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The Timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order within the League of Legends universe. It primarily focuses around the events of Runeterra.

The timeline is split into Prehistory (Origins and Formation) and History (Ancient, Middle Ages, and Modern).

Prehistory

These timelines encompass history predating the formation of Runeterra, as well as timelines after its formation until the emergence of Humans and human writing.

Origins

Events from the origins of the universe to the Creation of Runeterra.

• Nothingness came to be.
• Nagakabouros came to be.
• The Multiverse came to be.
• The Void and the main League of Legends universe comes to be
  • The Watchers came to be
• Timeless eons pass until the first breath of creation
• Kindred came to be.
• Aurelion Sol and Bard came to be, alongside many other cosmic entities.
• The Watchers develop sentience in response to life in another universe, and formulate the goal of ending it.
• Aurelion Sol formed the first Stars.
• Creation of the first Celestial beings.
  • Soraka came to be.
• Founding of the stellar Empire of Targon.
• Aurelion Sol created Runeterran Solar System.
• Runeterra formed by the World Runes.

Formation

Events from the Creation of Runeterra to the emergence of Humans and human writing.

• Birth of Magic on Runeterra.
• Creation of Elemental Runes.
• Surface of Runeterra becomes stable enough to support first primitive life.
• Creation of the first spirits and demons on Runeterra.
  • Maokai came to be.
  • Evelynn came to be.
  • Tahm Kench came to be.
• Emergence of the first plant life.
• Emergence of the first animal life.
• Creation of Terrestrial Dragons.
• Creation of Yordles.
  • Founding of Bandle City.
  • Yordles construct the threshold gateway system, gaining access to Runeterra.
  • Fizz arrived on Runeterra.
• Formation of the continents of Valoran and Ionia.
• Formation of the Blessed Isles.
• Creation of the first Runeterran Civilizations beneath the Oceans and Seas such as the Guardian's Sea.

• Around 8000 Years Ago^[1]
  • Firstborn came to be.
    • Ornn came to be.
  • Anivia came to be.
  • Volibear came to be.
  • Seal Sister came to be.
• According to myth Ornn terra-forms the land that will eventually be called the Freljord.

• Origins of Snow.
  • Ornn constructs his home and calls it "Horn Hall".
  • Anivia, annoyed by Ornn for felling her favorite perching trees to build his home, decides to teach him a lesson. In an attempt to tickle Ornn's nose with her feathers, she caused Ornn to sneeze a gout of flame that set fire to his bedsheets, eventually spreading to the floor. Anivia panicking, flapped her wings to fly away, but this only stoked the fire hotter with the dry Freljord air. Soon, all of Horn Hall was alight. The fire raged for days, darkening the skies with ash while Ornn slept through the whole thing. He awoke atop a pile of ashes in a very bad mood. But he did not know what Anivia had done. And to this day, she has never told him the truth.
  • Ornn sought out to construct his second home, with non-flammable material. He fashioned himself a spade, a lever, and a fork. With these tools, he could dig for ore, move mighty pillars, and eat the delicious spiced cherries he so enjoyed.
  • Ornn hammered and shaped chunks of ore until a black mountain stood. Inside was a great forge that channeled the primordial molten flame from deep within the earth. He was pleased with his new home dubbed "Hearth-Home".
  • Due to his home being too hot for even Ornn to endure, he dug a trench from the sea, straight to the mountain. The Seal Sister allowed cold waters to rush through the trench and cool the Hearth-Home. Great plumes of steam rose up. It took three days for the mountain to cool enough for Ornn. In that time, the ocean that fed the river dipped several inches.
  • So much steam had risen from the waters that the perpetual blue sky was mottled with darkening gray clouds. As these new puffy forms gathered and cooled, they grew heavier and heavier until they burst with snow.
  • It snowed for a hundred years, being the primary reason why the land later called the Freljord is covered in snow to this day.
• Creation of modern Humans.
• Creation of the first human settlements across Runeterra.
• Some yordle start to live openly among the hardy tribes of the northlands in what would later be known as Freljord.
  • Gnar arrived on Runeterra.
• Freljord weather changes. The sky became darker, and the winds colder. The mortal tribes who had once foraged together started battling each other for scarce resources.

History

These timelines of Runeterran history detail recorded events since the creation of human writing (which marks the beginning of history) to the most recent events in history.

Ancient History

Events from the creation of human writing to the fall of Shurima.

