***PHANTASY STAR***
http://listing-index.ebay.com/games/Timeline_of_the_Phantasy_Star_series.html This is a timeline of the Phantasy Star series of videogames. For dates in which the Japanese and US versions of the games conflict, the US date is used. The following sources are used (in order of most to least authority): Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star III, Phantasy Star IV, the Phantasy Star Compendium translation.
==History Before Waizz (BW)==
Events Prior to the 1st Century BW
Several Hundred Million Years BW - In an unspecified solar system, a civilization of spirit-life forms divides, and an interplanetary war breaks out.
c. BW 2,000,000 - The war is settled. As a result of the victorious side sealing the defeated side away, one fixed star and four planets are created, "Protectors of the Seal" are made on the four planets, and one kind of sentient life form is allocated to each.
c. BW 300,000 - The entire race of victors is wiped out. Except on the fourth planet, Rykros, the beings of the other three planets, with the passing of each successive generation, begin to forget the mission of those made Protectors. Meanwhile, in their inter-dimensional prison, the sealed-away spirit-life forms transform into a wicked being, the accumulation of spirits of hatred and vengeance, and, at its core, a Profound Darkness is formed.
1st Century BW
BW 100 - The feudal ages continue in Algol.
BW 13 - The Supreme Ruler of Palma's Baya Malay region, Waizz Landale, raises an army with the goal of uniting all lands under one ruler. ((Civilization Revolution))
==History After Waizz (AW)==
1st Century AW
AW 1 - Supreme King Waizz unites Palma.
2nd Century AW
AW 126 - The first manned Palman spacecraft lands on Motavia. Contact is made with the Motavians.
AW 157 - A manned aircraft lands on Dezolis. Contact is made with the Dezolians.
AW 183 - To solve Palma's overpopulation, a plan for emigration to Motavia is initiated. Near the planet's only lake, Lake Perseus, construction of the experimental city Paseo is begun.
AW 185 - Construction begins on the Skure spaceport on Dezolis.
3rd Century AW
AW 200's - The Faith of the Eclipse Torch, Algol's oldest religion, is founded on Dezolis.
AW 253 - Odin is born on Palma.
AW 262 - Emigration gets underway, Motavia is established as a province of Palma, and a Government House is set up in Paseo.
4th Century AW
AW 324 -
* Nero Landale is born on Palma.
* Noah is born on Palma.
AW 326 - Alis Landale is born.
AW 327 - The current King of Palma, Aures Landale, suddenly dies. In place of the less-than-one-year-old successor, Princess Alis, the next-in-line head priest and prime minister Reipard La Shiec is entrusted with political power. However, a lady of the court, with the misconception that King Aures's death was the result of a plot by La Shiec, hides Alis with a friend.
AW 328 - La Shiec is installed as the provisional king. Alis lives with Motavia's governor.
AW 329 - Motavia's governor sends Princess Alis to the home of the subordinate of a trusted retainer, where she will be raised as a common citizen. In this house, there is a boy called Nero. Alis takes to him, and they are raised as brother and sister.
AW 337 - Myau is born on Palma.
AW 338 - Princess Alis's foster parents die in an accident.
AW 341 -
* La Shiec learns the secret of the Algol Solar System's genesis. Forming a space-time gate, he comes into contact with the sealed-away spirit-life form. As a result, he summons the projected body of the Profound Darkness, Dark Force, and becomes its loyal servant. That same year, a reign of terror begins.
* The Air Castle is constructed for La Shiec.
* Outrageous taxes cause businesses and entire towns on Palma to effectively shut down. ((Sim City 4))
AW 342 -
* This is the date of the events of Phantasy Star.
* King La Shiec closes the spaceports to all citizens who do not have official travel permits.
* Nero, investigating the reason behind La Shiec's transformation, is caught and killed at and by the hands of the special police. Alis carries out his final wishes; she gains the help of Myau, Odin, and Lutz, and overthrows La Shiec and Dark Force. That year, when the governor of Motavia is told the news, Queen Alisa Landale I is placed on the throne.
* The Naula Bakery is constructed on the fourth basement floor of the Naula dungeon. It sells cakes for 280 Meseta
AW 345 - Terrorists sabotage the ship in which Queen Alis Landale I and Lutz are traveling, sending the two to another star. No record remains of what happened to them there, but, upon his return, Lutz originated techniques and their use.
AW 349 -
* Lutz, continuing to research Dark Force, finds that the gate that La Shiec opened cannot be perfectly resealed, and realizes that the resultant fluctuations will therefore once again reach their peak after 1,000 years. He assembles his fellow Espers that are watching the gate and enters into cold sleep.
* The Esper Mansion is constructed on Dezolis.
* Lutz creates the nine items of Nei before entering an artificial sleep.
http://www.psalgo.com/profiles/aw.html AW 183 - Palmans first land on Motavia
AW 342 - Events of Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star generation:1, and Phantasy Star: Deluxe Edition
AW 813 - Events of Phantasy Star Gaiden
AW 1268 - Events of Phantasy Star Adventure
AW 1274 - A spaceship crash over Dezoris
AW 1284 - Events of Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star generation:2
AW 2284 - Events of Phantasy Star IV
Exact dates for the events of Phantasy Star III have never been stated. It is unknown if usage of the AW calendar survived the cultural destruction aboard the Alisa III. "AW" was never mentioned during that game.
http://www.phantasy-star.net/psu/notes.html Revised January 15, 1998.
We, Jim Maxlow and Michael Ripplinger, spent a good portion of the summer of 1996 exchanging a series long email threads in which we hammered out what you now have presented to you as the Phantasy Star Ultimate Timeline. There is a lot of information contained within it, and so, in order to make everything clearer, we have created this page of notes, to guide you in understanding our theories. As a caveat, all our designs are built around the events depicted in the American versions of the Phantasy Star games, meaning they are not necessarily reconcilable with the original Japanese versions.
Calendars:
The Phantasy Star series presents us with two calendars throughout the four games. The first, presented in Phantasy Star I, is called "Space Century." We learn of it in the game's opening narration, which dates the game at "Space Century 342." (The back of the box dates the game at Space Century 3240. Needless to say, we consider this a typo and take the actual text of the game over the packaging.)
Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star IV, however, present us with a new calendar. They refer to events as taking place in the year "AW XXX." Phantasy Star IV takes place, according to the game, in AW 2284, which is equal to an Earth date of 4370 (more on this translation below). This would mean that the AW calendar was started in the Earth year 2086, 71 years before the date we have given to the launch of the Earth spaceship Noah. Therefore, we believe the AW calendar is a new system of dating designed to reflect the massive changes Earth goes through as the environmental disasters aluded to by the Earthmen in Phantasy Star II start to take place.
So, within this timeline, each event is dated three different ways:
Space Century (SC): This is what we believe to be the standard calendar used in the Algo solar system until sometime after the arrival of Mother Brain, who puts Algo onto the Earthmen's AW calendar.
Earth year (EY): The standard Gregorian calendar in use here on Earth today.
After W-- (AW): See above.
Plotting the Events:
The dating system used to calendar events in the PSU Timeline was created based on two main assumptions:
First, we know from the game itself that Phantasy Star I takes place in "Space Century 342." Presuming that there is a way to examine individual years within each Space Century, we have assumed that the full date of Phantasy Star I is Space Century 342.00. Just as we would call the number 2.00 simply "two," we believe that the date presented in the game has been similarly rounded.
Second, through an elaborate series of conjectures, we have found a way to translate the Space Century calendar into the Gregorian calendar we use here on Earth. We theorize that the spaceship Noah arrived in the Algo solar system 12 years before Phantasy Star I (SC 341.88) after a journey which lasted 203 years, meaning Noah was launched from Earth in SC 339.85. We arbitrarily chose an Earth date of 2157 for Noah's launch. Knowing that SC 339.85 and Earth year (EY) 2157 are the same, from there it is easy to convert dates from and to either calendar.
Finally, using the above information, we can date Phantasy Star IV at SC 361.98 and EY 4370, and since the date presented in the game itself is in the AW calendar (AW 2284), any date from any of the calendars can be translated to the other two.
All of this, of course, requires an even bigger assumption; namely, that both one Earth year and one AW year are equal to one year on the Space Century calendar. For simplicity's sake, we have made this assumption.
Ordering of the games:
Okay, are you ready for this? According to our timeline, the events depicted in Phantasy Star III actually occur after Phantasy Star IV.
When we first started plotting out this timeline, we were rather surprised ourselves to see this happen, but here's why we believe it to be so. Phantasy Star II takes place 1000 years after the original (SC 352.00). We know from Phantasy Star III that somehow, Dark Force made it aboard one of the 400 enormous colony ships that fled Palma. Dark Force then started destroying the ships one by one, until he reached Alisa III, where, after instigating the Devastation War between Orakio and Laya, he was defeated and sealed within the Sunken Palace. The game itself then begins 1,000 years after this event.
