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The Distant Past
The Ancient Times (4000+ – 80 Years Pre-WWnote )
note- The Gods of Light and Darkness create Ozpin and Salem. Salem tells Ozpin she plans to betray the Gods but he does nothing. Salem tries to kill the Gods but fails. She flees. The Gods find out Ozpin knew about her plan and curse him to reincarnate in human bodies until Salem is defeated. The God Brothers leave Remnant.
- The Silver Eyed-Warriors emerge, allowing humanity to gain a stable foothold in Remnant and start forming Kingdoms.
- Salem gets hold of the Relic of Destruction and shatters the moon, crippling the Silver-Eyed Warriors and leaving them with a Superpowered Evil Side.
- A majority of the Silver-Eyed Warriors die out.
The New Solution (80 Years Pre-WW)
- Acting on the advice of Ozpin, the Warrior King uses Vale and the Relic of Destruction to decimate Mantle and Mistral's forces. The combination of Vale's Semblance and Destruction turns Vacuo from a fertile oasis into a desolate desert. Ozpin tries to convince the Warrior King to unite all of Remnant into one Kingdom but he refuses. He creates the four Huntsman Academies: Beacon, Shade, Atlas, and Haven.
- The Warrior King's soul is erased by Ozpin when he takes over the King's body.
- The Relic of Creation is placed in the soon-to-be Atlas Academy. Ozpin encourages Atlas/Ciel's "new solutions" and insists she will save the world.
- Vale refuses to seal the Relic of Choice, so Ozpin tortures her until she does. He accidentally geases her to never speak ill of him. Vale flees her Kingdom and goes into hiding. Ozpin's men try to track her down.
Atlas Renovation (65 Years Pre-WW)
- The mines under Atlas are closed down. Attempts to refurbish them into living areas fall through and they are publicly abandoned. Secretly, they hold escape routes from the city and a path to the Relic of Creation's Vault.
Unknown Time Period after the Great War (?? – 18+ Years Pre-WW)
- Mistral is killed by bandits and reincarnates into Neo.
- Vale runs into Mistral/Neo in the town of Wind Path. It is the first time they have seen each other since the Great War. They keep in contact.
- Atlas captures Raven because of her Semblance. They successfully create artificial portals for their own use. Raven escapes.
- Atlas scientists discover Earth through the portal technology. They observe Earth and send spies there.
The Broken Friendship (18 – ?? Years Pre-WW)
- Mistral leads Vale into an ambush. Bandits of the Branwen Tribe attack Vale, but she fends them off and leaves Mistral behind. Mistral is captured by the bandits. Mistral and Vale's friendship is severed. note
- Summer Rose is sent on a mission to kill Salem. It was a trap. Summer is ambushed and killed by Salem's forces.
- While in her first year at Beacon Academy, Gretchen Rainart's team is sent on a third-year mission by Ozpin to (unknown to the students) test the capabilities of the Silver-Eyed girl on the team. Gretchen and her team are killed by their unstable Silver-Eyed teammate.
Pre-Weight of the World
Atlas's Subterfuge (Three Years Pre-WW)
- Atlas agrees to meet with Adam/Menagerie and discuss peace. Instead she betrays Menagerie and kills all his men. This makes him lose his believe that humans and Faunus can live in peace and he becomes more and more extreme in his methods.
The Start of the End (One Year – Eight Months Pre-WW)
- Mantle is found and threatened by Cinder Fall. He reveals Vale's location.
- Vale is attacked by Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury. Part of her Aura is drained and she falls into a coma. She is rescued by Qrow Branwen.
- Vale's comatose body is transferred to Atlas and kept alive with their technology.
- Mantle is captured by Atlas soldiers.
The Abduction (Eight Months Pre-WW)
- A World Meeting is held in London, England.
- America and Canada are accosted and abducted by soldiers of Atlas. Kumajiro is tranquilized and left behind.
- The next day, Kumajiro makes it to the World Meeting and informs the nations that America and Canada have been abducted.
- America and Canada awaken in the Atlas lab. Their Auras are unlocked by James Ironwood.
The Experiments (Eight Months – One Month Pre-WW)
- America and Canada are forced to fight Grimm.
- America is dissected and falls unconscious. Atlas threatens Penny when Doctor Polendina objects to the experiments. America awakens days later and makes a deal with Ironwood so Canada will not be harmed. He endures a few weeks of tests.
- America creates Cobalt Striker and Maple Frost. He unknowingly discovers his Semblance when he stops an Atlesian Knight from shooting Polendina.
- A scientist goes behind Ironwood's back to dissect America in an attempt to research his healing factor. Ironwood kills him and his assistant.
The Escape (One Month Pre-WW)
- Mantle's Aura is transferred to Canada. Because of the success of the transfer, it is decided to move forward with transferring Vale.
- Days later, part of Vale's Aura is forced into America. Canada interferes in the procedure and rescues his brother, fleeing with him. They spend weeks running from Atlas forces and travel from Solitas to Sanus.
Westwind (One Week – One Day Pre-WW)
- The twins collapse in the town of Westwind.
- Westwind is destroyed by Grimm and the Atlesian Knights.
- Canada accidentally uses his Semblance to erase his and America's memories of the lab and their abduction.
Weight of the World
Going to Vale (One Minute – One Month PA)note
- America and Canada wake in a forest of Sanus. America defeats a pack of Beowolves. The twins walk to the nearest town and ride an airship to Vale the next morning.
- Team CFVY arrives in the town the twins were just in, only to be told the Grimm were taken care of.
