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Valiant Comics Timeline Introduction

I’m a huge Star Trek fan. I own all the DVD’s, read the books and comics, I even have a Trek tattoo. When I was

a kid I got the Star Trek Chronology by Denise and Michael Okuda for Christmas. Even though most of the information in

that book can now be found online I still prefer my old, beat up, less-a-book-and-more-a-folder-because-the-glue-

couldn’t-hold, copy of the chronology.

Earlier this year I got a copy of the Babylon 5 Chronologies. It’s a fascinating book that has two different

interpretations of the Babylon 5 timeline. Two different people watched the same show and both decided to make a

timeline. On some things the two agreed, and on others they differed, but they were both right because it was they’re

interpretation of what they watched. Even now my copy is becoming less a book and more folder.

As I was reading through it I realized that it was time to do something I had always wanted to do: make a

timeline of the Valiant Comics Universe.

With my wife’s and father’s encouragement I dived in. I re-read all comics, making notes on my computer as I

went along. I arranged my timeline in a similar style to Denise and Michael Okuda’s, whose work I loved so much.

When you see the word conjecture that just means that this event was not given a specific date and its

placement is my best guess. A conjecture note is always followed by an explanation. Some references are based on our

own historical dates unless specifically contradicted by dialogue in a comic. For instance, in the Valiant Universe the

Texas War of Independence started sooner than in our own timeline.

For some issues without a date I used the month the comic was scheduled to ship.

I’d like to thank Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, Steve Massarsky and all the other writers, artists, inkers, letterers,

editors, and executives that made Valiant Comics. I’d like to also acknowledge the work of Seaborn Adamson, a man

whose enthusiasm for Valiant is infectious.

I’d like to thank Greg Holland for editing and hosting this timeline on valiantfans.com.

I’d like to thank Magnus Ramstrom whose work on his own Valiant timeline helped me in organizing my

thoughts for this one.

I’d like to thank Gunter Bouwer for his Shipping Schedule of the Valiant Universe.

I’d like to thank DarkMark for his extremely detailed timeline/issue guide of Magnus Robot Fighter.

I’d like to thank the contributors to The Book of Geomancer at valiantentertainment.com, an invaluable

resource when compiling this timeline.

I’d also like to acknowledge the contributors of Wikipedia, whose work helped me with some of the historical

information. And I’d like to thank my Dad, a history professor, for helping me make sure Wikipedia was right and

correcting them when they were wrong.

And finally I’d like to thank my wonderful wife for putting up with my love for Valiant Comics and helping me

with timeline issues even though I’m sure she really didn’t want to.

I hope you enjoy my interpretation of the Valiant Comics Universe.

Joshua Eves

iwantvaliantcomics

November 2010

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13.75 Billion Solar, the Man of the Atom, creates a time portal in Ladakh, Tibet in the year 1994 to dispose of the

Years Ago necromantic energy known as the Chaos Effect. The energy is sent to the beginning of time, to the big

bang and the creation of the universe. The Lost Land is also created at this time.

(Conjecture: The universe is believed to be approximately 13.75 billion years old.)(Chaos Effect

Omega)

After having a fight with his girlfriend, Gayle Nordheim, in 1995, Solar slips into the time stream to

witness the beginnings of the universe.

(Solar, Man of the Atom #49)

4.5 Billion While travelling the cosmos Solar finds a solar system remarkably similar to Earth’s. He decides to make

Years Ago amends for previous sins and reshape this planet to be a replica of Earth.

(Conjecture: Assumes the solar system he finds is the same age as our own.)(Editor’s Note: For

more information on this new Earth Solar creates go to the Brave New World appendix.)


67 Million Having arrived from the year 1998, Ivar the Timewalker, and the android Prometheus, battle amongst

Years Ago the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period. Ivar escapes and spends the next three months surviving and

waiting for a time arc. When a time arc arrives, Prometheus returns and the two are sucked in together.

They battle each other in the time arc. Prometheus is deposited in the year 2420 B.C. and Ivar goes to

the year 1625.

(Conjecture: The dinosaurs pictured appear to be those found in the Cretaceous era.)

(Timewalker #4)

66 Million Having arrived from the year 1993, Shadowman, a man transformed by voodoo and empowered at

Years Ago night, travels through time for Master Darque, a necromancer, and encounters dinosaurs.

(Conjecture: The dinosaurs pictured appear to be those found in the Cretaceous era.)