We believe it took Dark Force five years to reach Alisa III, meaning he arrived on board in SC 352.05. Assuming the Devastation War lasted for two years, Orakio and Laya then defeated Dark Force in SC 352.07, which means Phantasy Star III opens in SC 362.07.
Meanwhile, Phantasy Star IV tells us that Wren is 998 years old. We also learn that approximately 1000 years prior to the game, the system suffered an event known as the Great Collapse, in which almost all technology was lost and civilization was practically eliminated. Therefore, Wren must have been created prior to the Great Collapse. Assuming that Wren was created in the last days of Mother Brain's existence (SC 352.00) and taking into consideration the fact that we know Wren is 998 at the time of Phantasy Star IV, this suggests to us that Phantasy Star IV takes place 998 years after Phantasy Star II in SC 361.98. (And yes, Dark Force is only supposed to return every 1000 years exactly, but the destruction of Palma in SC 352.00 significantly weakened the dimensional seal enough to allow the Profound Darkness to send three Dark Forces into Algo two years earlier than normal.)
When you plot all that out, look what happens: Phantasy Star III takes place nine years after Phantasy Star IV.
What's Missing?
Believe us, when we plotted out the Phantasy Star Ultimate Timeline, we plotted out everything. Yet, when you look at the timeline, several very significant events are left out. For example, the date upon which King Lassic assumed power is not given. There is no mention of Alis Landale's father, whom we know was once King of Algo. And we learn from Phantasy Star II that Rolf is a descendent of Alis herself, yet the timeline says nothing of Alis's life after Phantasy Star I! All we can say is, we have included these events in the creation of the timeline, however, because we wish to reveal them in the course of our stories rather than just show them to you outright, we have kept them [CENSORED] for the time being.
Characters:
Because it can be difficult to trace the life of your favorite character within the context of the entire timeline, here we present "pull-outs" on the lives of each game's major characters.
Phantasy Star I:
Alis Landale:
Assuming that Alis is 18 at the time of the game, we plot her birth at SC 341.82, two years after the birth of her older brother Nero. In The Epic, she tells Myau that she was raised on Palma by a foster family after her parents, miners on Motavia, were killed in an accident. Based on Governor Sirus's revelation that Alis's father was once King of Algo, we know that this claim was not entirely true. Born to King and Queen Ossale, she and Nero were hidden with a foster family on Palma, the Landales, when their parents were taken by the Dezorians. When Alis was 18, she saw her older brother Nero killed by Lassic's robotcops. This event sent her on a quest to overthrow the king, which she did later that year (SC 342.00). She also subsequently destroyed the Dark Force that had emerged during that time, forever establishing her importance in the history of Algo. As of yet, very little of her life past this point is known, though we do know that she accepted Governor Sirus's offer to become Queen of Algo, because in Agent's Destiny, Rolf refers to her as "Queen Landale." We also know that she must have had at least one child, because Lutz tells Rolf in PSII that he is Alis's direct descendent. However, nothing is yet known about any offspring Alis had.
Myau:
We presume that Myau was five at the time of the game, which places his birth in SC 341.95. Two years prior to the game, when Myau was three, he met Odin and left his home, family, and people to fight with him to free Palma. The pair was briefly seperated when Odin was turned to stone by the gorgon Medusa, and during this time, Myau ended up in a pet store on Paseo where he met Alis Landale. Myau helped Alis Landale rescue Odin and overthrow King Lassic in SC 342.00. During the course of the adventure, he was greatly traumatized by the discovery of several slain Musk Cats in the laboratory of Dr. Mad. All we know of Myau's life after SC 342.00 is that sometime in the future, he began to reside in a cave on Dezoris known as Myst Vale, where he remained permanently winged thanks to constant ingestion of Laerma nuts. Myau had turned Myst Vale into a safe haven for Musk Cats, much like the Espers' Esper Mansion (perhaps due, in some way, to the actions of Dr. Mad). We do not know when Myau arrived in Myst Vale, but we know he was still there at the age of 2003 in SC 361.98, at which time he gave his old weapon, the Silver Fang, to Chaz Ashley.
Odin:
Of all the PSI characters, the one we know the least about is Odin. We have assumed he was 31 years old at the time of the game, which means he was born in SC 341.69. He tells Alis and the others in The Epic that he has vague memories of a time before Lassic. Sometime before PSI (we assume two years before), Odin met the Musk Cat warrior Myau and they traveled together. A very short time before the game, Odin and Myau set off in search of Medusa because Odin sought the mystical axe she was said to carry. Apparently, Odin did find the gorgon because when Alis Landale first met him, he had been turned to stone. Later, Odin did defeat Medusa and find the Laconian axe, a weapon he used for the rest of his journey with Alis Landale. Though we know it was Odin himself who delivered the killing blow to Lassic in SC 342.00, we know nothing of his life after he and the others defeated Dark Force.
Noah:
Our conjecture is that Noah is 20 years old at the time of the game (though slightly younger than Nero Landale), giving him a birthdate of SC 341.80. Much of Noah's early life remains unknown, including how he met Master Tajim and Governor Sirus, but it is assumed that Noah was born on Palma and later moved to Motavia, perhaps as a result of Lassic banishing all Espers from Palma in 341.98, at which time Noah would have been 18. Master Tajim gave Noah the Frad Mantle, the cloak of Esper leadership, in SC 342.00, though it is assumed he did not officially assume the role of Esper leader until after Tajim's death, the date of which remains unknown. Two years after overthrowing Lassic, in SC 342.02, he and the assembled Espers built Esper Mansion on Dezoris. Around this time Noah also blessed several weapons and pieces of armor with "Nei" or power, creating "Nei" items for the mansion's protection. Thirteen years later, however, in SC 342.15, Esper Mansion was destroyed by attacking Dezorian soldiers. Noah used his magical power and that of the students he was with at the time (the last surviving Espers) to re-build Esper Mansion, though the incredible display of magic took away the powers of all but one student and nearly killed Noah himself. Shortly thereafter, Noah passed on the Frad Mantle to the one remaining student with powers, Lutz, and then he died at the age of 35.
Phantasy Star II:
Notes: The Phantasy Star Compendium, a book published in Japan and filled with information on the Phantasy Star series, gives exact birthdates for many of the Phantasy Star II characters. Because these exact birthdates conflict with nothing in the English versions of the games, we have incorporated them into our chronology, though we have adjusted the year of birth to coincide with our conjectured date of AW 1286 for Phantasy Star II.
Also, assuming Nei's "birthdate" of August 30, AW 1285 is the date in which she seperated herself from Neifirst, we can, from there, plot the date on which Phantasy Star II begins. Assuming the seperation took place at Climatrol, and giving Nei two months to make her way to Paseo, Nei must have met Rolf in early November of AW 1285, and because we know that Nei lived with Rolf in Paseo for seven months prior to the game, we get a rough start date for Phantasy Star II of early June the next year. From this, we have arbitrarily decided that the Commander assigns Rolf to retrieve the recorder from Biosystems Lab on June 2, AW 1286.
Rolf:
We estimate Rolf to be 20 years old at the time of the game, which gives him a birthdate of September 17, AW 1265 (SC 351.79). His father was Captain Grent Hansen, a space ship pilot, and his mother was Kendel Hansen, a theorist who helped perfect the first light-speed drive so that Algoians could explore outer space beyond their star system. Very little is known about Rolf's childhood, except that when Rolf was 10 years old, he was the sole survivor of ASC Flight 1000, the first ship destined to launch itself into faster than light speed travel and explore beyond Algo. The ship, Outworlder, collided with a commercial space liner shortly after launch, killing Rolf's parents and all others aboard, except Rolf himself, who was saved thanks to the Esper leader Lutz.
After the tragedy, Rolf was adopted and raised by foster parents in Paseo on Mota, and he became an Agent at age 18 in SC 351.98. The next year, seven months before PSII, he met Nei in Paseo after rescuing her from persecution at the hands of townspeople. In SC 352.00, Rolf was assigned by the Commander to retrieve the recorder from Biosystems Lab. This assignment ultimately resulted in a quest to find and destroy Mother Brain, which Rolf did. One year later, in SC 352.01, Rolf learned from Lutz of his Esper heritage and used his newfound power to defeat a Dezorian telemental named D'zkot. Nothing of Rolf's life is known after this point, though he did express a desire to leave the Agency and train as an Esper full-time.
Nei:
Nei was the product of human and animal DNA. Originally, an accident at Biosystems lab in SC 351.98 created Neifirst, an evil creature which served Mother Brain. However, the next year, on August 30, Nei somehow separated herself from Neifirst and made her way to Paseo, where she met the Agent Rolf. She lived with him for seven months and came to look on him as a brother before she was killed by Neifirst herself at Climatrol in SC 352.00.
