Ravnica Timeline

[Guildpact]

RAVNICA TIMELINE

Ravnica works with AC and ZC, which stand for "Al Concordant" and "Zal Concordant", meaning "Before the Agreement" and "After the Agreement" in Old Ravi, respectively. The agreement, in this case, is the signing of the Guildpact. The D&D Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica establishes the Ravnican date of the Guilds of Ravnica block as 10,076 ZC, which equals ~4560 AR. By this reckoning, the year 1 ZC began during the year -5515 AR (assuming there is a year 0 AR but no year 0 AC/ZC). A Ravnican year is 365 days, each of its twelve months matching up in length with its Gregorian calendar counterpart.

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~-12206 AR (6691 AC)

Niv-Mizzet, the last great dragon on Ravnica, hatches.


~-5562 AR (47 AC)

Azor arrives on Ravnica.


~-5515 AR (1 ZC)

The Guildpact is created on the plane of Ravnica after a long war led by the opposing Cisarzim and Razia. Ravnican guilds divide duties across nine guilds for the betterment of the plane as a whole. Ravnica begins its long evolution into a predominantly urban plane.


~-5418 AR (98 ZC)

Azor leaves Ravnica.


~-5116 AR (400 ZC)

Commander-General Ferrous Rokiric erects the ten stone Titans of Ravnica in each district of the city to quell rebellion and maintain peace.


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The Argivian Reckoning (0 AR)
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~3179

Ugin and Azor meet to discuss a plan to trap and destroy Nicol Bolas.


3285

Azor travels to Ixalan. He never receives the signal, from Ugin, to imprison Nicol Bolas using the Immortal Sun and is left stranded (date approximate).


~4449 AR (9965 ZC)

15 Mokosh – The Schism, a rift that connected Agyrem with the plane of Ravnica, is created by the Izzet magelord Zomaj Hauc.

Teysa Karlov is born.


~4484 AR (10,000 ZC)

1 Seleszeni – The Ravnican Decamillennial occurs. Szadek's machinations directly lead to the destruction of the Guildpact.


~4496 AR (10,012 ZC)

Rakdos, Project Kraj, and the Nephilim attack the City of Ravnica. A new, non-magical Guildpact, which is unsuccessful in maintaining the guilds' control, is written.


4500

The Great Mending takes place: all remaining fractures heal, first in Dominaria then spreading throughout the Multiverse in a chain reaction. Mana again flows freely throughout Dominaria, returning life and hope to the dying world. Planeswalkers lose their immortality and godlike powers and much of their additional magic power. All existing means of traveling between planes without a spark cease to function.

On Ravnica, Agyrem is split off from Ravnica.


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What Could, but May Not Be...
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~4558

Niv-Mizzet begins extensive research into the nature of the Implicit Maze, appointing Ral Zarek as the lead researcher.

Gideon Jura arrives on Ravnica to find tensions increasing amid the rise of the Gateless and the resurgence of the guilds. Knowing he has little choice, he places his search for allies on hold, having had little success anyways.

Jace finishes his own research concerning the Implicit Maze. Shocked by the answers he discovered, he erases his own memory, effectively losing 6 months of his life. However, the activities of House Dimir draw him back in. Niv-Mizzet orchestrates the running of the Implicit Maze. Jace becomes the Living Guildpact.

[Guildpact]

Excerpt From Preparing for Ravnica by Jay Annelli, CoolStuff.com


A (Very) Brief History of Ravnica

Because Ravnica has a pretty handy timeline already mapped out, I'm going to use it to talk about the key events you should know. Z.C. stands for Zal Concordant, or after the Guildpact. No official dates for Ravnican events exist after 10,014 Z.C., which is the epilogue for Dissension, but math gives us approximations! Any date with an asterisk is dependent on Teysa Karlov's birth being approximately 9965 Z.C. (something mentioned in Guildpact) and Kaladesh taking place exactly sixty years after the Mending (the resulting math depends on both those things).

If you want a more detailed breakdown of events, check out my more detailed plot summaries in Ravnica: the Broken Guildpact and Ravnica: the Living Guildpact, neither of which include this handy timeline, however!

Pre-History: Order vs Chaos

In the beginning, Ravnica saw many planeswalkers come and go, seeding the plane with beings from across the multiverse. Over time, the people of Ravnica notice that planeswalkers became less and less frequent, until they stopped coming altogether. From the remnants, ten armies of order and chaos waged war on Ravnica's surface. (Dissension).

