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On Earth, the prophecies left behind by "an extraordinary prophet" do not come to pass, and humanity enters a new millennium.[1]
A mysterious object is unearthed from stratum that is approximately 3.9 billion years old. Despite this, the object has an artificial appearance, including an eye.[1]
Before it could be carbon-dated, a research institution puts forth the hypothesis that the object is an "artificial" panspermia, making it the origin of terrestrial life. This leads to a wave of additional theories and arguments, clouding speculation.[1]
When the object is finally carbon-dated as over 15 billion years old, it revitalizes a new wave of theories, some of which wondered if its source was of "God".[1]
Due to its strong magnetic properties, it is named MAM ("Magnetic Abnormal Matter") out of convenience.
Research on MAM is conducted on a national level until budgeting problems arose, halting any progress.[1]
A group of voluntary researchers privately continues their research of MAM, eventually giving it another name: the Zohar.[1]
A.D. 2510[]
The Space Emigration Project begins with the goal of emigrating humanity into space. The newly founded Directorate aims to complete the project in fifteen years.[1]
T.C. (Transcend Christ) is adopted, and the length of a year is shifted to 365 days.[1]
T.C. 0016[]
After sixteen years of development, a fleet of immigrant ships depart Earth.[1]
Afterward, for unknown reasons, Earth becomes a "forbidden land" and is re-named "Lost Jerusalem."[1][2][Note 2]
T.C. 0294[]
The Immigrant Fleet reaches the M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud and deploy ships to discover possible inhabitable planets. Finding one, they make landfall. The planet becomes humanity's new "promised land" and is named Neo Jerusalem.[1]
T.C. 0295[]
The Star Cluster Federation is inaugurated. Neo Jerusalem becomes its first Prime Star.[1]
Neo Jerusalem is chosen as the chief cardinal point for humanity as they continue their exploration through the stars.
Interstellar War Era (Episode I)[]
T.C. 47xx[]
Various small nations band together to form a galactic federation, which is held together and governed by the Directorate.[2]
Skirmishes begin between frontier nations. Rivalries, space pirates, and similar conflicts become an accepted norm. Interstellar war breaks out.[3][2]
T.C. 4743[]
Due to the efforts of a group of archaeologists, MAM is discovered in a cargo hold of a "museum carrier" ship belonging to a "pilgrim fleet" of an ancient wandering religious sect.[3][Note 4]
Due to an unknown accident, the planet hosting Project Zohar disappears.[2]
MAM is found nearby floating in space and recovered.
T.C. 4766[]
Kadomony is installed directly into MAM's eye, nearly completing work on the Zohar.[3]
Much like MAM, the nature of Kadonomy's inner workings, having been produced by an "over-technology",[Note 5] is unknown.[4]
Having been constructed to be contained within the Zohar, Kadonomy is surmised to be made of the same material.[5]
In order to put an end to the interstellar war, System Deus is completed after being under development for some time.[3][6]
The Zohar is designated Deus's main power source, with Kadonomy serving as the Deus system's control.[7][3][5]
T.C. 4767[]
Abel sees the Original Elehayym.
Three months after the Zohar is made Deus' main power source, a series of experiments are conducted to test the connection between the Zohar and Deus. Taking place on a space station orbiting the planet Miktam04β, which was undergoing terraforming, the experiments were kept top secret, even from the military.[3][2][8]
During the tests, the Zohar begins to examine "infinite potential phenomena".
Requiring more power, the Zohar connects to an upper dimensional space, where all is waves. In the process, it 'synchronizes' with the one existence there: the Wave Existence.[9][8]
Falling through the Path of Sephirot to a four-dimensional world, the Wave Existence is forced to materialize itself within the Zohar, becoming bound to it.[8]
Now trapped, the Wave Existence makes contact with a young boy named Abel, who was there for unknown reasons.[8]
Abel's "desire to return to his mother" is passed on to the Wave Existence, who embodies these human traits as "the mother's will".[10][11][8]
Wanting to escape its "'cage of fleshly existence'", the Wave Existence realizes it needs to be released by Abel, since he was the one who gave it a 'will'.[12]
The Wave Existence is split into the three parts: will, power, and body.[13]
Its will is incarnated through a newly evolved Kadomony, becoming the original version of Elehayym, as well as an embodiment of the Persona, Kadomony's central element.[8][14][5][15]
Its power is channeled through the Zohar into Abel, enabling him to be reborn over and over again as the Contact until the Wave Existence is freed from the Zohar.[16][17]
At some point afterwards, Deus goes out of control and invades the surrounding colonies, resulting in innumerable causalities. The military manages to subdue Deus at the cost of many lives, and place it in suspended animation.[3]
All three core components (Kadamony, Zohar, and Deus) are individually disassembled and sealed off from one another.
The Eldridge.
In order to investigate what caused the accident, the interstellar colony ship Eldridge is requisitioned by the military to transport the cores, as well as the 1.2 million survivors, to another star system.[3][2][18]
Special Forces Colonel Shigeyoshi Inoue from the Technology Research Headquarters is temporarily made the Eldridge's captain, with eight military personnel serving as the bridge crew.[2]
Abel is one of the survivors that boards the Eldridge.[16]
Xenogears Intro
The Eldridge crash.
At an unknown point inflight, Deus's main body, referred to as 'Omega 1', unexpectedly activates.[3][2][19][Note 6]
Kadomony's Persona, which is referred to as 'Alpha 1', is activated.[2]
An operator confirms an "exon replacement" on Kadomony's "genome", marking Kadonomy's shift to "Deus Control Mode".[8][20][21][22]
Kadomony accesses Razael, the Eldridge's mainframe.[23]
The bridge crew tries to contain Deus with different methods, but Deus gains control.
Deus takes control of 98% of the Eldridge's weaponry.[24] Ship machinery seem to come alive and begin to animalistically attack passengers and crew.[6]
After accessing and altering the autopilot system, Deus shifts the Eldridge into space displacement mode and plots a course to Lost Jerusalem.[3][2][25]
Captain Inoue makes the decision to abandon the Eldridge in order to stop Deus. He calls the engine room to activate the emergency sealing system, but the engine room is already overtaken.[26]
The monitor screens in the bridge fill with the repeating text: "You shall be as gods."
Captain Inoue orders all crew and passengers to evacuate.[27]
The ship's external weapon systems attack departing spacecraft.
As a last resort measure, Captain Inoue uses a secret line to activate the bolts of the Spinal Shaft system holding the Eldridge's sections together, effectively dismantling the ship and sealing its fate.[3]
The Eldridge is forced out of space displacement mode as it becomes unable to maintain mass balance, and is caught in the gravity of a nearby planet.
The heat of the Eldridge's uncontrolled atmospheric entry disintegrates its hull. Only blocks with emergency navigational ability are able to survive the landing intact.[3]
Several pieces of the Eldridge scatter across the planet.
The Babel block of the front hull later becomes known as Babel Tower.[3]
The 2nd block of the front hull, a large scale plant, later gets used as a part of Shevat.[3]
Unspecified remnants are later used to construct the first base of Solaris.[28]
Several vessels aboard the ship are later excavated by future civilizations, such as the Excalibur (No. 1), Excalibur (No. 2), and the Land Cruiser that would eventually be incorporated into the Yggdrasil IV.[3]
Having determined that it will not escape being injured upon impact, Deus separates from Kadomony.[18] The central block containing Deus' physical body falls to the ocean floor, where Deus begins its long slumber until the day it would be revived.[2][3]
Just before the Zohar's body lands, Kadomony separates itself to land on a coastline, while the Zohar itself lands near the planet's pole.[2] Despite a successful landing, a section of its essential parts, the Anima Relics, are scattered across the globe.[18]
The central block containing Raziel achieves a soft landing in an area that eventually becomes known by the block's name: Mahanon.[3]
Due to Raziel's records regarding Deus, the area would later be blocked off by the Gazel Ministry using Gate technology to avoid those records from falling into anyone's hands.[3]
The only survivor of the Eldridge is Abel, who survives due to being the Contact.[18][29]
Primordial Era (Episode II)[]
0000[]
The mother of humanity arises naked from the wreckage.