Rudolf "Rudo" Steiner:
We assume Rudo was 34 at the time of the game, with a birthdate of July 1, AW 1251 (SC 351.65). (In fact, he probably celebrated his 35th birthday sometime during Rolf's quest.) He entered the Paseo Military Academy at the age of 18 (SC 351.83), and in his junior year, he met Alizabeth Fromen. Two years after his graduation in SC 351.87, he and Alizabeth were married. In SC 351.98, Rudo became a father as Jennifer Steiner was born. Tragically, however, the next year both Alizabeth and Jennifer were killed by Biomonsters when Rudo was away from home on Army duty. That event prompted Rudo to become a Hunter, and the next year, he joined Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain. Upon his return from that quest, Rolf pulled strings and Rudo was allowed to become an Agent, a position he didn't like much but held nonetheless through the crisis with D'zkot in SC 352.01. After the New Order was destroyed, Rudo expressed to Rolf his desire to leave the Agency and start a new life with Anna Zirski. We know nothing of his life after this point.
Doctor Amy Sage:
Assuming Amy is 23 at the time of the game, her birthdate would be April 26, AW 1263 (SC 351.77). Nothing is known of Amy's life up to her joining Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain, but we do know that after this adventure was over, she and Hugh Thompson moved to Esper Mansion, where they attempted to restore power to the Half-Espers. She participated with the rest of Rolf's friends in an assault on D'zkot's New Order headquarters ship in SC 352.01, after which she returned to Esper Mansion to complete her work.
Hugh Thompson:
We believe Hugh is 19 at the time of PSII, with a birthdate of June 14, AW 1267 (SC 351.81). This makes him the youngest PSII character, aside from Nei. He joined Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain in SC 352.00 because he felt, as a Biologist, he could develop techniques for defeating Biomonsters. Like Amy, after this quest was over he went to Esper Mansion and attempted to restore powers to the Half-Espers. Also like Amy, he helped to defeat D'zkot's New Order and then returned to Esper Mansion.
Anna Zirski:
We believe Anna to have been 24 at the time of PSII, which makes her the second-oldest PSII character with a birthdate SC 351.76. A limited number of events from Anna's childhood are known. In SC 351.86, when she was ten years old, her family vacationed on Uzo Island. During the trip, her older brother pushed her into the water despite the fact that she could not swim. We also know that, in her youth, Anna witnessed the brutal beating of a friend and saw a boyfriend of hers murdered before her eyes by a Hunter (the latter being the incident which prompted her to join the Guardians), but we do not know specifically when these events happened. In SC 352.00, she joined Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain, during which she met Rudolf Steiner. Sometime in the year following this event, she assumed leadership of the Guardians. Anna had an active role in the crusade against D'zkot's New Order in SC 352.01. After this event, she expressed a desire to retire from the Guardians and start a new life with Rudolf Steiner, but nothing more is known after this.
Josh Kain:
We presume Kain to be 20 years old at the time of the game, with a birthdate of December 9, AW 1265 (SC 351.79). Nothing is known of Kain's life until he joined Rolf's quest in SC 352.00 except that he tried to be a Mechanic but broke everything he tried to fix. After Mother Brain had been destroyed, Rolf saw to it that Kain received Agent-quality Mechanic training and as a Mechanic he began work at the Roron trash complex. Rolf recruited him in SC 352.01 for the crusade against D'zkot's New Order, but after this event was over, nothing is known of Kain's life.
Shir Gold:
Agent's Destiny presents Shir as Rolf's childhood best friend, which makes us presume she was also born in SC 351.79, though with a birthdate of April 1, she is slightly older than Rolf, making her 21 at the time of PSII. We know that Shir's parents were rich and that she received everything she wanted as a child, so she turned to stealing for kicks. In SC 352.00 she helped Rolf to destroy Mother Brain and a year later she helped him to stop D'zkot's New Order. Much like the others, however, we don't know what Shir did after this event.
Tyler Jorran:
We know very little of Tyler's early life, and in fact, we know so little that we have refrained from plotting many events of his life on this timeline. We know he was born on Palma but that he left because he didn't like life under Mother Brain. In SC 352.00, he met Rolf when he rescued him from the space satellite Gaira and within a year after this event, he met his co-pilot, the Polezi robot L-479, whom he received from Anna Zirski. Tyler played a prominent role in the fight against D'zkot's New Order in SC 352.01. We also know that Tyler once rescued the people aboard one of the Palman Colony ships and brought them to Dezoris, where they founded a town named Tyler in his honor. Though we know these events must have taken place sometime after the defeat of the New Order, we do not yet know when exactly they occurred.
Lutz:
Born to an Esper couple named Rie and April on Palma in SC 342.00 shortly before Nero Landale was killed, the Esper leader Noah once said that he knew Lutz would be the Espers' leader the first time he held the infant Lutz in his arms. Lutz's biological parents were somehow killed within the first two years of his life, as he was present at the age of two at the construction of Esper Mansion with his foster parents, Nasak and Aria. Again orphaned in SC 342.15 when Esper Mansion was destroyed, Lutz was also left as the only Esper with powers. The young 15 year old then began a process of cryogenic hibernation, waking every 10 years.
In SC 351.90, Lutz awakened and saved Rolf from death in a spaceship crash. Ten years later, he awakened to find Rolf at Esper Mansion, and he aided Rolf in destroying Mother Brain, after which he ceased his practice of cryogenic hibernation. Sometime within the next year, he confronted the Dezorian telemental D'zkot but was defeated, the memory of the event being wiped from his brain. Later, Lutz helped Rolf to defeat D'zkot.
The only thing known of his life after this event is that he did indeed do as Master Noah instructed him; he passed on his knowledge to the next Esper leader. We know this because in SC 361.98, Rune Walsh refers to himself as a "Fifth-Generation Lutz." In this sense, Lutz shall remain immortal.
Phantasy Star IV:
Chaz Ashley:
Chaz is 16 at the time of the game, which means he was born in SC 361.82. All we know of Chaz's early life is what he himself tells Rika: "In a far off country, before Alys picked me up, I did some pretty bad things." (What or where this "far off country" is remains a mystery.) Because he apparently has no parents, we believe Chaz was orphaned at a young age before Alys Brangwin took him in off the streets and trained him as a Hunter. He witnessed Alys's murder at the hands of Zio in SC 361.98 and later went on to become Rune Walsh's chosen guardian and a Protector of Algo. Chaz Ashley was the one to ultimately kill the Profound Darkness in the same year.
Alys Brangwin:
Next to nothing is known of the life of "Alys the Eight Stroke Sword," including her exact age, childhood, or even when she became a Hunter. We do know that her neighbor in Aiedo considered her cooking delicious, and she also said that Alys was "really kind to children, and when she puts her mind to it, she can do anything, from cooking, to fighting, to poetry!" (It appears, however, that she was never published.) Alys said she knew Rune from "a long time ago," but how they met and knew each other remains a mystery. We know that Alys was the most successful member of the Hunters' Guild and finally, of course, we know that Alys Brangwin took Chaz Ashley under her wing and trained him as a Hunter before she was murdered by Zio and buried in the village of Krup in SC 361.98.
Hahn:
Being 24 at the time of the game, Hahn was born in SC 361.74 in the Motavian village of Krup, the only son of the local blacksmith. We know that he was an assisstant at the Motavia Academy in SC 361.98, working under Professor Holt, and that entering the academic world apparently was not a popular decision with his father, who said that Hahn had been disinherited. (This despite the fact that Hahn sent scientific literature from the Academy back home, which allowed his father to make such "splendid weapons.") After fighting with Chaz Ashley, Hahn returned to the Academy. When we last saw Hahn, he was engaged to be married to Krup's school teacher, Saya.
Rune Walsh:
Rune's exact age at the time of the game is unknown, but we do know that, at that time, the part of him that was Lutz was 1998 years old. Rune referred to himself as a Fifth-Generation Lutz, meaning he was the fourth to carry the memories of the original Lutz, the Esper born in SC 342.00 and trained by Master Noah. We know that Rune had met Alys prior to SC 361.98, but the circumstances and exact nature of this meeting remain unknown. In SC 361.98, Rune traveled to the village of Molcum in an attempt to save it from Zio, but he was too late. He eventually joined Chaz Ashley and guided him in the destruction of the Profound Darkness, fulfilling the entire purpose behind the transfer of the original Lutz's memories. Nothing is known of Rune's life after the Profound Darkness's destruction, but we do know that he planned to continue his training and prepare the way for the next Lutz. He also told Chaz Ashley that they would probably never see each other again, and we are inclined to believe that he was correct.
