Timeline
The history of Kaladria in the order it happened.
18 pages in this category.
- 01The Gate Appears
The Gate Appears marks the arrival of demonkind on the human side of Kaladria and the beginning of the chain of events that reshaped every kingdom on the continent. The interdimensional Gate manifested in the Eterna Mountains, then inside the borders of the Kingdom of Lindsey. Demons emerged from it, and the human kingdoms, which had spent decades fighting one another for supremacy, formed an alliance against the new enemy.
Before the War - 02The Demon War
The Demon War was the five-year conflict that followed the appearance of the Gate in the Eterna Mountains. Demons emerging from the portal triggered a worldwide war, while the human kingdoms put aside their existing conflicts to fight as an alliance. Volume I records brutal bloodshed and massive losses on both sides, rather than a decisive victory by either power.
The War - 03The Peace Treaty of Hope
The Peace Treaty of Hope is the settlement that ended the five-year Demon War. Negotiations followed the work of three heroes—Reiko Hayami, Kimiko Torafuku, and the demon hero later known as Shun Sato—and created the political order governing the Gate and the Tower.
The War - 04The Establishment of the Tower
The Establishment of the Tower followed the Peace Treaty of Hope and turned its settlement into a permanent institution. The treaty required a Tower to be built in the Eterna Mountains, where it would guard the Gate, and appointed the demon hero who had helped end the Demon War as its guardian. The resulting institution, the Tower, was designed to prevent the newly ended war from beginning again at the crossing.
After the Treaty - 05The First Transgression
The First Transgression occurred two years after the Establishment of the Tower. It began when Victor the Third, king of the Kingdom of Lindsey, rejected the Peace Treaty of Hope and attempted to retake the lands Lindsey had lost after the Demon War. His campaign was an attempt to undo the settlement that had made the Eterna Mountains demon territory and placed them under the Tower’s protection.
Two years after the Tower - 06The Hikari Civil War
The Hikari Civil War began twenty years after the Establishment of the Tower, following the death of Yoshino Hikari, the aging warrior-king of the Kingdom of Hikari. His two children contested the crown: his eldest child and rightful heir, Satomi Hikari, and her younger brother, Arata Hikari, who seized it.
Twenty years after the Tower - 07Refuge at the Tower
Six months inside the Tower: a life traded for a life, a duel in the courtyard, and a love no one intended.
Twenty years after the Tower - 08The Promise
A queen begs a demon to keep her greatest weapon, and leaves in the night without saying goodbye.
Twenty years after the Tower - 09The Battle of a Thousand Shadows
The decisive engagement of the Hikari Civil War: the usurper is killed, his army surrenders, and the Lord of the Tower breaks his neutrality.
Twenty years after the Tower - 10The Second Transgression
Shun’s intervention in the Hikari Civil War to save Yumi, followed by his arrest, judgement, and the price imposed on his firstborn.
Twenty years after the Tower - 11The Unbreakable Oath
The pact Magnus sealed with Shun Sato in the Demon Castle's throne hall: Shun's firstborn child owed to the court at maturity, unless that child defeats the strongest royal knight in open combat.
Twenty years after the Tower - 12The Years of Peace
Sixteen years of quiet: a marriage, two children, and a secret kept from the boy who would pay for it.
The Sato family - 13The Death of the Lady of the Tower
Ryuji's curse wakes during training, and his mother dies in the courtyard by his hand.
The Sato family - 14The Exile of the Heir
Ryuji leaves the Tower after Yumi’s death and is watched in secret until the Unbreakable Oath calls him home.
The Sato family - 15The Battle of the Kings
The Battle of the Kings is the annual second-year tournament at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children. It uses one-on-one matches to determine the strongest eligible student and to test how the winners handle authority. The champion receives the title of King for the following year; the next two students receive the lesser titles of Queen and Jack. The authority is not formally enforced, but it extends over lower-ranking students and some staff, and it ends as the titleholder approaches graduation.
Present Day - 16His Return
His Return is the confrontation at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children in which Shun Sato, the Lord of the Tower, publicly comes for his son Ryuji Sato. It occurs a few months after the Battle of the Kings, during a parents’ event, and exposes the King’s parentage to the students and families gathered at the school.
Present Day - 17The Climb to the Tower
Four intruders cut through the Dark Forest to reach the Tower, and one of them is fired over the barrier in a cannon of ice.
Present Day - 18The Terms Revealed
The household and its guests learn the whole truth: the oath, the dead king, and the duel that will settle it.
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