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[[File:FFXV timeline canon.jpg|thumb|250px|Recent history timeline at a glance]]
This '''timeline''' lists the events that transpire in ''[[Final Fantasy XV]]''. It follows the A.E./M.E. [[Calendar system|dating system]]: A.E. stands for "Ancient Era," while M.E. stands for "Modern Era."<ref name="lifestream">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://thelifestream.net/final-fantasy-xv-lore/final-fantasy-xv-ultimania-scenario-side-translations/| page name = Final Fantasy XV Ultimania Scenario Side translations| site url = https://thelifestream.net| site name = The Lifestream| access time = 03:37, February 19, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref> Some of the timeline is detailed in the ''Final Fantasy XV Ultimania''.

Likely because of the game's [[day and night cycle]] and the freedom to spend time doing quests, the game events do not have a specific calendar. Some dates are mentioned in imperial logs

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==Timeline==
===Origin===
*The world of [[Eos (Final Fantasy XV)|Eos]] comes into existence. Estimates place its age at around 4.5 billion years.<!--Episode Ardyn; Chapter 2-->
*The earliest humans appear. Remains of them are later discovered in the Piztala region, part of the known world's second continent which would come to host the empire of [[Niflheim]].<!--Episode Ardyn; Chapter 2-->

===A.E.===
*The [[Astral]]s descend from an unknown higher plane to settle in different regions of Eos. They come to be known and worshiped as protector gods by the human population. They are sworn to protect Eos and all its denizens, even from each other. The largest and oldest living creature known to man, [[Adamantoise (Final Fantasy XV)|adamantoise]], is also said to have been born at the dawn of time itself.
[[File:Ifrit-Shiva-Illustration-FFXV.png|thumb|Ifrit and Shiva.]]
*Humans are created in the image of the Astrals and the god of fire [[Ifrit (Final Fantasy XV)|Ifrit]] grants them knowledge of fire. The goddess of ice [[Shiva (Final Fantasy XV)|Shiva's]] heart is warmed by Ifrit's benevolence, and she falls in love with him. Though initially callous toward humanity, Shiva becomes compassionate toward them due to Ifrit's influence.
*The nation of [[Solheim]] rules over the lands of Eos during an era of peace and prosperity when all six Astral gods look over Eos together. Solheim excels in machine technology like [[Airship (term)|airships]] and [[Magitek Armor|magitek armor]].<ref name="media2">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://medium.com/@mgarsf/final-fantasy-xv-scenario-ultimania-translation-project-history-of-eos-910f3d0c7c89| page name = Final Fantasy XV Scenario Ultimania Translation Project — History of Eos| site url = https://medium.com/@mgarsf| site name = Medium| access time = 16:41, April 27, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref>
*Ifrit is betrayed by Solheim. According to some accounts, he was the nation's king. This leads to the [[War of the Astrals]] where the land is torn asunder. Ifrit fights the other Astrals and is killed, his body laid to rest at the [[Rock of Ravatogh]].
*The Astrals, bar the war god [[Bahamut (Final Fantasy XV)|Bahamut]], fall into slumber. Titan rests in [[Disc of Cauthess]], [[Ramuh (Final Fantasy XV)|Ramuh]] in [[Angelgard]], [[Leviathan (Final Fantasy XV)|Leviathan]] in Celluna Cascades in what would become [[Altissia]], and Shiva in [[Ghorovas Rift]]. In time, Astrals become known as legendary beings said to be sleeping in wait for the fated time when the world is shrouded in darkness.
*Solheim is destroyed.

