[0]The Dark Ages

Pre-Universe
“Great Nil” hypothesized to occur
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1284
June 26
The Pied Piper leads 130 children out of Hameln, into Calvary mount
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Middle Ages
The Curtain is formed

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★ “Great Nil” hypothesized to occur
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PASTOR: We are born of concealment. We are born of darkness. We are born of nothingness. Before our birth, there was the Great Nil.✪ source: Curtain Sermon / ATA 3✪ NOTE: "Great Nil" may also refer to a pre-birth state of being in Curtain theology.
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PASTOR: Who among us has not been told that in the beginning, there was light, pure truth, and that this was the original gift of God. That over the millennia, we have tarnished this gift by introducing darkness and concealment. This, my brothers, my sisters, is a lie. Darkness is not the covering of truth. It's our very origin.✪ source: Curtain Sermon / ATA 3
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters... And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.✪ source: The Book of Genesis✪ The symbolism described in the Curtain's sermon draws strong parallels to the imagery described in the Book of Genesis, hence my belief that the Great Nil is what preceded the introduction of light to the Universe.
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★ The Pied Piper leads 130 children out of Hameln, into Calvary mount
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In the year 1284 on the day of John and Paul, the 26th of June, 130
children born in Hamelin were led away by a piper dressed in many-
coloured clothes to Calvary close to the Koppen and were there lost✪ source: Ad fontes: A Timeline of Accounts of the Pied Piper Story✪ Additional historical records cited here.
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★ The Curtain is formed
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DAVID: So we're saying that this... production company... has been around since the Middle Ages?✪ source: Occult Research Meetings / ATA 2✪ Given their name, iconography, and child-centric theology, it's fair to assume the Curtain/Hameln was founded not long after (and very likely in response to) the Pied Piper Incident.

[1]pre-ata

1970s
Marcus Moutman is born
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1980s
Hameln Entertainment produces Astronaut Mike
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1990s
Hameln Entertainment produces Nelly the Triceratops
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1993
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March 12
Katherine "Kate" Park is awarded a certificate for her work at the Kensdale Public Library
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1994
Rebecca Colton is born
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1995
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June 12
Possible birth date of Lauren Matthews
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September 25
Lauren Matthews' birth date on the milk carton
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Mid-to-late 90's
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Rebecca enters the adopton system
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Sam Colton meets Rebecca, and her sunny outlook gives him the inspiration for what will become Amanda the Adventurer

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★ Marcus Moutman is born
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DEVS: Marcus was in his early 30s during his interview.✪ source: MANGLEDmawGames on Reddit✪ Marcus's interview occurs in the early 2000's, which places his date of birth somewhere in the 1970's.
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★ Hameln Entertainment produces Astronaut Mike
★ Hameln Entertainment produces Nelly the Triceratops
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DIRECTOR: In exchange, we will be pleased to provide your family with an exclusive gift pack featuring beloved Hameln characters: Astronaut Mike and Nelly the Triceratops.✪ source: Hameln Press Conference / ATA 3✪ This chronology/timeframe is speculated based on the assumption that Astronaut Mike is a Fireman Sam analog, which first aired in the late 80's, and Nelly the Triceratops is a Barney the Dinosaur analog, which first aired in the early 90's. Amanda the Adventurer is notably based on Dora the Explorer, which made its debut in 2000. Going by this logic, each character (and their respective real life inspiration) corresponds to a different decade.
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★ Katherine "Kate" Park is awarded a certificate for her work at the Kensdale Public Library
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This certificate is presented to Katherine Park for her dedication and achievement in the field of children's library services / DATE: March 12, 1993 / SIGNATURE: Alejandro Philips✪ source: Bulletin Board / ATA 1
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★ Rebecca Colton is born
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BLAIR OSAKO-GREENE: Actually, she's around 7-8 years old.✪ source: Blair Osako - Greene interview
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AMANDA: It was a special day. It was the little girl's birthday! She was seven, which her daddy told her was a very lucky number.✪ source: 7th Birthday / ATA 3✪ Rebecca was likely seven or eight around the time she was placed in the tapes.✪ Her year of birth is based on subtracting 7 from 2001, the year Rebecca and Sam were kidnapped by Hameln.
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★ Possible birth date of Lauren Matthews
★ Lauren Matthews' birth date on the milk carton
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ROSE MATTHEWS: (on the day Lauren disappears) Where's the birthday girl?✪ source: Disappearing Kid / ATA 1
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DATE MISSING: 6/12/03
DOB: 9/25/95✪ source: Milk Carton / ATA 3✪ Lauren vanished on her birthday; her DOB and disappearance date should match on the milk carton, save for the year.
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REECE THEMEN: Huh, that is genuinely an oversight on my part, thanks for flagging it✪ source: DREAD XP Discord✪ Neither alternate date disrupts the timeline, but I thought it was worth noting both given the possibility that at least one may be changed in the future by the devs.
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★ Rebecca enters the adopton system
★ Sam Colton meets Rebecca, and her sunny outlook gives him the inspiration for what will become Amanda the Adventurer
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REECE THEMEN: (on when Sam adopted Rebecca) I feel like it would have been around like four.
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MELISSA LAMARTINA: Yeah, I would probably say three or four.✪ source: MANGLEDmaw Twitch livestream of ATA 2✪ These events have to take place in the mid-to-late 90's based on Rebecca's age.

