The Complete Aether Storyline

THE COMPLETE AETHER
STORYLINE
Written by Korbin Murphy
Table of Contents
MERGED HISTORY ................................................................................................................................. 6
ORIGINAL TIMELINE ............................................................................................................................ 8
CYCLE TIMELINE ................................................................................................................................. 20
Dimension 63 .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Original Timeline (Fractured) ................................................................................................................. 24
Proditione Fracture.................................................................................................................................. 29
Agonia Fracture ...................................................................................................................................... 29
BROKEN CYCLE TIMELINE ............................................................................................................... 31
Merged History ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Original Timeline .................................................................................................................................... 32
Original Timeline (Fractured) ................................................................................................................. 44
Cycle Timeline (Black Ops 3) ................................................................................................................ 49
A Reason to Care for the Characters ...................................................................................................... 54
Dr. Edward Richtofen .......................................................................................................................... 54
Primis .................................................................................................................................................. 54
Ultimis................................................................................................................................................. 54
“Tank” Dempsey ................................................................................................................................... 55
Primis .................................................................................................................................................. 55
Ultimis................................................................................................................................................. 55
Takeo Masaki ........................................................................................................................................ 56
Primis .................................................................................................................................................. 56
Ultimis................................................................................................................................................. 56
Nikolai Belinski ..................................................................................................................................... 57
Primis .................................................................................................................................................. 57
Ultimis................................................................................................................................................. 57
Marlton Johnston .................................................................................................................................. 58
Abigail “Misty” Briarton ..................................................................................................................... 58
Russman ................................................................................................................................................. 59
Samuel J. Stuhlinger ............................................................................................................................. 59
FAQ ............................................................................................................................................................ 61
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For chronological order of Ultimis, Victis and Primis’ journeys by maps, they will be written here. The
timeline does not put the maps in chronological order by how players experience them and instead by
what time they took place in. So with that, I GIVE YOU
Ultimis – Shi No Numa (1945), Der Riese (1945), Kino Der Toten (1963), Ascension (1963), Call of the
Dead (2011), Shangri-La (1956), Classified (1963), Moon (2025), Broken Cycle Original Timeline
Classified (1963. As prisoners), Alpha Omega (2025), Tag Der Toten (1960s)
Primis Cycle Timeline – Origins (1918), Shadows of Evil (1944), Fractured Original Timeline The
Giant (1945), Der Eisendrache (1945), Proditione Fracture Zetsubou No Shima (1945), Agonia
Fracture Gorod Krovi (1945), Perfect Universe Revelations
Primis Broken Cycle Timeline – Origins (1918), Shadows of Evil (1944), Fractured Original Timeline
The Giant (1945), Der Eisendrache (1945), Proditione Fracture Zetsubou No Shima (1945), Dimension
63 Blood of the Dead (1941), Original Timeline Classified (1963), Alpha Omega (2025), Tag Der Toten
(1960s)
Victis – Alpha Omega/Nuketown Zombies (2025), Tranzit (2035), Die Rise (2035), Buried (2035), The
Empty Earth (1996), Dimension 63 Blood of the Dead (1941), Broken Cycle Original Timeline Tag
Der Toten (1960s)
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Primis
Ultimis
Victis
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The Elemental Shard
The Agarthan Device
Summoning Key
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Blood Vials
Kronorium
Golden Rod/Vril Device
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Focusing Stone
MERGED HISTORY
In the beginning, there was nothing but the Aether and the Keepers, which among them were two beings
known as Dr. Monty and the Shadowman, who would go by many names throughout history.
The Keepers would use the Aether to create an artifact known as the Summoning Key, which is the most
powerful artifact in the multiverse. The Summoning Key could harness the Aether, allowing those who
wield it to mold the future in their image. Along with this they would write the Kronorium, a book that
contains all histories and futures of the multiverse, a prophecy. Along with these inventions, the Keepers
would discover the Dark Aether, which would infect many of the Keepers. The Shadowman would
become consumed by greed and temptation of the powers within the Dark Aether, and begins to corrupt
himself in its power. Doctor Monty would only attempt to save his friend, but would end up corrupted
too, although he would not join the side of the Apothicons. A war between the Keepers and the Corrupted
Keepers would begin, with the Keepers pushing the Corrupted Keepers into the Dark Aether and trapping
them inside, like a pocket dimension. However, those trapped inside would use the Dark Aether to create
Element 115, sending it through rifts in space. The element would land in multiple dimensions, tainting it.
The Corrupted Keepers knew humanity would abuse its power and wage war on one another. Over
centuries of evolution the Corrupted Keepers would become a species known as the Apothicons, their
goal in life was to consume dimensions to become even more powerful.
In 1292, the Apothicons would escape and cause destruction upon Earth. The Templar knights, teaming
up with the Keepers, would wage war onto the Apothicons. With Dr. Monty leading the Keepers and the
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Shadowman leading the Apothicons. Among the battlefields of war were four mysterious warriors who
seemingly came out of nowhere. One German, one American, one Japanese and one Russian. They were
equipped with the ancient staffs of Fire, Ice, Lightning and Wind. With the staffs in hand, they banished
the evil from that dimension and trapped them back into the Dark Aether. Praised as heroes, the great
wolf king would give his blessing. These four warriors told the king to build his castle up in the
mountains in a place that would eventually be called Austria. Suddenly, these four warriors would
disappear, stories of these warriors would be passed down for generations. They would become known as
Primis, they would be reborn in the 1900’s to relive the endless cycle.
In 1318, the wolf king would grow ill, giving his last request to his loyal servant, Arthur, to scatter his
bones around the castle. The next day, through temporal rifts, Arthur would be brought from 1318 to the
year 2025 in Angola, trapped within an old American town built in the west.
TIMELINE NOW SPLITS INTO THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE AND THE CYCLE TIMELINE
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ORIGINAL TIMELINE
In 1855, Jebediah Brown (who is only 10 years old) is brought to a place called ‘Purgatory Point’ with his
mother, where she hopes they can live a better life. They would spend the next 30 years there. The
citizens of Purgatory Point were kind, although a little rowdy at times.
Sometime in the future, Clive Farnsworth would head into the mines. He would spend 10 days down
there, where was deemed MIA. On his return, he had changed. His flesh looked like it was rotting, and he
was a lot hungrier. On April 14th, 1885, this newly zombified Clive Farnsworth would make a dash
towards Jebediah’s mother, ripping out her throat. Another citizen by the name of Old Bill would shoot
Clive two times in head, “like a dog” Jebediah describes. With growing concerns of this mysterious blue
rock found in the tunnels, with rumors of seeing the devil if you stared at it too long, Jebediah makes his
way there on April 15th.
After heading into the mines, he would attempt to research the mysterious blue rock. When he returned to
the surface, it turned out that what had felt like hours for him, was 5 days for everybody else. Jebediah
was thought to be dead. In the same night, Jebediah would have a dream of two angels coming down to
guide him and prepare him for the future. With their aid, Jebediah would create a machine with the ability
to upgrade weapons, which he dubbed ‘Pack-A-Punch’. With months of success of his newly invented
Pack-A-Punch machine, he made quite the name for himself.
Jebediah Brown would see the spirit of his mother, who appears much younger. She roamed the halls of
their house and would play the piano. Her spirit would rest here and eventually thwart Victis during their
arrival in 2035.
Two days later, due to temporal rifts, the town would be teleported beneath Angola, to eventually be
discovered by Richtofen’s men
In 1908, the first bit of Element 115 since the Great War would crash land near the stony Tunguska River.
17 years later, Edward Richtofen would join the Illuminati.
In February of 1931, Maxis would be sent to investigate the mysterious meteor that landed near Breslau,
Germany. In May of the same year Maxis would found Group 935, a research organization with the goal
to improve the human condition.
Dr. Ludwig Maxis’ daughter Samantha Maxis would be born on November 5th, 1934, with her mother
dying during the process. Maxis would become a single father and attempt to take care of Samantha while
also balancing his work with Group 935, leading to Samantha feeling neglected.
Maxis would invite Richtofen to join Group 935. Richtofen would join but on behalf of the Illuminati.
Many other scientists from around the world would also join.
Meanwhile with the Japanese, they would discover fragments of Element 115 in their territory. With this,
they would create the Rising Sun Facility, with Division 9 (who is also being created) to watch over the
facility. The Americans would also discover Element 115 near Groom Lake.
In July of 1939, Maxis and Richtofen would begin experiments with the Matter Transference Device
(MTD). The MTD would have the power to teleport people and objects, however, it would alter their
DNA and composition would be altered, leaving them to look like a rotting corpse. They were still alive
however, but couldn’t follow orders. A month later, Maxis would try and control one of these undead test
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subjects, it worked to some extent but became rabid and attempted to attack Maxis. Maxis would order
one of the nearby soldiers to kill it.
The Reichstag would grow interested in Group 935’s research. They offer Maxis funding, but if they were
to add Wonder Weapon and Super Soldier programs. Maxis would sign their contract. With this, Group
935 would no longer be to improve the human condition.
At the end of the year, Dr. Edward Richtofen and Dr. Schuster would begin their own teleportation
experiments, starting with something much smaller: a walnut, weighing around 4 grams. To their surprise,
it worked, and it wasn’t affected by the element, keeping it in its original state. Richtofen would go and
show Maxis their breakthrough, but Maxis was not impressed. Maxis would tell Richtofen that this was a
waste of time and that he won’t support “Edward’s Walnut Delivery”. Richtofen would scold Maxis,
reminding him of Group 935’s motto. Maxis would let Richtofen in on a little administrative secret, that
Group 935 is receiving funds from the Reichstag, that if they wish to follow their motto, they need funds.
Maxis leaves with telling Richtofen to get back to his real work. This would lead Richtofen to believe
Maxis is planning to steal their research for his own, driving a wedge in their relationship.
Edward Richtofen would begin creation of the Wunderwaffe DG-2 prototype. Maxis was terrified of its
power but promised Edward that they would mass produce it. However, with Maxis’ ever growing
affection towards his secretary Sophia, he would not mass produce it.
At the beginning of the new year, Richtofen and Schuster would plan to conduct their first human
teleportation trial. Richtofen would offer himself up to be the test subject, with Schuster hesitantly
allowing it. As Schuster activates the MTD, Richtofen is teleported successfully, except he didn’t show
up at the mainframe. Instead, Richtofen would teleport to a cave within the Moon. In front of him was a
strange pyramid device, without a spec of dust. Curious of its nature, Richtofen touches it, giving him an
electric shock that was, as he describes, “Sharp to the touch”. Suddenly, Richtofen would hear a voice,
which he confuses to be Dr. Schuster’s, but in reality was the Shadowman. All of a sudden, Richtofen
would be teleported again but to the Himalayas, in an ancient temple known as Shangri-La. The natives
would praise Richtofen as some kind of God, which Richtofen abused by forcing them to mine for
Element 115. Richtofen would spend 3 weeks at Shangri-La, learning of Element 115’s origin, the
language of the Keepers and the existence of the Focusing Stone. While spending his time there he would
also be mentally tortured by the voices in his head. Again, all of a sudden Richtofen is teleported back to
the Der Riese facility at the mainframe, where it only seemed like minutes for Schuster. Richtofen tells
Schuster of his discoveries. The day after, Richtofen would leave the Illuminati, so that he can work for
his own interests.
In March of 1940, Richtofen would begin the construction of Griffin Station on the Moon so that they
could study the MPD (Moon Pyramid Device). Other disgruntled Group 935 scientists would join
Richtofen’s group. Meanwhile, Maxis asks Sophia to write a letter to the Reichstag, requesting more
funding and volumes of Element 115. That they cannot continue their work if they are being pressured by
the factors said earlier.
The following month, the Reichstag would accept Maxis’ request and created the Kino Facility (a re-
purposed abandoned theater) and the Asylum Facility (called Verrückt by Group 935 scientists). They
also obtain the Rising Sun Facility, with Division 9 watching over their work, with that they also create
the Siberian Facility and the Der Eisendrache Facility, codenamed “Eagle’s Nest”.
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On June 24th, 1941, Nikolai Belinski’s wife would be killed by the German advance into the Soviet
Union. To numb the pain and to forget the events, Nikolai turns to vodka, creating fictional wives to
forget his real one.
In January of 1942, Maxis would gift Samantha a pet dog, her name being Fluffy. Fluffy was expecting
litter, with Samantha hoping to keep the puppies as well.
Richtofen would complete the prototype of the Wunderwaffe DG-2, being a fully functional rifle.
Griffin Station would be completed. Richtofen would promote Dr. Groph as leader of the facility. He
gives Groph and Schuster to be the main scientists on researching the MPD while Richtofen continues his
charade with Maxis, pretending to be his assistant.
In April of 1942, Maxis would steal the blueprints of the Ray Gun from Division 9 and finished the
creation himself. Doctor Porter would begin creation of the 2nd Generation Model.
Due to future temporal rifts to be made, Dr. Monty nudges the past so that Group 935 would begin
creation of the Perk-A-Colas and a weapons upgrade machine, to benefit the Germans during battle.
These Perk-A-Colas were Juggernog, increases your strength – Quick Revive, revives allies quicker –
Speed Cola, gives you a sleight of hand – Double Tap, your rate of fire becomes faster.
Richtofen would send an exhibition team to Africa, Angola where they discover an American town buried
deep underground. They find schematics and blueprints for something called the Pack-A-Punch machine.
Richtofen gives the blueprints to Doctor Porter so he could recreate it.
Through unknown means, a rat makes its way to Griffin Station and runs in front of the MPD. Schuster
chases the rat to then kill it, Schuster and Groph notice a yellow orb coming from the rat and entering one
of the four capsules surrounding the pyramid. They discover that souls power the pyramid device; they
report their discovery to Richtofen. With the information given to him, Richtofen begins to send soldiers
and scientists to be sacrificed to power the MPD.
Meanwhile, Takeo Masaki is sent to the Rising Sun Facility to watch over Group 935 and Division 9’s
work.
Richtofen would create the Monkey Bomb and share the ingredients of the Perk-A-Colas with his staff at
Griffin Station, making them create Mule Kick, allowing its user to carry a third weapon with no problem.
In the Battle of Stalingrad, Nikolai loses his brother. Later that year Nikolai would be captured by Group
935 to become a lab rat for their 115 experiments.
Maxis and Sophia are transferred to the Kino facility to perform more tests on controlling the undead for
their super soldier program. Maxis leaves Samantha in Richtofen’s care. During their time at the Kino
facility, they make huge strides in controlling the undead, but specifically on Subject 2-6. Subject 2-6’s
violent outbursts are the most contained of any other subject. However, their progress would be erased as
a loud noise would startle Subject 2-6, leading it to attack some soldiers and Sophia. Subject 2-6 is killed
as a result.
In May of 1943, Dr. Harvey Yena would join Group 935.
Two months later, Takeo would report to the Emperor that the work Group 935 and Division 9 are doing
is unacceptable. With the Emperor having petty jealousy of the strength and will Takeo Masaki has, and
of his disapproval of their work, he orders Division 9 to torture and to perform experiments on Takeo.
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In September of 1944, Pablo Marinus (a Mexican spy) is captured by Group 935 at their Der Eisendrache
facility. During his time in his cell, he writes of having strange dreams of a great battle of demonic
entities against holy creatures who fight alongside knights Templar. Among these knights are four
mysterious warriors, who as Pablo describes, save him from the clutches of one of the demonic creatures.
NACHT DER UNTOTEN – On June
4th, 1945, four marines who were flying
over Axis territory, have a malfunction
and crash land on an abandoned airfield.
German trucks were transporting undead
soldiers and Element 115 between
facilities, but were struck in the crash,
unleashing the undead onto the airfield.
The four marines who fortunately
survived their crash would have to fight
against a seemingly endless horde of
undead Nazi’s. They would fight their hardest but it simply wasn’t enough. The four soldiers would
perish on this night.
Later that month, Peter McCain, an American spy, would infiltrate the Der Riese facility to gain intel on
Group 935 research.
Dr. Groph and Dr. Schuster would create the Wave Gun.
Richtofen would travel to the Siberian Facility to meet up with his three test subjects, Nikolai Belinski,
Takeo Masaki and Pablo Marinus. Due to being her temporary guardian, he brings Samantha with him.
Richtofen would begin his intense Element 115 experiments onto the three. While spending his time at
the Siberian facility, he also invents Deadshot Daiquiri, which improves your accuracy.
Peter McCain’s handler, Cornelius Pernell, discovers of Peter’s arrival at the Der Riese facility and of his
recent transfer to the Asylum facility. Cornelius Pernell worries and suspects that Group 935 is losing
control of their undead soldiers. Worrying for the safety of Peter, Pernell assembles a small squad to
breach the area and rescue him.
Meanwhile, WW2 would end but Group 935 would continue their research. Richtofen would report into
his audio diary that Pablo Marinus was declared dead after he had performed a spleen removal. In the
same diary he reveals he has been performing experiments on Samantha.
As Pernell predicted, an undead outbreak occurs at the Asylum facility. Peter McCain escapes.
