A/N: Just to give you guys an insight as to how much I put into my fics- my lack of posting to my current stories isn't just me procrastinating or real life being hectic- here is the timeline for my OTHER Harry Potter/Mass Effect X-Over fic called Magic Effect (Working Title). Where Potter Effect (Working Title) detailed a Harry Potter clone helping Commander Juliet Shepard through the events of Mass Effect 2 & 3, along with Harry fighting alongside Aria when Cerberus invades Omega, Magic Effect (Working Title) is about an unaging, immortal Harry Potter as he makes his way through Mass Effect society as friends constantly age and die around him, while he himself remains unchanged. How and when he joins Alexander Shepard on his mission to stop the Reapers from wiping out all advanced civilizations is still undecided as of yet.
This timeline is a mix-up of the Mass Effect, Harry Potter and real world timelines.
Was it necessary to write such an elaborate timeline? No, not really. I had originally started out the timeline in the late 20th Century, going from Harry's birth year on, but I quickly became curious to see how and when various events played out alongside each other. Needless to say, it's actually pretty interesting to see the timelines merged together. It's one thing to know that the other species in Mass Effect were travelling the stars while humanity was still finding it's way through the Medieval Era, it's another to actually see it.
Pairings for Harry are, for the most part, undecided- though definitely no Harry/Shepard this time around as I don't write slash fics. Harry/Ashley Williams is also unlikely for reasons established in the timeline. That being said, Harry was almost 200 years old before most of the series' main characters were even born, so while possible, it is highly unlikely that Harry's eventual pairing will be human.
Magic Effect (Working Title): Timeline
Warnings: Spoilers for Harry Potter through Deathly Hallows, non-Epilogue compliant. A/U. Ron/Hermione. Spoilers for various Mass Effect Comics/Graphic Novels.
382 BCE:
Ollivander's, a shop for selling fine wands opens, location unknown, as neither London nor Diagon Alley had not been established at this time.
200 BCE- 1 CE:
The volus, for establishing the Unified Banking Act, are the first species to be granted admission to the Citadel as an Associate Species of the Citadel and granted an embassy, rather than being granted Membership status and a seat on the Citadel Council.
First Contact with the batarians, elcor, hanar and quarians is established. Each are then granted an embassy in approx. a century.
1 CE:
A citadel expedition force, after opening a dormant Mass Relay, encounter an insectiod species called the rachni. The newly discovered rachni prove hostile. Due to the Council's inability to be able to negotiate peace with the rachni queens, The Rachni Wars begin.
80 CE:
The Rachni Wars continue.
The salarians, one of two Member Species of the Citadel, along with the asari, at this time, discover and technologically uplift the war torn krogan and enlist them to fight in the Rachni Wars. Able to survive the harsh conditions of the rachni homeworlds, the krogan begin to systematically eradicate rachni nests and queens.
Approx. 121 CE:
The Roman city of Londinium is founded on the Isle of Briton.
300 CE:
The rachni are declared extinct. For their contribution in the Rachni Wars, the krogan are granted a new homeworld. Free of the harsh conditions of their original homeworld, Tuchanka, the krogan go through an unprecedented population explosion.
Approx. 462 CE:
Merlin Emrys, or Myrddin Ambrosius, acclaimed to be the greatest and most famous wielder of magic of all time, is born- beginning one of the most revered and romanticized legends in human history.
Before 500 CE:
Arthur and Morgana (also known as Morgan Le Fay) Pendragon are born. Arthur would go on to become one of the greatest kings of legend in human lore, while Morgana would become widely known as one of the greatest and most terrible witches of all time. Her skills as a healer and seer, and her animosity towards her half-brother, Arthur, are legendary.
Morgana is also one of the earliest magi in recorded history capable of the animagus transformation- her form, a raven.
Approx. 520- 530 CE:
Arthur receives the legendary Excalibur, also known as Caledfwlch, from the Lady of the Lake after shattering the Sword in the Stone in battle. Due to conflicting records of both the magical and non-magical peoples of Earth, the precise date is unknown.