- Upon their arrival in Vale, America is nearly pickpocketed by Emerald. He and Canada get a job at From Dusk Till Dawn. They work there a few weeks.
- America meets Penny Polendina when she enters From Dusk Till Dawn in search of Electricity Dust.
- The Breach happens approximately one month after the twins' arrival in Vale. The Grimm are defeated and Ozpin invites the twins to Beacon.
School Days (One – Two Months PA)
- Day One: America and Canada meet Team RWBY and JNPR.
- Day Two: History and Port’s class. The twins tell RWBY and JNPR about their friend Gilbert. Ruby realizes they are afraid of something.
- Day 13: One and a half weeks later, Canada defeats Yang at Remnant: The Game. Ruby asks the twins to overlook their spar.
- Day 14: Canada beats Emerald in a spar in Goodwitch's class on Friday. Ironwood arrives in Vale and Ozpin confronts him about Amber.
- Day 15: RWBY and JNPR train with the twins on Saturday. Team CFVY returns from their mission.
- Day 22: One week later, the students leave for vacation.
Vacation (Two Months – Two Months and One Week PA)
- The students of Beacon go on vacation for one week prior to the Vytal Festival.
- Day One (22 days since the twins' arrival at Beacon):
- America is called up to Ozpin's office and sees Ironwood. He regains his lost memories of the lab and collapses.
- America awakens in Amber/Vale's Vault. He is told he has until the end of the Vytal Festival to decide whether to accept the rest of Vale's Aura, with the alternative being to let it possibly go to Cinder when Amber dies.
- Canada meets Sun and Neptune. They and America eat at A Simple Wok, where they are joined by Emerald and Mercury. America becomes ill and vomits. The twins excuse themselves, and America warns Canada not to trust Emerald and Mercury.
- Team RWBY and JNPR research the Westwind tragedy with help from Taiyang. They ask Qrow for help finding information.
- Day Two:
- America meets with Ozpin. He goes into Vale's vault and tells Ozpin he will accept the rest of her Aura. Ozpin tells him they need to wait to do the transfer because they need a component that may minimize the risk to America's soul.
- America wakes Canada and they go into town with Sun and Neptune, where they meet Penny. Emerald uses her Semblance on a little girl and America saves her from getting run over by a truck. The incident is caught on the news but America runs before he can be interviewed.
The Vytal Festival (Two Months – Two Months and Three Weeks PA)
- Day One (27 Days since the twins' arrival at Beacon): Team RWBY and JNPR return from their vacation.
- Day Two:
- The Vytal Festival starts. RWBY fights Team ABRN and wins.
- Winter and Qrow fight in Beacon's courtyard. Qrow confronts Ironwood about the twins and Westwind.
- England, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, Prussia, and Germany appear in Ozpin's office. Ironwood's deception is revealed to Ozpinati.
- America and England argue about returning to Earth. America storms off and talks with Penny. He warns her about Emerald's Semblance.
- Canada has nightmares about Mantle's meeting with Cinder.
- Day Three:
- Team RWBY meets Matthew and Alfred's friends. Weiss and England argue about the twins' place in Beacon.
- The double rounds begin, and Weiss and Yang fight Neon and Flynt.
- America tries to tell Canada and Japan about Vale, only to be unintentionally rebuffed. He runs into Yang, and Emerald makes her hallucinate that he is Neo. Yang beats America and shoots him in the stomach. The incident is caught live on the news. Yang is arrested.
- America is left comatose.
- Team RWBY is disqualified. Penny tries to tell Ironwood about Emerald's Semblance but he does not believe her.
- The Tournament is postponed one day.
- Day Five:
- The Vytal Festival Tournament resumes.
- Pyrrha fights Penny and is tricked into killing her while the whole world is watching.
- The attack on Beacon begins.
Fall of Beacon (Two Months and Three Weeks PA)
- America wakes up and heads to Beacon.
- Ozpin attempts to transfer the rest of Vale's Aura to America, but the process is interrupted by Cinder. Amber's body dies, and America reveals he has part of her Aura when he defends Pyrrha and Jaune from Cinder. Ozpin holds Cinder off and is killed.
- Pyrrha sends Jaune and America into the city and stays behind to delay Cinder.
- Canada and Prussia arrive in time to save Pyrrha. Canada kills Cinder and Vale's Aura goes to America. America reaches out to Neo/Mistral for help and falls unconscious.
Fall of Beacon Aftermath (Two Months and Three Weeks – Three Months and Two Week PA)
- Weiss Schnee is taken back to Atlas by her father.
- Blake Belladonna leaves Vale. Sun Wukong accompanies her.
- Search parties are sent to Vale to find Alfred F. Jones. They are unsuccessful.
- Roman, Neo, and Mercury carry America's unconscious body across Sanus and to Anima.
- Over a period of three weeks, America is Mind Raped nonstop by Vale as she tries to delete his soul. He manages to talk her down and they peacefully merge, leaving Alfred with amnesia.
The Shattered Soul
Journey Through Anima (Three Months and Two Weeks – Four Months and One Week PA)
- Day 1 of Journey to Haven: Alfred wakes up with amnesia in the company of Neo, Roman, and Mercury. The nations and Team RNJR begin their journey to Mistral by airship.
- Day 2: The nations, Ruby, and JNPR (NRJNPR) leave Patch. They board an airship headed for Shion.
- Day 3: Alfred, Roman, Neo, and Mercury (RMAN) arrive in Higanbana and stay in an inn. Alfred remembers he has a brother but is told his brother is "dead".
- Day 4: Neo and Alfred spar. Alfred beats her. He runs into a waitress who recognizes him from the news. Neo sends him away to get food and murders her. Alfred remains oblivious. Roman says they need to skip town.
