The current year is 42 ABY.
Timeline Progression
The fictional timeline of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood operates at a roughly 1:1 ratio to real time. The beginning and end of the fictional years correspond to January 1st of each year.
DB Timeline
Rise of the Brotherhood era
- 5 ABY (1995) - Rise of the Brotherhood era
- 6 ABY (1996)
- 7 ABY (1997)
- Crona becomes Dark Lord of the Sith.
- The Crona Uprising; after unearthing the ruins of an ancient Obelisk temple, Crona resurrects the Obelisk Order before abdicating the Iron Throne and fleeing the Dark Brotherhood to pursue his own ends. He is hunted down and killed by Jac Cotelin.
- Jac Cotelin succeeds Crona as Dark Lord of the Sith.
- Using the information contained in one of the holocrons from the Obelisk ruins, Jac Cotelin resurrects the concept of the Star Chamber as an advisory body to the Dark Lord of the Sith.
- 8 ABY (1998)
- 9 ABY (1999)
- Luke Skywalker establishes a new Jedi Temple on Ossus.
- Justin Stryker briefly becomes Dark Lord before the return of Khyron.
- Cordona Pirate Crisis. A valuable Force crystal is stolen by the Cordona pirates forcing the Clans to track them down to recover it and silence the pirates before they can reveal the Brotherhood's existence. (Second Great Jedi War)
- Mandalorians under Bo-Katan Kryze retake their homeworld.
- Thedek becomes Dark Lord of the Sith.
- Grand Admiral Thrawn returns from exile.
- 10 ABY (2000)
- 11 ABY (2001)
- Archibald Zoraan becomes insane and is deposed following an unsuccessful rebellion. The former Dark Lord is presumed dead and is succeeded by Chi Long.
- Hunt for the Skin of Fire. Chi Long sends the Clans to locate an ancient artifact called the Skin of Fire. Soon after locating the artifact the Grand Master is forced into exile. (Fourth Great Jedi War)
- Firefox becomes Dark Lord of the Sith.
- 12 ABY (2002)
- After uncovering clues to the location from the Obelisk ruins, Firefox dispatches agents to the ancient home of the Star Chamber, Antei.
- The High Commander Sharad Hett oversees a massive training operation to prepare the Obelisk for the coming secession. (Obelisk Rite of Supremacy)
- The High Warrior Keirdagh Cantor leads the Sith Houses of the Brotherhood against Xon Ke’Tal. (Sith Rite of Supremacy)
- The Aurora Crisis. The Remnant hires bounty hunters to assassinate members of the Brotherhood and drive the Clans against each other. After discovering the truth the Clans forge the Alliance of Seven and track down the hunters but not before Mairin Astoris is forced into exile. (Fifth Great Jedi War)
Exodus era
- 13 ABY (2003) - Exodus era
- The Exodus; the Dark Brotherhood secedes from the Imperial Remnant.
- 14 ABY (Nov 2003)
- The Dark Council establishes a secretive presence on the Dark Side of Antei. The Clans spread out into their own territories.
- Bloodrites; the seven Obelisk houses battle for supremacy and the right to wield a powerful Blood Rite. (Obelisk Rite of Supremacy)
- 15 ABY (Apr 2004)
- 16 ABY (Nov 2004)
- Jac Cotelin becomes Grand Master for a second time.
- K'hamar'an Crisis; the mysterious K'hamar'an cult infiltrate the Dark Brotherhood to steal back several artefacts. The Dark Brotherhood invades the K'hamar'a homeworld. (Krath Rite of Supremacy)
- Jac Cotelin orders a full invasion of Antei, bringing the planet fully under control of the Dark Council
- 17 ABY (Apr 2005)
- Independence Games II; the Brotherhood celebrates the anniversary of the Exodus.
- Invasion of Coratua; the Dark Council decide to invade the nearby Coratua System, fearing the growing pirate presence there may draw unwanted attention from the New Republic. (Obelisk Rite of Supremacy)
- 18 ABY (Nov 2005)
- Tensions between the Clans increase after a number of mishaps almost escalate to all out war in the Aranna and Selen incidents.
- 19 ABY (Apr 2006)
- Third Brotherhood Civil War; after it emerges Jac Cotelin has been using a clone of himself, Jaac Cotelin, the Dark Brotherhood descends into chaos, with both Grand Masters claiming to be the true Dark Lord of the Sith. Eventually Jac Cotelin destroys the clone. (Seventh Great Jedi War)
- Xanos Zorrixor becomes a Sith Lord, taking the name Darth Vexatus.
- 20 ABY (Nov 2006)
- Aristan Dantes becomes Dark Lord of the Sith, taking the name Darth Sarin.
- Second Darkness; near the end of the year the Grand Master summons the Clans to Antei to test their ability to stand against an approaching alien threat. (Rite of Supremacy)
- Halcyon Rokir becomes a Sith Lord.