• Founding of Mount Targon.
  • Aurelion Sol tricked into Targonian servitude.
• Great Void War
  • Destruction of the Civilization beneath the Guardian's Sea. Fizz goes into a catatonic state due to his fading Yordle magic, hibernating for millennia.
  • Founding of Ancient Ionia.
    • Fleeing humans from the Great Void War take refuge in the continent of Ionia, sharing the land with the Vastayashai'rei, eventually reproducing with them.
    • Creation of the Vastaya.
    • The Oovi-Kat tribe splinters from the rest of the Vastayan tribes, living in isolation on an unknown island far east of Ionia.
  • End of Great Void War.
• Founding of the Freljord.
• Ivern the Cruel born.
• The Three Sisters, Avarosa, Serylda, and Lissandra were born.
• Serylda attempted to command the heavens above them, but lost her voice to the first twilight.
• Avarosa faced the twisting dark beneath the world, and was deafened by its emptiness, waiting to consume all creation.
• Lissandra stood against the wild magic of the mortal world itself. For this defiance, the savage claws of a primal god raked across her eyes, blinding her.
• Avarosa, Serylda, and Lissandra unite together.
• The Watchers start influencing Freljordian society. Originating from the Void, they set about transforming the native human population into the Iceborn, who are exceptionally long lived and have incredible magical powers. The iceborn are tasked with creating an empire for the watchers.
  • Three human sisters, Lissandra, Serylda and Avarosa become the first iceborn during this time.
• Events of Green Father.
  • Before the Three Sisters and the Frozen Watchers can take over everything with their Iceborn horde, Ivern sets out to search for a means to stop them, travelling to the fabled land of Ionia, which is said to be filled with magic. Here he and his fellow warriors are escorted by the natives to Omikayalan, where the God-Willow is found. The Vastaya of the land slaughter Ivern's followers but Ivern strikes at the tree, killing it but being himself transformed into the next God-Willow.
  • The Death of the God-Willow and the Birth of the Green Father.
• The Watchers enslave the Freljord.
  • Two of the three sisters ask for aid from Ornn to help them fight against the Watchers.
• Humans and Yeti battled each other, which caused the ground to shake and split apart.
  • The Watchers arrive in the Freljord from the newly opened abyss.
  • Gnar tries to fight the Watchers, but gets encased in true ice from an unknown source. Gnar remains in ice for millennia.
• Iceborn Rebelion against the Watchers.
  • The three sisters request Ornn to construct a massive bridge above the ravine. Ornn, using a hammer constructed from a meteor gifted by the three sisters, built the bridge on his own. The bridge was named “The Howling Abyss” (as the event was always remembered as when they threw the watchers “howling in to the abyss”). However, without Ornn's permission the Third Sister walked the length of the bridge, reciting strange incantations across the entire span. This turned the bridge into a crossbar that sealed the beasts below within the abyss, ultimately structurally weakening the bridge. The Three Sisters vowed never to speak of Ornn again.
  • Ornn, meanwhile, realized he did not like people asking him favors, and threw his spade as far to the west as he could. Where it landed, no one knows, and its fate is lost to darkness.
    • Then he turned east and threw his favorite eating fork as far as he could. It landed in the Great Sea. Later, a mer-king found a powerful trident at the sea-bottom, and still uses it to rule his kingdom.
  • Avarosa and Serylda led a rebellion to overthrow the Watchers, which culminates in a battle on Ornn's bridge. The battle ended with the death of Avarosa and Serylda and the Iceborn throwing the The Frozen Watchers into the ravine, sealing them away.
    • Death of Avarosa.
    • Death of Serylda.
    • Watchers are imprisoned in ice between The Void and physical realm.
  • Lissandra sets about removing history of the frozen watchers from the world as a whole, and is mostly successful in doing so. She secretly remains in power over the Frostguard until the present day.
• The settlement of the Hearthblood was founded by a group of humans that wanted to dedicate their lives to crafting various weapons, tools, and objects. Their settlement was built under the mountain where Hearth-Home was located.
• Destruction of the Hearthblood.
  • Volibear demands that Ornn's workers create weapons of war for him. When Ornn refuses this request Volibear takes a piece of armor from the walls of Ornn’s forge. This enrages Ornn, and the two battle each other for six days. The battle ends with the destruction of the Hearthbloods and their homes.
• The Watchers that weren't imprisoned craft the first voidborn prototypes within the material universe.
  • Vel'Koz came to be.
• Foundation of Nerimazeth, the original Shuriman capital.
• Events of Twin Dawns.
  • Constructon of the Sun Disc prototype.
    • Using the knowledge given by the Targonians, Shurimans built in the land outside Nerimazeth the first iteration of what is now known as the Sun Disc. It failed for unknown reasons.
  • Aurelion Sol visits Runeterra again.
  • Void Rifts open up near Mount Targon.
  • Massive Void Rift sealed by Aurelion Sol. A "Will" mocks him from beyond the rift.
  • One of Aurelion Sol's stars is destroyed due to killing a Pantheon on the field when he sealed the Void Rifts. At that point Aurelion Sol sensed that Targon feared his power.
• Around 6000 Years Ago^[2]
  • Founding of the Empire of Shurima.
• Founding of the Kingdom of Icathia.
• Amumu arrives on Runeterra.
• Construction of the Sun Disk.

  • After the fail in Nerimazeth, the Shurimans built a bigger Sun Disc in the Shuriman capital. After its construction, the Oasis of the Dawn appeared inside the structure. Its life giving water poured into the surrounding area, giving life to the desert. Later on the Oasis would form the Mother of Life river system.

  • Creation of the first Ascended.
• Shurima finds the Chalicar, a weapon brought from beyond the mountain and raised aloft at Shurima's birth.
• First records of Rammus. He remains a part of Shuriman culture for eons.
• At some point the Shuriman port city of Oshra Va’Zaun is born, years later it will be known as Zaun
• Setaka becomes Ascended.
• Aatrox born.
• Aatrox becomes Ascended.
• Nasus born.
• Renekton born.
• Nasus and Renekton become Ascended.
• Rhaast becomes Ascended.
• Icathia is subjugated by a Shuriman Empress, toppling its last Mage King, Axamuk. Renekton claims the weapon of an Icathian Warrior King as his own after destroying his army.
• Around 3500 Years Ago.
  • Zilean born in Icathia.
  • Saijax Cail-Rynx Kohari Icath'un born in unknown location, went to live in Ichatia.
  • Fall of Icathia.
    • Shurima and Icathia get into a major conflict due to Icathia's drive for independence.
    • Varus' home gets attacked but he stays and defends his post.
    • Varus becomes Ascended.
    • Events of Where Icathia Once Stood.
      • Shuriman Ascended, led by Setaka, charged against Icathia in the hundreds. Setaka died near the end of the battle.
    • Second Void War.
      • Wanting to revert the corruption and fall of his homeland, Zilean tries to use time magic but is ultimately locked in a temporal singularity.
      • Shabaka and Shabake, Raven Ascendeds, help seal the Great Rift at Icathia.
      • End of the Second Void War.
  • The Sai Kahleek region becomes a place of Void infestation, ruled by Rek'Sai of the Xer’Sai.
  • The surviving Ascended that fought in the Second Void War entitled themselves "Sunborn". It is unclear if all the remaining Ascended, assuming there were Ascended that didn't participate after the events of Where Icathia Once Stood, accepted this title.
• Siege of Nashramae.
  • Shurima lays siege to the city of Nashramae, with Nasus and Renekton at the helm. Renekton almost burns the entire city to the ground, but Nasus stops him.
• Nasus rediscovers the Tomb of the Emperors.
• Around 3000 Years Ago.
  • Fall of Shurima.
    • Omah Azir born.
    • Xerath born.
    • Xerath saves the life of Azir from an assault that claimed all of his brothers, Azir promises that one day, Xerath and all of the slaves of Shurima will be free once he becomes emperor.
    • In an attempt to ensure Azir's future as the ruler, Xerath causes all of his brothers to be stillborn, however the Queen manages to bore a son, so Xerath feels obligated to kill her. Azir's father (the emperor) was present when it happened, ans so Xerath killed him as well.
    • Azir is crowned Emperor, his first act was the prosecution of the killers of his mother and father, whom Xerath ensured were mages from another land. In secret to everyone, Azir begins his plan to free all the slaves.
    • The infamous Nether Blade of Horok is used to slain a thousand deceivers in the latter days of the empire.
    • Events of Unbound.
      • As his last act as a human, Azir frees all the slaves of Shurima. By this point, Xerath's plans are irreversible.
    • Events of Fall of the Empire.
      • Due to the machinations of Xerath and Azir's attempted Ascension, Shurima’s empire collapses. The capital is blasted beneath the sands with all of its inhabitants being obliterated.
      • Xerath, now an Ascended, is locked in the Tomb of the Emperors with Renekton, where he then works on corrupting Renekton and driving him to madness. Nasus goes into self imposed exile at this time. The spirit of eternal fire, who had been imprisoned by Shurima, was set free and his fate after this remains unknown.
    • The Sun Disc, with no power left, is buried beneath the sands and all knowledge of how to perform Ascension is lost with it.
    • The people of Shurima scattered, living in nomadic tribes or around deltas and oases from this point onwards.

