Tannhuser Chronology Translation

Here is the chronology of the Tannhuser universe. It encompasses all of the expansions and single packs in the game, but also incorporates much of the text from the website as well. In it you will find important battles and characters, as well as outstanding dates in the Tannhuser-verse. In addition, this chronology reveals some secrets of the future! ~ 6500 BC ~ 1700 BC Third Century BC 1096 Creation of the Patmos Amulet Creation of the pure quartz skull Sha-NaRa The 17 Hermeticas which comprise the Corpus Hermeticum are written, and are the basis of Hermeticism. At the time of the First Crusade, Saint Mathieu de Briac faces and overcomes the Sacre Nosfero Demon. While the kingdom of Jerusalem was fighting Saladin, the count Friedrich dOettingen-Wallerstein is left for dead on the tomb of the Holy Sepulchre. Attack on the Baghdad Capitol by the Mongolian Khans Hleg and Mngke, only 3 riders escape the city alive. Rachid Al-Din talks of phantoms which arrows could not touch. The treasure of Kalif AlMutasim located in Baghdad, was never found. Explorer and adventurer, Marco Polo captures a unicorn for the sovereign of the Crown of Aragon. Under the aegis In the name of God of Cardinal dAlliy, Marco Polo captures the demon made flesh, Behemoth, with the Sacrementum of the Four Living Ones. Public death of Marco Polo True death of Marco Polo, keeper of Behemoth for 14 years, in the secret foundations beneath St. Marcs basilica. Death of Heinrich Reffle Von Richtenberg, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. His tomb is then lost for nearly 400 years. With the pronouncement of Nostradamus final sixain on his deathbed, the Archangel Gabriel violated the 11th commandment Thou Shalt Not Modify The Future. Cast out of Heaven and stripped of his Divinity, Gabriel wanders the Earth as a grounded creature, his own internal demons continuing to rot his body and warp his mind. Trapped in the middle of the Grand Mosque of Djeenn, the Emperor Askia Ishaq, disciple of Orkhoss-Ardjaf the emissary of the Lower Worlds (U-Worlds), fell into the mouth of the wolf. He is massacred during a ritual invocation by a group of mercenaries. After his death, the Songha empire is dissolved.

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The line of Von Hezinger begins searching for the Corpus Hermeticum. 1628 - During the siege of Smallrock, the Duke of Buckingham and the Cardinal Armand Jean de Plessis de Richelieu meet secretly on the corsair vessel The Old Seadog. The society of the Golden Globe is founded by close relations of the House of Tudor. Royal Society of London creates the Copley Medal. On July 13th, the day before the storming of the Bastille, two individuals infiltrate the prison like stalking wolves. They decimate the 91 royal guards stationed there and spirited away a young woman of German descent who had been held in a secret cell. The Volta Gun is lost by Napolon during a rout at the Russian border. The Iron Cross is created by Frdric Guillaume III of Prussia on March 10. February 11th, birth of Thomas Alva Edison, future President of the Union. Birth of Hermann Von Hezinger. July 10th, birth of Nikola Tesla in Smiljan. 12th of December, the Medal of Honor is instituted as the highest military distinction. Gabriel J. Raines tries out the first rockets in the battle of Yorktown in Virginia. July 4, The Confederate General Robert E. Lee is shot by the Wolf, during the battle of Gettysburg. Dying, General Lee is transported to New Louisiana. There he clandestinely enters a pact with Haiti and the Master of ritual voodoo. The territory of New Louisiana is declared Dead Ground. An impenetrable wall is built around the territory preventing anyone from entering or leaving. Birth of Grigori Iefimovitch in the village of Pokrovskoe. Karl Mauch discovers the ruins of Grand Zimbabwe and uncovers the mythical city of Ophir, capital of the Queen of Sheba. On the night of Walpurgis, the tomb of Heinrich Reffle Von Richtenberg, 30th Grand Master of the Teutonic Sabbath is discovered. The archpriests of the Triberium Carium bring his body back to life. In the following days, the imperial familes all swear allegiance to this Kaiser returned from the dead. Resurgence of the secret society, The Circle of Agartha, and its Grand Master Hass Horbringer. Maria Skoldowska discovers Polonium 210. Wolfgang Otto Ludwig Friederich calls for a clandestine meeting of the French Aristocratic Botanists. This is the reunion of the Royal Herbarium of King Louis XIV, which disappeared in Versailles in 1701. As a gesture of friendship, the Countess of Pouceverts offers them her