(Shadowman #21)

65 Million The Late Cretaceous Period, the time period that saw the end of the dinosaurs.

Years Ago (X-O Manowar #7)

Having arrived from the year 4002, Ivar the Timewalker surveys his new surroundings.

(Magnus Robot Fighter #33)

A seismic event creates the Mediterranean Sea. Ivar barely escapes the tidal wave by catching a time

arc that brings him to the year 1992.

(Timewalker Yearbook #1)

3 Million An alien spaceship crash lands on Earth. The dying alien inside the ship implants his genetic code into a

Years Ago monkey. The genetic code lies dormant within the monkey’s ancestors for millions of years.

(Conjecture: Happened “a few million” years ago.)(The Outcast #1)

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15,000 B.C. The Spider Aliens, a race of aliens that feed on the flesh and blood of other races, discover a semi-

sentient, silicon based life form. They use this life form to begin forging exoskeletal armor.

(Conjecture: “Millennia in the past.”)(X-O Database #1)

8009 B.C. The X-O Manowar armor Shanhara is forged by the Spider Aliens. The Manowar class armor is the

strongest armor developed by the Spider Aliens.

(X-O Manowar #0)

5000 B.C. Beginning of the Neolithic Period, end of the Stone Age.

(Valiant Voice #2)

3500 B.C. Khanit, a nomadic tribesman, is chosen by the Earth to be its first Geomancer. A Geomancer is able to

communicate with inanimate objects, and even with the Earth itself. Khanit is also given a longer

lifespan and limited control over the elements.

(Valiant Voice #2)(Geomancer #8)

3366 B.C. Valurr confronts his father Khanit, whose Geomantic powers have corrupted him.

(Geomancer #7)

Valurr defeats his father after the Earth strips Khanit of his powers. Valurr becomes the next

Geomancer, but unlike his father, he is mortal and has no elemental power.

(Geomancer #8)

3352 B.C. Valurr, the Geomancer, defeats Ulst, a being who wields necromantic power.

(Geomancer #3)

3289 B.C. Jahk’rt, a bio-manipulator from the year 4500, and her ship crash after having travelled through time.

Spider Aliens witness the event and are intrigued. She begins working with them to develop time travel

technology.

(Timewalker #0)(Editor’s Note: The date of 3289 is based on Gilad being born in the year 3141.

Many dates have been given throughout Valiant’s history as to the possible date of Gilad’s birth.

This timeline reflects events in Eternal Warrior #1 and the story “The Formation of the Sect” in

the Archer & Armstrong hardcover.)

3189 B.C. Jahk’rt sends 50 Spider Aliens through a time portal in her quest to master time travel.

(Timewalker #0)

3159 B.C. Jahk’rt sends a Spider Alien ship through a time portal in her quest to master time travel.

(Timewalker #0)

3143 B.C. Vandal, a genetically superior human, and his pregnant wife Triahna escape from Jahk’rt and the Spider

Aliens.

(Timewalker #0)

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Ivar Anni-Padda, the son of Vandal and Triahna, is born.

(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in 3270 B.C.)

3141 B.C. Gilad Anni-Padda, the brother of Ivar, is born.

(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in 3268 B.C.)

3139 B.C. Aram Anni-Padda, also known as Armstrong and the brother of Ivar and Gilad, is born.

(Archer & Armstrong Hardcover – The Formation of the Sect – Birthday Blast) (Editor’s Note:

Valiant Voice #2 places this event in 3266 B.C.)

Timewalker #0 – “Child of Time”

Triahna dies giving birth to Aram. Ivar runs away from their village upset. When he returns to the

village he discovers that it was attacked by Spider Aliens. He cannot find his father or two brothers. Ivar

is captured by a Spider Alien and brought to Jahk’rt.

(Timewalker #0)

3135 B.C. Shepsut, the future wife of Aram, is born.

(Harbinger #9)

3130 B.C. Gilad single-handedly stops invaders from taking over his village.

(Eternal Warrior #1)(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in 3257 B.C.)

3124 B.C. Eternal Warrior #37 – “Childhood’s End, Part 1”

Gilad and Aram’s hunting party are attacked by Spider Aliens. Gilad discovers that he can survive mortal

wounds. After a discussion with Vandal and Aram, Gilad storms off. When he returns to the village he

finds that it has been destroyed by the Spider Aliens.

(Conjecture: Assumes Gilad is 17.)(Editor’s Note: The caption says 3214 B.C.)(Editor’s Note:

Vandal tells Gilad and Aram that he’s not their father, but other issues contradict this. This

timeline ignores this plot point.)