- Day 10: A few days later, NRJNPR has gotten used to life on the airship. Pyrrha meets a little girl in the airship bathroom. The girl calls her a monster and leaves. RMAN finds a town that was destroyed by bandits and Grimm. Recognizing Alfred is Vale, Raven begins following the group.
- Day 11: Grimm attack the airship but are successfully defeated by NRNJPR. RMAN are attacked by Grimm. Neo stands back and does nothing when Alfred is about to die. Alfred begins to grow suspicious of his "friends." Russia demands that Canada activate his Aura. Canada refuses and accidentally erases a piece of Russia's memory.
- Day 12: The airship arrives in Shion. Pyrrha is kicked off. Alfred has a dream about Vale's first meeting with Neo/Mistral after the War.
- Day 17: Several days later, NRNJPR arrive in Higanbana. The innkeeper mentions seeing America pass through with Roman, Neo, and Mercury weeks before.
- Day 17 (night): America remembers Neo's betrayal of Vale. He is beaten by Roman, Neo, and Mercury, shot in the abdomen, and left behind to die. He falls unconscious as Raven finds him. Ruby cannot sleep and goes into Higanbana. She finds Germany, who is looking for Prussia, Canada, and France. They find the three at a bar and are attacked by Tyrian in the street. Prussia is poisoned and Tyrian flees. After being told what Ozpinati and Atlas did to America, England reaffirms with the other nations that they will leave Remnant as soon as they find him.
- Day 20: America wakes in Raven's care. She asks him to join her bandit tribe and slashes his throat when he refuses.
- Day 21: America wakes up after healing from his injury. He continues traveling alone.
Kuroyuri (Four Months and One Week – Four Months and Two Weeks PA)
- Day 25 of Journey to Haven: Several days later, Canada realizes his Semblance allows him to erase memories. Prussia collapses from his injury with purple blood. Qrow separates from the group to get help. He does not return that night. America finds a bike in the mud and rides it to Kuroyuri. He spends the night in an abandoned building.
- Day 26: Ren refuses to go to Kuroyuri so the group splits up. Ren, Nora, Russia, Italy, and Japan continue to Haven while Ruby, Canada, England, France, Prussia, Germany, Jaune, and Pyrrha go to Kuroyuri to try to find a pharmacy. Alfred wakes up and discovers a criminal's illegal stash of Dust in the building he slept in. He goes outside and is captured by Emerald and Tyrian. Ruby's group arrives in Kuroyuri and Tyrian reveals himself and his hostage. Alfred remembers England's actions during the Revolution and begins burning Kuroyuri to the ground. Ren's group finds the Nuckelavee's cave and runs to Kuroyuri, realizing it is going there along with a horde of Grimm. Italy uses his necklace to return to Earth with an injured Germany and Prussia. Russia lands on his necklace and returns as well. Ruby goes to help Jaune, Ren, and Nora fight the Nuckelavee. Emerald detonates the Dust, seemingly killing the remaining nations and Pyrrha. In actuality, they have been returned to Earth. Ruby activates Silver Eyes and falls unconscious. The nations and Pyrrha arrive on Earth in the middle of a World Conference in Rome, Italy.
The Depths of Deception
Welcome to Earth (Four Months and Two Weeks – Five Months PA)
- Day 1 (on the Two Separate Worlds): The nations explain the situation to America and Pyrrha.
- Day 5: The World Meeting is still in session. America, Canada, and Pyrrha tour Rome, Italy. America is attacked by a mugger. Pyrrha offers to be America's bodyguard since that is her mission anyway. It is decided America should tour his country first and they remain in the Conference hall for a couple more days.
- Day 7: Canada calls the President to ask for passports and IDs for Pyrrha. Jaune confronts Qrow about his lies and storms out. He goes to the library and unknowingly meets Lionheart. He discovers Neo is Mistral.
- Day 8: America, Pyrrha, and Canada travel to the United States. The World Meeting Ends. England, France, and Romano interrogate the "mugger" and discover he was hired by someone to target America. Ruby wakes up and is told about Pyrrha and the others. Oscar arrives and meets Team RNJR. Ruby is told about nations and Neo's identity as Mistral.
- Day 9: The President arrives at America’s house and is told about America's amnesia. RNJR and Qrow meet Lionheart.
- Day 11: Shady agrees to take Yang to Raven. Australia arrives at America's mansion with Kumajiro. Canada tells America he has a memory-erasing Semblance. America has a nightmare and asks Canada if they were dissected at the lab. Canada says yes. Weiss fights the Lancers off without the airship crashing. Sterlyn (the pilot) tells her he owes her one.
- Day 12: America and Australia hang out. America realizes his Semblance is technopathy. The other nations arrive at the mansion. Jaune meets Pyrrha's father and tells him of Pyrrha's "death". Pyrrha's father begs Jaune to let him integrate his daughter's weapons into his so she can see their fight through to the end.
- Day 14: Pyrrha goes to take her bodyguard test. America tests his Semblance. Weiss arrives in the seedier part of Mistral and runs into Qrow. Yang arrives in the Branwen tribe’s camp. Raven tells her Ozpin is responsible for Summer Rose’s death and sends her through a portal to Qrow. Ruby, Weiss, and Yang reunite. Weiss and Yang are informed of Pyrrha and the others' "deaths". Yang comes up with the idea to use her "criminal history" to sneak into Kuchinashi and find Neo.