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VERRÜCKT – On September 6th, 1945,
the small squad would arrive at the
Asylum facility. “Tank” Dempsey would
be the leader of the squad, with John
“Banana”, “Smokey” and Paxton
“Gunner” Ridge under his wing. They
would have no luck in finding or rescuing
Peter. Instead they had to fight off the
undead, but they would meet their end.
“Banana”, “Smokey” and “Gunner” would
be eaten alive while Dempsey would be
captured by Group 935 and sent to the
Siberian facility to replace Pablo.
Peter would receive a radio message from Cornelius Pernell to rendezvous at the Rising Sun facility.
Dempsey would arrive at the Siberian facility. Richtofen would begin his experiments on Dempsey, but
he would keep breaking the restraints and yelling at him. Eventually, after heavy, heavy dosages of 115,
his three test subjects become broken and with no memory of who they once were. Richtofen would
report that Dempsey’s “intellect is low but his will is strong.” That Takeo is “still staring at the floor,
muttering what sounds like some kind of Japanese proverb over and over.” And with Nikolai, he has
“recently begun responding to stimuli, but only after injections of a new serum made primarily of vodka.”
Maxis would return to the Der Riese facility, ordering Richtofen to do the same. With that, Richtofen and
Samantha, alongside his test subjects, return to the Der Riese facility. Richtofen would again work with
Maxis to do more tests on the MTD. He places Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo on ice until he needs them
next.
Richtofen would learn that Maxis isn’t mass producing the DG-2 like he swore he would, which infuriates
Richtofen. Learning this sparks a plan in his mind to murder both Maxis and Samantha.
Groph would report to Richtofen that the MPD is nearly ready. Richtofen starts Operation Shield by
contacting the Russians and the Americans, promising them shared recourses of Group 935’s work, but
only if they take care of their scientists and follow Richtofen’s requests. Schuster would argue with
Richtofen of his plan, but Richtofen reassures him.
Following Richtofen’s request, the Russians place a Lunar Lander at the Kino facility.
Groph reports to Richtofen that the MPD is ready and is awaiting a conduit. Richtofen assures him he’ll
be there shortly.
(if you are here for the cycle or broken cycle timeline, then stop reading at this point on and move to
either of those two timelines. From here on out, it is no longer the same.)
Maxis and Richtofen would continue their MTD experiments. Maxis would express frustration that they
have made no progress since their original tests. The subject teleports from the MTD to the mainframe but
they always come back as an undead husk. Deciding to use an animal instead of a human for a test trial,
they borrow Samantha’s dog Fluffy. However, once again, they have no luck. Fluffy returns as a hellish
hound, hungry for flesh. Samantha sneaks into the room and sees Fluffy’s new form. Samantha rushes
towards the MTD to be reunited with her dog and to comfort her, with Maxis chasing after her to protect
her. Richtofen’s eyes glimmer with hatred and he sees potential to enact his plan to murder them both. He
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closes the MTD doors on them, with Maxis demanding him to open them at once. Richtofen presses the
button to teleport them with his final words to them being “Goodbye, Doctor Maxis!”
However, instead of death, Maxis is teleported to a realm known as the Crazy Place, where he spends
several months there learning of the universe. He even manages to merge with electronics.
Samantha would be teleported to the Moon. Out of fear and lack of air, she runs into the MPD and
assumes control of the undead hordes. Groph would report to Richtofen of Samantha entering the MPD.
Frustrated they lived, demands them to find Maxis and to use him to convince her to leave the MPD.
Being plucked from place, Maxis arrives at Griffin Station, where he learns where all of his old
employees had gone. Being betrayed by everyone, Maxis persuades Samantha to leave the MPD. Once
she does he gives her the simple instruction… “Kill them… all” and proceeds to push her into the MPD
and kills himself, merging with the electronics on the Moon. Samantha, completely consumed by hatred
and rage, unleashes fury onto Griffin Station.
With the outbreak occurring at the Der Riese facility due to Samantha’s wrath, Dr. Porter consumes a
cyanide pill and kills himself. Richtofen awakens Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo, asking them for help.
With no memory of who they are and who Richtofen is, agree to helping him. The four escape to get
Richtofen’s diary at the Rising Sun facility. The four become known as Ultimis.
Peter McCain would arrive at the Rising Sun
facility but would die shortly after.
SHI NO NUMA – On October 21st, 1945,
Ultimis arrives at the Rising Sun facility.
Discovering it’s also been consumed by the
undead, they fight against the horde while
looking for Richtofen’s diary. Once they obtain
it, Richtofen discovers of how to defeat
Samantha. They escape and head back to the Der
Riese facility.
DER RIESE – On October 28th, 1945, Ultimis
returns to the Der Riese facility, where they plan
to use the MTD to head to the Moon. However,
when backed up into one of the MTD’s, Richtofen
uses the Wunderwaffe DG-2, overriding its
systems and sending them forward in time,
resulting in Richtofen’s diary being left behind.
Group 935 would disband.
The United States and the Soviet Union would
share Group 935’s recourses, with the Soviets getting Richtofen’s diary. Harvey Yena, an ex-Group 935
scientist, forms the Ascension Group. A Russian research group. Meanwhile, the Pentagon hires many of
Group 935’s scientists. Among them is Doctor Schuster. They begin Operation Stapler.
Dr. Schuster would inform George Sawyer of Samantha, with Sawyer deeming it a silly rambling of a
mad man’s mind.
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In 1952, the Pentagon would begin their own undead experiments. They would also transfer many of their
Element 115 experiments over to the Groom Lake facility.
Doctor Gersch and Yuri Zavoyski begin working for the Ascension Group.
(don’t read this next part until you’ve read Call of the Dead)
SHANGRI-LA – On April 25th, 1956, explorers Brock and Gary arrive at the ancient temple of Shangri-
La, with their goal to reveal the truth of Agartha and its existence. However, they wander into some traps
and perish. They suddenly wake up back inside the temple and with no memory of their death. They
repeat this over and over again. Meanwhile, from 2011, Ultimis arrives to retrieve the Focusing Stone.
They overhear the cries for help within
the temple and give Brock and Gary
assistance. They help them escape the
temple and as reward, the two give
Ultimis the Focusing Stone. Dempsey
uses the 31-79 JGb215 when they were
about to go to the Moon, resulting in
them being sent somewhere else. Brock
and Gary die again and re-enter their
loop. Sally, from 2011, also gets
trapped in this time loop.
The Pentagon finishes their teleporters
and commence experiments with them. They also build one at Groom Lake, where they try to get it to
send them to the Moon.
Cornelius Pernell, feeling immense guilt for allowing the deaths of Peter McCain and the four marines he
sent to Verrückt, tries to get his government to allow the Broken Arrow initiative. They shut him down.
George Sawyer reports that his men couldn’t find the Elemental Shard when getting materials from
Division 9, suspecting someone in the Pentagon had stolen it.
The Ascension Group creates Stamin-Up, allowing the user to run faster and longer – and PHD Flopper,
giving you resistance to explosions. They also begin Project Thunder (Thundergun) and Project Mercury
(Gersch Device).
Pernell learns of Schuster’s ramblings about Samantha, and at first dismisses it, but he decides to do
further research on it, hoping to use this as a way to convince the government to allow Broken Arrow to
be formed.
The Pentagon begins creation of the Winter’s Howl.
Schuster tests the MTD for the 11th time, with the subject being Private Hastings. It fails and he is sent to
the year 2025, trapped on the Moon, becoming a zombie. Through the teleportation, Ultimis is thrown
into it and ends up back on Earth in 1963. They end up as test subjects at Groom Lake in Hangar 4.
Days later, after becoming completely consumed by Samantha’s influence, Doctor Layman unleashes the
undead into the Pentagon and then kills himself.
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KINO DER TOTEN – On October
28th, 1963, Ultimis arrives from the Der
Riese facility in 1945, finding
themselves in an abandoned theater.
Due to their teleportation through time,
temporal rifts occur throughout history.
With no reason to stay, Richtofen
locates the Lunar Lander he requested
to be placed here and they head to the
Cosmodrome facility to obtain the
Casimir Mechanism plates.
The next day, Gersch would report into an audio log that he has removed Yuri from Project Mercury and
that he has been transferred to do rocket research instead. Yuri is deeply offended by these choices.
During his time in rocket research, Yuri begins to notice children’s toys, wondering if a child has gotten
into the facility. Yuri would find Richtofen’s diary and read through it, which causes him to hear the
voice of Samantha. Samantha would torture Yuri mentally until he snaps and goes insane, convincing him
to betray Dr. Gersch. He continues to work on the Gersch Device in secret.
Cornelius Pernell would discover that these zombie outbreaks have occurred at specific points in history
and on the globe. He notes the abandoned airfield, the Asylum facility, the Rising Sun facility, Shangri-La
and the Kino facility. He informs these outbreaks to Robert McNamara that this Samantha threat is able to
summon an undead army anywhere she wants both in place and time. Robert McNamara finally
greenlights the creation of Broken Arrow.
Gersch would report to the Committee that Project Thunder is going along swiftly and nearing
completion. He reveals to them that he fears Yuri may need to be removed from the Ascension Group, as
he has been seen being very aggressive towards staff and muttering to himself. The next day, obeying
Samantha’s wishes, Yuri shows
Gersch that he completed the
Gersch Device. However, the
Gersch Device sucks Gersch into it
and he enters the Aether, being
tortured by Samantha. Yuri laughs
maniacally but regrets his choices
soon after. Samantha sends Yuri to
the Pentagon…
CLASSIFIED – On November 5th
of 1963, Ultimis arrives from the
temple of Shangri-La, due to
Dempsey accidentally messing with
their teleportation. Yuri unleashes the Pentagon’s zombie experiments, which include the Nova 6
Crawlers. Hoping to help defeat Ultimis, Samantha stops Yuri and sends him a day forward in time to
instead thwart the presidents in their meeting. With Ultimis having no reason to be here, they recalibrate a
teleporter in the Pentagon to send them to Groom Lake, which they then recalibrate that teleporter to send
them to Moon in 2025.
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“FIVE” – On November 6th,
1963, John F. Kennedy, Robert
McNamara and Richard Nixon
have a meeting with VIP Fidel
Castro to discuss the recent zombie
outbreaks and the one that
happened in the Pentagon
yesterday. They try to make peace
so that they can combat the
Samantha threat together.
However, their meeting is
interrupted by Yuri unleashing
zombies again upon the Pentagon.
The Presidents survive the undead hordes and capture Yuri where he is brought to Pernell for
interrogation at the Nevada site.
ASCENSION – On November 6th, 1963,
Ultimis arrives with their Lunar Lander
from the Kino facility and arrive in the
Cosmodrome. When they land, Dr. Gersch
calls out for help within the Aether. Ultimis
helps him escape Samantha’s grasp. After
retrieving the Casimir Mechanism plates,
Gersch sends them to their next destination.
To prevent any further undead outbreaks,
Broken Arrow stations facilities around the
world. The Hanford site, the Nevada site (posed to look like a nuclear testing site), Groom Lake (being
repurposed) are some known ones.
Early 1970s, Broken Arrow would finally retrieve the Elemental Shard from Division 9.
At the end of the 1970s, Russman would join Broken Arrow. Over time and through heavy exposure of
Element 115 and the Elemental Shard, Russman’s memory would deteriorate and he’d become less like
himself.
In 1983, Broken Arrow would create the Bios. Bios are an animal hybrid mixed with the Elemental Shard,
causing them to be invincible. If a Bio is killed, they will eventually come back. In 1986, the Bios would
escape containment, causing the facility to be overrun and shut down. Russman manages to escape the
facility.
After escaping the destruction of their universe, Victis goes through time and ends up in 1996 to obtain
the Elemental Shard for Primis Richtofen. Afterwards they sacrifice bits of their blood to enter a separate
dimension known as the Empty Earth, a dimension where humanity didn’t exist. However, this dimension
was manipulated by another dimensions Maxis (who no longer exists because of The Giant). Here is
where Victis obtains the Kronorium. After Samuel accidentally unleashed Cyborg Zombies, Victis
escapes while the zombies and the cyborg zombies fight each other. Undead Richtofen would escape the
area and play dead while Victis goes through a portal to meet up with Primis Richtofen beneath Alcatraz.
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Primis Richtofen would show up in the Empty Earth after the war had ended and meets up with his
Undead self, who gives him the blood vials of Victis. Primis Richtofen goes through a portal to meet back
up with Victis. Undead Richtofen then heads back in time to 1963 where he meets up with the Ultimis
versions of Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo, who have become test subjects once again after they were
somehow sent backwards in time from 2025’s Moon…
CALL OF THE DEAD – On March 17th, 2011, Ultimis arrives at the Siberian facility thanks to Dr.
Gersch, who is now wandering through space and time as an ethereal orb. However, Ultimis has gone too
far in the future and are
trapped within a closet.
Meanwhile, George Romero is
filming his newest movie –
Call of the Dead, starring
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert
Englund, Danny Trejo and
Michael Rooker. While
filming one of their scenes, a
literal zombie walks on set and
takes George Romero away,
turning him into a zombie. The
four actors go off script and
have to fight off a real undead
horde. While facing the hordes off, they hear Ultimis calling out for help. By Richtofen’s instruction, the
actors obtain the Vril Device (AKA the Golden Rod) and obtain more vodka for Nikolai. Richtofen
thanks them for their efforts and gives them a Wunderwaffe DG-2. Ultimis goes to Shangri-La and the
actors are assumed dead.
A month later, Sally, George’s assistant, attempts to find him and the actors, but is sucked through a
temporal rift and ends up trapped in a time loop in Shangri-La.
Through unknown means, Broken Arrow would accidentally create the Avogadro, an electric entity. He is
transferred to the Hanford facility by Russman and George Barkley
Broken Arrow, in desperate need of Element 115, uses a giant drill to excavate outside of their Nevada
site, which ends up in causing a nuclear explosion.
MOON – On October 13th, 2025, Ultimis arrives from the Pentagon and heads to Griffin Station to
complete Richtofen’s Grand Scheme. While they are there, they open up the MPD to reveal Samantha.
After playing her game and sending the Vril
Sphere to the center of the MPD, Richtofen
would fuse the Focusing Stone and the Vril
Device together using the Casimir
Mechanism plates. He brings the fused
artifacts to the MPD and inserts them, which
causes Samantha and Richtofen’s souls to
switch places. Samantha would awaken
inside of Richtofen’s body and Richtofen in
hers, giving him complete power of the
Aether. Maxis contacts the remaining
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members of Ultimis to send his back-up plan towards Earth to sever his connection to the Aether. So, they
send three heavily armed 115 missiles to the Earth, destroying most of it. Richtofen loses most of his
power, but still remains in control of the undead. Ultimis would perish in the hands of Richtofen.
NUKETOWN ZOMBIES – On October 13th, 2025, the CIA and the CDC send four individuals to Camp
Edward to find an undead
outbreak. While fighting
them off, their eyes
suddenly go from yellow to
blue. When they looked up,
they would find one of the
three 115 missiles landing
directly onto the site, killing
all but Marlton Johnston,
who was hiding inside of the
bunker. Afterwards he
escaped and went to
Washington.
On November 5th, 2025,
Broken Arrow would officially disband after setting fire to one of their facilities. George Barkley
theorizes they were apart of the outbreak and were hiding evidence. Russman would begin to wander the
Earth.
Two years later, George Barkley would use a distress signal to tell the world that the virus has gone
airborne.
For some strange reason, a group of survivors form The Flesh, which are survivors who eat undead flesh
to survive. It doesn’t infect them to the point of turning, but they do begin to hear the voice of Richtofen
in their head. One of the survivors would be Samuel J. Stuhlinger.
Maxis, using the technology on Earth, would contact another group of survivors to mend the rift and
activate pylons for him. They obey his words and attempt to follow his instructions.
The followers of Maxis and Richtofen wage war on one another. Richtofen would quickly end things by
bringing an undead army over into it and killing both teams. Samuel would escape the battlefield and flee
to Hanford.
Stuhlinger would bump into
Russman, who has stolen a
bus built by Broken Arrow.
Marlton would bump into
Abigail “Misty” Briarton at a
town in Hanford.
TRANZIT – On October
21st, 2035, Stuhlinger and
Russman would bump into
Marlton and Misty at a Bus
Depot. The four become
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known as Victis. Maxis contacts the group via a radio while Richtofen contacts them through Samuel’s
head. They both ask Victis to construct a Pylon in either of their favors. Victis obeys Maxis and build the
Pylon for him. Richtofen, hoping they’ll give him a second shot sends them to Shanghai, China for the
next Pylon device.
DIE RISE – On October 22nd, 2035, Victis is teleported to Shanghai, China in the crumbling high rise
that remains. While there,
they would be overrun by
the zombies and killed.
For his twisted pleasure,
Richtofen brings them
back to life but they have
no memory of their death.
Again, Maxis and
Richtofen contact them to
try and get them to build
the Pylon for them. Victis
would again build the
Pylon for Dr. Maxis
instead of Richtofen.