Eternal Warrior #38 – “Childhood’s End, Part 2”

Gilad fights against the Spider Alien Queen and frees his people.

3123 B.C. Aram’s first wife Shepsut gives birth.

(Conjecture: Assumes Aram had his first child when he was 16.)(Harbinger #9)

Kalam, the Son of Gilad, is born.

(Valiant Voice #2)(Conjecture: Assumes the Valiant Voice timeline had the right distance

between years even though it did not always have the right dates. Valiant Voice #2 places this

event in 3250 B.C.)

3100 B.C. Gilad and Aram’s village is destroyed after an attempted raid. They are the only survivors. Aram and

Gilad go their separate ways. Gilad follows the Geomancer and becomes the Fist and Steel of the Earth.

(Eternal Warrior #1)(Eternal Warrior #40)(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in

3219 B.C.)

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3039 B.C. Jahk’rt tells Ivar that he can succeed at being a time traveler because his body can withstand the abuse

of a time arc. Ivar escapes from Jahk’rt and finds a young woman. The two are recaptured by the Spider

Aliens. Ivar escapes again with the girl and steals the tachyon compass, a device that can assist in

navigating through time. After fighting off several Spider Aliens, Ivar and the girl jump into a time arc

and travel to the year 1850.

(Timewalker #0)

3000 B.C. After a long night of heavy drinking Armstrong constructs the monument we now know as Stonehenge.

(Conjecture: Parts of Stonehenge were built as early as ca. 3100 B.C.)(Secrets of the Valiant

Universe #1 – Eternal Warrior)

2589 B.C. Beginning of the 23-year reign of Cheops in Egypt, during which he constructs the Great Pyramid.

(Valiant Voice #2)(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in 2627 B.C.)

2585 B.C. Gilad visits the ruins of his birthplace.

(Eternal Warrior #1)

2576 B.C Armstrong entertains Pharaoh Khufu, known to the Greek as Cheops.

(Conjecture: Sometime during Khufu’s reign.)(Archer & Armstrong Hardcover – The Formation of

the Sect – Birthday Blast)(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in 2614 B.C.)

Gilad visits his brother in Egypt.


2420 B.C. Having arrived from the Cretaceous Period, Prometheus the android ends up in Macedonia where he is

worshipped as a god.

(Timewalker #4)

1370 B.C. June 10 – Ivar and Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile make love on a gondola. Ivar is pulled into a time arc.

(Archer & Armstrong #11)(Editor’s Note: In Timewalker #9 Ivar talks about Nefertiti living in 1423

B.C. In our own history books Nefertiti was born in 1370 B.C.)

1184 B.C. Armstrong is present at the fall of Troy. So is Gilad.

(Shadowman #5)(Eternal Warrior #27)(Conjecture: This date is one of many in which historians

believe the fall of Troy took place.)

642 B.C. Hellion is born in what will later be called Acclamation, Oregon.

(PunX #2)

577 B.C. A group, who later helps found The Sect, begins hunting Armstrong.

(Archer & Armstrong #0)(Editor’s Note: Mahmud said his group has been hunting Armstrong for

2,569 years.)

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490 B.C. A group of middle easterners gathers strength and resources to ascertain who helped Nebuchadnezzar

conquer Jerusalem.

(Archer & Armstrong Hardcover – The Formation of the Sect – Birthday Blast)

481 B.C. A group of middle easterners begins hunting for Armstrong, believing him to be an agent of

Nebuchadnezzar.


400 B.C. The Chinese invent small kite-like hot air balloons and fireworks.

(Vintage Magnus Robot Fighter #4)

326 B.C. Eternal Warrior #23 – “Blind Fate”

Hephaestion, the Geomancer, helps Alexander the Great widen his empire. Gilad opposes him and is

captured. Hephaestion orders Gilad’s eyes be put out with hot pokers.

324 B.C. Hephaestion is killed by the new Geomancer, Khadania.

(Geomancer #4)

Autumn – Gilad is freed from prison. He is still blinded from Hephaestion’s torture. With the help of

Khadania, the new Geomancer, Gilad learns to fight despite his blindness. Gilad eventually regains his

sight.


300 B.C. The City of Dura Europus is founded on the banks of the Euphrates River.

(Timewalker #10)

218 B.C. Armstrong meets Hannibal and shows off his strength by lifting an elephant. Hannibal’s men attack

Armstrong.