====2000 years ago====
*Disease spreads and many are dying. The Starscourge mutates people and animals into [[Daemon (Final Fantasy XV)|daemons]], monsters that thrive in darkness that hunt humans. Daemons release [[Miasma (term)|miasma]] that blocks sunlight.
*Bahamut devises a way to rid the world of Starscourge by granting special powers to mortal bloodlines. The [[Kings of Lucis|Lucis Caelum family]] would become the kings of Lucis, able to wield the powers of light to destroy Starscourge and daemons.
*Bahamut picks the first [[Oracle (Final Fantasy XV)|Oracle]] from the Nox Fleuret family, [[Aera Mirus Fleuret]], who gains the power to commune with the Astrals (and presumably the power to hold the Starscourge at bay). Bahamut is said to have bestowed the [[Trident of the Oracle]] to her. The Oracle communicates with the gods via [[Messenger]]s, there said to be 24 of them.
[[File:Ardyn-Izunia-Crucified-FFXV.png|thumb|Ardyn Izunia.]]
*The 33-year-old<ref>{{Refvideo| page url = https://youtu.be/OaApHnC8gOU| page name = FINAL FANTASY XV EPISODE ARDYN PROLOGUE Q&A| user url = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSuIHSbDFH6Enz3AXeUHaA| user name = FINAL FANTASY XV| site url = http://www.youtube.com/| site name = YouTube| timestamp = 7:52| screenshot = File:Ardyns birthday FFXV Episode Ardyn Prologue QA.png| access time = 02:00, February 18, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref> [[Ardyn Izunia|Ardyn Lucis Caelum]] works as a healer, absorbing daemons into himself to save people, and his body becomes corrupted. Though he is told the Oracle identified him as the [[Crystal (Final Fantasy XV)|Crystal's]] Chosen King, the Stone denies his ascension, and Ardyn's younger brother, [[Somnus Lucis Caelum]], takes the throne. Somnus demonizes Ardyn, and the latter refers to him as a "jealous future king, not yet chosen by the Crystal". Somnus accidentally kills Aera when fighting Ardyn.
*The Oracle and Somnus are said to have joined forces and traveled the world{{cite|FFXV|The rule of yore statue in Insomnia: ''A noble king, chosen defender of the sacred Stone and Ring, and founder of the nation known to us now as the Kingdom of Lucis. Dubbed 'the Mystic' for his mesmerizing feats on the field of battle, he joined hands with the Oracle to travel the world and dispel the darkness that plagued our star.}} to forge covenants with the Astrals.{{cite|FFXV|Cosmogony "The Covenant": ''The earliest accounts of covenants are found in ancient times dating back to the time of the Cosmogony, some two millennia ago. According to such tomes, the rites are a means by which the Oracle summoned forth the gods, that she might make the will of mortals known to the divine.''}} The trials by which the Astrals test Somnus lay waste to entire cities.{{cite|FFXV|Cosmogony "The Revelation": ''Trials by which the Six grant their blessing at first mentioned in the ancient tomes dating back to the Cosmogony, some two millennia ago. Revelations left great devastation in their wake, with entire cities being laid to ruin, and people saw them as tests of their faith.''}} Starscourge subsides from Eos by Somnus's hand. Details of this are unknown, as Aera had died during a confrontation between Somnus and Ardyn. However, the mantle of Oracle is passed onto the next woman of the same lineage.{{note|The historical records in Cosmogony and in the Kings of Yore statues in Insomnia may not be truly accurate, as history seems to have been at least somewhat rewritten to exclude Ardyn.}}
[[File:Cosmogony-Cover-FFXV.png|thumb|Bahamut bequeaths the Crystal to the Founder King.]]
*Somnus is granted the Crystal from the planet and [[Ring of the Lucii]] from the Astrals, and is told to protect the Crystal in wait for the Chosen King who would one day be chosen by the Crystal from his bloodline.
*Ardyn is rendered immortal and is imprisoned in [[Angelgard]].
**Ardyn is not mentioned in Cosmogony or any official histories, despite having been a prominent figure. Any mention of him was likely intentionally removed by the Lucis Caelum dynasty.
*Somnus founds the Kingdom of [[Lucis]], and becomes known as the Founder King. His descendants would rule the kingdom for the next 2000 years, and the lineage would empower the current monarch via the Ring of the Lucii that bonds their souls to the mortal realm.
**[[Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy XV)|Gilgamesh]] serves as the [[Shield of the King|Shield of the Founder King]]. His soul remains in the [[Tempering Grounds]] for the next 2000 years awaiting the coming of the Chosen King to test the might of the Chosen King's Shield.
**The adamantoise appears in documents produced circa the advent of the Kingdom of Lucis. For roughly two millennia, the mystery of the [[Longwythe Peak]]'s origins has perplexed people across Eos. The broken buildings in the surrounding area are remnants of the pre-kingdom days, and some speculate that whatever natural disaster destroyed these homes might have also been responsible for creating the now-famous crag.{{cite|FFXV|[[Almanac]] for Longwythe Peak}}
**During Lucis's nascent years, the daemon [[naglfar]] is said to have fought the twenty-four Messengers.{{note|The English bestiary says naglfar's name is recorded in the "lost pages" of the Cosmogony, and that it fought the 24 Messengers to a standstill. The Japanese version says its name is recorded in the pseudepigrapha of the Cosmogony. Pseudepigrapha means falsely-attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past.}}
*Certain Lucian monarchs create colossal statues of themselves (twelve in all). Each serves as a coffin to hold the soul of a dead king/queen. From these "coffins," the monarchs will await the "Chosen King" and serve as the [[Old Wall]] (Knights of the Round) that will protect the kingdom when summoned by the current Lucian monarch.

====2000–755 years ago====
*The world now stable and the old civilization in ruin, new countries are founded: [[Niflheim]], [[Tenebrae (Final Fantasy XV)|Tenebrae]] and [[Accordo]]. Tenebrae is where the Oracle's family lives, Accordo becomes commercially prosperous, and the Empire of Niflheim is ruled by the Aldercapt family, whose ambition is to revive the [[ancient civilization]] of Solheim.<ref name=media2/>
*According to legend, a [[sabertusk]] was once the guard dog of the king. Plagued by hunger, it ate the young prince, and was cursed to become a violent beast that roams the outlands of Lucis.