[2]Original ATA run

1997 or 1998
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Sam Colton adopts Rebecca
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1998
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March 14
Karla Aldeli is born
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Summer of 1998
Rebecca, Sam, and her best friend spend a day at the beach
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1999
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Summer of 1999
The original Amanda the Adventurer show airs, and is a hit in Kensdale
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2000
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March 24
Lacey Mitchel's interview with Sam appears in Kensdale Daily
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Hameln Entertainment approaches Sam, offering to adapt and syndicate his show
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Sam Colton is interviewed by Sadie Koppen on Coffee Break
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Hameln's acquisition of Amanda the Adventurer takes place
THIS MAKES MORE SENSE BECAUSE MARCUS'S INTERVIEW COMES AFTER, GIVES HAMELN MORE TIME TO PLAN
_{✪ ATA 3 report says late 2002
✪ this doesn’t align with 2001 copyright date}
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Rebecca and Sam visit an amusement park^7.1
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2001
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Library visit (mentions fundraiser)
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Rebecca celebrates her 7th birthday party, during which she discovers her psychic abilities
_{✪ Blair has said Amanda is 7/8 years old}
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Marcus attends his second follow-up interview with the director of Hameln Entertainment for employment in the Pneumatransference Department
_{✪ must occur prior to "Oh no! Accidents!"}
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Production on show is underway
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September
_{✪ timeframe based on Oct. 3 date for Read-a-thon}
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A "recording session" goes awry; Sam intervenes
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Sam and Rebecca are kidnapped by Hameln

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★ Sam Colton adopts Rebecca
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REECE THEMEN: (on when Sam adopted Rebecca) I feel like it would have been around like four.
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MELISSA LAMARTINA: Yeah, I would probably say three or four.✪ source: MANGLEDmaw Twitch livestream of ATA 2✪ Based on her hypothesized birth year of 1994, if Rebecca was adopted at 3 years old, her adoption year would be 1997. If she was adopted at 4 years old, her adoption year would be 1998. I personally prefer the former option, as it gives Rebecca and Sam more time to get to know each other before the creation of the show, but either works fine for the timeline.
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★ Karla Aldeli is born
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Karla Aldeli
DOB: 3/14/98✪ source: Milk Carton / ATA 3
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★ Rebecca, Sam, and her best friend spend a day at the beach✪ source: Best Beach Friends / ATA 3✪ Both Best Beach Friends and Rollercoaster Ride could fall anywhere in the timeline after Rebecca's adoption and prior to the Recording Booth secret tape. My reason for placing it after Rollercoaster Ride (despite these memories being presented in the opposite order) is that in the latter memory, I feel that Rebecca would have to be a few years older in order to ride the rollercoaster...