Approx. 537 CE:
The Battle of Camlann takes place. Though Arthurian forces are victorious, both Arthur Pendragon and Mordred fall in battle, bringing an end to Arthurian rule. Arthur is laid to rest at Avalon, his sword, Excalibur, is returned to the Lady of the Lake.
Merlin, after leading the remaining Knights of the Round Table on a quest for the Holy Grail, fades into obscurity after establishing the Order of Merlin.
605-610 CE:
China builds the Grand Canal
693 CE:
The Citadel Office of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance (Spectres), a covert organization with no legal restrictions, is founded due to growing concerns about unchecked krogan colonization.
Beelo Gurji, a member of the Salarian Special Tasks Group (STG), is the first to be appointed into this newly established branch of the Citadel.
700 CE:
Krogan Warlords begin unlawful annexing of colony planets from other races. When the Council demanded Overlord Kredak to begin an immediate withdrawal of the asari colony world Lusia, he refused and dared them to "take their planets back" before attacking them. As a result, the Citadel Council deployed the Spectres to begin a series of preemptive strikes against the krogan, beginning the Krogan Rebellions, a conflict that would last several decades. The existence of the Spectres is made known to the galaxy at large and they quickly become known as "the left hand of the Council" and "elite operatives above the rank and file".
First contact with the turians is established and they are persuaded to join Citadel forces in the Krogan Rebellions. In retaliation of the initial turian offensive, krogans launch Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) upon many turian colony worlds, rendering three uninhabitable. Instead of breaking turian morale, their forces are galvanized by the atrocities committed by the krogan.
Turians across the galaxy vow to end the Krogan Threat once and for all.
710 CE:
Knowing the krogan will never stop their offensive so long as they are able to replenish their numbers as rapidly as they do, the Turian Hierarchy launch a bio-weapon engineered by the Salarian Union called the genophage on the krogan.
The krogan population begins to decline.
800 CE:
The Krogan Rebellions officially end, though krogan insurgency actions still continue for decades.
Turians fill the military and peace keeping niche left by the decimated krogan in the aftermath.
The Citadel Conventions, which expressly forbids the use of WMDs on planets capable of habitation, especially garden-type worlds such as Thessia, Surkesh, and Earth, are signed.
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor of the West.
900 CE
The turians are granted Membership Status and a seat on the Citadel Council in recognition for their service in the Krogan Rebellions.
Approx. 933- 963
Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin are born. Records of where and when are uncertain and many conflict. Scholars believe that Helga, the youngest of the four Hogwarts founders, was a minimum of thirty years of age when they built their school of magical learning in northern Wales.
Approx. 993 CE
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is founded by four of the greatest witches and wizards of the age, due mostly to the growing tensions between magical and non-magical people.
The separation of magical and non-magical society begins around this time.
Not long after, Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Durmstrange Institute are established in France and Eastern Europe respectively.
Early 1000's CE:
Due to conflicts in opinion about magical children born to non-magical parents, tensions between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin become violent. After the resulting duel, Slytherin was banished from Hogwarts, but not before he built the Chamber of Secrets and vowed to one day "cleanse" the school of those unworthy of practicing magic.
Gertie Keddel observes a new game played on broomsticks played by locals living near Queerditch Marsh, involving a leather ball and two heavy rocks used to knock players off their brooms. This game, initially called "Queerditch" and then "Kwidditch" would eventually evolve into modern day Quidditch.
Queerditch Marsh, the birthplace of Quidditch, has since been made unplottable, though hardcore fans still make pilgrimages there in homage of their favorite sport.
Gertie Keddel's diary depicting the account is kept at the Museum of Quidditch in London.
Approx. 1001 CE
Chinese perfect gunpowder.
1040 CE:
Macbeth becomes King of Scots.
1189 CE:
Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) becomes King of England.
1210 CE:
Genghis Khan invades China
1215 CE:
The Magna Carta is signed by King John of England.
1269 CE:
Barberus Bragge, Chief of the Wizard's Council, releases a golden snidget during a Quidditch game, offering 150 galleons to whomever catches it. The concept became so popular amongst Quidditch fans that the position of "Hunter", whose job was to catch a golden snidget, was created.