The voices would cease to speak for quite some time. Victis begins to wander the Earth. They eventually
arrive in Angola…
BURIED – December 31st, 2035, Victis arrives in Angola and find a western American city that was torn
through time and brought here. They also find Arthur, who was caged up in the town. Maxis and
Richtofen come back to try and persuade them to activate the final pylon. Again, they listen to Maxis.
Maxis gains full control over the Aether and punishes Richtofen’s soul by putting it into a zombie, to die
over and over again. Maxis plans to destroy the universe to reunite with Samantha in Agartha. He plucks
Samantha’s soul from 2025 Moon and brings her to him in the Aether. Victis and the undead Richtofen
would be saved by Primis Richtofen who opens a portal for them to enter. Maxis destroys the universe.
Samantha would find a tear in time and would speak out to that dimensions Maxis for help…
THE END OF THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE! NOW SPLITS INTO THE CYCLE TIMELINE
AND THE BROKEN CYCLE TIMELINE!
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CYCLE TIMELINE
Dimension 63
On June 4th, 1300, a tomb would be constructed to honor the four warriors that fought so bravely during
the Great War and for cleansing the universe. The four were Primis. It would beneath the ground in
Northern France. With the tomb was loads and loads of Element 115.
On July 17th, 1898, Edward Richtofen’s parents would pass away, leaving him an orphan. Edward would
try to tell the other kids that his parents were famous scientists and were too busy to be around for him,
but the kids knew it was a lie and made fun of him for it. They would write “Teddy was a liar” on the
walls.
In 1906, Edward would begin attending Heidelberg University. Doctor Ludwig Maxis would be the
professor of Edward’s class. Edward looked up to Maxis as a father figure, in which Maxis hoped to fill
that role. The two of them would join Group 935 in 1912.
In 1914, Edward would be visited by another Edward from the future. He comes with two vials of blood,
telling himself that he will know when to use them. He leaves through a portal.
In 1915, Maxis would finish the Mauser C96 prototype.
Through unknown means, Group 935 would discover Pablo Marinus’ journal. It entails information about
the Great War. With the information they’ve gathered, Group 935 sends Dr. Maxis to lead an excavation
in Northern France to mine for Element 115. While they are there, they discover ancient tombs, even
discovering the main chamber, but they struggle to get inside. The soldiers would begin to get frustrated
with the chamber, to alleviate stress they bring a gramophone down to the main chamber and play “La
Source Noire”, which unexpectedly opens the main chamber. With this, Group 935 begins to get affected
by Element 115.
Unable to find the Ancient Staffs themselves, Maxis orders Richtofen to re-create them based on Maxis’
drawings. Richtofen would go and create the staffs of Fire, Ice, Wind and Lightning. Richtofen would
also begin construction of the German Giant, creating four of them.
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Maxis would become obsessed with Pablo’s journal, learning of the Great War, the strange beings that
were on either side and of these four warriors. Maxis would begin to feel there is a higher power, as well
as questioning the universe itself.
Using Element 115 into a liquidated form, Maxis would create energy fields that powered sections of the
trenches at a time. He would also discover an ancient box that gifted weapons from different eras and
timelines. The discovery of this mysterious box would lead Maxis to worry that Element 115 has the
ability to tear through space and time. Following the creation of the energy fields, the soldiers report
sightings of ancient figures on the hillside and that soldiers have gone missing. Maxis would begin to hear
a voice of a little girl who claims to be his daughter from another dimension. This little girl being
Samantha.
On August 3rd, 1917, Nikolai Belinski is sent into exile.
Richtofen would grow increasingly worried for his friend, noticing Maxis muttering to himself and
becoming even more obsessive over Pablo’s journal.
In October of 1917, Takeo Masaki is given the orders to infiltrate Group 935’s base in France and to
report his findings to the Emperor.
In November of 1917, “Tank” Dempsey is given instructions to infiltrate Group 935 and to confirm
sightings of “giant metal-men”
In December of 1917, Nikolai Belinski would be told to head to France to infiltrate Group 935. Already
being exiled, he agrees to help the motherland.
Nikolai worries about the civil war back in his homeland, but writes in his journal that he is enjoying his
time in France.
In April of 1918, Dempsey learns the Imperial Russian Army and the Imperial Japanese Army have sent
in their own spies to infiltrate the base in France.
Maxis becomes completely consumed by Samantha’s existence. He believes she is the key to everything.
Richtofen grows to despise Samantha and reports Maxis’ mental state to the heads of Group 935,
although he doesn’t enjoy having to do so. Richtofen decides to read through Pablo’s journal to learn
what Maxis could be so obsessed about. He discovers why everyone’s behaviors have changed around the
dig site. Maxis would become infected by 115 and instructs Richtofen to perform a surgery on his brain to
protect him.
ORIGINS – On June 4th, 1918, the knights from the Great War would be unleashed onto the dig site by
accident when German soldiers were mining the tombs. The knights have become undead husks; they
quickly devour the entire site. Meanwhile, Richtofen finishes his surgery on Maxis and places his brain
into a jar to be put into the Maxis Drone. “Tank” Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski and Takeo Masaki arrive and
cross paths when looking for Richtofen. They put their differences aside and team up with Richtofen.
Primis has been reunited. They are contacted by Samantha and she begs to freed from the Aether. Primis
obtains the staffs Richtofen had built and send Maxis to the Aether to free Samantha. Primis is sent
elsewhere.
Two years later, Salvatore “Sal” DeLuca opens illegal gambling houses across Chicago. Billy Handsome
would join the DeLuca family, being the son Sal never had. Michael “Finn” O’Leary also begins to work
for Sal. Finn is a gambling expert and rigging sports events.
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Finn would marry Angelina Bow, an aspiring starlet.
In 1930, Sal hires Albert “Weasel” Arlington. Weasel is known his experience for being a master
schemer.
Angelina Bow would try to divorce Finn but he would tell his lawyer “she can leave this marriage the day
she leaves the Earth.”
Meanwhile with Weasel, he wakes up in a hospital after an LA Heist goes wrong. Weasel would take this
time to finish working on his comic idea called “Icarus from Mars.” He would submit it to a comic
publication strip, but for the third time, they deny it.
Sal becomes frustrated of his crumbling empire and out of released rage, he kills a prostitute. The
Chicago PD arrest him. Billy Handsome would be arrested later on for a count of 116 murders. Finn
would also get arrested after Angelina Bow reveals information of Finn’s past.
Sal, Weasel, Finn and Billy are sent to Alcatraz. Sal, Finn and Billy arrive in June of 1932, with Weasel
arriving in August.
In January of next year, Stanley Ferguson begins working at Alcatraz.
On April 1st, 1933, Weasel somehow manages to convince the other three that they can escape the Rock if
they build a plane. On December 2nd, the other three realize how idiotic of a plan that is and that Weasel
lied to them, they lead him to the roof and stab him multiple times, leaving him to bleed to death.
In January of 1934, Richtofen enters through a rift to take Sal and Finn’s blood to then go back in time to
give to himself.
Eight days later, Sal, Finn and Billy would be killed via electric chair after being found as the murderers
of Albert Arlington. The same day, through the words of the Shadowman, the Warden would kill himself
via electric chair, sending his soul (and the four prisoners souls) to purgatory.
MOB OF THE DEAD – After being killed by electric chair, Sal, Finn, Weasel and Billy wake up inside
their cells like it was a normal day. After performing their escape plan at 9:35pm, the guard Weasel had
killed stands back up, looking a lot more undead. The four notice a huge chance in scenery and fight to
survive against the Warden and the undead. They would be killed over and over again, forever trapped in
a cycle.
In 1941, Richtofen, using his connections with the Illuminati, convinces Stanley Ferguson to start
construction of a laboratory in Alcatraz. It would only take three months for the lab to be completed.
On July 4th, 1941, Victis would arrive from the Empty Earth and retrieving the Kronorium. They meet up
with Richtofen who congratulates them and thanks them for their efforts. Richtofen would then read the
Kronorium and learn of the cycle, the Blood Vials, the Summoning Key and of all histories and futures,
all at once. He also learns that in every single universe he dies. He hopes to change that. He proposes an
offer to Victis that they can either join him in his future journey or to stay in cryostasis until the “final
world is ready.” He goes through a rift to obtain and deliver some items.
After giving the blood of Sal and Finn to his younger self and getting the blood of Victis from his undead
self, he heads back to Alcatraz to meet back up with Victis. They tell him they want to stay in cryostasis.
Richtofen puts them to sleep and suddenly, Primis from the future, who have just obtained Takeo’s soul,
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arrive. Richtofen gives his future self the blood of Victis and wishes them well on his journey. Richtofen
then leaves to steal the Summoning Key.
In October of the same year, Stanley Ferguson would retire from Alcatraz.
Posing as Mr. Rapt, the Shadowman would hire a reporter to find artifacts for him in Russia and the South
Pacific. The reporter would find the Summoning Key in December of the same year.
On Christmas of ’43, the reporter interviews Stanley Ferguson about his time at Alcatraz, specifically
about the story of Michael O’Leary, Albert Arlington, Billy Handsome and Salvatore DeLuca. After the
interview he would head to Morg City to get a feeling of the sights, smells and sounds of the place, and to
find four individuals.
In January of 1944, a meteor shower occurs over Morg City. Days after the shower, strange mold and
plants start to grow around the city. People begin to feel sick and to act strange. The reporter takes note of
this. A fruit vendor would tell the reporter of the ancient race known as the Keepers. It’s said they reside
beneath Morg City and that if you listen hard enough, you can hear chanting from beneath the surface.
Afterwards, the reporter gives the Shadowman contract information on Nero Blackstone, Jessica Rose,
Jack Vincent and Floyd Campbell.
Dr. Monty becomes aware of the Shadowman’s actions and attempts to convince the reporter not to hand
the Summoning Key to anyone.
Jessica Rose would learn of a photographer in possession of her pictures that could ruin her career as an
actress.
Using the contract information that the Reporter gave to the Shadowman. The Shadowman poses as
different personas to manipulate four individuals.
He pretends to be a Company Executive, telling Nero’s lawyer that Nero’s wife has caused them to go
into debt by constantly bringing out substantial loans in his name. Nero would have 15 days to pay his
debts back before things start happening. Discovering this, Nero decides to kill his wife and make it look
like a work accident to then get her life insurance money to pay off his debt.
He pretends to be an Internal Affairs officer, telling Jack’s partner to admit that Jack has been “on the
take.” Jack learns that the internal affairs are starting to snoop around in his business, he goes to kill the
people that could rat him out.
He pretends to be a Film Director, telling Jessica’s producer that he’s interested in Jessica playing the
main actress. Jessica is informed of this by her producer and plots to kill the photographer that could
jeopardize her career.
He pretends to be a Journalist, asking Floyd’s promoter if Floyd is a “journeyman fighter.” Floyd wants to
guarantee his position for the title and decides to remove the padding within his gloves and wears brass
knuckles underneath. He kills his opponent in the match.
Nero would miss a call from his lawyer telling him that his wife never took out any loans in his name and
that they were forged signatures.
Jack would miss a call from his partner telling him that he protected Jack’s reputation and swayed any
suspicion of Jack.
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Jessica would miss a call from her producer that he wasn’t feeling the director and found a better
opportunity for her acting dream.
Floyd would miss a call from his promoter that the fight was a success and he has a shot at the title.
Richtofen would learn of the Reporter having the Summoning Key and goes to him to obtain it. The
Reporter waves Dr. Monty’s letter around in front of Richtofen telling him that he was told to never let
anyone have the key. Richtofen attempts to take the key but is attacked, forcing him to kill the Reporter.
SHADOWS OF EVIL – On April 25th, 1944, Nero Blackstone, Jessica Rose, Floyd Campbell and Jack
Vincent wake up in a twisted version of Morg City and with a strange mark on their hand. They are all
contacted by the Shadowman, who begs for help and that he can help remove the sign of the Beast from
them. The four are forced to perform rituals, killing Nero’s lawyer, Floyd’s promoter, Jack’s partner and
Jessica’s producer, which opens the hidden city beneath the subway. They perform one last ritual and
discover they were manipulated by the Shadowman, who then obtains the Summoning Key and unleashes
the Apothicons onto this dimension. The four work with the Keepers and help trap the Shadowman into
the Summoning Key. The Keepers were about to give the Summoning Key to the four survivors but
suddenly, Richtofen walks up to the Keeper and steals the Summoning Key, telling them he has a
universe to set right, then jumps through a portal. Richtofen would head to Dimension 2210 and secure an
innocent Richtofen soul, who was but a mere boy. Dimension 63 would be destroyed by the Apothicons.
Original Timeline (Fractured)

dying during the process. Maxis would become a single father and attempt to take care of Samantha
while also balancing his work with Group 935, leading to Samantha feeling neglected.
(MTD). The MTD would have the power to teleport people and objects, however, it would alter their DNA
and composition would be altered, leaving them to look like a rotting corpse. They were still alive
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experiments, starting with something much smaller: a walnut, weighing around 4 grams. To their
surprise, it worked, and it wasn’t affected by the element, keeping it in its original state. Richtofen would
go and show Maxis their breakthrough, but Maxis was not impressed. Maxis would tell Richtofen that this
was a waste of time and that he won’t support “Edward’s Walnut Delivery”. Richtofen would scold
Maxis, reminding him of Group 935’s motto. Maxis would let Richtofen in on a little administrative
secret, that Group 935 is receiving funds from the Reichstag, that if they wish to follow their motto, they
need funds. Maxis leaves with telling Richtofen to get back to his real work. This would lead Richtofen to
believe Maxis is planning to steal their research for his own, driving a wedge in their relationship.
allowing it. As Schuster activates the MTD, Richtofen is teleported successfully, except he didn’t show up
at the mainframe. Instead, Richtofen would teleport to a cave within the Moon. In front of him was a
would praise Richtofen as some kind of God, which Richtofen abused by forcing them to mine for Element
115. Richtofen would spend 3 weeks at Shangri-La, learning of Element 115’s origin, the language of the
Keepers and the existence of the Focusing Stone. While spending his time there he would also be mentally
tortured by the voices in his head. Again, all of a sudden Richtofen is teleported back to the Der Riese
facility at the mainframe, where it only seemed like minutes for Schuster. Richtofen tells Schuster of his
discoveries. The day after, Richtofen would leave the Illuminati, so that he can work for his own interests.
On June 24th, 1941, Nikolai Belinski’s wife would be killed by the German advance into the Soviet Union.
To numb the pain and to forget the events, Nikolai turns to vodka, creating fictional wives to forget his
real one.
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Speed Cola, gives you a sleight of hand – Double Tap, your rate of fire becomes faster. The weapons
upgrade machine would become known as the Pack-A-Punch.
chases the rat to then kill it, Schuster and Groph notice a yellow orb coming from the rat and entering
one of the four capsules surrounding the pyramid. They discover that souls power the pyramid device;
they report their discovery to Richtofen. With the information given to him, Richtofen begins to send
soldiers and scientists to be sacrificed to power the MPD.
work.
Griffin Station, making them create Mule Kick, allowing its user to carry a third weapon with no
problem.
as a result.
Primis arrives from Dimension 63 and formulate a plan to stop this dimensions Richtofen from enacting
his plan. One week later, Richtofen would be contacted by Maxis telling him that he knows a way to fix
things. Maxis sends Richtofen to the House. Maxis tells Richtofen that the test subjects must never be
woken up. Richtofen would go on a two-year journey to set everything up for their long adventure ahead.
In September of 1944, Pablo Marinus (a Mexican spy) is captured by Group 935 at their Der
Eisendrache facility. During his time in his cell, he writes of having strange dreams of a great battle of
demonic entities against holy creatures who fight alongside knights Templar. Among these knights are
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four mysterious warriors, who as Pablo describes, save him from the clutches of one of the demonic
creatures.
NACHT DER UNTOTEN – On June 4th, 1945, four marines who were flying over Axis territory, have a
malfunction and crash land on an abandoned airfield. German trucks were transporting undead soldiers
and Element 115 between facilities, but were struck in the crash, unleashing the undead onto the airfield.
The four marines who fortunately survived their crash would have to fight against a seemingly endless
horde of undead Nazi’s. They would fight their hardest but it simply wasn’t enough. The four soldiers
would perish on this night.
Group 935 research.
Takeo Masaki and Pablo Marinus. Due to being her temporary guardian, he brings Samantha with her.
Richtofen would begin his intense Element 115 experiments onto the three. While spending his time at the
Siberian facility, he also invents Deadshot Daiquiri, which improves your accuracy.
Peter McCain’s handler, Cornelius Pernell, discovers of Peter’s arrival at the Der Riese facility and of
his recent transfer to the Asylum facility. Cornelius Pernell worries and suspects that Group 935 is losing
his audio diary that Pablo Marinus was declared dead after Richtofen performed a spleen removal. In the
Temporal rifts occur inside of the Asylum facility, with Group 935 scientists claiming to hear Maxis’
voice calling for the children to come to the basement and to lock the windows. They report hearing
children crying as well.