- Day 15: America and Canada go to a doctor's appointment. America flashes back to the lab and freaks out. America, Canada, and Pyrrha go to get ice cream and help a lost little girl find her mom. They return to the mansion to find the kitchen in chaos from the other nations' attempts to cook.
The Kuchinashi Mission (Five Months and One Week – Five Months and Three Weeks PA)
- Day 19 (on the Two Separate Worlds): Sterlyn flies RNJRWY and co. to Kuchinashi. Pyrrha has a nightmare and nearly impales Canada with a metal headboard. They and America decide they need to train their Semblances.
- Day 20: Yang, Jaune, Nora, and Ren (YJNR) go into Kuchinashi and join Roman's gang. Canada realizes he's dying because of Mantle. He accidentally erases France's memory of that conversation and breaks down.
- Day 25: Canada does not get up for several days. America goes to his therapy session alone. England receives photos showing someone is following America. Italy attempts to beat a holographic Grimm-battle simulation and fails. YJNR are guard a shipment of illegal Dust from other criminals.
- Day 26: The one who delivers YJNR's payment for the previous mission is Mercury. They explain Neo is in danger and demand to know where Roman is, and Mercury promises to set up a meeting.
- Day 27: America sketches Remnant-style weapon designs for the other nations. Roman gives Neo/Mistral to Salem’s forces.
- Day 29: Canada and America go to the therapist. Canada does not speak. America reveals his sketches.
- Day 30: Mistral is tortured until she unlocks the Vault under Haven Academy. Emerald retrieves the Relic of Knowledge, forces Mistral to unlock it, and fatally wounds her. She leaves Mistral to die a slow and agonizing death.
- Day 31: Tony shows America the synthetic Dust he's invented. England talks with Norway and vaguely tells America about a ritual which will help him stop feeling pain from Vale. America locates the Atlas soldier (Greenlee) who has been stalking him. He, Prussia, Australia, England, Pyrrha, and Russia confront Greenlee. Greenlee escapes them but is killed by a Karkadann Grimm. America kills the Grimm with Vale's Semblance and realizes he just confirmed his identity to Salem. America begins forging the weapons for the other nations. Blake, Sun, and the Faunus of Menagerie are on a ship to Haven.
- Day 32: America, Canada, Romano, and Pyrrha go to New York City for the next World Meeting. YJNR meet with Roman and are told Salem already has Neo. They are captured.
A Series of Unfortunate Mistakes: (Five Months and Three Weeks PA – Six Months PA)
- Day 33 (on the Two Separate Worlds): Ruby and Weiss decide to save Yang instead of going after the Relic. The World Meeting commences. Portals open on Earth, letting hundreds of Grimm onto the planet. England reveals the truth about Remnant to the other nations. A mine in Mantle collapses and Canada collapses with it. YJNR escape Roman. Jaune discovers his Semblance and saves Nora. Sterlyn flies into Kuchinashi and rescues them. They fly to Haven. At Haven, Blake has Adam's forces surrounded. He causes Blake's Faunus to turn against each other. Ruby's group arrives and Yang makes Adam flee. Ruby rushes into the Vault and finds Neo. Mistral tells her the Relic was taken three days ago. Mistral dies. England uses his ritual to sever Canada's connection with Mantle's people, leaving them to die. America finds out the rituals true purpose and flees. France, Romano, and Australia go after him. Just as France and Australia convince America to return, Atlas soldiers arrive with Romano held hostage. They claim they set bombs to explode if America does not go with them. America surrenders and uses his Semblance to warn Canada and the others what happened. He is knocked out and he, France, and Romano are taken to Remnant.
- Day 34: Polendina gives France, Romano, and Australia to Atlas. She puts them in the Transformation Institute.
- Day 35: Canada and England tell the President America has been captured. The United Nations approves of an anti-Grimm Taskforce comprised of the personifications to combat the Grimm on Earth.
- Day 36: Canada, England, Pyrrha, Italy, Japan, and Russia travel to Remnant and arrive in front of RWBY and co. Yang realizes Qrow lied about their deaths and punches him in the face. America regains his memories while he is unconscious. His and Vale's minds split but she is too stunned to make her presence known. America wakes as a prisoner of Doctor Polendina, who demands he resurrect Penny using his Semblance.
The Atrocities of Atlas
America's Imprisonment (Six Months – Seven Months PA)
- Day 1 (since America woke in Polendina's clutches): Emerald leaves a Grimm bead at Shade Academy. RWBY and JNR learn about the nations' true identities and Earth. Pyrrha reunites with her father. Polendina explains that he wants America to bring Penny back and leaves him alone with a replacement robotic Penny body. France is drugged every few hours ever day to keep his Aura from regenerating.
- Day 2: Blake says goodbye to her parents and Ilia. Germany hosts a meeting for the Taskforce and activates the volunteers' Auras.
- Day 3: The Atlas rescue team is en-route to Atlas.
- Day 5: America has been left in isolation since Polendina left and has not received food since he woke. He feels Vale's presence for a moment but does not recognize it. He tries to learn how to activate his Semblance without touching technology.
- Day 6 to 8: America begins hearing Vale's voice though he does not know it is her.
- Day 10: Polendina brings America food. He leaves a recording of Penny's death playing on repeat and leaves. The Atlas rescue team flies over the destroyed City of Mantle.
- Day 17: Blake tries to make amends with Yang. Yang calls her out for her decisions and does not forgive her. America smashes the recording of Penny's death. The Taskforce practices fighting Grimm through the hologram room. They receive a call that a Phoenix Grimm is approaching Bazine, Kansas. The Taskforce defeats the Grimm before it can burn the town to the ground.
