This page is intended to serve as a Timeline for the overall events in the Dark Parables universe. The direct events of each game are assumed to have occurred in the order of the games' releases. Flashbacks, histories and events in bonus games are estimated at the time of their occurrence, separate from the time of the events in the main game. This timeline aims to establish a general order of events, more than a precise date for those events.
Only events of somewhat verifiable timing are included in this timeline. Many more events have occurred, but the timing of them is unknown or can only be estimated broadly.
This is a work in progress. Please do not edit this yet.
Before Recorded History
- The Moon Goddess gives mankind the Moonstones
- The Moon Goddess gives mankind the ability to dream
- The Moon Goddess creates the first Keepers of Dreams
- The Evil Witch locks the Moon Goddess inside a statue within the Ogre Forest
- The Evil Witch builds a Gingerbread House in the Ogre Forest
- The Maiden Goddess is created from pure dew
- The Maiden Goddess chooses a Handmaiden, begins the practice of Godmothers
- Flora creates the Dire Tree
- Flora creates the Harpies
- Flora creates the Swan Guard
450 - 900
- The Sea Goddess curses a fisherman's Tinderbox in retaliation for the death of her goldfish familiar
- Cassius becomes a mercenary for King Bluebeard
- The Prasino Queen dies
- Alexandros performs the binding ritual on Thalassa
- The kingdom of Prasino sinks beneath the ocean
- Cassius dies
- Kokkino is destroyed by the purple tide
- Princess Naida, Princess Althea, Princess Calliope, Princess Theresa, and Princess Daphne are all turned into mermaids
- King Alexandros becomes a mutant crab monster
900 - 1000
- Briar Rose is born
- Goddess Flora names Briar Rose the Guardian of the Thorned Rose
- Evil Godmother curses Briar Rose
- Ivy Green is born
- Goddess Flora names Ivy Green the Guardian of the English Ivy
- Princess Ivy is sent away, becoming the "Forgotten Princess"
- Briar Rose falls asleep, along with all others in Stewartson Castle
- Amelia is born
1000 - 1100
- Prince James reverts back to human form after being kissed by Princess Ivy
- Princess Ivy loses her immortality; Prince James becomes immortal
- Prince James marries Princess Ivy
- The daughter of Prince James and Princess Ivy is born
- Unnamed Prince kisses Briar Rose, waking all other inhabitants of Stewartson Castle
- Briar Rose's godmothers combine their powers to contain the curse (1000 years before CoBR)
- Unnamed Prince falls ill and dies
- Briar Rose is hidden away within Stewartson Castle
- Amelia becomes a Godmother of the Maiden Goddess
- Amelia helps Ella Blom, the First Cinderella
- The Stewartson King and Queen die
- The grandchild of Prince James and Princess Ivy is born
- Princess Ivy dies
- Prince James reverts back to frog form
1100 - 1400
- Agnes Koch flees her home kingdom
- Godmother Amelia helps Agnes Koch
- Agnes Koch saves Prince James from a snake
- Prince James reverts back to human form after kissing Agnes Koch
- Prince James marries Agnes Koch
- Agnes Koch dies; Prince James reverts back to frog form
- Prince James assists Princess Naida in finding an orb to break her curse
- Prince James reverts back to human form after being kissed by Princess Naida
- Princess Naida becomes human again with the orb
- Prince James marries Princess Naida
- Princess Naida dies; Prince James reverts back to frog form
- Harpies return from hiding and start to attack the Swan Guard
1400 - 1500
- A soldier helps a witch and steals her Tinderbox
- The Old King becomes ruler of the Mountain Kingdom
- Odette is found at the lake inside the Dire Tree
- Odette is taken in by the Swan Guard and becomes its princess
- Harpy populations start to dwindle
- The Druid gives Odette a frog to help her defeat the Harpies
- Odette kills the Harpy Queen