VERRÜCKT – On September 6th, 1945, the small squad would arrive at the Asylum facility. “Tank”
Dempsey would be the leader of the squad, with John “Banana”, “Smokey” and Paxton “Gunner” Ridge
under his wing. They would have no luck in finding or rescuing Peter. Instead they had to fight off the
undead, but they would meet their end. “Banana”, “Smokey” and “Gunner” would be eaten alive while
Dempsey would be captured by Group 935 and sent to the Siberian facility to replace Pablo.
Dempsey would keep breaking the restraints and yelling at him. Eventually, after heavy, heavy dosages of
115, his three test subjects become broken and with no memory of who they once were. Richtofen would
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next.
THE GIANT – On October 13th, 1945, Maxis and Richtofen would continue their MTD experiments.
Maxis would express frustration that they have made no progress since their original tests. The subject
teleports from the MTD to the mainframe but they always come back as an undead husk. Deciding to use
an animal instead of a human for a test trial, they borrow Samantha’s dog Fluffy. However, once again,
they have no luck. Fluffy returns as a hellish hound, hungry for flesh. Samantha sneaks into the room and
sees Fluffy’s new form. Samantha rushes towards the MTD to be reunited with her dog and to comfort
her, with Maxis chasing after her to protect her. Richtofen’s eyes glimmer with hatred and he sees
potential to enact his plan to murder them both. He closes the MTD doors on them, with Maxis
demanding him to open them at once. Richtofen presses the button to teleport them with his final words to
them being “Goodbye, Doctor Maxis!” Primis Dempsey would sneak up behind Ultimis Richtofen,
alongside Primis Nikolai and Takeo. They tell Ultimis Richtofen to wake up the test subjects. However,
their plan is put on hold as the zombies are now overrunning Der Riese. Primis holds off the zombies
while Ultimis Richtofen fiddles around with the MTD. The three try to tell him not to open it but he
ignores each one. The MTD opens and Ultimis Richtofen walks up to it in absolute awe. Out walks his
Primis self. Primis Richtofen shoots his Ultimis self in the head, causing fractures in time and space.
Primis fights together once again and fend off the undead. They light a beacon for their dimensions Maxis
to confirm Richtofen’s arrival. They escape using a German Giant.
After being teleported by Ultimis Richtofen, Samantha is seemingly brought to the House to be cleansed
by Dr. Monty, while Maxis’ soul gets erased, alongside every other Maxis (excluding Dimension 63
Maxis).
Dr. Groph would assume leadership of the remains of Group 935 after Richtofen and Maxis went
missing. Groph would grow concern after Richtofen failed to answer Groph’s initial message of the MPD
awaiting a test subject. He would report of having strange nightmares of Samantha running around the
Moon base and entering the MPD. He worries the MPD is corrupting the base.
DER EISENDRACHE – On November 5th, 1945, Primis attempts to get Ultimis Dempsey from the
Germans but are too late. Ultimis Dempsey is on a rocket bound for the Moon to test the MPD. On their
arrival, Dr. Groph contacts Eagle’s Nest after noticing recent behavior. Primis Richtofen answers,
pretending to be his Ultimis counterpart. Richtofen tells Groph that Operation Shield is underway and that
he’ll join him shortly. Over time, Groph would grow suspicious of their behaviors, calling out that
Richtofen is working with three members of the enemy. Primis manages to send the rocket back down to
the castle, which is when Groph figures this Richtofen is an enemy spy, resulting in Dempsey’s cryopod
being put into security mode, preventing Primis from interacting with it. Primis works with a Keeper they
had resurrected. The Keeper steals the MPD from Griffin Station and brings it to the catacombs beneath
Eagle’s Nest, however, the result of this corrupts the Keeper with the Dark Aether. Primis has to charge
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the Summoning Key but to do that, they must kill the Keeper. They defeat the Keeper and use the charged
Summoning Key to override the computers, sending dozens of Element 115-filled rockets towards the
Moon, killing all on site and any remnant of Group 935. Primis intends to wake up the other Dempsey,
but Richtofen paralyzes them using the Summoning Key. He describes his plan that they need to kill their
other selves to set things right, just as he did to his other self. Dempsey demands that he’s the one to do it.
After sharing a small heart to heart with his frozen self, he shuts off the life support, killing his Ultimis
self. Richtofen pats Dempsey on the shoulder to show support and proceeds to absorb Dempsey’s soul
into the Summoning Key.
Proditione Fracture
In April of 1942, the zombies overrun the Rising Sun facility, which leads Division 9 to begin
construction of the Island facility which gets completed in October of the same year.
Takeo is ordered by the Emperor to oversee the work Division 9 performs at the Island facility. Division 9
begins experiments on arachnids and nearby plants, while also resurrecting ancient dragons and creating
the KT-4.
Takeo reports to the Emperor that the work Division 9 is performing is unacceptable. Through petty
jealousy of Takeo’s strength and will, he demands Division 9 to torture and experiment on Takeo. He
goes through heavy experimentation, becoming a monstrosity known as the Thrasher.
Cornelia Pernell attempts to contact Peter McCain, telling him to rendezvous at the now abandoned
Rising Sun facility. Peter McCain reports of having a third generation model no one has seen before while
parachuting down onto the Rising Sun facility. Suddenly, a temporal rift occurs and sucks Peter through
to be sent elsewhere.
ZETSUBOU NO SHIMA – On October 18th, 1945, Primis arrives to this dimension after killing Ultimis
Dempsey. They are somehow captured by the Imperial Japanese Army and interrogated. They ask Primis
Takeo (mistaking him for Ultimis Takeo) how they managed to get their hands on the Summoning Key.
After a heavy wave hits the boat and makes everyone lose balance, Primis fights their way off the boat
and swims the rest of the way to the Island facility where they hope to find the lost warrior. Primis repairs
an elevator after getting the cogs from a crashed plane, on the docks nearby and in a room filled with
dragon eggs. They find the bottom floor that has vines covering the walls, and at the end, the giant
Thrasher. Primis defeats the Thrasher to discover it’s Ultimis Takeo. The two Takeo’s share their history
together and proceed to commit seppuku. After absorbing Takeo’s soul into the Summoning Key,
Richtofen brings them to Alcatraz to obtain Victis’ Blood Vials to protect his friends from their
impending doom.
Explorers Brock & Gary would head to the Himalayas in the ancient temple of Shangri-La to prove the
existence of Agartha. Their plane crashes on their way there and everyone on board dies.
Agonia Fracture
In November of 1942, Doctor Groph confirms the finalization of the dragons Division 9 had been
creating. They use the dragons during the Battle of Stalingrad after the Russians had stolen their
technology on the German Giant and created their version, called the Russian Gigant.
The Russians proceed to create other copies such as the GKZ-45 Mk3 and the Russian Mangler.
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At the Kino facility, after Subject 2-6 was killed, Sophia goes to Maxis to announce that she had been
bitten and infected. Maxis comforts her as he kills her to put her soul into a machine called S.O.P.H.I.A.,
the Strategic Operations Planning Heuristic Intelligence Analyzer. She is transferred to Stalingrad.
The Germans decide to drop large loads of Element 115 around Stalingrad, infecting many of the Russian
soldiers. Stalingrad becomes infested with zombies, robots and dragons. WW2 continues indefinitely.
Only one Russian soldier remains, Nikolai Belinski.
Dr. Gersch from the Original Timeline arrives in this dimension after many years of traveling as an
ethereal orb.
GOROD KROVI – On September 6th, 1945, Peter McCain enters a rift but supposedly dies in the
process, alongside his corpse is Primis. The four of them use his parachute to land safely in Stalingrad.
Meanwhile, Ultimis Nikolai fights fiercely against his now undead comrades and against the dragons.
Primis lands in front of Nikolai, and at first he opens fire but is attacked by the dragon, smashing him into
a building nearby, destroying his weapons core. Primis works with S.O.P.H.I.A. to obtain Nikolai’s
weapons core. They find Dr. Gersch and bring him to S.O.P.H.I.A. Gersch recognizes Primis as Ultimis
but is confused by their changed appearances. S.O.P.H.I.A. kills Gersch to gather intel from him. Primis
obtains the weapons core and gives it to Ultimis Nikolai. Primis and Ultimis Nikolai work together face
off the ferocious dragon. After defeating him, they tell Nikolai that in order to save Stalingrad and the
whole multiverse, that he needs to surrender. Being betrayed by his new friends, he snaps and tries to kill
Primis. Primis shuts down Nikolai’s mech and let the two Nikolai’s have their heart to heart. However,
Ultimis Nikolai refuses to listen and attempts to shoot his Primis self. Betrayed and hurt, Primis Nikolai
blasts his Ultimis self in the head with a shotgun. Richtofen absorbs Nikolai’s soul and sends Dempsey,
Takeo and Nikolai’s soul to the House.
“FIVE” – On November 6th, 1963, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara and Richard Nixon have a
meeting with VIP Fidel Castro to discuss the recent zombie outbreaks. They try to make peace so that
they can combat the undead threat together. However, their meeting is interrupted by Yuri unleashing
zombies again upon the Pentagon. John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Fidel Castro would be killed by
the zombies, while Robert McNamara hid in a janitor’s closet, eventually being killed as well.
THE PERFECT WORLD
REVELATIONS – After collecting all of the souls of the children, Primis arrives to the perfect world,
where they meet Dr. Maxis (now in a body and no longer a brain), their child counterparts and Dr. Monty.
All seems well and peaceful, until Maxis hears a voice calling for him from within the Summoning Key.
After picking up the Summoning Key, Maxis is sucked into it and out comes the Shadowman. Using the
Key, the Shadowman unleashes the Apothicons onto the perfect world. Doctor Monty orders Primis to
defeat the Shadowman while he tries to keep reality stable. Primis works with S.O.P.H.I.A. who had
escaped the Agonia fracture and they destroy the Shadowman. Richtofen tells the other three to drink one
of their blood vials. After all seems well and the universe is restored, Monty tells Primis that they should
have been erased from existence. The Blood Vials have caused a paradox that must be resolved. Monty
sends Primis back to the Great War to relive all of this over again. Seemingly trapped in an endless
cycle…
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BROKEN CYCLE TIMELINE
(So the way I understand this is that both the Original Timeline and the Cycle Timeline merge into one,
where both have been altered, so both timelines will be in this one but with differences. If you wish to
read the ENTIRE story, then this is probably the best timeline to read. The other two serve different
purposes.)
Merged History
In the beginning, there was nothing but the Aether and the Keepers, which among them were two beings
known as Dr. Monty and the Shadowman, who would go by many names throughout history.
The Keepers would use the Aether to create an artifact known as the Summoning Key, which is the most
powerful artifact in the multiverse. The Summoning Key could harness the Aether, allowing those who
wield it to mold the future in their image. Along with this they would write the Kronorium, a book that
contains all histories and futures of the multiverse, a prophecy. Along with these inventions, the Keepers
would discover the Dark Aether, which would infect many of the Keepers. The Shadowman would
become consumed by greed and temptation of the powers within the Dark Aether, and begins to corrupt
himself in its power. Doctor Monty would only attempt to save his friend, but would end up corrupted
too, although he would not join the side of the Apothicons. A war between the Keepers and the Corrupted
Keepers would begin, with the Keepers pushing the Corrupted Keepers into the Dark Aether and trapping
them inside, like a pocket dimension. However, those trapped inside would use the Dark Aether to create
Element 115, sending it through rifts in space. The element would land in multiple dimensions, tainting it.
The Corrupted Keepers knew humanity would abuse its power and wage war on one another. Over
centuries of evolution the Corrupted Keepers would become a species known as the Apothicons, their
goal in life was to consume dimensions to become even more powerful.
In 1292, the Apothicons would escape and cause destruction upon Earth. The Templar knights, teaming
up with the Keepers, would wage war onto the Apothicons. With Dr. Monty leading the Keepers and the
Shadowman leading the Apothicons. Amongst the Templar Knights, is Pablo Marinus, who arrives from
the distant future to fight for the Wolf King. Alongside his arrival would be “Tank” Dempsey, Takeo
Masaki, Nikolai Belinski and Edward Richtofen, who have just been sent to the beginning of the cycle
with all of their memories. Pablo is abducted by a Margwa, but is saved by Richtofen who wields the Fire
Staff. Thanking Richtofen for saving him, Pablo begins to have a conversation with him in the calm of
battle. Richtofen would vent his frustration and explain the existence of the cycle to Pablo. Explaining
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that no matter how hard he tried to set things right and to break the cycle his way, it would not work and
he and his allies would be sent back to the Great War, where they will fight, win and die, only to be
reborn in the future where they are re-united. That Doctor Monty had zero intention of ever setting things
right, only to ensure his own safety. Pablo offers a suggestion of them breaking the cycle a different way,
which sparks the inspiration in Richtofen’s head. Somehow, Richtofen constructs a teleporter device
while Pablo protects him from the oncoming Apothicons. With it being ready to go, Pablo hands
Richtofen the crystal from the Fire Staff, wishing him success and safety on his journey ahead. When he
asked where he plans to go, Richtofen responds with “there is a prison I must travel to, hopefully I can
intercept our friends before it is too late” and goes through the rift. Overtime, Dempsey, Nikolai and
Takeo would pass away and end up reborn in the far future.
Original Timeline
In 1855, Jebediah Brown (who is only 10 years old) is brought to a place called ‘Purgatory Point’ with
his mother, where she hopes they can live a better life. They would spend the next 30 years there. The
citizens of Purgatory Point were kind, although a little rowdy at times.
Sometime in the future, Clive Farnsworth would head into the mines. He would spend 10 days down
there, where was deemed MIA. On his return, he had changed. His flesh looked like it was rotting, and he
was a lot hungrier. On April 14th, 1885, this newly zombified Clive Farnsworth would make a dash
towards Jebediah’s mother, ripping out her throat. Another citizen by the name of Old Bill would shoot
Clive two times in head, “like a dog” Jebediah describes. With growing concerns of this mysterious blue
rock found in the tunnels, with rumors of seeing the devil if you stared at it too long, Jebediah makes his
way there on April 15th.
After heading into the mines, he would attempt to research the mysterious blue rock. When he returned to
the surface, it turned out that what had felt like hours for him, was 5 days for everybody else. Jebediah
was thought to be dead. In the same night, Jebediah would have a dream of two angels coming down to
guide him and prepare him for the future. With their aid, Jebediah would create a machine with the
ability to upgrade weapons, which he dubbed ‘Pack-A-Punch’. With months of success of his newly
invented Pack-A-Punch machine, he made quite the name for himself. The two angels would return to
Jebediah and ask him to construct the Agarthan Device. He is unable to obtain the Elemental Shard or the
Apothicon Blood, but builds the metal shell for it to placed in.
Jebediah Brown would see the spirit of his mother, who appears much younger. She roamed the halls of
their house and would play the piano. Her spirit would rest here and eventually thwart Victis during their
arrival in 2035.
Two days later, from temporal rifts, the town would end up beneath Angola to eventually be discovered by
Richtofen’s men.
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power but promised Edward that they would mass produce it.
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real one.
creation of the Perk-A-Colas to benefit the Germans during battle. These Perk-A-Colas were Juggernog,
increases your strength – Quick Revive, revives allies quicker – Speed Cola, gives you a sleight of hand –
Double Tap, your rate of fire becomes faster.
Richtofen would send an exhibition team to Africa, Angola where they discover an American town buried
deep underground. They find schematics and blueprints for something called the Pack-A-Punch machine.
Richtofen gives the blueprints to Doctor Porter so he could recreate it. As well as the Pack-A-Punch, they
would discover blueprints for something called the ‘Agarthan Device’, which grants its user whatever
they want. To construct it you need Apothicon Blood and the Elemental Shard, which needs 4 human
souls to create.
work.
problem.
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as a result.
In October of 1943, the Shadowman, posing as Mr. Rapt, contacts a Reporter and convinces him to go
find artifacts in the South Pacific and Russia. He obliges but is unable to find the artifact in the South
Pacific. He begins to head for Russia.
creatures.
Group 935 research.
Takeo Masaki and Pablo Marinus. Due to being her temporary guardian, he brings Samantha with him.
Meanwhile, WW2 would end but Group 935 would continue their research. Richtofen would begin to log
audio diaries of his research and experiments onto Pablo, Takeo and Nikolai. He believes Harvey Yena is
an American spy and that he is sabotaging his work on purpose! During a surgery on the spleen with Dr.
Yena to try and find the trust barrier, Yena loses grip which ends up in the supposed death of Pablo
Marinus. Pablo’s body is thrown into the icy waters nearby. Later that week, the Reporter arrives looking
for the Agarthan Device. Confused as to how the Reporter even heard of the device, Richtofen questions
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him and would proceed to use his body for experimentation, to further develop his cloning program on his
main test subjects.
undead, but they would meet their end. “Banana” and “Smokey” would be eaten alive while Dempsey
would be captured by Group 935 and sent to the Siberian facility to replace Pablo. “Gunner” manages to
escape alive and is rescued by Allied forces.
he would keep breaking the restraints and yelling at him. Eventually, after heavy, heavy dosages of 115,
his three test subjects become broken and with no memory of who they once were. Richtofen would
muttering what sounds like some kind of Japanese proverb over and over.” With advice from Harvey
Yena, Richtofen injects Nikolai with a new serum primarily made of vodka, which helps fuel his drinking
problem. It begins to make Nikolai respond instead of being in a catatonic state. The three of them would
go through extreme mental trauma and each find different ways to cope with their torture.