Middle Ages

Events from the Fall of Shurima to the Founding of Piltover.

• Around 3000 Years Ago.^[3]
  • Destruction of Nerimazeth at the hands of the Ascended as a form of revenge against the one who lead Shurima to its downfall.
• The God-warriors control Runeterra for centuries of uneasy alliance.
• The War of the Sunborn / Great Darkin War.
  • Without any monarch to defend, or the existential threat of the Void to test them, Aatrox and the Sunborn began to clash with one another.
  • Numerous Sunborn corrupted each other and become the first Darkin.
  • Darkin master many forbidden forms of primal magic, crafting their own flesh and armor with equal ease until they were completely unrecognizable as the noble warriors they had once been.
  • Nasus kills fellow Ascended Moneerah for delving the charred ruins of Nashramae’s great library.
  • Myisha leads Ascended Ta’anari to Nasus, who gives the panther Ascended the location of the Chalicar of Setaka, with which Ta’anari hopes to stop the civil war and unite the other Ascended Darkin.
  • Events of Twilight of the Gods.
    • Ta'anari calls for a gathering of the Ascended. Enakai (Tiger), Syphax (Chameleon), Zigantus (Bull), Xuuyan (Turtle), Shabaka and Shabak (Raven twins), Valeeva (Unknown), Cebotaru (Wolf), and Naganeka (Snake) come to this gathering.
    • Ta’anari proposes that the next wielder of the Chalicar would be Sivunas Alahair, the Bringer of Rains, one of Azir's remaining descendants.
    • Xuuyan disagrees and tries to take the Chalicar by force. Ta’anari is forced to slay him using Riftwalk. The usage of such magic break the fetters that bound the immortal breath of the gods to Ta'anari's human flesh.
    • The other Darkin disagree with uniting to stop the war against the other Ascended and Darkin. Ta’anari, with the aid of Myisha, used Chalicar to heavily funnel his vitality rather than being drawn mad, and release an empowered form of Moonfalling to reverse the Ascension of the Darkin.
    • Shabaka and Shabake were vaporized instantly by the Moonfall, with Syphax, Zigantus and Enakai dying to the moonfall a few moments later.
    • Ta'anari's ascension was reverted and he was human once again. Myisha later removes his heart, killing him.
    • Naganeka, Valeeva and Cebotaru managed to escape still as Ascended. Whether they are still alive or were eventually sealed, is unknown to this day.
    • Ta'anari's three warrior former-queens (Teushpa, Sulpae and Idri-Mi) are the ones tasked with commanding their weaponsmiths to seal away the Darkin into weapons under Myisha's tutelage.
  • Myisha, the Aspect of Twilight of the time gives Runeterrans the knowledge to seal away the Darkin.
  • Newly reborn Aspect of War united many in fighting back against the Darkin.
  • Aatrox is defeated and sealed away within his magical sword.
  • Rhaast is defeated and sealed away within his magical scythe.
  • Around 1400 Years Ago^[4]
    • Varus is defeated and sealed away within his magical bow by vastayan moon-stalkers and human mages in service of a golden-armored warrior queen.
    • Golden-armored Warrior Queen uses Varus's bow in the final battle of the war.
    • End of The Great Darkin War.
  • Golden-armored Warrior Queen commanded her followers to bury her alive in a well of a mountain temple overlooking the village of Pallas.
• Founding of Modern Ionia.
• Order of The Black Rose was formed.
• LeBlanc became the matron of The Black Rose.
• Mordekaiser's Conquest.
  • Mordekaiser begins his crusade. The seat of his power is the Immortal Bastion. He either was already a lich or became one during his war. He is resurrected by his necromancers each time he is defeated.
  • During his conquest, Mordekaiser demicimate an order of Noxii mages who had renewed the study of ancient celestial magic. Between the mages, Mordekaiser found an Yordle named Veigar, recoginizing the Yordle's true nature, Mordekaiser trapped Veigar in the Immortal Bastion, bounding him in the physical plane so he couldnt escape to Bandle City and forced him to permoged grim enchantements, some which strengthned Mordekaiser's dominion, some only bringing terror.
• LeBlanc betrays and severs his ties to the Immortal Bastion, rendering him weaker than before.
  • The Immortal Bastion is successfully attacked and conquered by Noxii tribes and Mordekaiser's skull is hidden on the Blessed Isles. Without it, his necromancers couldn't revive him and his defeat was seemingly final.
• Around 1000 Years Ago
  • Zoe born on Mount Targon.
  • Zoe becomes the Aspect of Twilight some time during her pre-teen years.
• Ryze born.
• Orlon born.
• Discovery of the World Runes:
  • Events of Meet Zoe.
    • After a misunderstaning with a town's citizens, were local soldiers tried to banish Zoe only to be met with a meteor summoned by her, the resulting crater would lead mortals to one of their first World Rune to be discovered nearby.
  • Human nations begin to clamour around a new discovery: World Runes. Political tension follows as nations are unwilling to trust one another for fear of being unwittingly destroyed by these Runes.
• Rune Wars.
  • Tension reaches its boiling point and magical warfare erupts. Entire nations are decimated and the world is brought to its knees from the sheer amount of magic being used. At this point Ryze works with his master to try and claim the Runes and put them in hiding, while the world continues be imperilled.
  • Ryze confronts his master, Tyrus, in Icathia who tried to use two World Runes to power himself. Ryze defeats him but willingly magically alters himself with his masters Runes to continue his journey of protecting Runeterra.
  • Kayle and Morgana born on Mount Targon.
  • Nocturne is created by mages attempting to manipulate the spirit realm. 
  • The Brackern sense the magical conflict and choose to hibernate underground; opting to wait out the conflict with the hope that humanity will destroy itself and they can then live in peace again.