- Prince James reverts back to human form after being kissed by Odette
- Odette is exiled from the Swan Guard and declared Black Swan
- Odette elopes with James
- Odette dies; Prince James reverts back to frog form
- King Edric and Rasputin are born
- Rasputin orders the creation of the Truth and False Mirrors
- The Old King dies; King Edric becomes the new ruler of the Mountain Kingdom
- King Edric marries Empress Brunhilda
- Ross Red and Snow White are born
- Goddess Flora names Snow White Guardian of the Frost Edelweiss
- Goddess Flora names Ross Red Guardian of the Fiery Rosa
- Empress Brunhilda dies
- Mountain King marries the Evil Stepmother, gives her the Truth Mirror
- The False Mirror is shattered and hidden inside the Mountain Kingdom palace
- Rasputin declares war on the Mountain Kingdom
- Rasputin kills a golden child and steals her tears
- Rasputin is sealed inside The Tinderbox
- Hansel and King Edric turn their three best soldiers into dog guardians; The Tinderbox is hidden within a tree
- Princess Calliope trades her voice to become human
- Princess Calliope saves a prince from assassination
- Princess Calliope is given a burial at sea
- Isabella's grandmother is killed by a wolf
- The Hunter builds the hideout that would later house the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Isabella receives training from the Hunter
1500 - 1600
- The Evil Stepmother bewitches King Edric
- King Edric sentences Snow White and Ross Red to death
- Prince James saves Snow White and Ross Red
- Prince James reverts to human form after being kissed by Snow White
- The Evil Stepmother is exiled from the Mountain Kingdom
- Prince James and Snow White elope and marry; Snow White and Ross Red become estranged
- Ross Red abandons the throne and leaves the Mountain Kingdom to travel
- Prince Gwyn is born
- King Audon IV searches for the Wolf Talisman
- The Captive Mermaid is freed
- A portal to the Fabled Land is opened by the Boy Who Cried Wolf
- King Audon IV is killed
- The Mist Kingdom disappears; Mist Wolves enter our world
- The Hunter is killed by a wolf
- Prince Gwyn is attacked by a Mist Wolf and rescued by Isabella
- Snow White gives Isabella the Truth Mirror
- Isabella begins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Geppetto helps turn the Hunter's hideout into a hideout for the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Amelia makes enchanted Red Riding Hood Robes for the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Snow White puts Prince Gwyn in an eternal sleep
- Snow White leaves Prince James, returns to the Mountain Kingdom
- Snow White finds the False Mirror, falls under its spell
- King Edric becomes the Mountain Beast
- Snow White becomes the Snow Queen
- The Mountain Kingdom Council sentences the Snow Queen to death
- The Mountain Beast slaughters the entire Mountain Kingdom Council
- The Mountain Kingdom is deserted by its people, becoming the Snowfall Kingdom
- Prince James sends an expedition to capture the Snow Queen
- Prince James is cursed again; remains human, but turns mortals he touches into frogs
- Prince James is exiled to the Black Forest; Prince James begins building the Underground Kingdom (1580)
- Geppetto helps Prince James build the Snow White shrine in the Underground Kingdom
1600 - 1900
- The remaining mortals in the Snowfall Kingdom perish
- Prince James begins keeping tabs on Briar Rose via Carrier Pigeons
- Prince James begins experimenting on people and animals near Exiled Prince Road
- The Snow Queen begins abducting children from nearby villages on every Silver Moon
- Amelia brings Geppetto wood from the Forbidden Grove
- Geppetto makes Pinocchio
- Geppetto makes the Wooden Beast
- Geppetto's mind is corrupted by the Forbidden Grove; he becomes the Puppet Master
- Bianca Pace is imprisoned in a tower and rescued by a Prince, who is cursed
- Godmother Amelia helps Bianca Pace
