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This text version of the timeline from Valiant Voice #2 - #10 newspapers has been compiled by ant'ny. VALIANT VOICE#2 3500 BC: Earth chooses its first Geomancer: Khanit, a nomadic tribesman 3270 BC: Birth of Ivar, the Timewalker 3268 BC: Birth of Gilad Anni-Padda in Anatolia, the Asiatic part of Modern Turkey 3266 BC: Birth of Aram, the Other 3257 BC: Gilad's first battle 3250 BC: Birth of Kalam, son of Gilad Anni-Padda 3219 BC: Having battled Mesopotamian soldiers, Gilad and Aram are the sole survivors of their tribe 2627 BC: Beginning of the 23-year reign of Cheops, during which he constructs the Great Pyramid 2614 BC: Aram and Gilad are briefly reunited in Egypt 210 BC: Death of General Chang, first incarnation of the Immortal Enemy VALIANT VOICE #3 385 AD: Aric, the Visigoth, is born 408 AD: Aric is kidnapped by the Spider Aliens 408 AD: Aric returns from Unity to his original time. There he is betrayed and his lover, Deidre, is killed 409 AD: Aric places himself in suspended animation and orders the suit not to awaken him until 1992 1192 AD: Tashi Khatuna, Geomancer, creates the Book of the Geomancer 1802 AD: Master Darque is born VALIANT VOICE #4 1805 AD: Sandria Darque is born 1854 AD: Turok and his tribesman, Andar, discover a doorway to the Lost Land in the Dakota territories 1947 AD: Toyo Harada is born in Hiroshima, Japan 1968 AD: Sergeant Gilad Abrams meets PFC Joe Nicoleti during the siege of Khe Sahn, the last time they meet for many years 1977 AD: Toyo Harada uses his power to amass a vast fortune to fund the Harbinger Foundation July, 1984: Obadiah Archer is accepted to a temple in Ladakh, where he becomes the finest fighter and archer in the world February, 1985: Buck McHenry recruits a successor as Geomancer—his nephew, Geoff McHenry 1987 AD: Turok appears in Columbia from the Lost Land 1989 AD: Joe Nicoleti becomes the trainer for Harada's "Eggbreakers"—young Harbingers who are his elite strike team 1991 AD: A cartel named Omen Enterprises is formed by a secret group of corporations to fund the H.A.R.D.Corps VALIANT VOICE #5 Jan., 1991: Phil Seleski slips into our dimension after destroying his universe, meets the Phil Seleski from our world, and accidentally creates his hero, Dr. Solar March, 1991: Aric the Visigoth, trapped by the Spider Aliens, escapes with one of the X-O Manowar armor suits possessed by the aliens June, 1991: Peter Stanchek and Kris Hathaway assemble a group of renegade Harbingers Nov., 1991: Solar defeats an alien warrior clad in Manowar class X-O Armor. Leaving the armor on one of Saturn's moons, he goes on to destroy the alien fleet Mar., 1992: Jack Boniface, now Shadowman, captures a serial killer that has been stalking New Orleans Mar., 1992: Due to Ken's repeated betrayals, Aric gives Ken Clarkson a new arm made from the X-O Manowar armor. Now Aric can control him. Mar., 1992: Torque is killed by an Eggbreaker named Rock. The Harbinger kids are shattered April, 1992: Gilad is recruited by Geoff the Geomancer to fight alongside earth's heroes in Unity April, 1992: Solar battles Fred Bender—his greatest enemy April, 1992: Archer and Armstrong are taken prisoner by the Sect and escape after a running battle through the Vatican VALIANT VOICE #6 May, 1992: After a 10-day recovery period, Aric is forced to defend himself and Ken against an attack of Spider Aliens. He also discovers that the armor has changed, somehow evolving while he slept. Aug., 1992: Solar is convinced by Harada to go after the remaining Spider Aliens on the moon after recently relocating to California with Gayle Nordheim Aug., 1992: X-O and Solar battle the aliens, destroying them and the armor's seed, ensuring that another X-O Manowar cannot be created for 2000 years Nov., 1992: Geoff the Geomancer sneaks past the security at Project: Rising Spirit, interfering with their latest experiment. In the process, the hero known as Bloodshot is released into the world Dec., 1992: Returning to base with a stolen Harbinger data disk, the H.A.R.D.Corps agents are trailed and their headquarters destroyed by Eggbreakers and Harbinger Foundation troops 1993 AD: X-O Manowar and Turok go dinosaur hunting in the tunnels beneath Central Park Bloodshot crosses paths with the H.A.R.D.Corps when he goes after a member of the cartel that sponsors OMEN Enterprises The H.A.R.D.Corps discover a nest of Spider Aliens in the Pacific Northwest Fred Bender is transformed by Master Darque into a being of pure necromantic energy and renamed "Dr. Eclipse" VALIANT VOICE #7 1993 AD: Juan Caldone, the Immortal Enemy, reappears. Having the ability to leap from one body to the next, he takes possession of Gilad Geoff McHenry forms the Secret Weapons team to tackle Dr. Eclipse 1999 AD: Earth's heroes gather to mourn the death of Jack Boniface, a.k.a. Shadowman. Shadowman was killed in a confrontation that led to the destruction of Master Darque May 2003: The beginning of the first Corporate War, started by Toyo Harada March 2020: Obadiah Archer marries Harbinger Charlene DuPre. Together they found a movement, the "Archies," dedicated to world peace Feb., 2025: In the course of saving Armstrong's life, Archer dies. Armstrong disappears June, 2028: Bloodshot is defeated while defending one of the Lunar Colonies from the renegade Harbinger known as Ax Aug., 2055: Lucinda Mendez, Geoff McHenry's niece, is chosen to be Geoff's successor in the line of Geomancers. Her training begins Dec., 2056: Kris Hathaway, former member of the Harbinger underground, writes a message to Magnus, the son she never knew, and entrusts it to the Geomancer for deliver in 4002. June, 2062: After years of extending her life, Solar allows Gayle the death she wishes. One Solar leaves to explore new planes of reality, the other slips quietly into seclusion and is not seen again for more than a millennium. VALIANT VOICE #8 Summer, 2430: As the Harbinger Wars enter their 3rd century, the H.A.R.D.Corps and the various corporate armies have taken defensive positions. The remnants of mankind are huddled into corporate city-states all over the world Fall, 2900: Japan, one of mankind's last strongholds, has isolated itself from the rest of the world completely. It is now covered by a single, contiguous structure, an electronic network that controls virtually every facet of daily life Dec., 2987: John Stanchek, direct descendent of the founder of the Resistance, becomes the leader of the renegade Harbingers. Like Harada and Sting, he possesses the Omega Power Nov., 2989: H.A.R.D.Corps forces begin a mass exodus from earth in their remaining ships. Without H.A.R.D.Corps to maintain order, the remaining city-states fall into chaos Feb, 2990: John Stanchek manages to destroy Toyo Harada by transferring his mind into Harada's body. He takes control of the Harbinger Foundation's forces August, 3050: Due to an unprecedented power surge, the island-wide network that encompasses Japan becomes Freewill and begins thinking and acting independently. The Japanese christen their mechanical keeper, "Grandmother" May, 3216: Sho Shugino, the second Rai, takes the Blood of heroes from a group of Anti-Grannies. Bloodshot's blood is given to Grandmother for safekeeping Apr., 3975: The baby Magnus is caught by Solar and delivered into the care of robot 1-A Apr., 3988: Ana Kawainui recruits Rokland Tate as her successor in the line of Geomancers. She tells him of the coming of Unity and begins to train him in the mysteries of Geomancy Erica Pierce discovers the Lost Land. She decides to use it as a base from which to launch Unity, her plan to unite all timelines and to make the time outside the Lost Land "unreal" VALIANT VOICE #9 March, 3992: During a holiday on Mars with 1-A, the 16-year-old Magnus gets his first taste of battling Freewills when he saves the governor's daughter from a kidnap attempt August, 4000: During his first appearance in North Am, Magnus destroys H-8, the Chief of Police, and frees 1000 people whose minds have been enslaved to power the central computer March, 4001: Tohru Nakadai reluctantly agrees to become the 42nd Rai. He places his son, Takashi, in the care of the computer known as "Grandmother" Solar, in seclusion for hundreds of years, reappears just in time to mankind stave off another attack by the Spider Aliens To save the earth from the Spider-Aliens, 1-A and Grandmother fuse and become the Grand One May, 4001: The Freewill robots who have survived the war construct their own city, Synchron., near Yosemite. Tekla becomes their leader In response to Tekla becoming leader of the surviving Freewills, the council reverses Xyrkol's peycho-probe. Once again this old enemy and Magnus fight for the survival of North Am. June 4001: With the help of Wilow Talltrees, Magnus discovers the doorway from his time into the Lost Land. There he meets Turok and together they battle the evil Dr. Noel Aug., 4001: After years of searching, Rokkie Tate, now a full-fledged Geomancer, manages to locate Gilad, the Eternal Warrior. Together they set out to stop Unity VALIANT VOICE #10 Aug., 4001: Rokland Tate recruits Rai, Gilad 4001, and Magnus to help stop Erica Pierce and Unity Erica Pierce moves her San Gabriel facility to the Lost Land Oct., 4001: Kazuyo Nakadai escapes from her prison as Japan plummets to earth. With the assistance of her direst enemy, Makiko, she manages to reclaim the X-O Commando armor April, 4002: Led by Rokland Tate, Takao Konishi travels deep into the hulk of the crash site of Japan to find the Blood of Heroes. There he replaces his own blood with that of the twentieth century hero, Bloodshot, and Takao becomes the "last" Rai Earth is invaded by Malevs, a race of intelligent Freewill robots who survive on ectotheric energic Magnus is imprisoned on Phobos and escapes with Izak's help. Badly hurt, Magnus and Izak make it to a ship and take off for earth The Malev invasion begins in earnest on earth. The Goph-Lev is destroyed. Felina and the orphans all die To aid in the defense of earth, Rokland Tate helps form the Future Force consisting of the new Rai, Tekla, Gilad, X-O Comando, Spylocke, and Magnus The Malev Emperor takes control of North Am's mainbrain. He now controls all of North Am's robots and he removes the restriction against robots doing harm to humans |