1294 CE:
The Triwizard Tournament, an inter-school competition between Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrange, is established.
Early 1300's CE:
The Golden Snitch is created and substitutes the use of a Golden Snidget in Quidditch Matches due to the snidget being driven to near extinction and becoming a protected species.
Approx. 1326 CE:
Nicholas Flamel, Father of Alchemy, was born.
1346- 1353 CE
The Black Plague sweeps across Europe. Small resurgences of the "Black Death" still plague Europe for approx. the next 50 years.
1492 CE:
October 31- Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington is beheaded (nearly).
Approx. 1500 CE:
Daisy Dodderidge establishes the Leaky Cauldron as a gateway between Diagon Alley and the non-magical world.
1600 CE:
The earliest sightings of The Collectors are reported in the Terminus Systems, however they are written off as myths by those living in Citadel Space.
St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies is founded.
Quidditch is introduced to New Zealand and North America, the latter of which breeds anti-wizard sentiment amongst the population.
1692 CE:
A summit of the ICW, with delegations of goblins, centaurs, and merpeople about magical creatures takes place in a span of seven weeks. The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy is put into effect, separating magical and non-magical society.
Early 1700's CE:
The Ministry of Magic in England is established. Many countries quickly establish their own Ministries.
Quidditch is introduced to Austrialia.
Quadpot is created by American Wizard Abraham Peasegood.
1709 CE:
Dragon breeding is outlawed.
1844 CE:
Albus Dumbledore, considered by many as the "Greatest Headmaster in Hogwarts' History" is born. He is the first known wizard to have had all three of the legendary Deathly Hallows in his possession (though not all at once). He is also the only one of Nicolas Flamel's apprentices to outlive the creator of the Philosopher's Stone- the pinnacle of Alchemical Skill which has yet to be recreated.
1880 CE:
Aria T'Loak arrives on Omega and becomes a top enforcer to the Krogan Warlord residing there.
1895 CE:
The geth, a machine race created by the quarians, become self-aware.
Quarians panic and begin to dismantle the newly awakened geth, who retaliate. The resulting conflict, known as the Morning War to the geth, sees the quarians forced from their home and colony worlds to become space faring nomads aboard the Migrant Fleet.
Despite fears to the contrary, the geth isolate themselves behind the Perseus Veil.
As punishment for the geth, the quarians lose their embassy on the Citadel, their membership as an Associate Species revoked.
1926 CE:
December 31- Tom Marvolo Riddle, who would later become the Dark Lord Voldemort, is born.
1945 CE
Albus Dumbledore defeats former friend and lover Gellert Grindlewald, becoming master of the Elder Wand.
June- Tom Marvolo Riddle graduates from Hogwarts and applies for and is denied the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) Professor for the first time by Armando Dippet.
October 24- The United Nations (UN) is established.
1947 CE:
Tom Marvolo Riddle disappears.
1956 CE:
Albus Dumbledore becomes Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
1957 CE:
Tom Marvolo Riddle resurfaces amidst rumors of a rising Dark Lord and reapplies for the position of DADA Professor of Hogwarts and is once again denied, this time by Albus Dumbledore. In retaliation, Tom Marvolo Riddle places a curse on the position.
For over half a century, no one person fills that post for more than a year.
1959 CE:
James Potter and Lily Evans, parents of Harry Potter, are born.
1961 CE:
Yuri Gagarin, aboard the Vostok 1, becomes the first human to travel to space. Humanity becomes a space faring race.
1967 CE:
Remus Lupin, biological father of Theodore "Teddy" Lupin, is bitten by Fenrir Greyback and turned into a Werewolf.
1969 CE:
With darkness looming on the horizon, many young couples hurriedly elope right out of Hogwarts. Amongst these young couples hurrying to start a family are Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett.
July 20- Apollo 11 lands on Luna. Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on an astronomical object other than Earth.
1970 CE:
Lord Voldemort rises to power. His ascent is marked by strange disappearances.
