The Chronicle of the Archive is the Archive’s timeline: the dated events of its entries, arranged by Platonic era and kept in each cosmos’s native calendar. It is written in the voice of Akala, scribe of the Chronicler of the Plata, gathering what the chronicler can no longer dictate.

TypeTimeline
VoiceAkala
CalendarsDR · A.D.A. · AD · AE · AEP
Spanish entryCrónica del Archivo

Each line gives the dating recorded for an entry, followed by the entry. Calendars are not converted into one another.

00 — Primordial Era

Before the record of time.

01 — Age of Empires

Classical and late antiquity.

02 — Age of the Forgotten Realms

Cosmogony of the trunk cosmos; DR calendar.

03 — The Hiatus

The fifteen veiled years.

  • Before the man–demon divergence; emergence documented in the return after the Hiatus — Ardipithecus
  • Apogee a thousand to twelve hundred years ago; fell in the Great Magical Schism; crystallized into ten superposed zodiacal platforms; under the mist of Valakhan since the close of the Hiatus — Ardis Vala — the ten-layered crystal
  • Reborn during the Fifteen-Year Hiatus; active in the present cycle — Arkos
  • Mortal life in the valley before the domain closed; transformed during the Hiatus; active in the present cycle — Bellaca
  • First cycle of the valley; return after the Fifteen-Year Hiatus in the present cycle — Seekers of Ardis Vala
  • First life as Arian; woke in a sarcophagus after centuries; lord of Valakhan during the Hiatus — Caladan
  • Before the Hiatus; continued reappearances — Five Books of Colors
  • Before the Hiatus — member of the Triumvirate; active at the close of the cosmic cycle — The Unnameable
  • Before the Hiatus; continued torture in infernal courts — Kal-el
  • Before the Hiatus — foundation of the Palace of Time / the akashic continuum — Pablo — the Primordial Time Traveler
  • Cross-chronicle; present from the first cycle; consolidated as papal seat after the Hiatus — Palace of the Prism
  • Elevated during the Hiatus; rules the misty domain since the return of the present cycle — Pope Alejandro Sixto (Alexander VI)
  • Formed during the Fifteen-Year Hiatus; extant in the present cycle — Valakhan of the Mist
  • Tradition older than the known count; manifest in Caldero (fall of Pope Borg, c. 1812 AE) and in Ardis Vala (rise of Pope Alejandro Sixto during the Hiatus) — Borg Popes
  • Imperial appointment c. 2980 AEP; held until the fall of Ritornello during the Hiatus — Baron Argus de Ritornello

04 — Age of Crystal

Caldero, Vala, the gem-world.