- Geppetto is burned at the stake
- Godmother Amelia becomes the Evil Godmother
- The good part of Godmother Amelia's soul becomes the Forest Witch
- The Maiden Goddess ends the Godmother tradition
- Giselle is adopted by the Forest Witch
- King Crisanto marries Lady Violante
- Rapunzel is born; Queen Violante dies
- Goddess Flora chooses Rapunzel to be the Guardian of the Lilac Bellflower
- Mother Gothel begins plotting the downfall of Floralia
- King Crisanto marries Lady Melanie
- Mother Gothel is appointed Queen Melanie's personal servant
- Amelia begins searching for the Final Cinderella, using cursed ballgowns and Glass Slippers
- Belladonna is born
- Belladonna becomes the Guardian of the Deadly Nightbloom
- Nightbloom flowers return to Floralia
- Belladonna kills a servant with her poisonous fingernails
- Queen Melanie goes mad with guilt and anger
- Queen Melanie dies
- The Tower is erected to house the Princess Belladonna
- Rapunzel begins sneaking into the Tower to see Belladonna, using Magic Beans
- Mother Gothel influences Belladonna with her evil schemes
- Ross Red visits Floralia
- Ross Red and Rapunzel fall in love
- Rapunzel and Ross Red are engaged to be married
- Belladonna gives Rapunzel the Tiara of Reverie
- Floralia subjects begin to notice a change in Rapunzel
- The Nightbloom flowers in Floralia begin to bloom, shedding pollen
- Floralia's subjects flee the kingdom to escape the Nightbloom pollen
- King Crisanto dies alone in his palace, due to Nightbloom pollen
- News of Floralia's fall and the missing Princess Rapunzel spreads
- Princess Fionnuala is born
- Princess Fionnuala is cursed into a painting by Prince Fiachra
1900 - 2000
- Rach Neumann dies after attempting to enter the Underground Kingdom (1920s)
- Princess Wanda elopes with Nuada
- Grak Kingdom declares war on Solwood
- Princess Brigid is born
- The Royal Advisor comes into the confidence of King Henryk
- Solwood is attacked by the Grak Kingdom; Princess Wanda dies
- Princess Brigid is adopted by King Henryk
- The Royal Advisor creates Serafina and Mercy
- Princess Brigid is banished from the Grak Kingdom
- King Henryk dies
- Nuada, Mercy and Serafina are trapped in the salt mines
- Hubert starts his perfume business
- Hubert finds and traps Mab; begins to use her for his perfumes
- Hubert founds the town of Montafleur and becomes its baron
- Hubert marries Adelle
- Eric is born
- Baroness Adelle de Montafleur dies
- Ewan is told to build a mechanical horse for the Duke of Anaben
- The Duke dies, making his son the next duke
- Ewan runs from Anaben
- Eldra joins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Eldra befriends Raphael
- Teresa is saved by Raphael and Eldra
- Eldra helps Teresa become human
- Teresa joins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Emma rebels against her noble family and joins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Emma rescues Jack while patrolling the woods
- Emma leaves the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters to have a life with Jack
- Princess Valla falls off the cliffs
- King Waclaw hires Ewan to build Leda an automaton sister
- Leda prays for the golden touch to get her sister back
- Automaton Valla plays the role of Princess Valla
2000
- Elise's parents are killed by Harpies
- Elise is taken in by the Swan Guard
- Briar Rose's curse is awakened, brambles return to the Stewartson Castle
- Evil Godmother's spirit returns
- Fairytale Detective begins investigating Briar Rose
- Evil Godmother's spirit is vanquished
- Briar Rose awakens
- Princess Ivy's spirit is released
- Briar Rose visits Floralia
- Briar Rose joins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Teresa becomes the Elder Sister of the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Eldra enters the Mist Kingdom, becomes the Wolf Queen