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amulet, the mysterious Trfle Dor. 1891 In spite of the political tensions, the Reich, the Union and the Matriarchy are united to create in Toungouska in Eastern Siberia, a secret Research center under the single jurisdiction of the Cerberus Network. Extension of extraterritoriality of the research center at Toungouska. 20km added all the way around. The Countess of Poucevert is given a seed of Cooksonia caledonica by Wolf. In gratitude Professor Nicodme Prenracine creates the Wolf Trap. Heinrich Schliemann digs up at Phaistos a shelf revealing the site of one of the hidden entrances of the Labyrinth of Minos. Foundation of the Standard-Island Company ltd. and beginning of the construction of Standard-Island. The Kaiser, worshipped by his people and uncontested master of a warrior empire, swears to control Earth or destroy it... The tensions between the Reich, Union, and Matriarchy reach a new plateau. The newspaper The Tribune publishes in its heading Strange Happenings the vision of the young E.Cayce medium. June 18, birth of Grand Matriarch Anastasia Nicolaevna Romanova. Birth of Karl Zermann Construction of Standard-Island complete. Grigori Iefimovitch, nicknamed the Black Angel, becomes the personal advisor to the Tzarina. Birth of James Curtis Edison, son of Thomas Alva Edison. On April 10th, Standard Island is officially disbanded. The survivors hide the Teleautograph on the island of Jan Mayen. Nikola Tesla, then assistant to Edison, is contacted by the Matriarchy due to his research on Directed Energy Weapons. The Black Angel proposes the Matriarchys full support and limitless funding. Tesla leaves his station, to join in St. Petersburg. Birth of Sergio Ramirez Delastillas. Impromptu arrival of an infant from the commune Spych within the Research Center at Toungouska. Simultaneously the High Security Dept. is overloaded with psychic feedback. Soon the entire complex is overwhelmed by a mental vortex of exponential power. This vortex sets off a chain reaction with Teslas Supergenerator, causing a massive explosion killing all life within 50 kilometers. The Union, Reich, and Matriarchy blame each other for the explosion. This marks the start of the diplomatic decline between these powers. The three powers begin arming themselves.

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Birth of John Mac Neal Wolf is in residence at the fortress of Alamut, where he guides Ikarus Faith through his initiation tests. Faith fails the tests. All three powers increase production rates of their factories. Instituition of the General International Blockade. Barely audible, a radio signal is sent from the Research Center of Toungouska, using the frequency Cerberus. The Union says it is a lie, the Reich treason, and the Martriarchy declares it trickery. The Cerberus network questions the authenticity of the message, but the spark has already touched the metaphorical gunpowder. Hostilities break out and the war has begun. Birth of Gorge Volkov. October 19th, the Obscura Korps unleash a plague of supernatural origin at the Battle of Verdun. Edison is elected president of the Union for the first time. Birth of Eva Krmer and Barry Daniel Brown. The Citation Star is created on July 9th. November 3rd, French inventor Fauchon-Villeple unveils his electric gun prototype. Grigori Iefimovitch marries the Tzarina and Grand Matriarch Anastasia. Birth of the semi-divine Irina Kravchenko. The Vovode Project is launched in January. Professor Rossum develops the Universal Robots of Rossum, or R.U.R., while researching protoplasm. The Directed Energy Weapons Program reopens. With the support of the Black Angel and the Romanovs, the Primary Magistrate of the Science Council, Nikola Tesla, begins the Svarog project. Birth of Yula and Anna Korltz. The Golden Horde operation commences. The sepulcher of Khan Mama is searched within the ruins of Caffa. Union explorer Frederick Albert MitchellHedges discovers the crystal skull, ShaNa-Ra, in a Mayan Temple. Birth of Irishka Voronin. Marquis General Hermann Von Hezinger discovers a fragment of the Corpus Hermeticum. The Reich begins its search of the Obscure Mundi Axis and the 4 Cardinal Points. Eva Krmer, at the age of nine, is discovered in a military orphanage by Feldmarschall Komstfelder. John Mac Neal is crowned Heavyweight Champion of his regiment. John Mac Neal distinguishes himself in

