-Notes-
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Last Updated: July 16th, 2018 (Chapter Twelve)- Timeline updated.
Timeline
1150:
+The language of Old Shroom is slowly replaced by Middle Shroom (itself later replaced by Modern Shroom).
1544:
+The Opisthokont Empire is founded. Slavery is one of the core institutions of the empire.
1830:
+The Mushroom Kingdom is founded after it splits off from the disintegrating Opisthokont Empire.
1840:
+Remnants of the Opisthokont Empire collate into the Koopa Kingdom and the tiny Sprixie Confederation.
1927:
+Elvin Gadd is born.
1966:
+Bowser Koopa is born.
+Mario and Luigi are born.
+("Yoshi's Island" takes place.)
1967:
+Peach Toadstool is born.
1968:
+Toadbert is born.
+The Shroobs invade the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time.
+Princess Peach from 1994 travels back in time (for unknown reasons) and is kidnapped by the Shroobs. Mario & Luigi travel back in time to save her, and end up ending the First Shroob War.
+The young Bowser Koopa sees the time traveling Peach, beginning his infatuation with her.
+(Most of "Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time" takes place.)
1976:
+Ludwig Koopa is born.
1977:
+Lemmy Koopa is born.
1979:
+Iggy Koopa is born.
1980:
+Wendy Koopa is born.
1981:
+Morton Koopa Jr. is born.
1983:
+Bowser Koopa Jr. is born.
1984:
+Bowser meets Princess Peach for the first time as an adult. After she rejects him, he decides to kidnap her.
1985:
+Mario saves Princess Peach from Bowser for the first time.
+("Super Mario Bros." takes place.)
1986:
+Bowser organizes an outdoor gathering to celebrate his second kidnapping of Princess Peach. Wendy and Lemmy are cruelly bullied, but afterwards share a special bond, with Lemmy promising to protect Wendy "forever".
+("New Super Mario Bros." takes place.)
1989:
+("Paper Mario" takes place.)
1990:
+The koopalings fight against the Mario Bros. for the first time. Wendy Koopa is fierce and confident, but being ten-years-old, gets thrashed.
+("Super Mario Bros.3" takes place.)
1991:
+In Dinosaur Land the koopalings fight against the Brothers again, this time without enthusiasm. Wendy, scared, turns to Lemmy for help. They both decide to no longer fight against the Brothers, giving up early in their battles.
+Luigi treats Wendy somewhat gently in Dinosaur Land, and she begins to develop feelings for him.
+("Super Mario World" takes place.)
1992:
+The witch Cackletta comes from the Beanbean Kingdom to the Mushroom Kingdom and steals Princess Peach's voice. This kicks off a series of events that for the koopalings results in crippling injuries that last for the next year. Wendy nearly dies and goes into a coma for a few months. She comes out a different person- apparently finding religion, along with a deeper interest in Luigi.
+("Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga" takes place.)
+Later that year Bowser invades Mushroom Castle and takes over for two weeks. He's beaten and kicked out again anyway.
+("Super Mario 64" takes place.)
1993:
+("Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door" takes place.)
1994:
+Peach, Toadbert, and Toadiko travel back in time to the First Shroob War in 1968, using Gadd's time machine. They are unable to change the events of the past, and have to be rescued by Mario & Luigi.
+(Part of "Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time" takes place.)
+Rosalina, piloting the Comet Observatory, returns to the Blue Planet from the far reaches of space. Bowser captures the starship, and leads an attack against the Mushroom Kingdom. The ensuing incident leads to a number of bad secrets coming out, and Rosalina finishes the affair by erasing the memories of it from everyone on the Blue Planet. This includes Luigi and Rosalina's love-!
+("Super Mario Galaxy" takes place.)
1995:
+Mario and Peach are married, making them King and Queen of the Mushroom Kingdom.
+Sola and Lumen Toadstool, fraternal twins, are born to Peach.
+Toadbert visits Gadd at his remote mountain lab for the first time.
1996:
+Gadd finishes the first nuclear missile, the V1. He demonstrates it to Mario and Peach.
+The Mushroom Council decides to fund the continued development of nuclear weapons.