(Conjecture: Event is placed the year Hannibal crossed the Alps with 30 war elephants.)(Archer &

Armstrong #0)

210 B.C. Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China dies. He has no heirs, so two cousins, Chin Lee and Huang Lin fight to

be emperor. Huang Lin is supported by Li-Sung, who is the Geomancer. Chin Lee is supported by

General Cheng, who is the first incarnation of the Immortal Enemy. Gilad kills Chin Lee and captures

Cheng. He brings Cheng to Huang Lin, who offers him leniency, but Cheng commits suicide.

(Eternal Warrior #4)(Valiant Voice #2)

73 B.C. Gilad walks the Appian Way, witnessing the crucifixion of thousands of slaves lead by Spartacus.


54 B.C. Julius Caesar conquers the Britons.

(Timewalker #1)

50 B.C. Armstrong meets Cleopatra, queen of Egypt.

(Conjecture: At some point during Cleopatra’s reign.)(Archer & Armstrong #25)

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35 B.C. Crescendo, a queen of a Middle Eastern country, is attacked and her kingdom is destroyed by a group of

Visigoths seeking plunder. They take Crescendo as spoils of war.

(Conjecture: After Cleopatra becomes pharaoh of Egypt, but before the Roman invasion of

Egypt.)(X-O Manowar #47)

12 B.C. Gandhyrras, the Geomancer, enlists Gilad to kill Tvashtar, a leader of a dangerous cult. Gilad uses the

Bagh-Nakh knife, a knife that captures the soul, to kill him.


10 B.C. Armstrong leaves his wife Kiraz and five kids to avoid Roman centurions.


7 B.C. A Spider Alien ship crash lands on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. There are no survivors.


32 Judas, upset with himself for betraying Jesus returns the thirty pieces of silver he earned for turning him

in to the Council of Elders. The Council of Elders uses the money to buy farm land from a potter. The

Geomancer, Jared Sahin, tells Gilad to witness the death of Jesus. The potter who sold his land asks

Gilad to become his bodyguard but Gilad refuses.

(Conjecture: Assumes Jesus died in the year 32.)(Eternal Warrior #17)

The potter catches up with Gilad as he exits Jerusalem. He asks Gilad to be his bodyguard again. Gilad

refuses and leaves the potter. The potter is attacked by bandits and the thirty pieces of silver are stolen.


41 Armstrong meets Upati-A-Hsu, who helps him escape from Spartans.


48 The Sect, a multi-theosophic group that believes Armstrong is a demon and needs to be exterminated, is

formed.


60 Ivar, the Timewalker, arrives in Britain and poses as a Roman Legionary. He rescues a Celtic girl from

Roman soldiers and then enters a time arc to 1941.

(Conjecture: Ivar suggests that he is in Britain at a time of revolt against the Romans. This event

is placed the year Boudica lead her revolt.)(Timewalker #1)

79 Archer & Armstrong Hardcover – “The Formation of the Sect – Birthday Blast”

August 23 – Armstrong, celebrating his birthday in Pompeii, is confronted by members of The Sect.

Partygoers help drive members of The Sect back.

August 24 – Mt. Vesuvius erupts. The Sect blames the eruption on Armstrong.

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Gilad kills the latest incarnation of the Immortal Enemy in Abu Simbel, Egypt. He was made aware of her

activities in that area by the Geomancer.


137 Ivar the Timewalker arrives in Dura Europus for a second time. He writes himself instructions on a wall

in English. He meets Ismene, a pickpocket and tells her about his first trip to Dura Europus 123 years in

the future.

(Timewalker #10)

With Ismene’s help, Ivar plants a bomb along one of the outer walls of Dura Europus. He rigs the bomb

to go off in 123 years. He gives Ismene a bracelet with English inscribed on the inside. The bracelet has

more instructions for Ivar’s past self to be read in the future.

(Timewalker #11)

260 Timewalker #10 – “The Last God of Dura Europus”

Ivar the Timewalker arrives in Dura Europus, a city now under Roman control. The people of Dura

Europus, who saw him appear through a time arc, believe him to be a god. The Roman occupiers

believe he is a spy. While fleeing the Romans he meets Adria. She helps him escape from Roman

soldiers. While on the run with Adria, Ivar sees some graffiti in 20th century English telling him to keep

the girl with him. He knows that only he could have written that message. He tries to escape over the

city walls but finds the Persian army on the other side, poised for attack.

Timewalker #11 – “The Last God of Dura Europus, Part 2”

Ivar joins the Romans in their fight against the Persians. As the city falls Ivar is able to help Adria to

safety through the back of the city after a bomb Ivar planted in his future goes off.

