Timeline of Fódlan

Timeline of Fódlan This timeline applies to: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Other timelines Archanea, Valentia, and Jugdral Elibe Magvel Tellius Hoshido, Nohr, and Valla

The land of Fódlan and its surrounding territories occupy their own Fire Emblem series story universe, with no known ties to any other universe (aside from the existence of the Three Regalia and Hauteclere from Archanea, though it is not explained how these came to appear in Fódlan). Much of the history of Fódlan is recounted in documents stored in the library at Garreg Mach Monastery; it should however be noted that falsified versions of history were widely propagated by the Church of Seiros, so it is possible these documents are not completely accurate.

Fódlan uses a calendar known as the "Imperial calendar" whose epoch is the establishment of the Adrestian Empire, with the years counted relative to the empire's foundation in Imperial Year 1. The new year of this calendar begins in the fourth month, the Great Tree Moon.

Timeline

Events in Fódlan's backstory

Year	Events in Fódlan's backstory
Sometime before -41	• The dragon Sothis descends upon Fódlan from afar, adapting a humanlike form. • Sothis's descendants, the Children of the Goddess, are born from Sothis's blood. • Sothis and the Children of the Goddess share their knowledge and powers with humanity, and the human civilization of Agartha flourishes, all while the Children of the Goddess build their own civilization: Nabatea. • As Agartha grows ever stronger, they eventually clash with Sothis and the Children of the Goddess. Humanity is almost wiped out in the ensuing battle, and their survivors are driven underground to Shambhala; their descendants eventually become known as those who slither in the dark. • Sothis creates new life to repopulate the now mostly vacant Fódlan. Sothis retires to the Holy Tomb to recuperate, and the Children of the Goddess base themselves in Zanado. • Sothis is killed by Nemesis, and her remains are taken by those who slither in the dark. Her bones are used to create the Sword of the Creator, her heart is used to create its Crest Stone, and her blood is taken by Nemesis, who obtains the Crest of Flames as a result. The Red Canyon Tragedy • Nemesis launches an attack on Zanado, killing almost all its citizens. As with Sothis, their remains are taken by those who slither in the dark to create weapons and Crest Stones, and their blood taken by the warriors who would become known as the 10 Elites. • The few surviving Children of the Goddess go into hiding across the world.
-41	• A survivor of the Children of the Goddess appears in Enbarr under the name Seiros, seeking allies in her pursuit of revenge against Nemesis. • The deeds Seiros performs during this time become known as "miracles", and her followers later establish the Church of Seiros in her name.
1	Founding of the Adrestian Empire • Seiros forms a blood bond with Wilhelm Paul Hresvelg, who becomes the first Emperor of the Adrestian Empire, initially covering only the southern regions of Fódlan. • Seiros recruits four surviving Children of the Goddess who become the Four Saints, and later pass down their blood to Adrestians.
32	Start of the War of Heroes • The Adrestian Empire declares war in pursuit of unifying Fódlan under its rule.
46	The Battle of Gronder • The Imperial army clashes with allies of Nemesis at Gronder Field, and emerges victorious.
Before 91	• Maurice, one of the Elites, loses control of his power and is transformed into the Wandering Beast, a bloodthirsty, savage monster. Maurice's name and story is eventually erased from history by the Church of Seiros.
91	The Battle of Tailtean • The Imperial army, led by Seiros, attacks the forces of Nemesis and the 10 Elites at the Tailtean Plains, and Nemesis is killed in battle by Seiros. • Following the battle, Seiros orders the assimilation of the 10 Elites' clans into the Empire, to put the Elites down, and to retrieve their weapons. • The Church of Seiros orders an investigation into Nemesis' mysterious allies and benefactors, but it ends up leading nowhere.
Before 98	• Wilhelm leaves a secret record of the War of Heroes from his point of view, which is later passed down to his successors.
98	End of the War of Heroes • Wilhelm's successor as Emperor, Lycaon I, dies suddenly of illness. With the Empire having conquered most of the land of Fódlan, the war ends shortly after. • The Four Saints disband and go their separate ways.
185	• Garreg Mach Monastery, headquarters of the Church of Seiros, is established at the centre of Fódlan. Saint Seiros, with the support of the Four Apostles, attempts to revive Sothis in an experiment but fails. Afterwards, the Four Apostles disband under Seiros's orders and go their separate ways.
Before 721	• Seiros fakes her death, and has the Sword of the Creator buried and sealed in her own coffin in the Holy Mausoleum.
721	The First Mach War • The army of Dagda attempts to invade Fódlan, but are driven back by the Imperial army.
728	The Invasion of Brigid • The Imperial army occupies the Brigid archipelago, an allied nation of Dagda.
731	The Invasion of Dagda • The Imperial army, using Brigid as a foothold, mounts an attack on Dagda, but the attack fails.
747	The Faerghus Rebellion • An anti-Imperial revolt begins in the Faerghus region of northern Fódlan, led by Loog von Blaiddyd. • Loog's forces claim victory against the Imperial army at Gronder Field, in a clash that becomes known as the Battle of the Eagle and Lion.
751	Founding of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus • With the assistance of the Church of Seiros, Loog secures Faerghus's independence from the Adrestian Empire, and is crowned its first king. • In return for their assistance, the Church of Seiros becomes the official religion of the new Kingdom, and are permitted to openly proselytise within Faerghus.
801	The Leicester Rebellion • A rebellion begins in the region of Leicester, in the eastern regions of the Empire, and the Imperial army fails to suppress it. • Leicester is occupied by Faerghus and absorbed into the Kingdom.