The mother of humanity's remains resting in the supercomputer Kadomony.
Kadomony activates System HAWWA, transforming Elehayym into the mother of humanity, also called 'Original Myyah'.[2][30][5]
Using Kadomony's biological assembler plant, she creates Cain, the first human, and the twelve members of the Gazel Ministry from the original parts of Animus.[18][31][2][32]
The Gazel Ministry's task was to search for the Anima Relics, while the immortal Cain was to manage them.[18][33]
The mother of humanity, in order to follow the two conflicting objectives within her, creates the first incarnations of Elehayym and Myyah.[34][30] She then lays her body to rest inside Kadomony.[18]
Elehayym, known as the Antitype, inherits the will of the 'Mother' and would be born the same time as the Contact, after which she would seek him out.[8][14]
Myyah Hawwa inherits the role of the "Weapon", focusing on shaping and managing humanity to become parts for Deus by any means necessary.[35]
Instead of being reincarnated with a new body like Elehayym, Myyah would 'awaken' in at least one female host each time she died.[21][36]
The last incarnation of Elehayym would awaken as the last host of Myyah on the day of resurrection and merge with Deus, as the two of them are needed to complete its final form.[21]
Xenogears - Lonely
Abel and Elehayym meet.
The newly created Elehayym finds a seven year old Abel, and the two develop a relationship of mother and child.[21]
Cain and the Gazel Ministry use Kadomony to mass produce the "archetype" of humanity. The humans diversify, and their population expands at a massive rate, then slows.[2][18]
0010[]
In order to control the growing population and shape them for Deus's resurrection in the future, Cain and Myyah encourage the belief and eventual worship of Cain being an advent of god, as well as the idea of a 'chosen people'.[2][33][28]
Abel and Elehayym spread an opposing philosophy of free will, presenting an outside threat to Cain's goals.[2][33][29]
0011[]
Elly dies while protecting Abel.
Cain carries out his plan to kill Abel.
Elehayym severely admonishes Cain in order to save Abel's life, but Cain insists on carrying out his plan.[33][37]
As Abel and Elehayym flee from Cain, Elly uses her body to shield Abel from Cain's attack. She tells Abel to live before she passes away in his arms.[29][33][2]
Cain and the others use remnants of the Eldridge to construct a base of operations, creating the original base of what would become the Holy Empire Solaris several centuries later.[28]
This base is used for research on humans and reforming them, in order to prepare for Deus' revival.
The 'Third Anonelbe' of humanity reaches an intellectual peak, leading to a modernized civilization.[38]
Due to inborn genetic damage, the average life span was around 30 years, and many were unable to have children.[38]
According to Kim's memories, the era was marred by rising crime, a slipping economy, urban blight, religious extremism, and a totalitarian government.[39]
6053[]
Myyah's incarnation during the Zeboim Era.
Twin sisters awaken as Myyah M0611 and M0612.[38][Note 7]
The first known reincarnation of Abel, Kim, is born.[38]
The first known reincarnation of Elehayym is born.[38]
6071[]
Kim enrolls in the Federal University, entering the School of Medicine.[38]
Kim.
6074[]
After taking his undergraduate transfer exam, Kim transfers to the Biochemistry Division of the Department of Science, where he begins research on molecular machines.[38]
Elehayym begins working at the Federal Hospital as a nurse.[38]
6075[]
Kim enters Graduate School and manages to earn his Master's Degree that same year.[38]
6077[]
Kim presents a paper at an academic conference on using molecular machines as a means to reconstruct faulty DNA, which was something he had been working on since his days as a student.[38][Note 9]
In his paper, Kim proposes a creation of a form of psuedo-life, consisting of a colony of molecular machines to serve as a template.[38][Note 9]
Scholars, after examining Kim's paper, decry it as blasphemous and heretical, and expel Kim.[38]
Expelled from academic society, Kim abandons his research and re-enters Medical School to become a doctor.[38]
Myyah, standing next to the Zeboim Head of State.
6078[]
Myyah and the Ministry judge that this era's humans are unfit for becoming parts for Deus, and set out a plan to cull the population once again, this time using a global nuclear war.[38][41]
Myyah's plan was twofold, as she expected the resulting radiation would spur the evolution of surviving humans.[36]
To this end, Myyah becomes a close advisor to Zeboim's Prime Minister.[42]
6078-80[]
Relations between Zeboim and other countries slowly worsen as a result of Myyah's manipulations behind the scenes, leading to the possible threat of a large scale war.[38][Note 10]
In order to deter this, the anti-government organization Ravine resists Zeboim's military.[38][Note 10]
6079[]
Kim becomes a doctor at the Federal Medical Office. He and Elly meet at the same hospital.
Zeboim Flashbacks
Zeboim flashbacks.
6081[]
Ravine blows up Zeboim's central electrical facility, causing a 50% blackout in the capital city.[38]
Despite Kim's hospital having a backup generator, six people die, one of which is a young girl under Kim's care.[43]
Elly finds out through her physical exam that she is unable to have children.[44][Note 10]
Myyah takes notice of Kim's thesis and, seeing its potential to evolve humanity, meets up with Kim, offering to sponsor a facility to allow him to continue his nanotechnology research.
Kim accepts and resumes his research, while also continuing his work as a Federal doctor.
The Ravine group also acquires Kim's thesis. Seeing its potential for creating dangerous weapons, they contact Kim.[45]
6082[]
Ravine tries to persuade Kim into joining their organization, but he refuses. Discussions end on a mutual note. Since then, Ravine persistently continues to contact Kim.[45]
Big Joe is at the height of his career, with a WWW Heavy Weight Championship and five hit movies, on top of being awarded the Wimbledon Grandslam, a baseball triple-crown, and a Pulitzer Prize.[40][Note 10]
At the Awards' ceremony to receive the NBA's player of the match, Big Joe slips when he goes to shake hands, hitting his head and causing brain damage. When he went home, the "burnt out" Big Joe is convinced he is Elvis.[40][46]
"This, this is the new spirit vessel that will break the curse."
Emeralda is created at the end of the year, on the day of the Thanksgiving Festival.[45]
6083[]
Realizing Myyah's true nature, Kim transfers Emeralda to a research facility prepared by Ravine.[45]
Myyah mobilizes the military's special forces and sends them to Kim's facility to seize his research.
While Kim escapes to the central isolated room where Emeralda is kept, Elly shuts herself in the entryway.
As Kim tries to unlock the door, Elly pleads for him to live and sacrifices herself to stop the soldiers. She dies when the lab's hazard safety system is triggered, releasing high amounts of radiation into the entryway.[37]
Kim seals himself in with Emeralda. His final fate is unknown.
Big Joe, now in his 30s, becomes interested in prolonging his life and provides financial assistance to cloning institutes and cryo sleep companies.[40][Note 8][Note 9]
During a visit to a cold sleep facility, Big Joe unwittingly enters a cold sleep reactor, and is accidentally frozen by an employee.
Due to the lack of technology needed to thaw him, scientists leave Big Joe in his frozen state.
Despite the war, Big Joe's 'funeral' was a large affair due to his many fans.[40]
Full scale nuclear war breaks out.
Due to heavy bombings, nuclear fallout, and biochemical weapons, 90% of the human population is lost.[45]
6084[]
Dust fills the stratosphere, and nuclear winter sets in.
A number of above-ground genetic research laboratories are destroyed, allowing surviving animal experiments to escape.
One of these is the demi-human ancestors of the Chuchu race.
608x?-8999s[]
A large shift of tectonic plates sinks the remains of the Zeboim civilization to the ocean floor.[38]
Nuclear radiation and the shifting plates affect and hasten the evolution of animals, according to Isaac Balthasar's later studies.[47]
The Birth of Nisanism[]
9088[]
Adoriel, a person who had the rare ability to use Ether, starts the Nisan Sect from her own house.[48][Note 11]
As word of Adoriel's abilities spread, what started as a local doctrine grew into a religion.
