Harry Potter & the Shipgirls

darthcourt10 · Jan 5, 2023

darthcourt10 · May 27, 2023

Harry Leferts

Basic In-Universe Timeline

Written Out-of-Universe on December 13 2017

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As was asked for, here's a basic timeline:

1,000,000+: Ancestors of Homo floresiensis use rafts to reach the island of Flores, among the first sea traveling humans.

130,000: First evidence of travel by boat to Crete.

50,000+: Gibraltar settled, first stirrings of Genius Loci.

10,000: Black Lake spirit begins forming.

9,000: Bath Genius Loci becomes aware, same with the spirit in what would become the Forbidden Forest.

8,500: First settlement on Hy-Brasil as the island can be reached by land.

8,000: Oldest found boat, the Pesse Canoe, is made.

4,200: Oldest ruins on Saint Brendan's.

4,100: Disaster on Hy-Brasil forces it into a sort of limbo, a number of the inhabitants manage to escape to nearby Ireland.

3,200: Trojan Ships in Italy are burned and become shipgirls. First possible mention of them in history as written in the Aenied.

The Sea Peoples attack various settlements and nations around the Eastern Mediterranean at this time. They become one of the major factors in the Bronze Age Collapse, possible Abyssals due to use of Abyssalized metal in their weapons found in an Egyptian tomb from the time.

865 BC: Springs at Bath discovered by King Bladud, Genius Loci becomes fully aware and is given the name "Sul".

29 BC: Aenied written after Virgil meets several Trojan shipgirls and takes down their story with his own modifications.

AD 43: First bathhouse made at Bath, England by the Romans with Sul renamed "Sul Minerva" as she is seen as an aspect of said goddess.

106 AD: People leave Saint Branden's for parts unknown. Reminder die off in the next few decades leaving behind ruins and the same magic protecting the island as Avalon.

457 AD: Sul grants the wish of one of her last worshippers and gifts her a child, said child is actually Sul herself reborn as a human.

490 AD: City of Ys sinks beneath the waves after the gate in the dike is opened during a stormy night and higher then normal tide floods it.

5th Century-6th Century: Events in Arthurian Legend occur.

530 AD: Lyoness, site of the last battle between Arthur and Mordred sinks beneath the waves. Some local magicals believe that magics unleash cause it, others are unsure.
545 AD: Prydwen appears as a shipgirl.

574 AD: Prydwen manages to get the last items belonging to Merlin and manages to gain him as a fairy.

840 AD: Small castle is built close to the Black Lake and inhabited by a cruel Laird.

873 AD: Laird's castle burnt down with all inside, spiritual impression eventually leading to Peeves being born.

990 AD: Hogwarts is founded.

1025: First stirrings of what would become Hogwarts' spirit occur.

1106: Deathly Hollows created.

1145: Hardwin Potter marries Iolanthe Peverell and the True Cloak of Invisibility passes into the Potter family.

1315: Branch of Potter family establishes itself in Germany, eventually becoming the Continental Branch.

1692: After various events in Europe, the Statute of Secrecy is established and soon goes world wide.

1723: First new settlers arrive on Saint Brendan's in the form of those who have become "Stuck" in transformations with animal features.

1860: The magical portion of Japan goes under the SoS after decades of trying to avoid it. Yokai Reserves established. Member of the Potter Family travels to Japan.

1883: Thunderchild becomes flagship of Saint Brendan's naval force.

1914: World War One starts, fighting occurs on both sides of the divide, magical and non-magical. A program involving dragons is started and later stopped when they eat everyone except for a Newt Scamander.

1926: Events of the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" occurs.

1929: Construction begins at a secret shipyard inside of a caldera island with two Hitobashira being buried.

1937-1945: Various wars occur which eventually merge together to form the Second World War. In Europe, Grindlewald allies himself with the Nazis and delves deep into dark magic. In the Pacific, factions of Japan does the same in an effort to eventually end the SoS. War ends with the Surrender of Japan. ICW comes down hard on both Germany and Japan in the aftermath.

At the same time, Tom Riddle lays the foundation for his rise to power.

1957: First reports of "Modern" Abyssal activity reach human ears from mermaids and other sea dwellers.

1958: First contact with Abyssals occur in the Straits of Malacca when reports of magic being used brings wizards into contact with an Abyssal sailing ship attacking muggle vessels. It is rapidly sunk. It is deemed a success and those muggles who saw it have their memories modified, though it is reported as being harder then normal to do so. However, another incident occurs before the end of the year in the Mediterranean.

1960s-1970s: Continued battles occur with Abyssals and grow in number.

1978: First incident regarding an "Ironclad" Abyssal occur.

1979: The Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort reveal themselves in Britain openly for the first time.

1980: Lily Evans is born.

Late 1980s: USS Iowa comes across a group of Abyssals attacking a Freighter and fires on them, managing to sink two. Incident later covered up by mass memory charms and modifications of logs by MACUSA.
1991: Lily Evans goes to Hogwarts and meets James Potter. Outside of Hogwarts, Death Eater attacks rise as the British Ministry tries to fight them to little effect.

1997: Lily Evans and James Potter graduate Hogwarts and fully join the Order of the Phoenix.

1990s: Abyssal attacks continue to rise in number and power over the decade. The first "Humanoid Sea Ghouls" are reported by ICW fighters. With the war against the Death Eaters though, there is a hole open in the North Sea and North Atlantic due to lack of forces from Britain. Losses among the Abyssals drop during this time as they become harder and harder to kill. One Muggleborn comments that "It's almost as if they are evolving the more we fight them!"

2000: Harry Potter is born under a prophecy about him.

2001: Voldemort attacks the Potters resulting in the deaths of Harry's parents and his disincorporation.

2001-2005: Attacks reach a new height and eventually are too many for the ICW to handle, and so they pull back and decide on hiding the attacks until they can come up with a new way to defeat the Abyssals.

2005, August: Blood Week occurs when Abyssals attack almost at the same time across the planet in a coordinated action. Millions die before the military rallies and fights back. At the same time, thousands of witches and wizards die defending their non-magical fellows. There are unconfirmed reports of young girls and women fighting back, but these are dismissed.

2005, September: First confirmed reports of shipgirls come in as a small group with Kongou, Haruna, Fubuki, and several more appear to fight off an Abyssal attack on Tokyo.

2007: Nagato meets a young boy named Harry and soon adopts him, main events of fic occur.

2011: Harry heads off for his first year at Hogwarts.

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