Timeline

This is a timeline of the history of the world in Ys games.

The Ys wiki uses a unique dating system to indicate the timeline of events. BC is used to denote "Before Christin," and AC is used to denote "After Christin," which refers to the time before and after Adol Christin's birth, respectively. Although this system is not present in any of the games, it is used on the Ys wiki to make the relative dates of the games easier to understand.

Simplified timeline

The simplified timeline listed only the in-universe order of the games in the Ys series. Other important events and possible spoiler events are not listed here.

• c. 700 BC: Events from Ys Origin
• 17 AC: Events from travelogue Ancient Ys Vanished (Ys I & II) and The Normans' Paradise Lost (Ys X).
• 18 AC: Events from travelogue Great Forest of Celceta (Ys IV).
• 19 AC: Events from travelogue Felghana Archives (Ys III).
• 20 AC: Events from travelogue Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Ys V).
• 21 AC: Events from travelogue Travelogue of the Gaete Sea (Ys VIII).
• 23 AC: Events from travelogue Searching for the Winged Ones (Ys VI) and Five Dragons of Altago (Ys Seven).
• 24 AC: Events from travelogue Balduq Prison (Ys IX).

Full timeline

Spoiler warning! This section contains plot details of the Ys series

Mythological Period

Epoch of time

• Maia's dream becomes a reality, thus the world is created.
  • (Redux timeline) Maia reconstructed the world from the epoch of time until her awakening (21 AC).

Ocean Era

• Sea creatures flourish and build a civilization.
  • Hydra was selected by the Great Tree of Origins to be a Warden of Evolution.

Frozen Era

• Furred creatures flourish and build a civilization.
  • Minos was selected by the Great Tree of Origins to be a Warden of Evolution.

Insectoid Era

• Insect creatures flourish and build a civilization.
  • Nestor was selected by the Great Tree of Origins to be a Warden of Evolution.

Sky Era

• A race descended from the sky with the power of mimicry. They flourish and build a civilization.
  • Ura was selected by the Great Tree of Origins to be a Warden of Evolution.

Eternian Era

• Saurian creatures flourish and build the Eternian civilization.
• Kingdom of Eternia is established on the Seiren Island.
• Io, the first Maiden of the Great Tree, built the Temple of the Great Tree and the Sanctuary Crypt.
• Ura mimics Sarai and become a friend of Dana and Olga.
• Dana was appointed to be the Maiden of the Great Tree.
• The Great Tree of Origins brings the Lacrimosa upon the Eternian people.
• Dana was selected by the Great Tree of Origins to be a Warden of Evolution. She refuses to accept the task from the Great tree, so she sealed herself away until Adol's Time.

Eldeen Era

Colorless Age

• Winged beings settle on the Atlas Continent.

Dark Age

• Technology to refine Emelas is established.

White Age (c. 1500 years prior)

• White Emelas is created.
• Winged beings replace their bodies of flesh and blood to bodies made of white emelas.
• Reproduction through magic becomes standardised.
• Winged beings achieve immortality.

Age of Chaos (900-1000 years prior)

• Sea level rises, many coastal areas in the Atlas Ocean are submerged.
  • Migration of humans and demi-humans.
• Winged beings remodel their weather control unit, the Ark of Napishtim.
• Sea level rises again, causing the Atlas continent to sink.
• Winged beings return to heaven.
• The Ark of Napishtim goes out of control.
  • Human/demi-human collaboration succeeds in sinking the Ark.
  • The Great Vortex of Canaan is formed.
• Most remaining winged beings, demi-humans and humans flee to various parts of Eresia.
  • The rest stay behind, and become inhabitants of Canaan Islands.

Human Period

Post-Eldeen Era (800 years prior)

• Winged beings cross continents.
  • Older winged beings return to Heaven.
  • Remaining winged beings decide to co-exist with humans.