===Unknown time period===
[[File:Disc-of-Cauthess-Artwork-FFXV.png|thumb|Titan holds a meteorite.]]
*[[Titan (Final Fantasy XV)|Titan]] catches a [[Meteor of the Six|meteorite]] that fell to Eos and broke into pieces when it was caught. The craters and ponds in the [[Duscae]] region are believed to have been made when the meteorite fell.<ref name="media">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://medium.com/@mgarsf/final-fantasy-xv-scenario-ultimania-translation-project-mythos-1e377076bce0| page name = Final Fantasy XV Scenario Ultimania Translation Project — Mythos| site url = https://medium.com/@mgarsf| site name = Medium| access time = 20:43, March 27, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref> According to the German localization, the meteorite brought [[Starscourge]] to Eos.<ref>https://youtu.be/pG8QIH91OM0?t=4m1s</ref>. NPCs in ''[[Final Fantasy XV: Comrades]]'' say the gods themselves brought down the Meteor.
**When the event happened is not specified in any official timeline. It may have been early in the planet's history, or perhaps during the Astral War. Pre-release information posited the meteorite to be as old as Eos and to have been there since the "beginning of time".<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://www.novacrystallis.com/2015/09/all-the-final-fantasy-xv-details-from-famitsu/| page name = All the Final Fantasy XV details from Famitsu| site url = http://www.novacrystallis.com| site name = Nova Crystallis| access time = 20:43, March 27, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>

===M.E. 1===
*The four nations of Eos elect to use the same [[calendar system]].

===M.E. 358===
*Niflheim declares war on other countries to expand its territory. Their two primary targets become the Kingdom of Lucis, which possesses the Crystal, and Tenebrae, led by the Oracle. However, they only have the means to attack the adjacent Tenebrae.<ref name="v_iJgGvN">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/173025970902/606-me-niflheim-empire-attacks-kingdom-of-lucis| page name = ''Final Fantasy XV: Official Works'' translations by higharollakockamamie| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie at tumblr | access time = 15:23, April 19, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref>

===M.E. 359===
*The empire gains control of Tenebrae's territory, but an invasion of Fenestala Manor—wherein reside the Fleurets, the Oracle family—isn't conducted due to the masses' faith in the Oracle<ref name="Ultimania">{{Refwebsite| page url = http://superespresso.tumblr.com/post/156549142551/translation-by-the-twilight-mexican-read-and| page name = ''Final Fantasy XV Ultimania'' translations by The Twilight Mexican, read and verified by SuperEspresso| site url = http://superespresso.tumblr.com| site name = Supercalifragilistic Drakengard Theosis at tumblr| access time = 16:54, April 27, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref> and because Tenebrae had close ties to the Kingdom of Lucis.<!--Episode Ardyn "The Founding of Tenebrae" lore entry-->

===M.E. 501===
[[File:Final Fantasy XV Goblin Artwork.jpg|thumb|A daemon.]]
*The Imperial Army discovers a mysterious "new" life form, daemons, in the Ulwaat region.{{cite|FFXV|''[[Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn]]'' Verstael's showroom entry "The Discovery of Daemons": ''In M.E. 501, during an expedition in the Ulwaat region, the imperial army discovered a new species known as "daemons."''}} Niflheim seeks to recreate the might of the legendary nation of Solheim. Daemons are humans and animals parasitized by the Starscourge, turning them into monsters that can only live in darkness.
**Daemons proliferate around Eos. In Lucis, a king and an Oracle seal the most ferocious of them in [[Menace Beneath Lucis|secret underground dungeons]]. The exact time frame of this event is unknown, but the task may have been undertaken by various kings over many decades/centuries.

===M.E. 605===
*Lucis and Accordo enter an alliance to defend against the empire.

===M.E. 606===
*The Lucian-Accordian coalition is overwhelmed by the imperial [[Magitek armor (Final Fantasy XV)|magitek armors]]. Accordo surrenders.<ref name="v_iJgGvN"/>
*The king of Lucis raises the [[Wall (Final Fantasy XV)|Wall]] around the region of Cavaugh,<ref name=Ultimania/> facilitated by conduits made of adamantite, a metal found in the adamantoise's shell, that channel the power of the Crystal.
*Lucian army is dissolved and reorganized into a countermeasure-only defense force, the [[Crownsguard]].<ref name=Ultimania/>
*Niflheim recognizes Accordo's self-governance, and constructs bases outside the Lucian Wall where they station the army and take control of the area.<ref name="v_iJgGvN"/>
*Niflheim turns the fishing village of Galdin into a trading post connecting the Lucian continent with the imperial province of Accordo.

===M.E. 685===
*[[Jared Hester]] is born.

===M.E. 701===
*[[Clarus Amicitia]] is born.

===M.E. 703===
*[[Weskham Armaugh]] is born.

===M.E. 706===
*[[Regis Lucis Caelum]] is born.
*[[Mars Sapientia]] is born.

===M.E. 708===
*[[Camelia Claustra]] is born.<ref name=FFXVOW>Character profile in ''Final Fantasy XV: Official Works''</ref>

===M.E. 711===
*[[Cor Leonis]] is born.

===M.E. 713===
*[[Caligo Ulldor]] is born.<ref name=ultimania>{{Refbook
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===M.E. 715===
*August 21st: Verstael Besithia writes in his journal on how Bahamut is the most mysterious god, some legends suggesting that he gave the Ring of the Lucii and the Crystal to his chosen king. Verstael wants to learn if this is true from House Fleuret.

===M.E. 716===
*April 9th: Imperial scientist [[Verstael Besithia]] writes in his journal on his feelings on researching daemons even if others find the beings repulsive and thus view him a madman.
*May 2nd: Verstael Besithia writes in his journal on the [[Messenger]]s fighting alongside the Astrals they served in the Astral War.

