How the Third Sequel Rewrote the Royal Bloodline
A succession twist introduced in the third installment forced fans to reconsider two earlier games' family trees. We map out what actually changed.
Tracing Fantasy Kingdoms Across Generations of Sequels
A Cairo-based lorekeeping desk mapping succession lines, dynastic wars, and world-shaping events threaded through decades of fantasy game sequels.
Explore the TimelineWhy Read This Timeline
How we build the maps that hold entire fantasy kingdoms together
Cross-Sequel Mapping
We trace kingdom borders, royal bloodlines, and political shifts as they evolve from one installment to the next, sequel by sequel.
Primary Source Digging
Every timeline entry is checked against manuals, official art books, and developer commentary before it earns a place on the chart.
Community Cross-Referencing
Readers flag inconsistencies and contested dates, and we fold verified corrections back into the master kingdom chronology.
Deep Cuts Included
We cover overlooked side titles and regional spin-offs, not just flagship entries, because minor kingdoms often rewrite the main line.
How do you resolve conflicting dates between sequels?
When official sources disagree, we lay out each version side by side, note which release it comes from, and flag it as contested rather than picking a winner. Readers can weigh the evidence themselves.
Do you cover spin-offs and side titles, not just mainline entries?
Yes. Spin-offs frequently fill gaps between mainline sequels, introduce minor houses, or explain how a kingdom's borders shifted. We treat them as canon unless a sequel explicitly contradicts them.
What sources count as reliable for a timeline entry?
In-game text, official strategy guides, artbooks, and direct statements from writers or directors rank highest. Fan theories and unofficial wikis are noted separately and clearly labeled as speculation.
How far back does the Cairo desk trace these kingdom lines?
As far as the source material allows. Some franchises give us founding myths going back centuries in-universe; others start mid-story and we build backward using flashbacks and lore documents.
Can readers submit their own timeline theories?
We welcome submissions through the community section. Well-sourced theories that hold up under review sometimes get folded into the main kingdom chronology with credit given.
Fresh From the Archive
New entries from the lorekeeping desk this month
Charting the Shifting Map of the Northern Provinces
Three sequels, three different maps. We line them up panel by panel to track how one kingdom's territory quietly grew and shrank.
The Side Title That Explains the Silent King
A handheld spin-off answers a question the mainline series never addressed directly. We walk through the evidence connecting the two.
Your Theories on the Fallen Capital, Reviewed
Community submissions about the ruined capital city poured in this month. We sort the well-sourced ideas from the speculative ones.
Placing the Prequel Inside the Existing Chronology
A newly released prequel forced a small adjustment to our master chart. Here's exactly where it slots in and why.
Kingdoms We're Currently Tracing
A running list of the fantasy realms getting the full timeline treatment this season
The Ashfall Dynasty Arc
A five-game succession saga where each sequel quietly recontextualizes the previous ruler's legacy through new playable heirs.
The Sunken Kingdom Cycle
An underrated trilogy whose flooded capital city reappears across three sequels in three different eras, each time slightly changed.
House Veyrellis Chronicles
A minor noble house first mentioned in a side quest eventually becomes central to an entire spin-off's founding myth.
The Border Wars Saga
Four sequels spanning two console generations trace a single territorial conflict from its opening skirmish to an uneasy peace treaty.
The Regent's Shadow Timeline
A lesser-known handheld entry fills a fifteen-year gap between two mainline games, explaining a regency period fans debated for years.
The Salt Coast Successions
A coastal kingdom's line of rulers gets rewritten twice across the series, making it one of the most contested timelines we track.
What Readers Are Saying
I'd been arguing with my brother for years about which king came first in the series. Your chart on the Ashfall Dynasty finally settled it with actual manual quotes, not guesswork.
The Sunken Kingdom piece connected three games I never thought were related. Read it twice and went back to replay the second title with new eyes.
Submitted a theory about House Veyrellis on a whim and didn't expect much. A month later it showed up in the timeline with sources I hadn't even found myself.
The border map comparisons are the reason I keep coming back. Nobody else lines up the in-game maps side by side like this.
Been collecting the artbooks for a decade and this is the first site that actually cites them properly instead of just repeating wiki summaries.
The Regent's Shadow article explained a gap in the story that bugged me since the original release. Fifteen years of confusion cleared up in one read.