Timeline:History

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General

Current year in Perplex City is 269 AC. Years are the same length as Earth years, with the same months and dates.

Years are designated with "BC" and "AC", originally thought to refer to "Before Cube" and "After Cube". Though with the Receda Cube only being discovered in 7AC (1744) this is unlikely. Cube History


Also note, we know of a number of periods of time which have been referred to, though we dont have a good sense of when these happened. These include:

  • NOTE: Daffy889 has built a very sharp timeline over here:
    • http://daffy.aglami.net/pxctimeline/
    • While this wiki recognizes the strengths of his work, and we are quite willing to recomend all users refer to his timeline, there is also something to be said fFor having everything in one place. Users are encouraged to use his page as an impressive display with topics and references and all, and use this listing as a point of convenience.

Ancient History to Beginning Of Game

PERPLEX CITY EARTH EVENT
3500 BC 18th Century BCE Perplex City history begins
3000 BC 13th Century BCE Loose settlements become stable
2000 BC 3rd Century BCE Evidence of great technical advancements
1250 BC 487 Slow but steady progress in the city's development
700 BC 1037 City went through a period of modest expansion
573 BC 1164 Academy Founded
571 BC 1166 Group of scholars take residence in the city
452 BC 1285 Academy's first significant expansion
443 BC 1294 Aetiant Taversen becomes the first Academy 'Master'
325 BC 1412 Academy introduces its own league in several games, setting up the premise of the PCAG
250 BC 1487 Ellen Poor studies at academy
246 BC 1491 Ellen Poor leaves academy to open a tea house
245 BC 1492 Helios Noi returns to the City
243 BC 1494 Helios Noi offered Academy Mastership - Declines
226 BC 1511 Death of Helios Noi
190? BC 1547? White square dropped from the game of Twin-wheel
179 BC 1558 Unknown quote from Sente's first letter
172 BC 1565 Academy Museum founded
170 BC 1567 Judiciary Pogroms. Faith Giordana: criminal mastermind.
70 BC - 0 BC 1667 The War, in various forms.
47 BC 1690 Academy sinks into temporary academic despond
35 BC 1702 Stories of "Ilja and Anja", the ghost children, begin; see: The War.
23 BC 1714 Death of Master Victor Mardian
22 BC 1715 Vianne Adamek elected Academy Master
17 BC 1720 Vianne Adamek suggests an "overall champion" of PCAG
1 BC 1736 Anthony Granier & Edwina Mountling embark "Northern expedition"
0 BC - 22 AD 1737 - 1759 Hiatus of celebration of the midwinter festivals and games
0 BC 1737 End of The War; Beginning of the "modern" era.
1 AC 1738 Switch from BC to AC
7 AC 1744 Receda Cube Discovered
37 AC 1774 Games Plaza built by William Henderson
" " Perplex City Museum Opens
75 AC 1812 Perplex City Zoo opens, after the closure of The Old Town Zoo
81 AC 1818 Tanhill Botanic Gardens built
89 AC 1826 Sentinel founded
107 AC 1844 Sentinel and Vanguard merge
115 AC 1852 Death of Redward Innes
137 AC 1874 Sentinel purchased by the Heathcote Group
138 AC 1875 Emmi Hartlin begins editing the Sentinel
148 AC 1885 S. Marchant quote from City Archives