- Day 19: The rescue team arrives in Atlas. They are taken to meet Ironwood, who warns them not to cause trouble. Brainwashing headphones are placed on Australia. France secretly activates Romano's Aura and is taken from their cell. Atlas begins trying to brainwash France into believing he is Vacuo. America is tortured by the Ax-Crazy soldier and scarred.
- Day 20 to 22: America is tortured at least daily by the soldier.
- Day 23: One week after their arrival in Atlas, the rescue team has not been allowed out of their room. Weiss spots Watts outside the military barracks, though she does not know who he is. The nations of the Taskforce have enough time to go celebrate their victory against the Phoenix Grimm. After another round of torture with the soldier, America realizes Vale is in his head and freaks out. He is sedated and allowed to take a shower. When he steps out, the Ax-Crazy soldier and another guard beat him up.
- Day 24 to 29: The soldier continues to torture America a few times a day.
- Day 30: Ruby, Weiss, Sun, Blake, and Italy go to the park during one of their missions to find information. Ruby learns about the existence of the Transformation Institute. She runs into Polendina and obliviously tells him people are searching for America. Polendina rushes home and threatens to remove part of America's Aura. America activates Penny 2.0 out of desperation. Penny kills Polendina and his men except the Ax-Crazy soldier, who attacks America again. America freezes and allows the soldier to begin cutting him before he fights back, killing the soldier. America breaks down, traumatized, in front of an apathetic Penny. America gathers himself and hacks into Polendina's database to find France, Romano, and Australia are in the Transformation Institute. Penny informs Ironwood she is with America. The rescue team hypothesizes that the missing nations are in the Institute.
Secrets and Betrayals (Seven Months – Seven Months and Two Weeks PA)
- Day 35 (since America woke): Atlas continues her attempts to brainwash France into believing he is Vacuo. Canada confronts Ozpin over his secret-keeping and how it caused him to lose his twin. America creates a cyanide ring. The Taskforce fights a pack of Beowolves in the Forest of Kielder.
- Day 40 (daytime): Romano falls asleep and uses his Semblance to remain unconscious. Qrow overhears a meeting between the Atlas Council that reveals Mantle was plotting a rebellion. America and Penny leave Polendina's mansion. Yang demands to know what Silver Eyes are and what happened to Summer Rose. Ozpin tells her about Silver Eyes’ effect on the Warrior and that Summer died killing Salem. Ruby overhears and cries in her room, where Canada comforts her. America and Penny's airship crashes. Weiss runs into Neon in the market and they agree to work together to bring down the Institute. Penny leads America to Ironwood, who attempts to capture him. Penny turns against Ironwood and helps America escape.
- Day 40 (night): Ruby tells everyone what she learned. Sun reveals he is Vacuo. Prussia agrees to teach Austria how to fight better. America runs in to Winter and she opens up her home to him.
- Day 41: America wakes with a nosebleed. Vale figures out that her Kingdom is deteriorating and becomes aggressive and cynical. America is forced to reveal his scars to Winter. The rescue team figures out the Institute is in the mines beneath Atlas thanks to Neon's intel. The Taskforce fights a Spawner Grimm outside China’s house and Germany discovers his Semblance. He realizes that the Grimm have been picking off people in isolated areas and asks an agent to look into it.
- Day 42: Weiss asks Sterlyn to contact as many of his pilot friends as possible.
- Day 43: Canada and Weiss meet up with Neon and Flynt to tell them the plan. America reveals who he is and what Ironwood did to him to Winter. She agrees to help him rescue France, Romano, and Australia from the Institute. Germany tells the members of the Taskforce about the deaths by Grimm. Lithuania looks at the list of names and sees something odd about several of them. The Taskforce is formally named the Anti-Grimm Alliance of Transoceanic Enforcers. Lithuania begins looking into the names that caught his attention.
The Transformation Institute (Seven Months and Two Weeks PA) note
- Day 44 (since America woke in Polendina's clutches):
- (Chapter Nineteen) Weiss sends Whitley out of Atlas with Sterlyn. They meet up with other pilots who will transport the Institute prisoners out of Atlas and to safety on Solitas. The heroes and Emerald and Watts infiltrate the Institute.
- (Chapter Twenty) America lets himself be "captured" by Winter and taken into the Institute. He runs into Ironwood, who takes him to his office and drugs him repeatedly. Before he can shoot America, Ironwood realizes what he has become and turns against Atlas. He is resigned to go down in history as an evil tyrant and has America fight him so he will be seen as the prisoners' hero and not a possible enemy.
- (Chapter Twenty-One) America pretends to be Winter's prisoner and they find France. Ruby's group splits up and Pyrrha and Yang begin freeing prisoners.
- (Chapter Twenty-Two) Penny finds Pyrrha and fights her. America's group frees Australia and the unconscious Romano. America stops Penny from killing Pyrrha and Penny shuts down. Ruby and Weiss run into Atlas and are frozen in time. America stays behind to free more prisoners and runs into Atlas.
- (Chapter Twenty-Three) America fights Atlas. She almost loses. America stabs her with his cyanide ring but it is faulty and leaves her seriously ill instead of killing her. Atlas freezes him in time, beating him until his Aura breaks before repeatedly stabbing him through the stomach to torture him. She turns on Ruby and throws her spear at her, only for Qrow to jump in the way. Ruby activates Silver Eyes.
- (Chapter Twenty-Four) Winter's group meets up with the rest of the rescue team. Italy mercy kills America so he can heal. Ruby attacks Atlas and takes her arm and ear before she flees. Ruby turns on Japan and Weiss but Italy is able to knock her out after discovering his Intangibility Semblance. Atlas meets a disguised Emerald and demands to be taken to the Relic of Creation's Vault.
