The fictional Ultima universe has quite a detailed history that has been built up in through both the games themselves, and the backstory therein. Events are dated from the foundation of the kingdom of Britannia, hence BC (Britannian Calendar). History before Britannia's founding is uncertain and vague.
The timeline of the Ultima universe can be aligned with that of Earth, however for every year that passes in our world, many centuries may pass in Britannia.
This timeline includes all the canon single-player Ultima games, as well as the cancelled MMORPG Ultima X: Odyssey, which continued the same continuity.
The universe of Ultima Online branches off from this timeline just after the events of Ultima I, and thereafter follows an alternate continuity. Pre-History
- The wisps teach the Armageddon spell to a human named Zog.
- Zog casts Armageddon. Life ceases to exist for a long time.
- The religious cult of Truth is founded over 3,000 years before the founding of Britannia.
- The elves of Sosaria are amongst the most powerful race in this period, and magnificent elven cities tower high above the forest floor of Sosaria.
- The island of Ambrosia is battered to pieces by "rocks from the sky". It is thought destroyed.
- Humans drive the Cyclops race underground.
- Future King of Akalabeth, Wolfgang, is born.
- Wolfgang's first son (unknown), is born. Nothing more is recorded of him.
- Wolfgang's second son, Mondain, is born.
- The youth British arrives in Sosaria through a blue moongate, and meets Shamino.
- At the age of fifteen, Mondain kills his father, and takes his ruby gem.
- With the rise of Mondain, the elves of Sosaria go into a long decline.
The Age of Darkness
- Mondain uses the ruby gem against itself, creating the Gem of Immortality. He begins vile experiments among his own followers, forming hybrid creatures such as minotaurs, goblins and lizardmen.
- British drives Mondain from his corner of Sosaria ("Akalabeth"), and becomes Lord British.
- Various heroes enter the service of Lord British, ridding the local realm of monsters, and earning the title "Knight".
- The depredations of Mondain puts the study of the arcane arts into low esteem. Various Lords of Sosaria outlaw the practice of magic.
- Shamino becomes ruler of his own kingdom in the "Lands of Danger and Despair".
- The presence of sea monsters confirmed as the frigate Pembroke is sunk by one in plain sight of a small armada.
- Seeking allies to continue his fight against the eight lords of Sosaria, Mondain recruits help from "starwalking monsters of unparalleled savagery".
- Minax is born.
- At just eleven years of age, Minax is apprenticed to Mondain.
- While still young, Minax becomes Mondain's consort.
- Exodus is "conceived".
- The Stranger appears in Sosaria for the first time, entering through the moongate known as the "Siege Perilous".
- The Stranger uses a time machine to step outside of natural time and penetrate Mondain's stronghold. In the ensuing battle, the Stranger shatters Mondain's Gem of Immortality and then slays Mondain. Three stray shards of the Gem are accidentally scattered.
- The release of magic at Mondain's death causes great upheaval, rending time and space, and three quarters of the world disappears. This may possibly have been a magical failsafe device of Mondain's, designed to make Lord British's realm disappear, leaving the rest of Sosaria ripe for Mondain's conquest. At least some of the lands are later found to still be in reach – the Lands of Danger and Despair becomes the Serpent Isle.
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