Zork: Nemesis - Design Document: Timeline

ZORK: NEMESIS - DESIGN DOCUMENT: TIMELINE

TIME LINE

895: Sartorius born
905: Sophia born
915: Sartorius' father dies
920: Sartorius intensifies studes
920: Lucien is born
923: Sartorius meets Malveaux: they explore the power of alchemy.
924: Malveaux introduces Sophia who then introduces Kaine to cabal; Discover the power of dark alchemy.
925: Alexandria is born under the perfect connection of stars and moon
938: Alexandria, at age 13 is brought to the conservatory
939: Alexandria conducts her first performance at the conservatory
943: Alexandria and Lucien meet (when she is 18 years old)
945: Alexandria is murdered by cabal
945: Lucien becomes the nemesis
947--948:

Syovar, dwindling in power and having heard of strange occurances in various parts of his empire declares them the Forbidden Lands

EXPANDED TIME LINE

Yoruk makes his infamous mythological descent into hell, a journey later verified and documented by Zork historians. Yoruk brought alchemy -- the science of transmutation -- to Zork establishing the Zorkian scientific tradition. Rumors tell of an ascetic monastic order led by a man called Locksmoore who may have recovered Yoruk's shield and journal.

922: Malveaux invested as Bishop of Zork; the youngest bishop in Zork history. Part of the reason? His book, Revelation and Eternity, became a Zork-wide bestseller causing thousands to return to Zorkastrianism -although some jealous critics say it was written with the help of a demon. Sophia, Kaine and Sartorius all read Malveaux's book.
922: Sophia meets Kaine at a party in his honor and falls in love with him; she begins her alchemical studies in secret with Malveaux in the attempt to be with Kaine forever.
923: Sartorius meets Malveaux: they explore the power of alchemy.
923 Sophia, a talented violinist, founds Zork's first private musical conservatory. Under her able management it quickly becomes Zork's finest musical academy.
924: Malveaux introduces Sophia who then introduces Kaine to cabal; Discover the power of dark alchemy. into his alchemical Circle; the four plot to conceive and sacrifice a virgin during an eclipse in order to gain eternal life -- the ultimate transformation. Each takes responsibility for one of the four elements and begins studying it intensively.
925: Sartorius impregnates Alexandria's mother, one of his patients; she dies in the asylum soon afterward under mysterious circumstances.

925: Alexandria is born under the perfect connection of stars and moon.
926: Alexandria is baptized by Malveaux with Sophia, Kaine and Sartorius as witnesses.
926~38: Alexandria learns to play violin growing up in Monastery.
938: Alexandria, at age 13 is brought to the conservator
939: Alexandria conducts her first performance at the conservatory

943: Alexandria and Lucien meet (when she is 18 years old) at her performance of Harmony of the Spheres.
944: Lucien paints erotic painting of Alexandria; Kaine fights with Lucien over his love of art and his romantic involvement with Alexandria.
945: Sophia catches Lucien and a together and tears the young woman away from Lucien, breaking Alexandria's locket. She later warns Kaine that she caught Lucien with Alexandria.
945: Lucien attempts to elope with Alexandria, but Alexandria demurs and Malveaux refuses to conduct the ceremony, turning Lucien over to Kaine.
945: Fearing that they will not be able to keep Lucien from sullying Alexandria, the Circle meets to accelerate the schedule for Alexandria's sacrifice to coincide with an upcoming partial eclipse.
945: Circle sacrifices Alexandria; Lucien escapes from castle and kills the Circle, smashing their alchemical device before they complete the ceremony and hiding their elements in the temple.
945: Lucien becomes the nemesis

Lucien spends the last of Kaine's fortune and scours Zork to find a way to revive Alexandria.
The Player kills Lucien the Thief as he was trying to rob her. The Thief's spirit tuns into black fog but Lucien continues to resides as a spirit in limbo at the Temple.
Kaine's castle besieged by marauding armies.
Sophia's conservatory closed down due to lack of students and funds.
Sartorius asylum closed down when all the patients escape.
Malveaux's monastery overtaken by Grand Inquisitor then abandoned to two insane monks who refuse to leave.

948: Syovar, dwindling in power and having heard of strange occurrences in various parts of his empire declares them the Forbidden Lands.
949: The player enters into a strange new world in Zork Nemesis