- Raphael leaves Jack's band of adventurers to look for Eldra in the Mist Kingdom
- Emma gives Jack the Magic Beans that have been passed down through her family; Jack grows a beanstalk
- Jack leads a group of adventurers, including Emma, into the Sky Kingdom
- Jack steals the Queen's Ring, one of the key pieces of the Bolide Shard
- Jack escapes the Sky Kingdom, leaving Emma and his friends behind
- Emma is acknowledged as a direct descendant of the Sky Kingdom Royal Family
2001
- Marie is abducted by Prince James
- The Fairytale Detective begins investigating the Frog Prince
- Marie is turned into a frog by Prince James
- Prince James dies, reuniting with Princess Ivy's spirit
- Marie is reverted back to human form
2002
- The Snow Queen abducts Kai and the other children of the village during a snowstorm
- Gerda follows the Snow Queen into the Snowfall Kingdom
- The Fairytale Detective begins investigating the Snow Queen
- Gerda is revealed to be the Golden Child
- The Mountain Beast reverts to his human form, the Mountain King
- The Snow Queen restores the False Mirror
- The False Mirror begins to destroy the world
- The Fairytale Detective shatters the False Mirror
- The Snow Queen returns to being Snow White
- Prince Gwyn is awoken
- Snow White writes a letter to Ross Red, extending an olive branch
2003
- The Wolf Queen attacks and abducts Teresa
- Teresa dies
- The Fairytale Detective begins investigating the Wolf Queen
- The hideout of the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters is attacked by Mist Wolves
- The Red Riding Hood Sisters are abducted by the Wolf Queen
- The Fairytale Detective enters the Mist Kingdom
- The Red Riding Hood Sisters are rescued from the Mist Kingdom
- Raphael rescues Eldra
- Eldra reveals that she is the Wolf Queen
- Ruth is abducted by Eldra
- The Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters defeat Eldra
- The Fabled Land collapses, cutting off connections to Mirror World and the Mist Kingdom
- Raphael and Eldra die
- The Mist Kingdom returns to the Earthly realm
- Ruth becomes the Elder Sister of the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- The Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters begins efforts to work with wolves
- The Sun Goddess gives Leda two of her hairs
- Leda sets off to find Ewan
2007
- The Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters are successfully working with wolves
- Brianne joins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Amelia, disguised as an old woman, gives Cyrilla and Katherine Belloni cursed clothing
- Cyrilla Belloni is turned into a Glass Maiden
- The Fairytale Detective begins investigating the Evil Godmother
- Katherine Belloni is abducted by Amelia
- Katherine Belloni transforms into Cinderella
- Amelia sacrifices Katherine's soul; Katherine is turned into a Glass Maiden
- The Puppet Master is revived in puppet form
- The Puppet Master raises an army of evil puppets
- Cyrilla returns to human form
- Amelia dies from injuries inflicted by the Puppet Master
- Forest Witch dies
- The Evil Trees in the Forbidden Grove are destroyed; Katherine returns to human form
- The Wooden Beast is deactivated
- The Puppet Master is defeated; Geppetto's soul is released and reunites with Amelia's
- Pinocchio is given a real body
- Hansel settles in Barsia
2010
- Emma pilots the Sky Kingdom into sight of the people below
- The Sky Kingdom begins to fall apart
- Prince Leonard falls out of the Sky Kingdom
- The Fairytale Detective begins to investigate the Sky Kingdom
- The Fairytale Detective grows a beanstalk and enters the Sky Kingdom
- Jack enters the Sky Kingdom for the second time
- The Fairytale Detective pilots the Sky Kingdom over the ocean
- Prince Julian steals the Queen's Ring back from Jack
- Emma and Jack are reunited
- King Eurig unleashes the Bolide Shard
- King Eurig falls to his death