1997:
+Bitter about life, Toadbert leaves the Mushroom Council.
1998:
+Toadbert is taken on by Gadd as his assistant. Toadbert begins to learn the secrets to making nuclear weapons.
1999:
+The Koopa Kingdom gets hold of the V3 blueprints. They begin making their own nuclear bombs.
2000:
+Elvin Gadd sets up a mansion of ghosts composed from Luigi's unconscious in order to purge the man of his fears, and to obtain spiritual energy for his Drum.
+("Luigi's Mansion" takes place.)
+Bowser kidnaps Peach for the last time, along with the young Sola and Lumen. He threatens to nuke the Mushroom Kingdom if Mario comes to save them. Mario, in a fit of mindless drive, calls the bluff and saves Peach and the children, permanently scarring Bowser's face in the process. The Mushroom Kingdom announces they were nuke the Koopa Kingdom if Peach is ever kidnapped again- a threat taken seriously.
+Toadbert and Gadd are both suspected of having sold the nuclear secrets to the Koopa Kingdom. They are both released after a short time.
+Elvin Gadd passes away, days after completing the design for the V5 rocket. Before doing so, he tells Toadbert about the Drum.
2001:
+Nuclear launch sites begin to be placed along both sides of the Mushroom/Koopa border.
2002:
+Sola Toadstool loses a ring of vision in her left eye by the hand of an underground criminal- paying some "debt" her brother had accrued. The loss of vision remains a secret within Mushroom Castle for many years.
2003:
+Inspired by his sister's bravery, and the representative reflection in a movie, Lumen Toadstool is inspired to pursue true art in the creation of film.
2004:
+Luigi disappears. He has been picked up by Rosalina's Observatory, returning again to the Blue Planet. Rosalina tells Luigi about the incident ten years ago, and Luigi meets his daughter Asteria. He will not be seen again on the Blue Planet for three years.
+The Second Shroob War begins in the Mushroom Kingdom with a renewed invasion. It will last until 2006. (Is there a relation between Rosalina's return and the shroobs...?)
+The Beanbean Revolution begins originally when the people of the Beanbean Kingdom demand democracy. The monarchy is quickly slaughtered, and the kingdom becomes a boiling pot of competing factions.
+The Koopa Kingdom's War of Succession begins. It will last until 2005. Within the first month Bowser Jr. kills Morton Jr., Ludwig kills Bowser Jr., and Lemmy kills Ludwig.
+Two other wars erupt.
+Wendy Koopa, fleeing to the Koopa Kingdom's western mountains, takes refuge in religion.
2005:
+The Koopa Kingdom's War of Succession ends after Lemmy convinces the captured Larry to join his side and kill Iggy. Roy was already killed by Iggy, which leaves Lemmy, Wendy, and Larry as the survivors of the War. Lemmy becomes sole heir to the Koopa throne, defending Wendy and Larry's lives against Bowser.
2006:
+The Second Shroob War ends after the Mushroom Kingdom decides to nuke the largest battle of the campaign, killing millions of Shroobs. The surviving aliens vanish.
+Lemmy Koopa, as prince and heir to the Koopa throne, makes an order to some servants which he wishes to keep secret from his father, King Bowser.
+By this time, the world stands in competition between two hegemonies organized around the superpowers: one lead by the Mushroom Kingdom, and one by the Koopa Kingdom. In order to attract more allies the Koopa Kingdom becomes an increasingly capitalist nation, while the Mushroom Kingdom remains mercantile.
2007:
+On New Year's, Doopliss is forced to swallow a strange bean that gives him hallucinations.
+The Mushroom Kingdom claims a damaged Shroob starship found out in the World Ocean, and begins constructing a great nuclear research lab/warship atop it. This becomes the formidable Buoy Base.
+Luigi is found wandering in a forest near Mushroom Castle, carrying his baby daughter, Celeste. (He had been forcefully teleported from the Observatory by Rosalina, who was departing into deep space again with Asteria...)
+Sola and Lumen's nurse passes away. After the funeral, Yoshi and Toad discuss Lumen, as do Mario and Peach.
+Toadbert completes the V7 Rocket.