Future successors were expected to have levels of Ether ability comparable to Adoriel's.
The Nisan Sect's influence slowly spreads, starting with the region between current-day Aveh and Kislev.[49]
9164-9496[]
Cain and the Gazel Ministry determine that humanity has reached the final stage needed for Deus' resurrection.[28][Note 12]
Holy Empire Solaris is founded, and is operated by the three parties. All three wish for Deus' resurrection, but use each other to achieve their differing goals.[28][50]
Cain guides Solaris as its emperor, and holds a great deal of influence over the Gazel people. However, he secretly wishes to reform humans in order to free them from their fate of being parts for Deus. As he waits for the appearance of the Contact, Cain secretly wishes for Deus' destruction.[28]
Myyah, as the supervisor, holds most of the political power. Her primary duty remains in ensuring Deus' resurrection, which she sets about by trying to spur on human evolution, even if it means "resetting" humanity when it develops undesirable traits.[28]
The Gazel Ministry provide governing support. However, over time, their dispositions have shifted, and they desire to rule the surface, as well as eventually invade the stars with Deus.[28][Note 9]
Solaris' citizens are manipulated and brainwashed into being loyal to Cain.[28]
Over time, Solaris uses its well-organized military and advanced technology to conquer the surface country by country, taking advantage of the surface's chaotic sociopolitical landscape in order to accelerate the M Plan (or 'Malakh Plan').[51][28]
People are abducted and experimented on with gene manipulation, remaking them into parts for powerful biological weapons called Malakh, or Angels, which would serve as Deus' weapons, as well as parts for the Merkava.[51][52]
As the invasion progresses, Soylent System facilities are established all over the world.[51][52]
During these invasions, the Gazel Ministry continue their search for the Anima Relics.[28]
While Solaris' preparations are progressing, all Cain and the Ministry can do is to wait for the reappearance of the third element needed for Deus' resurrection: the Mother, Elehayym.[28]
9226[]
Shevat is founded atop of Babel Tower, which was formerly a part of the Eldridge.[48]
Governed by a council of Elders, Shevat researches the technology within the Babel Tower, expanding their own scientific knowledge.[51]
Shevat at some point becomes aware of Solaris's activities, and keeps a cautious eye on them.
Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar come under Shevat's employ. Known as the Three Sages, they are sent out around the globe, usually to keep an eye on Solaris' activities, while remaining distant and uninvolved in any governments on the surface.
Melchior discovers a part of Kim's thesis in Zeboim's ruins and uses it to revive nanotechnology, as well as add to it with his own independent research.[53][55]
9301[]
The country of Nimrod is founded near the present day Aveh-Kislev border. While small compared to its warring neighbors, it begin to expand in size and influence.[48]
9440[]
Kusel Laodicia accedes as Nimrod’s fifth King, in what is the high point of the Laodicia Dynasty.
Nimrod is now the second largest country, with Shevat being the first.[48]
9453[]
Kusel Laodicia recognizes the widespread Nisan Sect as Nimrod's state religion. This, alongside Nimrod's policies of intimidation with neighboring countries, helps to expand his authority and domain.[48]
Nimrod aids the expansion of the Nisan Sect, helping it reach its peak.[49]
9457[]
Bishop Penuel is appointed the position of Cardinal.[48]
Graph of the early Nisan Sect's structure of power. (scanned & translated by UltimateGraphics)
At some point, in exchange for aid to Nisan, Emperor Kusel Laodicia was granted the power to ordain bishops in each diocese.[48][57]
Kusel requests the Nisan Church for the authority to directly select the next Holy Mother, which would ensure the next one is a supporter of his dynasty, further intertwining Nisan with Nimrod.[57]
Nisan officials strongly oppose Kusel's request, holding fast to the traditional process of selecting the Holy Mother through the support of various Cardinals.[57]
To bypass this, Nimrod attempts to appease the bishops of each diocese that had the power to ordain a Holy Mother, in order to persuade them to Kusel's cause.[57]
In order to keep Nimrod from taking control, the Cardinals rearrange the power structure of Nisan, as well as appoint their most prominent member, Penuel, as the First Prelate.[57]
As the First Prelate, Penuel now had the sole authority to ordain the next Holy Mother.
Nimrod attempts to win Penuel over, but with the intervention of the other Cardinals, Nimrod's influence is halted.[57]
Despite these measures, a number inside Nisan disagreed with the Cardinals' choosing of Penuel as the First Prelate.[57]
9488[]
Penuel selects the thirteen year old Elehayym as candidate for the position of the Holy Mother.[37]
Elehayym's name is possibly changed to Sophia at this date.[Note 17]
As candidates are selected, the power play between church factions ignites behind the scenes.[49][37]
As Penuel's faction is drawn into the infighting, Sophia feels personally responsible and begins to wish for her own death.[37]
Frustrated by the cardinals' opposition, Kusel plots the assassination of Penuel and Sophia.[57]
Kusel hires a squad of mercenaries and elects Karellen, who was known for his military prowess as well as his cold-hearted demeanor, as its leader.[57][58]
Disguising themselves as part of the anti-Penuel faction that had recently risen within the church, Karellen's group leads an attack on a monastery Penuel was visiting, and takes advantage of the chaos to carry out their orders.[48][57]
When Karellen goes to assassinate Sophia, she smiles and thanks him. Charmed by her innocent, sad smile, Karellen is unable to complete his mission.[48][37]
Karellen flees with Sophia, serving as her protector from then on.[55][58]
Most of the Penuel Faction are killed in the attack, including Cardinal Penuel himself. Meanwhile, Penuel's niece, Sieglinde, goes missing.[57][37]
9490[]
The Laodicia Dynasty collapses. Kusel Laodicia is murdered.[59]
Due to the death of Penuel and the sudden collapse of the Laodicia dynasty, the Nisan Sect undergoes a schism between the remains of the Penuel faction and the other dioceses.[57]
The Nisan Sect ceases to function as a religious organization and begins its decline.[59][57]
The remains of the Penuel faction move to present day Nisan, with the hopes of reconstructing and reviving Nisanism. However, without a Holy Mother, their plans were fruitless. Focus eventually shifts to religious practice instead.[57]
9493[]
Having left his hometown, Lacan gets caught up in a localized uprising against Solaris and meets Karellen, who was working with Sophia against Solaris at the time. Lacan and Sophia do not reunite.[29][59]
9495[]
Nisan Cathedral.