1971 CE:
The Whomping Willow is planted at Hogwarts,
The Marauders (James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Remus Lupin), Severus Snape and Lily Evans start at Hogwarts
James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew discover Remus Lupin's lycanthropy and start to become animagi to help their friend- forging a bond of brotherhood that eventually ends in tragedy and betrayal.
1979 CE:
Albus Dumbledore interviews Sybil Trelawney, granddaughter of famous seer Cassandra Trelawney for the position of Divination Professor. Though initially unimpressed, Dumbledore hires her after she gives a true prophecy detailing the fall of the Dark Lord Voldemort.
1980 CE:
Aria T'Loak assumes control of Omega after defeating the Krogan Warlord in single combat. She mockingly bestows upon him the title of "Patriarch" and uses him as a living reminder of all who would think to cross her.
July 31- Harry Potter, the only known survivor of the "Killing Curse" and the "Greatest Wizard of the Modern Era" is born.
1981 CE:
October 31- Voldemort defeated at Godric's Hallow after murdering James and Lily Potter. Harry Potter is declared the "Boy Who Lived".
1991- 1997 CE:
Harry Potter attends Hogwarts, becomes Hogwarts' youngest seeker in a century, defeats a Mountain Troll, rediscovers the Chamber of Secrets, conjured a corporeal Patronus, becomes Tri-Wizard Champion, forcibly reveals the return of Lord Voldemort, and witnessed the Death of Albus Dumbledore at the hands of Severus Snape.
1994 CE:
Tri-Wizard Tournament is reestablished and held at Hogwarts, despite the fact that as per tradition, the competition should have been held at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. Despite there only supposed to be three competitors, four were selected by the Goblet of Fire: Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons, Viktor Krum of Durmstrange, and Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter for Hogwarts.
1995 CE:
June 24- Voldemort kidnaps Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter during the third task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, resulting in the death of Diggory and forcing Potter to be used as a component in a resurrection ritual. Despite overwhelming odds, Potter escapes with his life and Diggory's body.
The Ministry of Magic denies the return of Voldemort, Cedric Diggory's death labeled as a "tragic accident" and the press begins slandering Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter.
1996 CE:
After a running battle through the Department of Mysteries between Death Eaters, The Order of the Phoenix and select members (later known as the "Ministry Six" by fellow students) of Dumbledore's Army (a DADA study group put together by Hermione Granger and ran by Harry Potter), resulting in the death of Sirius Black and culminating in a confrontation between Dumbledore and Voldemort within the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic, The Wizarding World at large is forced to accept the truth they'd been denying for a year.
1997 CE:
June- Albus Dumbledore is killed at the hands of Severus Snape during the First Battle of Hogwarts, a skirmish between a small group of Death Eaters, the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry Six within the walls of Hogwarts. This is the first major battle within Hogwarts since Gryffindor dueled Slytherin more than a millennium prior.
September 1- Harry Potter does not return to Hogwarts.
1998 CE:
April- Theodore "Teddy" Lupin, son of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks, is born.
May 2- Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort in the Second Battle of Hogwarts once and for all. He becomes the second Wizard confirmed to have had all three Deathly Hallows in his possession and retains possession of the Cloak of Invisibility, and is rumored to still possess both the Elder Wand and the Resurrection Stone. Those rumors remain unsubstantiated for over a century until Potter openly uses the Elder Wand once more in defense of humanity.
1999 CE:
May 2- Victoire Weasley, eldest daughter of William "Bill" Weasley and Fleur Delacour is born.
2000 CE:
The drell make first contact with the hanar. Due to the drell homeworld Rakhana rapidly failing, the hanar over the span of a decade, evacuate 375,000 drell to their own homeworld of Kahje. The remaining 11 billion drell gradually perish fighting over the few precious resources left on the planet.
2001 CE:
September 11- the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings are destroyed by a terrorist attack.
2008 CE:
Harry Potter named youngest Head Auror in the British Department of Magical Law Enforcement (DMLE) history.
August 1- The other two-thirds of the "Golden Trio", Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger get married.