Dempsey would try his hardest to not forget his past or who he is and to make sure Richtofen pays for
what he’s done. Nikolai attempts to drink his memories away by creating fake wives to hide how he feels
about his real one. Takeo tries to hide the fact that the Emperor betrayed him and tries to tell himself that
Richtofen is his friend, that he must trust the Doctor. All while Richtofen would continue to poke and
prod at them and use their DNA for cloning experiments, which all went horribly wrong.
Intrigued by the Reporter’s desperate want for the Agarthan Device, Richtofen decides to begin his
research on it and to try and obtain the necessary items to construct it. He attempts to discover the
whereabouts of an Elder Apothicons corpse to obtain its blood. Meanwhile, he would fuse Dempsey,
Nikolai, Takeo’s and his own souls into a shard of Element 115. The fusion caused the shard to grow in
size and look almost crystal like. It became what is known as ‘the Elemental Shard,’ however, the
creation of this artifact has bounded all versions of Richtofen, Nikolai, Takeo and Dempsey’s soul to the
Aether, making them the strings that hold the fabric of reality together.
With discovery of Richtofen’s twisted torture experiments onto Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo, the death of
Pablo, the Agarthan Device and the Wunderwaffe DG-2, Maxis demands Yena to tell Richtofen that he
has lost his privileges and must return to the Der Riese facility immediately to continue research on the
MTD’s with him. Maxis would discontinue the mass production of the Wunderwaffe DG-2, breaking his
promise in the process. Richtofen would head back to Der Riese with his test subjects to put them on ice,
and would return Samantha to her father. This would cause the beginnings of Richtofen’s scheme for
betrayal.
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Groph reports to Richtofen that the MPD is ready and is awaiting a conduit. Richtofen assures him he’ll
be there shortly.
Maxis and Richtofen would continue their MTD experiments. Maxis would express frustration that they
have made no progress since their original tests. The subject teleports from the MTD to the mainframe
but they always come back as an undead husk. Deciding to use an animal instead of a human for a test
trial, they borrow Samantha’s dog Fluffy. However, once again, they have no luck. Fluffy returns as a
hellish hound, hungry for flesh. Samantha sneaks into the room and sees Fluffy’s new form. Samantha
rushes towards the MTD to be reunited with her dog and to comfort her, with Maxis chasing after her to
protect her. Richtofen’s eyes glimmer with hatred and he sees potential to enact his plan to murder them
both. He closes the MTD doors on them, with Maxis demanding him to open them at once. Richtofen
presses the button to teleport them with his final words to them being “Goodbye, Doctor Maxis!”
However, instead of death, Maxis is teleported to a realm known as the Crazy Place, where he spends
several months there learning of the universe. He even manages to merge with electronics.
Samantha would be teleported to the Moon. Out of fear and lack of air, she runs into the MPD and
assumes control of the undead hordes. Groph would report to Richtofen of Samantha entering the MPD.
Frustrated they lived, demands them to find Maxis and to use him to convince her to leave the MPD.
Being plucked from place, Maxis arrives at Griffin Station, where he learns where all of his old
employees had gone. Being betrayed by everyone, Maxis persuades Samantha to leave the MPD. Once
she does he gives her the simple instruction… “Kill them… all” and proceeds to push her into the MPD
and kills himself, merging with the electronics on the Moon. Samantha, completely consumed by hatred
and rage, unleashes fury onto Griffin Station.
With the outbreak occurring at the Der Riese facility due to Samantha’s wrath, Dr. Porter consumes a
cyanide pill and kills himself. Richtofen awakens Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo, asking them for help. With
no memory of who they are and who Richtofen is, agree to helping him. The four escape to get
Richtofen’s diary at the Rising Sun facility. The four become known as Ultimis.
Peter McCain would arrive at the Rising Sun facility but would die shortly after.
SHI NO NUMA – On October 21st, 1945, Ultimis arrives at the Rising Sun facility. Discovering it’s also
been consumed by the undead, they fight against the horde while looking for Richtofen’s diary. Once they
obtain it, Richtofen discovers of how to defeat Samantha. They escape and head back to the Der Riese
facility.
DER RIESE – On October 28th, 1945, Ultimis returns to the Der Riese facility, where they plan to use
the MTD to head to the Moon. However, when backed up into one of the MTD’s, Richtofen uses the
Wunderwaffe DG-2, overriding its systems and sending them forward in time, resulting in Richtofen’s
diary being left behind.
The United States and the Soviet Union would share Group 935’s recourses, with the Soviets getting
Richtofen’s diary. Harvey Yena, an ex-Group 935 scientist, forms the Ascension Group. A Russian
research group. Meanwhile, the Pentagon hires many of Group 935’s scientists. Among them is Doctor
Schuster. They begin Operation Stapler.
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In the depths of the icy waters in Siberia, Pablo would awaken and swim to shore, somehow alive and
unharmed. He discovers the Siberian base to be completely abandoned and instead overrun by the undead.
He attempts to escape but no matter how far he goes, he somehow ends up at the Siberian facility every
time. He attempts to make a broadcast signal, hoping someone will come rescue him. It has been 521 days
since his supposed death.
Dr. Schuster would inform George Sawyer of Samantha, with Sawyer deeming it a silly rambling of a
mad man’s mind.
In 1952, the Pentagon would begin their own undead experiments. They would also transfer many of their
Element 115 experiments over to the Groom Lake facility.
Doctor Gersch and Yuri Zavoyski begin working for the Ascension Group.
3482 days since his awakening, Pablo notes of a dream he has not had since his time as a prisoner in Der
Eisendrache, where he took part in a war, a war to end all wars.
SHANGRI-LA – On April 25th, 1956, explorers Brock and Gary arrive at the ancient temple of Shangri-
La, with their goal to reveal the truth of Agartha and its existence. However, they wander into some traps
and perish. They suddenly wake up back inside the temple and with no memory of their death. They
repeat this over and over again. Meanwhile, from 2011, Ultimis arrives to retrieve the Focusing Stone.
They overhear the cries for help within the temple and give Brock and Gary assistance. They help them
escape the temple and as reward, the two give Ultimis the Focusing Stone. Dempsey uses the 31-79
JGb215 when they were about to go to the Moon, resulting in them being sent somewhere else. Brock and
Gary die again and re-enter their loop. Sally, from 2011, also gets trapped in this time loop.
The Pentagon finishes their teleporters and commence experiments with them. They also build one at
Groom Lake, where they try to get it to send them to the Moon.
Cornelius Pernell, feeling immense guilt for allowing the deaths of Peter McCain and the four marines he
sent to Verrückt, tries to get his government to allow the Broken Arrow initiative. They shut him down.
George Sawyer reports that his men couldn’t find the Elemental Shard when getting materials from
Division 9, suspecting someone in the Pentagon had stolen it.
The Ascension Group creates Stamin-Up, allowing the user to run faster and longer – and PHD Flopper,
giving you resistance to explosions. They also begin Project Thunder (Thundergun) and Project Mercury
(Gersch Device).
Pernell learns of Schuster’s ramblings about Samantha, and at first dismisses it, but he decides to do
further research on it, hoping to use this as a way to convince the government to allow Broken Arrow to
be formed.
The Pentagon begins creation of the Winter’s Howl.
Schuster tests the MTD for the 11th time, with the subject being Private Hastings. It fails and he is sent to
the year 2025, trapped on the Moon, becoming a zombie. Through the teleportation, Ultimis is thrown
into it and ends up back on Earth in 1963. They end up as test subjects at Groom Lake in Hangar 4.
Days later, after becoming completely consumed by Samantha’s influence, Doctor Layman unleashes the
undead into the Pentagon and then kills himself.
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KINO DER TOTEN – On October 28th, 1963, Ultimis arrives from the Der Riese facility in 1945, finding
themselves in an abandoned theater. Due to their teleportation through time, temporal rifts occur
throughout history. With no reason to stay, Richtofen locates the Lunar Lander he requested to be placed
here and they head to the Cosmodrome facility to obtain the Casimir Mechanism plates.
The next day, Gersch would report into an audio log that he has removed Yuri from Project Mercury and
that he has been transferred to do rocket research instead. Yuri is deeply offended by these choices.
During his time in rocket research, Yuri begins to notice children’s toys, wondering if a child has gotten
into the facility. Yuri would find Richtofen’s diary and read through it, which causes him to hear the voice
of Samantha. Samantha would torture Yuri mentally until he snaps and goes insane, convincing him to
betray Dr. Gersch. He continues to work on the Gersch Device in secret.
Cornelius Pernell would discover that these zombie outbreaks have occurred at specific points in history
and on the globe. He notes the abandoned airfield, the Asylum facility, the Rising Sun facility, Shangri-La
and the Kino facility. He informs these outbreaks to Robert McNamara that this Samantha threat is able
to summon an undead army anywhere she wants both in place and time. Robert McNamara finally
greenlights the creation of Broken Arrow.
Gersch would report to the Committee that Project Thunder is going along swiftly and nearing
completion. He reveals to them that he fears Yuri may need to be removed from the Ascension Group, as
he has been seen being very aggressive towards staff and muttering to himself. The next day, obeying
Samantha’s wishes, Yuri shows Gersch that he completed the Gersch Device. However, the Gersch
Device sucks Gersch into it and he enters the Aether, being tortured by Samantha. Yuri laughs maniacally
but regrets his choices soon after. Samantha sends Yuri to the Pentagon…
CLASSIFIED – On November 5th of 1963, Ultimis arrives from the temple of Shangri-La, due to
Dempsey accidentally messing with their teleportation. Yuri unleashes the Pentagon’s zombie
experiments, which include the Nova 6 Crawlers. Hoping to help defeat Ultimis, Samantha stops Yuri and
sends him a day forward in time to instead thwart the presidents in their meeting. With Ultimis having no
reason to be here, they recalibrate a teleporter in the Pentagon to send them to Groom Lake, which they
then recalibrate that teleporter to send them to Moon in 2025. Meanwhile, Primis arrives from Alcatraz
and recruits the Ultimis trapped in Hangar 4 (Post-Moon). They escape through a portal and head to their
new destination.
“FIVE” – On November 6th, 1963, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara and Richard Nixon have a
meeting with VIP Fidel Castro to discuss the recent zombie outbreaks and the one that happened in the
Pentagon yesterday. They try to make peace so that they can combat the Samantha threat together.
However, their meeting is interrupted by Yuri unleashing zombies again upon the Pentagon. The
Presidents survive the undead hordes and capture Yuri where he is brought to Pernell for interrogation at
the Nevada site.
ASCENSION – On November 6th, 1963, Ultimis arrives with their Lunar Lander from the Kino facility
and arrive in the Cosmodrome. When they land, Dr. Gersch calls out for help within the Aether. Ultimis
helps him escape Samantha’s grasp. After retrieving the Casimir Mechanism plates, Gersch sends them
to their next destination.
Sometime in October or November, Pablo Marinus manages to contact the Ascension Group. He tells
them he begs to be set free, and that he can build the Agarthan Device for whomever may free him. The
Ascension Group manages to find the Elder Apothicon and harvests its blood, where they discover the
blood is its own separate entity and is very much alive. While transferring the Apothicon Blood to
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Siberia, it breaks containment and kills all on board, including Harvey Yena. As result, Pablo stays
stranded at the Siberian facility and the Agarthan Device stays unconstructed.
(DO NOT READ TAG DER TOTEN UNTIL YOU HAVE READ LITERALLY EVERYTHING
ELSE IN THE BROKEN CYCLE TIMELINE!!)
TAG DER TOTEN – After obtaining the Elemental Shard, Ultimis and Primis head to a dimension
simply known as The Forest. Nothing is really known of this dimension. Regardless, Primis and Ultimis
sit around a campfire, celebrating their victory before they head into the Great War. The eight of them
drink and get drunk, cheering, laughing, singing and telling each other stories. For once, all of Primis and
all of Ultimis have truly become friends. Samantha and Eddie join them as well, excluding the drinking.
Meanwhile, Ultimis Richtofen contacts Victis who has just awoken from their cryopods. Opening a portal
for them, Victis arrives to the Siberian facility to construct the Agarthan Device. During their time there,
Primis Nikolai contacts Victis as well and guides them along the way, with Ultimis Richtofen giving
Samuel support throughout their new journey. With the help of Pablo Marinus, they construct the
Agarthan Device. Before sending it to Primis Nikolai, they watch Pablo rise into the sky where a portal
opens above. Pablo thanks them for their efforts and claims that he will save the universe! He is
teleported to the Great War. Victis proceeds to send the Agarthan Device to Nikolai…
It would turn out that those drinks they have all been drinking… were poisoned. Nikolai never intended to
send the eight of them to the Great War. Was all lies to keep them distracted from their true fates. Nikolai
wanted his comrades to open up about their wishes and dreams and to be friends with one another before
they would perish from the poisons. Once Ultimis Dempsey, Takeo and Nikolai, Primis Richtofen, Takeo
and Dempsey all pass away from the poison in their drink. Ultimis Richtofen ends up as a Zombie once
again as his skin deteriorates. Nikolai uses the Summoning Key and the Agarthan Device to destroy the
fabric of reality while creating a brand new universe, one where Agartha, the Aether, Apothicons and
Keepers, Element 115, Primis and Ultimis won’t influence the universe. It will be safe. As the universe
fades away, Victis watches in fear as everything disappears in front of them calling for help from Ultimis
Richtofen. But it is too late, Primis Nikolai puts a gun against Ultimis Richtofen’s head and pulls the
trigger. Nikolai asks Samantha to finish the job by killing him and for them to enter the rift to the perfect
universe. Samantha shoots Nikolai in the head, leaving all of Primis and Ultimis dead. Samantha and
Eddie walk into the rift and head towards the light as they prepare for their new lives ahead of them. As
they walk to the end of the tunnel, they remember the dying wishes and dreams of Primis and Ultimis…
the multiverse is no longer, but a new universe was born, a new start. The End.
Broken Arrow’s MKAlpha is approved by the CIA and the DOD. MKAlpha is an extension of MKUltra,
where Broken Arrow intends to use a device called the APD (American Pyramid Device) to interrogate
prisoners mentally, being a voice in their head. To torture them on the inside and to force them to answer
questions. However, Cornelius Pernell has secret intentions with the APD.
Later in the year, Doctor Hale and Cornelius Pernell would obtain the Elemental Shard and begin to
perform experiments using it. Hale reports the strange difference of powering one of their A.D.A.M. units
with the Elemental Shard rather regular electric power. They behave human and show true emotion. She
becomes confident that the Shard can bring the dead back to life without making them into a zombie.
Pernell tells her that he believes he has the perfect candidate for the project. He makes contact with
Paxton “Gunner” Ridge and asks him to head to Shi No Numa to find Peter McCain’s remains and to
bring them to him. Going through memory lane and experiencing some PTSD along the way, he manages
to deliver Peter to Pernell. Him and Dr. Hale would begin their experiment and successfully manage to
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resurrect him, with no damages done, aside from some memory loss which heals overtime. Peter McCain
would join Broken Arrow afterwards.
In February of next year, Yuri Zavoyski would arrive and end up as a prisoner for Broken Arrow, being
the first subject for MKAlpha.
Broken Arrow begins to have a huge boom in technology and inventions. The AI Rushmore, who has
control over Camp Edward’s files and technology. Project Toy Soldier, creating robotic soldiers to fight
in wars, meaning no more causalities of human life. Development of their own modified Ray Gun Mark
II’s. And most of all, advancements on the APD, with Pernell attempting to give it the same power as the
MPD. However, Sawyer refuses to allow human sacrifice to power the machine, leading to Pernell having
to find some other way to power it.
Through intense experiments with MKAlpha and interrogations to try and find the way to Agartha, Yuri
would end up being killed by Pernell. Through his heavy exposure to Element 115, Pernell begins to
suffer from 115-induced delusions and ends up being contacted by the Apothicons, who help guide him
on his path to becoming a God.
Doctor Hale and Weiss discover a new way to power the APD via their Elemental Shard powered
A.D.A.M units. (My theory for this is the Shard is powered by Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo and Richtofen’s
souls. Basically giving the robots their souls.) Pernell would begin to sacrifice A.D.A.M. units to power
the APD. Cornelius Pernell and Doctor Hale start doing APD trials.
Pernell would discover of McCain’s ‘betrayal,’ and would knock him out and transfer his soul into an
A.D.A.M. unit. He would destroy the unit, but his soul would stay preserved. Pernell would continue his
APD experiments, preparing for the day Sawyer and his men arrive.