===M.E. 717===
*March 21st: Verstael Besithia writes in his journal about his Starscourge hypothesis on the mutant plasmodia being released from the soil due to imperial territorial expansion.

===M.E. 719===
*October 6th: Verstael Besithia writes in his journal about his team having encountered [[Enkidu (Final Fantasy XV)|Enkidu]] in the depths of Taelpar Crag, and starts to believe that there may be truth in Lucian "fairy tales".

===M.E. 720===
*November 12th: Verstael writes in his journal how he has sent an expedition to exhume Ifrit's body from the top of Rock of Ravatogh.
*Ifrit's slumbering body is taken to Verstael's laboratory in imperial land for study where he is kept frozen in stasis.
*December 9th: Verstael writes in his journal about his plans to develop the [[Wallbreaker Wave]] and collect combat data on Astrals.

===M.E. 721===
*January 17th: Verstael Besithia writes a journal entry on how they have recently found an ancient tome from a royal tomb whose text has convinced him that the fabled "Adagium" is real.
*Verstael releases Ardyn, the "Adagium", from Angelgard, and leads him to an imperial research facility.
*November 27th: Verstael writes in his journal that he has uncovered the identity of the Adagium and deems his powers akin to those of the Astrals.
*Ardyn recuperates at the imperial lab for seven months before he begins to plot for the demise of the Lucis Caelum bloodline. Ifrit awakens and is daemonified by Ardyn.
*Sometime around this time [[Iedolas Aldercapt|Emperor Aldercapt's]] wife gives birth to their son and passes away.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/187619232417/dawn-of-the-future-page-123-a-sinister-podcast| page name = Dawn of the Future Page 123, A Sinister Podcast| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie @tumblr| access time = 17:02, September 10, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>

===M.E. 722===
*Ardyn Izunia manipulates Emperor Aldercapt, and proposes development of a [[magitek infantry]].<ref name=media2/> He is inaugurated as chancellor. Niflheim experiments with daemons to further develop magitek, though many are likely unaware the proliferation of daemons would lead to the spreading of the Starscourge.
**July 8: Verstael Besithia, the chief of magitek research, outfits the magitek troopers with [[magitek core]]s.
**October 21: Verstael infuses the magitek cores with the energy daemons exude (miasma), but finds the troopers incapable of fighting. He determines humans would make superior test subjects.
**December 5: With all previous experiments resulting in the subjects experiencing ego death, Verstael begins to experiment on infants.

===M.E. 723===
[[File:Verstael-Besithia-Newspaper-Episode-Prompto-FFXV.png|thumb|Verstael is promoted.]]
*March 11th: Verstael decides to start cloning his own genetic material to create enough infants for the magitek army.
*November 26th: The [[First Magitek Production Facility]] is completed. "Rising military star" Verstael Besithia is appointed to oversee the facility and relinquishes his field duties to work there full-time.{{cite|FFXV|''[[Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto]]'' newspaper clippings}}
*Niflheim begins to mass produce its magitek infantry in preparation for war with Lucis. Magitek troopers are made from daemons and human clones incubated until they become strong enough to fight. Because of their lightproof armor MTs can operate in daylight, making Niflheim's army the strongest in the world.

===M.E. 724===
*[[Nyx Ulric]] is born in [[Galahd]].<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://femto-jiokichi.tumblr.com/post/162590355208/jp2en-new-infomation-released-at-a-fan-event-on| page name = Jp2En: New information released at a fan event on July 1, 2017| site url = http://femto-jiokichi.tumblr.com| site name = A Bit Of Laughter at Tumblr| access time = 20:43, March 27, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>
*Cor Leonis joins Crownsguard at the age of 13.
*[[Biggs and Wedge (Final Fantasy XV)|Biggs Callux]] is born.<ref name=FFXVOW/>
*24th October: Niflheim has overwhelmed Lucis with the newly mass-produced magitek infantry and surrounded Insomnia. Verstael stops disposing daemons born from harvesting miasma at the imperial laboratories, deciding to use them in his experiments instead.

