Lore Timeline

This Lore Timeline pieces together the current lore for the Terraria Fan Ideas wiki.

This timeline will include the following: So let's begin!
 * Boss Lore
 * Event Lore
 * NPC Lore
 * Item Lore

Pre-Universe

 * The Phantom comes into existence.
 * The Phantom starts looking for a friend.
 * The Phantom figures out there is no friend for him. He proceeds to create the universe, and split into the Moon and Earth Lore as a result of great cosmic stress from universe creation.

Pre-Terraria

 * Moon Lord finds a brother figure in Cthulhu.
 * The fabric of space-time breaks, creating rifts, as a result of the immense power the Moon Lord, Earth Lord, and Cthulhu had.
 * The lords create the Forgotten Beast.
 * The Forgotten Beast is warped by the power of the rifts.
 * As a result, the Earth Lord seals the Forgotten Beast in a new prison planet.

Pre-Corruption

 * Earth Lord creates the Rift Overseer to replace the Forgotten Beast.
 * Slimes come into existence on Terraria.
 * The Rift Overseer becomes power-hungry, and becomes a god. It is soon stripped of all powers.
 * Life begins to appear in the mantle of Terraria. (Underworld)
 * The Spirit of Flight discovers how to fly.
 * Eventually, the Lihzarhds rise up to become the dominant species on Terraria.
 * Some beings on Terraria begin worshipping the sun & moon.
 * The Spirit of Might gains power and scorches the Underworld to ash.
 * Bees begin drilling into the mud and build grand hives.
 * Dryads begin guarding the Jungle.
 * The Dungeon is built by lunar worshippers to be a spot of worship.
 * A Lihzarhd scientist accidentally creates the Corruption, and she becomes the Spirit of Night.

Pre-Five Year Rebellion

 * Indirect worshippers of both Earth and Moon Lord start dying. This lures both to Terraria, and Cthulhu comes along.
 * The Spirit of Night, in a rush to build an army to fight the lords and Cthulhu, grants power to other beings, all of which become the Spirits.
 * The Spirit of Light, the Spirit of Night's brother, creates the Hallow.
 * The lords descend, which ends in the Spirit of Night killing Cthulhu, which creates the Crimson. This leads to the Lords allying and Moon Lord to reinforce his control over Terraria. Earth Lord stays more hands-off. The Spirit of Light's kingdom is destroyed, and all of the Spirits are sealed in a tablet.
 * All of the LIhzarhds evacuate to a Jungle Temple. Plantera devours a lost Lihzarhd who had a Temple Key.
 * Golem is created by the Lihzarhds.
 * A few LIhzarhds leave the temple prematurely. The leader tries to end the Corruption, and stumbles upon the Moon Lord. The leader becomes power-hungry, a lunatic cultist.
 * The Dungeon is raided by the Lunar Cult.
 * A group of Demon Eyes rebel against the Moon Lord. The Moon Lord proceeds to send one of his true eyes down, which is mutated into the Eye of Cthulhu.
 * A group of rebellious warriors create the Night's Edge.
 * Several hundred years of currently unknown stuff.
 * Sansai finds the Forgotten Beast in the caverns.
 * The lunar cult creates the Wall of Steel and the Mechanical Bosses with forced help from the Mechanic and Hobbyist.
 * The demons of the Underworld take a young man and bind his soul to a wall of flesh. This destroys the Hallow and slows down the Corruption and Crimson greatly. The man survives.
 * A group of rebellious scientists attempt to create a living weapon which ends up as Duke Fishron. It ends badly.
 * The man, now known as the Guide, meets the Champion. This starts the 5-Year Rebellion.

Pre-Terraria (Game)

 * The Goblin Tinkerer meets the Champion mid rebellion.
 * The Terra Blade is first forged.
 * The Champion loses in the rebellion, and gets sent into a 5 year slumber


 * 5 years later, the Champion wakes up. Terraria begins.