  • Kled arrived on Runeterra.
  • Founding of the Empire of Noxus, centered on the derelict Immortal Bastion.
  • Refugees of the Rune Wars find a land with magic nullifying Petricite, and settle there. Kilam took Kayle and Morgana there.
  • Poppy arrived on Runeterra.
  • Founding of the Kingdom of Demacia.
  • Kayle and Morgana received their mother's Starfire Spellblade and unlocked their celestial power, becoming additional ascended hosts for the Aspects of Justice. Together, they protected Demacia.
  • End of the Rune Wars.
• Evelynn took her lustful form.
• Events of the Battle of Zeffira.
  • Kayle and Morgana flew to aid the people of Zeffira. While Kayle was busy dealing with the frontline attack, Morgana learned of a hidden wave of enemies attacking the city and left the frontlines to aid the citizens.
  • After the battle Kayle lost trust in her sister for leaving her on the battlefield.
• Events of the Battle of the Winged Sisters.
  • Warriors flocked to Kayle’s banner at Silvermere’s Peak, where she founded a judicator order to enforce the law, and hunted down rebels and reavers with equal fervor. Kayle allowed Morgana to rehabilitate wrongdoers who appeared humble enough to admit their guilt.
  • Gradually Kayle’s followers started to resent Morgana. Kayle’s protege, Ronas, attempted to imprison Morgana for her actions, which resulted in his death.
  • Kayle consumed by rage, looked down upon the city, and summoned her divine fire to cleanse the city of its sins. Morgana flew up to meet her, raising her blade to defend the innocent bellow. The Battle raged on, ruining the city and killing numerous of its inhabitants, until it was abruptly halted by their father’s anguished cry.
  • With the death of their father Kilam, both Kayle and Morgana left Demacia. Kayle isolated herself near the slopes of Mount Targon, seeking perfect celestial clarity. Morgana remained at the outlying wilds of Demacia where she rectifies wrongs she sees fit on an interpersonal level as the Veiled One.
• Founding of the Bilgewater.
• Fizz surfaces above the Guardian's Sea for the very first time. Lived around Bilgewater since then.
• Events of the Ruination.
  • There was an empire conquering many lands. Its king had many enemies and during an assassination attempt on the king, only the speed of general Kalista's sword arm could avert disaster. Howver, in saving the king, Kalista caused the assassin to slice the king's wife with his poisoned blade, dooming her to certain death. The king dispatched Kalista to quest for a cure, with Hecarim replacing her role in her absence.
  • On her journey, Kalista set sail for the Blessed Isles. The island's inhabitants accepted Kalista's request and asked her to bring the queen to the island, where they would cleanse her.
  • While Kalista was away, the king descended into madness, locking himself in a tower with the queen's corpse upon her death. Hecarim led the Iron Order. The kingdom was in darkness when Kalista returned from her quest. She found the cure for the queen, but it was too late to save her.
  • The king asked Kalista for what she had found. Upon seeing the king's mental state, Kalista refused to reveal what she discovered and was named a traitor.
  • Eventually, at Hecarim's behest, she revealed what she had discovered.
  • The king sailed for the Blessed Isle and asked the island's guardians to resurrect the queen. The guardians refused and the king flew into a rage.
  • Ruination of the Blessed Isles and the formation of the Shadow Isles.
• Mordekaiser's skull was freed by the Ruination, which attracted his liches that resurrected him with his complete remains. He becomes a ruler of the Shadow Isles, rivaled only by the Ruined King himself.
• Events of From the Ashes.
  • Ryze takes on Kegan Rodhe as his apprentice during one of his trips in the Freljord.
• Kegan Rodhe becomes Brand.
• Galio was constructed by Durand.
• Start of the Demacian-Noxian War.
• Death of Jarvan I Lightshield in the Argent Mountains.
• Death of Sion in the Argent Mountains.
• Demacian-Freljordian War.
• Kinkou Order seals away the forbidden shadow techniques.
• Events leading to the Birth of Progress Day.
  • Zaun finalizes its plans to destroy a portion of the isthmus connecting Valoran and the Southern Continent, allowing for safe sea passage between eastern and western Valoran. The plan involved using thousand of chemtech bombs to crack open an area of the land such that a cavern could be created, but the results were catastrophic, as in what seemed to be an accident the bombs triggered a series of earthquakes that completely destroyed the isthmus and sank large districts of Zaun and thousands of its citizens, while also leaking poisonous gas in to the city's surviving areas.
  • Janna Windforce, empowered by the prayers of Zaun's people, arrived and blew away the gas, saving many lives and being eternally remembered by Zaun's denizens, converting her from a goddess of faith for sailors to a guardian deity for Zaun. She has yet to leave Zaun following this event.
  • Eventually Zaun was rebuilt. In order to regulate the oceanic passage they were built over, the Sun Gates were constructed, forcing all transport through the waters to be regulated by Zaun. This brought immense wealth to the city and likely led to Piltover's construction and elevation from Zaun, as the merchant clans were in control of most of the money coming through this trade route.
  • Construction of the Sun Gates led to great changes in eastern Valoran and the eastern seas, as Noxus was from this point on able to more easily pool together resources from across its empire without needing land travel, and Bilgewater's pirates found the seas brimming with trade ships waiting to be plundered, feeding into the criminal underbelly of the city.
• Founding of the city of Piltover.

Modern History

Events after the founding of Piltover to the present day.