Rika:
The youngest of the PSIV heroes at one year, Rika was created by the supercomputer Seed in SC 361.97 based on 1000 years worth of research on the genetic pattern of Nei. She was educated by Seed as well as Wren (via comlink from Zelan), and she joined Chaz Ashley's quest and eventually helped to destroy the Profound Darkness. After this, and after Wren reminded her that she was "their hope," Rika decided to spend the rest of her life on Motavia with Chaz. How long a life she has been designed to live remains a mystery.
Gryz:
Born in SC 361.79, Gryz was 19 at the time of the game. He, his parents, and his younger sister Pana lived in the village of Molcum on Motavia until it was destroyed by Zio. Gryz managed to escape with his sister to the village of Tonoe, but his parents were lost in the battle. The young Motavian, filled with anger and a great need for revenge, helped Chaz to kill Zio, avenging his parents' death in the process. He returned to Molcum after this to protect Pana, but later, he was briefly reunited withChaz. Nothing else of his life is known.
Demi:
Demi must have been created (due to her given age) in SC 358.74, 324 years before PSIV, but the question of who created her in the post-Collapse society remains unknown. She ran Nurvus (the Motavian system responsible for supplying power to all other systems) until Zio conquered it, taking Demi prisoner, sometime before SC 361.98. She was freed by Chaz and helped him in his quest to destroy the Profound Darkness, after which she returned to Zelan with her "master," the android Wren.
Wren:
Since he was created in the final days of Mother Brain's existence (SC 352.00), Wren is 998 years old at the time of the game. For some time, he has been operating the orbiting satellite Zelan, though how Wren came to this position is unknown. In fact, we know next to nothing of Wren's very long pre-PSIV life. He joined Chaz Ashley after Chaz arrived at Zelan in SC 361.98, and after helping Chaz to destroy the Profound Darkness, he returned to Zelan with Demi. The exact life span Wren is designed to live remains unknown.
Raja:
The eldest non-android of all the game's heroes, Raja ("The kind of guy who would return even if you killed him" according to Gyuna) is 85, having been born in SC 361.13. Much like the other characters, very little is known of Raja's life outside of the game. We do know that he did not always serve at his rural temple outside of Ryuon; Raja once was a priest at Gumbious Temple itself, where he was apparently well-liked. However, according to Gyuna, "he was tricked by those who were jealous of him, and was banished to this rural place." Raja's version of events is a little different. He says, "Some of my jokes were such a hit that I had to move on! Ha, ha!" Regardless, Gyuna was quick to point out that "Raja himself is quite happy that he was able to get away from that constrained temple!" Sometime after his "banishment" or "departure" to Ryuon, Raja met Chaz Ashley when Chaz's emergency shuttle crashed into his temple in SC 361.98, but as for Raja's childhood and key events such as the origin of his priesthood (and sense of humor), we remain in the dark.
Kyra Tierney:
Some call her an "imprudent girl," some call her a "tomboy," some call her an "unruly girl," and some call her "saucy," but we call her Kyra Tierney. Eighteen years old at the time of the game, Kyra was born in SC 361.80, presumably at Esper Mansion, where we meet her mother. Kyra herself was an extremely loyal believer of "The Legend of Esper," which stated that Lutz was still alive and leading the Espers from a secluded part of the mansion. She was quite distressed to learn that the legends were inaccurate; that Rune was Lutz, and that Lutz turned out to be "so insensitive." We know that Kyra saw Rune Walsh once before she met him on Dezoris in SC 361.98 (believing him to be the supposedly 1,998 year old original Lutz) but aside from that, Kyra's life remains a mystery.
Phantasy Star III:
Note: In the course of creating Phantasy Star Ultimate, we decided on one "official" ending for Phantasy Star III because it would be impossible to place the dates surrounding this game on the timeline any other way. The ending we chose was Aron's.
Prince Rhys of Landen:
Rhys is 18 at the start of his adventures (birthdate: SC 361.89). He met Maia in SC 362.06 when she washed up on the shore of Landen with no memory. Two months later, in early SC 362.07, he was almost married to Maia before she was kidnapped by a dragon and taken away. Rhys embarked on a quest in which he ultimately located Maia, but the two of them decided that their world was not yet ready for a marriage between an Orakian and a Layan, and they went their separate ways. Soon, however, he married Princess Lena of Satera, uniting the kingdoms of Landen and Satera, and two years later, in SC 362.09, his eldest son, Nial, was born. At the age of 38, in SC 362.27, he sent Nial on a mission to find Lune and stop him from destroying Orakian lands. All of Rhys's life past this point is unknown.
Princess Lena of Satera:
Lena was 16 when she met Rhys in SC 362.07, suggesting a birthdate of SC 361.91. She was kidnapped by Prince Lyle and brought to Shusoran where she was reunited with Rhys and helped him to free Maia. Having had a lifelong crush on the prince, she was most pleased that he fell in love with her and married her late in SC 362.07. Two years later, she gave birth to Nial, Prince of Landen and Satera. We know nothing of her fate after Nial left to search for Lune.
Prince Lyle of Shusoran:
Lyle's birthdate would seem to be SC 361.87 if he is 20 during Rhys's adventures, as we presume he is. We do not know how old he was when he first discovered his power as the dragon-knight, but we do know it was late in SC 362.06 that a vision informed him his missing cousin Maia was in the Orakian worlds in Landen. (Lyle never learned that he was actually being manipulated by Rulakir.) Lyle at first hindered and then helped Rhys to find Maia, but after Rhys and Maia decided not to marry, we lose track of Lyle and do not hear more of his life.
Mieu and Wren:
Presumably, Mieu and Wren were created in or before SC 352.00, as they were on one of the Palman Colony ships when the ships launched from Palma, which means that when they meet Rhys, they are 1007+ years old. We know they fought with Orakio during the Devastation War, but that Orakio left them behind before going into the final battle with Dark Force. We know nothing of the androids' lives in the 1000 years between the Devastation War and the opening of PSIII. Mieu and Wren met Rhys in SC 362.07 and journeyed with him on his quest to find Maia, after which they remained at Rhys's side until leaving with Nial in SC 362.27 and with Aron in SC 362.47. They helped Aron to defeat the Dark Force aboard Alisa III and both were presumably destroyed when the ship crashed on Earth's moon after time traveling backwards to SC 339.35.
Princess Maia of Cille:
We assume Maia to be 18 at the time of Rhys's adventures, making her birthdate SC 361.89. Nothing is known of Maia's life until a freak storm (the earliest signs that Aquatica's weather was malfunctioning) sent her into the ocean and through a passageway between the worlds to Landen in SC 361.06. A head injury she sustained on the way left her without memory, and upon waking in Landen, she fell in love with Prince Rhys. Her cousin, Prince Lyle, kidnapped her and returned her to Aquatica in SC 362.07. After being reunited with Rhys, they decided their world was not ready for a marriage between an Orakian and a Layan, and they parted ways. We do not know what happened to Maia after this.
Prince Nial of Landen and Satera:
Nial was born in SC 362.09, making him 18 when he left Landen to investigate rumors of Lune's return in SC 362.27. After defeating Lune, Nial married Lune's sister, Alair, and late in the year, a son, Aron, was born to the couple. Nothing is known of Nial's life after he ordered Aron to investigate Alisa III's destruction of another Palman Colony ship, but it is presumed he was killed when the ship time traveled back to SC 339.35 and crashed on Earth's moon.
Prince Aron of Dahlia:
Aron was born in SC 362.27 to Nial and Alair. He was raised on the moon Dahlia, far above his father and grandfather's homelands. At the age of 20, in SC 362.47, the Alisa III fired on and destroyed another Palman Colony ship, and Nial ordered Aron to investigate. Ultimately, the mission led to Aron defeating both Rulakir and Dark Force. Soon afterward, Aron presumably died when Alisa III crashed into Earth's moon.
Orakio and Rulakir:
Agent's Destiny reveals that Rolf knew Orakio in his early years of schooling on Motavia, but that the twin brothers soon moved to Palma with their family. This suggests that Orakio and Rulakir, like Rolf, were born in SC 351.79, making them 21 years old at the time of Alisa III's launch from Palma. Five years later, Dark Force arrives aboard the ship and Orakio becomes a leader of one side of the Devastation War. At the age of 28, Orakio unites with Laya to fight the demon and they succeed in sealing Dark Force within a palace in Landen, though both he and Laya die in the process. Meanwhile, just before being imprisoned, Dark Force somehow manages to corrupt Rulakir, and throughout the centuries, Rulakir is kept alive by his hatred. He lives in the city of Lashute, plotting a way to re-start the Devastation War. In SC 362.07, at the age of 1,028, Rulakir's plan was activated when Wren and Mieu returned the satellites Dahlia and Azura to their proper orbits. Eventually, Rhys's grandson Aron confronted Rulakir and freed him from Dark Force's corruption by killing him. He was 1,068 when his soul finally found rest. ((Several things are incorrect here, such as the "arbitrarily selected" corresponding Earth date. Also, Phantasy Star III begins about a millennium after Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. Concurrent with PS:TEotM are the events of the Layan-Orakian War on the Alisa III.))