156 AC 1893 Emmi Hartlin retires
167 AC 1904 "Great Political Scandals"
173 AC 1910 700th anniversary of the Academy's founding
174 AC 1911 Sentinel's investigative work leads to resignation of Perplex City Council and seven deputies
175 AC 1912 Last criminal case to be declared a mistrial
188 AC 1925 Landmark statue at Scott Young Memorial Plaza built
200 AC 1937 The Second Archway Built
223 AC 1960 Sanjean Adamek has a series of wins at the PCAG
" " Sente Kiteway joins Academy cryptology department
228 AC 1965 Receda Cube goes on public display in Academy museum
229 AC 1966 Sente works as a Junior Fellow at the Academy
230 AC 1967 Sente published seminal work on cryptological mathematics
234 AC 1971 Ruth Coralhouse & Horatio Flynn win Ikonnikov Prize
235 AC 1972 Adamek publishes book - "Intricate Design"
" " Last serious attempt at Cube theft
237 AC 1974 Alyce Turnbull creates the Inventus Puzzle
" " Sente takes up a senior position at Centrifuge
" " Centric Artificial Rainforest built from inflatable modular sections
239 AC 1976 Ruth Coralhouse & Horatio Flynn win Ikonnikov Prize. Again.
" " East Dalia Way becomes pedestrian-only
240 AC 1977 Professor Estelle Sedgewick becomes Senior Fellow of Languages
241 AC 1978 Hunan Mansoor's company MPG becomes part of Key Surety
242 AC 1979 Violet Kiteway Born
" " Whipsmart ice cream established
243 AC 1980 Jonathan Smart becomes member of PCBC board
246 AC 1983 Hunan Mansoor wins Academy's Cryptological prize
248 AC 1985 Astrid Lindstrom wins PCAG championship
" " Public foreign-language debate over the environmental policies of the Council
" " Scarlett Kiteway Born
250 AC 1987 Ruth Coralhouse retires from Academy
252 AC 1989 Professor Adamek becomes Senior Fellow of Arts
" " Sente returns to the Academy
253 AC 1990 Astrid Lindstrom wins Allanson Prize
256 AC 1993 Robert Solitano wins PCAG languages section
258 AC 1995 Ahuva Qui becomes a commentator for the Political News
" " Jonathan Smart becomes CEO of PCBC
" " Margaret Wildwood wins Raschid Prize
260 AC 1997 Inari Ekeba becomes PCAG's resident astronomical puzzle setter
261 AC 1998 Ahuva Qui wins Borek prize
" " Professor Inari Ekeba becomes Senior Fellow of Natural Sciences
" " Robert Solitano wins Sperka prize
" " Sente becomes Chairman of the Carrick Foundation
262 AC 1999 Armand Levi moves from journalism to politics
" " Professor Margaret Wildwood becomes Senior Fellow of Social Sciences
263 AC 2000 Carrick Foundation names Sedgewick Travel Bursary in honour of Estelle Sedgewick
" " Professor Hunan Mansoor becomes Senior Fellow of Cryptology
" " Sente becomes Master of the Academy
" " Mobius Strip "Figure of Eight" completed.
264 AC 2001 Rebecca Croft wins the Alexander Prize in music.
" " Centre for Reality Research opens.
266 AC 2003 Janna Gold selected as the Rejian Fellow
" " Professor Astrid Lindstrom becomes Senior Fellow of Mathematics and Logic
267 AC 2004 Receda Cube Stolen from The Academy
" " Ryan Cahill wins PCAG Championship
" " Security analysis reports from Academy Museum leaked.
" " Surprise virus sweeps the City
268 AC 2005 Nachman Assaf solves the Inventus Puzzle
269 AC 2006 Present Day

