1099 – First Crusade captures Jerusalem. The Knights Templar commit the Act of Ultimate Heresy. The Gateof Hell is opened on Earth and Jerusalem is destroyed in the cataclysm.
1101 – The Year of Three Battles. Heretics, reinforced by the armies of the Third Circle of Hell, conquer most of the Levant.
1102 – The ancient city of Antioch is fortified and becomes the focal point of resistance against the forces of Hell.
1106 – Cobar becomes the First Tyrant of the Sixty-six.
1109 – The Great Sultanate of the Invincible Iron Wall of the Two Horns That Pierce the Sky is formed. In the coming decades it unifies the Islamic factions. The Great Iron Wall of Iskandar re-emerges and is fortified against the Heretics.
1117 – The legendary Seventeen Martyrs travel to the Earthly Domains of Hell to convert the Heretics. Captured, tortured and kept in a perpetual state of agony, they remain trapped within white-hot Brazen Bulls to this day.
1165 – The Old Man in the Mountain and his Hashashins defend the mountain fortress of Alamut. The castle stands to this very day, despite being besieged for hundreds of years.
1215-1306 – The Wars of Triclavianism. The Church is split and fights a fierce internal conflict. Heretic domains extend as the faithful fight against each other. Millions perish by sword and fire.
1346-1353 – Beelzebub unleashes the Black Grail. Tens of millions are infected, becoming metastatic vessels in the worst plague in the history of mankind. The Corpse Wars begin.
1429 – Living Saint Jeanne d’Arc drives the Black Grail from mainland Europe.
1477 – The City of Argos is taken by God and it is no more.
1503 – War Prophet Angelos, guided by St. Elegius, discovers the formula of Orichalcum Steel. Though extremely costly to produce, the metal proves to be effective against all missile weapons and is still used to this day.
1545 – Antioch destroyed utterly by a mysterious infernal weapon.
1573 – Sacred Order of the Dragon halts the heretic advance after the destruction of Byzantium. A million heretics impaled in the hills of Wallachia.
1595 – Walls of New Antioch completed.
1670 – The Year of Six Woes. In a surprise raid, the newly created Heretic fleet captures Gibraltar. The sea fortress becomes the Heretic base of operations against Europe. Forces of Hell gain access to the Atlantic.
1703 – Against all odds, a small force of Hebrew Knights striking from their secret fortress destroy the Templar stronghold at Acre.
1805 – Due to the constant coastal raids by the Heretic Fleet the Crown of England begins the construction of the Fortress of the White Cliffs.
1866 – In the utmost secrecy Heretic scientists, aided by the Demon Marbas, construct the first modern submarines.
1894 – The Year of Broken Trinity. The Death Commandos simultaneously assassinate the Supreme Pontiff, the High Prophetess Aelia and the Holy Roman Emperor. The faithful are thrown into turmoil. The Heretic Legions, commanded by Hell’s nobles of the Seventh Circle and a huge vanguard of tanks launch a simultaneous lightning offensive in the Levant and Europe.
1899 – Church Space Program commences.
1907 – The construction of the moving fortress of Britannia is completed.
1910 – Battle of Cordoba. A Bloody stalemate. Heretic artillery devastates the ancient city, but the Heretic forces fail to gain access to the heartlands of Hispania.
1914 – The present day. Both sides are preparing for major offensive operations. In the huge swathes of No Man’s Land furious skirmishes and raids increase in intensity as the faithful and heretics vie for information, powerful relics and securing strategically important positions.