The Beginnings of Ys

• Feena and Reah, two young winged beings, arrive in Ys with the Black Pearl.
  • They are worshiped as 'goddesses'.
• The Goddesses and the Six Priests start ruling over Ys.
• The Six Priests' attempt to create Emelas leads to creation of Cleria.
  • Their imperfect control over the Black Pearl gives birth to demons.

The Beginnings of Celceta

• Winged beings cross into Celceta.
  • These winged beings, their human followers and the local population form the ancient Celcetan dynasty.
• The Civilization of Celceta develops great agricultural influence thanks to the Mask of the Sun.

Before Adol Christin's Era

c. 900-800 BC

• The Kingdom of Celceta flourished.

c. 800 BC

• Ancient Kingdom of Ys is established.
• Demons threaten the Ancient Kingdom of Ys.
  • Ancient Kingdom of Ys rises into the sky.
  • The Construction of Darm Tower begins.
• Eldeel and King Lefance's final confrontation on the Colonia Battlefield.
• The Kingdom of Celceta collapses.

c. 700 BC

• Events from Ys Origin

c. 600 BC

• The Hundred Years' War between the Gllia and Britai Kingdoms starts.
  • Balduq Cathedral is built.
  • Nors gods Grimnir and Luki both join this war of humans.

c. 521 BC

• Rosvita is born as a normal farm girl.

c. 505 BC

• Rosvita is chosen by the Nors god Grimnir as his agent, and joins the army of Gllia. At the time, Gllia was losing the war.
  • Doll became sentient.

c. 504 BC

• Rosvita's actions give Gllia an advantage in the war.

c. 503 BC

• One of the Heroes of Liberation, Xavier, dies in the Defending war of Balduq.
• Rosvita's army captures and liberates Balduq.
  • During the war, Rosvita is captured by the Britai Kingdom.
  • The Gllian royal family is jealous of her achievements, so they do nothing to save her.
  • In the end, the Inquisitor of Britai Kingdom finds Rosvita guilty of heretic, and burns her at the stake.

c. 500 BC

• The Hundred Years' War between the Gllia and Britai Kingdoms ends.
• Nors gods Grimnir and Luki both doe in the Hundred Years' War. So do all the other Nors gods and demigods.
• The Gllian royal family is forced to deal with the Grimwald Nox.
  • Zola starts his alchemical experiments to revive Rosvita.
  • Zola suggests the creation of the Monstrums to fight the Lemures of the Grimwald Nox.
  • The Heros who fought with Rosvita answered to the Gllian royal family's request and become the Monstrums.
  • Fall of the Nors religion.
• Civil war in Celceta due to disputes over accumulated wealth.
• Lefance returns peace and is hailed as hero.
• Mask of the Sun goes out of control.
  • Lefance and his assistants seal it deep underground.
  • Celceta is soon covered in a dense forest.
• The Kingdom of Kefin is sealed away in another dimension.

c. 279 BC

• Carlan family is established by Arnos Zehar Carlan.

c. 177 BC

• Edonians move from Ruins Island and establish the Kingdom of Altago on the Iskans' homeland.
  • Persecuted Iskans construct village in a pocket between world and disappear.
• Iskan fever slowly starts spreading.

126 BC

• Rollo is born into a Norman chief's family.

c. 150 BC

• Rollo meets Lila Mistral.
• Rollo founds the Duchy of Norgungand.
• Rollo's daughter Lana is born.
  • Lana's Watergate is named after her.

c. 160 BC

• The Duchy of Norgungand is destroyed by the Griegr.
  • Rollo builds multiple arks to evacuate the citizens from the disaster.
  • Lana is entrusted with Torsten Balta.
• Torsten Balta establishes Carnac.
• Lila seals the Griegr in Serenes Island.

79 BC

• Captain Reed is sent to the Isle of Seiren.

20 BC

• A Greek fisherman Sahad is born.

c. 11 BC

• Nikolas Garland is born.
• Romun Princess Griselda is born.

5 BC

• Frieda and Duren are born in the village of Danan.

4 BC

• Dogi and Chester Stoddart are born in Felghana.