Beginning Of Cube Theft Mystery Until Present

That's the date! ' That's what happened!
10th Oct '03 Senior Fellows meeting at the Academy. Fierce debate surrounding Cube research: Inari Ekeba wants to experiment upon it, and when Sente Kiteway refuses she threatens (in anger, probably) to steal it. Astrid Lindstrom and Sanjean Adamek reflect upon it in via email.
22nd Dec '03 V demands to meet one his Academy insiders at once. They can't - they're in an Adjunct Senior Fellows meeting. V insists that they should make their excuses and leave. (via Leaked E-mails.)
8th Jan '04 One of the Cube Conspirators attempts to rendezvous with another member, but incorrectly identifies the target and almost divulges secrets to a perfect stranger. (via Leaked E-mails.)
15th Jan '04 Violet emails her dad to say she's got flu and won't be coming to the ball. (via Leaked E-mails.)
Tonight, the Academy Ball. Someone goes and steals the Cube. Zounds! Fran Mendling killed in the raid. (via Leaked E-mails.)
3rd Apr '05 Scarlett spills juice on Violet's bag and asks her dad to email Vi on her behalf because she's a scaredy-cat. Gripping stuff! (via Leaked E-mails.)
27th Apr '05 V and his boss exchange emails regarding V's recent murder of Bernardo Holyoke, with the boss expressing his general satisfaction at proceedings. (via Leaked E-mails.)
28th Apr '05 Violet famously speculates on an audio program that her dad was responsible for stealing the Cube, describing him as a "a power-hungry psychopathic megalomaniac." Exactly our kind of thinking, eh? (Link)
May 24th '05 Violet attends PXC Historical Society meeting about local pre-history, mentions the mysterious portal archway things in the Catbite region. (Link)
May 31st '05 Violet, the inquisitive scamp, visits the Reconstructionist compound. She just gets a guided tour, and doesn't get anywhere near Jessica Holyoke.
10th June '05 Sanjean Adamek emails the Kiteway sisters inviting them over for tea. But Violet declines, saying she has a "big project" that she's working on. (via Leaked E-mails.)
But that day she's actually been back to the Reconstructionists with Kurt, broken into their secret chamber, swapped one of their Keys with one of Kurt's older models and nicked it. Then in the evening she goes out to a poker bar, called Bullets and wins "six months worth of rent." (See here and here.)
13th June '05 Kurt manages to pull a file off the illicitly obtained Recon key, and Violet sends it to us (see here.) We decrypt it, and as is traditional send the decrypt to absolutely everybody we can think of, including Sente. Sneaky, we ain't.
14th June '05 Sente urgently contacts Anna Heath - he's just learnt that Aiko is a Reconstructionist. Despite Anna's protestations, he turns over the evidence to the cops. Anna turns to Robert Solitano to discuss the matter. (via Leaked E-mails.)
15th June '05 We learn that Aiko has been arrested as a suspect in the Cube Theft. (Link) Violet gets all pissy, but calms down a little two days later.
29th June '05 Violet returns from a camping holiday on the plains, but we've no idea how long she was there for (potentially as early as the 17th.)
6th July '05 Violet is moody and, on the walk home, felt like someone was watching her.
22nd July '05 A young, weird guy comes to the library and proceeds to bug Violet about accessing 'ancient documents related to the Brotherhood'. Almost certainly Allain.
29th July '05 Aiko stares down Violet when they bump into each other at the Academy. Ice cold! (Interesting to note that Aiko is not yet back working as a puzzle scribe.)
23rd August Dinner! Sente, Scarlett & Brede and Violet & Kurt have a nice friendly meal as Scarlett is about to leave on her hiking trip for Tanagra. Then Violet delivers an arch Cube-related smackdown with her dad and a fierce row ensues, as Vi is yet to notice that SHE ISN'T EVEN THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER, DAMMIT.
2nd Sept '05 Violet apologises to her dad, and magically, if somewhat implausibly, makes a big resolution to devoting all her efforts to finding the Cube. She continues to try and track down the Third Power book the Earthlings asked for - it's all water-damaged, but she's having it sent over anyway.
7th Sept '05 Violet, Kurt, Von and a couple of Violet's friends head out to Ascendancy Point for some classic movies and dinner. In the process of arranging it, Kurt is yet again forced to remind people that he isn't going out with Violet. (via Leaked E-mails.)
8th Sept '05 Garnett and Caine obviously go out for drinks. Lots and lots of drinks. We know this because... (via Leaked E-mails.)
9th Sept '05 A very hungover Caine emails a smugly sober Garnet regarding their exploits from the night before. (via Leaked E-mails.) It's Violet's birthday today too, we think. Naturally, she sees Kurt and then does some gambling. Not that she'll take a gamble on Kurt, if you know what I mean.
16th Sept '05 Cassandra from Earth emails Violet, who races round to Sylvia Salk's place and finds her unconscious from an overdose. Fortunately, she calls the emergency services and Sylvia is saved, and quite glad she's not dead to boot. She says thanks, by the way. Violet spends quite a lot of the next week with her (see here and once again makes empty, hollow promises about getting The Book.).
21st Sept '05 Scarlett checks in from her Tanagra hike, describing it as beautiful and tiring to her dad and sister. (via Leaked E-mails.)
23rd Sept '05 Caine paints the statues in the Founder's Gallery yellow. Von is most amused, and Aiko has to remind him to go home and get the paint off his fingers! Meanwhile Tippy is busy manipulating Kurt to go out and buy her coffee, to Anna's chagrin. She tries to get Kurt to get the boy to stand up for himself. (via Leaked E-mails.)
29th Sept '05 Sente emails his assistant Patrick Azadian, chasing a status report from the Centre for Reality Research, an agenda for a PCAG meeting that day and a budget proposal from Estelle Sedgewick. Azadian replies the first is forthcoming, the second is sorted, and reccommends contacting Robert Solitano regarding the budget. Sente asks to try and schedule a meeting with him that day, and also that he made need Patrick to stay late that day as "CS is looking for a financial report." Patrick cancels his raquetball appointment with Garnett. However, the CS financial report seems to be a ruse, because he then asks Lyssa Ling to attend a special meeting of the puzzle scribes. (via Leaked E-mails.)
3rd Oct '05 Caine steals Tippy's stapler, the utter bastard. (via Leaked E-mails.)
6th Oct '05 Violet finally heads over over to the central archives to meet her friend Cumber and gets her hands on The Book! Sadly, it's been nearly ruined, but she's confident that Kurt will be able to get something out of it and promises to swing by tommorrow.
7th Oct '05 And that's exactly what happens. Ah, they're such a great team...