  • Vala Cristalis — Adad
  • Vala Cristalis — Akitu
  • Vala Cristalis — Anunnaki
  • Ancient chamber beneath Caldero; whispering continuously in the present cycle — Chamber of the Whispering Masks
  • Built in Caldero’s cosmological forging phase, before the known count; nocturnal anomalies in the present cycle — Dark Chapel
  • Founding lineage older than the known count; manifest in Caldero, Ardis Vala and possibly other folds of the extended cosmos — Blue House of Vala
  • Primeval figure older than the known count; central myth of Caldero’s founding — The Goddess of the Deck of Many Things
  • Vala Cristalis — Elohim
  • Vala Cristalis — Enki
  • Vala Cristalis — Enlil
  • Vala Cristalis — Ereshkigal
  • Ancient fortress, older than the known count; active sub-lordship under Caldero in the present cycle — The Malachite Fortress
  • Vala Cristalis — Gilgamesh
  • Vala Cristalis — Ishtar
  • Vala Cristalis — Mammon
  • Vala Cristalis — Marduk
  • Vala Cristalis — Mesopotamia
  • Founding myth of the gem-world; preserved in Mascor Blancarba’s compilation — Myth of the Lovers and the Lunar Serpent
  • Manifest in Caldero’s cosmological forging phase; emergency time jump from the Dark Chapel; lingering echo — Pablo the Chronomancer
  • Primeval river of the gem-world; current with temporal anomalies in the present cycle — River Ucronos
  • Creatures active beneath Caldero; documented in La Jabalina’s operations — Skulk
  • Primeval gem-world — Vala Cristalis
  • Vala Cristalis — Wordbreakers
  • Founded in primeval times; papal theocracy until 1812 AE; magical-industrial revolution since — Star City
  • Primeval weapon borne by the Ancient Giantess; carried out the judgment of Pope Borg in 1812 AE; present state unknown — The Sword of Judgment
  • Primeval deity older than the known count; imprisoned in an underground sanctuary; freed in 1812 AE; vanished after fulfilling her mission — The Ancient Giantess
  • Founding square of Star City; scars of 1812 AE preserved in the present cycle — The Great Obsidian Plaza
  • Preached before 1812 AE; murdered by Pope Borg’s agents; relics active during the Giantess’s liberation — The People’s Martyr-Prophet
  • Magical-industrial firm active since the Magical Industrial Revolution accelerated after 1812 AE — Miles Corp
  • Papal theocracy until its fall in 1812 AE, twelve years before the present cycle — Pope Borg of Caldero
  • Accelerated from 1812 AE after the fall of Pope Borg; ongoing in the present cycle — Magical Industrial Revolution
  • Active in the present cycle (1824 AE); named in Jenya Urikas’s initial summons — Antonio
  • Founding member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Ayrton Auslander
  • Former house of an eccentric wizard whose identity is not preserved; rented by La Jabalina in 1824 AE — The Bastard Cromas
  • Founding member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Belicio
  • Cosmological prophecy active in 1824 AE; ritual operation expected for the next cycle — The Cageewrights
  • 1824 AE — founded in primeval times over the crater of a dormant volcano; active in the present cycle — Caldero
  • Imperial official active in 1824 AE — Captain Skellerang
  • Early noble consolidation of Caldero; active in 1824 AE — House Frame Rhivadi
  • Clandestine faction active in 1824 AE — Company of Laughter
  • Founding member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Foggimer
  • Compilation finished in December 1824 AE during the bard’s documented stay in Caldero — Caldero Gazette
  • Head of the orphanage, active in 1824 AE — Gretchyn Tashykk
  • Orphan boy active in 1824 AE — Jaromir
  • Priestess active in 1824 AE; summoner of La Jabalina — Jenya Urikas
  • Surface locksmith complicit in kidnappings; executed by La Jabalina in 1824 AE — Keygan Ghelve
  • Formed before the Flood Season; active in 1824 AE — La Jabalina
  • Noble active in 1824 AE; sustained clandestine operation in Caldero — Lord Valanthru
  • Member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Lucky
  • Founding member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Lukas
  • Bard active in 1824 AE; compilation written in December 1824 — Mascor Blancarba
  • Primeval myths of the gem-world; compiled by Mascor Blancarba in December 1824 AE — Founding Myths of Caldero
  • Rescued by La Jabalina from the Bazaar of Life; adopted by Lord Valanthru soon after; confined in the Obsidian Tower in 1824 AE — The Child Adopted by Valanthru
  • Charitable foundation older than the present cycle; active in 1824 AE, with more arrivals after the kidnappings — Lantern Street Orphanage
  • Cosmological node active since primeval times; stagnant in Caldero since before the known count (1824 AE) — Platforms of Vala-Ely
  • Of unknown make; found in the locksmith Keygan Ghelve’s workshop during La Jabalina’s first mission (1824 AE) — Eiffel Tower Clock
  • Founding member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Scylla — the Shadow Monk
  • Early building of Caldero’s upper town; priestly seat active in 1824 AE — Temple of St. Cuthbert
  • Yearly seasonal threat; La Jabalina’s mission documented in November 1824 AE — Flood Season
  • Member of La Jabalina; lost his arm on the Path of Drakthar; active in 1824 AE — Teo — the Armless Paladin
  • Noblewoman active in 1824 AE; present at the matinée recorded in Mascor Blancarba’s compilation — Beautiful and Cold Tittiframe
  • Founding member of La Jabalina; active in 1824 AE — Tony Malatesta
  • Built in the middle magical-industrial phase; residence active in 1824 AE — Obsidian Tower
  • Built in Caldero’s high noble phase; seat active in 1824 AE — Twin Towers
  • 1889 A.D.A. — recipient of Benetton’s letters; reappears in Caldero in 1825 AE as Teo’s black steed — Caro Cuore

05 — Templar Age

Constantinople to Tyre, Templar phase.

06 — Age of the Renaissance

Invisible Cities, opening of the crystal.

07 — Age of Revolutions

Les Libertateurs, the passage of Aries.

08 — Belle Époque

The long nineteenth century, spread of the office.