==History Before Waizz (BW)==
Events Prior to the 1st Century BW
Several Hundred Million Years BW - In an unspecified solar system, a civilization of spirit-life forms divides, and an interplanetary war breaks out.
c. BW 2,000,000 - The war is settled. As a result of the victorious side sealing the defeated side away, one fixed star and four planets are created, "Protectors of the Seal" are made on the four planets, and one kind of sentient life form is allocated to each.
c. BW 300,000 - The entire race of victors is wiped out. Except on the fourth planet, Rykros, the beings of the other three planets, with the passing of each successive generation, begin to forget the mission of those made Protectors. Meanwhile, in their inter-dimensional prison, the sealed-away spirit-life forms transform into a wicked being, the accumulation of spirits of hatred and vengeance, and, at its core, a Profound Darkness is formed.
1st Century BW
BW 100 - The feudal ages continue in Algol.
BW 13 - The Supreme Ruler of Palma's Baya Malay region, Waizz Landale, raises an army with the goal of uniting all lands under one ruler. ((Civilization Revolution))
==History After Waizz (AW)==
1st Century AW
AW 1 - Supreme King Waizz unites Palma.
2nd Century AW
AW 126 - The first manned Palman spacecraft lands on Motavia. Contact is made with the Motavians.
AW 157 - A manned aircraft lands on Dezolis. Contact is made with the Dezolians.
AW 183 - To solve Palma's overpopulation, a plan for emigration to Motavia is initiated. Near the planet's only lake, Lake Perseus, construction of the experimental city Paseo is begun.
AW 185 - Construction begins on the Skure spaceport on Dezolis.
3rd Century AW
AW 200's - The Faith of the Eclipse Torch, Algol's oldest religion, is founded on Dezolis.
AW 253 - Odin is born on Palma.
AW 262 - Emigration gets underway, Motavia is established as a province of Palma, and a Government House is set up in Paseo.
4th Century AW
AW 324 -
* Nero Landale is born on Palma.
* Noah is born on Palma.
AW 326 - Alis Landale is born.
AW 327 - The current King of Palma, Aures Landale, suddenly dies. In place of the less-than-one-year-old successor, Princess Alis, the next-in-line head priest and prime minister Reipard La Shiec is entrusted with political power. However, a lady of the court, with the misconception that King Aures's death was the result of a plot by La Shiec, hides Alis with a friend.
AW 328 - La Shiec is installed as the provisional king. Alis lives with Motavia's governor.
AW 329 - Motavia's governor sends Princess Alis to the home of the subordinate of a trusted retainer, where she will be raised as a common citizen. In this house, there is a boy called Nero. Alis takes to him, and they are raised as brother and sister.
AW 337 - Myau is born on Palma.
AW 338 - Princess Alis's foster parents die in an accident.
AW 341 -
* La Shiec learns the secret of the Algol Solar System's genesis. Forming a space-time gate, he comes into contact with the sealed-away spirit-life form. As a result, he summons the projected body of the Profound Darkness, Dark Force, and becomes its loyal servant. That same year, a reign of terror begins.
* The Air Castle is constructed for La Shiec.
* Outrageous taxes cause businesses and entire towns on Palma to effectively shut down. ((Sim City 4))
AW 342 -
* This is the date of the events of Phantasy Star.
* King La Shiec closes the spaceports to all citizens who do not have official travel permits.
* Nero, investigating the reason behind La Shiec's transformation, is caught and killed at and by the hands of the special police. Alis carries out his final wishes; she gains the help of Myau, Odin, and Lutz, and overthrows La Shiec and Dark Force. That year, when the governor of Motavia is told the news, Queen Alisa Landale I is placed on the throne.
* The Naula Bakery is constructed on the fourth basement floor of the Naula dungeon. It sells cakes for 280 Meseta
AW 345 - Terrorists sabotage the ship in which Queen Alis Landale I and Lutz are traveling, sending the two to another star. No record remains of what happened to them there, but, upon his return, Lutz originated techniques and their use.
AW 349 -
* Lutz, continuing to research Dark Force, finds that the gate that La Shiec opened cannot be perfectly resealed, and realizes that the resultant fluctuations will therefore once again reach their peak after 1,000 years. He assembles his fellow Espers that are watching the gate and enters into cold sleep.
* The Esper Mansion is constructed on Dezolis.
* Lutz creates the nine items of Nei before entering an artificial sleep.
http://www.psalgo.com/profiles/aw.html AW 183 - Palmans first land on Motavia
AW 342 - Events of Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star generation:1, and Phantasy Star: Deluxe Edition
AW 813 - Events of Phantasy Star Gaiden
AW 1268 - Events of Phantasy Star Adventure
AW 1274 - A spaceship crash over Dezoris
AW 1284 - Events of Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star generation:2
AW 2284 - Events of Phantasy Star IV
Exact dates for the events of Phantasy Star III have never been stated. It is unknown if usage of the AW calendar survived the cultural destruction aboard the Alisa III. "AW" was never mentioned during that game.
http://www.phantasy-star.net/psu/notes.html Revised January 15, 1998.
We, Jim Maxlow and Michael Ripplinger, spent a good portion of the summer of 1996 exchanging a series long email threads in which we hammered out what you now have presented to you as the Phantasy Star Ultimate Timeline. There is a lot of information contained within it, and so, in order to make everything clearer, we have created this page of notes, to guide you in understanding our theories. As a caveat, all our designs are built around the events depicted in the American versions of the Phantasy Star games, meaning they are not necessarily reconcilable with the original Japanese versions.
Calendars:
The Phantasy Star series presents us with two calendars throughout the four games. The first, presented in Phantasy Star I, is called "Space Century." We learn of it in the game's opening narration, which dates the game at "Space Century 342." (The back of the box dates the game at Space Century 3240. Needless to say, we consider this a typo and take the actual text of the game over the packaging.)
Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star IV, however, present us with a new calendar. They refer to events as taking place in the year "AW XXX." Phantasy Star IV takes place, according to the game, in AW 2284, which is equal to an Earth date of 4370 (more on this translation below). This would mean that the AW calendar was started in the Earth year 2086, 71 years before the date we have given to the launch of the Earth spaceship Noah. Therefore, we believe the AW calendar is a new system of dating designed to reflect the massive changes Earth goes through as the environmental disasters aluded to by the Earthmen in Phantasy Star II start to take place.
So, within this timeline, each event is dated three different ways:
Space Century (SC): This is what we believe to be the standard calendar used in the Algo solar system until sometime after the arrival of Mother Brain, who puts Algo onto the Earthmen's AW calendar.
Earth year (EY): The standard Gregorian calendar in use here on Earth today.
After W-- (AW): See above.
Plotting the Events:
The dating system used to calendar events in the PSU Timeline was created based on two main assumptions:
First, we know from the game itself that Phantasy Star I takes place in "Space Century 342." Presuming that there is a way to examine individual years within each Space Century, we have assumed that the full date of Phantasy Star I is Space Century 342.00. Just as we would call the number 2.00 simply "two," we believe that the date presented in the game has been similarly rounded.
Second, through an elaborate series of conjectures, we have found a way to translate the Space Century calendar into the Gregorian calendar we use here on Earth. We theorize that the spaceship Noah arrived in the Algo solar system 12 years before Phantasy Star I (SC 341.88) after a journey which lasted 203 years, meaning Noah was launched from Earth in SC 339.85. We arbitrarily chose an Earth date of 2157 for Noah's launch. Knowing that SC 339.85 and Earth year (EY) 2157 are the same, from there it is easy to convert dates from and to either calendar.
Finally, using the above information, we can date Phantasy Star IV at SC 361.98 and EY 4370, and since the date presented in the game itself is in the AW calendar (AW 2284), any date from any of the calendars can be translated to the other two.
All of this, of course, requires an even bigger assumption; namely, that both one Earth year and one AW year are equal to one year on the Space Century calendar. For simplicity's sake, we have made this assumption.
Ordering of the games:
Okay, are you ready for this? According to our timeline, the events depicted in Phantasy Star III actually occur after Phantasy Star IV.
When we first started plotting out this timeline, we were rather surprised ourselves to see this happen, but here's why we believe it to be so. Phantasy Star II takes place 1000 years after the original (SC 352.00). We know from Phantasy Star III that somehow, Dark Force made it aboard one of the 400 enormous colony ships that fled Palma. Dark Force then started destroying the ships one by one, until he reached Alisa III, where, after instigating the Devastation War between Orakio and Laya, he was defeated and sealed within the Sunken Palace. The game itself then begins 1,000 years after this event.