Meanwhile, Tippy asks Garnett out for dinner and he abruptly turns her down. Then she asks everyone else on the puzzle scribe team out for a wild partying session instead. Von notices she didn't invite Garnett, Tippy disparages Garnett, and Aiko unleashes a deserved smackdown. She's loyal to Garnett because he looked after her when she was arrested. (via Leaked E-mails.)

11th Oct '05 Violet observes that the pages of The Book which mention the Third Power are a lot more water-damaged than the ones that don't. "Creepy, huh?" We're inclined to agree.
19th Oct '05 Violet delivers some first quotes from The Book, and not a moment too soon. The Third Power is described as one of the Cube's "guardian cults" in the period immediately following the war. 27th Oct '05 Violet posts some symbols from The Book. Stirring stuff, eh?
1st Nov '05 Finally, Violet has some more dirt from The Book on The Third Power, suggesting it has deep roots at the Academy. She's also working hard on the War Exhibit.
9th Nov '05 Violet posts the final instalment from The Book, a list of implausibly famous characters from PXC history who the author claims were members of the Third Power. But Aiko remembers she's seen the 3P Symbol somewhere - specifically, in Sanjean Adamek's house...
22nd Nov '05 Long time no see, Violet! She's been pokering about again, visited her uncle Sanjean Adamek and confirmed that the Third Power symbol is definitely in his house, and that it was put there by the original builder, Anthony Granier and that Aiko had, in fact, turned up at some point previously to take photos of it. She tried to get access to his diaries, but no deal - you need to be a published researcher to access them.
28th Nov '05 Six days later, Violet loses patience and hits us over the head by telling us to [WRITE A DAMN BOOK, ALREADY].
29th Nov '05 Violet is totally grossed by Cymbalisty's slimyness (she needed him to sign forms regarding her [http://www.quirkyacuity.com/archives/2005/11/my_visit_to_unc.html accreditation re: the Granier business) and tells Kurt about it, asking him out for a drink before dinner. (via Leaked E-mails.)
6th Dec '05 Violet reports that Jason & Miranda, aka The Ominous Librarians, have started working at the Library. She fails to notice that they should probably be pushed under the nearest subway train ASAP, for everyone's safety.
14th Dec '05 Violet briefs us on the latest happenings: Isaac Cymbalisty is all over Miranda like a rash, but she's still dating Kurt and it's going very well, and she's mulling over making a move on Jason, despite the fact that he just so happens to be "really interested" in the "manuscript stuff", OMFG RUN, VIOLET, RUN!

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