• Discovery of the First Hex Crystals.
  • In an effort to find suitable fuel sources for hextech, the Ferros Clan, led by Elicia Ferros, went on an expedition to Shurima. There they found the slumbering Brackern and attacked them, ripping their lifestones out of the creatures' bodies. Skarner awakes and lashes out, killing several people. Elicia is injured and the Clan is forced to retreat. Several weeks later Skarner began his quest to recover the stolen lifestones, and succeeded in retrieving one. Many were brought to Piltover and used to fuel hextech, becoming known as the first "Hex Crystals". The ultimate fate of these crystals remains unknown.
  • This attack on the Brackern seemingly led others to also hunt the Brackern, but to what extent remains unknown. In the modern era, rings made from "sing-stone" are traded by the Shurimans of Uzeris.

80-51 Years Ago

• 80 Years Ago
  • Camille Ferros born in Piltover.
• Stevan Ferros born in Piltover.
• Camille becomes Clan Ferros' Principal Intelligencer.
• 55 Years Ago
  • Death of Rhodri Ferros.
  • Death of Gemma Ferros.
• 54 Years Ago
  • Stevan Ferros personally oversaw the induction of Hakim Naderi as the lead artificer for the Ferros family, a promising young crystallographer from the Shuriman coastal city of Bel'zhun.
    • Camille with the help of Hakim augments her body, installing a Hextech Heart that slowed down her aging while changing her personality to be more cold and calculating.
      • Camille and Hakim part ways.

50-41 Years Ago

• 49 Years Ago - The Shroud. The first known furthest extents of any known Harrowing.
• Jericho Swain born.
• Gangplank born in Bilgewater.
• Illaoi born on Buhru.
• Jarvan III Lightshield born in Demacian Capital.
• Kassaiadyn born in the Sai deserts of Shurima.
• Malzahar born in Amakra.
• Khada Jhin born.
• Shen born in northen Navori.
• Zed born.

40-18 Years Ago

• 37 Years Ago
  • The Maelstrom. The frigate Light-Bringer’s Bane is swallowed by the sea while sailing to outrun the Black Mist.
• Leona born on Mount Targon.
• Malcolm Graves born in Bilgewater.
• Tobias born on the Serpentine River.
• Sarah Fortune born in Bilgewater.
• Darius born in Basilich.
• Draven born in Basilich.
• 33 Years Ago
  • The Flower of Ionia. An Ionian fleet of unknown size lost to the Harrowing.
• 32 Years Ago
  • The Battle of Port Mourn of Bilgewater. The revenant Mordekaiser leads the Harrowing on a night of slaughter, and Port Mourn falls to darkness.
• The Death of the Ophidian. A fishing ship dragged down beneath the Jagged Straits by the hands of Nautilus.
• Gangplank killed Sarah's parents in a raid, orphaning her.
• Jarvan IV Lightshield born in Demacian Capital.
• A mage stole a dragon egg from Yvva's nest in Shurima.
• Shyvana born in Piltover.
• Diana born near Mount Targon.
• Garen Crownguard born in High Silvemere.
• Taric born.
• Viktor born in Zaun.
• Jayce born in Piltover.
• Caitlyn born in Piltover.
• Katarina Du Couteau born in Noxus Prime.
• Cassiopeia Du Couteau born in Noxus Prime.
• Sivir born.
• Sylas born in Dregbourne.
• Talon born in Noxus Prime. Later adopted and named Talon Du Couteau.
• Quinn and Caleb were born as twins in Uwendale.
• Darha born in the Ionian Northern Highlands.
• Valmar born in Pallas.
• Kai born in Navori.
• Kusho,  Shen and Zed track down a serial killer known as Khada Jhin. Kusho has him incarcerated. From this point on all three men would be mentally scarred from having seen Khada Jhin's murders. Jhin is from this point on imprisoned in the Tuula Prison.
• 24 Years Ago
  • Xan Irelia born in Navori.
• 22 Years Ago
  • The Death of the Conqueror. The mighty galleon Conqueror is lost to the depths, along with 30 battleships.
  • Darius', Draven's, and Quiletta Varn's home of Basilich is annexed by Noxus. All three of them join the Noxian army.
• Ashe born in Vathcaer.
• Jinx born in Zaun.
• Vi born in Zaun.
• 20 Years Ago
  • Kaisa born in the Sai deserts of Shurima.
• Taliyah born in a tribe near Icathia.
• Orianna Reveck born in Piltover.
• Luxanna Crownguard born in High Silvermere.
• Ezreal born in Piltover.
• 19 Years Ago
  • Akali Jhomen Tethi born in the Kinkou Monastery of Ionia.
• Kayn born.
• 17 Years Ago
  • Ekko born in Zaun.