300 Gilad Anni-Padda fights alongside Tiberious Theodopolous. When Tiberious dies Gilad gives his widow

his helmet.

(Conjecture: The helmet looked to be from this time period.)(Eternal Warrior #3)

380 Gilad meets Virgilia, a roman woman, and they become lovers.


387 Aric Dacia, a Visigoth, is born.

(X-O Manowar #0)(X-O Manowar Hardcover)(Editor’s Note: Valiant Voice #2 places this event in

385.)

395 Alaric I becomes king of the Visigoths.

(X-O Database #1)

Stilicho, the Commander and Chief of the Roman military, and Alaric fight against each other for the first

of many times.

(X-O Manowar Yearbook #1)

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399 August 13 – Romans kill Aric Dacia’s mother and father. Out of anger Aric kills his first Roman.

(X-O Manowar #0)(X-O Manowar #13)

406 Romans kidnap Deidre from the Isle of Brittany.

(X-O Manowar #0)

408 Aric Dacia saves Deidre from Romans who are going to kill her.

(X-O Manowar #0)

Aric Dacia and Deidre wed.

(X-O Manowar #0)

Stilicho captures Zenoba, the Geomancer. Gilad helps Stilicho discover where the Visigoths

encampment is for the release of Zenoba. Romans attack the Visigoths and Deidre, who is pregnant,

miscarries. Aric learns that Gilad is responsible for the Romans knowing where their camp was and

vows revenge.


Aric Dacia fights Gilad and believes him to be killed. Gilad recovers from his injuries and swears

vengeance.

(Secrets of the Valiant Universe #1 – X-O Manowar)(X-O Manowar Yearbook #1)

August 22 - Stilicho is killed after Honorious, the Roman Emperor, orders he be executed for his

obsession with the Visigoths.


November – Aric Dacia is abducted by Spider Aliens.

(X-O Manowar #0)

X-O Manowar #9 – “Homecoming, Part 1 – Besieged”

December 10 – Aric returns from the Lost Land after the events in Unity. He ends up in Rome just weeks

after he was abducted by Spider Aliens. He shows his Uncle Alaric his new armor and pledges allegiance

to him in the fight against the Romans. He is then reunited with Deidre.

(Editor’s Note: For more information on the Lost Land and Unity see the Lost Land appendix.)

December 11 – Aric impresses his Uncle by single-handedly defeating an entire legion of Roman

soldiers.

December 14 – Alaric and Deidre both fear Aric’s power. Aric leaves his Uncle’s camp.

December 21 – Sarus, a leader in the Roman Empire and Alaric meet to discuss how to get rid of Aric.

December 24 – The Romans and Visigoths hope to trap Aric. They use Deidre as bait. Aric fights against

the Romans and the Visigoths but in the battle trying to save her, Deidre dies.

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December 29 – Aric rests against a tree and contemplates his future.

409 January 1 – Aric, using the weaponry of his armor, buries himself alive.

(X-O Manowar #9)

410 Alaric I leads the Sack of Rome.

(X-O Database #1)(X-O Manowar Yearbook #1)

During the sack of Rome Gilad attempts to rescue his lover Virgilia but he is too late.


430 A statue is made in Rome of a woman holding a mask. The statue will eventually end up in Gilad’s

private collection.


452 Gilad, protecting a pass in the Alps, fights against the forces of Atilla the Hun. Atilla asks Gilad to join

him and show him another way through the Alps. Gilad agrees.


500 Incans in South America begin chewing coca leaves.

(Conjecture – Dr. Aguilla says the Incans have been doing this for thousands of years.

Archaeology suggests that the chewing of coca leaves began in the 6th century.)(Turok Dinosaur

Hunter #28)

537 Gilad, assuming the identity of Arthur Pendragon, fights against his son Mordred at the battle of Camlan.

Mordred is killed and Gilad is greatly wounded. The Geomancer Nimue, also known as the Lady of the

Lake, takes Gilad to Avalon to heal. She tells Gilad to give up the identity of Arthur so that his legend will

go on.


Merlin enters a gateway into the Lost Land.

(Conjecture: After the events in Eternal Warrior #31.)(Turok Dinosaur Hunter #25)

680 Mayan manuscripts are found that have the “coming at you through the wall” trope found in 20th

century comics.

(PunX #2)

700 Ivar visits his brothers Gilad and Aram.

(Archer & Armstrong/Eternal Warrior #8)(Editor’s Note: Armstrong says he hasn’t seen him for

961 years but this seems to be another of Armstrong’s exaggerations.)