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the company of Jessica Moore during Operation Rolling Thunder. 1933 Birth of Tala Aponi, daughter of the chief Navajo Helaku Aponi Commander of the Seventh Signal Corps Battalion. Sir John Edward uses Wolf as his guide in Laos. Due to the purity of her polyphonic voice,Irina Kravchenko is named First Soloist of the Imperial Cathedral by Tzarina Anastasia. Birth of Tsarevna Saskia Romanov. Irishka Voronin enters the Matriarchy. 1932 - The Citation Star becomes the Silver Star medal on August 8th. February 22nd, the Purple Heart is created for Union soldiers killed or wounded in battle. Barry Daniel Brown joins the army at age 16. Wolf escapes a Union prison, where he was incarcerated for trafficking explosives off the coast of Borneo. He embarks on the SS Venture headed for Skull Island. 1937 The 2nd Lieutenant Anatoly Golovko recovers the relics of St. Athanase while infiltrating the Monastery of the Meteors. Birth of Caitlin, only daughter of Division General of the 3rd Potomac Army Josef Warren Lamsburry. Wolf sabotages the Reichs lines of communication in Mexico City, right before the arrival of the Kaisers heavy combat zeppelins. Tala Aponis parents are killed by the Kaisers Zeppelin bombardment. Irina Kravchenko attains the rank Vice Bureau Kommisar under the patronage of Prince Metropolite Bukharha Zbornik. Viscount Oberst Gerulf Hlstermann, commander of the 1st Occult Division, searches Tibet for the original text of the Kalachakra Tantra. Tala Aponi learns the art of Iikaah from her close uncle, Istaqa Hataalii. October 2nd, The Tzarina creates the badge Hero of Rugen. It is awarded to a highly skilled combatant and only one is awarded per battle. It is dedicated to the mother of the Island of Rugen. 1941 During the attack on Cairo, Marquis General Hermann Von Hezinger calls upon the Ninth Plague of Egypt. Reich doctor Hass Horbinger uses this cover to sneak into the Sphinx. Lead by Wolf, he finds one of the 4 Cardinal Points. No member of the Reich reports this discovery. Following the Reichs victory, the Obscura Korps adopt the pyramid of Khops as their headquarters. The Marquis is named head of the 13th Occult Division and founds section Kaos. The lArt dOudjat is discovered in the forgotten sanctuary of Ombos. The Alliance of Autonomous Aces, or A.A.A., is founded by the Ace of Spades. Otis Brown, Sergeant Major for the Union, is killed in combat. On the night of May 8th, Inquisitor Popov hides Special Nagant 1920 in the munitions factory of Fabryka Broni Radom. Karl Zermann is the sole survivor of an archeological dig at the mesopotamian ruins of An

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Najaf. His weapon was radically altered. Now called Doom, it bears the mark of OZO the third guardian of the Corruptor. Von Hezinger immediately incorporates Zermann into the 13th Division. In recognition for exceptional service, Eva Krmer is elevated to Domina, by Field Marshall Verra Komstfelder. Surprise attack on London by Baron Colonel Reimard Von Karloff and the Eisen Division. The Korltz sisters direct the assault on the museum. Many esoteric objects of great value, including the Eye of Tages and the Urn of Bet Giorgis, were stolen away that night to the headquarters of the Obscura Korps in Berlin. May - Wolf breaks into the Fortress of Berlin on behalf of Don Falcone. Inside is the notebook detailing Karl Mauchs discovery of the ruins of Ophir. This incursion made General Oberst Heinrich Von Tht a personal enemy of Wolf. Some months later Wolf is seen on the side of Grand Hierarch Katerina Hyorovitch and Major Volkov, attacking the strengthened monastery of Czestochowa. Sole survivor of the massacre, Major Volkov is awarded the honor of Hero of the People. The legend of the Steel Major is born. Yula Korltz begins training with Eva Krmer at the fortress of Mergentheim. The Close Combet Bar is created in Autumn to reward courage, temerity, and victory with the companies of the Reich. On August 7th the battle for Guadalcanal begins. Professor Hans Kamler, of the 13th Occult Division, begins searching the island of Patmos. Anna Korltz is assigned to protect the Countess Krankenschwarz. The Countess, with the help of the head of the 5th Paranormal Company, launches an assault on the Dead Ground of New Louisiana. Barry Daniel Brown joins the 82nd Navy Demolition Squad as a mobile artillerist. The Bronze Star is created on February 4th, and retroactively takes effect December 7 1931. The exploits of Sergio Ramirez Delastillas during the battle of Alligator Creek earn him both the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. President Edison brings 3 men together for the first time: Impey Barbicane, Wolfgang Otto Ludwig Friedrich, and Sir John Edward. They form Cerberus Prime. Yula Korltz hides Sir William Groves notes on the first fuel cell. She is awarded the Close Combat Bar. Sergio Ramirez Delastillas accepts John MacNeals offer to join the 42nd MSF. Grigori Iefimovitch announces that Irina Kravchenko is the divine child announced in the Kirgiz prophesies. Irishka Voronin is named Prime Streltsy of the telluric monastery of Pskov-Petchory. John MacNeal distinguishes himself by making 5 bunker jumps on the wall of the Telamones during Operation: White Blizzard. Tala Aponi graduates from the Unions Academy of Engineering. Journalist Polly Perkins gives Sir John Edward the documents on Okrana Y. Hiryczuk, detailing the location of the Labyrinth of Minos. On May 8th, the advances of the 5th Paranormal Comapny are halted by what