On the first test trial of the APD, it ends up having a lot more power than expected, causing electric
shocks on the inside of the APD, striking Pernell. However, he is unharmed and is instead enlightened to
his path of godly hood. McCain witnesses their experiments and reports it to the CIA and of his concern
for Pernell’s mental health.
In the next month, Pernell and Hale begin their next APD experiment. Once inside the APD, McCain,
Sawyer and his men show up to interrupt the experiment and arrest Pernell for abusing Broken Arrow for
his own selfish goals. Hale tries to tell Sawyer not to turn the APD off during experimentation but ignores
her requests. An extreme amount of electric shocks and small explosions occur within the APD, causing
Pernell to be reborn as an electric entity known as the ‘Avogadro.’ At first scared of his new form, he
would quickly grow accustomed to it and unleashes his fury upon Camp Edward, killing all on sight. He
is somehow pushed back into the APD and is locked within until 2025.
Early 1970s, Broken Arrow would finally retrieve the Elemental Shard from Division 9.
At the end of the 1970s, Russman would join Broken Arrow. Over time and through heavy exposure of
Element 115 and the Elemental Shard, Russman’s memory would deteriorate and he’d become less like
himself.
In 1983, Broken Arrow would create the Bios. Bios are an animal hybrid mixed with the Elemental Shard,
causing them to be invincible. If a Bio is killed, they will eventually come back. In 1986, the Bios would
escape containment, causing the facility to be overrun and shut down. Russman manages to escape the
facility.
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After escaping the destruction of their universe, Victis goes through time and ends up in 1996 to obtain
the Elemental Shard for Primis Richtofen. Afterwards they sacrifice bits of their blood to enter a separate
dimension known as the Empty Earth, a dimension where humanity didn’t exist. However, this dimension
was manipulated by another dimensions Maxis (who no longer exists because of The Giant). Here is
where Victis obtains the Kronorium. After Samuel accidentally unleashed Cyborg Zombies, Victis escapes
while the zombies and the cyborg zombies fight each other. Undead Richtofen would escape the area and
play dead while Victis goes through a portal to meet up with Primis Richtofen beneath Alcatraz.
Primis Richtofen would show up in the Empty Earth after the war had ended and meets up with his
Undead self, who gives him the blood vials of Victis. Primis Richtofen goes through a portal to meet back
up with Victis. Undead Richtofen then heads back in time to 1963 where he meets up with the Ultimis
versions of Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo, who have become test subjects once again after they were
somehow sent backwards in time from 2025’s Moon…
CALL OF THE DEAD – On March 17th, 2011, Ultimis arrives at the Siberian facility thanks to Dr.
Gersch, who is now wandering through space and time as an ethereal orb. However, Ultimis has gone
too far in the future and are trapped within a closet. Meanwhile, George Romero is filming his newest
movie – Call of the Dead, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, Danny Trejo and Michael
Rooker. While filming one of their scenes, a literal zombie walks on set and takes George Romero away,
turning him into a zombie. The four actors go off script and have to fight off a real undead horde. While
facing the hordes off, they hear Ultimis calling out for help. By Richtofen’s instruction, the actors obtain
the Vril Device (AKA the Golden Rod) and obtain more vodka for Nikolai. Richtofen thanks them for their
efforts and gives them a Wunderwaffe DG-2. Ultimis goes to Shangri-La and the actors are assumed
dead.
A month later, Sally, George’s assistant, attempts to find him and the actors, but is sucked through a
temporal rift and ends up trapped in a time loop in Shangri-La.
Marlton Johnston would trespass into the Camp Edward facility after learning of the many conspiracies
surrounding the site on a forum he found online. On his arrival, it would turn out it has been overrun by
the undead for over 50 years, in a panic, Marlton would lock himself into a small room away from the
undead.
ALPHA OMEGA – On October 13th, 2025, Primis and Ultimis arrive to Camp Edward in pursuit of the
Elemental Shard. Turning the power of the facility on, they awaken Rushmore after a very long slumber.
Having to gain his trust to get access to the APD, Primis and Ultimis go through a set of challenges to
please Rushmore. After succeeding in all of his challenges, Rushmore asks them of one more thing before
granting them access to the APD. He asks them to resurrect Peter McCain’s A.D.A.M unit by using some
kind of ethereal transportation technology he had invented. Ultimis Dempsey would share a heart to heart
moment with the man he had failed to rescue back in ’45, apologizing for letting his comrade down.
McCain accepts the apology but tells Dempsey there was nothing he could’ve done. McCain would
escape his A.D.A.M. unit and fly to the sky. Ultimis and Primis would open the APD hoping to obtain the
Elemental Shard but instead unleash Cornelius Pernell, or as he is now known as, the Avogadro. Once
Avogadro is unleashed, a failsafe nuclear bomb is detonated onto the facility, but due to them being in the
bunker, they are all unharmed. The eight of them are unable to harm Avogadro and have to power up the
APD once more to try and shove him back in, where they successfully transfer him to the Hanford
facility. Discovering Primis and Ultimis’ betrayal, Doctor Monty rushes to the basement where Maxis
teleports Samantha and Eddie to the eight heroes, protecting the two children. Monty rips Maxis apart and
consumes him in front of the children as they are teleported.
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MOON – On October 13th, 2025, Ultimis arrives from the Pentagon and heads to Griffin Station to
complete Richtofen’s Grand Scheme. While they are there, they open up the MPD to reveal Samantha.
After playing her game and sending the Vril Sphere to the center of the MPD, Richtofen would fuse the
Focusing Stone and the Vril Device together using the Casimir Mechanism plates. He brings the fused
artifacts to the MPD and inserts them, which causes Samantha and Richtofen’s souls to switch places.
Samantha would awaken inside of Richtofen’s body and Richtofen in hers, giving him complete power of
the Aether. Maxis contacts the remaining members of Ultimis to send his back-up plan towards Earth to
sever his connection to the Aether. So, they send three heavily armed 115 missiles to the Earth, destroying
most of it. Richtofen loses most of his power, but still remains in control of the undead. Ultimis would get
teleported to 1963, alongside a comatose Richtofen body.
NUKETOWN ZOMBIES – On October 13th, 2025, the CIA and the CDC send four individuals to Camp
Edward to find an undead outbreak. While fighting them off, their eyes suddenly go from yellow to blue.
When they looked up, they would find one of the three 115 missiles landing directly onto the site, killing
all but Marlton Johnston, who was hiding inside of the bunker. Afterwards he escaped and went to
Washington.
On November 5th, 2025, Broken Arrow would officially disband after setting fire to one of their facilities.
George Barkley theorizes they were apart of the outbreak and were hiding evidence. Russman would
begin to wander the Earth.
Two years later, George Barkley would use a distress signal to tell the world that the virus has gone
airborne.
For some strange reason, a group of survivors form The Flesh, which are survivors who eat undead flesh
to survive. It doesn’t infect them to the point of turning, but they do begin to hear the voice of Richtofen in
their head. One of the survivors would be Samuel J. Stuhlinger.
Maxis, using the technology on Earth, would contact another group of survivors to mend the rift and
activate pylons for him. They obey his words and attempt to follow his instructions.
The followers of Maxis and Richtofen wage war on one another. Richtofen would quickly end things by
bringing an undead army over into it and killing both teams. Samuel would escape the battlefield and flee
to Hanford.
Stuhlinger would bump into Russman, who has stolen a bus built by Broken Arrow.
Marlton would bump into Abigail “Misty” Briarton at a town in Hanford.
TRANZIT – On October 21st, 2035, Stuhlinger and Russman would bump into Marlton and Misty at a
Bus Depot. The four become known as Victis. Maxis contacts the group via a radio while Richtofen
contacts them through Samuel’s head. They both ask Victis to construct a Pylon in either of their favors.
Victis obeys Maxis and build the Pylon for him. Richtofen, hoping they’ll give him a second shot sends
them to Shanghai, China for the next Pylon device.
DIE RISE – On October 22nd, 2035, Victis is teleported to Shanghai, China in the crumbling high rise
that remains. While there, they would be overrun by the zombies and killed. For his twisted pleasure,
Richtofen brings them back to life but they have no memory of their death. Again, Maxis and Richtofen
contact them to try and get them to build the Pylon for them. Victis would again build the Pylon for Dr.
Maxis instead of Richtofen.
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The voices would cease to speak for quite some time. Victis begins to wander the Earth. They eventually
arrive in Angola…
BURIED – December 31st, 2035, Victis arrives in Angola and find a western American city that was torn
through time and brought here. They also find Arthur, who was caged up in the town. Maxis and
Richtofen come back to try and persuade them to activate the final pylon. Again, they listen to Maxis.
Maxis gains full control over the Aether and punishes Richtofen’s soul by putting it into a zombie, to die
over and over again. Maxis plans to destroy the universe to reunite with Samantha in Agartha. He plucks
Samantha’s soul from 2025 Moon and brings her to him in the Aether. Victis and the undead Richtofen
would be saved by Primis Richtofen who opens a portal for them to enter. Maxis destroys the universe.
Samantha would find a tear in time and would speak out to that dimensions Maxis for help…
Original Timeline (Fractured)

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real one.
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Speed Cola, gives you a sleight of hand – Double Tap, your rate of fire becomes faster. The weapons
upgrade machine would become known as the Pack-A-Punch.
work.
problem.
as a result.
Primis arrives from Dimension 63 and formulate a plan to stop this dimensions Richtofen from enacting
his plan. One week later, Richtofen would be contacted by Maxis telling him that he knows a way to fix
things. Maxis sends Richtofen to the House. Maxis tells Richtofen that the test subjects must never be
woken up. Richtofen would go on a two-year journey to set everything up for their long adventure ahead.
creatures.
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Group 935 research.
Takeo Masaki and Pablo Marinus. Due to being her temporary guardian, he brings Samantha with her.
his audio diary that Pablo Marinus was declared dead after Richtofen performed a spleen removal. In the
Temporal rifts occur inside of the Asylum facility, with Group 935 scientists claiming to hear Maxis’
voice calling for the children to come to the basement and to lock the windows. They report hearing
children crying as well.
undead, but they would meet their end. “Banana”, “Smokey” and “Gunner” would be eaten alive while
Dempsey would be captured by Group 935 and sent to the Siberian facility to replace Pablo.
Dempsey would keep breaking the restraints and yelling at him. Eventually, after heavy, heavy dosages of
115, his three test subjects become broken and with no memory of who they once were. Richtofen would
next.
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THE GIANT – On October 13th, 1945, Maxis and Richtofen would continue their MTD experiments.
Maxis would express frustration that they have made no progress since their original tests. The subject
teleports from the MTD to the mainframe but they always come back as an undead husk. Deciding to use
an animal instead of a human for a test trial, they borrow Samantha’s dog Fluffy. However, once again,
they have no luck. Fluffy returns as a hellish hound, hungry for flesh. Samantha sneaks into the room and
sees Fluffy’s new form. Samantha rushes towards the MTD to be reunited with her dog and to comfort
her, with Maxis chasing after her to protect her. Richtofen’s eyes glimmer with hatred and he sees
potential to enact his plan to murder them both. He closes the MTD doors on them, with Maxis
demanding him to open them at once. Richtofen presses the button to teleport them with his final words to
them being “Goodbye, Doctor Maxis!” Primis Dempsey would sneak up behind Ultimis Richtofen,
alongside Primis Nikolai and Takeo. They tell Ultimis Richtofen to wake up the test subjects. However,
their plan is put on hold as the zombies are now overrunning Der Riese. Primis holds off the zombies
while Ultimis Richtofen fiddles around with the MTD. The three try to tell him not to open it but he
ignores each one. The MTD opens and Ultimis Richtofen walks up to it in absolute awe. Out walks his
Primis self. Primis Richtofen shoots his Ultimis self in the head, causing fractures in time and space.
Primis fights together once again and fend off the undead. They light a beacon for their dimensions Maxis
to confirm Richtofen’s arrival. They escape using a German Giant.
After being teleported by Ultimis Richtofen, Samantha is seemingly brought to the House to be cleansed
by Dr. Monty, while Maxis’ soul gets erased, alongside every other Maxis (excluding Dimension 63
Maxis).
Dr. Groph would assume leadership of the remains of Group 935 after Richtofen and Maxis went
missing. Groph would grow concern after Richtofen failed to answer Groph’s initial message of the MPD
awaiting a test subject. He would report of having strange nightmares of Samantha running around the
Moon base and entering the MPD. He worries the MPD is corrupting the base.
DER EISENDRACHE – On November 5th, 1945, Primis attempts to get Ultimis Dempsey from the
Germans but are too late. Ultimis Dempsey is on a rocket bound for the Moon to test the MPD. On their
arrival, Dr. Groph contacts Eagle’s Nest after noticing recent behavior. Primis Richtofen answers,
pretending to be his Ultimis counterpart. Richtofen tells Groph that Operation Shield is underway and
that he’ll join him shortly. Over time, Groph would grow suspicious of their behaviors, calling out that
Richtofen is working with three members of the enemy. Primis manages to send the rocket back down to
the castle, which is when Groph figures this Richtofen is an enemy spy, resulting in Dempsey’s cryopod
being put into security mode, preventing Primis from interacting with it. Primis works with a Keeper they
had resurrected. The Keeper steals the MPD from Griffin Station and brings it to the catacombs beneath
Eagle’s Nest, however, the result of this corrupts the Keeper with the Dark Aether. Primis has to charge
the Summoning Key but to do that, they must kill the Keeper. They defeat the Keeper and use the charged
Summoning Key to override the computers, sending dozens of Element 115-filled rockets towards the
Moon, killing all on site and any remnant of Group 935. Primis intends to wake up the other Dempsey,
but Richtofen paralyzes them using the Summoning Key. He describes his plan that they need to kill their
other selves to set things right, just as he did to his other self. Dempsey demands that he’s the one to do it.
After sharing a small heart to heart with his frozen self, he shuts off the life support, killing his Ultimis
self. Richtofen pats Dempsey on the shoulder to show support and proceeds to absorb Dempsey’s soul
into the Summoning Key.
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Cycle Timeline (Black Ops 3)
Dimension 63
On June 4th, 1300, a tomb would be constructed to honor the four warriors that fought so bravely during
the Great War and for cleansing the universe. The four were Primis. It would beneath the ground in
Northern France. With the tomb was loads and loads of Element 115.
On July 17th, 1898, Edward Richtofen’s parents would pass away, leaving him an orphan. Edward would
try to tell the other kids that his parents were famous scientists and were too busy to be around for him,
but the kids knew it was a lie and made fun of him for it. They would write “Teddy was a liar” on the
walls.
In 1906, Edward would begin attending Heidelberg University. Doctor Ludwig Maxis would be the
professor of Edward’s class. Edward looked up to Maxis as a father figure, in which Maxis hoped to fill
that role. The two of them would join Group 935 in 1912.
In 1914, Edward would be visited by another Edward from the future. He comes with two vials of blood,
telling himself that he will know when to use them. He leaves through a portal.
In 1915, Maxis would finish the Mauser C96 prototype.
Through unknown means, Group 935 would discover Pablo Marinus’ journal. It entails information
about the Great War. With the information they’ve gathered, Group 935 sends Dr. Maxis to lead an
excavation in Northern France to mine for Element 115. While they are there, they discover ancient
tombs, even discovering the main chamber, but they struggle to get inside. The soldiers would begin to
get frustrated with the chamber, to alleviate stress they bring a gramophone down to the main chamber
and play “La Source Noire”, which unexpectedly opens the main chamber. With this, Group 935 begins
to get affected by Element 115.
Unable to find the Ancient Staffs themselves, Maxis orders Richtofen to re-create them based on Maxis’
drawings. Richtofen would go and create the staffs of Fire, Ice, Wind and Lightning. Richtofen would also
begin construction of the German Giant, creating four of them.
Maxis would become obsessed with Pablo’s journal, learning of the Great War, the strange beings that
were on either side and of these four warriors. Maxis would begin to feel there is a higher power, as well
as questioning the universe itself.
Using Element 115 into a liquidated form, Maxis would create energy fields that powered sections of the
trenches at a time. He would also discover an ancient box that gifted weapons from different eras and
timelines. The discovery of this mysterious box would lead Maxis to worry that Element 115 has the
ability to tear through space and time. Following the creation of the energy fields, the soldiers report
sightings of ancient figures on the hillside and that soldiers have gone missing. Maxis would begin to
hear a voice of a little girl who claims to be his daughter from another dimension. This little girl being
Samantha.
On August 3rd, 1917, Nikolai Belinski is sent into exile.
Richtofen would grow increasingly worried for his friend, noticing Maxis muttering to himself and
becoming even more obsessive over Pablo’s journal.
In October of 1917, Takeo Masaki is given the orders to infiltrate Group 935’s base in France and to
report his findings to the Emperor.
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In November of 1917, “Tank” Dempsey is given instructions to infiltrate Group 935 and to confirm
sightings of “giant metal-men”
In December of 1917, Nikolai Belinski would be told to head to France to infiltrate Group 935. Already
being exiled, he agrees to help the motherland.