We believe it took Dark Force five years to reach Alisa III, meaning he arrived on board in SC 352.05. Assuming the Devastation War lasted for two years, Orakio and Laya then defeated Dark Force in SC 352.07, which means Phantasy Star III opens in SC 362.07.
Meanwhile, Phantasy Star IV tells us that Wren is 998 years old. We also learn that approximately 1000 years prior to the game, the system suffered an event known as the Great Collapse, in which almost all technology was lost and civilization was practically eliminated. Therefore, Wren must have been created prior to the Great Collapse. Assuming that Wren was created in the last days of Mother Brain's existence (SC 352.00) and taking into consideration the fact that we know Wren is 998 at the time of Phantasy Star IV, this suggests to us that Phantasy Star IV takes place 998 years after Phantasy Star II in SC 361.98. (And yes, Dark Force is only supposed to return every 1000 years exactly, but the destruction of Palma in SC 352.00 significantly weakened the dimensional seal enough to allow the Profound Darkness to send three Dark Forces into Algo two years earlier than normal.)
When you plot all that out, look what happens: Phantasy Star III takes place nine years after Phantasy Star IV.
What's Missing?
Believe us, when we plotted out the Phantasy Star Ultimate Timeline, we plotted out everything. Yet, when you look at the timeline, several very significant events are left out. For example, the date upon which King Lassic assumed power is not given. There is no mention of Alis Landale's father, whom we know was once King of Algo. And we learn from Phantasy Star II that Rolf is a descendent of Alis herself, yet the timeline says nothing of Alis's life after Phantasy Star I! All we can say is, we have included these events in the creation of the timeline, however, because we wish to reveal them in the course of our stories rather than just show them to you outright, we have kept them [CENSORED] for the time being.
Characters:
Because it can be difficult to trace the life of your favorite character within the context of the entire timeline, here we present "pull-outs" on the lives of each game's major characters.
Phantasy Star I:
Alis Landale:
Assuming that Alis is 18 at the time of the game, we plot her birth at SC 341.82, two years after the birth of her older brother Nero. In The Epic, she tells Myau that she was raised on Palma by a foster family after her parents, miners on Motavia, were killed in an accident. Based on Governor Sirus's revelation that Alis's father was once King of Algo, we know that this claim was not entirely true. Born to King and Queen Ossale, she and Nero were hidden with a foster family on Palma, the Landales, when their parents were taken by the Dezorians. When Alis was 18, she saw her older brother Nero killed by Lassic's robotcops. This event sent her on a quest to overthrow the king, which she did later that year (SC 342.00). She also subsequently destroyed the Dark Force that had emerged during that time, forever establishing her importance in the history of Algo. As of yet, very little of her life past this point is known, though we do know that she accepted Governor Sirus's offer to become Queen of Algo, because in Agent's Destiny, Rolf refers to her as "Queen Landale." We also know that she must have had at least one child, because Lutz tells Rolf in PSII that he is Alis's direct descendent. However, nothing is yet known about any offspring Alis had.
Myau:
We presume that Myau was five at the time of the game, which places his birth in SC 341.95. Two years prior to the game, when Myau was three, he met Odin and left his home, family, and people to fight with him to free Palma. The pair was briefly seperated when Odin was turned to stone by the gorgon Medusa, and during this time, Myau ended up in a pet store on Paseo where he met Alis Landale. Myau helped Alis Landale rescue Odin and overthrow King Lassic in SC 342.00. During the course of the adventure, he was greatly traumatized by the discovery of several slain Musk Cats in the laboratory of Dr. Mad. All we know of Myau's life after SC 342.00 is that sometime in the future, he began to reside in a cave on Dezoris known as Myst Vale, where he remained permanently winged thanks to constant ingestion of Laerma nuts. Myau had turned Myst Vale into a safe haven for Musk Cats, much like the Espers' Esper Mansion (perhaps due, in some way, to the actions of Dr. Mad). We do not know when Myau arrived in Myst Vale, but we know he was still there at the age of 2003 in SC 361.98, at which time he gave his old weapon, the Silver Fang, to Chaz Ashley.
Odin:
Of all the PSI characters, the one we know the least about is Odin. We have assumed he was 31 years old at the time of the game, which means he was born in SC 341.69. He tells Alis and the others in The Epic that he has vague memories of a time before Lassic. Sometime before PSI (we assume two years before), Odin met the Musk Cat warrior Myau and they traveled together. A very short time before the game, Odin and Myau set off in search of Medusa because Odin sought the mystical axe she was said to carry. Apparently, Odin did find the gorgon because when Alis Landale first met him, he had been turned to stone. Later, Odin did defeat Medusa and find the Laconian axe, a weapon he used for the rest of his journey with Alis Landale. Though we know it was Odin himself who delivered the killing blow to Lassic in SC 342.00, we know nothing of his life after he and the others defeated Dark Force.
Noah:
Our conjecture is that Noah is 20 years old at the time of the game (though slightly younger than Nero Landale), giving him a birthdate of SC 341.80. Much of Noah's early life remains unknown, including how he met Master Tajim and Governor Sirus, but it is assumed that Noah was born on Palma and later moved to Motavia, perhaps as a result of Lassic banishing all Espers from Palma in 341.98, at which time Noah would have been 18. Master Tajim gave Noah the Frad Mantle, the cloak of Esper leadership, in SC 342.00, though it is assumed he did not officially assume the role of Esper leader until after Tajim's death, the date of which remains unknown. Two years after overthrowing Lassic, in SC 342.02, he and the assembled Espers built Esper Mansion on Dezoris. Around this time Noah also blessed several weapons and pieces of armor with "Nei" or power, creating "Nei" items for the mansion's protection. Thirteen years later, however, in SC 342.15, Esper Mansion was destroyed by attacking Dezorian soldiers. Noah used his magical power and that of the students he was with at the time (the last surviving Espers) to re-build Esper Mansion, though the incredible display of magic took away the powers of all but one student and nearly killed Noah himself. Shortly thereafter, Noah passed on the Frad Mantle to the one remaining student with powers, Lutz, and then he died at the age of 35.
Phantasy Star II:
Notes: The Phantasy Star Compendium, a book published in Japan and filled with information on the Phantasy Star series, gives exact birthdates for many of the Phantasy Star II characters. Because these exact birthdates conflict with nothing in the English versions of the games, we have incorporated them into our chronology, though we have adjusted the year of birth to coincide with our conjectured date of AW 1286 for Phantasy Star II.
Also, assuming Nei's "birthdate" of August 30, AW 1285 is the date in which she seperated herself from Neifirst, we can, from there, plot the date on which Phantasy Star II begins. Assuming the seperation took place at Climatrol, and giving Nei two months to make her way to Paseo, Nei must have met Rolf in early November of AW 1285, and because we know that Nei lived with Rolf in Paseo for seven months prior to the game, we get a rough start date for Phantasy Star II of early June the next year. From this, we have arbitrarily decided that the Commander assigns Rolf to retrieve the recorder from Biosystems Lab on June 2, AW 1286.
Rolf:
We estimate Rolf to be 20 years old at the time of the game, which gives him a birthdate of September 17, AW 1265 (SC 351.79). His father was Captain Grent Hansen, a space ship pilot, and his mother was Kendel Hansen, a theorist who helped perfect the first light-speed drive so that Algoians could explore outer space beyond their star system. Very little is known about Rolf's childhood, except that when Rolf was 10 years old, he was the sole survivor of ASC Flight 1000, the first ship destined to launch itself into faster than light speed travel and explore beyond Algo. The ship, Outworlder, collided with a commercial space liner shortly after launch, killing Rolf's parents and all others aboard, except Rolf himself, who was saved thanks to the Esper leader Lutz.
After the tragedy, Rolf was adopted and raised by foster parents in Paseo on Mota, and he became an Agent at age 18 in SC 351.98. The next year, seven months before PSII, he met Nei in Paseo after rescuing her from persecution at the hands of townspeople. In SC 352.00, Rolf was assigned by the Commander to retrieve the recorder from Biosystems Lab. This assignment ultimately resulted in a quest to find and destroy Mother Brain, which Rolf did. One year later, in SC 352.01, Rolf learned from Lutz of his Esper heritage and used his newfound power to defeat a Dezorian telemental named D'zkot. Nothing of Rolf's life is known after this point, though he did express a desire to leave the Agency and train as an Esper full-time.
Nei:
Nei was the product of human and animal DNA. Originally, an accident at Biosystems lab in SC 351.98 created Neifirst, an evil creature which served Mother Brain. However, the next year, on August 30, Nei somehow separated herself from Neifirst and made her way to Paseo, where she met the Agent Rolf. She lived with him for seven months and came to look on him as a brother before she was killed by Neifirst herself at Climatrol in SC 352.00.