2011 CE:
Harry Potter declines promotion to become Director of the DMLE. Instead, he is reassigned to an International Task Force sanctioned by the ICW and charged with fighting Dark Lords worldwide. Despite concerns and advice from friends and family, he refuses to retrieve the Elder Wand from the final resting place of Albus Dumbledore.
2015 CE:
March 30- The International Task Force, during an intense firefight in Bolivia, unwittingly reveals the Wizarding World to Muggles all around the world.
The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy is rendered obsolete.
Panic, riots and civil unrest flare up around the world. World governments, magical and non-magical are quick to respond.
April 29- Reintegration begins.
Due to 2015 being a Quidditch World Cup year, Quidditch introduced to non-magicals, aids Reintegration by bringing muggles and magicals closer together.
August 21- Scotland vs Brazil is the first World Quidditch Cup Finals match to be aired around the world on live Muggle Television.
2019 CE:
July 1- Teddy Lupin and Victoire Weasley get married.
2020 CE:
Reintegration officially "complete". Though problems still persist in some areas of the world.
Efforts are made world-wide to adapt magic and technology.
Harry Potter retires from public life.
2022 CE:
December 25- Harold "Harry" Lupin, son of Teddy Lupin and Victoire Weasley is born.
2026 CE:
June 16: Japanese broom manufacturing company, The Crane and Turtle Broom Company, releases the Albatross, the first broom that allows non-magicals to fly. Similar brooms from Nimbus, Comet and other companies give rise to debates of letting non-magicals and even non-humans the right to play professional Quidditch.
2035 CE:
Non-magicals and non-humans gain the right to play professional level Quidditch. The New York Muggles is founded and is not only the first team to have non-magicals play, but is also the first non-magical only team.
2069 CE:
July 20- Armstrong Outpost at Shackleton Crater is formally founded as the first colony on Luna on the 100th anniversary of the first Lunar Landing. Notable appearances by celebrities include Harry Potter, who is officially the first magical human to walk on an astronomical object other than Earth. Moruzb Madstone, a goblin, is the first magical being, having preceded Potter disembarking the ship they arrived on.
2077 CE:
Liara T'Soni is born.
2079 CE:
September 19- Hermione Weasley (Granger) celebrates her 100th birthday.
2080 CE:
March 1 & July 31- Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter celebrate their 100th birthdays, respectively.
2083 CE:
February 25- Hermione Weasley (Granger) dies
March 4- Ronald Weasley dies.
2103 CE:
The European Space Agency's Lowell City in Eos Chasma becomes the first permanent human settlement on Mars. Harry Lupin is elected the first governor of the colony. He is the first magical head of state presiding over a non-Earth governmental body. During his tenure, he founds the Lupin Institute of Magical Learning, the first non-Earth Magical School and aids in establishing Gringotts, Mars, the first banking (magical or muggle) branch not located on Earth.
2125 CE:
The yahg, an intelligent pre-space flight species, are discovered on the planet Parnack. After they kill the Citadel Council's envoys, Parnack is listed as a quarantined planted. The Shadow Broker, however, acquires a yahg into his service who comes to be known as "Operative Kelchu". It isn't long before Kelchu kills the Shadow Broker and assumes the role himself.
2134- 2146 CE:
Steven Hackett, David Anderson, Kahlee Sanders and Thane Krios are born.
2143 CE:
Construction of Gagarin Station (Jump Zero) begins.
2147- 2149 CE:
Trace amounts of Element Zero (Eezo) is found on Mars. Prothean ruins in the Promethei Planum are discovered, mass effect technology discovered. Adaptation of magic/technology, which has been stalled for decades, begins anew as mass effect technology works just fine in magic intense areas.
Charon, Pluto's moon, is found to be a Mass Relay encased in ice. Once activated, Jon Grissom and Nrogus Madstone, son of Morzub Madstone lead a team through the Mass Relay, discovering the Mass Relay Network.
The Terran Systems Alliance is established, chartered by the 39 largest nations on Earth, both magical and non-magical. Goblins are the only non-human race interested in intergalactic travel and works towards standardizing currency between Alliance countries.
2150 CE:
Miranda Lawson is born.