793 Gilad defends the Celts along the Northumbrian Coast from religious invaders.

(Eternal Warrior Yearbook#1)

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970 Gilad hunts down Cardinal Plaegius, the latest incarnation of the Immortal Enemy in Rome, Italy.


992 Gilad and Aram get into a brawl with one another.


1066 King Harold II leads his men against the Normans at Senlac Hill in Hastings. During the battle Harold is

snatched though time and deposited to 1992.

(Archer & Armstrong #10)(Archer & Armstrong #11)

1132 Gilad travels to Ladakh and visits Tashi Khatun, the Geomancer. He prophesizes that Gilad will return to

Ladakh one day for the book of Geomancers, a book that Khatun will one day author.


1141 Tashi Khatun begins writing the Book of Geomancers.

(Conjecture: Khatun says he’s been writing it for “over fifty years.”)(Eternal Warrior #9)

1180 Gilad returns to Ladakh. While there Tashi Khatun attempts to create a Tulpa, a necromantic double of

himself to train his successor. Khatun loses control during the ritual and the Tulpa is created from his

vanity. Gilad fights the Tulpa and it disappears.

(Eternal Warrior: Fist and Steel #1)

Gilad and Khatun witness the rite of Chod, a ritual that can be used to stop the Tulpa.

(Eternal Warrior: Fist and Steel #2)

1190 Gilad and Armstrong aide Richard I, the King of England, in the Crusades.

(Archer & Armstrong #24)

1191 Richard I’s brother John sits on the throne in England. His Sheriff drains the country of taxes. Lokinbar,

a young knight and the nephew of the Arch-Bishop, is trained in archery by Robin Hood.


Archer & Armstrong #25 – “The Root of the Problem, Part 1, or What I did to Infuriate the Sect”

June – Gilad and Armstrong are tasked with looking after Lokinbar during the Crusades. The three get

involved in a barroom brawl and are scolded for their bad behavior by Richard I. Gilad discovers a

catapult that Phillip II of France plans to use against Saladin, the leader of the Islamic opposition.

Eternal Warrior #25 – “The Root of the Problem, Part 2”

June – Lokinbar is sent to visit Lady Phoebe, who is guarded by the Knights Templar. Phoebe is thought

to be chaste and virginal, but she is actually a spy for Phillip II. Phoebe attempts to seduce Lokinbar but

he denies her advances. After hearing about Phoebe, Armstrong goes to her camp. They couple and

she is impregnated.

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November – The Knights Templar discover that Phoebe is pregnant and search for Armstrong. When

the Knights Templar find him, he discovers that the fastest way to escape from them is Phillip II’s

catapult. He launches himself into a Mosque in the city of Acre that was built by Saladin’s father-in-law.

The Knights Templar swear to hunt Armstrong down. Saladin swears to get revenge on Richard I for

destroying the mosque, and Phillip II is upset because his plans to defeat Richard I are ruined.

1192 Gilad enlists the aid of a man named Ali for a trek through the Himalayas to Ladakh.


Gilad encounters the latest incarnation of the Immortal Enemy at Mangyur and defeats him. Gilad

continues his voyage to Ladakh. Tashi Khatun dies after completing the Book of Geomancers.

(Geomancer #1)(Editor’s Note: During this time period the Immortal Enemy appears to be in two

places at once; see 1194. Perhaps the spirit of the Immortal Enemy escapes and inhabits another

body.)

Gilad arrives in Ladakh shortly after the death of Tashi Khatun. He retrieves the Book of Geomancers.


1194 Gilad hunts down the Immortal Enemy in England and kills him. The Immortal Enemy is reincarnated in

Africa.

(Editor’s Note: The dialogue seems to suggest that the Immortal Enemy is the Sheriff of

Nottingham. One of the men thought a basis for the Sherriff, William de Wendenal, disappeared

in 1194 after losing his office. This time period fits the best with this timeline. The dialogue also

suggests that Gilad is Robin Hood, but we know this isn’t true because Lokinbar would have

recognized him 3 years earlier.)(Eternal Warrior #29)

1197 Gilad travels to Japan in search of the next Geomancer. He meets Kozo Tokimasa and begins training

him.


1219 Gilad hunts down the Immortal Enemy in Africa. The Immortal Enemy has learned the power of

necromancy. Gilad kills him and the Immortal Enemy is again reincarnated.

(Conjecture: Assumes the Immortal Enemy is 25 in his new body.)(Eternal Warrior #29)

1250 Gilad kills the Countess Bettina Olavashky in Transylvania. The Countess was killing children and bathing

in their blood thinking it would keep her young.

