Before there was any knowledge of other Horizons, humans ventured out into the Dark in the Zenith and the Nadir. Only the Zenith would ever be seen again.
Who would remember this?
No-one
Only those few who still have access to databases would know of this
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Third Horizon history
The CORE RULES suggest people have little memory of anything before the Long Night but this isn't that far into their past, implying that this futuristic culture that's capable of good record keeping must have lost access to many of its databases. I'm using this timeline to track what people can remember.
As per Coriolis Discord: I promise this article is only written for the purpose of running games of Coriolis - Doctor Weather
Before Coriolis
Events prior to the construction of Coriolis Station
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-1000 CC
The Zenith leaves Terra
Expedition -
-900 CC
First Horizon colonisation begins
Population Migration / TravelWho would remember this?
No-one
Only those few who still have access to databases would know of this -
-500 CC
Third Horizon colonisation begins
Population Migration / TravelWho would remember this?
No-one
Only those few who still have access to databases would know of this -
-120 CC
First-come Factions must exist by this date
Founding- Ahlam's Temple
- Nomad Federation
- Order of the Pariah Who would remember this?
No-one
Only those few who still have access to databases would know of this -
-120 CC
Portal Wars begin
Military actionWho would remember this?
No active memory - stories only: this is equivalent to few years before Queen Victoria (191 years ago)
If there's a new generation every 25 years or so, then the loss of recorded history will mean verbal history has to travel through ~7 or 8 generations of storytelling -
-98 CC
Portal Wars end
Military actionRecession leads to isolation and decay - The Long Night begins Who would remember this?
No active memory - stories only: this is equivalent to midway through the Victorian era (159 years ago)
If there's a new generation every 25 years or so, then the loss of recorded history will mean verbal history has to travel through ~6 generations of storytelling -
-5 CC
1
Zenith arrives in Third Horizon
Discovery, ExplorationThe Long Night sees a dawn coming. Who would remember this?
Our grandparents or great grandparents, as it was only 66 years ago -
-5 CC
2
Zenithian Factions created
Founding- Consortium
- Zenithian Hegemony Who would remember this?
Our grandparents or great grandparents, as it was only 66 years ago -
-5 CC
3
First-come Faction created
Founding- Draconites (some Zenithians separate off and go out into space searching...) Who would remember this?
Our grandparents or great grandparents, as it was only 66 years ago -
0 CC
Coriolis Station founded
FoundingWho would remember this?
Our grandparents or great grandparents, as it was only 61 years ago -
0 CC
1
Zenithian Faction created
Founding- Syndicate (created with Coriolis Staion, they are a shadow to The Consortium)
After Coriolis
Events occurring after the construction of Coriolis Station
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0 CC
Coriolis Station founded
FoundingWho would remember this?
Our grandparents or great grandparents, as it was only 61 years ago -
0 CC
1
Zenithian Faction created
Founding- Syndicate (created with Coriolis Staion, they are a shadow to The Consortium)
-
7 CC
Zenithian Faction created
Founding- Legion (originally First-come but effectively becomes Zenithian on signing a defence pact with The Consortium) Who would remember this?
Our grandparents or great grandparents, as it was only 54 years ago -
14 CC
Zenithian Faction created
Founding- Free League Who would remember this?
Our parents or grandparents, as it was only 47 years ago -
49 CC
First-come Faction created
Founding- Church of Icons (sacred rites put down - Faction exists informally from long before this) Who would remember this?
We do, as it was only 12 years ago -
60 CC
Emissary events of CC60
CelestialSegment of The Traveller: the Emissaries arrive at Xene; mystics 'disease' occurs
The Cyclade: 'The Judge' declares herself at Xene -
61 CC
Emissary events of CC61
CelestialCURRENT YEAR
Segment of The Messenger: 'The Messenger' arrives on Coriolis Station
Segment of The Gambler: first published campaign event; Whispers to the Star Singer campaign begins
The Third Horizon and Ghodar are settings from the Coriolis RPG designed by Fria Ligan: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/coriolis-2/
All the Factions, planets and cultures I use are taken from this Coriolis source material, upon which foundation GMs are encouraged to build their own detailed game backgrounds. In my articles I'm creating materials that I use purely for the purpose of running my Coriolis games, in accordance with the agreement I've read in the Corilois Discord.
In each article I indicate what is foundation source material and what I have created myself on top of that.