===M.E. 725===
[[File:Regis-Cor-Cid-Weskham-Photo-FFXV.png|thumb|Prince Regis's retinue.]]
*The [[Great War (Final Fantasy XV)|Great War]] between Niflheim and Lucis begins and lasts between 2/24-4/1.<ref name=media2/> The Niflheim army breaches the regions of [[Leide]], [[Duscae]], and [[Cleigne]], where they establish bases–yet there is a period without war afterward. Lucis dispatches soldiers to challenge the empire, but they are defeated. Prince Regis–who had traveled to Accordo with a select few to seek the restoration of an allied force–is forced to withdraw to the Crown City and the range of the Wall is pulled back to Insomnia's ramparts to strengthen it.<ref name=Ultimania/>{{note|Takka's dossier says that "King Regis scaled back the Wall", but this is likely a mistake, as Regis didn't ascend until after the Great War. The one who scaled back the Wall was Mors Lucis Caelum, Regis's father.}}
**During his travels Regis meets [[Ezma Auburnbrie]], and promises to slay the monsters sealed in the [[Menace Beneath Lucis|Menace Dungeons]] after the war is over. He also fights the adamantoise, but fails to kill it.
**Cor criticizes Prince Regis's decision to withdraw from Accordo and is made his personal bodyguard.{{cite|FFXV|[[Cor Leonis]]'s [[Dossiers|dossier]]: ''Cor holds the distinct honor of having served three separate Lucian monarchs: Mors, Regis, and Noctis. While his loyalty to his lieges has never wavered, his attitude toward authority has evolved over the years. In the arrogance of his youth, he publicly criticized Regis's retreat from Accordo in the Great War, calling the then-crown prince and his men "a bunch of cowards." While Cor's Crownsguard colleagues were incensed by this show of impertinence, Regis was impressed with the young firebrand's willingness to speak truth to power and immediately hired him as a personal bodyguard. The marshal was so touched by this show of grace that he swore to devote his life to serving Regis and his son Noctis.''}} 
**Sometime after returning to Insomnia from the trip with Regis Cid Sophiar falls out with royal household due to its refugee policy. Cid leaves Insomnia and establishes Hammerhead Service Station in Leide.

===M.E. 726===
[[File:Gilgamesh2-FFXV.png|thumb|Gilgamesh at the ruins in Taelpar Crag.]]
*The northeastern archipelago of the Cavaugh Region is invaded by Niflheim.<ref name=Ultimania/>
*[[Aranea Highwind]] is born.
*Lucis discovers [[Tempering Grounds|ruins at Taelpar Crag]] and many venture inside only to be killed by Gilgamesh. A 15-year-old Cor Leonis is the only one to emerge alive, earning him the nickname "the Immortal". Around this time Cor becomes bodyguard to [[Mors Lucis Caelum|King Mors]].<ref>[[:File:Cor-DLC-Loading-Screen-FFXV.png|''Episode Gladiolus'' loading screen.]]</ref>

===M.E. 727===
*[[Biggs and Wedge (Final Fantasy XV)|Wedge Kincaid]] is born.<ref name=FFXVOW/>

===M.E. 728===
*[[Ravus Nox Fleuret]] is born.

===M.E. 729===
*King Mors dies.<ref name=media2/>
*Regis Lucis Caelum becomes the 113th king of Lucis.

===M.E. 730===
*[[Cindy Aurum]] is born.

===M.E. 731===
*[[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]] is born on September 4th.<ref>''FINAL FANTASY XV First Master Guide''</ref> [[Shiva (Final Fantasy XV)|Gentiana]], the High Messenger, moves in with the Nox Fleuret family in Tenebrae.<ref name="higharollakockamamie">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/174204939637/me-725-warfare-between-kingdom-of-lucis-and| page name = ''Final Fantasy XV Official Works'' translations by higharollakockamamie| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie @tumblr.| access time = 14:19, May 26, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref>
**''Final Fantasy XV Official Works'' gives the year as 732. However, if Lunafreya was born in September, she would have had to be born in 731 for her to be 24 years old during ''Final Fantasy XV''. Similar mistake concerns Noctis's birth date.

===M.E. 732===
*King Regis marries his childhood friend, Aulea.<ref name=higharollakockamamie/>

===M.E. 733===
*[[Gladiolus Amicitia]] is born on April 2.<ref name=ATR31052016/>

===M.E. 734===
*[[Ignis Scientia]] is born on February 7.<ref name=ATR31052016/>
*Ardyn Izunia arrives in Insomnia to [[Attack during Founder's Day|wreak havoc]] and confront Somnus. He tries to kill Regis but is repelled by Bahamut. Bahamuth tells him his fate is to spread Darkness through the world and be sacrificed by the True King to drive away the darkness, "the limitless shadow that ushers in the light", and that this is the only way to end his suffering.

===M.E. 735===
*[[Noctis Lucis Caelum]] is born to King Regis and Aulea on August 30. Aulea dies when Noctis is still an infant.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://twitter.com/FFXVEN/status/645102824108331009| page name = Final Fantasy XV Official English Twitter| site url = https://twitter.com/FFXVEN| site name = @FFXVEN| access time = 20:43, March 27, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>
**The ''Final Fantasy XV Ultimania'' and ''Final Fantasy XV: Official Works''<ref name=higharollakockamamie/> give his birth year as 736, but this would make him only 19 years old during ''Final Fantasy XV''. Similar mistake concerns Lunafreya's birth year.
*[[Prompto Argentum]] is born on October 25.<ref name="ATR31052016">{{Refwebsite| page url = http://gematsu.com/2016/05/final-fantasy-xv-main-characters-ages-revealed#JAdXMv5QCfiLDBTR.99| page name = Final Fantasy XV Japanese community questions answered| site url = http://gematsu.com| site name = Gematsu| access time = 20:43, March 27, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref> He is born in Niflheim to be made into a magitek trooper, and is given a serial number.