Nikolai worries about the civil war back in his homeland, but writes in his journal that he is enjoying his
time in France.
In April of 1918, Dempsey learns the Imperial Russian Army and the Imperial Japanese Army have sent
in their own spies to infiltrate the base in France.
Maxis becomes completely consumed by Samantha’s existence. He believes she is the key to everything.
Richtofen grows to despise Samantha and reports Maxis’ mental state to the heads of Group 935,
although he doesn’t enjoy having to do so. Richtofen decides to read through Pablo’s journal to learn
what Maxis could be so obsessed about. He discovers why everyone’s behaviors have changed around the
dig site. Maxis would become infected by 115 and instructs Richtofen to perform a surgery on his brain to
protect him.
ORIGINS – On June 4th, 1918, the knights from the Great War would be unleashed onto the dig site by
accident when German soldiers were mining the tombs. The knights have become undead husks; they
quickly devour the entire site. Meanwhile, Richtofen finishes his surgery on Maxis and places his brain
into a jar to be put into the Maxis Drone. “Tank” Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski and Takeo Masaki arrive
and cross paths when looking for Richtofen. They put their differences aside and team up with Richtofen.
Primis has been reunited. They are contacted by Samantha and she begs to freed from the Aether. Primis
obtains the staffs Richtofen had built and send Maxis to the Aether to free Samantha. Primis is sent
elsewhere.
Two years later, Salvatore “Sal” DeLuca opens illegal gambling houses across Chicago. Billy Handsome
would join the DeLuca family, being the son Sal never had. Michael “Finn” O’Leary also begins to work
for Sal. Finn is a gambling expert and rigging sports events.
Finn would marry Angelina Bow, an aspiring starlet.
In 1930, Sal hires Albert “Weasel” Arlington. Weasel is known his experience for being a master
schemer.
Angelina Bow would try to divorce Finn but he would tell his lawyer “she can leave this marriage the day
she leaves the Earth.”
Meanwhile with Weasel, he wakes up in a hospital after an LA Heist goes wrong. Weasel would take this
time to finish working on his comic idea called “Icarus from Mars.” He would submit it to a comic
publication strip, but for the third time, they deny it.
Sal becomes frustrated of his crumbling empire and out of released rage, he kills a prostitute. The
Chicago PD arrest him. Billy Handsome would be arrested later on for a count of 116 murders. Finn
would also get arrested after Angelina Bow reveals information of Finn’s past.
Sal, Weasel, Finn and Billy are sent to Alcatraz. Sal, Finn and Billy arrive in June of 1932, with Weasel
arriving in August.
In January of next year, Stanley Ferguson begins working at Alcatraz.
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On April 1st, 1933, Weasel somehow manages to convince the other three that they can escape the Rock if
they build a plane. On December 2nd, the other three realize how idiotic of a plan that is and that Weasel
lied to them, they lead him to the roof and stab him multiple times, leaving him to bleed to death.
In January of 1934, Richtofen enters through a rift to take Sal and Finn’s blood to then go back in time to
give to himself.
Eight days later, Sal, Finn and Billy would be killed via electric chair after being found as the murderers
of Albert Arlington. The same day, through the words of the Shadowman, the Warden would kill himself
via electric chair, sending his soul (and the four prisoners souls) to purgatory.
MOB OF THE DEAD – After being killed by electric chair, Sal, Finn, Weasel and Billy wake up inside
their cells like it was a normal day. After performing their escape plan at 9:35pm, the guard Weasel had
killed stands back up, looking a lot more undead. The four notice a huge chance in scenery and fight to
survive against the Warden and the undead. They would be killed over and over again, forever trapped in
a cycle.
In 1941, Richtofen, using his connections with the Illuminati, convinces Stanley Ferguson to start
construction of a laboratory in Alcatraz. It would only take three months for the lab to be completed.
Sometime between these events, Richtofen from the Great War would arrive at Alcatraz and place himself
on cryostasis awaiting his future self and his old comrade’s arrivals.
BLOOD OF THE DEAD – On July 4th, 1941, Victis arrives from the Empty Earth with the Kronorium
in hand. Samuel would hand Richtofen the Kronorium where he introduces himself in person for the first
time to Victis. He reads the Kronorium and learns of the cycle, the Blood Vials, his demise in every
timeline and of the Summoning Key. Richtofen offers Victis the choice of joining him on his future
endeavor or to stay in cryostasis until the “final world arrives.” He would let them ponder on their
decision while he goes through time to set things up for the future. When he returns, Victis says they
would like to be put on cryostasis. Meanwhile, Primis arrives from Zetsubou No Shima to obtain Victis’
Blood Vials. When they meet up with Richtofen from the past, he tells his future self that the Kronoriums
pages have changed. That it is asking for his blood instead, that he must die and that the cycle is broken.
Past Richtofen heads through a portal to obtain the Summoning Key, leaving his future self behind and
anxiety ridden. Primis fights their way through Alcatraz, where Richtofen struggles to accept his fate.
After freeing the spirits of Sal, Finn, Al and Billy, Richtofen finally comes to terms with death and enters
the Dark Mechanism. Great War Richtofen is awakened from his cryopod and quickly runs to the
battlefield where Primis struggles to face off against the Warden while Richtofen loses his blood. GW
Richtofen uses the crystal from the Fire Staff to purge the evil from this dimension. Through their
success, Primis doesn’t look forward to their future of having to secure Nikolai’s soul. However, GW
Richtofen informs Nikolai that he needs to keep his soul, and that he will be the one taking charge from
here on out. GW Richtofen heads to Richtofen, who is currently bleeding out inside of the Dark
Mechanism. He takes the Summoning Key off of his future self and destroys the Blood Vials, telling
himself that the cycle is broken and insurance policies are no longer needed. With the Summoning Key
and Kronorium in hand, Primis heads to Area 51 to recruit their Ultimis selves. Richtofen is left behind
and bleeds to death alone and scared.
After giving the blood of Sal and Finn to his younger self and getting the blood of Victis from his undead
self, he heads back to Alcatraz to meet back up with Victis. They tell him they want to stay in cryostasis.
Richtofen puts them to sleep and suddenly, Primis from the future, who have just obtained Takeo’s soul,
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arrive. Richtofen gives his future self the blood of Victis and wishes them well on his journey. Richtofen
then leaves to steal the Summoning Key.
In October of the same year, Stanley Ferguson would retire from Alcatraz.
Posing as Mr. Rapt, the Shadowman would hire a reporter to find artifacts for him in Russia and the
South Pacific. The reporter would find the Summoning Key in December of the same year.
On Christmas of ’43, the reporter interviews Stanley Ferguson about his time at Alcatraz, specifically
about the story of Michael O’Leary, Albert Arlington, Billy Handsome and Salvatore DeLuca. After the
interview he would head to Morg City to get a feeling of the sights, smells and sounds of the place, and to
find four individuals.
In January of 1944, a meteor shower occurs over Morg City. Days after the shower, strange mold and
plants start to grow around the city. People begin to feel sick and to act strange. The reporter takes note
of this. A fruit vendor would tell the reporter of the ancient race known as the Keepers. It’s said they
reside beneath Morg City and that if you listen hard enough, you can hear chanting from beneath the
surface. Afterwards, the reporter gives the Shadowman contract information on Nero Blackstone, Jessica
Rose, Jack Vincent and Floyd Campbell.
Dr. Monty becomes aware of the Shadowman’s actions and attempts to convince the reporter not to hand
the Summoning Key to anyone.
Jessica Rose would learn of a photographer in possession of her pictures that could ruin her career as an
actress.
Using the contract information that the Reporter gave to the Shadowman. The Shadowman poses as
different personas to manipulate four individuals.
He pretends to be a Company Executive, telling Nero’s lawyer that Nero’s wife has caused them to go
into debt by constantly bringing out substantial loans in his name. Nero would have 15 days to pay his
debts back before things start happening. Discovering this, Nero decides to kill his wife and make it look
like a work accident to then get her life insurance money to pay off his debt.
He pretends to be an Internal Affairs officer, telling Jack’s partner to admit that Jack has been “on the
take.” Jack learns that the internal affairs are starting to snoop around in his business, he goes to kill the
people that could rat him out.
He pretends to be a Film Director, telling Jessica’s producer that he’s interested in Jessica playing the
main actress. Jessica is informed of this by her producer and plots to kill the photographer that could
jeopardize her career.
He pretends to be a Journalist, asking Floyd’s promoter if Floyd is a “journeyman fighter.” Floyd wants
to guarantee his position for the title and decides to remove the padding within his gloves and wears
brass knuckles underneath. He kills his opponent in the match.
Nero would miss a call from his lawyer telling him that his wife never took out any loans in his name and
that they were forged signatures.
Jack would miss a call from his partner telling him that he protected Jack’s reputation and swayed any
suspicion of Jack.
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Jessica would miss a call from her producer that he wasn’t feeling the director and found a better
opportunity for her acting dream.
Floyd would miss a call from his promoter that the fight was a success and he has a shot at the title.
Richtofen would learn of the Reporter having the Summoning Key and goes to him to obtain it. The
Reporter waves Dr. Monty’s letter around in front of Richtofen telling him that he was told to never let
anyone have the key. Richtofen attempts to take the key but is attacked, forcing him to kill the Reporter.
SHADOWS OF EVIL – On April 25th, 1944, Nero Blackstone, Jessica Rose, Floyd Campbell and Jack
Vincent wake up in a twisted version of Morg City and with a strange mark on their hand. They are all
contacted by the Shadowman, who begs for help and that he can help remove the sign of the Beast from
them. The four are forced to perform rituals, killing Nero’s lawyer, Floyd’s promoter, Jack’s partner and
Jessica’s producer, which opens the hidden city beneath the subway. They perform one last ritual and
discover they were manipulated by the Shadowman, who then obtains the Summoning Key and unleashes
the Apothicons onto this dimension. The four work with the Keepers and help trap the Shadowman into
the Summoning Key. The Keepers were about to give the Summoning Key to the four survivors but
suddenly, Richtofen walks up to the Keeper and steals the Summoning Key, telling them he has a universe
to set right, then jumps through a portal. Richtofen would head to Dimension 2210 and secure an
innocent Richtofen soul, who was but a mere boy. Dimension 63 would be destroyed by the Apothicons.
Proditione Fracture
In April of 1942, the zombies overrun the Rising Sun facility, which leads Division 9 to begin construction
of the Island facility which gets completed in October of the same year.
Takeo is ordered by the Emperor to oversee the work Division 9 performs at the Island facility. Division 9
begins experiments on arachnids and nearby plants, while also resurrecting ancient dragons and creating
the KT-4.
Takeo reports to the Emperor that the work Division 9 is performing is unacceptable. Through petty
jealousy of Takeo’s strength and will, he demands Division 9 to torture and experiment on Takeo. He
goes through heavy experimentation, becoming a monstrosity known as the Thrasher.
Cornelia Pernell attempts to contact Peter McCain, telling him to rendezvous at the now abandoned
Rising Sun facility. Peter McCain reports of having a third generation model no one has seen before
while parachuting down onto the Rising Sun facility. Suddenly, a temporal rift occurs and sucks Peter
through to be sent elsewhere.
ZETSUBOU NO SHIMA – On October 18th, 1945, Primis arrives to this dimension after killing Ultimis
Dempsey. They are somehow captured by the Imperial Japanese Army and interrogated. They ask Primis
Takeo (mistaking him for Ultimis Takeo) how they managed to get their hands on the Summoning Key.
After a heavy wave hits the boat and makes everyone lose balance, Primis fights their way off the boat
and swims the rest of the way to the Island facility where they hope to find the lost warrior. Primis repairs
an elevator after getting the cogs from a crashed plane, on the docks nearby and in a room filled with
dragon eggs. They find the bottom floor that has vines covering the walls, and at the end, the giant
Thrasher. Primis defeats the Thrasher to discover it’s Ultimis Takeo. The two Takeo’s share their history
together and proceed to commit seppuku. After absorbing Takeo’s soul into the Summoning Key,
Richtofen brings them to Alcatraz to obtain Victis’ Blood Vials to protect his friends from their impending
doom.
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Explorers Brock & Gary would head to the Himalayas in the ancient temple of Shangri-La to prove the
existence of Agartha. Their plane crashes on their way there and everyone on board dies.
A Reason to Care for the Characters

Dr. Edward Richtofen
Primis
He started out a lot saner compared to his Ultimis counterpart. He was calm and collected with a pinch of
confidence showing within him. However, he was quite paranoid of his surroundings and distrustful of his
unconventional allies (Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo). After a 2-year journey of being away from the
others, his personality had changed slightly. He was still saner than his Ultimis self, but he was a little
less stable than before. Behaving very similarly to his other self more often, even sharing quotes with
him. As time went on his sanity would only decrease, becoming even more like his Ultimis self. In an
alternate timeline where Primis got trapped in Alcatraz, Richtofen became an anxious mess, panicking
constantly and having existential crisis.
Richtofen fears isolation, being forgotten and death. Due to losing his parents at a young age and being
picked on constantly, it made him become more preserved, keeping most of his problems to himself.
Having a harder time making and keeping friends. With knowledge of his death and of the cycle,
Richtofen creates the cycle to prevent his death from ever happening, however, the cycle was broken and
he would meet his biggest fear. Because as much as knows of the universe, the one thing he will never
know is what’s beyond death. As the others left, he would leave on his final words with “You won’t even
remember…”
Richtofen started out thinking very lowly of his teammates and disliked them deeply, but he grew to trust
Takeo because of his calm nature and always knowing the way to help others. After their journey to Der
Eisendrache, Richtofen would consider Dempsey a friend, tossing playful insults towards him and even
joking around with him. Although Richtofen has mixed feelings on Nikolai (due to Nikolai hating
Richtofen), he still considers Nikolai his friend. Richtofen would give the other three the Blood Vials to
protect them from being erased, because he wanted to see his friends once more when the cycle would
repeat. He finally didn’t feel alone.
“I think I’d like to teach… medicine, maybe pathology.”

Ultimis
Before his exposure to the Dark Aether, Richtofen an intelligent doctor who was also calm and collected.
He cared for his fellow scientists at Group 935. After he was corrupted by the voices and the Dark Aether,
he became a sociopath, having no empathy for others and only wanting to destroy and hurt others. His
lust for bloodshed gives him a sense of pleasure one would feel during sex. Yes, this includes him having
orgasms while killing the undead. He takes deep pride and enjoyment from it. His calls the zombies his
pets and minions, finding a strange admiration to their appearance, finding them cute. He’s quite playful
and full of joy while on the field. Once he got what he wanted and had complete control of the zombies,
he became an evil overlord, taunting humanity and toying with them, torturing them to his hearts content.
That was until he was defeated and sent into a zombie’s body, leaving him bitter. Eventually he would
unite with his former allies and entered his body again. He became a grumpier version of himself, but
kept his joyfulness and twisted pleasure to the zombies. He as well would seem to have changed his
allegiance and hopes to set things right instead of causing more chaos.
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Richtofen doesn’t seem to have many problems, aside from isolation. He expresses missing the other
three members of Ultimis when he was in control of the Zombies and how he doesn’t like being ignored.
His ego is very fragile (although he is very confident with himself) and doesn’t like being insulted, taking
it more personally than others.
Richtofen started out already thinking low of his allies, which never changed. Richtofen hated the others,
except for Nikolai. With Takeo, he considered him a pet to the Emperor, nothing more than a pawn in a
game of Chess. With Dempsey, he considered him an idiotic buffoon, constantly insulting his intelligence
and his appearance. Thinking Dempsey is trying too hard to be “cool.” For Nikolai, he seems to have a
strange desire for him, a crush in a sense. He makes sexual comments towards Nikolai the most.
However, after reuniting with his former allies, that sexual desire for Nikolai seems to have disappeared.
He seems to be disgusted by Nikolai now.
“I should probably try to relax, pick up a hobby! Maybe I could open up my own
morgue.”
“Tank” Dempsey
Primis
“Tank” Dempsey is a lot more focused than his Ultimis counterpart. He is dedicated to the mission he’s
given and leaves field reports to his military letting them in on what he’s doing, although it seems that
nobody is truly there and it’s more or less of a coping mechanism for Dempsey. Dempsey uses his anger
and rage in battle to distract him from what’s eating him up inside, which became even more relevant
after he had to kill his other self. Dempsey doesn’t exactly enjoy killing the zombies, but he does get a
thrill out of it. He thinks of himself as a badass and is highly confident in his skill.
Dempsey became more like his Ultimis self after he had to kill his other self. To this day it still eats him
up inside. Dempsey has no problem killing the “freakbags” but when it came to having to kill himself, he
couldn’t do it quite as easily.
Dempsey trusts his allies, even if he doesn’t know what they’re doing. He considers Takeo like a brother,
who shares that respect for Dempsey. They would become close during their mission in Zetsubou No
Shima, where Dempsey attempted to comfort Takeo before he would have to kill his other self too.
Dempsey would become friends with Richtofen after he had to kill his other self, though he wasn’t too
fond of Richtofen keeping secrets still. For Nikolai, they seem to have mutual respect for one another, not
thinking too highly or lowly of each other.