(Conjecture: The mid 1200’s.)(Eternal Warrior #39)

1320 Gilad and Sahbel spar in Greece. Sahbel is training to become the next Geomancer under the tutelage of

the current Geomancer Arani.


Gilad, with the help of the new Geomancer, Sahbel, fights the Baron Darkuul in Transylvania.

(Secret Weapons #6)

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1348 The bubonic plague, also known as the black plague, spreads across Europe. The Spider Aliens are

responsible.

(Turok Dinosaur Hunter #18)(Editor’s Note: Date is historical.)

1350 Gilad and the Geomancer Sahbel destroy a cave that was used to create necromantic spells.


1359 Gilad comes before the Pope Innocent VI demanding that the White Company, a group of mercenaries

in the employ of the Vatican, get paid for their work. After much persuasion the Pope agrees.

(Eternal Warrior Yearbook #1)

1360 Cadmus, a Pilgrim, leads a group of plague victims to a church in Canterbury, England where they will be

granted sanctuary. Cadmus and his followers die beneath Canterbury Cathedral.

(Ninjak #11)(Ninjak #12)

1363 Gilad begins hunting down Malloch, a sorcerer who has gained power by finding Judas’ cursed thirty

pieces of silver. Gilad fights against Malloch’s followers.

(Conjecture: Gilad says he was plagued by Malloch “for a hundred years.”)(Eternal Warrior #25)

1429 May 8 - Joan of Arc, the Geomancer, leads the siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years War. Gilad

fights by her side.

(Geomancer #5)

1431 Joan of Arc, the Geomancer, is captured by the English. Gilad attempts to rescue her but she refuses to

be helped, knowing that her death would make her a martyr to the French. She is burned at the stake.

(Geomancer #5)

1453 Gilad tracks down the sorcerer Malloch to Northern Ireland. Gilad is unable to stop Malloch.


1463 Gilad defeats Malloch by killing him in a fire.

(Conjecture: Gilad says it was “years” later.)(Eternal Warrior #19)(Eternal Warrior #25)

1497 Gilad is captured by Father Sebastian during the Spanish Inquisition. He is tried, and found guilty of

selling his soul to the devil and is sentenced to death by being burned at the stake. Gilad escapes.


1498 Ivar the Timewalker travels to York, England where he is attacked by a knight. Ivar catches a time arc to

1998. The knight follows him and is killed in the time arc.

(Timewalker #9)

1500 Construction begins on a Chateau twenty miles from Angouleme, France.

(Conjecture: Contains architecture from the last “five centuries.”)(Archer & Armstrong #7)

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1519 Leonardo da Vinci dies in France. Gilad is present during his final hours.


1593 Late May – Gilad is attacked by the Immortal Enemy, known in this life as Hiermonio, while with his

friend Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is killed and the Immortal Enemy escapes.


1595 The Sarn and the Virlyat people of Groznia begin a bitter blood feud.

(Conjecture: Starn Mulak says there has been “centuries” of fighting.)(Eternal Warrior #41)

1625 Having arrived from the Cretaceous Period, Ivar the Timewalker, stands side by side with d’Artagnan

against Cardinal Richelieu. Ivar catches a time arc back to the year 1998.

(Timewalker #4)

1644 Ivar, the Timewalker, studies swordsmanship under Cyrano de Bergerac.

(Conjecture: Some point during Cyrano’s life.)(Timewalker #1)

1650 A Sioux Indian girl, the latest incarnation of the Immortal Enemy, murders the chief of her tribe. Her

legs are cut off and her lips sewn shut.

(Conjecture: No date was given for this event.)(Eternal Warrior #4)

1654 Henri VII is imprisoned in the Bastille.

(Conjecture: Henri said he had been in the Bastille “for year upon countless years.” Event is

placed to coincide with Louis XIV coronation.)(Archer & Armstrong/Eternal Warrior #8)

1661 Archer & Armstrong/Eternal Warrior #8 – “The Musketeers!”

December 21 – Ilysee, under the instruction of Gilad, beds d’Artagnan and then convinces him to help

her rescue a man from the late Cardinal Richelieu’s Bastille. Duchess Angelique D’terre, the Geomancer,

steals a ring from King Louis XIV.

December 22 – Aram, Gilad, Ivar and d’Artagnan, also known as the Musketeers, rescue the man in the

iron mask from the Bastille. It is Henri VII, the twin brother of Louis XIV, and the true heir to the throne.