===M.E. 736===
*Prompto escapes his predicament of being made into an MT as he is kidnapped by Lucians from the First Magitek Production Facility. Verstael Besithia logs this event on May 3rd.<!--Episode Prompto logs--> Prompto is adopted by a family in Insomnia and gets the surname Argentum.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/12/29/final-fantasy-xv-changes-final-fantasy-versus-xiii-explained-info-characters-shared/| page name = Final Fantasy XV: Changes from Final Fantasy Versus XIII Explained; More Info on Characters Shared| site url = http://www.dualshockers.com| site name = Dualshockers| access time = 20:43, March 27, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>
*The 6-year-old Cindy witnesses people killed because they didn't have Insomnian-made headlights that stave off daemons on their car.

===M.E. 738===
*Ignis becomes the three-year-old Noctis's royal adviser.<ref name=lifestream/>
**The ''Final Fantasy XV Ultimania'' posits that a six-year-old Ignis became a three-year-old Noctis's retainer, however, this appears to be a mistake borne out of Noctis's birth year being erroneously listed as 736.
*Noctis receives the [[Carbuncle (Final Fantasy XV)|Carbuncle]] totem from Regis.<ref name=lifestream/>

===M.E. 739===
*A group of [[bussemand]] storms the [[Saxham Outpost]] killing countless adults and kidnapping their children. Many parents go off in search of the lost kids, leaving a ghost town in their wake.

===M.E. 741===
[[File:Young Noctis and King Regis Close Up.jpg|thumb|Regis learns Noctis is the Chosen.]]
*King Regis learns from the spirits of the old kings that Noctis is the Chosen One.<ref name=media2/>
*Regis establishes [[Kingsglaive (group)|Kingsglaive]] as his personal guard to protect Noctis.<ref name="higharollakockamamie030618">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/174524375857/741-me-king-regis-of-lucis-establishes-personal| page name = ''Final Fantasy XV Official Works'' translations by higharollakockamamie| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie at tumblr| access time = 16:01, June 03, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref>
*[[Iris Amicitia]] is born.

===M.E. 744===
*The eight-year-old Noctis is attacked by daemons and suffers a serious injury. He is protected by the Messenger Carbuncle in a world of dreams during his coma. He receives medical care in Tenebrae and befriends Lunafreya, the Oracle's daughter. Lunafreya tells Noctis he is the Chosen King.
*The Fenestala Manor is attacked and conquered by Niflheim. King Regis rescues Noctis and takes him back to Insomnia.
*Queen [[Sylva Via Fleuret]], the Oracle, is killed by General Glauca. Her children, [[Ravus Nox Fleuret|Ravus]] and Lunafreya, fall into imperial custody as Tenebrae is fully annexed.
*Niflheim renews its offensive against Lucis in the wake of the attack on Tenebrae.<ref name=Ultimania/>
*Ignis hears of the dessert Noctis had enjoyed in Tenebrae and becomes interested in cooking.

===M.E. 745===
*Noctis befriends Gladiolus, his trainer who is to become his Shield, after he helps a lost Iris.<ref name=lifestream/>
[[File:Shiva Version 1.16.jpg|thumb|Shiva killed by the magitek infantry.]]
*Lunafreya enters a covenant with Shiva.<ref name=lifestream/>
*Shiva awakens, sensing "a mortal drawing the Pyreburner away from the Light". Shiva is defeated by Niflheim and her corpse is left outside the imperial capital in Ghorovas Rift. It changes the climate to that of a perpetual blizzard.
*Having lost most of its army, Niflheim begins developing magitek soldiers strong enough to fight the Astrals.<ref name=media2/>
*October 24: Perpetouss Troop discovers the remains of a Solheimian magitek weapon during an expedition to Taelpar Crag. Researchers believe it to be a wreckage of a weapon built to fell the gods.
*November 11: The researcher studying the Solheimian "godslayer" finds its capabilities so wondrous he wants to restrict access to the research to senior scientists.
*November 21: Verstael begins developing a magitek weapon codenamed "Godslayer".
*November 22: Verstael Besithia's research is granted more funding due to the success of quelling the Glacian.

===M.E. 746===
*February 2: A researcher tests the Solheimian magitek weapon's armor to find it can withstand the power of Astrals.
*June 3: the Imperial Defense Council motions to reform the MT coding system to better monitor large numbers of new magitek models entering production.
*July 29: The researcher who discovered the Solheimian "godslayer" magitek weapon from Taelpar Crag has repaired it, but fails to activate the robot despite numerous attempts.
*October 30th: The Solheimian "godslayer" robot goes on a rampage and kills four researchers after they had tried to dismantle it to figure out how it works.

===M.E. 747===
*January 14th: Research on the Solheimian robot is suspended as all efforts to bring it online have failed, and the management fears further "incidents". The weapon is sealed away.

===M.E. 748===
*Prompto treated an injury Lunafreya's Messenger dog [[Pryna]] had suffered, and received a letter from her asking him to befriend the lonely Noctis as the two attend the same school. Prompto starts to lose weight.<ref name=lifestream/><!--putting this here because it looks like spring in Brotherhood-->
[[File:Lunafreya.jpg|thumb|Lunafreya becomes the Oracle.]]
*Lunafreya, under the supervision of the empire, becomes the youngest Oracle in history at age 16.<ref name=media2/> She begins traveling the land to heal those who seek her aid as a mysterious plague has infected many people.<ref name="highroll">{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/175431529567/me-748-lunafreya-nox-fleuret-ascends-to-oracle| page name = Final Fantasy XV Official Works translations| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie @tumblr| access time = 19:14, July 01, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref> People are unaware this is Starscourge that is gradually making daylight disappear from the world.