3 BC

• Current Emperor of Romn, Marius is born.
• Hummel is born.

2 BC

• Ozma is born in the village of Selray.

c. 2 BC

• Iluna Balta founds the Balta Seaforce.

Adol Christin's Era

0 AC

• The adventurer Adol Christin is born.
• Karna and Remnos are born in the village of Comodo

1 AC

• Geis is born in the village of Danan.

2 AC

• Laxia von Roswell is born.
• Leeza is born in Highland.
• Elena Stoddart is born in Felghana.
• Hawk is born in Balduq.

3 AC

• House von Roswell adopts war orphan Franz.
• Carla is born in Balduq
• Grimson and Iluna Balta accidently find Serenes Island, unleashing the Griegr and cause Lila's seal to weaken. Iluna assists Lila to strengthen the seal, but she exhausts her mana and eventually passes away.

4 AC

• Calilica is born in Highland.
  • Leeza's parents die.
• Yufa is born in Balduq.

5 AC

• Tia is born in the Altago region.

7 AC

• Aisha is born in the Kingdom of Altago.
• The village on Genos Island is ravaged and destroyed.
• Mayor Edgar of Redmont adopts the orphaned Chester and Elena Stoddart.

8 AC

• Erdlingen War starts.
• Krysha is born in Balduq.

9 AC

• Ricotta Beldine is born.
• Jules is born in Balduq.
• Zola disappears to start working on his "magnum opus".
  • Aprilis left the four infant Monstrums (White Cat, Hawk, Raging Bull and Renegade) in an orphanage as war orphans to be adopted.

11 AC

• Dogi leaves Felghana on a journey of self-discovery.
• Silvia retires from her gladiator career.

12 AC

• Princess Eleanor of Gllia is born.

13 AC

• Celceta falls under Romn control.
  • Although Carnac is officially part of Celceta, it is still under control of the Balta Seaforce.
• Start of the Romun-Altaginian war.
• General Dreisen assumes office as head of the Dragon Knights.
  • Mustafa succeeds General Dreisen as the elder of Segram.
• The father of Olha and Isha and many other Rehdans lose their lives defending Rehdan Village against Wandering Calamities.
• Leav starts living in Rehdan Village.
• Altago merchant Baslam ends up shipwrecked on the Canaan Islands.

c. 13-16 AC

• Gruda, Ernst and some other members of the Darklings leave the village of Danan in search of power.
  • Geis also leaves the village, chasing after his brother
• Laxia passes by Griselda in Romn.

15 AC

• Stein finds Niena in the Kefin Desert. He adopts her as his daughter.

16 AC

• Erdlingen War concluded.
  • Yufa's parents die some time around the end of the war.
  • Gllian general Bordon turns his back to Chatelard, causing Balduq to be defeated by the Romn army.
  • Gllia becomes a province of the Romun Empire.
  • Princess Eleanor is taken in by her master and trained as an assassin, and renamed to Iris.
  • Margot starts the Bells of Freedom rebellion against the Romun government. The resistance force is made up of family members of the war's victims.
  • Margot saves Damian's wife.
  • Romn government puts Balduq Prison into operation.
• Romn exploratory ships sink near the Isle of Seiren.
• Chester and Elena Stoddart move out of Mayor Edgar's house.
• Bishop Nikolas becomes the head pastor at Valestein Castle.
  • Father Jean Pierre succeeds Nikolas as priest in Redmont.
• Natalie moves to Casnan City.
• Adol Christin leaves his hometown and starts off his adventure around the world.

Adol's Adventure

17 AC

• Chatelard is disappointed with the Gllia Royal family, and starts the Hieroglyph Knights in Balduq.
• Credo harms a noble kid in Sunday school.
• The orphanage where Credo lives is burnt to the ground. Sister Lisa is killed in the fire.
• Stein goes to Foresta Cave and disappears.
• Adol arrives at Promalock.
• Events from the travelogue Ancient Ys Vanished.

c. 17~18 AC

• The Griegr break free from Lila's seal and in turn seal her.
• Events from the travelogue Lost Paradise in the North.