[3]Hameln takeover

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First episodes of Hameln's ATA air
_{✪ “Oh no, Accidents!" has a copyright date of 2001}
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3 weeks later
Search for Sam continues
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Hameln releases a statement regarding Rebecca's absence
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Wooly's Read-A-Thon cancelled
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Parents voice concern over show content
_{✪ source: News Report from ATA 1}
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Hameln funds Kid’s Corner/library reno
_{✪ their branding pervades the library post-reno
✪ would also explain the passage in Kate’s office
✪ precise chronology uncertain}
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October
Original date of Wooly's Read-a-thon
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2002
March 8
Hameln Director has Rebecca sign a contract; she is guided through a door.
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Jordan Cook vanishes
Make blue; make Pied Piper date
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October
Child seen on the TV in the ORM tape vanishes
_{✪ occurs 8 months before Lauren}
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November 4
Karla vanishes
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XF582KP-02 vanishes
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Late 2002
Alleged timeframe of acquisition and Sam's disappearance; likely falsified by Hameln in retrospect (cite AMA)
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2003
January
Possible alt. date of ORM kid disappearance
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April 8
After filming of tape, Sam attempts to rescue Rebecca, is killed when the Colton Anomaly emerges

^1.1 DEVS: I bet you expected some kind of elaborate April Fool's Day joke, huh? Something like "Amanda 2 will be a first person shooter"? or maybe "canon: Wooly is 30 years old"? well guess what. april fools. Wooly is 40✪ source: @AmandaAdvnturer on Twitter✪ we're taking this to heart because the math checks out✪ we're assuming ATA 1 is actually Wooly's birthday✪ subtracting 40 from 2023 gives us 1983

[4]KDOH REBIRTH

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April 12
Kensdale Ohio Rebirth (Static Rapture, Marcus sacrifice)
Screens remain frozen
Tapes vanish (Trev's swiping tapes)
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Mass layoffs, possible vanishing of tapes (cite timeline vid, Cara, LOCATION OF TAPES (green text screen!!!)
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PR 213 suggests Shepherd project
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June 12 or September
Lauren vanishes
_{✪ Cont. error in game with b-day—subject to change}
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Kate, David, and Caroline tape the first Occult Research Meeting
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Peter joins the trio to speculate on the Curtain's role in HamelnEITHER VERSION WORKS GIVEN SHE EITHER VANISHED IN JUNE OR SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR!!!!
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October 10
Shepherd report, Media Reclamation Initiative Underway
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November
Press conference
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Show cancellation
"just three years after taking over production"
_{✪ Thanksgiving news report}

^1.1 DEVS: I bet you expected some kind of elaborate April Fool's Day joke, huh? Something like "Amanda 2 will be a first person shooter"? or maybe "canon: Wooly is 30 years old"? well guess what. april fools. Wooly is 40✪ source: @AmandaAdvnturer on Twitter✪ we're taking this to heart because the math checks out✪ we're assuming ATA 1 is actually Wooly's birthday✪ subtracting 40 from 2023 gives us 1983

[5]Post-Rebirth

2004
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Joanne Cook reaches out to Kate
_{✪ 2 years after Jordan disappeared
✪ presumably after show ended.}
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2010's
Footage of teenage Rebecca in bed
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2013
Infiltrator (Trevor) death - facility abandoned soon after - acknowledge how order of footage IMPLIES chronology but doesn't work given what we know
_{✪ 10 years prior to games (2023).}
Second Rapture, Rebecca returned to pod
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David disappears (purple)
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2017
Last Occult Research Meeting
_{✪ 14 years since last one}
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Caroline and Peter allegedly die
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2023
_{✪ Based on wall calendar}
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Kate writes letter to Riley
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Book vandalizations, tape appears in returns
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A stranger tells Joanne to destroy tapes to save Jordan
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Joanne goes to Kate to retrieve tapes
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The two fight, and the Colton Anomaly arrives
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Joanne is attacked, presumed dead by Kate
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Kate flees scene, records warning for Riley
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Kate is killed in a car crash
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Amanda hides the tapes herself by means of the Static
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February 19
Riley Park arrives at Kate's house, watches the tapes
_{✪ Sun rises at end of game}
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February 20, 21
Riley embarks to the library, and then Hameln, to save Rebecca
_{✪ President's Day radio broadcast}

^1.1 DEVS: I bet you expected some kind of elaborate April Fool's Day joke, huh? Something like "Amanda 2 will be a first person shooter"? or maybe "canon: Wooly is 30 years old"? well guess what. april fools. Wooly is 40✪ source: @AmandaAdvnturer on Twitter✪ we're taking this to heart because the math checks out✪ we're assuming ATA 1 is actually Wooly's birthday✪ subtracting 40 from 2023 gives us 1983