#Sanbreque and waloed joined forces??????

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heres my current dion timeline! completely subject to change bc halone knows it has changed many times already! all the stuff in italics are my headcanons, incl ages, which are in parentheses. extreme spoilers abound

aka my 'dion is a 35yo hag w a lot of unhealthy responsibilities & relationships partly caused by underdeveloped lore but im gonna run with it anyway' agenda.

843 (0)

Dion born in Oriflamme

Mom????????????????????????

I think she was just husbandless and hard-up and she got taken advantage of to some degree by Sylv. She can still like, talk to Sylv but they don't have a relationship.

p o v e r t y

849 (6)

- Kanver Independence movement

Wants freedom from Dhalmekia. Trade disruption likely.

850 (7)

- Southwestern Alliance

Alliance of Rosaria & Dhalmekia to oppose Kanver's independence movement. Trade disruption v likely.

852 (9)

Dion awakens as Bahamut. It's nighttime when the scary magic stuff starts and hes just a baby :(

Mom takes him to church bc he's possessed. hiiii priest who fathered him. wtf is going on w this kid.

Mom sells him to Sylv. Weird child headache & poverty solved! Soon after, Sylv becomes emperor and Dion is made prince & imperial scion.

857 (14)

- Kanver Independence obtained

Trade along the Crystal Highway & beyond absolutely disrupted. Sanbrequois interests split between dispute with Waloed and the continental economy.

858 (15)

- Remembrance Ceremony

Dion mobilized in his first sortie--a rebellion inspired by Kanver. insert smth abt having too many thoughts abt money & societal disenfranchisement + responsibility to the public here.

Dion meets the Rosfields.

859 (16)

- The Triunity of 859

Sanbreque joins the anti-Kanver alliance to discourage further revolutions in its territories.

860 (17)

- Night of Flames

The Phoenix Gate attack. Triunity broken. Anabella becomes Empress. Harpocrates fired.

Dion removed from court and sent afield against Waloed. Terence (12) joins him as his page.

861 (18)

- Rosaria attacked by Ironblood & Sanbreque 

Dion knighted as a dragoon and their highest commander. Part of restructuring to incorporate Rosaria.

863 (20)

Terence (15) promoted to squire.

865 (22)

- Battle of the Twin Realms

Bahamut fielded. Sanbreque wins Strait of Autha after decades of a blockade, but were prevented from further conquest by Waloed's alliance with the Dhalmekian Republic, who were concurrently warring w the Iron Kingdom at the Nysa Defile. Teredio confession happens after this.

867 (24)

Terence (19) knighted as a dragoon.

870 (27)

Terence (22) becomes his second in command.

873 (30)

- Battle of Nysa Defile

Dhalmekia vs the Iron Kingdom, Titan vs Shiva, no help from Waloed, Sanbreque's Bastards sent to assassinate Shiva

- Fall of Drake's Head (Oriflamme)

An aetherflood spawns in the crystal mines and consumes its workers. Oriflamme then languishes and the surrounding area experiences poor harvests and trade.

- Battle of Belanus Tor

Bahamut vs Odin. No reinforcements & reports of saboteurs in the capital. Sanbreque loses the Strait of Autha and an entire legion. Dion told to maintain position and continue fighting despite heavy losses.

- Annexation of the Crystalline Dominion

Dion leads the invasion of Crystalline Dominion, which becomes the new imperial capital. 

878 (35)

- Fall of Drake's Breath (Iron Kingdom)

No one cares. Fears about Cid reignite.

- Rosalith Destroyed by Titan

No one cares. The Imperial family doesn't even talk about this when they plot world domination???????

Black Shields cause havoc elsewhere in Rosaria.

- The Crystalline Impasse

The Republic of Dhalmekia at war w Sanbreque over Twinside. Sylvester plans to accept their treaty, take reparations, and backstab them by making Dion destroy the last of their forces. He sends Dion to his camp on the bank opposite Boklad.

- Fall of Drake's Fang (Dhalmekia)

Dhalmekia's chances for a decent treaty completely vanish.

- Olivier Becomes Emperor

Dion and Terence (30) receive news of Titan's death, but must still maintain hostilities and turn Twinside into a battlefield. They learn of Olivier's ascension to the throne. Joshua meets with them.

Dion returns home and bickers about things. Sylv talks about conquering all of the Twins, and again orders Dion back to his camp to fight the Dhalmeks.

- Meeting w Joshua & Decree

Dion meets with Joshua in the imperial palace and promises to assist him when he is done with Sanbreque business. Afterwards, he makes his decree to coup.

He never returns to his camp? Just plots and pulls out the dragoons and artillery right at the castle?

- Rise of the Wyrm coup

Sylvester, Anabella, and Olivier killed. Twinside destroyed.

Kihel (14)'s grandmother dies in the destruction—if Kihel's grandmother was someone she met semi-recently and who took care of her while she was in Twinside. Or are the lanterns a continental practice rather than a Sanbrequois or Dominion one, so she could have learned about them back in Kostnice? Or was Kostnice just another stop on her travels, instead of a home?

- Fall of Drake's Tail (Twinside)

Taken to Hideaway, then return to Twinside. Kihel finds & nurses him. He reunites w Terence, who survived Somehow.

- Ran'dellah Attacked

Dion and drgs intervene to save Dhalmekian statesmen. He sends Terence to Kihel. The drgs have lost their highest leadership.

- Fall of Drake's Spine (Waloed)

Dion got on Mid's boat somehow, accompanies the team to Ash, and remains with them at the Hideaway.

- Origin

Twinside and its populace completely destroyed. Terence and Kihel are implied to die. Dion reunites with Harpocates. He and the Rosfields go to fight and are also implied to die. All magic removed from the world. 

GAME ENDS 

879 (36)

- 1-6 Months Post-Game

Dion is returned to headquarters and rehabilitated. idk anything abt the bros. Tarja amputates his right arm. He leaves with a bit of money to return to Oriflamme and keep up the Repent gig. 

- 6 Months Post-Game

Fic starts.

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*at some point cid fights bahamut at oriflamme's crystal. idr enough abt when cid left waloed to guess

**dions hates evil and yet. he cant identify it in his dad. even when he's totally old enough to realize that the night of flames was super sus. compartmentalizing king ig

***idk how old olivier is. i thought he was like 5 until i saw most ppl pinged him as like 10.

****i have no plans of doing anything in depth w mom so im not worried abt her rn. the important part is how scary and badly understood his condition is + how sylv offers explanations, regular meals, and greagor's absolute love in return.

*****terence has a baby face + the squire detail rly solidified the age diff to me. ultimately 5 yrs isnt a lot, but it's more significant when theyre younger, and it gives dion more to sweat abt when he talks abt loathing the power dynamic between them