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Chronicles

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See also Category:Chronicles, Chronicles I and Chronicles II

The Chronicles are designed to be an exhaustive resource for pros and fans to explore the Visionary Universe and Omniverse. It is designed to open a doorway into what will hopefully grow into one of the richest and most diverse works of fiction in history. Along with its companion piece, the Encyclopedia of the Visionary Universe, the Chronicles give a detailed breakdown of the entire body of work that comprises Visionary.

Contents

[edit] Categories

[edit] Canon

Material annotated with links to productions and/or sources are considered full-Canon, based on printed material.

[edit] Apocrypha

Material without such annotated links are speculation, projection or inferences developed through the wiki process. These listings should be considered Canon until and / or unless material directly published presents direct contradiction.

(See Canon and Apocrypha)

[edit] Year Based Entries

[edit] Profiles and Headings

  • True Measure Year of Post-Creation / PC Calendar

(For example: 15,000,000,000.PC) These entries are primarily organized by the year of their occurence according to the Post-Creation Calendar or PC Calendar. This number, the entry's heading, is indicative of the “True Measure of Time”, in the stories, Time as measured using standard earth years from the flow of time within the Visionary Universe itself. The numbers represent the number of years. The Postscript PC represents Post-Creation.


  • True Measure of Time Day of Year

(For example: Day 96) This will be measured strictly by the numbered day of a standard 365 day year as opposed to using any local measure of date.


  • True Measure of Time Analog Time

(For example: 08:00) This will be measured strictly by the standard analog clock of 24 hours per day as opposed to using any local measure of time.


  • Contextual Measure of Time: Year/Date/Time

Contextual Measure of Time, is the time as measured within that setting from the Creation of the Second-Generation Creation. If time flows in this setting equivalent to the “True Measure” the numbers will be the same. However, in many Universes, Dimensions, Planes etc. time either flows uniformly slower or faster or even varies in its flow in accordance with the true measure. Thus this number may often vary greatly from the True Measure. Despite this difference, this number is still measured in standard earth years, and days no matter what the local means and measures might be.


If local measures are known, they will be listed alongside set off in brackets like so... (April 24, 1978 / 9:10AM)


  • Location: As specific as possible

This heading breaks down the location of the event as far as is possible with the given information. This should be done in stages with links to the varying locales. So a typical example of this line would be... Visionary Universe / Milky Way Galaxy / Sol System / Earth / New York City / 323 Peyton Place


Note: These headings of date and time information, specifically the local measures thereof, are only included when this specific identifying information is given in the context of the source material. Most sources do not so specify and thus many different events will simply be listed in chronological order under the one year. Often if this information is listed, its because it was revealed later in some reference of a flashback which locked in dates, times, etc.

It should also be noted that Time is a challenging thing in the Omniverse. Far more complex than physical space itself, Time flows in very deep, complex patterns. Measurements of time varies almost more than the elements of its flow, thus the correlation between local measure, the Contextual and True Measure may, together, present a complex equation.

[edit] Event Based Entries

These entries will focus on broader or larger events which play a fundamental role in history. These 'events' may span days, months, years, or centuries and even millennia. These entries will be filed under the common name used to refer to the event, with the relevant years listed as sub-headings and the other identifying information, as listed above, to whatever degree such has been revealed.

Note: This type of entry will include a number of Ages which have been identified. Such entries will include the years the Age spans and significant events within that period which helped define the parameters of that given Age.

[edit] Events Outside of Time

Some events in the Visionary Canon truly take place outside the known measure of time, either because they occur before Time was created as a Foundational Force, or because they take place on a Plane, or level of existence where Time does not truly matter, such as within the Nexus of Creation. By their very nature, these events are difficult to ‘place’ in a Chronology. However, to better link all the events of the Visionary Canon together, they are listed with a ‘best approximation’ of their occurrence. This is done with recognition that this is a ‘best guess’ approach and thus somewhat limits the reality of these events. Such events will be annotated.

[edit] Historical Events

To provide contextual references for the history of the universe, many significant historical events are listed in this chronology. These reference points are merely included so that proper historical settings, references and contexts can be included in stories. If italicized, the event is estimated (circa) to the date given. Future research or a given story may alter this. If not italicized, the event is recorded or fixed history. The Universe follows the normal history of the real world other then specific exceptions already included in the chronology.

Historical events are listed with minimal context information, and whenever possible, links to more common references, such as Wikipedia itself. The purpose of these Chronicles is to focus on the unique history of the Visionary Universe. The addition of historical information is merely to provide context. Contributors should feel free to add historical markers of significant events, but should recognize the true focus and do so briefly.

See Category:Historical Benchmarks

[edit] Note on Templates

Specific entries may include additional customized headings to help lift up unique or specific information. Also new, more specialized templates will periodically be created as need arises for specific types of entries which do not fit properly in the context of any of the current defined templates.

(See Template:Chronicle Entry)

[edit] Additional Resources

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