- The Fairytale Detective seals the Bolide Shard; The Sky Kingdom crumbles into the ocean
- Emma rejoins the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
- Jack takes the Bolide Shard to the Fairy Queen in Anaben
- Belladonna unleashes Mother Gothel's Plant Monsters in Floralia
- Ross Red seeks out the Golden Child, Gerda, to help him find Rapunzel
- Kai follows Gerda and Ross Red to Floralia to study the plant life there
- King Waclaw dies
- Valla is named Queen of Barsia
- Valla begins collecting pieces of the Fallen Star
2011
- The worldwide spread of Deadly Nightblooms is traced back to Floralia
- The Fairytale Detective begins investigating the Nightbloom epidemic
- Gerda is captured by Belladonna
- Queen Melanie's spirit reaches out to the Fairytale Detective
- Snow White comes to Floralia to aid Ross Red's rescue of Rapunzel
- The Plant Golem is destroyed
- The Giant Nightbloom is destroyed
- Nightbloom flowers around the world die, ending the pollen epidemic
- Ross Red dies; Ross Red is resurrected by Rapunzel's tear
- Belladonna, Rapunzel, and Ross Red go into voluntary seclusion
- Ewan gives Leda ribbons that restrain her powers
- Ewan is hired to build a magic restoration device for Hubert
- Elise is promoted to Swan Princess
- Harpies go extinct
- Ewan is hired to build an elevator connecting the throne room and top of the Dire Tree
- Construction of the new Snowfall Kingdom begins
2022
- King Edric dies; his grandson Prince Gwyn successes him as ruler of the Snowfall Kingdom
- Elise collects the Jewel of Repose
- Katherine Belloni and Pinocchio erect a statue in Geppetto and Amelia's honor
- Queen Valla abducts Ewan
- Baron Hubert de Montafleur dies; Eric is appointed Baron de Montafleur
- The Sea Goddess's temple rises from the deep
- The Mediterranean Sea becomes polluted by a purple tide
- The Detective begins investigating the purple tide
- Pinocchio reverts back to a puppet
- Althea and Alexandros become human again
- The Sea Goddess is released from the binding ritual
- The purple tide disappears forever
- Emma is turned to gold from Leda's touch
- Leda returns to Barsia
2023
- Prince Gwyn proposes to Gerda
- Kai is appointed the Forest Warden of the new Snowfall Kingdom
- Eric unknowingly releases Mab from her prison
- Eric is transformed into a beast
- Citizens of Montafleur begin turning into nightmares
- The Red Riding Hood Sisters begin investigation of Montafleur
- The Detective begins to investigate the case of the nightmares
- Rapunzel returns to distract the Nightmare Golem
- Eric's curse is broken by Brianne's kiss
- Mab's corruption disappears
- All the nightmare creatures are destroyed
- A young boy finds an artifact and is attacked by a mechanical stag
- Jack comes to Barsia in search of the Fallen Star
- The Detective begins investigating the mysterious artifact
- Leda turns the Barsian citizens to gold
- Valla begins creating an army of golden automatons
- Jack is turned to gold
- Ewan is freed from captivity
- With Leda's golden touch, Queen Valla's circuits overload
- Queen Valla dies
- The Fallen Star is made whole
- Leda's golden curse is broken
- All Barsians (and Jack) turned to gold are normal again
- Leda reunites Barsia and Olesia and is named queen
- The Detective proves herself worthy to the Moon Priest
- Jack breaks the curse on Emma with golden child's tears
- Odile saves the druid's owl from a magic seed trap; the druid gives Odile a future-vision potion
- Odile forsees Elise's plot and decides to take action
2024
- Ross Red arrives at Dire Island
- Ross is sentenced to death and put in jail by Elise
- Elise steals the Shattering Sword from Ross
- The Magic Seed is stolen by Odile; Cracks start appearing throughout Dire Island
- Odile is declared Black Swan
- Desmond is sought out by Elise to repair the cracks
- The Detective is sent to investigate the source of the cracks