861	• Following the death of King Klaus I of Faerghus, the Kingdom is divided into separate territories by three of his heirs, who rule over each territory as archdukes.
881	The Crescent Moon War • The Archduke of Leicester dies, but the lords of the region refuse to acknowledge his successor, instead plotting to separate from the Kingdom and rule the territory as an Alliance. 20 years of hostilities follow.
901	Founding of the Leicester Alliance • With all opposition in the eastern regions of Faerghus eliminated, the lords of Leicester declare the official formation of the Leicester Alliance.
961	The Almyran Invasion • The army of Almyra crosses Fódlan's Throat and launches an invasion of Alliance territory. • With assistance from the Imperial army, the Alliance army are barely able to defeat the Almyran army and secure the border.
approx. 961	• In response to the invasion of Fódlan by Almyra, the Officers Academy is established at Garreg Mach Monastery, with the aim of raising a generation of strong military leaders.
1101	• The fortress of Fódlan's Locket is built upon Fódlan's Throat by the combined efforts of the Empire, Kingdom, and Alliance, to help secure the eastern border against Almyran invasion.
Before 1159	• By this point, Seiros has become the Archbishop of the Church of Seiros under the pseudonym Rhea.
1159	• Birth of Byleth, at Garreg Mach Monastery • Byleth is nearly stillborn, but Rhea implants Sothis's heart in them to save them at their mother Sitri's request. As Sitri was a being artificially created with Sothis's heart, she dies as a result of the procedure. • Jeralt Reus Eisner, fearing Rhea's possible role in his wife's death and plans for his child, sets fire to Garreg Mach and absconds with the infant.
1162	• Birth of Edelgard von Hresvelg, in the Adrestian Empire. • Birth of Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, in the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus. • Birth of Khalid, in Almyra.
approx. 1164	• Seteth begins working at Garreg Mach Monastery.
approx. 1165–1167	• Anselma, Edelgard's mother, is exiled from the Empire due to political strife, and is granted asylum in Faerghus with the aid of the Imperial scholar Cornelia Arnim. • The Kingdom is ravaged by a plague that kills most of the populace, including the queen consort. Cornelia manages to cure it afterwards, but is murdered by Cleobulus, an agent of those who slither in the dark. Assuming Cornelia's identity, Cleobulus is granted the title of Court Mage by King Lambert of Faerghus. • Anselma, now under the name of Patricia, meets Lambert and becomes his second wife in secret.
1167	Hrym Rebellion • In response to Emperor Ionius IX's attempt to consolidate power in the Empire, the duchy of Hrym attempts to defect to the Alliance with the aid of House Ordelia. The Empire successfully suppresses the rebellion, and Duke Ludwig von Aegir is tasked with its governance. • House Hrym sends Imperial staff and members of those who slither in the dark, whom under Imperial supervision, perform inhumane experiments on the children of House Ordelia in order to implant them with a second Crest; Lysithea von Ordelia is the sole survivor.
1171	Insurrection of the Seven • Houses Bergliez, Hevring, Varley, Vestra, Gerth, Aegir, and Hrym launch a soft coup and reduce Ionius IX to a figurehead. • Volkhard von Arundel absconds to Faerghus with Edelgard. Edelgard spends the next three years as a refugee, and befriends her maternal stepbrother Dimitri.
1172	• Tomas, Garreg Mach's Librarian, leaves towards the Leicester Alliance but never arrives.
1174	• Lord Arundel is replaced by Thales, current leader of those who slither in the dark. He and Edelgard return to the Empire. • "Lord Arundel" and Duke Aegir establish a public partnership, and with the support of the noble houses involved in the Insurrection of the Seven, those who slither in the dark subject the Adrestian royal children to inhumane experiments to implant them with the Crest of Flames; Edelgard is the sole survivor. She blames the Church of Seiros for propagating the system of Crest worship that led to the deaths of her loved ones.
1175	The Brigid and Dagda War • The joint forces of Dagda and Brigid attempt to invade the Adrestian Empire. • The Imperial forces led by Count Leopold von Bergliez successfully repel the attack at an Imperial port town, with the prince of Brigid counted among the casualties. • Following their defeat, Brigid is occupied by the Empire as a vassal state. • Petra Macneary, princess of Brigid, is taken to the Empire as a hostage to ensure Brigid's subservience.
1176	Tragedy of Duscur • "Cornelia", Rufus Thierry Blaiddyd, and other kingdom nobles orchestrate the assassination of King Lambert of Faerghus. Dimitri is the sole known survivor, and is permanently traumatized by the events. Lambert's wife Patricia, who participated in the Tragedy, vanishes and is presumed dead. • Duscur is scapegoated for the king's death, and the Kingdom genocides them in response, granting its territory afterwards to House Kleiman. • Rufus becomes the Kingdom's regent after Lambert's death.
1178	• A rebellion takes place in western Kingdom territory, which is suppressed by Prince Dimitri and his allies.
1179	• Khalid arrives in Leicester under the pseudonym Claude von Riegan, where he is declared a legitimate heir to House Riegan. • Solon, an agent of those who slither in the dark, takes Tomas's identity and infiltrates Garreg Mach Monastery. • Monica von Ochs enrolls at the Officers Academy, but is kidnapped shortly before her graduation by "Tomas" during a trip to Ochs's territory. • Jeralt's Mercenaries do battle with a rival mercenary company led by Captain Berling. Berling's Mercenaries are wiped out.
1180	• Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude enroll at the Officers Academy. • Edelgard takes up the secret identity of the Flame Emperor. Reluctantly allying with those who slither in the dark, she launches a terrorist campaign against the Church.