===M.E. 749===
*[[Talcott Hester]] is born.
*Ignis begins to train in the Crownsguard.

===M.E. 751===
*Noctis enters high school and befriends Prompto.
*Noctis gets his own apartment in the city away from the Citadel.<ref name=lifestream/>
*Noctis receives the [[Engine Blade]] as a birthday present from King Regis.{{cite|FFXV|Item description to [[Engine Blade (Final Fantasy XV)|Engine Blade]]: ''A sword Noctis received from Regis for his sixteenth birthday. It absorbs the elemental powers of defeated foes.''}}
*Gladiolus officially joins Crownsguard.<ref name=lifestream/>

===M.E. 752===
*Ignis is formally sworn into Crownsguard.

===M.E. 754===
*Gladiolus earns a facial scar while protecting Noctis from a drunken stranger.<ref>''Final Fantasy XV Collector's Edition Guidebook'' developer interview with Saori Itamuro</ref>
*August 25: One nameless researcher has been assigned into First Magitek Production Facility and began to write his diary.
*November 17: The nameless researcher was given a "highly confidential job", a very gruesome task made him unable to sleep or eat.
*November 22: Emperor Iedolas approved Chief Verstael's petition to increase funding for his research.

===M.E. 755===
*February 16: Emperor Iedolas visits First Magitek Production Facility to observe its progress.
[[File:Termination-Report-FFXV-Episode-Prompto.png|thumb|Termination report.]]
*June 23: Higher-ups disband the Perpetouss Troop that has been harboring the Solheimian "godslayer" robot that was supposed to have been sealed away. The people responsible decide to hide the robot from the authorities.
*July 24: Bad management in the Facility caused one of the plasmodium samples to start leaking, and one nameless researcher was forced to deal with it until midnight.
*July 25: First Magitek Production Facility terminates numerous specimens that were created for the magitek infantry. (The picture on the report suggests the terminated line is the one Prompto Argentum is from.)
*August 30: Noctis turns 20. [[Audi R8 Star of Lucis|A new car]] is custom made and given to him for his birthday.
*September 18: Deputy High Commander Ravus Nox Fleuret proposes that Niflheim invade Insomnia to gain the Crystal and the Ring of the Lucii.
*October: Niflheim begins to prepare for the invasion.
*November 2: Plasmodia samples continue leaking at the First Magitek Production Facility, infecting some of the research team.
*December 3: Rumors circulate that Verstael Besithia is intentionally infecting workers.

===M.E. 756===
====12th of February====
*The workers of the First Magitek Production Facility have become daemons.

====20th of March====
*Noctis, Gladiolus, Ignis and Prompto download ''[[King's Knight -Wrath of the Dark Dragon-]]'' and begin playing it.<ref>Noctis, Gladiolus, Ignis and Prompto chat in the collab event {{Show image|Kings-Knight-Chat-Ignis-FFXV-Collab-Event.png}} </ref>

====8th of April====
*Verstael Besithia informs Emperor Aldercapt that the [[Diamond Weapon (Final Fantasy XV)|Diamond Weapon]] is ready to be deployed.

====Sometime before 16th of May====
*King Regis agrees to an offer of peace from Niflheim. He sends Noctis to Altissia to wed Lunafreya.
*The kingdom prepares for the treaty-signing and Noctis prepares for his trip, as depicted in ''[[Final Fantasy XV Prologue Parting Ways]]''. The Crownsguard is re-assigned to protect the people of Lucis, while Kingsglaive will be on duty to defend the city.

====16th of May===={{cite|FFXV|Key item [[756-V-17th Morning Edition]]}}
*Noctis, Gladiolus, Ignis and Prompto depart Insomnia.
[[File:Final Fantasy XV Kingsglaive Ruins.jpg|thumb|Insomnia in ruins.]]
*During the treaty-signing ceremony [[Fall of Insomnia|Niflheim invades Insomnia]] and steals its Crystal, as depicted in ''[[Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV]]''.
**King Regis is killed, but before he perishes, he passes on the Ring of the Lucii to Lunafreya so she can give it to Noctis.
**Some of the Kingsglaive defect and turn on the king.
**[[Nyx Ulric]], a glaive, discovers that Captain [[Titus Drautos]] is actually General Glauca of Niflheim, and sacrifices his life to wield the power of the Lucii to kill Glauca and command the Old Wall to lay waste to the daemons Niflheim has released upon Insomnia.
*A [[Zegnautus Keep#Research documents|report written on this day found in Zegnautus Keep]] posits, apparently for the first time, that the ongoing mass disappearance outbreak is turning people into daemons.

====17th of May====
[[File:Axe-of-the-Conqueror-FFXV.png|thumb|Noctis collects a royal arm.]]
*Insomnia's fall is reported worldwide. Noctis embarks on a journey to collect the [[Royal arms (Final Fantasy XV)|royal arms]] of his forebears and forge covenants with the Astrals to gain the power he needs to reclaim his throne.