0 Z.C. -- The Guildpact is Signed

The sphinx planeswalker Azor, known as Azor I, brings the leaders of the other nine factions together to sign the Guildpact. The Guildpact enforces a magical peace that allows the newly formed guilds to conduct their business without interference, so long as it doesn't interfere with the others. The signatories of this pact are referred to as Paruns. Only nine guilds are made public knowledge, with the tenth, the Dimir, being kept hidden over the years (Ravnica: City of Guilds).

9000 Z.C. -- Svogthir is deposed by the Sisters of Stone Death

The Sisters of Stone Death, last of the gorgons on Ravnica, tire of the abuses heaped on the teratogens (the non-humanoid members of the guild) and lead a revolt against their Parun, the lich lord Svogthir, also known as the god-zombie. They do not kill Svogthir, but imprison him beneath Svogthos, the Restless Tomb and drain his power for themselves (Ravnica: City of Guilds).

9943 Z.C. -- Myczil Zunich dies in the line of duty

Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran and and his partner Myczil Zunich are working a case tracking a Rakdos witch when Myc is tricked into killing a child. The Golgari bounty hunter Jarad vod Savo had been tracking the same target and witnesses the event. Myc kills himself afterwards, but Kos never reveals what really happened (Ravnica: City of Guilds).

9965 Z.C. -- Zomaj Hauc tests a new mana bomb on Utvara

The Izzet Guildmage Zomaj Hauc is commissioned by the Karlov Patriarch to build a prototype mana bomb and deploy it on the plague infested region of Utvara. The bomb detonates but leaves behind a rift called the Schism. In secret, Hauc's goal is to resurrect ancient dragon eggs buried beneath the region. Teysa, Orzhov Scion is born around this timeframe (Guildpact).

9989 Z.C. -- The Rakdos Uprising

Hordes of Rakdos fill the streets, causing mass mayhem and killing a huge chunk of Wojek officers in the process. The Boros are forced to go on a recruiting spree, and experienced officers become hard to find (Ravnica: City of Guilds).

9999 Z.C. -- Ravnica: City of Guilds

Ten years after the Rakdos Uprising, the Wojeks are still stretched thin, with most of their ranks being relatively recent recruits. The forthcoming Decamillenial Celebration threatens to overwhelm them. An old and burned out Agrus Kos is promoted despite his objections, and reassigned from his partner, the penitent angel known as Feather. Kos begins training his replacement, a younger Wojek named Borca.

Savra, Queen of the Golgari, launches a coup against the Gorgon Sisters that control the Golgari, with the aid of a mysterious benefactor revealed to be Szadek, Lord of Secrets. Savra sends her brother, Jarad Vod Savo, on a mysterious mission after Bayul, the Living Saint of the Selesnyan Conclave. While Kos and Borca are on patrol, a goblin suicide bomber kills Bayul. Borca is caught in the explosion, and Kos is wounded. Jarad rescues Fonn Zunich, daughter of Kos' old partner, a half-elf Selesynan Ledev assigned to safeguard Bayul. Kos wakes up in the hospital, where Borca's ghost appears as part of a life insurance policy he took out from the Orzhov. Together with Feather, they follow a lead to an Orzhov information broker, the imp Pivlic.

At Pivlic's, they encounter Jarad and Fonn, who are also looking for answers. Their quest is cut short as they're attacked by Selesnyan Quietmen (ghostly messengers secretly infiltrated by the Dimir), and are forced to flee back to the Boros Ninth District League Hall. At the League Hall, they learn the Wojeks have been infiltrated by Dimir shapeshifters who are after the gem that connected the Bayul to the Chorus of the Conclave's hive mind. Fonn tries to protect it, but they just take her instead. At Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree, Savra reveals she's been plotting to subvert the Selesnyans by joining the Conclave with the gem. She connects to the Conclave and corrupts the City-Tree, revealing the Selesnyan Parun, Mat'Selesnya.

Szadek appears and kills Savra, then begins feeding on Mat'Selesnya. With Jarad's help, Kos is able to arrest the Dimir Guildmaster. In the aftermath, Kos relates what really happened to Fonn's father, and Jarad takes over the Golgari in the wake of his sister's death. (Ravnica: City of Guilds). The Azorius quickly execute the Dimir Guildmaster in secret. Kos and his allies are unaware his actions inadvertently created a paradox within the Guildpact's framework, breaking the Guildpact.

10,000 Z.C. to 10,012 Z.C. -- The Parhelion disappears

Shortly after the events of the Decamillenial, the angels of the Boros and their great Skyship Parhelion disappear. They search the universe for any signs of the former planeswalker visitors, hoping to repair the Guildpact with their aid. Instead, they find nothing but Agyrem, a ghostly realm directly connected to Ravnica through the Schism. Inside Agyrem, they discover Szadek leading a phantasmal army. Razia, Boros Archangel commands Feather to return to Ravnica to warn everyone (Guildpact, Dissension).