Events in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Year	Events in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
1180	• Byleth and Jeralt are discovered by the Church in Remire Village. Jeralt is reinstated as a Knight of Seiros, while Byleth becomes a teacher and takes charge of one of the three houses of the Officers Academy. The consciousness of Sothis awakens inside Byleth. • Byleth discovers they possess the Crest of Flames and can wield the Sword of the Creator, and Rhea entrusts them with the blade. • After Jeralt is assassinated by those who slither in the dark, Byleth is led into a trap. Sothis sacrifices her individuality to empower Byleth and save them. • Rhea takes Byleth into the Holy Tomb in an attempt to commune with Sothis. The Flame Emperor attacks the ceremony and is unmasked as Edelgard; she ascends the Adrestian throne and formally declares war on the Church. Byleth can side with either the Church or the Empire. Dimitri suffers a psychotic breakdown as a result of his stepsister's betrayal. • Imperial forces besiege and conquer Garreg Mach. Byleth is rendered comatose as a result of the battle.
1181–1185	Silver Snow	Azure Moon	Verdant Wind	Crimson Flower
	• Claude returns to the Alliance and formally assumes leadership of House Riegan. • The Alliance fractures into a pro-Church faction led by House Riegan and a pro-Empire faction led by House Gloucester.
	• Rhea is captured by the Empire. The Knights of Seiros scatter to the four winds to find her and Byleth, the latter of whom was entrusted with the Church's care in her absence. • Cornelia murders Rufus and frames Dimitri for the crime, forcing him into exile. She then launches a coup in Faerghus and reforms the Kingdom into a puppet state known as the Faerghus Dukedom, loyal to the Empire. • Over the next several years, Edelgard systematically conquers the west half of Faerghus, leaving only Houses Fraldarius and Gautier to spearhead the resistance.			• Rhea, having suffered a psychotic breakdown as a result of Byleth's betrayal, escapes to Faerghus. • Dimitri is crowned king of Faerghus, and offers Rhea and the Church sanctuary and military support in their conflict with the Empire. • Over the next several years, the war peters into a stalemate.
	• Dimitri goes into hiding in Fraldarius territory, waiting for his chance to strike back at the Empire.	• Dimitri becomes a vagrant, mindlessly slaughtering Imperial patrols in the Garreg Mach region.	• Dimitri goes into hiding in Fraldarius territory, waiting for his chance to strike back at the Empire.
1185–1186	• Byleth awakens from their coma and returns to Garreg Mach Monastery.
	• Byleth reunites with the former Black Eagles, who have abandoned Edelgard in defiance of her war of conquest. Joining with the remnants of the Knights of Seiros, they form a Resistance Army. • The Resistance Army conquers the Great Bridge of Myrddin on the border between Leicester and Adrestia. • Dimitri raises a Kingdom Army and entreats the Resistance for aid. Although they cannot provide military aid, they do provide their blessing to pass through Myrddin.	• Byleth reunites with Dimitri and the former Blue Lions. Joining with the remnants of the Knights of Seiros, they form a Kingdom Army. • The Kingdom Army conquers the Great Bridge of Myrddin on the border between Leicester and Adrestia.	• Byleth reunites with Claude and the former Golden Deer. Joining with the remnants of the Knights of Seiros, they form an Alliance Army. • The Alliance Army conquers the Great Bridge of Myrddin on the border between Leicester and Adrestia. Claude uses his military momentum to unite the Alliance in opposition to the Empire. • Dimitri raises a Kingdom Army and begins making his way through Alliance territory with the intent to battle Edelgard.	• Byleth reunites with Edelgard and the former Black Eagles. Together, they form an elite Imperial military unit known as the Black Eagle Strike Force. • The Imperial army, led by the Black Eagle Strike Force, conquers and annexes the Alliance and either executes or exiles Claude. • The Knights of Seiros attempt to reconquer Garreg Mach, but are repelled. • Edelgard conquers the Kingdom fortress of Arianrhod, killing Cornelia. In retaliation, Lord Arundel orders the destruction of Arianrhod with his javelins of light. • The Imperial army battles the Kingdom Army at the Tailtean Plains, and Dimitri is killed. Rhea takes command of the remaining Kingdom forces and retreats to the capital, Fhirdiad. • Rhea orders Fhirdiad burned to slow the Imperial advance, but the Empire nevertheless besieges Fhirdiad, kills Rhea, completes the conquest and annexation of the Kingdom, and ends the war.