“You know the more I think about it, the more I think I’d be a darn good D.I., heh,
get those kids toughened up.”
Ultimis
After his heavy exposure to Element 115, Dempsey became a moron. Unable to comprehend human
emotions aside from complete and utter rage. He’s a goofball, constantly joking around and getting a thrill
of excitement from killing the “maggot-sacks.” He thinks of it as a game and likes to break the fourth wall
by talking directly to the player, or even to Treyarch, usually making fun of both. Dempsey thinks he IS a
badass and thinks he has no faults. However, after the events of Moon, he became a bit more serious and
less playful. He would suffer from PTSD for the event, but would hide it by releasing rage while killing
the zombies.
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Dempsey has no issues, but he seems to suffer from guilt as shown when in Alpha Omega after reuniting
with Peter McCain, who he was sent to save before he had met Richtofen. Dempsey and his allies had
failed, with Dempsey ending up as a test subject. Dempsey would also suffer from PTSD due to the
events of Moon, where he and his allies had destroyed the Earth and allowed Richtofen to gain control of
the Aether, feeling even more guilty for his actions.
Dempsey trusts Takeo with his life, considering him a brother and thinks very highly of him, although
Takeo does not share those feelings. Meanwhile, he would have a mutual understanding and friendship
with Nikolai, bonding more-so over vodka. Dempsey would ask Nikolai if they could drink together when
in Alpha Omega after the two let out of problems. For Richtofen, Dempsey hates him with all of his heart,
simply not being able to stand Richtofen’s existence. But he kept him alive because he was the only one
who knew what was happening.
“Hm, lemme think about it. Wherever I go, you know I’ll be kicking ass! Hahaha!”
Takeo Masaki
Primis
Not much is different between Primis and Ultimis Takeo, not until later in his journey does he become
different. He started out being very heavy on his belief of honor and allegiance to the Emperor, swearing
to bring success to Japan and honor to the samurai. Takeo feels he needs to bring honor to his ancestors
and to not shame them. Takeo would slowly lose those feelings overtime, and completely losing them
after he killed his other self. He would learn of the Emperor’s betrayal and attempt to kill him in battle,
which shattered Takeo’s reality. He swore to fight on his own terms, to honor only himself and his family.
That the Emperor was no longer of importance, and was a shameful disgrace to Japan. Takeo’s belief in
his family watching him gave him comfort during battle, and a reason to keep fighting.
Takeo’s problems lie in his trust with the Emperor, which would be broken after learning the Emperor’s
true intentions. He would become less trusting of those around him, although that pain would heal. Takeo
would attempt to move on from having spent most of his life trying to bring honor to the Emperor, only
having it not matter.
His relationship with the others started out with utter disgrace, thinking they brought shame to their
ancestors. However, after the events of Der Eisendrache, he would come out of his shell and begin to
befriend the others. In Zetsubou No Shima, Takeo and Dempsey would become very close friends,
thinking of each other as brothers. For Nikolai, he seems to have mutual feelings for him, attempting to
calm him down when he gets upset. With Richtofen, he started out disliking him and not trusting him, but
after the events of Zetsubou No Shima, Takeo would treat Richtofen with high respect, saying how
Richtofen showed him his true path in life. Takeo would even be impressed by Richtofen’s skill on the
battlefield, since Richtofen was only a field medic, never a soldier.
“I see myself at peace, serene, sitting beneath a cherry blossom tree, listening to
the sounds of joy from my children at play.”
Ultimis
Like the beginnings of his Primis self, Ultimis Takeo was full of honor and allegiance towards the
Emperor. However, these were more ecstatic, being more of a stereotype instead. Takeo would comment
on his love for Sushi, Japan and the Emperor A LOT, almost using honor in every single line he spoke.
He felt the others (excluding Richtofen) brought great shame to their ancestors, especially Nikolai. He
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was completely blinded by loyalty and even when his Primis self brought the news of the Emperor in
Alpha Omega, he refused to listen and thought it was just lies and conspiracy, that the Emperor would
never do that.
Takeo suffers from PTSD due to the events of Moon, where he and his allies allowed the destruction of
the Earth and Richtofen to gain control of the Aether. Any mention of “Grand Scheme” or “Richtofen”
would bring great fear towards Takeo.
Takeo would think very, very, low of Nikolai, thinking of him as nothing but a stupid drunk who brings
shame to his family. Although he nicknamed him “Nikki” and would often insult and toy with Nikolai’s
emotions. With Dempsey, he started out thinking low of him, thinking he was a foolish servant (ironic),
but would slowly adjust with Dempsey as time went on. In Alpha Omega the two would seem to be
friends. As for Richtofen, Takeo looked up to Richtofen and thought of him very highly, trusting him
deeply. Once Richtofen betrayed the crew, Takeo’s inner rage would be unleashed, swearing destruction
on Richtofen and anything left of Group 935.
“I would like to know for sure that I brought honor to my ancestors… and the
Emperor.”
Nikolai Belinski
Primis
According to some quotes, Primis Nikolai used to be an alcoholic after his wife was killed during the
Great War (WW1), but would heal from those wounds and sway away from alcohol. Nikolai hasn’t had a
very happy life, leading him to be depressed and bitter. He often makes depressing remarks in battle, only
giving himself a small chuckle. He wouldn’t move passed these feelings of regret and sadness until after
he killed his other self. But in a different timeline where he hadn’t yet done that, he would be full of rage
until the end of Blood of the Dead, where he was given the Kronorium. With knowledge of the universe,
Nikolai finally felt a sense of purpose and saw an end to all of this… but that doesn’t go without
sacrifice…
With his depression, Nikolai often secludes himself from the others and attempts to not talk of his
problems. Although he would slowly heal after the events of Gorod Krovi (cycle timeline) and hope to
see a light at the end of his dark tunnel.
Nikolai’s relationship is very shaky, not having high hopes… ever. Nikolai would have a mutual
friendship with both Dempsey and Takeo, thinking nothing much of them. Although with Takeo he
looked to him for wisdom, and with Dempsey he looked to him for a supportive fighter. Nikolai despised
Richtofen, even to his death. However, after reading the Kronorium, Nikolai would have a new opinion
on Richtofen, understanding his actions and even feeling pitiful for him. He begins to think of both Primis
and Ultimis as his new family…
“I would like to return to my home, my beloved, before the bombs fell. If only… to
die by her side.”
Ultimis
After the death of his wife in the Battle of Stalingrad, Nikolai turned to vodka and became a heavy
drinker. He’d create fictional wives to hide the pain he felt from his real one, making up stories of how his
marriages went and abruptly ended (totally didn’t kill them). After being captured by Group 935 and
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being infected with Element 115, he would become a heavy stereotype of Russia and a heavier drinker.
He would hide his feelings through vodka, fake wives, puns and horrible jokes. He doesn’t seem to care
for his appearance or smell, only for vodka.
Nikolai would suffer through depression and unlike his Primis counterpart, he didn’t do anything about it
and instead stayed inside his bubble of sadness, delving deeper into it and becoming unsure what to do
about it. Dr. Monty tried to water down Nikolai’s vodka but that only made him drink more. He would
finally open up about his depression in Alpha Omega, which came as a shock to Dempsey, who only
knew him for his happy-go-lucky self.
Nikolai’s relationship is a mixed bag. He despises Takeo deeply and thinks of him as a foolish servant
and of a monkey lover (don’t ask). Nikolai would think of Dempsey as his one and only friend, aside
from vodka. He would share his vodka (for the first time ever) with Dempsey in Call of the Dead and
again in Alpha Omega. He admires Dempsey’s strength and will to fight, cheering him on usually. With
Richtofen, he dislikes him but appreciates him at the same time. He never understood Richtofen’s strange
obsession with him. After the events of Moon, Nikolai would resort to even more vodka and would hate
Richtofen, but would forget why he hated him after heavy drinking.
“I would like to be in favourite bar! But as long as I have vodka, I am happy man!”
Marlton Johnston
Marlton Johnston was an extremely skilled engineer throughout his youth and up to his adult years. His
intellect has given him quite the high ego. From reading forums online, Marlton learns of Camp Edward,
a “nuclear testing” site. Although it has rumors of robotic servants and mind control experiments! It
would seem it’s also abandoned…. With this new found knowledge, Marlton would sneak into Camp
Edward, only to discover it was swarming with the undead. He would conceal himself within a Janitor’s
closet until the coast was clear. 10 years later, he would meet Misty, Samuel and Russman. The four of
them would go on many misadventures.
Marlton’s personality surrounds his high ego of his intellect and engineering skills. His vocabulary is
quite large… even having him use a lot of large descriptive words. Although his ego is high he is very
much a coward. He shows fears of heights, germs, personal contact and close spaces. He also has severe
anxiety. He tends to favor sniper rifles (so he can be far away from the fight) and sub-machine guns
(easier on his back, and lighter for his weak arms).
Marlton’s relationship with the rest of Victis is… split. He likes Misty, in fact, he has interest in her, in
which she appears to return the attraction. However, he is too much of a coward to make the first move.
For Samuel and Russman, he absolutely despises them. Though those 3 would grow a little closer
throughout the comics and in Tag Der Toten. But they still aren’t really friends. After the events of
Buried, where they were betrayed by Maxis, and after they were placed in cryostasis by Richtofen, he
suffers from trust issues, specifically from Richtofen and Samuel.
Abigail “Misty” Briarton

Misty would grow up as a farm girl with her mom and dad, living life peacefully and helping around the
farm where she could. Very little is known of her background, making her the most ‘mysterious’ of the
group. After the bombs fell and the zombies were unleashed and in control by Richtofen, Misty would
witness her father getting eaten alive. Her mothers passing is unknown. 10 years later she would end up at
an old town in Hanford, where she would meet Marlton Johnston. Samuel and Russman would show up
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in the town on a stolen Broken Arrow bus. The four of them would team up and pursue the goals of the
voices.
Misty is a stereotypical farm girl. She’s able to hold her own and doesn’t rely on the other 3 for help,
unless she really needs it. Her time at the farm in her youth allowed her to practise with weaponry and
leading to her favourites being shotguns. There isn’t too much to say about her personality aside from
being a country girl.
She would take a huge liking towards Marlton and would support him when she could. She wasn’t too
fond of Russman, but seemed to have liked him a tiny bit. The two of them seem to share some history,
unknown history. Misty and Samuel don’t get along at all and are constantly bickering at each other. Like
Marlton and Russman, she would become skeptical of Richtofen’s intentions after their betrayal by Maxis
and being put into cryostasis by Primis Richtofen.
Russman
Whether or not Russman is his real name or not is unknown to us. In the 1970’s, Russman would join
Broken Arrow, an American research group with the goal of ‘opening new worlds.’ During his time in
Broken Arrow, he would be apart of the creation of Bios and the research on the Elemental Shard, leading
to a heavy amount of Element 115 exposure. With the exposure, Russman’s memory would deteriorate,
becoming more or less a stereotype of his former self. After the bombs dropped in 2025, Russman would
steal a bus from their research facility and wander the Earth, eventually finding Samuel, Marlton and
Misty.
Due to Russman’s heavy exposure to Element 115, Russman has lost a lot of his intelligence and has
problems with his memory. He gets flashbacks to his Broken Arrow past every now and then which
causes panic attacks, but with help from the others he is able to get through it. Russman adores
explosives, with his favourite weapon being the War Machine. Even though Russman’s memory and
intelligence is shaky, he is the wisest of the group, perhaps due to his old age… which is also unknown.
With Samuel being the first person Russman would encounter since he escaped Broken Arrow in 2025,
the two of them would become friends. Although Russman doesn’t trust Samuel very often due to the
voice of Richtofen in his head, who he really doesn’t trust. Russman’s opinion on Marlton is very
negative, who in return shares those feelings. However, in Tag Der Toten, Russman seems to be more like
a fatherly figure, attempting to look out for Marlton even though he still dislikes him. For unknown
reasons, Russman and Misty don’t fully get along but the two seem to have shared history.
Samuel J. Stuhlinger
After the bombs dropped in 2025, Samuel would join a group called The Flesh. This group contains of
survivors eating zombie flesh in order to survive, believing it is the next step in human evolution.
However, a side effect of eating the undead means exposure to Element 115, but in a different way to how
Russman was exposed to it. Samuel would begin to hear the voice of Richtofen in his head, demanding
him of what to do. After the fall of The Flesh, Samuel would bump into Russman and eventually Misty
and Marlton.
Samuel appears to have been a reporter before the apocalypse, but that is never told to us directly and
only hinted at by his model name in the files. He is a heavy conspiracy theorist and believes everything in
some shape or form has been manipulated by the government or aliens. With his consumption of zombie
flesh, Samuel lives his life with guilt and regret, hoping to hide and erase that side of his history and
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making sure the rest of his comrades never find out about it. Samuel’s favourite weapon of choice are
pistols, excluding the singular Five-Seven.
As with Russman, being the first person he’d accompany since the fall of The Flesh, the two of them
would grow to become friends. Samuel trusts Russman with his life, even if Russman doesn’t fully share
the feeling. Samuel can’t stand Marlton or Misty, but as time went on he seemed to have grown fond of
them or the very least was able to tolerate them. He seems to joke around more with them, even if they
only respond with insults. Samuel considers his one real friend to be Richtofen, who in turn seems to
share those feelings. Both Primis and Ultimis Richtofen appear to like Samuel. However, it is unknown if
Samuel knows that two different Richtofen’s have spoken to him.
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FAQ
Q: What the hell is even going on?
A: Good question. I don’t know either
Q: What is Primis and Ultimis? What’s the difference between them?
A: Primis and Ultimis are Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki and Edward Richtofen but
from two different timelines. Primis means First in Latin while Ultimis means Last. Primis and Ultimis is
the term used to describe the team as a whole but also a way to differentiate them from their other selves.
Ultimis is from the Original Timeline and are much older than their Primis counterparts. As well as that,
they are very much stereotypes of their nations, though the story’s excuse for that is Element 115. Primis
on the other hand is much younger, wiser and more serious. They also look different from each other, but
share some resemblance.
Q: What are the Blood Vials? And what is their purpose?
A: There are two types of Blood Vials. The one Richtofen has on him and the ones Dempsey, Nikolai and
Takeo have on them. The blood Richtofen carries comes from Sal DeLuca and Finn O’Leary. In the
future, Richtofen would go back in time to give himself the Blood Vials of the two prisoners. For the
other three, they got their Blood Vials after the events of Zetsubou No Shima, where they went to
Alcatraz. They obtained the blood of Victis. The purpose of the Blood Vials is to protect them from being
erased from existence by Dr. Monty when they completed their journey. The Blood causes a paradox due
to them consuming blood of people from universes that no longer exist, putting the multiverse in
jeopardy.
Q: Why did Primis have to kill their Ultimis selves to ‘set things right’ in the Black Ops 3 arc
A: Technically they didn’t have to kill them at all, but the reason they did is because Doctor Monty’s plan
was to preserve the souls of innocent versions of these four characters. In order to be innocent, you need
to survive the fracture. The fracture was caused by time jumps, dimensional travel and altering history. It
creates new timelines with altered events, making them pure and untouched by the Dark Aether. Monty
needs their power.
Q: How does the Kronorium work?
A: The Kronorium is a prophecy of sorts. It was created by the Keepers long before creation of humanity.
The reason the Kronorium is so important is its page’s change depending on who’s reading it. If you were
to read it, you would see different events play out on your pages compared to what I would have seen on
mine. The reason the page’s change for Richtofen in the Broken Cycle Timeline is because of Pablo
Marinus inspiring Richtofen on how to set things right for reals.
Q: How come Primis and Ultimis needed to die at the end of Tag Der Toten?
A: Due to Ultimis Richtofen connecting his soul and the souls of Dempsey, Takeo and Nikolai’s to a
piece of Element 115, creating the Elemental Shard, it bounded every version of these four to the Aether,
making them the strings that hold the fabric of reality together. Because of this, the universe could never
be corrected or fixed. As long as they existed, the paradox would too. Unfortunately, that meant they had
to die to truly set things right.
Q: Who is Great War Richtofen?
A: Great War Richtofen is the Richtofen we played as during Black Ops 3. Him and the others completed
their quest of collecting their souls for Doctor Monty, but due to the paradox, he sent them back to the
Great War, causing the cycle. This has been happening for centuries now, but after Black Ops 3, the cycle
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has broken with the help of Pablo. Richtofen goes to the future to prevent his future self and future friends
from completing the cycle. He secretly takes the place of his other self without the others knowing.
Q: How come characters forget things and become more stereotypical overtime?
A: This is due to Element 115-based delusions. Over spending a long amount of time around Element
115, your brain begins to rot and you begin to lose memories and who you are. You become a stereotype
of yourself and lose your intelligence. You as well can hear voices, depending on the circumstances.
Whoever is in the MPD at the time is the one you can hear in your head.
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A Reason to Care for the Characters

“I think I’d like to teach… medicine, maybe pathology.”

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