0 AS
Burning Orchard Siege
Absolute year zero for modern canon dating.
Current Canon Year
392 AS
Master Continuity
Canon Bible
This file is the authoritative continuity source for the PineappleDino lore universe. When two pages conflict, this page wins unless a later dated canon amendment explicitly supersedes it.
Era State
Post-war cold front after Ashen Meridian
Core World
Aurelios Prime
Majority Root Language
Aurelian Standard (Aureth)
Canon Tiers
What Counts As Hard Truth
Tier
Authority
Rule
Tier A
Chronology + Canon Bible
Untouchable baseline unless amended by dated canon patch.
Tier B
Order, Empire, Alliance, War archives
Core factual layer; can expand but not contradict Tier A.
Tier C
Character and place logs
Perspective-rich; details may be biased but cannot break Tier A/B facts.
Tier D
Rumors, prophecies, unresolved mysteries
Allowed to conflict internally until resolved by event pages.
Hard Anchors
Locked Timeline Events
4 AS
Dawnward Compact Founding
Kael and Aestra formalize first gifted civic creed.
27 AS
Cinder Throne Founding
Kael becomes Ash Sovereign and institutional split becomes permanent.
384 AS to 391 AS
War of the Ashen Meridian
First galaxy-scale direct war between Imperium and Concord.
392 AS
Current Present Day
Cold war, proxy raids, active rearmament, contested sectors.
401 AS (Projected Anchor)
Crownfall Raid
Ilyen Sol kills Varek Ashryn; this is the immediate trigger point for the Iron Eclipse era.
World Physics
Reality And Travel Rules
FTL Constraint
Interstellar jumps require mapped lane geometry; no arbitrary point-to-point instant jumps.
Lane Collapse
Major battles can destabilize lanes for years, creating "ghostlanes" and strategic bottlenecks.
Orbital Dominance Limits
Siege fleets are powerful but cannot hold planets without ground/control infrastructure.
Communications Delay
Long-range command nets are relay-dependent; jamming and interdictors remain decisive.
Species Canon
Founding Peoples And Boundaries
Human
Kael lineage baseline
Broad demographic spread across Aurelios civic sectors.
Vaelari
Aestra lineage baseline
Strong testimony-memory and archive-centered social structures.
Cross-Species Rule
Both species are full co-founders of Aurelios state formation; neither is subordinate by canon law.
No Retcon Rule
Kael remains Human and Aestra remains Vaelari in all timelines unless an explicit alternate-universe tag is used.
Power Framework
Gifted Ability Rules
Category
What It Does
Hard Limitation
Kinetic / Barrier
Shields, force redirection, movement control
High drain under sustained bombardment.
Cognitive / Intent
Reading intent patterns, command disruption
Low certainty in chaotic crowds and heavy signal noise.
Relic Amplified
Large-scale battlefield override effects
Psychological erosion and corruption risk rises with use.
Transit / Blink
Short-range reposition and extraction
Cannot bypass sealed anti-transit fields.
Power Cost Rule
All high-tier feats must incur either fatigue, instability, injury, or strategic exposure.
No Invulnerability Rule
No single character can ignore fleet-grade firepower, sustained relic storms, and command isolation simultaneously.
Relic System
Classes, Access, Risk
Class I // Echo Relics
Minor amplification tools
Class II // Crown Relics
Command-grade battle modifiers
Class III // Hollow Relics
Catastrophic, doctrine-changing artifacts
Access Law
Dawnward requires witness authorization; Cinder requires sovereign seal; black markets are always illegal canonically.
Corruption Meter
Repeated Class II/III exposure increases aggression certainty, emotional flattening, and identity drift.
Containment Rule
Any Class III breach can trigger a sector emergency and immediate cross-faction crisis protocols.
Faction Identity
Doctrinal Differentiation
Faction
Core Ethos
Never Violate Rule
Cinder Imperium
Control, continuity, fear logistics
Must remain an elite command machine, not generic faceless horde.
Dawnward Star Concord
Protection, witness law, accountable force
Cannot become simple pacifists; they are disciplined defenders with teeth.
Neutral Sectors
Survival, trade balance, local autonomy
Must stay politically fragmented; no instant galaxy unity.
Military Prefixes
Naming Standards
Cinder Starships
ICS (Imperial Cinder Ship)
Cinder Boats
IBV (Imperial Basin Vessel)
Concord Starships
DCS (Dawn Concord Ship)
Concord Boats
LRV (Lantern Relief Vessel)
Prefix Integrity Rule
Do not mix prefixes across factions unless the vessel is captured, defected, or refitted and explicitly noted.
Language Canon
Linguistic Baseline
Majority Planet Language
Aurelian Standard (Aureth) is the root civic language of Aurelios Prime.
Derived Systems
Dawn Cant and major Trade Common segments are historically derived from Aureth structures.
Imperial Register Rule
Cinder High Tongue should read sharper and more compressive than Aureth civil prose.
Continuity Guardrail
Checklist For Any New Lore Page
1) Date Stamp
Every major event needs a clear AS/BS date or era range.
2) Faction Position
State whether Cinder, Concord, Neutral, or mixed control applies.
3) Power Cost
If a new ability appears, define its cost and failure condition.
4) Language Fit
Names and phrases should follow existing prefix and linguistic style rules.
5) Canon Tier Tag
Mark whether content is hard canon, perspective detail, or rumor.
Future Locks
Reserved Expansion Slots (Post-392 AS)
Slot A // 393 AS to 401 AS
Aftershock Arc
Proxy conflicts, treaty failures, relic black-market escalation, and the Crownfall Raid. See Aftershock Frontier Arc.
Slot B // 402 AS onward
War of the Iron Eclipse
Mass-casualty ongoing war launched after Varek's death and Kaidrex Vorn's ascension. See War Archive.
Slot C // Post-Iron-Eclipse (Reserved)
Deep Sector Arc
Outer-system ideologies, lost archives, and first extra-core civilization contact after the current war period.