- 21 ABY (Apr 2007)
- Incursion; a hostile race of Force-devoid aliens invade Antei as the Second Darkness operation is winding down and seize control of the planet, the Dark Council is forced into exile and the Clans' navies are decimated. (Eighth Great Jedi War)
- Muz Ashen Keibatsu becomes a Sith Lord, taking the name Darth Ashen.
- 22 ABY (Nov 2007)
- The Dark Brotherhood works to recover its losses from the massacre at Antei and the Clans slowly rebuild their lost militaries.
- 23 ABY (Apr 2008)
- Independence Games III; the Brotherhood celebrates the anniversary of the Exodus.
- 24 ABY (Nov 2008)
- Liberation of Antei; the Brotherhood returns to Antei only to find the alien invaders have died from a plague and the planet now laid claim to by Omancor Crask and his rogue Jedi sect. Crask and his followers are killed and the planet reclaimed, but not before the loss of Lord Sarin himself. (Ninth Great Jedi War)
- Muz Ashen becomes Dark Lord of the Sith.
- 25 ABY (Apr 2009)
- 26 ABY (Nov 2009)
- Taking Salas V; Each Clan and House in the Brotherhood is pitted against one another to see who would claim the world of Salas V as their prize and eradicate a native population of insectoids. House Revan is awarded the planet
- 27 ABY (April 2010)
- 28 ABY (November 2010)
- House Odan-Urr is annexed by the Brotherhood. It is the first Light side house in the history of the Brotherhood.
- Leia Organa resigns from the Galactic Senate after Carise Sindian reveals her true father was Darth Vader. Kylo Ren destroys Skywalker’s temple and slaughters his other students.
- 29 ABY (April 2011)
- Several worlds secede from the New Republic to form the First Order; the First Order had, in fact, been operating from the Unknown Regions for decades.
- Independence Games IV; the Brotherhood celebrates the anniversary of the Exodus.
- Houses Naga Sadow and Arcona are re-clanned on the anniversary of the Exodus
- Invasion of New Tython; Darth Ashen orders the Brotherhood to attack New Tython, base of operations for Odan-Urr, a sect of Light Jedi that infiltrated the Dark Brotherhood. (Tenth Great Jedi War)
- House Revan falls.
- 30 ABY (April 2012)
- The Horizons Plague devastates the Dark Brotherhood and former Grand Master Zoraan fails to reclaim the Iron Throne.
- Clan Plagueis is forced from the Jusadih system during the Horizons Crisis and retreats to the Anchorage.
- The Dark Crusade begins and ushers in a period of persistent warfare within the Dark Brotherhood. A campaign against the Sith faction loyal to Zoraan, it reaches across many world and lasts well over a year.
- Raken becomes a Sith Lord.
- 31 ABY (April 2013)
- Independence Games 2013 V; the Brotherhood celebrates the anniversary of the Exodus for a final time.
- Korras becomes a Sith Lord and takes the name Darth Aeternus.
- Houses Taldryan and Plagueis are re-clanned.
- The Brotherhood continues the Dark Crusade as part of the Fading Light Campaign, attempting to dissolve Zoraan’s Sith faction.
- 32 ABY (April 2014)
- Fourth Brotherhood Civil War; the climax of the Crusade against Zoraan’s remaining Sith fragments the Brotherhood into three factions. Arcona, Naga Sadow, and Taretum side with Muz Ashen. Taldryan, Scholae Palatinae, and Odan-Urr side with Jac Cotelin. Plagueis sides with the Sith outsiders lead by Esoteric. (Eleventh Great Jedi War)
- Darth Pravus succeeds Muz Ashen as Grandmaster.
- All Independent Houses returned to Clan status.
New Order era
- 33 ABY (April 2015) - New Order era
- Grand Master Pravus commissions the Inquisitorius and tasks them with purging the undesirables from the Brotherhood. The remnants of the Krath and Obelisk orders are destroyed, with several alien species also targeted for disintegration.
- Mercenaries and Loyalists are recognized as full members of the Brotherhood for the first time and elevated to the status of orders. The Krath and Obelisk orders are violent suppressed, but not eradicated.
- The Gray path is recognized as a full path of the Brotherhood, joining the Light and Dark paths. As a result individual houses are allowed to align Light, Dark, or Gray.
- 34 ABY (January 2016)
- The Hosnian system and the Republic Senate are destroyed leaving the Galaxy without a centralized government.
- The Iron Forces assume the role as the Dark Jedi Brotherhood’s military.
- Grand Master Pravus leads an armada to New Tython and destroys the seat of Jedi power within the Dark Brotherhood
- The Dark Jedi Brotherhood establishes its base of operations on Arx.
- Herald Morgan B. Sorenn founds the Shroud Syndicate.
- Plagueis settles on Aliso.
- 35 ABY (January 2017)
- Odan-Urr settles on Kiast with the permission of the Vatali Empire.
- Taldryan settles on Kasiya in the Caelus system after Jac Cotelin destroys Karufr on Pravus’ orders.