After missing for seven years, Sophia reappears in the city of Nisan, along with Karellen and Sieglinde.[59][57][60][58]
After the Church Assembly quickly reassembles, and the remaining members of the original Nisan Sect unify with the Penuel faction.[57]
At the recommendation of Sieglinde and the Penuel faction, Sophia is appointed the new Mother.[57]
The church is renamed, becoming the Nisan Orthodox Church. Much of its previous doctrine and organization are drastically reformed, centering around Sophia.[57][59][60]
Sieglinde, who had been close to Sophia since their time at the monastery, becomes Sophia's assistant.[59]
The Nisan Monk Corps is formed, with Karellen serving as their commander.[59][58]
Lacan and Sophia reunite for the first time since childhood at Ashera Monastery.[59]
Due to the Soylent System facilities, the truth of Solaris's goals are unearthed, uniting the previously warring surface nations against a single enemy.[52][51][50][Note 19]
Seizing this opportunity to strike at an old rival, Shevat's Elders ally with this group, becoming the core of the Anti-Solaris Alliance.[59][50]
Many war refugees from around the world head for the neutral zone of Nisan.[50]
Lacan meets Roni and Rene, who are now chiefs of a caravan group that previously traded with surface powers. Together they form a partnership for the Alliance called the Supply Corps, which is tasked with supplying weapons and materials to the war effort.[59][50][61]
By this time, Cain, feeling that humanity should be entrusted with their own future, had removed himself from the forefront, leaving both Myyah and the Gazel Ministry to manage governing Solaris themselves.[61]
As a consequence of Cain's absence, Myyah's governing power over Solaris grows to be on par with Gazel Ministry.[61] Having say over the Gazel Ministry, Myyah becomes the hidden ruler of Solaris.[36]
Nisan takes in wounded soldiers, who are nursed by Sophia and her followers, the 'Kahal'.[59][50][37]
Due to her initiative, Sophia is revered as the "Holy Mother", becoming a symbol for the surface army despite her wishes otherwise.[37]
Nisan is caught up in the war's outbreak as the Nisan Monk Corps fight to protect it. In time, these forces are incorporated into the Alliance's army, as consensus in Nisan overruled Sophia's own objections.[61][Note 9]
While most of the Monk Corps are incorporated into Shevat, some of them remain to protect Nisan.[61][Note 9]
Lacan's post, the Mobile Strike Force, is incorporated into Shevat. They are often assigned to specialized missions and the reinforcement of front lines.[61][Note 9]
While the Supply Corps' relationship with the ground armies was initially one of business, their adaptability and speed made them useful as a mobile Corps as well, which necessitated the need for military accompaniment to protect their supplies. Gradually, they became a force all their own, comparable to the Nisan Monk Corps.[50][61][Note 9]
Sieglinde meets and forms a close bond with Rene. The two eventually marry.[60]
Karellen begins studying under Melchior, becoming one of his best students (at least, according to Karellen himself[62]).[55]
Karellen borrows Kim's partial thesis from Melchior.[55][63]
Karellen completes work on a nanoreactor, which he hopes will save people's lives and help Sophia.[64][65]
The Shevat Elders' agenda shifts from initially wanting the surface's freedom from Solaris, to wanting to rule the surface themselves.[59][61][66]
During the war, more and more surface dwellers display varying abilities to use Ether, something which required an ability to "interfere" with the Zohar.[59][67]
These abilities, formed over the evolution of several generations, made these humans, as Animus, far superior for Myyah's purposes than the Gazel Ministry, who were the original forms of Animus and, as a result, lack such abilities.[61]
Myyah theorized that these humans, if aligned with an Anima Relic, would make for far better parts for Deus's weaponry. This, in turn, would better ensure Deus's success in future battles with hostile forces in space.[59][67][36]
Due to this, Myyah decides on resetting humanity again, in order to ensure those with Ether abilities would survive.[67][68][36]
The Gazel Ministry, eager to resurrect Deus and merge with Deus, see Myyah as a nuisance.[67] Opposition grows between Myyah and the Gazel Ministry.[59][50]
Sophia's continued efforts towards helping refugees draws the support of people, growing Nisan's power and influence to a size comparable to Shevat's.[59][50]
Shevat's Elders send a thirteen year old Zephyr to Nisan as an emissary.[59][61] During her stay, Zephyr was treated with the same level of respect as Sophia.[53]
"Faith in god... Do not look for it on the outside... For it is something one must build from within oneself..."
Sophia gives a sermon at the Nisan Cathedral.
At some point, Zephyr and her escorts go to fight on the front lines, operating as a mobile troop force.[61]
The Three Sages lend support to Zephyr with their knowledge and expertise.[61]
Balthasar used his expertise in Gear mechanics to build and repair Gears for the ground forces.[54]
Gasper led soldiers and fought on the front lines.[53]
Melchior's research in nanotechnology is used for healing and the development of new types of Gears.[61][53]
Inspired by Sophia and Nisan, the Anti-Solaris Alliance closes in on Solaris' initial lead in the war, slowly wearing down Solaris' power.
In order to turn the tide of battle, the Gazel Ministry constructs and deploys the Merkava, despite Myyah's disapproval, returning the war's progress to a standstill.[59][50][61]
Solaris lands a surprise attack against Shevat, killing the Imperial family save for Zephyr.[53]
The discord between Myyah and the Gazel Ministry becomes known.[59]
Sophia's unfinished portrait by Lacan.
At the end of the year, at Karellen's urging, Lacan begins painting Sophia's portrait.
9500[]
Shevat receives intel concerning Solaris' search for Anima Relics, and forms a special task force to do their own search. The group consists of Roni, Karellen, and Lacan, who are in turn accompanied by Sophia.[59][61]
Karellen, Lacan and Sophia fuse with the Anima Relics Judah, Naphtali, and Dinah respectively.[32][70][Note 22]
On the Shevat Elders' orders, Zephyr, Roni, Rene, Lacan, and Karellan were to "go to Soylent" in Solaris. Sophia accompanies them, insisting on doing so despite Karellen's protests upon learning this later.[71][72][Note 23]
After the mission, Karellen, angry over Sophia's state afterward, punches Lacan and vents that he knew they "couldn't leave Sophia in [Lacan's] care". He then swears that he'll protect Sophia, even if it costs him his life.[73]
Later, as Sophia recovers in the infirmary, she nearly confesses her love to Fei. Karellen secretly overhears their conversation.[74]
Four Gazel Ministers find and fuse with Anima Relics, using their power to overrun the surface nations. Despite this, they lose their lives after being defeated by Lacan and his friends.[59][61][32]
During the climax of the war, two groups of leaders on either side found themselves in conflict with members of their own side.[59][50][75][76][Note 24]
Over the course of the war, the Shevat Elders went from initially wanting freedom for the surface to wanting to rule it once Solaris was dealt with. However, with Sophia and Nisan having a sizable influence over the surface, the Elders feared the "people's will" would be with Sophia instead of Shevat.
The remaining eight members of the Gazel Ministry feared the Nisan people's increasing power, as well as found themselves at odds with Myyah, whose goals had deviated from their own.
The two sides work out a secret trade: in exchange for the Nisan rebel army and Sophia, Shevat would be granted a division of rule over the surface.
Myyah is handed over and held captive in Shevat.
Nisan is set up as the site of the ground army's final battle with Solaris.[77]
Ground forces in Nisan are surrounded by the Solarian army. With their path of retreat cut off, and no help from Shevat, the Nisan army is destroyed.[78]
Lacan, Roni, Zephyr, and Karellen are among the few still alive in the battle.[79]
Sophia rams the Excalibur into the Merkava, sacrificing herself in order to give everyone a means to retreat and survive.[37][80]
Sophia tells Karellen that she's "ending this", and for Karellen to "open his fist", so that he could "gently hold onto the people who will continue to live".[81]
To Lacan, Sophia says "[p]eople support each other to live" which brings them happiness, and that Lacan share that happiness. She then tells him to live, just before she dies in the ensuing explosion.[82]
Karellen vows to create God.
Karellen, realizing the battle was a setup between Shevat and Solaris, loses faith in Sophia's god, and vows to "create god with [his] own hands", as well as privately ask Sophia to guide him as he destroys "all such false pretenses of love, for [her]."[83][84]
Roni vows to create a country that will someday stand up to Solaris.[85]
Lacan, resenting being powerless to stop Sophia's death, begins his search for the Zohar.[86]
The Day of Collapse[]
9501[]
Roni discovers an ancient vessel in an Ignas battlefield. In order to possibly use it for any future battles with Solaris, he orders his companions in the caravan to begin repairing it.
Lacan meets Myyah in Shevat.
Lacan sets free the imprisoned Myyah from Shevat. The two of them head to the Land of Bethlehem to find the Zohar.
Grahf.
Lacan and the Zohar make contact. The incomplete contact gives rise to Grahf.
Grahf finds and fuses with his Anima Relic.[32][Note 22]
Grahf awakens the Diabolos, Deus's first stage mobile terminals, which proceed to annihilate the surface. 90%[citation needed] (or 98%[68], or 96%[67]) of the population is lost.[Note 25] This event becomes known as the Day of Collapse.[87]
Myyah intends for the DIabolos to 'reset' humanity, in order to ensure those with Ether abilities survive.[67]
The remaining members of the Gazel Ministry are killed.[32]
Roni and the others as well as the survivors band together to resist the Diabolos.