16-8 Years Ago

• Karma reincarnates within 12-year-old Darha.
• Taliyah became a Stoneweaver.
• 12 Years Ago
  • Kaisa obtains her first blade from her father for her birthday.
  • Start of the Noxian invasion to Ionia.
    • The highly defensible fortress of Fae’lor, built upon the westernmost island of Ionia, is overrun after a long siege during the very early stages of the Noxian invasion. The fortress served as an important noxian dock during the rest of the invasion.
    • Riven joins the Noxian-Ionian War effort.
    • Irelia's old home and family are massacreted by Admiral Duqual and his forces, there Irelia discovers the power of her ancient dances and later join the growing resistance of Navori.
    • Zed, having struggled with his teachings after the Jhin investigation, looks to any means to surpass Shen, and finds the forbidden shadow techniques. He is banished from the Order.
      • Kusho's refusal to help the war effort ends Zed's allegiance. While not directly opposed to them, he begins to view the Kinkou as rivals.
        • Zed gathers followers that serves as a slinter group of the Navori Brotherhood.
    • Battle of Bard Mountain.
      • Noxians attack the Bards; a society of Ionians living on a trio of mountains. At some point in the past they made a deal with the celestial being they called “ Bard” to safeguard a celestial egg of sorts and three altars in exchange for some magical benefit.
      • The Noxian attack forces an elder of the village to use the egg’s power, sundering the mountain. This immediately alerts Bard, who swoops in and transports the egg and altars to a location beyond Runeterra.
      • This is the the most recent known time Bard has intervened in Runeterran activities.
• 10 Years Ago
  • Some Vastayan tribes looking for a better deal and ally with Noxus, others remain to fight for Ionia. At this time Zed and his followers are openly hostile against non-humans.
  • Udyr and Lee Sin engages the Noxians at the Hirana Monastery, where monks from every province had fallen back to defend the holy monastery. Lee Sin and Udyr acts utterly lead to the victory of the Ionians, but they also bring the holy monastery and it's ancient knowledge to ruins, the warriors helped to rebuild the monastery and then patterd ways.
  • Events of Heartlight.
    • Battle of Pallas.
      • Noxus attacks the town of Pallas primarily due to its Temple's secrets.
      • Valmar and Kai fight to repel the invaders, Kai is mortally wounded.
      • Valmar shoves Kai and himself into the pit of Pallas, subsequently awakening the Darkin within.
      • Events of As We Fall.
        • The Darkin known as Varus, fuses with Valmar and Kai and is freed from his prison.
      • Events of Retribution.
        • Varus attacks and kills most of the initial Noxian invading party before setting off from Ionia.
  • The Great Stand at Navori
    • Swain captures the Placidium and take its defenders hostage, possibly with the help of the Vastaya Kalan(later rewarded with the role of governor of Fae'lor), hoping to lure the inevitable reinforcements into a trap.
    • Irelia's revolutionary forces win a striking victory against the Noxian invading army.
    • Swain loses his arm to Irelia and is discharged from the Ionian front.
      • Irelia becomes the leader of the growing resistance.
  • Master Yi heads to aid Ionia in Navori.
  • Kaisa reanimates a Void rift, causing an earthquake that swallows her entire village beneath the Sai desert.
  • Kaisa kills a voidling and is taken by its skin.
  • Zed returns to the Kinkou Monastery for the last remaining knowledge of Shadow techniques. Despite Master Kusho trying to stop his former student, he is ultimately killed by Zed. Some students ally with Zed while others flee.
  • Death of Master Kusho.
  • Dissapearence of Tahno Jhomen Tethi.
  • Zed forms the Shadow Order.
  • Akali flees into the eastern mountains along with Mayym, Shen, Kennen, and a handful of other acolytes.
  • Shen becomes to new Eye of Twilight, and then sets out to rebuild the Kinkou under the Order's three ancient fundamental philosophies.
  • Kayn's Noxian forces landed at the mouth of the Epool River. He slaughtered many Ionians and Vastaya before he was caught by Zed. He later joined the Order of Shadows.
• 9 Years Ago
  • The Shadow Falls. The Black Mist overcomes the defenses of the Southern Beacon of Bilgewater, and it sinks beneath the sea. Its guiding light is now lost to Bilgewater.
  • Events of Warmother.
    • The Avarosan lead by their leader Grena set out on a dangerous quest for the truth behind an ancient myth of Avarosa's Throne.
    • The Journey took them deep into hostile territory of the Ice Children, where the Avarosan Frost Priest Maalcrom and the Hearthbound ultimately turned back. Grena, Ashe, and their Bloodsworn brave the punishing climate. After days of trekking, the Iceborn are ambushed at their camp by the Draklorn.
      • Death of Grena and other Bloodsworn such as Yrael, Rorn, Grimshall, and Logren at the hands of Maalcrom.
    • After traveling unforgiving ice cliffs for days, Ashe reached the edge of her mother's maps: Ghulfrost. Though Grena expected to find Avarosa's Throne, a hall and hoard of treasure, Ashe found merely an unmarked cairn in the snow... only to discover a legendary bow made entirely of True Ice buried in the rocks. With that bow she ultimately slays any Draklorn Frostguard servant, uncluding Maalcrom who was disguised as their leader.
    • After discovering her tribe were dead, Ashe found Sejuani and together, they killed a grellfeen. They reunited after five years apart. They escaped after being chased by a group of Ursine.
    • Ashe and Sejuani travels on boat for days before reaching the Winter's Claw.
    • Sejuani welcomed Ashe into her tribe, becoming Battlesisters, but the other tribesmen such as the Frost Priests and her mother Kalkia refuse to accept her among them.
    • Trying to challenge her mothers rule, Sejuani stages an attack on the Ebrataal tribe who was allied to Winter's Claw but were weak and had no Iceborn among them.
    • Founding out the true nature of this attack, Ashe refused to go further with Sejuani's plan and stood to protect the assaulted tribesmen, vowing to take them away across the Ice Sea.
    • Enraged by Ashe's decision, Sejuani and the other Winter's Claw allied to her left the Ebrataal tribe, branding Ashe as a traitor.
    • Ashe took the Ebrataal tribe upon herself and renamed them to the Avarosan, after the tribe her mother once leaded.
  • Noxian warband’s leader, Emystan, deployes Singed to attack the Ionian region of Navori.
    • Riven and her warband serves as scouts for Emystan's warband, bringing the chemical weapon(whose true nature was unknown to both warbands) in the way to Navori, on the moment the warbands are attacked by Ionians, the weapon is used and both the warbands and the Ionians die in horrifying ways, Riven being the only survivor.
    • Darius and Quilleta retreat from the Ionian front, partially due to a fatal chemical infection on Quilleta arm caused by Singed's chem bomb, her arm was cut off and she became the steward of Basilich.
  • Yasuo tries to enter the Noxian-Ionian conflict, but is then framed for the murder of an Ionian Elder, which lands him in prison. He later escapes after finding out he is being convicted for murder and not for his going AWOL.
  • Darius and his warhosts are sent to Freljord, where they meet growing resistance from the Winter's Claw.
  • The way of Wuju is almost destroyed as Master Yi's village is decimated by Chem-bombs developed by Singed.
• Gregori and Amoline Hastur left Noxus Prime to live in isolation somewhere north of the Ironspike Mountains.
• Nunu born in Notai Tribe.
• Events of Descent into the Tomb
  • Sivir's and  Cassiopeia's expedition to Shurima.
  • Cassiopeia betrays Sivir, opening the Tomb of the Emperors with Chalicar.
  • Xerath and  Renekton are freed from the Tomb of the Emperors.
  • Events of the Rise of the Ascended
    • Azir is resurrected by Sivir's blood.
    • Azir brings Sivir to the Oasis of the Dawn to save her.
    • Azir becomes Ascended.
    • Shuriman capital rises from the sands.
  • Events of Arisen.
    • Azir learns of Xerath's treachery and vows to punish him for his actions.
  •   Azir preaches to the nomadic Shurimans about a newly rebuilt empire.
  • Azir terraforms the land around the capital. Restores the long dried up waterways, sending water through Shurima into the capital and, presumably, the Oasis.
  • Events of Water.
    • Sivir, unsure about what to do, leaves the capital and tries to put this ancient stuff behind her, to little effect.
  • Xerath starts gathering people to serve under him and begins to build a power base in the long forgotten city of Nerimazeth. He also has the emperor’s lineage on his hit list.
  • Renekton sets out to kill his brother Nasus.
  • Events of Ouroboros.
    •   Nasus receives word about  Xerath building a new empire from Nerimazeth, and prepares himself to confront the magus and also to find the emperor’s lineage before  Xerath does.
  • Cassiopeia, transformed by the poison of the Tomb of the Emperor’s guardian, looks to explore and utilize her new found powers to their fullest. She presumably returns to Noxus not long after these events.
• At some point the Kinkou Order and Shadow Order broker an uneasy accord to fight against Noxus instead of each other.