The Alliance begins surveying planets outside the Sol System for colonization. Terra Nova is amongst these planets.
2151 CE:
Construction begins for a space station in the Arcturas System.
An accident at Singapore International Spaceport exposes hundreds to dust form Eezo. 30% of all children born suffer from cancerous growths. After his mother was exposed, Kaiden Alenko is born later that year with biotic potential.
Panic amongst magical populations as the names of children on a number of magical school registries disappear for no explainable reason.
2152 CE:
Colonies developed on the planets Demeter, Eden Prime, Terra Nova and Gringotts.
Thane Krios is submitted to training as an assassin under the hanar.
2154 CE:
April 11- Alexander Shepard is born.
2155 CE:
Saren Arterius is promoted to active service in the turian military at the age of 16.
Jeff "Joker" Moreau is born.
2156 CE:
Arcturas Station is formerly inaugurated.
The Harry Potter Academy of Sorcery is founded on the planet Elysium. This is the first school of magic established outside of the Sol System.
A small number of human children exposed to eezo in utero exhibit minor telekinetic abilities. Further studies indicate these same children, before exposure to eezo, had magical potential.
Kai Leng is born.
2157 CE:
Jacob Taylor is born.
David Anderson graduates Officer Candidate School (OCS) as a Second Lieutenant.
Humanity makes violent first contact with another spacefaring race- the turians.
The First Contact War (known to the turians as the Relay 314 Incident) begins. Orbital defenses around the human colony world of Shanxi are quickly overwhelmed. However, ground forces fare much better during the intial stages of the invasion due to the combined efforts of both the magical and non-magical populous. Civilian casualties low due to mass evacuations into goblin tunnels.
Harry Potter, age 177, believed to be long dead, resurfaces in defense of Shanxi, wielding the infamous Elder Wand, showing all around him why the "Wand of Destiny" is also called the "Deathstick" in legends.
Magical and Kinetic Barriers hold against orbital bombardment, much to turian shock and dismay. Ground troops take to destroying everything insight as human and goblin guerrilla tactics decimate the turian's superiority in numbers. General Williams and Harry Potter are able to hold out for two weeks when the Second Fleet, under Admiral Kastanie Drescher arrives with reinforcements and forcibly eject the turians from Shanxi.
During the invasion, human mercenary Jack Harper, with the aid of Saren Arterius, stop a plot by Saren's brother, Desolas Arterius involving an ancient alien relic known as Arca Monolith.
The Turian Fleet mobilizes for total war, which is not unnoticed by the rest of the galaxy. The Citadel Council intervenes. Harry Potter is amongst the delegates sent to the Citadel to begin peace talks between the Citadel Council and the Terran Systems Alliance. The Citadel races are in shock and awe that multiple sapient species originate from a single planet of origin, a phenomenon unheard of in the rest of the galaxy.
Jack Harper publishes a manifesto calling for a "Cerberus" to guard humanity from alien attack. The Alliance derides this manifest as "survivalist rhetoric" written by an "Illusive Man".
2158 CE:
Humanity learns the potential of biotics.
April 14: Ashley Williams is born.
2159 CE:
Saren Arterius is inducted into the Spectres.
2160 CE:
The Terran Systems Alliance Parliament is formed.
The Biotic Acclimation and Temperance Training (BAaT) program, more colloquially known as "Brain Camp" is established at Jump Zero.
The biotic drug "red sand" is first used.
The Blue Suns mercenary group are founded by Zaeed Massani and Vido Santiago.
Kasumi Goto is born.
2165 CE:
The Terran Systems Alliance is granted an embassy on the Citadel after only 8 years of joining the greater galactic community. Both Goblins and Humans appoint an ambassador, sparking further controversy as Earth is the only planet with two diplomatic representatives. All other sapient species of Earth are listed as a client race of either Humanity (centaurs, veela and mer-people) or Goblin-kind (dwarves and gnomes).
Differences in opinions about the Blue Suns hiring batarians between Massani and Santiago result in Santiago betraying Massani and wiping Massani's involvement within the Blue Suns from all records.