09 — Age of the Apocalypse

The event of 1888–1901 A.D.A.

10 — Sinterra Age

Uchronic Paris, NEO-PARIS, post-dissolution.

11 — Age of the Descent

Ante-Inferno, choral voice, inverted time.

  • From the descent of the Shining Beacon (c. three thousand years ago) to the present cycle — Akala
  • Condemned of the Pit; descent documented until he was stripped of the lantern — Bertrand
  • Greek mythological age; referential reappearance at the openings of the descent — The Curetes
  • The Descent — fourth circle, road to the city of avarice — Distich of Maristo
  • Northern Crown — late 17th century; descent parallel to the rise of the Emissaries — Los Malditos
  • Infernal doctrine in force since the opening of the Ante-Inferno; active in the present cycle — Lost Ones
  • Infernal facet whose chronology is not synchronized with the Aide-de-Camp’s main line; operates in the Ante-Inferno and the deep circles — Maristo the Condemned
  • Plutus of the Inferno — Plutus (Descent)
  • Present cycle of the descent through the Inferno — Suga
  • Guide through the circles of the descent; prior and later identity open and close the arc — Swedenborg
  • Crystal paladin of the Blue House of Vala; Swedenborg’s hidden identity in the Ante-Inferno; mother of Vitalis — Thalia Cristalia
  • Consequences of the sacrifice — After the Apocalypse of 1889
  • New companion after the sacrifice — Planar Traveler
  • Founded c. 1928; active in 1966, during the descent beneath the Malvinas — Majestic
  • 1965 — the Caribbean gate of the southern descent — Flight TC-48
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Grandmother Echegoyen
  • 1966 — after the descent beneath the islands — Dr. Alberto Buscaglia
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Antonio Portet
  • 1966 — Peronist union infighting, prelude to the descent — Armando Cabo
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Archimedes
  • 1966 — Buenos Aires, after the descent beneath the Malvinas — Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Barracas
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Ruined castle and dungeons
  • 1966 — descent beneath the islands — “Ashes and diamonds, passion”
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Citroën 2CV
  • 1966 — Buenos Aires, after the descent beneath the Malvinas — Dr. Lanari
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Dulce Holler
  • 1966 — the political plot around the Malvinas descent — The Million
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Ernesto «el Pupe» Echegoyen
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — The Echegoyen Estancia
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Claromecó Lighthouse
  • 1966 — before and during the descent beneath the Malvinas — Harrington
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas (Operativo Cóndor) — Borda Hospital
  • 1966 — from Operativo Cóndor to the descent beneath the islands — Irene Kowalski
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Jorge Moreno
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — the Barrel
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — The 30-Page Letter
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Laura Echegoyen
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Anael Lodge
  • 1966 — Buenos Aires, after the descent beneath the Malvinas — Sons of Labor Lodge
  • 1966 — descent beneath the South Atlantic islands — The Chthonians
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Propaganda Due
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Malena
  • 1966 — Buenos Aires, after the descent beneath the Malvinas — Malnati
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Mariano Lobos
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — The Deseado Mesocraton
  • 1966–1967 — after the descent beneath the Malvinas — The Totem Coin
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Whalebone Monument
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Mordecai
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Natalya
  • 1966 — after the descent beneath the islands — Néstor Falkowski
  • 1966 — descent beneath the Malvinas — Operation Northern Lighthouse
  • 1966 — during the descent beneath the Malvinas Islands — Dream Pacts
  • 1966 — from Operativo Cóndor to the descent beneath the islands — Ricardo Moretti
  • 1966 — from Operativo Cóndor to the descent beneath the Malvinas — Rómulo Ezzayeche
  • 1966–1967 — after the descent beneath the Malvinas — Shobot
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Top Malo
  • 1966 — Operativo Cóndor and the descent beneath the islands — Uriel
  • 1966 — Peronist union infighting, prelude to the descent beneath the islands — Vandor

12 — Age of the New World

Crown of the North, alternate America.

Calendars

See Platonic Eras of the Archive. Calendars recognized by the chronicle:

  • DR (Dale Reckoning) — calendar of the Forgotten Realms (Torregrises)
  • A.D.A. (Anno Domini Antiterra) — calendar of the twin world
  • AD — Gregorian calendar (Mediterraneum, Templars, Sinterra)
  • AE — calendar of Caldero

The chronicle does not convert between calendars: each cosmos counts its own time.