- Elise steals the Mirror of Inversion from Desmond
- Elise forges a sword made from the Three Artifacts of Floralia
- Elise kills Flora and begins the transformation into a goddess
- The Detective and Odile save Ross from captivity
- The Three Artifacts of Floralia are lost at the bottom of Swan Lake
- The Detective, Odile, and Ross fight Elise
- Elise falls from the Dire Tree (presumed dead, unconfirmed)
- Flora is revived
- Odile is declared the new Swan Princess
- In a dream, Kai is told to find the Tinderbox and take Gerda for himself
- Kai starts setting fire to the Snowfall Kingdom's forests
- The Detective begins investigating the source of the fire
- The Detective kills the three Dog Guardians
- Kai claims the Tinderbox
- Kai becomes trapped within the Tinderbox
- Rasputin is freed; Snow White is frozen by her own magic
- Rasputin raises his Dark Forge and reclaims his power
- Rasputin is trapped within the Tinderbox
- Snow White is (presumably) unfrozen
- Prince Gwyn and Gerda are married
- Kai sets out to seal the Tinderbox forever
- Kai replaces the old guardian as the new guardian at the Temple at the Edge of the World
- Citizens of Anaben are infected with an odd plague
- Duchess Elena's shadow is stolen
- The Detective starts investigating the plague
- Duke Herman and Duchess Elena leave Anaben
- The Shadow God is revived
- The Sun, Moon, and Maiden Goddesses are captured
- The Detective forges The Shade's Lantern
- The Sun, Moon, and Maiden Goddesses are freed
- The Shadow God's soul is balanced; resumes courtship with Maiden Goddess
- The Detective rescues Duke Herman and Duchess Elena from Arne and Guida
- Duke Herman and Duchess Elena return to Anaben
- The Shadow God leaves Anaben to search for Guida
2025
- Mercy and Serafina fully repair themselves
- Princess Brigid returns to the Grak Kingdom
- The Detective begins investigating the mysterious salinzation of the Old Town
- The Detective repairs the fire and water cycles, reactivating the salt enchantment barrier
- Serafina dies from injuries inflicted by Mercy
- Princess Brigid summons her Daemon, Dracaena, for the first time in a century
- Mercy dies
- Nuada dies
- Princess Brigid leaves the Grak Kingdom to search for lost Daemon Evokers and form a new clan
- The Landowner makes a wish to become the wealthiest man in the world
- The Detective begins investigating the Landowner's disappearance
- Prince Julian steals the Torch of Phastasm
- Prince Julian dies
- Giselle dies
2026
- Siegfried and Benno sneak into the ruins of Cisneros
- The Detective begins investigating Siegfried's disappearance
- The Detective burns the Traitor Knight's painting, allowing his soul to rest in peace
- Benno takes Princess Fionnuala's place in the cursed painting
- The Detective raises the Islet Rock
- Aleda is turned into a Black Swan by the Water of Life
- Siegfried stabs Prince Fiachra with the Sword of Light
- The Islet Rock sinks to the bottom of the sea, taking Prince Fiachra with it
- Princess Fionnuala and Aleda are kidnapped by the Imposter
- Benno and Siegfried rescue Princess Fionnuala and Aleda
Events of Unknown Date
- Sky Kingdom historical events and events of Rumpelstiltskin and the Queen
- The Forbidden Grove becomes corrupted by the souls of dead thieves
- Prince James is cursed, becoming the Frog Prince (before 1000)
- Events of "Hansel and Gretel" (before 1300)
- Events of "The Oriental Cinderella" (1100 - 1500)
- Events of "The Seven Ravens" (before 1300) and when Mab was appointed Queen of Sands
- When the first Sandman became corrupted
- The division of Barsia and Olesia
- When Bulvar obtained the magical dagger (after the divide of Barsia/Olesia, before Rumpelstiltskin and the Queen, after master's death)
- Construction of the Temple at the Edge of the World
- Meeting of Shadow God and Maiden Goddess
- Guida becomes Shadow God's priestess
- Arne kills the forest healer