Chrono Cross Timeline
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The Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross PlayStation games have a total of 7 distinct timelines.
Timeline 1: Reptite Timeline.
In this timeline, Lavos never lands. Instead of the Humans winning the war in 65,000,000 BC, Reptites do. As a result, in the future, Dragonians, the evolved form of Reptites (as Humans are the evolved form of Cro Magnons) are the dominant sentient life on Earth, and Humanity is long since extinct. Reptite civilization expands quite extensively, and they eventually create a giant biological construct they name the Dragon God, which controls natural forces. They also build a very advanced city, named Dinopolis. It is worth mentioning that their technology is far more planet-friendly than man's. Around 2400 AD, due to the Time Crash, Dinopolis and the Dragon God are pulled into an alternate dimension.
Timeline 2: Lavos Timeline.
This is the default timeline of Chrono Trigger, the one that would occur without any modifications by the heroes of that game. In this timeline, Lavos lands in 65,000,000 BC, and burrows into the Earth. Later, in 1999 AD, Lavos awakens, and destroys the planet. Over the course of the next 400 years, the planet slowly dies, until sometime after 2400 AD when it is considered to be completely devoid of any life of any importance.
Timeline 3: Lavos Timeline Averted. (Keystone T-1)
In this timeline, Lavos lands, but is destroyed by the heroes of Chrono Trigger. The nature of the Chrono Trigger game allows this to happen in many points, but in the official storyline (and in Chrono Cross) it is assumed that this happens in 1999 AD, as he bursts out of the planet's crust.
Humanity is not destroyed by Lavos, but instead advances to hypertechnology levels. Around 2400, they build a great city/research laboratory named Chronopolis. During an experiment designed to control time, Chronopolis causes the Time Crash, which damages time and sends Chronopolis and Dinopolis back into time (at approximately 7600 BC). This causes many repercussions, which are the focal point of Chrono Cross.
Timeline 4: After the Time Crash. (Keystone T-2)
In this timeline, Chronopolis and Dinopolis have been sent to 7600 B.C. due to the Time Crash, and war. After Chronopolis wins, it terraforms El Nido and installs the records of fate. This timeline extends up to 1020 A.D., though from 1010-1020 A.D. it is known as Another.
Timeline 5: Home.
In this dimension, Serge survives. Chronopolis and FATE are not around because of this, and many of the characters in Chrono Cross: Home's world are different because of the lack of FATE's (behind the shadows) influence.
Timeline 6: Another.
In this dimension, Serge dies.
Timeline 7: Ideal timeline.
This represents the timeline that occurs after Chrono Cross. The differences between Another and Home are merged together to form this timeline. Presumably, Serge survives, and Chronopolis is eventually created (the Time Crash also reoccurs to prevent a paradox, but time continues after that as normal.)
External links
- Complete Chronology (http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Chronology) from the Chrono Compendium, a Chrono series Wiki