7 Years Ago

• The Order of Shadows works to repel Noxus, doing unspeakable things to get the job done.
• Swain obtains demon magic.
• With the help of Draven, Swain manages to become Grand General of Noxus following Boram Darkwill’s demise.
• Darius returns from the Freljordian campaign demanding compensation after narrowly surviving assassination attempts, ambushes, and even captures by the Winter’s Claw.
• Trifarix of Noxus was formed, with Swain representing Vision, Darius representing Might, and an unknown figure representing Guile.
• Battle of Dalu Bay, Irelia's revolutionary forces win a striking victory against the Noxian invading army, defeating Admiral Duqal and ending the Invasion and the War.
• End of the Noxian-Ionian War.
• Some Ionian territories remain in Noxian control. Noxian-Ionian skirmishes around these territories continue to the present day.
• Zed starts consolidating power. He continues hostility with Noxus, and increases hostility against many Vastayan tribes.
• Annie Hastur born in Noxus near the Ironspike Mountains.
  • Annie's mother Amoline dies, leaving Tibbers to Annie.
• Taliyah arrives in Ionia.
• Events of The Bird and the Branch.
  • Yasuo starts teaching Taliyah the Wind technique.
  • Word of Azir's return and Shurima’s revival reach Ionian shores, and Taliyah's ears. Choosing family over Yasuo's teachings, she opts to return to Shurima to ensure her tribe’s safety.
  • Over the course of weeks or months Taliyah finds passage to the Freljord, which she then crosses to take a ship around the west side of Valoran, winding up in the port town of Bel’Zhun, which itself is north of the Sai in Shurima. From there she skirted the Sai, going from town to town to eventually start heading inland.
  • Yasuo set off to his home village to confront his past, after many years of wandering Ionia.

6 Years Ago

• Events of Confessions of a Broken Blade.
  • As the trial concludes, Riven must finally face the horrors of her past.
  • Riven stands trial for the murder of Yasuo's master.
  • In the wake of the war between Noxus and Ionia, Riven is accused of a heinous crime. After the reveal of the truth, her sentence is lowered to community service.
• Events of Bloodline.
  • Taliyah finds a wounded Sivir outside of the city of Vakaura and tends to her wounds. Nasus and Xerath, both drawn by Sivir's blood, venture to Vekaura to find her.
  • Nasus meets Taliyah and Sivir, they exchange words and Nasus gives the two an amulet to hide them from Xerath so they can escape. He then engages in battle with Xerath, losing but living. Thanks to Taliyah's efforts Nasus is able to get himself up and away with ease, and some of Vakaura’s population survive despite the city’s devastation.
• Events of Echoes in the Stone.
  • Taliyah eventually splits up with Sivir and reaches the capital city; Shurima. There she hears the echoes of the people who died at Shurima’s fall in the stone, and ventures deep into the bowels of the city to find her family.
• Events of Dark Kin.
  • Varus arrives in Shurima where he senses another Darkin presence in a Shuriman tomb.

5 Years Ago

• Akali formally entered her Kinkou training, determined to succeed her mother as the new Fist of Shadow.

4 Years Ago

• The Wild Hunt. Hecarim marshals a spectral host and lays waste to the port of Grey Harbor.

3 Years Ago

• The Battle of the Serpent. A Blue Flame leviathan is goaded to the surface by a serpent caller to face the Harrowing. The Black Mist is dispersed before it reaches Bilgewater, but the giant from the depths is slain in the process.

2 Years Ago

• Events of The Blade of Millenia.
  • Kayn obtains the Darkin Scythe known as Rhaast.
• Events of The Man with the Steel Cane.
  • Jhin is released from his prison and is currently on an assassination mission in Zaun for the Ionian government.
  • Shen (accompanied temporarily with Akali) and Zed team up to track Jhin down and finish him.
• Akali disapproves of the Kinkou Order's rules and regulations and sets off to fight as a Rogue Ronin Assassin. Shen and her have parted on neutral terms for the time being.

1 Year Ago

• The Battle of Knife Straits.
  • An enormous Harrowing swells over Bilgewater, forcing Miss Fortune and Gangplank to fight together to keep it at bay.
  • Nautilus appears and stands alone against the Harrowing, splitting its forces almost singlehandedly. Some go west and some go north, with a portion of the Mist being forced to contend with Nautilus.
  • The north force arrives at Smuggler’s Cove and decimates it, leaving no survivors.
  • The west force meets the combined armadas of Miss Fortune and Gangplank, and is thwarted. Bilgewater survives.
• Events of Annie: Origins.
  • Annie unlocks her powers.
  • Annie and Daisy play in the woods. She is unable to save Daisy after she slips in a river.
    • Death of Daisy Hastur.
  • Arriving home, Annie is confined in her room. Engulfed in sadness, Annie doesn't realize her mental state caused a fire, burning down the entire house. Gregori dies saving Annie.
    • Death of Gregori Hastur.
  • Leanna blames Annie for everything and attempts to rip apart Tibbers. Annie's inner rage manifests outwards and transforms Tibbers.
    • Tibbers awakened.
    • Death of Leanna Hastur.