Having become the core, Original Weltall is placed in suspended animation, barely escaping destruction.
Rene Fatima dies shielding his brother in battle.
Grahf disappears to parts unknown.
9502[]
Nisan is re-founded by those who escape the Day of Collapse.
At some point after the war, all records relating to Sophia were disposed of by the Church, leaving only the legend of her death and her portrait.[60]
Sieglinde gives birth to her and Rene's child, Iseult, who she raises as the Nisan Sect's Second Mother.[60]
9505[]
Zephyr, along with the Three Sages, restores Shevat.
9506[]
The SOL-9000 computer.
Karellen learns the truth about humanity from Myyah and joins her in reviving Deus.
Karellen makes contact with Emperor Cain and creates a chair to extend his life sentence as he went against his intended goal. Karellen also revives eight members of the Gazel Ministry as computer data in the SOL-9000.
9510[]
Roni Fatima founds the desert kingdom Aveh. It will become part of the Aveh-Kislev War in about 500 years at the time of Xenogears.
Lacan dies without anyone knowing. Leaving only his will behind, it moves into people who become Grahf.
9511[]
Karellen visits Shevat, and gives life extension treatments using nanotechnology to himself Zephyr and the Three Sages.
Planning to rule behind the scenes, Solaris established the Ethos Church organization.
Due to a secret plot influenced by the Ethos church, Rico Banderas is born as a demi-human to Kaiser Sigmund and Anne. Meant to succeed Sigmund as the ruler of Kislev, he was banished along with Anne in order to hide the full truth of his demi-human birth.
Unable to locate the current incarnation of the Contact, Myyah cooperates with Karellen to clone an artificial Contact of Cain using the emperor's DNA. The clone, Ramsus, gains awareness before even being born and develops an inferiority complex soon thereafter. [88]
9978[]
Jesiah enters Jugend Military Academy.
9979[]
Because of the Ethos Church's doctors, Rico's mother Anne is overwhelmed and dies from a wasting illness.
Elehayym Van Houten is born to Erich Van Houten and Medena Van Houten in Solaris.
Bartholomew Fatima is born to king Edbart Fatima IV and the queen Mariel Fatima in Aveh.
Sigurd's mother Shalimar sends Sigurd to Bledavik, Aveh to work in the palace, and made him promise not to reveal his identity to the king.
Sigurd's mother Shalimar dies. At the funeral, Sigurd sees his father Edbart IV for the first time. Afterwards, he enters the Aveh palace as the Heir's appointed Guardian.
9982[]
Due to a germ experiment at a Soylent facility, a plague breaks out in Solaris' Third-Class citizen level. This epidemic resulted in the death of Hyuga's entire family.
Rico forms a criminal gang of boys and begins to plot against the government in the center of the capital, Nortune.
The Ethos begin the 44th Salvage Plan, an independent investigation project into ancient ruins that lie below the Aquvy region.
These ruins are from the Zeboim civilization, which sank to the bottom of the ocean 4000 years ago.
Over time, the artifacts, weapons, and resources from these ruins would enable the Ethos to eventually form plans to rebel and break away from Solaris in pursuit of world domination.[89]
9985[]
Fei being experimented on by Myyah as Karen.
Myyah awakens in Karen Wong, and uses her new position to try and awaken Fei as the Contact by conducting a series of "spiritual fusion" experiments on Fei while Khan is away. To deal with them and other torturous things he didn't like, Fei forms a separate persona, planting the seeds that will lead to the creation of Id.
With Fei found, Myyah tells Karellen to abandon 10-year-old Ramsus, so he is left in a waste collection facility.
10-year-old Ramsus kills Second level 15-year-old Kahran Bekker and merges with him. After taking Bekker's identity, he enters Jugend.
In Jugend, Kahran Ramsus meets a girl, who will go on to be the next incarnation of Myyah.
Halfway through the year, Hyuga and Sigurd enter Jugend with Kahran Ramsus recommendation.
Karen's Sacrifice
Karen regaining control of her body to protect Fei.
Ten months after Myyah awakened in Karen, she contacts Grahf and stands by passively while he attacks Khan, who finally decides to intervene, triggering a spontaneous release of Fei's power. Karen regains control momentarily, long enough to throw herself in front of her son to save his life, and is mortally wounded in the process. Fei recedes into the "coward" personality, shielding himself by displacing the tragedy and horror of these events onto his alter-ego, Id, who remains the dominant personality for the rest of his teenage years under Grahf's destructive tutelage.
Grahf takes Fei, whom Id had completely taken over, and began traveling with him for about a decade, always trying to keep one step ahead of Khan, who was tirelessly searching for them.
Myyah reawakens in a new host body of Kahran's associate, and begins to use her relationship with Kahran Ramsus in order to gain power within the Gebler faction on Solaris.
The Elements are started. Jessie, Ramsus, Hyuga and Sigurd take positions.
9987[]
After Nikolai refuses to work on the M Plan, Solaris abducts Maria and Claudia, forcing him to work.
Minister Shakhan cooks up a coup d'état. Bart and Margie are locked away.
Margie's parents, Elvira Fatima and Francis Revane, Holy Mother and Bishop respectively, were murdered in Shakhan's quest for the Fatima Jasper.
After a month, Sigurd escapes out of Solaris. After coordinating with Maison, he rescues Bart and Margie from Aveh.
Rico's assassination attempt on Kaiser Sigmund fails, and he is imprisoned in Nortune.
9989[]
Bart boards the Yggdrasil and begins to use a whip.
999x[]
At an unknown point in time, the Ethos hire the Thames for a large scale job. While the crew is unaware of the details, it will later be found out to be the 44th Salvage plan.[90]
9990[]
Before accepting a position as a Gebler commander, Jessie flees with Billy and Racquel from Solaris after learning the dark truth of the M plan.
At the end of the year, Claudia Balthasar dies during an experiment on Seibzehn, sacrificing her life for Maria to escape on Seibzehn.
Due to the efforts of Nikolai and Isaac Balthasar, Maria escapes Solaris riding on Seibzehn and lives with Isaac.
9991[]
Rico becomes Battling King.
Karellen plans the third invasion of Shevat.
9992[]
Hyuga takes the post as director of strategy for the third invasion of Shevat, planned by Karellen. Hyuga fights Gaspar and meets Yui, falling in love with her.
Jessie enters the surface gorilla Corps led by Gaspar.
Primera Blanche is born to Jessie Blanche and Racquel Blanche in the Aquvy area.
9993[]
Jessie runs and disappears from his family's place to fight back against Solaris and Gebler.
Grahf turned Fei/Id loose on civilizations such as Elru in order to cause chaos and destruction, as well to strengthen his abilities. Elru is totally subdued by Solaris. Ramsus is mortally wounded by Id. Ramsus helps Dominia Yikzor join the Elements.
At the end of the year, Margie becomes the Nisan Mother.
Big Joe's cryonic reactor is unearthed during one of the Ethos' excavations into the Zeboim ruins. Thinking it was trash, the Ethos chucked it into the ocean.
At some point, Big Joe's reactor drifts onto the shores of Billy's Orphanage. It was discovered by a group of children, who managed to unlock it while playing with it, releasing Big Joe's frozen body. The sand's warmth awakens Big Joe, scaring off the kids.
Big Joe dives into the ocean, and swims to Ignas.[40]
9994[]
Jessie's plastic surgery.
Margie meets Chu-Chu in Bledavik and takes her back home but they both end up captured by a subordinate of Shakhan.
At the end of the year, Jessie meets Shevat's engineer, Joshua Black. After Joshua's death, Jessie has plastic surgery and changes his surname to Black. Billy, Primera and Racquel also change their surnames from Blanche to Black.
9995[]
Bart's Gear Brigandier is completed. Decorated in first battle.