- (Chapter Twenty-Five) Canada and England pursue Atlas. They fight her, Emerald, and Watts and are joined by Blake, Sun, Ren, and Nora. Atlas reveals Sun is Vacuo to Emerald and she takes part of his Aura, leaving him comatose. Emerald and Watts vanish through a portal, leaving the heroes with the Relic of Choice. Atlas dies from the cyanide. Watts activates a virus that makes the Atlesian robots turn against the people. Emerald and Watts walk out of Shade Academy with the Relic of Destruction in hand.
- (Chapter Twenty-Six) Jaune uses his Semblance to force America to wake up. America deactivates the Atlesian Knights before passing out again. Footage of the Institute is released and a riot begins in Atlas. Sterlyn rescues the heroes and they leave the burning Atlas behind. A medical airship turns around and picks them up. Qrow, Sun, and America are placed under the care of Atlesian Doctor Charon. Ruby isolates herself on the airship. Yang, Blake, England, and Canada stay at Sun, America, Romano, and Qrow's bedsides.
The Aftermath (Seven Months and Two Weeks – Eight Months PA)
- Day 50 (since America woke in Polendina's clutches): Italy orders England and Canada to shower and eat. Blake and Yang begin mending their friendship.
- Day 51: Qrow wakes.
- Day 52: America wakes briefly on the medical ship before falling unconscious again. Qrow figures out he's been paralyzed from the waist down before the doctor can tell him. Weiss breaks into Ruby's room and orders her to shower.
- Day 53: The airship lands in Frontier. America, Qrow, and Sun are taken to Frontier's hospital.
- Day ??: In the time between the escape from the Transformation Institute and America's awakening, Ironwood is captured by the authorities and en route to Frontier.
- Day 63: Penny reactivates but pretends to still be shut down.
- Day 65: America wakes in the hospital. He reunites with his brothers and offers the idea that Romano might be using his Semblance on himself. America speaks with Doctor Charon, who tells him he has been overseeing America's care for the past few weeks. Once the doctor leaves, Vale tells America they are dying. Lithuania tells Germany his findings: There are Atlas spies on Earth. Salem has both Knowledge and Destruction in hand and decides it is time she joins the fight directly.
The Charlatan of Choice
The Town of Frontier (Eight Months – Eight Months and One Week PA)
- Day ??: Sometime during this period, Jacques Schnee is executed by Atlas rebels. The footage of his execution is sent to VNN.
- Day 1 (after America wakes in Frontier): Vale tells America that the Kingdom of Vale is dying and he is dying with it. Ruby and Yang are told about Qrow's paralysis. Italy wakes Romano from his Semblance-induced sleep by speaking to him in Italian.
- Day 2: America tells Canada and England that he's dying.
- Day 3: America is released from the hospital. Ozpin reveals the Relic of Choice can take free will away. America goes to reactivate Penny but finds her awake. She states she has been active for 125.56 hours. Germany and Lithuania inform the rest of AGATE that there are Atlas spies on Earth.
- Day 4: Blake visits Sun. The group (minus America, Penny, Australia, Oscar, France, Romano, Italy, and Ren) go on a mission to clear Grimm from Frontier’s forests. America discovers Oscar has been isolated by the others and confronts Ozpin over his willingness to use people as pawns. He then confronts the others over their isolation of Oscar. America suffers pains from an attack and talks with France about his trauma. He realizes all the terrible things he has been through and shuts down. After speaking with Canada and England, he reveals his scars to them. Canada drags him to the Katts, who thank him for saving Blaze. They return home and Penny insists that America has depression. He denies it and goes to bed.
- Day 5: America remains in bed for most of the day. Doctor Charon arrives to interview him about his encounters with Ironwood. He turns off the recording device and asks America a series of personal questions. America realizes Ironwood has been captured and his trial is going to be a sham. As America leaves, he sees Charon had the recorder running the whole time. America returns to bed and falls asleep.
- Day 6: Russia wakes America in the middle of the night and demands to know when he will get better. America cannot give him an answer and he leaves. Ruby sets up a "no worries" day for the group. They spend the day playing games and having fun.
- Day 7: Jaune attempts to heal America’s scars but fails. Everyone except America, Nora, Penny, France, Australia, Romano, and Italy go on a mission to clear out more Grimm from the forest. Charon arrives and tells America that Ironwood wants to see him. In exchange, Ironwood will tell the investigators everything he knows about the Institute, including the names of the victims. America agrees to meet him. Tyrian arrives at the heroes' apartment. America meets Ironwood and the ship is attacked by Emerald and Hazel. Ironwood and Hazel attempt to capture America but he escapes them. Ironwood escapes custody and leaves Frontier with the men still loyal to him. Roman takes the Relic of Creation from an injured Nora and Romano to give to Salem. Nora, America, and Romano recover in the hospital. At America's request, England puts two spells on him: a spell to stop his Aura/soul from being taken, and a powerful sleeping spell that America can activate if he is about to be captured.
- Day 8: England spends the rest of the night and the next drinking.
- Day 9: America, Romano, and Nora are released from the hospital. Jacques Schnee's prerecorded execution is shown on the news. The group leaves Frontier, heading out on Sterlyn's airship.
All Aboard the Airship (Eight Months and One Week – Eight Months and Three Weeks PA)
- Day 10: America and Canada attempt to teach Penny morals to mixed results. England gives Ruby a talisman to help her suppress Silver Eyes. AGATE clears a pack of Grimm that settled in Białowieża Forest. Lithuania, Poland, Prussia, and Austria stay behind to sweep the forest again.
