Mankind has engaged in biotechnology and other methods of reengineering organisms for all of its history. Early forms of genetic engineering, or 'Biopunk' have ensured health and expansion of mankind.
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~20,000 BCE[]
- Goats become first animal to be domesticated.
- Wolves domesticated, possible in early China though specifics vary.
~7,000 BCE[]
- Birth of Agriculture
- Wheat domesticated in Levant
- Corn domesticated in Central America
216[]
- Galen of Pergamon dies
1215[]
- June 15th
- Magna Carta Libertatum signed.
1492[]
- Columbus 'discovers' North America, beginning of the Columbian exchange
- Years of plague in the new world nearly wipes out all indigenous populations, millions die.
- Causes population explosion in numerous prey species including passenger pigeons and buffalo.[1]
- Temperature drops due to population die off in the new world, arguably
first instance of germ warfare.
1564[]
- Andries van Wesel dies
1686[]
- Nicolas Steno dies
1700s[]
- Louis XIV of France turns down the offer of an Italian chemist to develop to first bacteriological weapon, the chemist is granted a pension for his silence.[2]
1727[]
- March 31st
- Isaac Newton dies
Reference Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly
1815[]
- Mount Tambora eruption
1816[]
1819[]
- The Vampyre is published.
Twig History[]
1821[]
- This is believed to be the divergence point but it was likely earlier. Cultural milestones during and after this date is solely based on story notes in Twig.
1903[]
- Primordial Outbreak[4]
- Dealt with, unknown amount of damage.
1906[]
- April 18th?
- Earthquake in Western Crown States unknown devastation, if any.
1908[]
1911[]
- Roughly the time the Indian Empire tried and failed to create a slave race.[5]
1921[]
- Spring: Percy's child clones are rooted out and killed or turned. Percy is recruited to a rebel cell including Cynthia.
- Walter Gund is abducted and used.[6]
- Summer: Mauer attempts to incite the people of Radham to rebel against the Academy. He fails, and retreats.
- Fall: The Lambs have been interviewing people, interminably. Sub Rosa stalks the Bowels. Briggs loses control of Radham Academy to the Duke of Francis.
- Winter: Genevieve Fray allows the Lambs to catch up to her in Kensford. She leashes and sterilises wide swathes of the Crown States, starting The War.
- The War begins in earnest
1922[]
- Spring: Westmore and then Whitney, having rebelled, are retaken by the Crown; the latter with involvement from the Lambs.
- Summer: a nest of Ghosts is discovered in Radham, and the traitor Avis is captured. Project Caterpillar reboots.
- Over the months, the rebellion breaks into competing factions that focus on opposing the Academy or the Crown specifically.
- Winter: Avis escapes from her imprisonment and joins up with Fray and her band.
1923[]
- Spring: The various rebel factions meet in Brechwell to try to unite against the Crown. The Lambs are sent to try to stop them.
- Summer
- Fall: using the texts that Genevieve Fray had produced, Mauer's faction created several primordials in Lugh. The Duke of Francis assaults the city; the Baron Richmond and his twin sisters enter the fray personally. Meanwhile, the Lambs are looking for the fled daughter of obnoxious aristocrats. Gordon dies. Lugh is destroyed, three of the twins are killed, and the primordials are destroyed—but not before one creates a fitting reminder of its rage and pain.
- Winter: The Baron Richmond and his surviving sister are murdered in Warrick by the clone Mary Cobourn and Sylvester of Lambsbridge, who at last publicly defects, with Jamie.
1924[]
- Spring: the first major outbreak of the red plague forces the quarantine of Tynewear.[7]
- Summer: Sy and J found an orphanage in Corinth; the Lambs investigate; after breaking up with Lillian, Sy visits New Amsterdam, loses his mind, and meets Jessie.
- Fall
- Winter Beetle Sy Get involved in a Trapped town
1925[]
- Spring: Hackthorn takeover and trap
- Summer: The Lambs casually take over most of what's left of the Crown States with blackmail, manipulation, threats and some very carefully choreographed information management.
- Fall Radham Conclusion
- Winter: A single Green Clover is found growing in the choking blackwood sprawl.
1926[]
References[]
- ↑ The buffalo wandered in because few Indians survived to hunt them. - The Columbian Exchange
- ↑ Louis XIV Britanica entry
- ↑ Hitchcock, Susan Tyler. 2007. Frankenstein: A Cultural History. New York: W.W. Norton.
- ↑ “Scientists working for the Academy have been more careful than you’re being and still been surprised,” Lillian said. “Um, back in…”
“1903,” Jamie supplied.
“Thank you. Yes, back in 1903, there was a bad incident. The problem is, once it becomes a problem, it becomes a runaway problem. Not in that it runs away, but that it gets more out of control with every passing moment.” - Excerpt from Bleeding Edge 8.11 - ↑ “Okay,” Lillian said. “The second method is more complimentary, then. Altering the fundamental pattern of the clones. Humans mature at an exceptionally slow rate. We saw people try this a decade ago in the Indian Empire. Crown scientists tried to make a slave class that grew to maturity, with a specific level of intelligence. Domesticated humans, strong, playful, good natured, attractive, and obedient. If I’m not mistaken, they tried a lot of things, including imprinted behaviors.”
Like Mary? I raised my eyebrows. “How did it go?”
“How do you think it went, Sy?” Gordon asked. “Do you see slaves everywhere?”
“That’s not saying it didn’t work,” I said.
“It’s pretty damn indicative,” Gordon said. - Excerpt from Taking Root 1.8 - ↑ Interlude 3.x
- ↑ Arc 1 - Spring (Snake Charmer, Bad Seeds)
Arc 2 - Summer (Mauer)
Arc 3 - Fall (Sub Rosa)
Arc 4 - Winter (Fray)
End of year 1.
Arc 5 - Spring (Humors)
Arc 6 - Summer (Ghosts)
First lamb down. Seasonal progression distorts, we move backwards through seasons, passing fall and winter. We pass the end of year 2 and move into year 3.
Arc 7 - Spring (Rebel Coalition)
Arc 8 - Skip summer, go to end of Fall (Mauer, Primordials)
Arc 9 - start of Winter (Baron, war)
Arc 10 - Winter continued. (Baron's Town)
End of year 3, start of 4.
Arc 11 - Spring (Red) - Twig Timeline (incomplete) (Wildbow, Reddit.com, 2016-06-16)