- Likewise, Scholae Palatinae settles in the Caperion system after the Iron Navy burns Judecca.
- A coalition of anti-Pravus forces attack the Grand Master’s flagship while the other clans observe from a distance. Before the battle can be decided, an unknown force arrives and routs all Brotherhood forces regardless of faction.
- The attackers are revealed to be the Collective, an organization dedicated to eradicating Force-users regardless of ideology. The clans, including those still effectively at war with the Iron Throne, converge in a counterattack on the Collective’s headquarters, Nancora. (Twelfth Great Jedi War)
- Despite a Brotherhood victory at Nancora, the Collective’s successful counterattack wipes out Tarentum.
- The First Order collapses following the Battle of Exegol, leaving the greater galaxy without a dominant power.
- 36 ABY (January 2018)
- Telaris "Mav" Cantor becomes Grand Master. Darth Pravus’ whereabouts are unknown.
- The clans and the Iron Throne reunite for a coordinated counterattack against the Collective, seizing Meridian Station and killing Daggo Mouk, leader of the Technocratic Guild. (Rite of Supremacy)
- The ongoing civil war ends as Odan-Urr, the last holdouts against the New Order, resume peaceful relations with Arx.
- 37 ABY (January 2019)
- Declan Roark consolidates Mandalorian mercenaries into Clan Vizsla following the success at Meridian. Vizsla swears allegiance to the Iron Throne—so long as the arrangement is lucrative.
- Evant Taelyan replaces Morgan Sorenn as Telaris’ apprentice.
- Representatives from the Brotherhood and the Collective compete for influence with the Severian Principate, a prosperous Imperial remnant in the Outer Rim. The factions eventually come to blows at Lyra Colony. Although the Brotherhood is victorious, both militarily and diplomatically, the Collective captures Evant and the clan delegates. (Thirteenth Great Jedi War)
- 38 ABY (January 2020)
- The Principate’s new Collective prisoners cause a massive riot on the prison planet Tenixir. The Brotherhood steps in to put down the riot, but releases many non-Collective prisoners. Under the leadership of Rasha Hawee, these form the pirate fleet known as The Tenixir Revenants.
- The full might of the Collective invade Arx, overwhelming the Iron Legion and the combined forces of the clans. Darth Telaris, using arcane secrets built into the Dark Ascent by his predecessor, rallies the Brotherhood through a planet-wide use of battle meditation. Evant, joining his Collective captors in the assault after months of torture, duels Telaris and apparently dies by his hand. Under the influence of Telaris’ ritual, Chelsie Crimson guns down Rath Oligard in the Dark Ascent’s throne room. However, both Evant and Oligard are revived by Atyiru Caesura Entar and Avitus Oligard, respectively, before the Collective retreat. (Fourteenth Great Jedi War)
- 39 ABY (January 2021)
- Evant Taelyan becomes Grand Master, taking the regnal name Darth Nehalem. Telaris Cantor’s whereabouts are unknown.
- Both the Severian Principate and the Tenixir Revenants face deep divisions over their respective futures. The Revenants are torn between Retributionists fixated on vengeance against their former captors and Expansionists who want to establish their own territory elsewhere in the Rim. Meanwhile, Triumvir of Oaths Vairya Muktiba’s Harmonist faction opposes the militant Restorationists in the Principate Senate.
- The four factions, each with no shortage of Brotherhood supporters, erupt into warfare at the Hutt-controlled world Dandoran. The Restorationists, who have used the crystals mined at Lyra colony to create an army of Force-powered monsters, quickly gain the upper hand. However, a mysterious woman known only as the Seer arrives and unleashes a similar but more powerful force, the Ascendant Troopers, forcing Principate, Revenant, and Brotherhood forces to unite for the sake of their own survival. (Rite of Supremacy)
- The Brotherhood and the individual clans begin researching the crystals that caused such devastation at Dandoran.
- 40 ABY (January 2022)
- Headmistress Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae founds the Aurora Collegium of Sciences as a Galaxy-facing front organization for the Shadow Academy.
- Seeking more information on the Seer, the Brotherhood learns of the Children of Mortis, an ancient cult.
- The Children of Mortis attack the clan homeworlds, although the clans repel the assault with the assistance of the Iron Legion and their own discoveries from the crystal research projects. (Fifteenth Great Jedi War)
- Alethia Archenksova becomes the first Exarchissa of the Brotherhood.
- By this point, the Brotherhood is reliant on Lightsiders, so-called Gray Jedi, and non-Force-users and faces an enemy, the Children of Mortis, that openly accepts different Force philosophies among its ranks. The Brotherhood officially renounces Sith supremacy, formally abandoning aspects of the New Order that had already withered away in practice.
- Darth Nehalem becomes increasingly fixated on hunting down his predecessor. However, his visions of Telaris appear to align with the Council’s mission to find the Children of Mortis’ lair.
- 41 ABY (January 2023)
- 42 ABY (January 2024)