December 23 – Gilad expresses doubts with the Geomancer about their plans to help Henri retake the

throne. Henri forces himself on Ilysee.

(Editor’s Note: The date says 1659, but it is still 1661.)

December 24 – Louis the XIV, who had been injured by a hawk the day before, has a Christmas Gala at

the Royal Palace. Henri, who is about to take the throne, does not have the same injury, so Ilysee

scratches his face. Henri kills Ilysee. Gilad kills Henri. Louis XIV, the lesser of two evils is returned to the

throne.

December 25 – Ivar confronts Gilad about his misjudgments with Henri. They end up getting into a bar-

room brawl. Aram intervenes and knocks Gilad unconscious.

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1670 Ivar, the Timewalker, studies swordsmanship with d’Artagnan for a second time.

(Conjecture: Ivar says he studied with him when he was young and “when he was old.”)

(Timewalker #1)

1689 Gilad participates in the Glorious Revolution helping William III attain the English crown. For his deeds

Gilad is made the Duke of Wynthorp. During the revolution Gilad fights Victor II, the latest incarnation

of the Immortal Enemy.


1692 A stained-glass window in the upper levels of the Sistine Chapel is built.

(Conjecture: Mahmud says it “was centuries old.”)(Archer & Armstrong #4)

November – Annabella Hawthorn is found guilty of practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Prudence, the man who conducted the trials is abducted by Spider Aliens.

(Secret Weapons #7)

1695 Gilad fights Victor II, the Immortal Enemy, and kills him. Gilad’s bride Abigail has a baby which is the

Immortal Enemy reincarnated. Abigal, knowing that Gilad and the Geomancer wish to kill her child,

gives the baby to Mona, her servant, to raise.


The Zwolle Colony is destroyed by a spaceship that crash lands on it.

(Conjecture: Late 1600’s.)(PunX #1)

1714 The Immortal Enemy rises to power as a pirate known as Captain Corbin.


1716 Eternal Warrior Yearbook #2

Gilad hunts down and kills Captain Corbin, the Immortal Enemy.

1718 Gilad kills a man posing as Blackbeard.


1720 Jahk’rt creates a holding cell that she hopes to imprison Ivar the Timewalker in someday.

(Timewalker #9)

With the help of the Geomancer, Gilad tracks down the real Blackbeard and kills him.


1750 The Place of Many Alike, a religious order that trains twins and triplets to become assassins, is founded.

(Conjecture: “Founded centuries ago.”)(Bloodshot #47)

1752 Esau Vestment kills the French pirate who captured him in Gijon, Spain, and takes the name Captain

Red.

(Turok Dinosaur Hunter #13)

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1754 After ransacking the Northern Sea, Captain Red sails to America to hide his treasure. There, in a cave, he

gets transported into the Lost Land.


1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.

(Timewalker #14)

1768 Mozart stops listening to the music of Bach.

(Timewalker #14)

1775 General Richard Montgomery leads an attack on Quebec City and dies. Gilad Anni-Padda fights beside

Montgomery in the battle.


1776 Nathan Hale gives a speech before being hung by the British Redcoats.

(Archer & Armstrong #2)

1777 Gilad, leading a band of pirates in the Caribbean, attacks a British ship with Lady Samson on board.

Samson is a spy smuggling money to be used against the American Colonies.


1779 The Shawnee Indian city of Chillicothe is destroyed. The Shawnee begin hiding their vast silver fortune

in the Lost Land.


1781 Timewalker #14 – “Abduction from the Harem”

Having traveled from the year 1995, Ivar the Timewalker meets Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a Brothel

in Vienna, Austria. After the encounter Ivar travels back to the year 1995.

1783 June – The Montgolfier Brothers make a huge bag of paper and linen filled with hot air and send it

skyward. This is the first hot air balloon.


November – The first manned flight in a hot air balloon takes place.


1789 A set of dueling pistols are made for the Nolans, a British military family.

(Timewalker #2)

1791 September 30 – Gilad attends the premiere of Mozart’s The Magic Flute in Vienna.


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1793 Karamchand, from Calcutta, India, dies and is reincarnated into a bull named Shiva’s Child. The bull

exhibits strong necromantic abilities, including the ability to project an image of Karamchand.

(The Second Life of Doctor Mirage #4)

1799 Ivar, the Timewalker, studies swordsmanship under Scaramouche.

(Conjecture: Since Scaramouche is a fictional character this event is placed during the French

Revolution when the book, Scaramouche, is set.)(Timewalker #1)

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