These choices represent but a few options available on the +roster.
- Blade
- Brian Braddock (Captain Britain)
- Dane Whitman (Black Knight)
- Faiza Hussain (Excalibur)T
- Jacqueline Falsworth (Spitfire)
- Nimue Inwudu (Madame Xanadu)
- Moira McTaggert
- Pete Wisdom (Wisdom)
- Richard Swift (The Shade)
- Sir Justin (Shining Knight)
- Cullen Bloodstone
- Elsa Bloodstone
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