- Day 13:
- (Day): Lithuania meets an "American" man who recently moved to Poland.
- (Night): America writes down what belongings he will give to who if he dies. He and Yang talk, and he tells her he forgives her (more accurately, that she should forgive herself) for attacking him at the Vytal Festival.
- Day 14: Lithuania, Poland, Prussia, and Austria return to Białowieża Forest and are accosted by a Tiger Grimm. Lithuania and Austria receive grievous injuries. The Grimm is taken out with the help of the "American", who is revealed to be an Atlas soldier. The rest of AGATE arrives and capture the soldier. Lithuania and Austria succumb to their injuries and fall unconscious to heal.
- Day 15 to 17: America spends nights laying awake, unable to sleep.
- Day 18: America still does not sleep. Russia attacks America in the bathroom and demands he recovers from his PTSD.
- Day 19: Lithuania and Austria heal and wake up. China feeds the Atlas soldier and realizes the nations may be able to get him to reveal his allies' locations. Nora convinces America to ask Ozpin questions. Vale warns them that may be a bad idea but cannot say more. Ozpin answers a few questions about Salem and her powers, but becomes furious when America asks if a Relic can be used to destroy another Relic. He withdraws, leaving Oscar scared and shaken. America realizes Ozpin may have done something to stop Vale from talking about his past.
- Day 21: Canada confronts Russia and threatens to send him back to Earth if he keeps hurting America and putting everyone on the airship at risk.
- Day 22: America warns Penny about Ozpin. The heroes arrive in Woodland. America suffers feedback from the townspeople's misery and despair.
- Day 23: America tells everyone that Ozpin may have geased Vale. Canada confronts Russia about attacking America. Russia informs him he discarded his portal-necklace in Woodland. They leave Woodland.
- Day 24: AGATE's B-unit is sent to eliminate Grimm in Ukraine. In Woodland, a young boy finds Russia's necklace and innocently gives it to Watts. AGATE's B-unit takes out the Grimm. Ukraine thinks she sees something watching the group but dismisses it.
- Day 26: America continues to suffer from insomnia. The airship runs into an enormous swarm of Grimm and crashes. Australia discovers his Animal Eye Spy and The Beastmaster Semblance. Yang is attacked by a crocodile Grimm and her robotic arm is damaged. Penny is submerged in water during the crash.
Into the Woods (Nine Months – Ten Months and Two Weeks PA)
- Day 33: A week passes since the airship crash. Penny shuts down from being waterlogged.
- Day 34-49: The Vale group walks for another fifteen days. During this time, everyone but America becomes more irritable and negative. It rains the entire time.
- Day 50: The rain stops. Everyone begins arguing with the exception of America. His attempt to stop Canada and Russia from fighting end with Canada punching him and freezing in guilt. America retreats to figure out what is wrong with his friends. He looks up to see Salem standing over him. Salem attacks America and attempts to infect him with a Grimm parasite. She nearly succeeds but is repelled by the heroes. Ozpin reveals that was not Salem’s real body; It was her spirit and form overtaking that of her Grimm's, and the power she displayed was only a fraction of her strength. Ruby asks Ozpin to teach her everything he knows about Silver Eyes.
- Day 51:
- While on a mission, AGATE is attacked by an Atlas spy. They kill him and find a message on his phone telling him their location. Germany realizes one of the government agents they work with is a spy.
- Salem attacks and destroys Frontier. The attack makes America go blind in his left eye. Attempts to contact Qrow, Whitley, and Klein fail. They, Sun, and everyone else they left in Frontier may be dead. America dreams of the end of Remnant's Great War. Russia drags him out of camp and discovers his scars. Russia abruptly apologizes to him and leaves. Ruby lays awake and hears the altercation but does not interfere. A part of her blames America for Qrow's death.
- Day 52:
- (Day): The heroes are ambushed by Salem's forces and the White Fang, led by Adam. France kills Tyrian. Emerald attacks Canada and hits him in the chest with her Grimm tendrils. The heroes flee into magically-defended ruins that Salem cannot enter. Canada reveals he has been infected with a Grimm parasite. Tension rises between Ozpin and everyone else as he implies Canada can no longer be trusted and should be removed from the group.
- (Night): America wakes up during the night to another attack. He loses one kidney and part of his liver. Salem attacks America's mansion to send a message. During the attack, she breaks Uni's horn. The fire goes out before it can burn much of the building. Tony vows to create a bio-weapon that will exterminate the Grimm.
- Day 53: American agents arrive at the mansion to question AGATE. Germany convinces Agent Jasper Tarleton to set up a meeting with the President to warn him about the spies in the government. Ozpin tries to sacrifice America to gain more power and plans to murder Penny and Pyrrha, the witnesses. Penny is deactivated by Ozpin's magic. Oscar stops him by knocking himself out. Unable to handle Ozpin's betrayal, Ruby loses control and activates Silver Eyes. Italy chases her down while the others escape the temple. Hazel saves him from Ruby. The heroes escape. Angered by the latest failure, Salem decides to create a Grimm with the specific purpose of capturing America.
- Day 57: Russia shows America the scars he received from a few of his human bosses and they mend their friendship. An attack breaks America's leg, crippling him. Salem's created Warden Grimm teleports to the heroes. It captures both America and Canada in its chest and powers up to teleport away. Italy gets America free but Canada remains trapped. Blake is killed protecting Yang. Canada is teleported away with the Grimm. England realizes Salem was tracking them using Russia's discarded necklace. Yang attacks Russia and he begins Kol-ing. Japan uses his necklace to teleport himself and Russia back to Earth. Ruby blames America for Blake's death. Yang blames herself. The heroes cremate Blake's body. Yang takes her ashes and Gambol Shroud. Canada awakens as Salem's prisoner. Emerald uses the Relic of Destruction to torture him.