	The Battle at Gronder • The Imperial, Kingdom, and Alliance forces clash in a bloody three-way battle at Gronder Field.
	• The Battle at Gronder ends in an Adrestian Pyrrhic victory. Dimitri is slain, Claude vanishes, and the Kingdom and Alliance are effectively destroyed. • The Resistance Army conquers the Imperial Fort Merceus. Those who slither in the dark destroy Merceus with their javelins of light in a failed attempt to wipe out the Resistance; unbeknownst to them, Edelgard's vassal Hubert uses this to track down Shambhala. • The Resistance Army invades Enbarr and kills Edelgard, destroying the Empire and bringing an end to the war. • Hubert posthumously directs the Resistance to Shambhala. Joined by Rhea, they besiege it; those who slither in the dark destroy the city with their javelins of light, forcing Rhea to suffer severe injuries protecting the Resistance. • Rhea suffers a draconic degeneration-induced mental breakdown, forcing the Resistance to battle and defeat her.	• The Battle at Gronder ends in a Kingdom victory. In the aftermath, the younger sister of an Adrestian general Dimitri killed attempts to assassinate Dimitri; his vassal Rodrigue sacrifices himself to save him, snapping him out of his revenge-fueled psychotic state. • The Kingdom Army doubles back to Fhirdiad, slays Cornelia, and liberates the Kingdom. Dimitri's return is met with celebration by the Kingdom populace. • Lord Arundel leads an Imperial invasion of the Alliance. Dimitri and the Kingdom rescue Claude and kill Arundel. In the aftermath, Claude disbands the Alliance, cedes its territories back to the Kingdom, and departs Fódlan. • Dimitri directly invades Adrestia. His attempts to convince Edelgard to surrender fall on deaf ears, and he is forced to kill her in battle. The Empire is destroyed, and the war is ended.	• The Battle at Gronder ends in an Alliance victory. Dimitri is slain and the Kingdom is effectively destroyed. • The Alliance Army conquers the Imperial Fort Merceus. Those who slither in the dark destroy Merceus with their javelins of light in a failed attempt to wipe out the Alliance; unbeknownst to them, Edelgard's vassal Hubert uses this to track down Shambhala. • The Alliance Army invades Enbarr and kills Edelgard, destroying the Empire and bringing an end to the war. • Hubert posthumously directs the Alliance to Shambhala. Joined by Rhea, they besiege it; those who slither in the dark destroy the city with their javelins of light, forcing Rhea to suffer severe injuries protecting the Alliance. • Those who slither in the dark reawaken Nemesis in a last-ditch act of spite towards Fódlan. Nemesis goes on a rampage with the intent of killing Seiros, but is stopped and slain by the Alliance.
After 1186	• Fódlan is reunited under the nascent United Kingdom of Fódlan, with Byleth as its ruler. • Rhea, depending on her relationship with Byleth, either succumbs to her injuries, survives and retires to Zanado, or survives and retakes control of the Church of Seiros in order to reform it.	• Fódlan is reunited under the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, with Dimitri as its ruler. • Rhea retires to Zanado, naming Byleth as the new Archbishop in her stead.	• Claude disbands the Alliance and returns to Almyra to become its king. • Fódlan is reunited under the nascent United Kingdom of Fódlan, with Byleth as its ruler. • Rhea presumably succumbs to her injuries.	• Fódlan is reunited under the Adrestian Empire, with Edelgard as its ruler. • Edelgard double-crosses and annihilates those who slither in the dark.