====21st of May====
*The first mammal magitek, Unit SAS-0822: Barbarus, is created. It is to guard the still-in-production Unit XDA-1002: [[Immortalis]].

====24th June====
*Final chat exchange in ''King's Knight'' between Noctis and friends.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://mayhapitwasme.tumblr.com/post/171029434742/ffxv-x-kings-knight-collaboration-event-banter| page name = FFXV x King’s Knight Collaboration Event. Banter Part 12 (FINAL ONE!)| site url = https://mayhapitwasme.tumblr.com| site name = mayhapitwasme @tumblr| access time = 08:49, June 17, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref> They talk about Ignis's cooking from last night and Prompto wanting to show his photo collection to someone.<!--implication being this was shortly before they headed to Altissia-->

====28th of June====
*A final report is written by a worker in Zegnautus Keep: More than half the keep's inhabitants are now daemons. There's no hope of neutralizing them, not with control lost over the MTs. Outside, the city swarms with yet more daemons—former citizens. There's no escape.

====9th of July====
*Construction of Immortalis is completed. Verstael has discovered a way to preserve the ego and sustain consciousness and transfer it into his magitek creations.

====Unspecified time====
No dates are given in the game, but judging by the final ''King's Knight'' exchange on 24th June, the following events likely took place sometime after this date.<!--there is a more specific timeline with dates in the article history, but I don't know where the dates come from, are they official? --Kelt-->

[[File:Luna-Noctis-Dream-FFXV.png|thumb|Lunafreya perishes.]]
*When Noctis reunites with Lunafreya, she gives him the Ring of the Lucii but perishes due to wounds sustained from Ardyn Izunia. [[Altissia]] is damaged in the revelation of [[Leviathan (Final Fantasy XV)|Leviathan]], Brigadier General Caligo Ulldor is killed and Noctis's retainer Ignis Scientia loses his vision.
*Ravus Nox Fleuret, now the high commander of the imperial army, is sentenced to be executed for high treason. Fenestala Manor is attacked by Niflheim sometime after this. 
*Without Lunafreya, Starscourge's advancement accelerates and there is no cure for those infected with it. Daylight is quickly disappearing from the world. Noctis's goal shifts from simply saving his kingdom, to saving the world from daemons and darkness. He believes he can banish the daemons with the light of the Crystal. The lengthening of the nights is caused by daemons that expel substance from their bodies that blocks sunlight.
*The imperial capital collapses as everyone becomes infected and begins to turn into a daemon. Those who can, flee the capital. Aranea Highwind and her crew evacuate numerous refugees by train, including [[Solara Aldercapt Antiquum]], the emperor's granddaughter. Brigadier General Loqi Tummelt is implied to have sacrificed himself to secure her evacuation.<ref>''[[Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-]]'' Aranea's chapter</ref>
*After taking the refugees to Tenebrae, Aranea investigates the imperial magitek laboratories. The Starscourge-infected Verstael transfers his ego into Immortalis after being shot by Prompto. Aranea and Prompto team up to destroy Barbarus and Immortalis. 
*An emergency is called and civilians are told to stay indoors. [[David Auburnbrie]] invites everyone in Eos to move to [[Lestallum]] whose [[EXINERIS Industries|power plant]] can provide light indefinitely due to drawing power from the active meteorite shards in the area.
[[File:Noctis-inside-the-Crystal-FFXV.png|thumb|Noctis is pulled inside the Crystal.]]
*When Noctis finds the Crystal deep inside [[Zegnautus Keep]], he is absorbed inside it. He learns Ardyn Izunia is his immortal ancestor who once served the Astrals, but saving people from daemons by absorbing them corrupted his soul. Noctis learns he is the True King who can purge the world of Starscourge at the cost of his own life.
*Noctis disappears for ten years, during which time darkness overwhelms Eos and it is overtaken by daemons.
*Lestallum becomes the center of the remaining civilization with small [[Hunters (Final Fantasy XV)|hunter]] outposts operating around Lucis.
*[[Bahamut (Final Fantasy XV)|Bahamut]] gives some of the former members of the Kingsglaive the chance to redeem themselves by proving themselves to him. The Glaives team up with the Hunters and the remains of the Crownsguard to protect people, and promise to safeguard [[Angelgard]] for the True King's coming.

===M.E. 766{{note|The year Noctis goes through the ritual as True King is specified in the ''Episode Ardyn'' intro as being M.E.766. The main game also specified it as "ten years later".}}===
[[File:Umbra-Citadel-FFXV.png|thumb|The sun rises.]]
*Noctis returns and kills Ardyn. He sacrifices himself to bring light back to the world.
*''[[Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-]]'' puts forth an alternate end to the saga. Bahamut deems the Ring of the Lucii not strong enough to purge the darkness, and revives Lunafreya and bestows her the same ability Ardyn used to wield in antiquity. Lunafreya is to absorb the darkness into her own body so Bahamut may use it up to power his Teraflare to destroy life on Eos, but she rebels against this fate. Noctis, Lunafreya, Ardyn, the Lucii and the other Astrals work together to kill Bahamut and the Crystal cleanses the planet of the Scourge before shattering.
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