- Day 58: America flies away from the group and contemplates killing himself so Salem will lose. Australia and England convince him not to do it. Pyrrha snaps at Ruby for blaming America for Blake's death. England loses control of his Semblance and his emotional outburst stuns everyone. Penny reactivates.
- Day 59: Penny tells America she has Aura, but fears that activating it will will erase her. The Grimm essence has spread across Canada's body, giving him an appearance comparable to Salem's. His mental state deteriorates.
- Day 63: The heroes come up with a plan to capture one of Salem's forces. The trap fails and America is captured by Salem's forces. The villains put some distance between themselves and the heroes. Roman wants to cut out America's good eye. Hazel rejects the idea and keeps America close to him during the night.
- Day 64: Pyrrha wakes up after Salem's attack and is told they are continuing to Beacon. Roman attacks America but is stopped by Hazel.
- Day 67: Emerald meets with HARM. America uses the sleeping spell and is taken to Salem. Salem orders Emerald and Roman to force Canada to reveal how to wake America. Emerald tortures Canada while Roman makes him watch while he hurts America.
- Day 74: Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, China, and Prussia meet with the President. Ruby’s group is attacked by an Ursa Spawner. Yang is nearly killed but is saved by Raven, who takes them to Patch. Canada breaks and wakes America up.
The Fate of Two Worlds (Ten Months and Two Weeks PA)
Day 75:- Ruby and co are en route to Vale. America is taken to Beacon's Vault. Emerald slashes Canada's throat and the resulting Power Incontinence from America unlocks the door. Canada survives due to the Grimm parasite, which seals the wound.
- Hazel betrays Salem and frees America. America reaches the Relic. He accidentally unlocks it and it sees his desire to protect it with his life as a choice and sinks into his chest. Salem orders her forces to attack DC and Vale to kill America. Yang spots Adam and separates from the group to pursue him. Others separate from the group to defend the city.
- Germany meets with Tarleton and he, AGATE, and American agents capture a group of Atlas spies, including Aster. They are told three Spawnersnote are en-route to DC.
- JNPR and Winter remain outside to fight the Grimm Dragon while Ruby, Weiss, Penny, England, France, and Italy go into Beacon. Vale sacrifices herself to stop America from dying with her and her capital.
- England kills Mercury. Canada attacks England's group. He knocks France and England out before heading towards America's location. America kills Roman. Canada enters the chamber and Salem orders him to kill America.
- Yang kills Adam. Canada attacks America but America snaps him out of Salem's control. Ruby, Weiss, and Italy arrive. America reveals the Relics of Creation and Knowledge are inside Salem's torso.
- England, France, and Penny face off against Watts. Penny stays behind to face him while England and France go ahead. Germany's team defeats the Kraken Spawner Grimm. Ironwood arrives with reinforcements.
- Sealand and the other micronations (plus Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Copper) defend America's mansion from Grimm. Copper dies protecting Sealand from an Ursa. Penny releases her Aura and kills Watts. Ironwood sacrifices himself to kill the Grimm Dragon. America offers to help Ruby control Silver Eyes using the Relic of Choice's power. Tony and Norway send the bioweapon to Remnant.
- Tony's bioweapon destroys the Grimm pools in Salem's lands, destroying most of the Grimm with it and weakening Salem. The Ulama and Cerberus Spawner are killed by AGATE. Salem is slain by America, Canada, and Ruby. Ruby uses the Relic of Destruction to destroy the Relic of Choice so it can never be used again. America falls unconscious.
After the War (Ten Months and Two Weeks – One Year and Three Weeks PA)
- Day 76: Penny remains offline to reboot her systems.
- Day 89: America wakes up unable to use his legs. England theorizes the Relic of Choice is to blame.
- Day 96: A memorial is held for those who died during the war. England contacts Norway and Tony begins devising a way to remove the Grimm essence from Canada.
- Day 124: Seven weeks after Salem's defeat, the nations return home to Earth. The Grimm essence is removed from Canada.
Future of Peace (One Year and Three Weeks – Twenty-One Years PA)
- Unknown number of years After the Final Battle (AFB):
- Sun/Vacuo takes the Relic of Destruction to an unknown place for safekeeping.
- America fully regains the ability to walk.
- The reincarnation of Menagerie is born.
- The continent of Solitas remains in a brutal civil war. All civilians are evacuated and the land is abandoned and mostly uninhabitable.
- Attempts to retake and rebuild Vale cease. Vale is abandoned.
- One year AFB: An American college student is hit by a truck while saving a little girl. He is unhurt (unknowingly because he has Aura) and becomes the first recorded "superhero".
- Two years AFB: The city, Kingdom, and personification of Aurora is born.
- Seven years AFB: The scars on America's shoulders fade.
- Fifteen years AFB:
- The woods around Aurora become free of Grimm.
- Canada goes to his first World Meeting since returning to Earth.
- Nineteen years AFB:
- The last Griffon is killed by Sun Wukong.
- The last Nevermore is killed by Hazel Rainart.
- Twenty years AFB:
- The new personification of Menagerie approaches Ghira and Kali Belladonna.
- The personification of Aurora approaches Ruby Rose.
- America, Canada, and Penny go to a World Meeting to discuss the rising "superhero" population on Earth.