Due to a Reaper/Wel attack planned by Isaac Stone, Racquel Black dies.
At Isaac Stone's urging, Billy enters the Ethos Church monastery.
9996[]
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Khan speaking to Grahf and Id.
Khan Wong fights Grahf again to rescue Fei (as Id) after finding the two. Then, Grahf possesses Khan, who could change back into himself sometimes.
Khan seals Id in deep dormancy in Fei's subconscious. Due to no personality being at the forefront, a third "artificial" personality of Fei is created with no memories of his prior fifteen years.
Khan, disguised as Wiseman, brings the wounded Fei to Lahan.
According to a secret directive from Emperor Cain, Solarian Hyuga Ricdeau goes to the surface and takes the name "Citan Uzuki". After that, joining his family in Shevat, he moves with them to Lahan Village.
Maria goes with Balthasar to Shevat.
9997[]
Due to a slave generator accident, Bart and Sigurd lose their left eyes and both wear an eyepatch.
At the end of the year, Jessie Black returns to Billy.
Elly overdoses on Drive.
9998[]
Due to an overdose of Drive, Elly's power as the Antitype briefly awakens, heavily wounding five of her fellow classmates. Two were killed and three were injured but revived.
Erich Van Houten accepts the post of Soylent System director.
Billy becomes an official Etone and opens the orphanage.
Xenogears (Episode V)[]
9999[]
The unnamed planet of Xenogears.
Grahf manipulates Gebler to have Elly and her squad retrieve the new Weltall gear from Kislev and have them crash in Lahan Village. Gears from both countries end up fighting on the day Timothy and Alice were to be married.[91]
While Fei tries to fight back in Weltall, Grahf has a Kislev gear kill Timothy. As a result, Id briefly awakens and destroys the village killing many of the inhabitants, including Chief Lee and Alice, and the gears.
Fei takes part in the Aveh fighting tournament while Bart rescues Margie and Chu-Chu.
In Gebler HQ, Fei meets up with Elly again who helps them all escape to Nisan with a stolen gear.
The group comes up with a plan to reclaim the throne of Aveh. Bart will storm the castle, Fei and General Maitreya will hold back the groups by the Kislev border, and a third group will hold back the troops near Nisan.
Elly and her squad attack Fei on the way due to being on Drive.
Bart and his troop are ambushed by Shakhan and Myyah, they escape with the help of Maison.
At the border, Grahf gives "The Power" to Vanderkam and his gear, Dora.
Seeing his acquaintances killed, Fei turns into Id again who kills Vanderkam, attacks everyone else, and causes the Yggdrasil to sink.
Fei is sent to a prison in Nortune where he meets Rico, Citan becomes its temporary doctor.
Several of Rico's subordinates, including Heinrich Clive and Leonardo Sniper, are killed by Id.
After killing Redrum, whom they believed was responsible for the murders, Fei, Rico, and Citan return the bell he had to its original owner.
Fei rises through the prison's ranking system to become the new 'Champion', earning his freedom.
Rico fails to assassinate Sigmund and is captured.
Dominia Yizkor attacks the power reactor in the eastern sector of Nortune with Elly just as Fei and Citan rescue Rico who helps them get Weltall.
Fei and Rico successfully save Nortune from Dominia, Elly then diverts the Hecht that Dominia was piloting away from Nortune, Grahf saves her from being crushed.
Having become wanted by Kislev, Fei, Elly, and Citan escape on the Goliath with and Rico and Hammer.
Bart shoots down the Goliath (not knowing his friends were on it) which crashes into Yggdrasil. While Citan, Rico, and Hammer are rescued, Fei and Elly end up on the Thames.
Bart receives Yggdrasil II from Shevat.
Elly is kidnapped by Dominia and brainwashed by Myyah to sabotage Yggdrasil II. She is stopped by Citan.
Fei is defeated by Ramsus causing Billy to arrive at the Thames to treat him at Ethos headquarters.
Elly and the others help Billy kill Bloody, a gigantic Wels then attacks them only to be defeated by Renmazuo.
The Ethos Headquarters is assaulted as Ethos members loyal to Solaris initiate a 'purge' on Ethos members who have tried to use the organization for their own gain.
Verlaine tries to kill Billy, but is stunned by Jessie. Jessie explains what is happening to the party, and Verlaine reveals Billy would have become an agent like him if he hadn't fallen away from Ethos. Before he can say anything further, Verlaine is killed by Bishop Stone and two assassins.
Karellen ambushes the Thames.
Following Stone to Zeboim, Elly discovers Emeralda, only for her to be taken by Stone, Tolone, Seraphita, who give her to Karellen.
Grahf gives "The Power" to Bishop Isaac Stone and Alkanshel. He is killed by Jessie's Buntline Gear.
After battling Seibzehn at the top of Babel Tower, Fei and his friends are guided by Maria to Shevat.
The Gazel Ministry sends Nikolai Balthasar to attack Shevat.
Chu-Chu removes her limiter restoring her ability to grow.
Nikolai kills himself by having Seibzehn destroy Achtzehn.
Gaspar Uzuki removes the limiters within Fei and his companions.
Despite using the energy of the gate and obtaining "The Power" from Grahf, Shakhan is killed by Bart and his new Omnigear, Andvari, and the Ignas Gate is destroyed.
Bart declares that Aveh will become a democratic republic.
The Ethos Gate is destroyed by Billy using the laser of Ft. Jasper which reflected off a mirror on Babel Tower.
Fei and his friends defeat Emeralda and Crescens, who was sent by Karellen but joins them, and destroy Sargasso Gate.
With all three gates destroyed, Solaris phases back into sync with the world allowing Fei and his friends go there.
Fei encounters Samson, who looks like his old friend Timothy. Samson tries helps Fei on his mission, but is incinerated by the Solaris ID security system.
Fei reunites with Citan and Elly.
Fei is accidentally introduced to Elly's family as they try to search her father's quarters for the Army Cardkey.
Erich Van Houten reports Fei as Elly argues with him. Realizing his presence would bring trouble to Elly's family, Fei leaves.
Elly reconciles with her family, and her father trusts her with the Army Cardkey.
When the Imperial Guard comes to take Elly, Erich covers for his daughter so that she can escape.
Fei, Elly, and Citan reunite, and go further into Solaris.
To fool Karellen and the Gazel Ministry as well as to question Id safely, Citan has Fei captured and imprisoned in a special chamber and overwhelms him mentally until Id shows himself.
Satisfied that Fei will not be the one to destroy humanity, Citan removes the limiters on the party and helps them free Elly.
As the party navigates out of Solaris, Hammer shows up with Erich and Medena Van Houten, having rescued them earlier.
As they leave Solaris, Hammer takes Elly hostage and demands they leave without her, as he intends to give Elly over to Karellen.
Medena manages to get Elly away from Hammer, but is shot and killed by Hammer in the process.
Grahf and the Executioner appear and battle the party. Erich tries to buy the party time to leave by intervening in his Gear.
The Executioner explodes Erich's Gear, killing him. Elly's anger begins to awaken her power, but she is knocked unconscious by a burst of Ether from the Executioner.
Fei is overwhelmed and transforms into Id. He uses Weltall-Id to destroy Solaris.
Fei's friends think about freezing him in carbonite, but Elly frees him and escapes with him.
Karellen gives Ramsus the Anima Relic Zebulun which turns his gear, Wyvern, into Vendetta. He uses it to attack Fei and Elly.[92]
Taura Melchior revives Fei and Elly of their wounds from Ramsus, removes their limiters, gives Fei a bracelet to control Id, and upgrades Weltall to Weltall-2.
Citan reveals that he obtained an Omnigear named Fenrir from Solaris and left it with Gaspar for emergencies.
Elly and Emeralda go to the Mass Driver Facility and use it to fire a special warhead from Melchior into the atmosphere which disperses special nanomachines all over the planet that removes the limiters on the world's population.
Bart uses Yggdrasil IV to destroy Ft. Hurricane. This leads to Aveh and Kislev signing a peace agreement.