Rudolf "Rudo" Steiner:
We assume Rudo was 34 at the time of the game, with a birthdate of July 1, AW 1251 (SC 351.65). (In fact, he probably celebrated his 35th birthday sometime during Rolf's quest.) He entered the Paseo Military Academy at the age of 18 (SC 351.83), and in his junior year, he met Alizabeth Fromen. Two years after his graduation in SC 351.87, he and Alizabeth were married. In SC 351.98, Rudo became a father as Jennifer Steiner was born. Tragically, however, the next year both Alizabeth and Jennifer were killed by Biomonsters when Rudo was away from home on Army duty. That event prompted Rudo to become a Hunter, and the next year, he joined Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain. Upon his return from that quest, Rolf pulled strings and Rudo was allowed to become an Agent, a position he didn't like much but held nonetheless through the crisis with D'zkot in SC 352.01. After the New Order was destroyed, Rudo expressed to Rolf his desire to leave the Agency and start a new life with Anna Zirski. We know nothing of his life after this point.
Doctor Amy Sage:
Assuming Amy is 23 at the time of the game, her birthdate would be April 26, AW 1263 (SC 351.77). Nothing is known of Amy's life up to her joining Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain, but we do know that after this adventure was over, she and Hugh Thompson moved to Esper Mansion, where they attempted to restore power to the Half-Espers. She participated with the rest of Rolf's friends in an assault on D'zkot's New Order headquarters ship in SC 352.01, after which she returned to Esper Mansion to complete her work.
Hugh Thompson:
We believe Hugh is 19 at the time of PSII, with a birthdate of June 14, AW 1267 (SC 351.81). This makes him the youngest PSII character, aside from Nei. He joined Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain in SC 352.00 because he felt, as a Biologist, he could develop techniques for defeating Biomonsters. Like Amy, after this quest was over he went to Esper Mansion and attempted to restore powers to the Half-Espers. Also like Amy, he helped to defeat D'zkot's New Order and then returned to Esper Mansion.
Anna Zirski:
We believe Anna to have been 24 at the time of PSII, which makes her the second-oldest PSII character with a birthdate SC 351.76. A limited number of events from Anna's childhood are known. In SC 351.86, when she was ten years old, her family vacationed on Uzo Island. During the trip, her older brother pushed her into the water despite the fact that she could not swim. We also know that, in her youth, Anna witnessed the brutal beating of a friend and saw a boyfriend of hers murdered before her eyes by a Hunter (the latter being the incident which prompted her to join the Guardians), but we do not know specifically when these events happened. In SC 352.00, she joined Rolf's quest to destroy Mother Brain, during which she met Rudolf Steiner. Sometime in the year following this event, she assumed leadership of the Guardians. Anna had an active role in the crusade against D'zkot's New Order in SC 352.01. After this event, she expressed a desire to retire from the Guardians and start a new life with Rudolf Steiner, but nothing more is known after this.
Josh Kain:
We presume Kain to be 20 years old at the time of the game, with a birthdate of December 9, AW 1265 (SC 351.79). Nothing is known of Kain's life until he joined Rolf's quest in SC 352.00 except that he tried to be a Mechanic but broke everything he tried to fix. After Mother Brain had been destroyed, Rolf saw to it that Kain received Agent-quality Mechanic training and as a Mechanic he began work at the Roron trash complex. Rolf recruited him in SC 352.01 for the crusade against D'zkot's New Order, but after this event was over, nothing is known of Kain's life.
Shir Gold:
Agent's Destiny presents Shir as Rolf's childhood best friend, which makes us presume she was also born in SC 351.79, though with a birthdate of April 1, she is slightly older than Rolf, making her 21 at the time of PSII. We know that Shir's parents were rich and that she received everything she wanted as a child, so she turned to stealing for kicks. In SC 352.00 she helped Rolf to destroy Mother Brain and a year later she helped him to stop D'zkot's New Order. Much like the others, however, we don't know what Shir did after this event.
Tyler Jorran:
We know very little of Tyler's early life, and in fact, we know so little that we have refrained from plotting many events of his life on this timeline. We know he was born on Palma but that he left because he didn't like life under Mother Brain. In SC 352.00, he met Rolf when he rescued him from the space satellite Gaira and within a year after this event, he met his co-pilot, the Polezi robot L-479, whom he received from Anna Zirski. Tyler played a prominent role in the fight against D'zkot's New Order in SC 352.01. We also know that Tyler once rescued the people aboard one of the Palman Colony ships and brought them to Dezoris, where they founded a town named Tyler in his honor. Though we know these events must have taken place sometime after the defeat of the New Order, we do not yet know when exactly they occurred.
Lutz:
Born to an Esper couple named Rie and April on Palma in SC 342.00 shortly before Nero Landale was killed, the Esper leader Noah once said that he knew Lutz would be the Espers' leader the first time he held the infant Lutz in his arms. Lutz's biological parents were somehow killed within the first two years of his life, as he was present at the age of two at the construction of Esper Mansion with his foster parents, Nasak and Aria. Again orphaned in SC 342.15 when Esper Mansion was destroyed, Lutz was also left as the only Esper with powers. The young 15 year old then began a process of cryogenic hibernation, waking every 10 years.
In SC 351.90, Lutz awakened and saved Rolf from death in a spaceship crash. Ten years later, he awakened to find Rolf at Esper Mansion, and he aided Rolf in destroying Mother Brain, after which he ceased his practice of cryogenic hibernation. Sometime within the next year, he confronted the Dezorian telemental D'zkot but was defeated, the memory of the event being wiped from his brain. Later, Lutz helped Rolf to defeat D'zkot.
The only thing known of his life after this event is that he did indeed do as Master Noah instructed him; he passed on his knowledge to the next Esper leader. We know this because in SC 361.98, Rune Walsh refers to himself as a "Fifth-Generation Lutz." In this sense, Lutz shall remain immortal.
Phantasy Star IV:
Chaz Ashley:
Chaz is 16 at the time of the game, which means he was born in SC 361.82. All we know of Chaz's early life is what he himself tells Rika: "In a far off country, before Alys picked me up, I did some pretty bad things." (What or where this "far off country" is remains a mystery.) Because he apparently has no parents, we believe Chaz was orphaned at a young age before Alys Brangwin took him in off the streets and trained him as a Hunter. He witnessed Alys's murder at the hands of Zio in SC 361.98 and later went on to become Rune Walsh's chosen guardian and a Protector of Algo. Chaz Ashley was the one to ultimately kill the Profound Darkness in the same year.
Alys Brangwin:
Next to nothing is known of the life of "Alys the Eight Stroke Sword," including her exact age, childhood, or even when she became a Hunter. We do know that her neighbor in Aiedo considered her cooking delicious, and she also said that Alys was "really kind to children, and when she puts her mind to it, she can do anything, from cooking, to fighting, to poetry!" (It appears, however, that she was never published.) Alys said she knew Rune from "a long time ago," but how they met and knew each other remains a mystery. We know that Alys was the most successful member of the Hunters' Guild and finally, of course, we know that Alys Brangwin took Chaz Ashley under her wing and trained him as a Hunter before she was murdered by Zio and buried in the village of Krup in SC 361.98.
Hahn:
Being 24 at the time of the game, Hahn was born in SC 361.74 in the Motavian village of Krup, the only son of the local blacksmith. We know that he was an assisstant at the Motavia Academy in SC 361.98, working under Professor Holt, and that entering the academic world apparently was not a popular decision with his father, who said that Hahn had been disinherited. (This despite the fact that Hahn sent scientific literature from the Academy back home, which allowed his father to make such "splendid weapons.") After fighting with Chaz Ashley, Hahn returned to the Academy. When we last saw Hahn, he was engaged to be married to Krup's school teacher, Saya.
Rune Walsh:
Rune's exact age at the time of the game is unknown, but we do know that, at that time, the part of him that was Lutz was 1998 years old. Rune referred to himself as a Fifth-Generation Lutz, meaning he was the fourth to carry the memories of the original Lutz, the Esper born in SC 342.00 and trained by Master Noah. We know that Rune had met Alys prior to SC 361.98, but the circumstances and exact nature of this meeting remain unknown. In SC 361.98, Rune traveled to the village of Molcum in an attempt to save it from Zio, but he was too late. He eventually joined Chaz Ashley and guided him in the destruction of the Profound Darkness, fulfilling the entire purpose behind the transfer of the original Lutz's memories. Nothing is known of Rune's life after the Profound Darkness's destruction, but we do know that he planned to continue his training and prepare the way for the next Lutz. He also told Chaz Ashley that they would probably never see each other again, and we are inclined to believe that he was correct.
Rika:
The youngest of the PSIV heroes at one year, Rika was created by the supercomputer Seed in SC 361.97 based on 1000 years worth of research on the genetic pattern of Nei. She was educated by Seed as well as Wren (via comlink from Zelan), and she joined Chaz Ashley's quest and eventually helped to destroy the Profound Darkness. After this, and after Wren reminded her that she was "their hope," Rika decided to spend the rest of her life on Motavia with Chaz. How long a life she has been designed to live remains a mystery.
