We now have a
timeline!
There's a lot more to add, so feel free to add stuff. Only add *major* events, though. We don't want this to get too cluttered.
I've decided to use a system similar to our own A.D./B.C. with months the same as ours, to minimize confusion. The current date in the RP is December 2nd, 563 G.E. Most of my date choices have been arbitrary, the only meaningful one being March 21st, 557 G. E. as the start of Chapter 1, since the RP itself started on March 21st, 2004. All the events have been scaled from this starting date, since we've been doing a pretty good job of keeping track of how long it's been since certain things happened.
G.E. stands for "Gaian Era". There have been other eras as well. This is the most popular dating system currently used on Gaian, though others exist. (See Kronos' logs.) Events occurring before year 1 G.E. are simply labeled in reverse as B.G.E. (Before Gaian Era). E.g. The year 100 B.G.E. is 663 years before the current RP date. As with our system, there is no year "0".
There have been mentions of events happening millions of years ago in the RP world. This is a stretch and I'm not sure these are reasonable. I may bump them up to only a few thousand years ago. We'll see. For now, ignore them.