Present Year

• Events of Burning Tides.
  • Miss Fortune concocts and puts into action a plan to get rid of Gangplank once and for all. She commissions Twisted Fate to steal a magical dagger from Gangplank and then tips off Graves, who’s still on the hunt for him. The two confront one another and this leaves Gangplank vulnerable.
  • Miss Fortune's attack on Gangplank leaves him nearly dead and with the population having not seen him survive Bilgewater descends into chaos as the man who kept all of the gangs in check isn’t around anymore.
  • Graves and Twisted Fate reconcile about what happened ten years prior, and resolve to leave Bilgewater behind and start their partnership up anew. Their sights are set on Piltover, both to perform a great heist and to get Graves a new gun.
• Graves obtains his second gun, New Destiny.
• Events of The Burden.
  • Gangplank is rescued by servants of the Buhru chiefs, and he meets Illaoi for the first time in a long time. He begs for her support and that of Buhru, and Illaoi sees he needs to be tested. He overcomes the test and Illaoi pledges the support of Buhru’s chiefs to Gangplank as he works to reclaim his title of Reaver King.
  • Gangplank has acquired a prosthetic arm for himself.
• Events of Shadow and Fortune.
  • A Harrowing sweeps over Bilgewater with Hecarim and Thresh leading the way. Lucian, Olaf and Miss Fortune are brought together by circumstance and fight the Harrowing in their own ways. Illaoi manages to perform a ritual to invoke Nagakabouros, which showers Bilgewater in the goddess’s light and repels the Harrowing, cleansing some of it and freeing many souls from its grip.
  • Lucian confronted Thresh for the first time since Senna’s death. He learned Senna was imprisoned by Thresh, and has found new strength to both save her and destroy the Black Mist.
  • Miss Fortune had revelations about herself and has resolved to clean up Bilgewater of all crime.
  • Illaoi hopes to fix Bilgewater and has it in mind to work with both Miss Fortune and Gangplank to achieve this.
  • Olaf failed to die and presumably went back to the Freljord.
• Events of Fortune Smiles.
  • Miss Fortune eliminates several corrupt leaders in Bilgewater.
• Events of Progress Day.
  • Caitlyn sniffs out potential Noxian spies in Piltover, and manages to out one named Tamara, deporting her to Bel'Zhun with discretion. Another, Colette, manages to infiltrate Clan Medarda's ranks. Vi began the process of interrogating a prisoner in relation to the spies, though whether she discovered anything about the second spy is unknown.
• Heimerdinger and Ziggs arrive and set-up shop in Piltover.
• Events of Paint the Town.
  • Ziggs leaves Piltover to live in Zaun with Jinx.
• Events of Blood of Noxus.
  • Battle of Basilich.
  • Darius, Draven, and Tamara lay siege on the city of Basilich.
  • Draven storms the walls, nearly dying in the process.
  • Darius and Draven confront Quiletta Varn, but she is double-crossed by her second-in-command Invetia Varn.
  • City of Basilich is retaken by Noxus.
• Events of The Whispering Doodad.
  • While heading back from Basilich to Noxus Prime, Draven and Tamara fought and later fled from Lulu and Tristana who were guardian a Bandlewood in the area.
• Yvva attacks Shyvana and her adopted father. The father dies afterward.
• Jarvan IV becomes General.
• Battle near the Argent Mountain
  • Jarvan’s armies won victory after victory.
  • Jarvan was encircled and defeated by Noxian warbands.
  • Jarvan hid in the forests and was found by Shyvana.
• Shyvana carries Jarvan to Castle Wrenwall.
• Battle at the Castle Wrenwall.
  • Yvva comes to Castle Wrenwall where she ends up fighting her daughter Shyvana in the sky.
  • Death of Yvva at the hands of Shyvana.
• Jarvan IV and Shyvana head back to Demacia City with the head of Yvva.
• Noxus obtains Piltover's Clan Medarda's trading map.
• Events of For Demacia.
  • Garen and Lux save the Demacian city of Fossbarrow from a Shadowy threat.
• Events of Into the Abyss.
  • Nami becomes the Tidecaller and ascends to the surfface world to track down the Aspect of the Moon.
• Events of First Steps.
  • Nami learns that the Aspect of the Moon is traveling to Ionia and heads there as well.
• Events of The Principles of Strength.
  • Delverhold strengthens its ties with Noxus. Alyssa Roshka Gloriana val-Lokan becomes its leader.
• Events of Stains on a Name.
  • A decade after the Battle of the Placidium, Ionia honors the young woman who inspired a revolution.
• Events of Then, Teeth.
  • Pyke returns to Bilgewater as the Bloodharbor Ripper.
• Events of Breach.
  • Events of The Girl Who Came Back.
    • Kai'Sa decides to give up her life of self-isolation in the Sai desert's underground and live again on the surface.
• Events of The Dreaming Pool.
  • Syndra is freed from her prison inside Dael'eh Ahira, Fae'lor of Ionia.
  • Death of Okin.
  • Fae'lor ruined castle is lifted by Syndra into the sky and transported northwards to an unknown location.
• Events of Lux.
  • Garen and Tianna discuss the possibility of Lux marrying Jarvan IV.
  • Lux finds out about a hidden Mageseeker prison housing mages, where she meets imprisoned Sylas.
• Events of The Unshackled.
  • Sylas escapes Demacian prison and execution with the unwilling aid of Lux's magical powers. He is currently leading a massive Mage Rebellion against the anti-mage government.
• Events of Turmoil.
  • A month after Sylas's escape, Demacian Mageseekers have began to systematically gather and imprison or exile all known Mages within Demacia.
  • Demacian cities and villages revolt against the sudden harsh laws against anyone who has even small traces of magical abilities. A revolt in Meltridge was averted by the quick actions of a soldier named Cithria.
• Events of Awaken.
  • Jhin travels to Piltover and has as strong enough presence to get the attention of Clan Ferros and Camille.
  • Riven is captured or travels to Noxus where she ends up fighting in the Fleshing Arena.
  • Start of the Second Noxian-Ionian War.
    • Sion joins the invasion efforts.
    • Irelia's resistance has a last stand near a seaside village, before being aided by the Kinkou Order members such as Akali and Kennen, as well as the spiritual leader Karma and the redeemed Yasuo. This ultimately turns the tide of the battle.
• Aurelion Sol returns to Runeterra.

+50 Years

• Events of The Wonder Above.
  • An Ionian elder retells the story of Bard to children from the Floating Villages.

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