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Anna Korltz, in her last message, calls the devil. On July 3rd, an unidentified flying object crashes in Roswell, New Mexico. The debris is transferred to Area 51, where Proffessor Himmelberg can study them further. Wolf hides the plans for the MP 3008 in the Blohm and Voss Shipyard. It is from these plans the prototype Freiheit is created. John MacNeal is left for dead on the island of Modjokerto, by Eva Krmer. Working with Professor Himmelbergs research and development team, Sergio Ramirez Delastillas helps create the prototype Drone of Gunnery or D.O.G.. Diana Lexter, secret agent for the Union, is recruited by the Golden Globe society under the pseudonym Rosebud. Recruitment of 2nd Lieutenant Caitlin Hoax Lamsbury into the 42nd MSF. John MacNeal is awarded the Medal of Honor, and is declared Officer of the Year after his exploits during the attack on the Island of Lampadosa. Reich Doctor Orgenkorfman creates Polonium 210, a poison intended for use by the Blutsturm Division. April; A cell of resistance is discovered in in the heart of the Parisian catacombs. It is brutally taken out.By chance, one of the members manages to escape with help from a double agent within the Reichs police force named Janus. The sole survivor heads to the Vatican with the strange artifact they managed to get past the Reich. September; Marquis Von Hezinger discovers the amulet of a demon servant of Nosfero on the island of Patmos.Officer Van Der Hageer retrieves the amulet that will be the key to one of the four Cardinal Points located in Central Europe. October; The Marquis arrives in the Wroclaw region, and heads the excavations at Castle Ksiaz. Union Staff begin Operation Tannhuser. The 42nd Marine Special Forces are assigned the destruction of the four Cardinal Points. The sight HB-3, a prototype code named Nighteyes disappears from the Applied Science Divisions laboratories. The opening of the Cardinal point by Von Hezinger unleashes forces, which turn his Stosstruppen bodyguard into a fusion of demonic entities and human beings. The 42nd MSF manage to collapse the foundations of Castle Ksiaz.The Marquis manages to flee the collapsing building and board his Command Zeppelin. They head for the Mediterranean. November; For his role in Operation Tannhuser, John MacNeal is promoted to the rank of major, by President Edison. 1950 Yula Korltz is sent to Oxfordshire, England in order to locate the entrance to the Tomb of Uffington which houses the secret society know as the Golden Globe. The Applied Science Division presents Major MacNeal with the battery prototype BA-29c. March-April; Reich forces conquer the former site of Thrace, on the East end of Patmos. At the dig site of Akhisar, they discover the Helm of Diomedes. May-June;With the support of Duke Tolde Alphonse XIII, the Union forces manage to push back the Reich frontlines north of Toulon. Doing so ensures the help of the Alliance of Autonomous Aces, or A.A.A.. July-August; The battle on

the island of Malta begins between the Union and Reich. Both sides are attempting to recover the prophecies of E. Cayce, which date back to 1901. September-October; The Union defeats the Reich at the battle of Jan Mayen. The tlautographe is developed from the Utopian technology and is adapted to the elite soldiers. November; The Svarog project is completed. It is responsible for the combat armor worn by Vetchorka, Polounotchka, and Zorka. Shortly after the test trial of the Magnifier, President Edison orders the evacuation of air base Pingvellir. Barry Daniel Brown is promoted to Staff Sergeant. Early Decmber; Initiation of Operation Novgorod. Late December; The secret society, Brotherhood of the Three Points, helps the Reich push back Union forces in Scandinavia during the Bergen Campaign. 1951 - January; All 3 powers seek to recruit Ikarus Faith. Their special agents head to Alamut, location of the Guild of Assassins. Autumn; The 3 powers take part in the conquest of the Labyrinth of Minos to capture the Minotaur. Beginning of the Daedalus Campaign. Operation Field-Ops is launched by Union High Command. The attack on the Bloody Mary range is assigned to the Airborne Destruction Squad by Major General James Curtis Edison. In response, the Kaiser entrusts the defense of the coastline to the Eisendivision, lead by Baron Colonel Reimard Von Karloff, Grand Master of the Lodge of Saint-Vehme. June 6th at 6 A.M., a 6 month old baby, named Abigail Grave, is dropped in front of Strawberry Field Orphange in Woolton. Police reports state the person who dropped the baby disappeared into thin air.

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