+?Someone, in the midst of tears, plots nuclear war.?
2008:
+The END conference, designed to bring about disarmament between the two superpowers, ends up doing very little. Participants: Mushroom Kingdom, Koopa Kingdom, Sarasaland, Subcon, Beanbean.
2010:
+Wendy digs deeply into religion, studying various esoteric texts. After some time she begins to give "lectures" to other scholars and common people, lectures that become increasingly inflamed.
2012:
+Lumen's self-exile ends when he goes into the outside world, in pursuit of "art".
2013:
+The Sprixie Kingdom declares alleigance to the Koopa Kingdom, kicking off a series of events leading to a proxy war between the Mushroom and Koopa Kingdoms where they back different forces within the Sprixie Kingdom- the Blue Sprixies for the Koopa Kingdom, and the Red Sprixies for the Mushroom Kingdom.
+A secret room is found deep in the Mushroom Castle dungeons by Lumen: a circular library with a pipe leading down into darkness in the center. Toadbert investigates, but finds the place extremely off-putting, with a resonance similar to the Drum.
+Lumen meets Kali.
+Lumen meets Doopliss.
2014:
+February 14th: Sola hosts her first Ball. She meets Rho.
+February 22nd: Mario is told by a witch-doctor that his strange aches are an omen- he "won't be here for the New Year". She vanishes without further explanation.
+April 11th: Sola hosts her third Ball, meets Rho again.
+April 24th: Wendy is told about a radio by one of her followers- and of the strange frequencies it was picking up.
+May 15th: Wendy begins fierce study of the radio and its noises, cancelling her remaining lectures. She becomes convinced they are of spiritual significance.
+July 4th: Sola's fifth Ball, Rho appears.
+August 1st: Sola's sixth Ball, Rho appears.
+September 5th: Sola's seventh Ball, Rho appears.
+October 31st: Sola's eighth Ball. Rho does not appear again, until December 11th.
+November 22nd: Lumen, Kali, and Doopliss take a life-changing "trip".
+November 23rd: Wendy and a follower depart for the source of the radio's noise- in the ancient Valley of the Lilies. The source is within a cave, where Something eats the follower. (...)
+November 29th: Lemmy visits Bowser, who asks for Lemmy to have children. Afterwards Lemmy gets a strange envelope in the mail with small slips of paper (Doopliss's drug) inside. Later that day, Wendy kills Bowser. Lemmy is crowned King of the Koopa Kingdom. He goes to find Wendy.
+November 30th: Lumen, Kali, and Doopliss hang out. Lumen reveals he sent the rest of Doopliss's drugs to Lemmy. Lumen later has an awkward, painful conversation with his father, Mario.
+December 11th: Sola confronts Lumen on his drug use, attempts to explain the international situation to him- the Beanbean Republic is the growing threat to both the Mushroom Kingdom and Koopa Kingdom.
+December 11th: The last Ball of the year. Rho appears again, says goodbye to Sola, and escapes the castle. He displays supernatural powers.
+December 12th: Celeste tells Luigi that she has made contact with her mother Rosalina, who is returning to the Blue Planet.
+December 12th: Lumen, Kali, and Doopliss trip for the second time. Lumen has sex with Kali. Encounters Saynt Zero. He is broken.
+December 13th: Mario has a heart attack and falls into a coma.
+December 14th: The END3 Conference takes place, with Peach representing the Mushroom Kingdom. No progress on any fronts.
+December 16th: Toadbert decides to move his work to Buoy Base. His work, including the perfected V8 Rocket ("Nuclear Phantasy") is moved out over the next week.
+December 17th: Peach declares Sola the new queen of the Mushroom Kingdom, officially effective on the New Year. Peach then disappears.
+December 24th: Christmas Eve- the day that Toadbert plans to leave the mountain base, armed only with the ballerina and the Drum. He is attacked by three shy guy assassins. They successfully kill him, but one (Agent Orange) is killed by Toadbert's use of the Drum, and another sustains a heavy wound. The surviving assassins retrieve the Drum and something else (...?)
+December 30th: Luigi and Celeste sail for Buoy Base, to attempt communication with Rosalina.
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