Gryz:
Born in SC 361.79, Gryz was 19 at the time of the game. He, his parents, and his younger sister Pana lived in the village of Molcum on Motavia until it was destroyed by Zio. Gryz managed to escape with his sister to the village of Tonoe, but his parents were lost in the battle. The young Motavian, filled with anger and a great need for revenge, helped Chaz to kill Zio, avenging his parents' death in the process. He returned to Molcum after this to protect Pana, but later, he was briefly reunited withChaz. Nothing else of his life is known.
Demi:
Demi must have been created (due to her given age) in SC 358.74, 324 years before PSIV, but the question of who created her in the post-Collapse society remains unknown. She ran Nurvus (the Motavian system responsible for supplying power to all other systems) until Zio conquered it, taking Demi prisoner, sometime before SC 361.98. She was freed by Chaz and helped him in his quest to destroy the Profound Darkness, after which she returned to Zelan with her "master," the android Wren.
Wren:
Since he was created in the final days of Mother Brain's existence (SC 352.00), Wren is 998 years old at the time of the game. For some time, he has been operating the orbiting satellite Zelan, though how Wren came to this position is unknown. In fact, we know next to nothing of Wren's very long pre-PSIV life. He joined Chaz Ashley after Chaz arrived at Zelan in SC 361.98, and after helping Chaz to destroy the Profound Darkness, he returned to Zelan with Demi. The exact life span Wren is designed to live remains unknown.
Raja:
The eldest non-android of all the game's heroes, Raja ("The kind of guy who would return even if you killed him" according to Gyuna) is 85, having been born in SC 361.13. Much like the other characters, very little is known of Raja's life outside of the game. We do know that he did not always serve at his rural temple outside of Ryuon; Raja once was a priest at Gumbious Temple itself, where he was apparently well-liked. However, according to Gyuna, "he was tricked by those who were jealous of him, and was banished to this rural place." Raja's version of events is a little different. He says, "Some of my jokes were such a hit that I had to move on! Ha, ha!" Regardless, Gyuna was quick to point out that "Raja himself is quite happy that he was able to get away from that constrained temple!" Sometime after his "banishment" or "departure" to Ryuon, Raja met Chaz Ashley when Chaz's emergency shuttle crashed into his temple in SC 361.98, but as for Raja's childhood and key events such as the origin of his priesthood (and sense of humor), we remain in the dark.
Kyra Tierney:
Some call her an "imprudent girl," some call her a "tomboy," some call her an "unruly girl," and some call her "saucy," but we call her Kyra Tierney. Eighteen years old at the time of the game, Kyra was born in SC 361.80, presumably at Esper Mansion, where we meet her mother. Kyra herself was an extremely loyal believer of "The Legend of Esper," which stated that Lutz was still alive and leading the Espers from a secluded part of the mansion. She was quite distressed to learn that the legends were inaccurate; that Rune was Lutz, and that Lutz turned out to be "so insensitive." We know that Kyra saw Rune Walsh once before she met him on Dezoris in SC 361.98 (believing him to be the supposedly 1,998 year old original Lutz) but aside from that, Kyra's life remains a mystery.
Phantasy Star III:
Note: In the course of creating Phantasy Star Ultimate, we decided on one "official" ending for Phantasy Star III because it would be impossible to place the dates surrounding this game on the timeline any other way. The ending we chose was Aron's.
Prince Rhys of Landen:
Rhys is 18 at the start of his adventures (birthdate: SC 361.89). He met Maia in SC 362.06 when she washed up on the shore of Landen with no memory. Two months later, in early SC 362.07, he was almost married to Maia before she was kidnapped by a dragon and taken away. Rhys embarked on a quest in which he ultimately located Maia, but the two of them decided that their world was not yet ready for a marriage between an Orakian and a Layan, and they went their separate ways. Soon, however, he married Princess Lena of Satera, uniting the kingdoms of Landen and Satera, and two years later, in SC 362.09, his eldest son, Nial, was born. At the age of 38, in SC 362.27, he sent Nial on a mission to find Lune and stop him from destroying Orakian lands. All of Rhys's life past this point is unknown.
Princess Lena of Satera:
Lena was 16 when she met Rhys in SC 362.07, suggesting a birthdate of SC 361.91. She was kidnapped by Prince Lyle and brought to Shusoran where she was reunited with Rhys and helped him to free Maia. Having had a lifelong crush on the prince, she was most pleased that he fell in love with her and married her late in SC 362.07. Two years later, she gave birth to Nial, Prince of Landen and Satera. We know nothing of her fate after Nial left to search for Lune.
Prince Lyle of Shusoran:
Lyle's birthdate would seem to be SC 361.87 if he is 20 during Rhys's adventures, as we presume he is. We do not know how old he was when he first discovered his power as the dragon-knight, but we do know it was late in SC 362.06 that a vision informed him his missing cousin Maia was in the Orakian worlds in Landen. (Lyle never learned that he was actually being manipulated by Rulakir.) Lyle at first hindered and then helped Rhys to find Maia, but after Rhys and Maia decided not to marry, we lose track of Lyle and do not hear more of his life.
Mieu and Wren:
Presumably, Mieu and Wren were created in or before SC 352.00, as they were on one of the Palman Colony ships when the ships launched from Palma, which means that when they meet Rhys, they are 1007+ years old. We know they fought with Orakio during the Devastation War, but that Orakio left them behind before going into the final battle with Dark Force. We know nothing of the androids' lives in the 1000 years between the Devastation War and the opening of PSIII. Mieu and Wren met Rhys in SC 362.07 and journeyed with him on his quest to find Maia, after which they remained at Rhys's side until leaving with Nial in SC 362.27 and with Aron in SC 362.47. They helped Aron to defeat the Dark Force aboard Alisa III and both were presumably destroyed when the ship crashed on Earth's moon after time traveling backwards to SC 339.35.
Princess Maia of Cille:
We assume Maia to be 18 at the time of Rhys's adventures, making her birthdate SC 361.89. Nothing is known of Maia's life until a freak storm (the earliest signs that Aquatica's weather was malfunctioning) sent her into the ocean and through a passageway between the worlds to Landen in SC 361.06. A head injury she sustained on the way left her without memory, and upon waking in Landen, she fell in love with Prince Rhys. Her cousin, Prince Lyle, kidnapped her and returned her to Aquatica in SC 362.07. After being reunited with Rhys, they decided their world was not ready for a marriage between an Orakian and a Layan, and they parted ways. We do not know what happened to Maia after this.
Prince Nial of Landen and Satera:
Nial was born in SC 362.09, making him 18 when he left Landen to investigate rumors of Lune's return in SC 362.27. After defeating Lune, Nial married Lune's sister, Alair, and late in the year, a son, Aron, was born to the couple. Nothing is known of Nial's life after he ordered Aron to investigate Alisa III's destruction of another Palman Colony ship, but it is presumed he was killed when the ship time traveled back to SC 339.35 and crashed on Earth's moon.
Prince Aron of Dahlia:
Aron was born in SC 362.27 to Nial and Alair. He was raised on the moon Dahlia, far above his father and grandfather's homelands. At the age of 20, in SC 362.47, the Alisa III fired on and destroyed another Palman Colony ship, and Nial ordered Aron to investigate. Ultimately, the mission led to Aron defeating both Rulakir and Dark Force. Soon afterward, Aron presumably died when Alisa III crashed into Earth's moon.
Orakio and Rulakir:
Agent's Destiny reveals that Rolf knew Orakio in his early years of schooling on Motavia, but that the twin brothers soon moved to Palma with their family. This suggests that Orakio and Rulakir, like Rolf, were born in SC 351.79, making them 21 years old at the time of Alisa III's launch from Palma. Five years later, Dark Force arrives aboard the ship and Orakio becomes a leader of one side of the Devastation War. At the age of 28, Orakio unites with Laya to fight the demon and they succeed in sealing Dark Force within a palace in Landen, though both he and Laya die in the process. Meanwhile, just before being imprisoned, Dark Force somehow manages to corrupt Rulakir, and throughout the centuries, Rulakir is kept alive by his hatred. He lives in the city of Lashute, plotting a way to re-start the Devastation War. In SC 362.07, at the age of 1,028, Rulakir's plan was activated when Wren and Mieu returned the satellites Dahlia and Azura to their proper orbits. Eventually, Rhys's grandson Aron confronted Rulakir and freed him from Dark Force's corruption by killing him. He was 1,068 when his soul finally found rest. ((Several things are incorrect here, such as the "arbitrarily selected" corresponding Earth date. Also, Phantasy Star III begins about a millennium after Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. Concurrent with PS:TEotM are the events of the Layan-Orakian War on the Alisa III.))