10,012 Z.C. -- Guildpact, Dissension

Kos retires to Utvara to work as head of security for Pivlic. Teysa Karlov is manipulated by her Patriarch into travelling with him to Utvara for an unknown purpose. En route, the Karlov Patriarch is killed and his ghost ascends to the governing body of the Obzedat as Karlov of the Ghost Council. Crix, a cybernetically modified Izzet goblin messenger goes missing in the attack, and Kos and Pivlic are assigned to find her. They discover Crix's master, Zomaj Hauc, plans to hatch three ancient dragons eggs using power he's been drawing from the Schism. Armed with this knowledge, Teysa gathers a ragtag force to assault the Izzet compound in Utvara.

They only succeed in destroying a single dragon egg before the others hatch. Teysa and Hauc both gain control of one of the dragons, but how long they can control the rapidly developing dragons is left in question. Teysa's dragon is mortally wounded, and Kos steals Hauc's personal rocket to ram the other one, ending the mad Izzet's plan for world domination. Kos is fatally wounded in the assault, and Feather appears through the Schism as he dies (Guildpact).

Nephilim, monstrous ancient beings lurking in Utvara, begin to consume the crushed dragon's remains and grow large enough to level Utvara. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind is called in to handle them, but he's run off before he can kill them all.

Feather turns herself over to the Azorius for trial, revealing why the angels disappeared and that she is the sole survivor. As her trial continues, the Parhelion reappears through the Schism . . .  on a collision course for Prahv, the Azorius senate building. The ghost of Agrus Kos, kept in Prahv as a spectral guard thanks to his Boros contract, is reawakened and tasked with tracking down the ghostly Szadek. A witness places Szadek as working with a zombified Savra and the Simic Guildmaster Momir Vig, Simic Visionary. Before Kos can investigate, the Parhelion crashes into Prahv, destroying much of the building and killing most of the occupants.

Meanwhile, Fonn and Jarad's young son is kidnapped by the Rakdos. They reunite to save their son, but Jarad is killed buying time for their escape. Their escape comes alongside Rakdos the Defiler returning to the surface. As a spirit, Kos is able to infiltrate the Simic Guildhall, but accidently reveals himself. He jumps to Savra's body, and discovers that Svogthir is secretly controlling the elf. Kos overpowers the Golgari Parun's spirit and attempts to sabotage the Simic's Experiment Kraj.Momir Vig is killed, and Kraj rises to fight in the city, taking down Rakdos before being stopped.

Kos returns to Prahv, feeling like he's been led on a wild goose chase. He learns that Szadek's spirit was under the control of Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, who was attempting to use the chaos to make himself dictator of Ravnica. Kos' allies set the Parhelion to self-destruct, killing Augustin and severing Kos' bond to the mortal world. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord is resurrected in his own body to continue leading the Golgari.

10,014 Z.C. -- Dissension (Epilogue)

Agyrem manifests on Ravnica, and Feather, now the Boros Guildmaster, brings Kos's spirit back. She asks her old partner to found an Agryrem League Hall, as Szadek is still out there. Kos agrees.

10,019 Z.C.* to 10,077 Z.C.* -- The Broken Guildpact

Agryem splits off from Ravnica again during the Mending, leaving the fate of Kos and Szadek's ghosts unknown. Without the Guildpact, the power of the Guilds begin to fade. Please note, as of this point all dates are estimated. Tezzeret the Seeker kills everyone who knows that the Infinite Consortium, an interplanar syndicate headquartered on Ravnica and secretly belonging to the elder dragon Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, taking control for himself (Agents of Artifice, Test of Metal).

Aurelia, the Warleader usurps Leadership of the Boros from Feather, decreeing that a former penitent angel can't be the Guildmaster. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind hires Krenko, Mob Boss to steal a feather from Feather, and the goblin succeeds, freeing Feather in the process only to raise the alarm at her escape. (Krenko, Mob Boss)

The gorgon Vraska the Unseen is tortured after a corrupt Azorius raid. She is used by her own people, the Golgari, as a weapon against the prison guards. Her spark ignites in a prison riot, and when she returns, she becomes an assassin, killing with poetic justice and getting her revenge on the corrupt officials who imprisoned her (The Shadows of Prahv, Part 1, The Shadows of Prahv, Part 2). The young Gruul, Domri Rade's spark ignites during a coming of age ceremony, transporting him to Naya on Alara. He returns to his clan with a greater understanding of the multiverse and a love of the giant creature of Naya (The Burying, Part 1, The Burying, Part 2). Fblthp gets lost (Fblthp).