Due to a virus that Karellen disperses at the same Melchior's nanomachines are released, a portion of the population mutate into Wels.
The Ministry, unsatisfied with the Wels as parts for Deus, enact the M Plan.
The Wels feel innately compelled to gather in Soylent System facilities around the planet, where they would fight and merge into larger entities.
After a battle with a Sufal at one facility, Elly gives it some of her blood and convinces the Wels there to not give up on their humanity.
Fei and his friends destroy all the Soylent System facilities on the planet.
The party takes all the mutated people to Nisan. Others come later, seeing Elly as the next coming of Sophia.
Billy's gear, Renmazuo, aligns with the Anima Relic Joseph turning it into El-Renmazuo.
The Elements attempt to stop Fei and his friends by combining their Gears into the G-Elements, but are defeated.
Rico's gear, Stier, aligns with the Anima Relic Gad, turning it into El-Stier.
Having been surgically grafted into the structure of a massive Wel-Gear by Karellen, Hammer tries to kidnap Elly but falls into a ravine and dies.
Emperor Cain is assassinated by a manipulated Ramsus.
With Cain dead, the Gazel Ministry use the Gaetia Key turning enough of the planet's population into Wels to have Mahanon rising from the sea.
Solaris and Gebler cease to exist.
Not wanting to see Elly cry again, Fei argues with Elly to get her to stay behind in Nisan, but fails. His friends convince him to confess his true feelings. The two reconcile, and make love.
Elly stays behind in Nisan as the group goes to defeat a form of Deus. After fighting Deus, the group is beaten and captured by Grahf.
Wiseman convinces Elly to go to Golgoda in El-Regrs after she is blackmailed by Karellen.
No longer having any need for them, Karellen deletes the Gazel Ministry's data, killing them.
Two weeks after the Ministry's demise, Deus absorbs the Anima Relics within the Omnigears of Fei's group.
Ramsus kills the girl that Myyah currently possessed, she awakens in Elly and merges into Deus with Karellen.
Merkava absorbs the Wels and releases Seraph Angels to terrorize the planet.
Fei enters a state of suspended animation and is frozen in carbonite, he creates a fourth persona that can't feel anything. But Id awakens, breaks free, and goes to the Land of Bethlehem to make contact with the Zohar.
After merging all his personalities and learning about his past lives, Fei meets the Wave Existence who turns Weltall-2 into Xenogears.
Grahf sacrifices himself to temporarily stop the Zohar. He and Khan Wong die as a result.
Convinced by Citan that his life has meaning, Kahran Ramsus decides to no longer pursue Fei and leaves with the Elements.[93]
Thanks to Kim's reawakened memories, Emeralda's body changes into a teenage form.[94]
Merkava is destroyed, but Deus summons a beam that destroys most of the planet, including Shevat which remnants crash near the south pole.
Deus and the Zohar are destroyed, causing all gears except Xenogears to stop working.
With Elly now no longer under Deus's control but still a part of its body, starts moving it far away from the planet to keep the Wave Existence's release from destroying the planet.
Fei, using Xenogears, chases after Elly so that she doesn't sacrifice herself yet again for everyone's sake, breaking the cycle of tragedy between all their incarnations.
Fei argues with Karellen. Wanting Fei to prove his determination, Karellen summons a form of Myyah as the Urobolus. Fei succeeds in defeating it, ending the last instance of Myyah Hawwa.
Karellen follows the Wave Existence to its home dimension via the Path of Sephirot.
Fei Fong Wong and Elly come back where everyone is waiting.
Editors' Notes[]
↑西暦 "seireki" is used here, meaning "Western Calendar", or AD/CE. AD is chosen here due to the mention of '最後に現れた救世主' in the first paragraph, as well as TC being used later.
↑While Perfect Works says the reason is unknown, it does rule out any sudden environmental changes.
↑It's unclear if this is the president of the Directorate or something else.
↑While some translations of Perfect Works use the term "Pilgrimage Fleet", it's unclear what role this fleet played in this timeline compared to Xenosaga's Pilgrimage Fleet.
↑Macross reference, referring to technology that's beyond human understanding.
↑The timing of some events seem to differ between the opening scene and Perfect Works, so the order may not be correct.
↑pg. 167 notes that while it's not unusual for duplicate Myyah factors to awaken at the same time, it was unusual for it to be twins.
↑ 8.08.1Timing of this event is a roughly based on Big Joe's age. PW pg. 187 seems to contradict the main timeline, since Billy's Orphanage wasn't around when Big Joe was revived.
↑ 9.09.19.29.39.49.59.69.7Section contains element(s) taken from machine translated Japanese text that need/needed to be doublechecked for accuracy.
↑ 10.010.110.210.3This event is not given an exact year in the game or in Perfect Works, so it may be incorrect.
↑'She/her' is used for Adoriel solely on the usage of '教母' later in the paragraph, which is the same title given to Margie.
↑Aside from PW pg 21 using the phrase "835 years ago", there's no defined timeline for the progression of Solaris' plans up until the start of the Solaris War.
↑Melchior's actual age and date of birth are never noted.
↑PW pg. 193 notes Gaspar was 560 when his son was born, but since his son's age is never said, this is a rough estimate.
↑The only estimate of Balthasar's age is that he's "lived for 500 years" and that he participated in the Solaris War.
↑UG's translation uses 'military corps', but pg. 172, 173 and a few other spots use 傭兵 ("Hired Soldier") to refer to Karellen.
↑ 17.017.1PW pg. 14 says that this happened in 9483, but pg. 165 says it was when she was 13, which would make the date 9488.
↑Zephyr says she's 522 years old in-game, but PW lists her being born in 9486 and that she was 13 when she met Sophia, so the timeline is using PW instead.
↑ 19.019.1Perfect Works pg. 15 says the Soylent facilities were built in 9499, but pg. 20 implies their existence in the leadup to 9496 is what made the Anti-Solaris group form in the first place.
↑These are events, mostly from Perfect Works pg 22-23 and in-game flashbacks, that lack any context on when they happen during the Solaris War. As a result, some parts may be accidentally conflated and/or be out of order.
↑Some of these come with no dates, but are placed here due to their relation to another dated event.
↑ 22.022.1PW pg. 175 just says these events happened "500 years ago" so the timing may be off. It also says it's Grahf who fuses with Naphtali, but pg. 80 & 91 mention it was Lacan.
↑The timing of this event is never stated, and is entirely based on Sophia's Omnigear being present in an accompanying scene.
↑UG's Perfect Works translation makes a small error here: the trade between Gazel and Shevat and the mention of Sophia's death are two separate sentences. The trade didn't call for Sophia's death, but for Sophia herself.
↑One PW translation says "less than 1%"; 1割 means literally "1 one-tenth", or "10%". "全人口が1割以下に減少し" > "total population decreased to no more than 10%".
↑Wave Existence: Long ago, a 'modifier', or a pseudo-perpetual, infinite-energy engine was created. That engine was named 'Zohar'. That reactor was created by an ancient people from another planet to attain what is considered to be the ultimate energy possible within this four-dimensional universe. Eventually, those people used that same engine to create the inter-planetary invasion weapon, 'Deus'... Zohar was used as its primary source of power.
↑WAVE EXISTENCE: "During the connection tests of Zohar with the newly completed Deus, the engine started to examine infinite potential phenomena... Requiring energy, the engine connected this dimension to the higher dimensional space. As a result, that reactor 'merged' or 'synchronized' with the wave existence in that higher dimension... ME. I 'descended' from the point of contact created by the machine through the 'Path of Sephirot', or the domain you are in right now, and incarnated in the four-dimensional world. After I 'advented' to the four-dimensional world, in order to stabilize myself here, I had to exchange, or materialize, my form and enter into the 'modifier' engine... In other words, I became bound in 'Zohar'... the 'cage of fleshly existence'."
↑WAVE EXISTENCE: "Yes. I was given a special attribute of a human by you, the Contact, when you observed me... I was given... a mother's will."