Events in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

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Year	Events in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
1179	A mercenary from Berling's Mercenaries named Shez survives the battle with Jeralt's Mercenaries due to the intervention of a being named Arval. Shez swears revenge on Jeralt's Mercenaries, particularly Byleth.
1180	• Shez meets Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude in Barnabas Woods while looking for Jeralt's Mercenaries, and saves them from a bandit attack. Afterwards, Shez is taken by the Church to the Officers Academy, and given the option to join one of its Three Houses as a reward. • During Shez's first mission as a student, with Jeritza von Hrym's aid, they rescue Monica von Ochs from Kronya's hidden fort near House Rowe territory. • Monica identifies "Tomas" as her kidnapper. The Church attempts to question him, but Solon discards his disguise and flees. • Edelgard convinces the Church to help her stage a coup against "Lord Arundel" and Duke Aegir by using "Tomas"'s true identity as evidence, and overthrows them with the aid of the Knights of Seiros. • Thales warns Cleobulus of Kronya and Solon's failure, leading him to persuade Rufus into staging a coup of his own in Faerghus under the pretext House Fraldarius is trying to plant Dimitri as a puppet ruler. This forces Dimitri and the knights to put down the coup, and Rufus is executed for treason. • The Almyran prince Shahid launches a massive invasion in Fódlan's Locket upon getting the news of the events in the Empire and Kingdom. Claude leaves with some Knights of Seiros in response, and teams up with Holst Sigiswald Goneril to defend the locket. • In light of the growing instability within Fódlan, Rhea closes the Officer's Academy and sends the students home.
1181-1182	• Edelgard is crowned Emperor of Adrestia. She begins to implement reforms in Adrestia to improve social mobility and defang the corrupt nobility. • Dimitri is crowned King of Faerghus. • Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius resigns his post as Duke Fraldarius in order to scapegoat himself for the Tragedy of Duscur and Rufus's insurrection, and his son Felix takes his place. • Claude takes his place at the Alliance Roundtable.
1182	Edelgard declares war on the Central Church. The Kingdom and Alliance are quickly drawn into the conflict on the Central Church's side.
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