18 AC

• Griselda is appointed the governor-general of Celceta.
• Events from the travelogue Great Forest of Celceta.
• Monsters start appearing in Felghana.
• Laxia's father abandons his estate and lands due to his obsession with his research, causing riots in his land.
  • House Roswell is forced to relinquish its titles and lands.
  • Laxia von Roswell runs away from home.
• Adol starts to refer to himself as an Adventurer.

19 AC

• Events from the travelogue Felgana Archives.
• Thanatos Beldine washes ashore on the Isle of Seiren.
  • Thanatos Beldine also takes in Ricotta as his adopted daughter.
• Sister Nia starts travelling around the Gaete Sea as a missionary.
• The number of prisoners in Balduq Prison start to increase.

20 AC

• Events from the travelogue Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand.
• Tia arrives in Altago City and takes in Maya.
• Raba washes ashore on the Canaan Islands.
• Credo joins the Hieroglyph Knights.
• Smirnov Noah is imprisoned in Balduq Prison for unknown reasons.
  • He is actually recruited by Chatelard to assist him with alchemy experiments.

c. 19-21 AC

• The serial killer, Nameless Ripper terrorizes Romn.

21 AC

• Terra starts working as an apprentice at the Tres Mares.
• Ord's son, Ur falls ill with an endemic disease from an Eresian traveler.
  • Raba goes to the Rehdan Village, meets Ord and cures Ur.
  • Ur becomes Raba's apprentice.
• Shannoa is attacked by a titano.
• Geis visits Iska Village.
• The Bells of Freedom attempt to remove the Romun empire from the region, but fail.
  • Their leader, Margot is captured and thrown in Balduq prison.
• The new Romn Emperor, Marcus Claudius Garmanicus, is crowned, and starts touring around the empire.
• Cardinal Lindheim is appointed as the Governor-General of Gllia. He stops the insurgency and brings order to Balduq.
• Romun military police Euron boards the Lombardia in search of the Nameless Ripper.
• Events from the travelogue Periplus of the Goethe Sea.

c. 22-23 AC

• End of the Romun-Altaginian war.
• Anemona's soulless body ends up in Rijndael's Antique Shop.

23 AC

• Aprilis finds Anemona in the Rijndael's Antique Shop. Anemona's soul is awaken again.
• The bar that later becomes the Dandelion goes out of business.
• The Grimwald Nox returns.
• Geis arrives at the Canaan Islands.
• Adol becomes acquainted with Ladoc, Terra's father, and boards their ship, the Tres Mares.
• Events from the travelogue Searching for the Winged Ones.
• Events from the travelogue Five Dragons of Altago.

24 AC

• Anemona starts to sneak out of the Antique shop. Aprilis recruits her to take part in the Grimwald Nox.
• The Hieroglyph Knights start to capture and imprison people for no apparent reason.
• Lucien is put into Balduq Prison under the guise of "extended leave."
• Credo's gift awakens, and he joins the Monstrums.
• Krysha visits the Shantytown and question the actions of the Pendleton family.
  • Krysha's gift awakens, and she starts to act as a chivalrous thief to give money to the poor in the Shantytown.
• Belger becomes the Warden of Balduq Prison, and puts a bounty on the Monstrums.
• Cardinal Lindheim goes missing.
• Adol Christin visits Balduq.
• Events from the travelogue Balduq's Prison. (See Events around Ys 9)
• Princess Eleanor/Iris is adopted by Cardinal Lindheim.

Post Adventure

c. 50-59 AC

• Adol Christin returns to his homeland, and starts writing down his travelogues.

63 AC

• Adol Christin completes his travelogue.
• Karja finds some promised land for the Normans, but fails at something. Summoning Adol's help.
• Adol heads on to his last known adventure to the North Pole and never returns. It is presumed that's where he finally meets his end.

External links

• Official Ys timeline (official World of Ys website)