↑WAVE EXISTENCE: "As a contact, being but only a child, you defined my existence with your desire to return to your mother. Thus I came to prepare the mother's will... That will is Elhaym."
↑WAVE EXISTENCE: "Since the time I was bound in Zohar, I have always wanted to return to my own dimension... And I came to a conclusion. I had to reverse the process I went through to arrive here. I must be released by the one who instilled within me a special feature of this dimension - the 'will'... That one is you."
↑ 13.013.1WAVE EXISTENCE: "I was split by your contact. My physical form or flesh stayed in Zohar, while my will went into Elhaym and my power went into you."
↑WAVE EXISTENCE: "My will was incarnated through a bio-computer which was vital for Deus. After combining with me, the bio-computer evolved its functions, and that bio-plant generated a central element. That is [Elhaym]."
↑WAVE EXISTENCE: "Since the time I was bound in Zohar, I have always wanted to return to my own dimension... And I came to a conclusion. I had to reverse the process I went through to arrive here. I must be released by the one who instilled within me a special feature of this dimension - the 'will'... That one is you."
↑Operator 2: "Alpha 1 to Razael Central. Access confirmed!"
↑OPERATOR 2: "Omega 1 is invading! We can't stop it!"
OPERATOR 3: "98% of our weapons have been taken over!"
↑Operator 2: "Autopilot System Faust has been accessed. And its phase-space logic is being rewritten..."
Operator 1: "Ergo areas increasing! An internal plane is forming... Switching to space displacement mode." Operator 3: "Alpha 1 confirming transfer of coordinate codes! Coordinate input. Coordinate NX128 - EZ061...The main planet!!"
↑Captain: "See that all civilians and passengers are safely transported to the escape shuttles. I will send a dispatch after evacuation is complete. I am evacuating the ship...all of you...evacuate now."
↑FEI: After this core unit came down here, a single woman awoke and arose from out of it. She's the mother of all humanity... After she awoke, she used all her power to bear several beings. These would become the ancestors of the whole of humanity. These were the Emperor and the Gazel Ministry.
↑FEI: A slipping economy... Rising crime... Urban blight... A nation of fanatics looking for their own living space... ... believing in religious sect leaders and gathering around totalitarian rulers. These people were cut off from the next generation, thanks to genetic damage... ... and would have died out, if left to their own devices.
↑Fei: "To resurrect Deus? In the beginning, yes. But later it was different. Many people then, couldn't have children. They were defective humans... So...she did it over again."
↑Fei: "Miang, as she appeared in the Zeboim era. But I don't know who her host body was. She resided at the side of the Prime Minister, manipulating the world behind the scenes."
↑KIM: "Is that a good enough reason for that child, or those dead people? It wasn't much of an operation. It was difficult, but there was enough chance to win... We'd have won if we had better equipment... That child would have been saved if there was electricity... It's not just that child. Five people died in my hospital. The ICU didn't function..."
↑ELLY: "I had a physical at the hospital today... They said I can't have children because of hereditary genetic damage."
↑NOTICE: ... former WWW Heavy Weight Champion and 5 time hit movie star BIG JOE (Real name: Joey Balboa) added NBA's player-of-the-match to his list of accomplishments for the year, which includes the Wimbledon Grandslam, a baseball triple-crown and the Pulitzer Prize. But at the awards' ceremony, when he went to shake hands, he slipped, hit his head and went home brain-damaged, burnt out and thinking he's Elvis...
↑LACAN: "She's not really a childhood friend... ... I just made her acquaintance at the monastery near my home when I was a child... She went to the clinic there for convalescence."
↑Karellen: "You know, I'm the best of all of his students."
↑KRELIAN: Something I borrowed from Melchior. It's about a form of molecular engineering... nanotechnology. I believe it's a book found in the ancient ruins of the Zeboim civilization. It's a copy of someone's research report, but it's incomplete. I think there were even more wonderful things written in it, but we'll never know now...
↑KRELIAN: "Lacan, look at this. I finally completed it. This will save people's lives. Isn't that right, Melchior? With this even Sophia will..."
↑TAURA: "It's called a Nanoreactor. It is a device that can rebuild substances at the molecular level. Not only can it just heal humans, but theoretically it should also be able to create many substances."
↑ZEPHYR: "Shevat instigated a battle 500 years ago to gain our independence from Solaris. However, we became overcome with the lust for power..."
↑ZEPHYR: "The Council of Elders of Shevat issued a decision. Tomorrow we will leave for Soylent."
RONI: "Soylent? That's in Solaris..."
RENE: "Yes. And... Sophia will be coming with us."
↑ZEPHYR: "It was Sophia's will. It appears that she expressed this desire herself."
↑KRELIAN: "You keep back! I knew we couldn't leave Sophia in your care! I'll protect her... even if it costs me my life!"
↑ELLY: "Oh, Lacan... I want to live more honestly with myself... To be able to tell the man that I love that I do love him. And I don't care if I get hurt or rejected. You only have one life. I don't want to turn around later and regret not having done such things..."
↑ZEPHYR: "Fearing the war-torn people's will would no longer be with Shevat, but with the Nisan Mother... and that the people would assemble under Sophia... ... the Council of Elders of Shevat back then, made a deal with Solaris."
↑ZEPHYR: "Fearing the increasing power of the masses assembling in Nisan, the Gazel Ministry schemed to hand over to us their antagonist, Miang, and promised a division of the rulership over the earth's surface. But in exchange... We had to give them the rebel army that had assembled in Nisan and also their patron, Sophia..."
↑ZEPHYR: "The leaders of Shevat accepted... ... and it was decided that Nisan would be the location of the final decisive battle with Solaris."
↑ZEPHYR: "Shevat did not participate in that battle... Thwarted by the awesome numbers of the Solarian army, and with their path of retreat cut off... ... the Nisan rebel army ran out of options and was destroyed..."
↑ZEPHYR: "Caught up in the middle of all this was Lacan, Bart's ancestor Roni, myself... […] Surrounded on all sides... we were prepared to die."
↑ZEPHYR: "And then, the rebel forces' flagship appeared with Sophia on board. She sacrificed herself so as to create a path for our retreat... Sophia's ship headed straight for the enemy's main ship on a suicide attack. Thanks to Sophia's sacrifice, we were able to survive."
↑SOPHIA: "I am ending this... You won't need to fight anymore... So, Krelian... Please open your fist... and with your open hand gently hold the people who will continue to live..."
↑SOPHIA: "People support each other to live... It's what brings us happiness... So share that happiness... and please... Lacan! Live!"
↑ZEPHYR: "Krelian, who followed closely under her as the leader of the Nisan sect's militia, completely lost faith after calling out to a god that would not respond. "I will create god with my own hands!" ... were the last words he uttered before he disappeared."
↑KRELIAN: "Ha, ha, ha, ha... I see... That's it... If god doesn't exist in our world, then... I will create god with my own hands! [...] Sophia... Please guide me...I will destroy all such false pretenses of love, for you..."
↑RONI: "We need to gather all our surviving comrades. We'll never beat them if we fight them individually... So let us create a country that can some day stand up against them..."
↑ZEPHYR: "And Lacan... He resented himself for not having the power to do anything while she died in front of him... ... So he began to search for the 'Legendary Power'."
↑CITAN: "Yes, but the real intentions of the 'Ethos' are quite obvious... The fact that they are not reporting the results, let alone the site's very existence, gives it away... The 'Ethos' is planning to revolt by monopolizing this ultra-advanced civilization's resources!"
↑CAPTAIN: . . . Recently, however, there has been almost no treasure... just little things. Since we started the big job, well, that's all we've had. . . . Oh, that's a job for the 'Ethos'. The 'Ethos' is planning a really big salvage next. I don't know the details but, looks like we'll be searching for some buried treasure. . . . But, we're dependant on the 'Ethos' to buy our stuff. So, it won't look good if we turn the job down.
